What Is Interoception? (And Why It Matters in Healing)

For a long time, I lived disconnected from my body.
I could tell you what I thought, but not always what I felt.
Not physically. Not emotionally. Not energetically.

Like many of us, I learned to push through discomfort. To perform. To override my body’s cues in order to meet expectations—both real and imagined.

One of the most powerful parts of my healing journey has been learning to come back to my internal world. To notice the whispers before they become screams. To understand the language of my body—not just when something’s wrong, but all the time.

This process of sensing what’s happening inside your body has a name: interoception.

In this short video, I cover:

• What interoception is (and how it’s different from other forms of awareness)

• Why so many of us lose connection with it—especially after trauma, burnout, or stress

• How rebuilding interoception supports nervous system healing, self-trust, and emotional clarity

• A simple practice you can try right now to start tuning back in

✨ Watch the video here:

Want to take this work deeper?

Building interoception is a practice.

It doesn’t just happen overnight.

Considering that patterns of disconnection may have developed over a lifetime, it makes sense that it would take time to rebuild connection.

In our Coming Home to Your Body course, we spend 12 weeks slowly, gently, and gradually learning to listen to the language of our bodies. This is small group. Trauma-informed. And highly intentional. Click here to learn more.