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180 | From Achievement to Fulfillment: Embodied Self-Trust, Pleasure & Presence with Hélène Caniac

  • Emily Reuschel
  • 58 minutes ago
  • 5 min read

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What happens when you’ve done everything right, hit the milestones, followed the plan, built the “good life” and still feel like something’s missing? In this week’s episode, I’m joined by transformational coach and spiritual mentor Hélène Caniac for a powerful conversation about what it really means to move from achievement to fulfillment. Together, we explore the embodied, lived-in practice of self-trust, pleasure, and presence; how to sustain your power and purpose without burning out or betraying yourself.


We dive deep into the systems that have systemically severed our self-trust, from capitalism and productivity culture to patriarchal conditioning and the ways spirituality itself can become another form of performance. Hélène unpacks how disconnection has been woven into our collective DNA for generations, and why rebuilding trust with ourselves is one of the most radical, world-changing acts we can take.


This isn’t about abandoning ambition or burning everything down (though we talk about the temptation of both). It’s about learning to build capacity, to hold freedom, to discern truth, and to stay grounded in your body even when life feels chaotic. We talk about what it looks like to live your spirituality in real time, in traffic, in conversation, in motherhood, in leadership, and how to move beyond personal development as a silo into a way of being that’s fully integrated in community.


Because true embodiment isn’t isolation, it’s integration. It’s remembering that we heal in relationship, that pleasure is a collective practice, and that wholeness isn’t achieved alone on a mountaintop, it’s lived in the everyday mess of being human.


If you’ve been craving a softer, truer way of living, a way that honors both your depth and your belonging, this episode will feel like a homecoming.


Meet Hélène:

Hélène Caniac, PCC, MBA is a former military investigator turned transformational coach helping high-achieving women and changemakers reclaim their voice, rebuild capacity, and live with unshakable self-trust. She’s the creator of The Reclamation and Self-Expression Academy, and founder of Le Salon, a community for thoughtful rebels who are done performing growth and ready to embody fulfillment. Through her blend of candid compassion, deconditioning work, and neurosomatic modalities, she helps people stop outsourcing their power and start leading their lives from within, creating sustainable success guided by pleasure, not productivity.


In this episode, From Achievement to Fulfillment: Embodied Self-Trust, Pleasure & Presence with Hélène Caniac, we cover:

  • The shift from achievement to fulfillment — how to move beyond external success and create a life rooted in alignment, joy, and embodied purpose.

  • Healing hustle culture — releasing productivity and perfectionism as measures of worth to rediscover what sustainable, soul-led success feels like.

  • Rebuilding embodied self-trust — learning to listen to your body’s wisdom, regulate your nervous system, and make decisions from inner safety and sovereignty.

  • The systems that sever our self-trust — unpacking how patriarchy, capitalism, and performance-driven spirituality keep us disconnected from our power.

  • Expanding capacity for joy and freedom — practical tools to cultivate presence, discernment, and nervous-system resilience through seasons of chaos or change.

  • Pleasure as a path of leadership — how enjoyment, play, and authenticity become fuel for purpose, creativity, and sustainable impact.

  • Integration beyond the silo of personal growth — why embodiment isn’t isolation, and how to re-enter community as your full, authentic self.

  • Embodiment in everyday life — living your spirituality “in traffic,” in your relationships, and in the ordinary rhythms of work, motherhood, and leadership.

  • Redefining success — shifting from output and performance toward integrity, connection, and fulfillment that actually feels good in your body.

  • The power of collective healing — remembering that true transformation happens in relationship, through community, curiosity, and shared humanity.


If this episode reminded you that your worth isn’t tied to your output, pass it on. Share this conversation with someone who’s ready to slow down, build capacity, and lead from embodied self-trust. Let’s make wholeness the new hustle.

Connect with Hélène:

  • Website: helenecanhelp.com

  • Instagram: @helenecanhelp

  • Join Le Salon — Hélène’s free Telegram community for thought-provoking seasonal musings, voice-note journal prompts, and early access to upcoming offerings. It’s a soft place to land for ambitious souls unlearning the hustle and returning to embodied fulfillment.


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Emily is a speaker, facilitator, and host of the Wild & Waking podcast, creating spaces for women to unravel conditioning, reconnect to their truth, and rise in alignment with who they’re becoming.


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This space is for the woman standing at the edge of everything she’s outgrown. The one who’s checked all the boxes, followed all the rules, and still feels the quiet ache for something more honest. More alive. More hers.


She’s begun the unraveling—of roles, expectations, identities that no longer fit. She’s remembering the voice beneath the noise, the rhythm beneath the hustle, the truth beneath the performance. She’s reclaiming her joy, her intuition, her fire. And she’s rising—not as a version of who she was told to be, but as the truest expression of who she already is.


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