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You already know what you’re here to offer.But somewhere between knowing it and putting it into the world — there’s a gap. And for some of us, that gap has become a chasm.✨ Book your free Threshold Assessment with Danielle:https://danielleys.com/calendarIn this episode, Danielle sits down with Victoria McMahon — embodiment teacher, somatic coach, mental health therapist, yoga and Tai Chi practitioner, and co-host of the YSM Conversations podcast — for the first Soul Signature Excavation on Inner Space.The Soul Signature Excavation is a heart-to-heart conversation guided by Danielle’s Infinite GLOW Model: Gather, Let Go, Open Gaps, Weave — a process for bringing the wisdom already inside you into visible form, into offering, into expression.What emerges from this conversation is unexpected. And far deeper than either of them anticipated.This is Part 1 of a two-part conversation. Part 2 (episode 028) arrives the following week.In this episode:• The Soul Signature Excavation and the GLOW Model that guides it: Gather, Let Go, Open Gaps, Weave• Victoria’s lifetime of embodiment work: teaching children, therapy, yoga, Tai Chi, somatic coaching• The three pillars that emerge live from the Gather phase: trust, relationship, embodiment• The gap between renewing yourself and expressing what you’ve become — and why it can feel like standing at the edge of a chasm• The somatic inquiry: “Is something holding you back from bridging that gap — or is there no bridge yet?”• What lives inside the chasm — and why being in relationship with it, rather than afraid of it, changes everything• A vision beginning to surface mid-conversation: “I know why I have the deep passion to recreate the Women’s Wisdom Circle”• A grief revelation neither of them saw coming — and why it reframes everything in Part 2“I wanna build the fricking bridge so that I can just let the work come.” — Victoria McMahonTimestamps:[00:00] Welcome to the first Soul Signature Excavation — and the GLOW Model[02:50] Victoria’s intro: “65 does not mean retirement — it means stepping into what is unimaginably new”[06:50] The Gather phase: 40+ years of embodiment work, laid out live[11:35] “I see the spiritual essence of me in everything that I do”[17:00] The gap between renewal and expression — and why it feels like a chasm[18:30] “No bridge.” — the somatic revelation and what the body says next[27:10] The bridge builds as you walk: Star Wars, Indiana Jones, and video games[31:15] “I know why I have the deep passion to recreate the Women’s Wisdom Circle”[36:40] A grief revelation neither of them expected🌹 Find Victoria McMahon:Website: victoriamcmahon.comPodcast: Co-host of YSM Conversations (with Danielle YS) Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6vyxu13ABtAYxEgGYa30Ju?si=8rDgP4y7Taq6O9BZDiJR4Q Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ysm-conversations/id1896763775📺 Subscribe to Inner Space:Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2LK18nsoTVqT0Uup11CePCApple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/inner-space/id1699899159---About Danielle YSDanielle YS is a Threshold Guide for the Edge of the Unknown — helping mission-driven women through the Crossings of life so they develop Threshold Fluency and learn to meet any threshold, any ending, any Unknown, from the inside out. Former NASA researcher and C3.ai engineer, she guides high-achieving women through the only skill that will ever truly matter: the ability to meet the Unknown without flinching, and without armor.Learn more: https://danielleys.com