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My name is Wilderness, and this is a place for open hearted conversation. I have Lyme disease and other chronic illnesses and it has changed my life and shaped who I am. Here I will talk with all the people that inspire me! No topic will be missed and it will always be an adventure! Support this po…

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    • Oct 23, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 45m AVG DURATION
    • 28 EPISODES


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    The Friendship Episode with Karli Davies

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2023 70:16


    Today we have a returning guest, Koach Karli, and we are going to call this the friendship episode. We explore our friendship and friendships in general. We discuss her living in Mexico and learning Spanish, how she casually found her most recent apartment with a hint from a tarot reader, our differences and similarities and how that connects us, her Canadian accent, the gift of healing relational and attachment wounds in friendships, and how the shared similarity of being Leo's connects us. Have a few laughs with us and don't miss the blunder reel at the end too!

    Eco Therapy with Aimee Frazier

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2023 38:37


    Aimee Frazier is a mental health therapist in Portland, Oregon. She runs a private practice called Portland Hiking Therapy where she works with clients outdoors while hiking and combining elements of eco therapy, adventure therapy, and traditional therapy. We talk about how hiking therapy is different than a more clinical setting, how we identify with the nature we grow up around, and the power of the experiencing “awe”. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wilderness-dawn/support

    Conscious Conversations with Tim & Wilderness: How do I detach from the ego mind?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2023 10:51


    “How do I detach from my ego mind?” A friend sent us this question about spirituality. Here we both address the question in this short clip. If you have a spiritual question you want us to respond to, send me a message to my instagram @wildernessdawn and maybe we'll answer it for a future episode of Conscious Conversations! If you are interested in spirituality you'll love this episode! How would you answer this question? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wilderness-dawn/support

    Learn more about Wilderness (me!): An interview by my friends Gavin & Karli

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2023 38:25


    This episode is a rebroadcast of an episode from my other podcast I used to have with Gavin and Karli, called Permission to Reflect. This interview is from almost exactly a year ago, and still feels true and pertinent to how I view the healing process and how I coach within that lens. We also end with a fun lightening round of lighter questions! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wilderness-dawn/support

    Remembering Ourselves as Earth, with Astrologer Martha Alter Hines

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2023 46:01


    To work with Martha or join the free symposium she discusses at the end of the episode follow this link: https://living-the-one-light.teachable.com/a/aff_3rns484g/external?affcode=412518_lxwdk9zo In this episode Martha and I discuss how we are one with the universe, nature, and the cosmos, and how we sometimes forget that. She shares some of the astrology that is supporting this now as well. We even get to talk about fairies, elves, and other beings that come through as teachers. Martha Alter Hines, MSW, is a mom, an author, a healer, and an astrologer. Martha has twenty years of experience as a clinical social worker, psychotherapist, and body worker. She has primarily studied Evolutionary Astrology with Ari Moshe Wolfe. Martha is dedicated to serving our world, to helping us each to thrive, and to supporting us to come back into the infinite wisdom and healing that is our natural state of being. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wilderness-dawn/support

    Milly Murillo of Astro Consciousness on Spirituality, Astrology, and Being a Human Being

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2023 65:44


    Coming Home to Yourself, with Dr. Julie Hutsell-Starling

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2023 48:54


    My friend Julie, whom I know from my time of living in North Carolina, joins me on the podcast in this episode. She's a Doctor of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine, Certified Health Coach, Akashic Records Soul Realignment Practitioner and a Qigong and Kundalini Yoga Teacher. Julie calls herself a way-shower, because she sees you as a human and a soul and guides you back home to who you really are at soul level. The parts of you that you have forgotten about, suppressed, or maybe even not known were there. The journey back home is beautiful, eye-opening, awe-inspiring, validating, and inspiring, and she loves witnessing the process. We discussed her journey from California to North Carolina, burn out in the health field, self identity as a healer, the profundity of randomness, and coming home to oneself. Julie currently lives and practices in Beaufort, North Carolina and she can be reached through her website drjuliehutsellstarling.com. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wilderness-dawn/support

    Play is Hope in Action, with Play Coach, Sharon Calderón.

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2023 40:24


    Today I speak with Sharon Calderón, a certified Play Coach, educator, and activist who is helping adults reconnect back to their inherent playfulness. She helps them transform their lived experience from one of feeling restricted, burnt out, and lost to feeling more joy, fun, freedom, peace, pleasure, passion, and purpose. She uses a fusion of research-based approaches and whole-heartedly believes by inviting Play into every area of our lives, we individually and collectively, will positively revolutionize the way learn, love, and live. In this episode we talk about the ways we can bring play back into our lives, why it's so important, and what to do when resistance arises. To contact Sharon reach her here: https://linktr.ee/shar.ingcreations --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wilderness-dawn/support

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    Eclipse Season with Astrologer Ari Moshe Wolfe

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2023 40:28


    My friend and astrologer Ari Moshe Wolfe shares his knowledge and wisdom of the upcoming eclipse season. There's a lot here to prepare you for what he says is a time of “embracing the necessity for change.” With clarity and compassion Ari Moshe teaches astrology as a spiritual study that serves in our own soul evolution. Ari Moshe's teaching is rooted in the beautiful lineage of Evolutionary Astrology as taught by Jeffrey Wolf Green and continues to blossom with his own ongoing realization. Ari also deeply draws upon the wisdom teachings of A Course in Miracles, and brings his music with him wherever he goes. To work with Ari Moshe reach him through his website at arimoshe.com. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wilderness-dawn/support

    Writing Your Book is a Way to Heal, with Author Melissa Drake

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2023 33:13


    I had the opportunity to speak with my friend, Melissa Drake. She is an author, TEDx speaker, and coach. She considers herself a mystic midwife, who helps others conceive, birth, and grow their creations. In this episode, we talk about her journey to becoming an author and how she coaches others through their process. Melissa can be reached through her website uncorpedinfluence.com. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wilderness-dawn/support

    The Enneagram with Tim Heath

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2023 49:20


    Tim's baaaack on the pod! And this time it's to talk about all things Enneagram. Tim has studied the enneagram for 20 years and shares with us a lot of the basics and how it works. Since I am a 5 we explore more specifically the 5 fixation a bit. I hope you enjoy this conversation and learn something new. To work with Tim reach out to him through his website at Timmyheath.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wilderness-dawn/support

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    Indulging in where we want to be, not only where we've been

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2023 9:23


    A short spoken version of a pivotal moment in the healing process. Too long and tender for an instagram post so I utilized this space for an opportunity to speak to it. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wilderness-dawn/support

    Awaken Therapy with Tim Heath

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2022 50:33


    In this episode I get an opportunity to talk to practitioner, Tim Heath. He calls his work Awaken Therapy, which he describes as a therapeutic approach for healing and awakening that addresses the individual as whole and complete; already having all the wisdom that is needed for transformation and Self-discovery coming from within. He is also a certified Hypnotherapist and past life regression practitioner, and although we didn't get into it in this episode, he also coaches using the enneagram, does Cryptocurrency consulting, and offers a type of body work called Jin Shin Jyutsu. In this episode we talk about what spirituality and consciousness mean, different tools we can use to gain awareness of our thoughts, and some helpful phrases that can help us to get out of suffering loops. If you want to work with Tim, he can be reached through Timmyheath.com. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wilderness-dawn/support

    Year end review of 2021 with Koach Karli!

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2021 35:47


    Koach Karli is back to do the year end review with us again. We talk about how our year went and if our desires from last year's episode came to fruition. We share what our hopes and desires are for 2022. We hope after listening that you are inspired to reflect on your year, and celebrate your wins. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wilderness-dawn/support

    A conversation with the American Cancer Society

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2021 18:30


    I was blessed with an invitation from Whitney Eikmeier with the American Cancer Society to talk about my coaching practice. We discuss what I do as a coach and my experience with illness and how I work with people going through illness. Listen to hear more about how I approach this in my practice. You may also watch the video on YouTube at https://youtu.be/4vqHpHl5-cA --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wilderness-dawn/support

    Somatic Integrative Practitioner, Willoughby Cooke

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2021 86:17


    Today I talk to my friend, Willoughby Cooke. He is a Somatic Integrative Practitioner located in Portland, Oregon. In this episode we talk about his training in Structural Integration and his journey to creating his own practice around that foundation. We discuss the role of consent in patient/client/practitioner relationships. I share some of my experiences in the treatment room with Willoughby. And he shares some of his own healing journey. He beautifully speaks about the body and how he listens and follows the innate wisdom of his clients in their healing. Reach Willoughby through his website at uprightintegration.com. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wilderness-dawn/support

    Medical Astrology and Astrological Herbalism with Naturopathic Doctor, Shannon Curtis

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2021 50:08


    Shannon guides us through what it's like to use Medical Astrology as a tool in her work as a Naturopathic Doctor. She shares with us insights about the Astrological seasons and astrological signs and how these can be used to aid in our healing and how herbs can be best used in this process. This conversation is full of wisdom and guidance in connecting intuitively to our bodies and our deep innate connection to nature, the cosmos, and the earth. Shannon studied at the National University of Natural Medicine in Portland, Oregon. She now lives in Boulder, Colorado where she practices out of the Whole Systems Healthcare Clinic and you can also find her online at wildrootsalchemy.com. Follow her on her Instagram @drshannoncurtis. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wilderness-dawn/support

    Claiming your Creativity, with Amanda McMillan

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2021 49:16


    Amanda is a self discovery and identity coach who also has a career in advertising. We discuss how everybody has the ability to tap into their creative energy in many ways and how as we change and grow our definition of creativity expands and evolves. Amanda talks about finally calling herself a Musician, and shares her love for playing the bass guitar. I share about my passion for playing the drums and we discuss starting a funk band. Amanda lives in Toronto, Ontario. You can find her on Instagram @thecuriousself. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wilderness-dawn/support

    Mary Baker, Co-founder of Be Well Therapy, a yoga for cancer non-profit

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2021 62:09


    In this episode I speak with Mary Baker, she is a life coach in my training cohort and is also the Co-founder of Be well therapy, a yoga for cancer non-profit. She lost both of her parents within 6 months of each other to cancer. Starting this non-profit has been a way for her to grieve that and serve others now going through cancer. She hopes for Be Well to soon be a household name in the world of cancer resources. Listen to hear more about Mary’s story and all the beautiful offerings that Be Well has. Mary is an absolute delight and such a kind person, I feel so grateful to be connected with her and to watch her build this incredible community of support. Check them out at their website https://bewelltherapy.net/  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wilderness-dawn/support

    Trauma therapy with guest therapist, Hannah Borden.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2021 77:19


    My friend Hannah joins me in the podcast today. She is a Trauma Therapist living in Massachusetts. We talk about empathy fatigue, self care, dog sledding, how rock climbing parallels life, and her time at the World Champion Obstacle Course Races. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wilderness-dawn/support

    Reflections and Intentions with guest coach, Karli Davies

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2020 47:58


    Karli and I reflect on 2020, what we will leave behind, and what we intend to take with us into 2021. Listen for the blooper reel at the end! You can find Karli on Instagram @koachkarli. She is based in BC, Canada. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wilderness-dawn/support

    Your Story Matters, with guest Jordin James

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2020 51:03


    In this episode we talk about how to tell your story and why it matters, finding your power through authenticity and suffering, and connecting to our purpose. Jordin is a Inner Peace Coach, a writer, and a powerful, compassionate being. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wilderness-dawn/support

    My story! Why am I here talking about this stuff?! Let me explain!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2020 27:27


    This is a brief episode to share my story in a nutshell. It is an attempt to share enough of my timeline with you to explain briefly what I've been through and how I got here on a podcast talking about chronic health conditions. Listen in if you want to hear a little more about my life and the lead up to my diagnosis of Lyme disease. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wilderness-dawn/support

    Living during a pandemic while also having chronic illness. With guest, Ben Ross

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2020 59:47


    Ben and I delve into what it's like to live during a time of Coronavirus while also experiencing chronic health conditions. We talk about our observations of the general public and the experience of collective loss and grief and how this parallels to what we have experienced with chronic conditions. We also explore social injustices and the stark reality of issues that have been magnified under the lens of Covid-19 that we hope to see unfold into a more compassionate world. On an editing note: I'm still working out an ideal setup for sound quality. Please bear with me while I try out my options and determine which works best. It will soon sound more pristine, so stick with me while I get there!

    Interview: Ari Moshe Wolfe! Evolutionary Astrologer, Musician, Father

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2020 51:55


    Today we are honored with the knowledge and insight of my sweet friend, Ari Moshe Wolfe. We talk about vanlife, making his album, fatherhood, and astrology (including the astrology during this time of Coronavirus). To work with Ari Moshe you can find him on YouTube, Facebook, and anywhere you stream music. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wilderness-dawn/support

    Interview: Nalini Chaska Snell! Conscious collaboration and Empathic presence

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2020 53:51


    Today I interview my dear friend, Nalini. We talk about Non-violent communication, her unique childhood, and how she built her earthen home! She also gifts us with a sweet meditation to complete the conversation ❣️ (the internet connection is weak in some spots throughout so please pardon the few audio glitches) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wilderness-dawn/support

    Interview: Rachael Carder! Chronic illness advocacy

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2020 58:46


    I had the opportunity to interview my beautiful and brilliant friend, Rachael! We talk about chronic illness, chronic illness advocacy and community, relationships and marriage, and her recent experience of being subpoenaed! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wilderness-dawn/support

    Open Heart with Wilderness ✨ (Trailer)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2019 0:28


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