219 | Creative Practice as a Portal to Our Freest, Truest Selves

I accidentally didn’t publish anything for a month, and this episode is a peek into why. I share some life updates and a bit of what’s been going on in my mind and heart lately. Read Holly Whitaker’s whole essay hereSUBSCRIBE | Join the Rewilding newsletter & community ****Did you enjoy this episode? Leaving a review is a TOTALLY FREE way to share the love and support the show. Thank you!

Whether you consider yourself a “creative person” or not, if you’re a human, you have the capacity for creativity. Today I’m sharing 5 ways that I believe developing a creative practice can be both life-altering and life-giving, from helping us reach new levels of authenticity, to transforming our relationship with uncertainty and imperfection, and lots more.SUBSCRIBE | Join the Rewilding newsletter & community **** Did you enjoy this episode? Leaving a review is a TOTALLY FREE way to share the love and support the show. Thank you!

We tend to think of "mental" health/illness and "physical" health/illness as separate things, but are they? Nurse practitioner and naturopathic doctor Erica Matluck talks to us about the connection between our physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual parts, and reminds us that all of our components are connected and cannot be decontextualized as easily as we may like.  Erica’s Website Erica’s Newsletter Erica’s Instagram ****SUBSCRIBE | Join my newsletter****Did you enjoy this episode? Leaving a review is a TOTALLY FREE way to share the love and support the show. Thank you!

The news these days is filled with atrocities and horrors, destruction and hate. Life can feeling daunting when we’re mired in doom and grief. So today I’m sharing some things that I have been practicing that keep me connected to joy, to people, and to all that is GOOD in the world — and I hope it helps you access that infinite well of goodness, too.****SUBSCRIBE | Join my newsletter **** Did you enjoy this episode? Leaving a review is a TOTALLY FREE way to share the love and support the show. Thank you!

Am I making the right choice? Did I make a huge mistake? Is this where I should be? These are questions a lot of us consider when reflecting on the path our life has taken, or will take. Today I wanted to share a mixed bag of thoughts, metaphors, and reflections that will hopefully help us move from a state of regret or doubt, into one of trust, as we think about the path of our life.****SUBSCRIBE | Join my newsletter Did you enjoy this episode? Leaving a review is a TOTALLY FREE way to share the love and support the show. Thank you!

Have your friendships been dwindling, feeling unbalanced, or difficult to maintain lately? Relational health educator Danielle Bayard Jackson is an expert on women’s friendships and today she’s sharing some easy ways that we can rekindle our existing friendships, deepen and strengthen them, and get better at forming new bonds — no matter what stage we’re at in life. Danielle’s WEBSITE Danielle’s BOOKDanielle’s INSTAGRAM****SUBSCRIBE | Join my newsletter ****Did you enjoy this episode? Leaving a review is a TOTALLY FREE way to share the love and support the show. Thank you!

America LOVES to be in a hurry — we are always rushing from one thing to the next, multitasking everything and feeling completely burnt out and overwhelmed by trying to keep up. Whether you’re leaning into the tones of winter, have a goal to scroll less or use less tech, or are just interested in feeling more present, I’m sharing the simple things I do in my life to reject the capitalist forces of URGENCY and live a slower life.SUBSCRIBE | Join my newsletter STA | Join the waitlist**** Did you enjoy this episode? Leaving a review is a TOTALLY FREE way to share the love and support the show. Thank you!

It’s January, and the new year is here! But you’re exhausted, unmotivated, and feel like all you want to do is lie on a pile of warm laundry and eat bread. Is it seasonal affective disorder, or is it the capitalist culture you live in urging you to carry on like a machine when your body is responding perfectly to the change in your environment? Here’s an invitation to sync to the cycles of the natural world instead of the clock or calendar, where/when possible.SUBSCRIBE | Join my newsletterSTA | Join the waitlist **** Did you enjoy this episode? Leaving a review is a TOTALLY FREE way to share the love and support the show. Thank you!

Breathwork and Somatic Experiencing Coach Conni Biesalski takes us on a tour of our nervous systems and teaches us how we can help our bodies move from heightened states into a calm, centered embodied presence. We cover how to spot activated energy, how to feel your emotions, understanding stress response cycles, and lots more, including a short guided breath work session at the end. ****Conni’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breathwork.alchemyConni’s Website: https://www.breathworkalchemy.co/****SUBSCRIBE | Join my newsletterSTA | Join the waitlist **** Did you enjoy this episode? Leaving a review is a TOTALLY FREE way to share the love and support the show. Thank you!

My relationship with my phone has been of peak interest to me lately, and I have been working on ways to rely on in less, and in turn, reclaim some of my humanness — and return to the present moment and world that surrounds me at all times. If you’re trying to use your phone less, tune in to hear what I’ve been doing on this front, and then come join the discussion on my recent post here. SUBSCRIBE | Join my newsletterSTA | Join the waitlist****Did you enjoy this episode? Leaving a review is a TOTALLY FREE way to share the love and support the show. Thank you!