🌿 A Sovereign Woman’s Way with Joanne Omer: Reclaiming Power, Wholeness, and Sacred Feminine Wisdom

leigh milne
May 25
3 min read

By Leigh Milne | Holistic PsychologistTranscending Trauma Podcast | www.transcendingtrauma.com.au

Last week’s episode of Transcending Trauma was a powerful exploration into sacred healing, emotional sovereignty, and embodied womanhood. I had the absolute honour of speaking with Joanne Omer, a psychosomatic therapist, women’s intimacy and emotion coach, and bestselling author of The Sovereign Woman’s Way.

Joanne’s deeply integrative approach draws on ancient wisdom, body-based practices, and modern psychology to help women release outdated identities, heal emotional wounds, and rise into the truth of who they are. Her bestselling book is rapidly becoming a must-read for women walking a path of empowerment, healing, and self-realisation.

🌀 Segment 1: Shedding the Old, Embracing the Whole

Joanne begins by describing what it means to walk “a sovereign woman’s way.” For her, sovereignty isn’t about power over—it’s about power from within. It’s a return to authenticity, agency, and wholeness.

🔑 Key Takeaways:

Shedding outdated beliefs and emotional imprints: Joanne describes the unconscious patterns—such as self-abandonment, people-pleasing, and shame—that women often carry from childhood, trauma, or patriarchal conditioning.
Embracing the Sacred Union within: She explores the importance of integrating both the divine feminine and sacred masculine energies within us to reclaim balance and inner harmony.
Sacred Consciousness: Joanne speaks of sacred consciousness not as a destination, but a state of presence and devotion cultivated through awareness, stillness, and deep listening to our inner truth.

“A sovereign woman is one who is no longer outsourcing her power to external systems, people, or approval. She is home in herself.”

✨ Segment 2: Reclaiming Power Through Inner Mastery

In this rich and revealing segment, Joanne introduces the energetic and psychological depth of Kundalini awakening—a spiritual process that can trigger intense emotional shifts and physiological responses. She offers practical insight for those experiencing symptoms like emotional overwhelm, vivid dreams, or energy surges.

🔑 Key Takeaways:

Understanding Kundalini Energy: Kundalini is life force energy that, when awakened, can facilitate deep psychological transformation and energetic healing. However, without guidance, it can feel disorienting.
Navigating the Awakening Process: Joanne shares signs to look for and stresses the importance of grounding practices, body-based awareness, and mentorship.
The Three Keys to Self-Love Mastery:
- Self-Compassion: Meeting oneself with gentleness and curiosity rather than judgment.
- Self-Discipline: Creating loving boundaries and structures that support growth.
- Self-Worth: Reclaiming intrinsic value beyond productivity or perfectionism.
Uncovering Self-Sabotage: Joanne identifies common patterns—such as fear of visibility, fear of failure/success, or internalised oppression—that silently sabotage a woman’s dreams. Healing begins with honesty and self-inquiry.

“Self-sabotage is rarely about laziness. It’s often a trauma response. When we feel unsafe being seen, loved, or successful—we protect ourselves by staying small.”

🌺 Segment 3: Embodying Trust, Virtue, and the Sacred Path

This segment brings the conversation full circle with a deeper look at the embodied virtues that form the foundation of a sovereign life. Joanne highlights how high-functioning women often suffer in silence—achieving much on the outside while feeling disconnected or critical on the inside.

🔑 Key Takeaways:

Cultivating Daily Self-Compassion: Joanne offers daily rituals to soften perfectionism and reconnect to presence—whether it’s through breathwork, journaling, mirror work, or saying no.
Rebuilding Trust in Self and Others: Trauma, betrayal, and abandonment fracture our trust in life. Joanne explains how trust is not given—it’s cultivated. Through emotional honesty, body-based safety, and relational repair, we can rebuild what was broken.
Mastering Inner Virtues: These include sovereignty, truth, vulnerability, courage, and devotion. When these become our compass, we live not from fear—but from truth.
One Simple Daily Practice: Joanne recommends starting the day with the question: “What would love do right now?”—a gentle reorientation toward inner guidance and self-respect.

“Sovereignty is a practice. It’s the daily choice to honour your body, speak your truth, and trust that who you are is enough.”

💖 Final Reflections & Resources

The Sovereign Woman’s Way is more than a book—it’s a sacred initiation into the art of remembering yourself. If you are walking the path of healing, if you long to feel whole, powerful, and rooted in your body and truth—this conversation is for you.