Conversations
I’ve been invited as a guest on a number of Podcasts and Interviews over the years, so I thought it would be nice to collate them in one place!
Visit the links below to listen to conversations between myself and many other interesting practitioners and teachers in the Somatic fields.
Body-Oriented Coaching: A Somatic Framework for Integrating Modalities and Deepening Presence, with Nic Robertson and Rachel Blackman
Radio Somanaut by The Somatic School, with Whitney Pyles
In this episode, host Whitney Dawn Pyles welcomes Rachel Blackman, long-time trainer with The Somatic School based in the UK, and Nic Robertson, Somanaut and regional lead for the Australasian intake, joining from New Zealand.
Together, they explore what it really means to create a human-first coaching space — one rooted in presence, nervous system literacy, and deep permission to show up exactly as you are.
Whether you're a seasoned coach, a practitioner looking to expand your skillset, or someone navigating a career pivot into somatic or coaching work, this is a nourishing conversation about:
What gets unlocked when we’re truly welcomed.
How Body-Oriented Coaching enhances and integrates with EFT, Compassionate Inquiry, meditation, and more.
Why presence and attunement often matter more than any skill.
The beauty (and challenge) of showing up unmasked.
And how our upcoming Australasian training cohort is helping make this work more accessible across time zones and continents.
Creativity Beyond Perfection: Rachel Blackman on Why Failure and Imagination Matter
Movement is My Constant (MiMC) Podcast by Ana Maia Marques
Rachel Blackman explores how imagination is central to creativity, how failure fuels discovery, and why safety is foundational in both coaching and personal growth.
The conversation dives into the iterative nature of the creative process, the discomfort that often accompanies transformation, and how embodied practices can help us navigate uncertainty with resilience.
Rachel also explores the political dimensions of embodiment, the nuanced understanding required around trauma, and why titration - balancing effort and rest - is key to sustainable growth.
With increasing reliance on digital connection, Rachel reflects on the importance of solitude, the difference between being alone and feeling lonely, and how imagination can serve as a powerful tool for self-reflection, transformation, and reconnection.
The episode concludes with a hopeful lens on adaptability, and the human capacity to remain resilient through change.
Integrating Embodied Intelligence with Somatic Coaching
The Association for Coaching Podcast - ‘Coaching the Whole Person’, with Felicity Dwyer
In this episode Rachel Blackman joins our host, Felicity Dwyer, in an enlightening conversation to discuss somatic coaching. They explore how this approach can lead to a deeper sense of presence and a new understanding of the body’s intelligence.
Rachel guides Felicity through two short somatic exercises to demonstrate the value of physical sensations and how to use the information provided in a coaching session. Discover the importance of agency, good contracting, and re-contracting in coaching – letting the client’s resonant sense guide the process.
You Will Learn:
The power of embodied intelligence and integration in coaching.
How to use movement, body language and metaphor as a tool.
How somatic coaching offers new perspectives, insights and ways of being for clients.
The Ripeness of Seasonal Living: A Solstice Conversation with Rachel Blackman
‘With Wisdom’ YouTube Channel, with Sam Jayasuriya and Gabriela Alvarez
In this rich and tender conversation, Rachel, Sam, and Gabriela gather in the warmth of midyear to explore how we each ripen in our own time - and how to honor the personal seasons that shape our growth.
You’re invited into a soul-nourishing reflection on:
Living in rhythm with solar and lunar cycles - and the sacred permission to follow your own pace.
Embracing both visibility and withdrawal in the height of summer light.
Finding creativity, compassion, and connection in the messiness of mistakes and not-knowing.
Building resilience through somatic presence, ancestral dialogue, and a relationship with place.
How Rachel’s solo show You're Not Doing It Wrong If No One Knows What You're Doing became a living celebration of embracing your unique path.
Rachel meets us as a theatre-maker, somatic educator, coach, animist, and artist of aliveness. Together, we reflect on:
The “Rs” of nervous system nourishment: rest, rhythm, relationship.
Stories that root us in soul, land, and belonging.
How meaning emerges not from perfection, but from presence.
This solstice conversation is an invitation to pause in the light, feel the fullness of your own becoming, and ask:
✨ What does aliveness feel like - right now, in my body, in my life?
✨ What if I’m not lost, but simply flowering in a shape all my own?
Come sit with us in this field of warmth, wonder, and wild-hearted wisdom - and tend to the fire within.
Unlearning Perfectionism, with Rachel Blackman
The Tension of Emergence Podcast, with Jennifer England
In this episode, Jennifer talks with artist, performer, and somatic educator Rachel Blackman about what happens when we embrace the tension of failing, mistakes, and experimentation.
They discuss the liberation of unlearning perfectionism through the twists and turns of professional careers. And Jennifer offers a practice to help you let go of needing 'to get it right' and more fully embrace the potential of iterating.
The Wonder of Whole Person Coaching: A Panel Chat
The Association for Coaching Podcast - ‘Coaching the Whole Person’, with Felicity Dwyer
Aubyn Howard, Krista Powell Edwards and Rachel Blackman return to join host, Felicity Dwyer, for a wonderful panel chat in the final episode of our Coaching the Whole Person series. Taking a deeper dive into what coaching the whole person means, they discuss the importance of presence over intervention, working with effluent and affluent parts of the nervous system, being aligned with your purpose, and understanding that the ecosystem of a human being sits within other systems. A warm and thoughtful conversation worth listening to.
You will learn:
Who the whole person is and why it matters.
Ethical and contracting issues.
The importance of continuing development for coaches who want to work in depth with clients.
“The being (human) is creative, resourceful and whole and the coach’s job is attunement with that creative, resourceful and whole being, in however they turn up.”