About Me & My Work

This is what I wanted more than anything. I had all my attention on taking care of others but had nothing left for myself. Not only that, but I was giving from an empty cup.

If you’ve come here, you’re curious about yourself and what more you can learn on a deeper level from your body. You may be wondering what it would actually FEEL like to be in your body.

I’m Angela Dahlem. A single mother, a yoga teacher and a Sexological Bodyworker. I spent most of my marriage living in a state of constant anxiety. I couldn’t conceive of what I wanted because I didn’t even know how to speak about or ask for what I needed. I would feel a desire arise. But when it came to asking for it, I would either shut it down or swallow the lump in my throat and let it slide past. I subscribed to the social norms of what I thought was an ideal life. Looking a certain way, even behaving in a way that I thought would be most desirable to others. I played the nice girl. I was the go with the flow girl. I’d try to blend into the crowd to keep out of notice. I hated being seen. Seen in what I was feeling and what I needed emotionally and physically. I had no boundaries. I had lots of resentment building up and I blamed others for their actions about my happiness.

I would hear my intuition, my gut speak. It would reach out to me and guide me in a direction that would be best for me personally. I would hear this but deliberately choose what my head thought was most logical. I continued to do this for years. Eventually my body started shutting down. I started to operate on auto pilot, and I simply stopped listening to my body. I had to slowly, very slowly, start to learn to trust my body and intuition again. 

I know what living in silence feels like. I know how painful it is to not ask for what you need. I know what not having boundaries feels like. I know what it feels like to sexually limit yourself when you have full desires to explore and ask for so much more. 

Whether you recognize yourself in what I’ve shared, or, you simply know that there’s more available out of life – something’s possible even if you’re not quite sure what it is, then I’m sure this kind of journey into the self will be a rich exploration for you.