The Hidden Cost of Fragmentation: Reclaiming Your Scattered Powers

Note: Episode 8 Show Notes & Resource Guide are available at the end of this entry.


I laid in bed this morning in a brief moment of stillness, breath moving gently through my body. As I settled into the solitude of the moment, I felt it again – that familiar tension between different parts of myself.

The part that wanted to sink into deep presence.

The part anxiously reviewing my to-do list.

The part judging both of these other aspects.

And I smiled, recognizing an old pattern.

For most of my life, I've experienced these internal divisions as normal. Haven't we all? We fragment ourselves into the professional self, the mother self, the creative self, the spiritual self – each one often disconnected from the others, sometimes even at war.

This fragmentation isn't something that happens overnight. It begins gradually, often in childhood, when we receive messages about which parts of ourselves are acceptable and which aren't.

Perhaps you were told your anger was inappropriate, your sadness was burdensome, your exuberance was too much, or your needs were selfish. Maybe you learned that your cyclical nature – with its ebbs and flows, darkness and light – wasn't compatible with a world that values consistent productivity and perpetual pleasantness.

So what did you do? You did what all of us do when faced with rejection – you began to fragment. You created internal walls between the parts of yourself that were welcomed by the world and the parts that weren't. You developed sophisticated systems to keep certain aspects hidden – even from yourself.

This fragmentation served you once. It was a brilliant survival strategy that allowed you to maintain connection, to belong, to function in environments that couldn't hold your full radiance.

But the cost of maintaining this fragmentation is enormous.

Think about the energy required to continuously monitor yourself, to keep parts of your nature locked away, to maintain these internal divisions. It's exhausting. And it creates a profound sense of disconnection – from yourself, from others, from the natural world.

When we're fragmented, our intuition becomes clouded because it can't draw from our complete knowing. Our creative expression becomes limited because it can't access our full range. Our cyclical wisdom becomes muted because we've lost access to parts of ourselves that would guide this dance.

And perhaps most painfully, fragmentation scatters our power.

Every wall we build inside ourselves requires energy to maintain. Every part we reject carries power that becomes unavailable to us. Every internal battle drains the very life force we need to create the lives we desire.

This is where the medicine of rewilding enters.

Rewilding isn't about becoming something new. It's about remembering who you've always been beneath the layers of conditioning and fragmentation. It's the return to your natural essence after domestication – like a garden that's been carefully manicured suddenly allowed to grow according to its own wisdom again.

In this week's episode of Moon & Fire, I share my personal journey of reclaiming a fragmented part of myself – one that carried enormous power that had been unavailable to me for years. I explore the phases of the rewilding journey and offer a simple but profound practice for welcoming home an exiled aspect of your being.

Because here's what I know to be true: Your power lives in your wholeness.

Not in perfect balance. Not in spiritual bypass. Not in toxic positivity. But in creating a home within yourself where all aspects of your sacred being can reside together in harmony – your fierceness alongside your tenderness, your shadows next to your light, your wild nature in conversation with your structure.

This journey of reclaiming your scattered powers is at the heart of The Rewilded coaching experience that I've created. The doors are open now for a limited time, and I'd be honored to guide you through this sacred process of coming home to yourself.

Whether The Rewilded experience calls to you or not, I invite you to consider: What would become possible if you stopped fighting against your complete nature and instead created a sanctuary for it to flourish? What power might be waiting to return to you?

Listen to the full episode here: [LINK TO EPISODE]

What aspect of yourself are you ready to welcome home? I'd love to hear in the comments below.

Remember the sacred cycles. Reclaim your radiant fire. Unleash your intuitive magic.

 

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EPISODE 8 SHOW NOTES

Episode #8: "Reclaiming Your Scattered Powers: The Medicine of Rewilding”

Brief Description:

In this intimate episode, I explore how the fragmentation of our authentic selves leads to scattered personal power and disconnection from our deepest wisdom. Through sharing my own journey of reclaiming a fragmented part of myself, I reveal how limiting beliefs create internal divisions that separate us from our wholeness. You'll discover how the rewilding process creates a sacred container where all aspects of your being can return home, transforming "either/or" thinking into "both/and" wholeness. I offer a simple yet profound practice for welcoming a fragmented part of yourself back into the sanctuary of your being, and share how The Rewilded coaching experience provides a transformative container for this sacred reclamation work. This episode illuminates how reuniting your scattered powers is not about becoming something new, but remembering who you've always been.

key quotes

  1. "Your power lives in your wholeness - in creating a home where all aspects of your sacred being can reside together in harmony."

  2. "Fragmentation isn't something that happens overnight. It's a gradual process, often beginning in childhood, when we receive messages about which parts of ourselves are acceptable and which aren't."

  3. "Rewilding isn't about becoming something new. It's about remembering who you've always been beneath the layers of conditioning and fragmentation."

  4. "The cost of maintaining fragmentation is enormous. Think about the energy required to continuously monitor yourself, to keep parts of your nature locked away, to maintain these internal divisions."

  5. "When we're fragmented, our cyclical wisdom becomes muted. We struggle to honor the natural rhythms moving through us because we've lost access to parts of ourselves that would guide this dance."

  6. "Each time we welcome home an exiled part, we strengthen our relationship with ourselves. We become a safer place for all aspects of our being to exist."

  7. "This isn't a process of addition but of recognition - not becoming more, but acknowledging what's already there."

  8. "Rewilding transforms 'either/or' thinking into 'both/and' wholeness - recognizing that we can be both fierce and tender, both structured and wild, both autonomous and connected."

  9. "The parts of you that have been deemed 'too much' or 'not enough' haven't disappeared. They've been waiting patiently for you to create space for their return."

  10. "What waits on the other side of fragmentation is a life of unprecedented authenticity, power, and joy."


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Emotional Healing as Sacred Pathway: Reclaiming Your Natural Rhythms

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Have you ever felt like your emotions were too much to handle? Or found yourself stuck in patterns that disconnect you from your natural wisdom and cyclical nature?

Our emotions aren't just random feelings to be managed or suppressed—they're sophisticated messengers carrying vital information about our experience. Yet many of us have learned to override these signals, creating a profound disconnection from our intuitive knowing and cyclical wisdom.

In this week's episode of Moon & Fire, I'm thrilled to be in conversation with Jessy Pearson Cheney, who helps women process stored emotions and regulate their nervous systems so they can break free from unwanted patterns and reconnect with their inner wisdom.

What I find especially powerful about Jessy's approach is her understanding that healing doesn't have to be painful or time-consuming. There are simple, effective ways to process emotions without reliving trauma. As she beautifully puts it, "You don't have to relive your pain to release it."

When we carry unprocessed emotional experiences, our nervous systems remain stuck in patterns that override our natural cycles. This creates a constant state of sympathetic dominance—our stress response stays activated, disrupting our hormonal balance and pulling us away from our body's inherent rhythms.

Through our conversation, Jessy shares how emotional processing creates space for us to return to our natural state—one where we can flow with our cyclical nature rather than fighting against it. She offers practical tools that help us recognize when we're responding to old triggers rather than present reality, allowing us to release what no longer serves us.

This integration of emotional healing and cyclical living represents a powerful medicine for women seeking to reclaim their intuitive magic. When we clear the emotional static, we can hear the whispers of our inner knowing with greater clarity.

Join us for this illuminating conversation where we explore:

  • How emotional healing supports cyclical living

  • The connection between your nervous system and your natural rhythms

  • Practical tools for processing emotions without reliving trauma

  • How clearing emotional blocks creates space for intuitive wisdom

This episode offers a beautiful complement to our ongoing exploration of living in harmony with our sacred cycles.

May you hear the wisdom in your emotions
May you release what no longer serves your becoming
May you return to the natural rhythm of your being
May you trust the healing that flows through you

Remember the sacred cycles. Reclaim your radiant fire. Unleash your intuitive magic.

 

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EPISODE 7 SHOW NOTES

Episode #7: "Emotional Regulation as Sacred Practice: A Conversation with Jessy Pearson Cheney”

Brief Description:

Join me in this illuminating conversation with Jessy Pearson-Cheney about the intersection of emotional healing and cyclical wisdom. Discover how our bodies store emotions, why processing these feelings doesn't require reliving trauma, and practical techniques for nervous system regulation. Learn how emotional healing creates space for reconnecting with your natural rhythms and intuitive knowing. This episode offers compassionate insights into transforming stored emotions into doorways for greater self-understanding and embodied wisdom.

key quotes

  1. "Your body tries to tell you something. It's just, like, emails from your body saying, 'Hey, by the way, I don't know if you realize this, but we're clocking the fact that there's terror happening right now.'"

  2. "Emotions are just data. They're not problems to solve but wisdom to integrate."

  3. "You're fighting against your body who does not want you to do this. Because your nervous system is now familiar with being in trauma and is familiar with coping in these ways."

  4. "Trauma is when something's too fast, too soon, too much, and we're alone and feel unsupported. And so in that moment, your brain and your body's like, 'I can't be here right now.'"

  5. "When you give yourself permission to feel things in your body, you create space where it's safe for you to sit there and realize that it usually takes a few seconds to maybe minutes to feel that and let it just be gone."

  6. "Think of it like having a bunch of computer tabs open... As you close those tabs out, your nervous system can reset and can regulate."

  7. "It's that last piece of the stress cycle where if you don't complete it, that's where the trouble is. There's no trouble of having a response to a stressor. The trouble is if you don't complete that stressor and reset."

  8. "Your body takes it a step further because then it's going to be like, 'Well, I still feel stressed out and we're in this together, so I'm going to start creating some dysfunction in your body because that energy has to go somewhere.'"

  9. "The healing doesn't have to be as bad or as painful or as hard or as long as your brain is telling you it's going to be."

  10. "I don't think we're broken. If your body is in fight-flight, that's a good sign that you have a functional nervous system. You're supposed to go into that and pump all these stress hormones into your system to prepare you to do what you need to do to survive."


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At Home in Your Wholeness: Creating Space for Your Full Feminine Expression

Note: Episode 6 Show Notes & Resource Guide are available at the end of this entry.


I've noticed a recurring theme in my conversations with women – a subtle undercurrent of yearning that surfaces regardless of their life circumstances. It's a hunger to reconcile the divided parts of themselves, to bring together what has been separated, to finally exhale completely in their own skin.

This journey toward wholeness became real for me during a transformative moment sitting alone in prayer in my car. In that unexpected sanctuary, I experienced a profound shift – a dissolving of the internal walls I'd built to separate the "acceptable" parts of myself from those I'd learned to hide. That moment changed everything about how I understood what it means to truly inhabit my life.

The Divided Self

Many of us move through life with invisible lines drawn through our being. The professional self separate from the emotional self. The maternal self disconnected from the sensual self. The public persona distinct from the private truth. We've inherited these divisions, absorbed them from a culture that has long asked women to present only selected aspects of themselves while keeping others carefully contained.

This internal segregation exacts a heavy toll. It requires constant vigilance, draining energy we could direct toward creation and connection. It fragments our wisdom, causing us to second-guess our knowing. It creates a persistent sense of performance rather than presence, leaving us feeling like visitors rather than rightful inhabitants of our own experience.

The most painful cost might be the loneliness – the sense that no one truly knows us because we never fully reveal ourselves, even to ourselves.

The Whole Home

Imagine a home with rooms that have been locked for years – spaces you've paid to heat and maintain but never allowed yourself to enter. What treasures might be waiting there? What resources have you been supporting but not accessing?

When we begin to open these inner doors, to create space for every aspect of our nature, something remarkable happens. We discover that what we feared might be too much, too intense, or too difficult to integrate actually carries essential medicine. Our righteous anger holds our fierce protection. Our deep grief carries our profound capacity for joy. Our wild sensuality contains our creative force.

As we welcome these exiled aspects home, our external world begins to shift in response. Relationships deepen because they're finally with all of us, not just our curated parts. Work becomes more aligned as it flows from our complete knowing. Our very presence becomes more powerful because it's no longer diluted by division.

Your Invitation Home

In Episode 6 of Moon & Fire, I explore this journey of inner homecoming – what prevents us from welcoming our whole selves and what becomes possible when we do. I share practices for expanding your internal sanctuary to include every aspect of your being, not just the parts that have received external validation.

The episode includes a guided practice for creating this internal sanctuary – a place you can return to whenever you notice yourself contracting away from parts of your experience.

This journey toward wholeness isn't just personal – it's revolutionary. In a world that continues to ask women to fragment themselves, choosing wholeness becomes a radical act of reclamation.

I invite you to join me for this exploration of what becomes possible when you truly inhabit your complete, magnificent being.

As an extension of this work, I'm hosting a free virtual workshop on April 16th at 10 AM Eastern called "Storm Truth: The Unshakable Voice of a Truth-Speaking Woman." Once you've created space for your whole self, your voice naturally emerges with new clarity and power. The workshop will help you harness this authentic expression, especially during challenging times.

Create a sanctuary for all your expressions
Honor both shadow and light as your teachers
Feel the relief of your complete emotional landscape
Remember that wholeness is your natural state

Remember the sacred cycles. Reclaim your radiant fire. Unleash your intuitive magic.

 

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EPISODE 6 SHOW NOTES

Episode #6: "At Home in Your Wholeness: Reclaiming the Full Spectrum of Your Being”

Brief Description:

What does it truly mean for a woman to be "at home in herself"? In this episode, I explore the radical journey of creating a sanctuary for your complete self—honoring both your light and shadow, your full emotional spectrum, your authentic desires, and the unique dance of feminine and masculine energies within you. Discover why this homecoming is the essential foundation for living from your truth, and learn a practical ritual for welcoming all aspects of your being. This episode offers both deep wisdom and immediate practices to help you reclaim your wholeness and experience the profound liberation that comes from inhabiting your full self.

Episode Highlights

0:05 - 1:15

  • Welcome and introduction to the concept of being "at home in yourself"

  • Announcement of the April 16th workshop

1:15 - 3:00

  • Personal story about experiencing a profound sense of homecoming

  • Emily shares feeling permission to contain multitudes and be both fierce and soft

3:00 - 5:30

  • The longing for wholeness that many women experience

  • How fragmenting ourselves costs us energy and disconnects us from our wisdom

5:30 - 8:00

  • Exploring what it means to be "at home in yourself" as a place of safety and belonging

  • The difference between expanding in comfortable spaces versus contracting in uninviting ones

8:00 - 11:15

  • The full range of feminine being: embracing both light and shadow

  • Understanding emotions as sophisticated messengers, not problems

  • Reconnecting with authentic desires after years of prioritizing others

11:15 - 13:30

  • External and internal barriers to wholeness

  • The inner critic, fear of rejection, and habits of self-abandonment

13:30 - 16:15

  • The pathway home through sacred reconnection and embodied wholeness

  • Creating intentional space to hear all parts of yourself

16:15 - 20:00

  • The "Homecoming Practice" guided visualization

  • Creating an inner sanctuary where all aspects of yourself are welcomed

20:00 - 23:00

  • Closing thoughts on the courage it takes to create a home for your complete self

  • Invitation to the "Storm Truth" workshop on April 16th

  • Final blessing and farewell

key quotes

  1. "This homecoming to our complete selves is one of the most radical and healing journeys we can undertake as women."

  2. "Being at home in yourself means creating space for your complete being – not just the parts that are easy to love or socially acceptable, but every aspect of who you are."

  3. "Home represents safety, belonging, authenticity, and rest. It's where we can exhale completely, where we don't need to hold ourselves together or present a curated version of who we are."

  4. "When we disown aspects of ourselves, we expend enormous energy maintaining these internal boundaries. We lose access to our full resources, our complete wisdom, our most authentic power."

  5. "Our culture has conditioned women to showcase only our most acceptable qualities – our nurturing, our compassion, our accommodation. But what about our fierce protection, our righteous anger, our wild sensuality, our uncompromising boundaries?"

  6. "Integration, not elimination, is the path home. Your shadow qualities aren't problems to solve – they're powerful aspects of yourself waiting to be reclaimed."

  7. "Your emotional range flows naturally with your cycle. There are times when you're designed to feel more deeply, to process more thoroughly, to sense more acutely."

  8. "Many women have a complicated relationship with wanting. We've been taught that our needs should come last, that our desires are secondary, that our will should bend to accommodate others."

  9. "With gentle curiosity, move toward one of these spaces that calls for your attention. As you approach the door, take a breath and set the intention to welcome whatever you find inside."

  10. "When you're at home in yourself, you become unshakable in your truth, unstoppable in your purpose, and unlimited in your expression."


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The Sacred Medicine of Ritual: Reclaiming Ceremony in Modern Life

Note: Episode 5 Show Notes & Resource Guide are available at the end of this entry.


In our rush toward productivity, our obsession with efficiency, and our celebration of constant doing, we've lost something essential—the sacred art of ritual. This loss disconnects us from our own rhythms, from meaningful transitions, and from the ceremony that once marked pivotal moments in our lives.

I discovered this truth while meticulously managing a significant life transition. I had the spreadsheets and to-do lists, but something vital was missing. One evening, feeling this disconnect deeply, I created a simple altar with objects representing what I was releasing and calling in. As I lit a candle and burned a paper carrying what I needed to let go, something profound shifted. I was no longer just managing a change in my head—I was deeply honoring a threshold.

This is ritual medicine—creating a bridge between the mundane and the sacred, between what is and what is becoming.

The Lost Art of Ceremony

Throughout history, cultures worldwide used ritual as medicine for the soul. From ceremonies marking seasons to rites celebrating pivotal moments, ritual helped communities process grief, celebrate joy, and honor transitions.

But in our modern world that values speed over ceremony and productivity over presence, many of us have lost this medicine. We rush through days, transitions, and cycles without marking their significance. This costs us our connection to our bodies' wisdom and the sacred rhythms that could guide us.

For women especially, this disconnection undermines our naturally cyclical nature. When we lose our ritual practice, we lose a powerful tool for honoring these cycles and creating intentional space for our full selves to exist.

Why Ritual Works

Ritual medicine operates at the intersection of body wisdom and sacred ceremony. From a neuroscience perspective, ritual engages our full brain—activating diverse neural networks through multisensory experience. This bypasses our analytical mind and speaks directly to our deeper consciousness.

Research shows that ritual significantly impacts our nervous system regulation, helping shift us from fight-or-flight into rest-and-digest. This physiological shift allows our hormonal systems to function more optimally—particularly important for honoring women's cyclical nature.

The Power of Simple Practice

Ritual doesn't need to be elaborate to be effective. Even the simplest ceremonies can create profound shifts:

  • Lighting a candle before work

  • Placing hands on your heart upon waking

  • Creating small ceremonies to honor where you are in your cycle

  • Marking transitions intentionally rather than rushing through them

What matters isn't the complexity but the presence and intention you bring. A five-minute ceremony done consistently holds more power than an elaborate ritual that feels overwhelming.

An Invitation

In Episode 5 of Moon & Fire, I dive deeper into the Sacred Rhythms Ritual Medicine Framework—a complete approach to creating transformative ceremony through remembering, restoring, reclaiming, and rising. I share practical guidance for creating rituals that honor your cycles, mark transitions, and create containers for your becoming.

I invite you to begin with one small ritual this week. Notice what shifts when you create sacred space for your experience. Remember, you already have everything you need—your body, your breath, your intention. The most potent ceremonies are those that resonate with your authentic expression.

May you remember that ritual is your birthright
May you trust the wisdom that lives in your bones
May you create sacred containers for your becoming
May you walk in the beauty of your own wild knowing

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EPISODE 5 SHOW NOTES

Episode #5: "The Sacred Medicine of Ritual: Honoring Transitions and Awakening Wisdom"

Brief Description:

In this episode, I explore the transformative power of ritual medicine—the intentional practice of creating sacred ceremony to honor life's transitions, restore natural rhythms, and awaken dormant wisdom. Discover the four-pillar Sacred Rhythms Ritual Medicine Framework that guides you through remembering your cyclical nature, restoring sacred rest, reclaiming your power, and rising into your fullest expression. Learn how ritual creates profound neurological and physiological shifts, and gain practical tools to create simple yet powerful ceremonies that support your cyclical wisdom. This episode offers both ancestral knowledge and modern science to help you reclaim the medicine of ritual in your everyday life.

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:

0:05 - 2:30

  • Welcome and introduction

  • Personal story about creating a ritual during a significant transition

  • Overview of episode focus on ritual medicine

2:30 - 5:15

  • What is ritual medicine?

  • How modern society has lost connection to ceremonial practices

  • The cost of rushing through transitions without marking them

5:15 - 9:00

  • The Sacred Rhythms Ritual Medicine Framework™

  • Four pillars: Remember, Restore, Reclaim, Rise

  • How each pillar guides us through transformation

9:00 - 12:00

  • Why ritual medicine works

  • Neuroscience behind ritual's effectiveness

  • How ritual impacts our nervous system

12:00 - 14:30

  • Three essential elements of effective ritual

  • Creating sacred space

  • Designing intentional practice

  • Embodying transformation

14:30 - 17:15

  • Aligning ritual with your cycles

  • How to create rituals for different phases

  • Alternative approaches using moon phases

17:15 - 19:30

  • Creating your own ritual practice

  • Starting with micro-rituals

  • Building a personal ritual vocabulary

19:30 - 21:30

  • Guided "Allowing Practice" ritual demonstration

  • Simple four-step ritual framework anyone can use

21:30 - 22:35

  • Closing thoughts

  • Invitation to begin with one small ritual

  • Preview of next episode

  • Final blessing and farewell

key quotes

  1. "Ritual medicine is the intentional practice of creating sacred ceremony to honor life's transitions, restore our natural rhythms, and awaken dormant wisdom within the body."

  2. "This is the medicine of ritual – creating a bridge between the mundane and the sacred."

  3. "We live in a world that values speed over ceremony, productivity over presence. We rush through our days, our transitions, our cycles, rarely pausing to mark their significance."

  4. "Every effective ritual integrates three essential elements: Sacred Space – the physical and energetic container; Sacred Practice – the intentional ceremony or action; and Sacred Integration – how we embody the transformation."

  5. "When we create intentional ceremony around our cycles, our transitions, our celebrations, and even our grief, we give ourselves the time and space to fully metabolize our experiences."

  6. "Perhaps most powerfully, ritual creates containers for natural unfolding. Rather than forcing transformation through willpower, ceremony creates space where change emerges organically."

  7. "The multisensory nature of ritual is key to its effectiveness. When we involve multiple senses—touch, smell, sound, sight—we activate diverse neural networks simultaneously, creating a more robust encoding of the experience."

  8. "A common ritual is to write down negative self-talk or old habits that are getting in your way, and then rip them up or burn them, signifying a release of their old energy."

  9. "In our modern world, we need ritual medicine more than ever – ways to slow down, mark moments as sacred, and create bridges back to ourselves and our innate knowing."

  10. "Remember, you already have everything you need – your body, your breath, your intention. Trust what feels right for you. The most potent ceremonies are those that resonate with your authentic expression."


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The Dangerous Illusion: Why Managing Is Not Stewarding

Note: Episode 3 + 4 Show Notes & Resource Guides are available at the end of this entry.


As women, many of us pride ourselves on our ability to manage. We coordinate family schedules, lead work projects, maintain relationships, organize community events, and somehow keep all the plates spinning without (visible) effort. This capacity to manage is often celebrated as a strength—and in many ways, it is.

But I've been sitting with an uncomfortable truth lately: managing is not the same as stewarding. And confusing the two might be sabotaging the very things we most deeply long for.

The Hidden Cost of Management Mastery

Let's be honest about what management often looks like in practice. It's the meticulous planning, the detailed to-do lists, the constant anticipation of needs before they arise. It's the orchestration of moving parts according to a vision of how things "should" be.

Management is efficient. It's practical. Sometimes, it's absolutely necessary.

But have you ever paused to notice what happens in your body when you're in full management mode? Your jaw tightens. Your shoulders creep toward your ears. Your breath becomes shallow. Your belly contracts as if preparing for impact.

Our bodies tell a story that our productivity apps don't: management, when it becomes our primary mode of engagement with life, is a state of subtle but constant tension.

And there's a reason for this tension. Because underneath our sophisticated management systems often lie hidden beliefs: "If I don't hold all of this together perfectly, everything will fall apart—and then everyone will see that I'm not actually capable."

And sometimes, even deeper: "If I stop managing everything, I might discover that no one else is holding me either. That I'm actually alone."

This fear of isolation—of discovering that without our constant effort to maintain connections through management, we might find ourselves unsupported—can be more terrifying than the fear of inadequacy.

Management becomes our coping mechanism not just to mask fears of inadequacy, but to protect ourselves from the vulnerability of genuine interdependence. We manage to prove—to ourselves and others—that we are enough, and that we don't need anyone else to hold us.

The Three Leadership Paradigms

This is where understanding different leadership paradigms becomes illuminating. According to the servant leadership framework developed by Robert Greenleaf, there are three distinct ways we can show up in positions of influence:

1. The Egocentric Leader (Leader as Dictator)

  • Focused primarily on self

  • Puts the leader's needs first

  • Treats followers as servants

2. The Patronizing Leader (Leader as Parent)

  • Focused primarily on position

  • Presumes that needs are best determined by the leader

  • Treats followers as children

3. The Servant Leader (Leader as Steward)

  • Focused primarily on others

  • Puts the needs of the led first

  • Treats followers as partners

Most of us would quickly distance ourselves from the egocentric model. But the patronizing leadership style? That one hits closer to home for many women. In this paradigm, we operate from a well-intentioned but ultimately limiting belief that we know best what others need and how things should unfold.

Sound familiar? It's management in its most common form.

From Management to Stewardship

Stewardship, by contrast, is rooted in the servant leadership model. It's fundamentally different not just in its actions but in its inner orientation.

Where management asks: "How can I arrange everything according to my vision?" Stewardship asks: "How can I create conditions where everyone and everything can thrive in their own way?"

The difference is subtle but profound. One approach tightens; the other opens.

As Robert Greenleaf writes in The Servant as Leader:

"The servant-leader is servant first... It begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve, to serve first. Then conscious choice brings one to aspire to lead."

The focus shifts from controlling outcomes to nurturing possibilities. From directing performances to tending growth. From proving worth through perfect execution to trusting the inherent capability and resilience of ourselves and others.

The Body Wisdom of Stewardship

Clarissa Pinkola Estés, in her work on feminine embodiment, speaks about the power of allowing our bellies to go loose and soft—how this physical surrender reconnects women to our deeper knowing.

This embodied wisdom points to something essential about stewardship. When we steward rather than merely manage, there's a physical relaxation. The body knows it doesn't have to armor itself against failure because it trusts in its capacity to respond to whatever emerges.

There's a quote I love: "Expectation kills magic." I believe over-managing does the same thing. When we're fixated on how things must unfold according to our plans, we close ourselves off to unexpected gifts, unforeseen possibilities, and grace we couldn't have orchestrated.

The Receiving Problem

Perhaps the most significant cost of mistaking management for stewardship is what it does to our capacity to receive.

As managers, we're constantly giving—giving directions, giving effort, giving energy, giving control. This constant output creates a subtle resistance to input. We become so accustomed to arranging the world according to our vision that we struggle to accept what's freely offered when it doesn't match our expectations.

Stewardship carries a different underlying belief: "Whatever comes my way, I have the capacity to meet it." It honors inherent resilience rather than frantically trying to prove worth through perfect execution.

This openness to receiving isn't passive. It's deeply active, but in a different way. It requires the courage to trust, to adapt, to remain flexible in the face of surprise. To steward is to hold vision while remaining curious about how that vision might manifest in ways we couldn't have imagined.

Practical Steps Toward Stewardship

So how do we begin to shift from management to stewardship? Here are some practices I've found helpful:

1. Body Awareness When you notice yourself in management mode—clenched jaw, tight shoulders, contracted belly—place one hand on your abdomen and consciously soften. Let your belly be loose and full. Notice how this physical shift affects your thinking and emotional state.

2. Question Your Expectations When you find yourself attached to a specific outcome, ask: "What am I afraid would happen if this unfolded differently than I expect?" This often reveals the fear beneath the need to control.

3. Practice Receiving Small Things Build your "receiving muscles" with simple practices. Accept compliments without deflection. Receive help without apology. Allow gifts without feeling the immediate need to reciprocate.

4. Shift Your Language Notice when you use phrases like "I need to make sure..." or "I have to control..." These often signal management thinking. Experiment with alternatives like "I'm curious to see how..." or "I'm creating space for..."

5. Trust-Building Experiments Start with low-stakes situations where you deliberately step back from managing and observe what unfolds. Like muscles, our trust grows stronger with regular exercise.

The Paradox of Stewardship

The beautiful paradox of stewardship is that when we loosen our grip on managing outcomes, we often become more effective in creating meaningful change. By treating others as partners rather than variables to be controlled, we tap into collective wisdom and capacity that far exceeds what any single manager could orchestrate.

Perhaps most powerfully, servant leadership creates something that management alone never can: authentic community. Where management often reinforces our isolation—keeping us in the position of the lone orchestrator—stewardship builds genuine connections. It transforms "I must hold everything together" into "We are holding each other."

This is why Greenleaf emphasizes treating followers as partners rather than subordinates. True partnership alleviates the profound loneliness that so often accompanies leadership positions. When we lead as stewards, we discover that we were never meant to carry the weight alone—and that true strength comes from meaningful interdependence.

As Greenleaf notes about servant-leaders:

"The best test, and difficult to administer, is: Do those served grow as persons? Do they, while being served, become healthier, wiser, freer, more autonomous, more likely themselves to become servants?"

This is the ultimate measure of true stewardship—not perfect execution of a predetermined plan, but the growth and flourishing of everything under our care, including ourselves. And importantly, not just individual growth but the cultivation of a community where no one needs to fear being unsupported or alone.

An Invitation

I'm not suggesting we abandon management entirely. There are times when detailed planning and coordination are absolutely necessary. But I am suggesting that we become more discerning about when management is truly needed and when stewardship would serve better.

Perhaps the most powerful question we can ask ourselves is this: "Am I managing right now because the situation truly requires it, or because I'm uncomfortable with the vulnerability of trusting?"

As women who have been conditioned to derive our worth from how well we manage all the things, this question can be both confronting and liberating.

I invite you to join me in this exploration of stewardship—this practice of holding our plans more loosely so that life can breathe through them. Of softening our bellies and our expectations. Of discovering that our capacity to receive—to be surprised, to adapt, to flow—might actually be our greatest strength of all.

What might become possible in your life if you allowed yourself to steward rather than just manage?

 

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EPISODE 3 SHOW NOTES

Episode #3: "The Management Trap: Recognizing What Holds Us Back"

Brief Description:

In this first installment of a two-part series, I explore the tendency many women have to control and micromanage their lives. I share a personal story of my own awakening to this pattern and introduce servant leadership concepts that offer a different way of being. Discover how the management mindset creates physical tension, disconnects us from our cyclical nature, and stems from deeper fears. This episode lays the groundwork for Episode 4, where we'll explore practical ways to embrace stewardship and reclaim our natural rhythms.

Episode Highlights/Outline:

  1. Personal Story: Transition from Management to Stewardship [00:01:30]

    • Emily shares a personal story about receiving a divine invitation to soften, and how this shift brought about revelations and transformations in her relationships and work.

  2. The Management Trap [00:04:30]

    • Exploration of how many women fall into the management trap and the physical toll it takes on the body. Introduction to the concept of management versus stewardship.

  3. Introduction to Robert Greenleaf's Leadership Paradigms [00:11:30]

    • Explanation of the three leadership paradigms: Egocentric Leader, Patronizing Leader, and Servant Leader, and how they relate to women's experiences.

  4. The Cost of Over-Management [00:17:00]

    • Discussion on how management mode can lead to burnout, disconnection from intuition, and how it impacts relationships and spiritual practices.

  5. Embodying Stewardship through Physical Softening [00:23:00]

    • Emphasis on embodying stewardship by physically softening the body, and the impact of this transition on energy and openness to receiving.

  6. The Connection Between Cyclical Nature and Stewardship [00:26:00]

    • Reflection on the alignment between women's cyclical nature, stewardship, and the broader vision of creating authentic community.

  7. Closing Thoughts: Preparing for the Next Episode [00:28:00]

    • Emily encourages listeners to practice belly softening and awareness of management patterns in preparation for the next episode's deeper exploration.

Key Quotes:

  1. "I felt what I can only describe as an invitation from God, this clear whisper: 'Just soften and receive today.'"

  2. "Our bodies tell a story that our productivity apps don't: management, when it becomes our primary mode of engagement with life, is a state of subtle but constant tension."

  3. "Management becomes our coping mechanism not just to mask fears of inadequacy, but to protect ourselves from the vulnerability of genuine interdependence."

  4. "We've forgotten that we're not meant to be static and unchanging. We're meant to flow, to shift, to transform – just like the moon, just like the seasons, just like all of nature."

  5. "Management asks: 'How can I arrange everything according to my vision?' Stewardship asks: 'How can I create conditions where everyone and everything can thrive in their own way?'"

  6. "The patronizing leadership style often looks and feels like care. And in many ways, it is rooted in genuine care. But it misses something essential: the dignity and capability of those being led."

  7. "Expectation kills magic. When we're fixated on how things must unfold according to our plans, we close ourselves off to unexpected gifts, unforeseen possibilities, and grace we couldn't have orchestrated."

  8. "One approach tightens; the other opens. One contracts around control; the other expands into possibility. One demands certainty; the other welcomes mystery."

  9. "When we lead as stewards, we discover that we were never meant to carry the weight alone—and that true strength comes from meaningful interdependence."

  10. "To steward is to hold vision while remaining curious about how that vision might manifest in ways we couldn't have imagined."


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episode 4 show notes

Episode #4: “The Way of the Steward: Reclaiming Sacred Leadership”

Brief Description:

In this conclusion to our two-part series, I explore how stewardship manifests uniquely through each phase of your cycle and offer five practical techniques to shift from management to stewardship in daily life. Discover the paradox of how loosening control often creates better outcomes than tight management ever could. The episode includes a ritual practice for embodying this shift and reconnecting with your natural cyclical wisdom.

Episode Highlights/Outline:

03:32 Cyclical Stewardship Through Life Phases

09:31 "Nurturing Intuition in Collaboration"

12:25 Embracing Cyclical Stewardship

15:22 "Softening and Questioning Expectations"

20:06 Trust-Building Challenges: Start Small

24:09 The Power of Letting Go

27:07 "Open Hands, Cyclical Power"

30:15 "Embracing Intuitive Stewardship"

35:05 "Embracing Stewardship's Path"

37:27 Sacred Cycles: Embrace Your Rhythm

Key Quotes:

"Embracing Cyclical Stewardship": "One of the most beautiful aspects of embracing both cyclical living and stewardship is recognizing that stewardship looks and feels different in each phase of our cycle."

— Emily Bailey [00:03:59 → 00:04:10]

"Honoring Beginnings:": "We honor the natural enthusiasm and optimism of this phase without rushing to harvest what's just beginning to grow."

— Emily Bailey [00:06:47 → 00:06:54]

"Cyclical Wisdom in Leadership": "We recognize that effective stewardship doesn't look the same all month long and that it's not a weakness or inconsistency, it's actually the very source of our power."

— Emily Bailey [00:12:28 → 00:12:40]

"Building Trust with Small Steps": "The key to each of these experiments is to start small enough that your nervous system doesn't go into full panic, but significant enough that you're stretching your comfort zone."

— Emily Bailey [00:20:51 → 00:21:01]

The Paradox of Leadership: "That, to me, is the most beautiful paradox of all, that by releasing our need to control everything, we actually create the conditions for deeper connection, support, and belonging."

— Emily Bailey [00:26:45 → 00:26:57]

"Embracing Stewardship Over Control": "In a world that often rewards control and celebrates the perfect execution, it takes courage to choose a different path, to loosen your grip, to trust in something larger than your own efforts, and to create space for mystery alongside intention."

— Emily Bailey [00:35:58 → 00:36:16]

The Ancient Map Within: Honoring Your Cyclical Wisdom

Note: Episode 2 Show Notes & Resource Guides are available at the end of this entry.


There's a profound map encoded within you—a rhythm that pulses beneath the surface of your daily life, guiding you if only you'll listen. This map isn't something to learn but something to remember, a wisdom your body has always known but that our modern world has taught you to override.

When I first discovered the power of living in harmony with my natural cycles, everything shifted. I realized that my energy wasn't meant to be constant, that my creativity, focus, intuition, and need for connection naturally ebbed and flowed in a sacred pattern.

What if, instead of fighting against these rhythms, we learned to dance with them?

In this second episode of Moon & Fire, "Remembering Our Cyclical Nature," I guide you deeper into understanding the four distinct phases that move through us as women—phases I call Crone, Maiden, Mother, and Wild Woman. Each carries its own medicine, its own wisdom, and its own invitation.

Imagine knowing exactly when your body is naturally primed for rest and reflection, when your creative energy will flow most effortlessly, when your capacity to nurture and manifest is at its peak, and when your intuition speaks most clearly. This isn't fantasy—it's your birthright as a woman connected to her cyclical nature.

Our menstrual cycles, the moon's phases, the turning of seasons—all reflect a universal truth about the feminine experience: we are not meant to be static. We are designed to flow between different states of being, to harness the unique gifts of each phase, to honor the wisdom that moves through our bodies in rhythmic waves.

But what does this look like in practice? How do we begin to reclaim this connection when we've spent so long disconnected from our natural rhythms?

In this episode, I share practical tools for tracking and honoring your unique cyclical fingerprint. I offer the Cyclical Awareness Compass—a simple yet powerful practice to help you locate yourself in your cycle at any moment. And I guide you through creating small, intentional adjustments that can transform how you experience your energy, creativity, and intuition.

Whether you menstruate regularly, have irregular cycles, or no longer bleed at all, this wisdom belongs to you. Your body carries these archetypal energies, and learning to dance with them opens doorways to deeper knowing, more authentic expression, and a profound sense of coming home to yourself.

This remembering is both ancient and revolutionary. Your grandmothers' grandmothers lived by these rhythms, and yet in our modern context, honoring your cyclical nature becomes a radical act of self-reclamation.

I invite you to join me in this remembering—to discover how aligning with your natural rhythms can transform not just how you schedule your days, but how you experience your life and express your unique medicine in the world.

May you remember that your cycles are sacred
May you trust the rhythm that lives in your bones
May you honor both your quiet moments and your fierce fire
May you flow with grace through all your seasons

 

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EPISODE 2 SHOW NOTES

Episode #2: "Remembering Our Cyclical Nature"

Brief Description:

In this transformative episode of Moon + Fire, host Emily Bailey delves deeper into the essence of living cyclically and what it truly means to honor, understand, and work with the natural phases that move through us. She emphasizes the importance of stepping away from society's linear mindset to embrace our unique rhythms, thereby reclaiming our radiant energy and profound wisdom. This journey is for women seeking to connect with their inner selves through the powerful concept of cyclical living.

Episode Highlights/Outline:

  • [00:00:11] Introduction: Embracing sacred cycles and intuitive magic.

  • [00:01:45] Exploring Cyclical Living: Comparison of women's natural cycles with societal structures, introduction to the lunar cycle.

  • Understanding Our Biological Design: Insight into the 28-day hormonal cycle and its influence.

  • Disconnection from Natural Rhythms: The impact of modern living on women's cycles and energy levels.

  • The Four Phases of Cycles:

    • Crone Phase (Inner Winter): Days 1-5, inward reflection and spiritual receptivity.

    • Maiden Phase (Inner Spring): Post-menstruation to ovulation, new beginnings and creativity.

    • Mother Phase (Inner Summer): Days 12-16, heightened energy and nurturing.

    • Wild Woman Phase (Inner Autumn): Post-ovulation, deep intuition and truth-telling.

  • Adapting Life to Cycles: Practical tools for aligning schedules, activities, and rituals with personal phases.

  • [Exclusives] Cyclical Awareness Compass: A tool to enhance personal cyclical wisdom and life navigation.

Key Quotes:

  1. "Our sacred cycles aren't just something that happened to us. They're an ancient map, an invitation to deeply know ourselves."

  2. "When we begin to recognize the patterns that move through us, we step out of the linear, push-through at all costs model that our society values."

  3. "Remembering that living cyclically isn't about perfection, it's about awareness."


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Sacred Rhythms: Awakening to Your Cyclical Nature

Note: Episode 1 Show Notes & Resource Guides are available at the end of this entry.


For so long, I found myself trying to fit into a mold that was never designed for me. I woke up every day expecting to be the same version of myself—equally productive, equally social, equally energized. But deep down, it felt impossible. And while I kept striving to meet these expectations, I felt a constant pull, a quiet tug from within, whispering, There's another way.

Did you know that women's hormonal cycles naturally align with the moon's 28-day cycle, while men's hormones follow the sun's 24-hour cycle?

Meanwhile, our entire society is structured around that solar rhythm—a system that may not honor your deepest nature. Learning this truth was revolutionary for me. It unlocked a sense of freedom and understanding that transformed my relationship with time, energy, and purpose. Tasks I once struggled to fit in suddenly had their moment. Parts of me I'd been taught to ignore were given space to breathe, awakening dormant wisdom and igniting my fullest expression.

What about you? Have you noticed those subtle hints from your body or your spirit—the calling to rest, the fire to create, the longing for sacred solitude? How often do you override these signals because they don't align with society's expectations? What if instead of suppressing these cycles, you honored them as the sacred map they are? What dormant wisdom might awaken? What radiant fire might ignite?

This question isn't theoretical.

It's an invitation to remember your sacred cyclesan invitation to reclaim your relationship with your natural rhythms.

And here's your challenge: For the next few days, simply observe. Notice the moments when your body and intuition are asking for something different than what's on your to-do list. What patterns emerge? What wild wisdom is stirring within you?

If this speaks to something deeper in your soul, something you may not yet have words for, I'd love for you to join me on the Moon & Fire podcast. In our first episode, "Sacred Beginnings: Introduction to Moon + Fire," I share my journey of awakening to the power of cyclical living and ritual medicine. I reveal how honoring our natural rhythms can transform not only how we experience our days but how we express our most radiant truth in the world.

You are not meant to be static and unchanging. You're meant to flow, to shift, to transform—just like the moon, just like the seasons, just like all of nature. When you remember this truth, you step into a power that's been waiting for you all along. Your cycles aren't your enemy—they're your compass, your guide, your sacred map home to yourself.

Remember the sacred cycles. Reclaim your radiant fire. Unleash your intuitive magic.

 

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Episode 1 Show Notes

Episode 1: Sacred Beginnings - Remembering Our Cyclical Nature

Brief Description:

In the inaugural episode of Moon + Fire, Emily Bailey invites listeners into a sacred space to explore the profound power of living in harmony with our natural cycles. Discover how honoring both the light and shadows within us can ignite personal transformation and spark change in the world. This episode highlights the journey of remembering our ancient wisdom and reclaiming our radiant, untamed nature.

Episode Highlights/Outline:

  • [00:00:11] Introduction to Moon + Fire and the mission of the podcast

  • [00:01:46] Emily's personal journey and the revelation of cyclical living

  • [00:05:24] Understanding sacred cycles and their connection to the moon and seasons

  • [00:08:15] The detrimental effects of disconnecting from natural rhythms

  • [00:11:30] Importance and power of ritual medicine

  • [00:17:45] Overview of the Sacred Rhythms Ritual Medicine framework

  • [00:23:20] Practical guidance for living cyclically and creating rituals

  • [00:29:05] The Allowing Ritual and closing blessings

Key Quotes:

  1. "Our sacred cycles aren't just something that happened to us. They're an ancient map, an invitation to deeply know ourselves, to dance through our own becoming."

  2. "Imagine for a moment that instead of forcing yourself to be the same person every day, you allowed yourself to flow with your natural rhythms, like the moon, like the seasons, like the tides."

  3. "What makes ritual medicine so powerful is that it's not just theoretical. It's embodied, practical magic."


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I made this for you. 🌙

I made something for you.

Do you hear a lot about "setting intentions" and "following the moon cycle" - but aren't quite sure where to start, or how to structure your process and rituals?

I created a resource to provide a little bit of structure for you if you're just diving in to a rhythm of creation & release in alignment with the moon (or even if you're hoping to revive an old practice, or spice up your current one.)

In the REWILDED coaching experience, I seek to be deliberate about inviting you into the practice of intentions.

Sometimes intentions can seem...well...a little fluffy.
When we hear phrases like "Actions speak louder than words", and "The road to hell is paved with good intentions", or even "Don't just dream it, do it"....it paints a picture that intentions are less valuable and less effective than goals, or actions.

But I'm here to change that story.

Intentions are an ancient practice - and they've stood the test of time because they're actually deeply effective. However, they do require a different posture than goals. They require a steady presence - and this is the very thing that makes the practice of intentions so difficult.

Luckily, the practice of intentions has a powerful, built-in support structure - always available to us, in the sky above. The moon has long been a partner to the practice of crafting, carrying, and re-calibrating intentions. The moon's rhythm and phases offer us a reminder that intentions, like the moon, are cyclical - they are always in the process of becoming and transforming. As we live our lives, our intentions shift, and so do our perspectives on what we are creating in the world. The moon offers us a steady, cyclical structure to call us back to our intentions - reminding us to release what is no longer resonant, making room for creating and receiving what is newly ready to emerge.

I created this simple Moon & Intention Rhythm guide so that you can dive in with creating your intentions - today.

The next lunation, or moon cycle, starts next Wednesday, November 23rd.
This moon has many names - I like to refer to it in the way that the Cherokee Tribe has - the Snow Moon.

This week, leading up to the New Moon, is the perfect time to begin preparing for the Snow Moon Lunation. If you’re reading this later, you can still use this guide to help you dive right in to the practice of intentions.

We know that release is magnetic. Through the act of release, we create a vacuum, which creates space for our rich good to rush in and fill the void. When we avoid release, we often postpone receiving the good that is available to us, because there is no room in our lives to receive it.

Begin today, considering what you need to release at the upcoming New Moon.

Here are a few questions you can use to begin your reflection.

  • What is no longer serving me, that I've been holding onto out of fear, or apathy?

  • What am I trying to revive that no longer holds life?

  • What lessons have I (or my partner) learned from over the past season, or month, that I am now ready to release?



Want to take your intention practice deeper?
Schedule a free session with me by clicking the link below. I'd love to connect and partner with you for your Snow Moon Intentions.

To living whole & wild,

 
 

If you're truly longing to reconnect with your inner knowing and free up your scattered energy to move into the whole & wild, flourishing life you are made for - I'd love to work with you in my one-on-one sacred coaching experience for women, REWILDED.

Claim your no-cost 'Glimpses of Your Wild' Session to dive in and find out more today.

Finding Yourself Again

Do you remember what it's like to
trust yourself deeply?


What if you trusted yourself like you trusted the sun to rise?

I'm so passionate about the sacred work of REWILDING because I know that most of us are living life every day SO FAR below our capability, our worth, our power, our brilliance, our holy magnificence.

I want to invite you to remember yourself.

Click out the video link below for a reminder about who you are.

 

Today, I challenge you to lean into a different story.

STOP scrambling to prove your worthiness to yourself and others.

Live like you are more than worthy today.
Live like you are HOLY.

Because you are.

What would look different in your life if you lived from that place?
How would your body hold herself differently?
How would your imagination dream differently?
How would your energy be directed differently?
How would your life flourish differently?

It is time to be REWILDED.


If you're truly longing to reconnect with your inner knowing and free up your scattered energy to move into the whole & wild, flourishing life you are made for - I'd love to work with you.

Are you longing to awaken your dulled senses like playful imagination, unbridled joy, sacred intuition, holy rage, or creative fire?

I'd love to work with you in my one-on-one sacred coaching experience for women, REWILDED.

Claim your no-cost 'Glimpses of Your Wild' Session to get started today.

To living whole & wild,

 
 

I’m Activated…Are you?

I don't know about you, but I've invested a lot of energy into tricks and tools to get me out of a state of stuckness. Whether it's lethargy, feeling scattered, dulled, or purposeless - there are all kinds of life patterns that get us stuck.

Click the video link below for some insights on showing up activated.

 

What are you like ACTIVATED?


I'm currently taking new clients!

Are you curious about working together?

I'd love to connect and see what feels like a fit, or just get to know you more!

Hit "REPLY" to this email and let's connect.

To living whole & wild,

 
 

rain + light: alchemy of a rainbow 💧 ☀️

I remember when I first learned about the perspective shift from what became known as the "Dark Ages" into "The Age of Enlightenment".

The point that always stood out to me was about the loss of a 'magical perspective'... I remember the professor saying that people began to honor the analyzing of parts more highly than the mystery of the whole. For example, the phenomenon of a rainbow became less mysterious and seemingly miraculous in peoples' minds when it was recognized that it is simply water droplets and light.

But what else have we lost in our release of the mystery? 

I think we have lost our unbridled joy.

I see it in our disdain for imagination. Sure, we "appreciate" the capacity in kids, but for adults the term "imaginary" connotes an unworthy and unproductive way to spend your precious mental energy.

But did you know that when we create from joy and imagination, the results are far longer-lasting and transformative than when we create from will and toil? 

The beautiful (and relieving) thing is that we never truly lose our capacity to imagine and experience joy. We can absolutely dull our senses and banish imagination to the realms of anxiety so that its only function is to make vivid our fears...

...but we ALWAYS have the power to call joy and imagination back to their rightful place of dignity in our lives.

And the truth is - rainbows are SO much more than only rain + light... and knowing its alchemy doesn't diminish the awe of its presence!

Have you ever SEEN an unexpected rainbow?
They stop you in your tracks!

People gather to take photos because they remind us of magic and mystery and the hope that comes after storms.

Photo by Mark Olsen on Unsplash

This morning, I was delightfully interrupted by a family of tiny goldfinches outside my office window.

Some Native Americans see the Goldfinch as a symbol of unbridled joy, inspiration, motivation, and positivity. The song of the Goldfinch can represent self-expression. And in some tribes, it portends prosperity or liberation - the ability to be yourself without constraint.

In fact, there are legends about the Goldfinch in Christianity, ancient Egypt, and other cultures that all associate this striking bird with sacred joy, abundance, and a reminder that our souls are held by the divine.


Today, I challenge you to lean into your sacred imagination, and give yourself permission to reclaim an unbridled joy.

Rainbows are more than only rain + light.

And if you choose to be curious about the stories creation is telling you, something stunning and inspiring will always be made available to you.

May you be delightfully encountered
by unbridled joy today.


With gratitude,

 
 

Are you longing to awaken your dulled senses like playful imagination, unbridled joy, sacred intuition, holy rage, or creative fire?

I'd love to work with you in my one-on-one coaching experience, REWILDED.

Claim your no-cost 'Glimpses of Your Wild' Session to get started today.


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are you 'ecologically bored'?

I was first introduced to the concept of 'rewilding' when I was alone, in pain, and afraid of what was next. But I was committed to showing up for whatever "it" was - every day.

On this particular day, I remember feeling resistant to journaling but still wanting to honor my commitment to leaning into growth.

I stared down at the TED app on my phone, and searched the world "wild".

The title of this talk instantly caught my eye:

"For more wonder, rewild the world."

Ooooohhh.... something about the world 'rewild' sank deep into my spirit.
I was already hooked.

I emerged from my reflection that day with a different kind of resolve.
I knew what I wanted to create in my world,
and for once I knew it was possible.


If you haven't seen this TED talk by George Monbiot, I highly recommend you take the time to watch it. I have highlighted below the 7-ish minutes that capture the example that felt the most powerful and pivotal for me - the story of what happened at Yellowstone National Park when they reintroduced the wolves.


My favorite part: the wolves even changed
the behavior of the rivers! 😮 

In this excerpt from his TED talk, "For more wonder, rewild the world", George Monbiot tells the powerful story of the trophic cascade that rewilded Yellowstone National Park in the 1990s. Rewilding tells us a story of hope.


If you are bored with the barren ecosystem in your own soul...

If you are longing for the songbirds to return to the landscape of your life...

If you are willing to dare to see what surprising, wild, beautiful, alive transformation your own life could produce...

This is your sign: show up for yourself.
Answer the wild call.

I would love to talk.
Sign up for a free 'Glimpses of your Wild' session.
Connect with me.

Let's unearth your own story of hope.

You won't regret it.

To living whole & wild,

 
 

Trust yourself. 

If REWILDED is calling to you - sign up for your free
'Glimpses of Your Wild' session.

Listen to your inner brilliance.

what is your wild calling?

Photo by Andrey Zvyagintsev on Unsplash

Have you felt a persistent call toward
something greater in your life? 


Not necessarily broader, but deeper.

Not necessarily louder, but resounding with more truth.

Not necessarily more visible, but more valuable.

When something wild is calling to us, we can't un-hear its call...though that doesn't mean we may not try.

We come up with all kinds of reasons not to listen - and most of them are limiting beliefs:

  • I'm not rich enough for that

  • I don't have enough education for that

  • This idea is too absurd

  • I don't deserve that kind of freedom

  • How could someone like me have that kind of impact in the world?

It all comes down to fear.

I think Marianne Williamson had the right idea when she said,

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.

Our deepest fear is that
we are powerful beyond measure.

It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.

We ask ourselves, ‘Who am I to be
brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?’

Actually, who are you not to be?

You are a child of God.

Your playing small does not serve the world.

There is nothing enlightened about shrinking
so that other people won’t feel insecure around you.

We are all meant to shine, as children do.

We were born to make manifest
the glory of God that is within us.

It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone.

And as we let our own light shine,
we unconsciously give other people
permission to do the same.

As we are liberated from our own fear,
our presence automatically liberates others.
— Marianne Williamson, A Return to Love

So...what if you listened to the wild call in your life?

Take a risk. Give yourself permission to shine.

Because the truth is - none of your justifications or avoidance will silence the call. And often the voice of truth in you that is denied only howls louder to be heard.

This is your sign: show up for yourself.
Answer the wild call.

To living whole & wild,

 
 

indomitable hope.

A friend recently told me that I have 
indomitable hope.

The phrase stopped me in my tracks....because it felt like the words I have always searched for to describe the way I carry my hope.

in·​dom·​i·​ta·​ble | adj: incapable of being subdued : unconquerable

Have you ever been stood with so fiercely that you can't help but expand your own belief in yourself?

That is the kind of space I have to offer you.

Research shows that transformation without a safe container is experienced as terror. In fact, that's why so many of us are feverishly committed to our smallness. The idea of becoming new can be terrifying.

But it doesn't have to be so scary.
I created REWILDED as a safe, powerful, hopeful space to hold your transformation.

It is a place to call back your imagination from the dark, where it has served only to enliven your fears.

Let's harness your incredible imagination - your ability to conceive of what does not yet exist - and let it lead you into a life of wild, fulfilling flourishing.

Let's awaken your dulled senses, and give them permission to come alive again.

Let's unearth your wild brilliance.

It is time to be REWILDED.

With indomitable hope,

 
 

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the REWILDED woman.

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you know who you are…

I'm looking for the woman
who is ready to be rewilded

She has been feeling discontent for a while - has named it,
and is now ready to take action and do something about it.

She isn’t caught up in disguising it anymore.

She isn’t caught up in giving away her energy and authority anymore.

She is ready to stand in her power and create her life.

She is ready to embrace all of herself, call home the cast-out parts,
and live from the soulful, wise place within her.

She is no longer deceived by performance, avoidance, over-responsibility,
and false humility masquerading as the appearance of peace.

She is after the real thing,
and she deeply trusts the strength of her internal radar
to tell her when something is off.

She is the woman who is ready to face the rawness of her own wild.

To living whole & wild,

 
 

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are you operating from love or fear?

  • Abundance (n): the divine Logic of expansive plenty baked with love into the universe

  • Scarcity (n): the human-created, self-fulfilling perception of a shrunken, clenched reality based on fear

 
 

It really is that simple.

The fulfillment of your most longed-for desires all comes down to this question - are you living your life from love or fear? I know this sounds too simple, but the truth is that this is what is found at the core of your struggle. And I'm not talking about the story you tell yourself about how you're living. I'm asking for the scary honest, nothing held back, daringly bold answer - from which of these are you ACTUALLY living?

If you're honestly asking yourself this question at the moment, congratulations. Your willingness to ask yourself this question rather than dismissively assume you know the answer is significant - you are doing some good work.

Consider these questions as you explore your own answer to this question:

  • What does it feel like in your body when you make a decision from love? Does it feel open, assured, centered, full of peace? Use your own words to name what the experience feels like.

  • What does it feel like in your body when you make a decision from fear? Clenched, tight, desperate, anxious? Use your own words again to describe your experience.

There is great power in tuning in to these sensations - because your body doesn’t lie. Your mind can dwell or fixate in the future or past, but your body is always in the present. When you learn these cues, it can be an invaluable instrument for decision-making from a place of love instead of fear.

With wild love,

 
 

REWILD your decisions

For a no-cost taste of my REWILDED coaching experience, sign up for to catch a ‘Glimpse of Your Wild’ with my free sample session. I’d love to partner with you to alchemize scarcity, burnout, & fear into grounded abundance, possibility, and love.


Already know you’re ready?

aren't you ready to stop playing small?

Here's the thing...

You already know you were made for more than this.

Something in you has been calling out to you for attention... asking you to notice that the life you are experiencing isn't as full as you dream it could be.

...have you been afraid to name and see the barrenness in your life?
...because it is honestly just easier to just settle for the mere appearance of peace rather than the reality?

But you know.

You know that things are not really okay.

You know that if you chose with courage to turn and look at the fullness of your life, you would see the barrenness.. but you would also finally open up the pathway to the flourishing you've only dared to acknowledge in your dreams.

Something in you KNOWS.

Even if you can't explain it fully - you have been waiting for the time when you are ready to step into all you are made for.

Aren't you ready for your life to echo with resounding soul-thumping truth? Aren't you ready for the wild hopes that you have longed so deeply for to come into existence in your physical world?

I dare you to show up.

I dare you to stop playing small.

Listen to the parts of you that are asking you to see more.

Holding space for your wholeness,

 
 

 
 

If working with me in the REWILDED coaching experience is calling to you,

join me for a no-cost GLIMPSES OF YOUR WILD sample session
to dive in to the work of rewilding.

make it sacred.

Do you believe that there is a sacredness in the everyday, but you just don't feel like you can access it?

Do you ever feel like life woke up earlier than you and pulled you out of bed into its flurry of activity and expectations before you even got a chance to say yes to your day... let alone found time to sit with the sacredness of the morning?

Sometimes the sacred feels so out of reach.

But I'm here to tell you it's not.

It's available to you in this moment...
And this moment...
And this one.

One of my favorite concepts is:

"growing smaller and smaller until
we take over the world"

What does that even mean?

To me, it means that even though we are so thoroughly marinated in a society dictated by the belief that "bigger/faster/more is better", our souls know something truer.

Our souls remember the deeper truth that we must access the holy that is already present in our everyday lives through the hush of often un-celebrated tasks, choices, functions, and moments.

The good news is you can start right now.
And you don't have to do it alone.

I have a challenge for you - I dare you look around your life and consider who or what is "in it" with you - who or what "has your back"? But I'm asking you to suspend your assumptions about what makes a worthy ally for a moment...because your most steadfast supporters might be found in unexpected places, like:

  • your trusty living-room chair that you can rely on to hold you as you collapse at the end of the work day

  • the aroma or steam from your warm drink that offers you a quick reminder that savoring is still available to you if you will slow down a moment and give yourself to it

  • the colorful sunrise painted across the landscape and reflected off the windows and puddles and ice that reminds you that the world is still beautiful...

  • your favorite water bottle or car air freshener or warm socks..

Anything in your life can be an ally -
silently supporting you toward wellness and aliveness.

I challenge you to look around your life today and tomorrow - and notice the unexpected allies that are always calling you to connect with
the sacred in your every day.

Just notice them, name them, and perhaps - say a silent thank you to them (or not-so-silent if you prefer!) for their faithful support of your flourishing - even on the days you haven't had the time or made the space yourself to be intentional.

(PS - one of mine is Sour Patch Kids!)

Are you longing for access to your whole, wild, vibrant self?
If you're absolutely ready to show up for yourself and claim your flourishing,
I'd love to work with you in 'REWILDED' - my 6-month personal coaching experience.

With wild hope,

 
 

Is REWILDED calling to you?

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Come unearth your brilliance.


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I create paradigm shifts.

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I used to get a lot of flack for the way I carry my hope.

People told me all kinds of stories about how my hope was ignorant, unhelpful, naïve. And the thing is - there is absolutely toxic positivity out there. There is shallow avoidance of pain out there in the world masquerading as true hope. And it is very destructive.

But that's not the hope that I carry. It took me a while to realize that I was hitting so much resistance - not because people were accurately diagnosing a flaw in my perspective, but because people were afraid of my impact in their world. The truth is that when I show up in my power, I can be intimidating to anyone who is clinging to their old, tired stories.

The truth is, I create paradigm shifts.

True hope is not struggle-avoidant. It surveys the breadth of the struggle and pain, and sees beyond the struggle, or perhaps inside the struggle, to the life that is available within it, from it, because of it.

True hope sees that every part of you - including the parts most often villainized (perhaps even for good reason) - not only deserves a voice and place in your life, but is in fact a mandatory part of your own flourishing.

Without it, you will never access the depths you were made to experience, and you cannot know the fullest extent of freedom.

True hope says that you don't need to fear those parts - you can stop running from your shadow and dare to turn around and finally embrace your weariest, scariest members.
Because all of you was made for flourishing.
That's why I created the REWILDED journey.

Are you ready for a paradigm shift?
Join me in the one-on-one REWILDED coaching experience.
Because I invest so much in these clients, I only have a few openings at a time.

I'd love to work with you if you're ready to choose your whole self.

With true hope,

 
 

Is REWILDED calling to you?

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Come unearth your brilliance.