Nervous System Coach: C-PTSD, PCOS & Prenatal Imprints | On The Same Paige #007

In this live-recorded episode, I sit down with Ruby Shine to explore how our earliest environments — even the womb — can leave a lasting imprint on the body.

Ruby reflects on her journey through early parentification, relentless anxiety, C-PTSD, insomnia, and PCOS with her signature no-filter style. It’s raw, funny, and full of the kind of honesty that makes you laugh and then immediately reflect on your own life.

We recorded this one live at Sol Method — Ruby’s somatic yoga studio in Byron Bay — in front of a room full of people who know her as a teacher, guide, and multi-entrepreneur. It takes real guts to speak this openly in front of your own community. And she did not hold back.

We get into:
- Ruby’s experience of complex trauma showing up as acne, insomnia, and PCOS
- How her mother’s pregnancy and early childhood shaped her nervous system
- The long road to forgiveness, and learning to hold multiple truths at once
- Why overachieving became her coping mechanism — and how she began to unravel it
- What it looked like for her to stop becoming her feelings, and start actually feeling them

If you’re curious about the threads between body, biography, and belief; if you live with a sensitive system, an invisible illness, or the urge to push through when you probably need to pause — or if you just love a conversation that’s vulnerable, girlie, and deeply human — this one’s for you.

Connect with Ruby:
Instagram:⁠ @rubyshine__⁠
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https://theawakenedwoman.substack.com/⁠
Her yoga studio (in-person and soon-to-be online), Sol Method:
https://www.solmethod.com.au/

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