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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Our four years of sailing the world have come to an end, and I am kicking off a new chapter of life on land. Join me for a quick chit chat where I bring you up to speed on things and dust this show off, almost seven years to the day that I first launched it.SUBSCRIBE | Join my newsletter****Did you enjoy this episode? Leaving a review is a TOTALLY FREE way to share the love and support the show. Thank you!

Alua Arthur is one of America's most prominent death doulas and the founder of Going with Grace, an end-of-life planning organization. She shares with us why and how we can explore our own relationship to death in ways that will help us reach a new, deeper, and more fulfilling level of living.Alua's website: https://goingwithgrace.com/Buy Alua's book, Briefly, Perfectly Human: https://amzn.to/3UQcAU4Watch Alua's TED Talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/alua_arthur_why_thinking_about_death_helps_you_live_a_better_life?language=en****ASK ME ANYTHING | Submit your Qs hereSUBSCRIBE | Join my newsletterSTA | Join the waitlistDid you enjoy this episode? Leaving a review is a TOTALLY FREE way to share the love and support the show. Thank you!

Technology has improved our lives in countless ways, but we might have begun to rely on it a bit too heavily in some places — subsequently outsourcing vital components of our humanness. If we want to establish a clearer connection with our intuition, if we want to reconnect with our bodies and minds and with the features of our own humanity, if we want to rewild ourselves, then these are some places where we might want to stop looking to our screens and instead look up, or look within.ASK ME ANYTHING | Submit your Qs hereSUBSCRIBE | Join my newsletterSTA | Join the waitlist****Did you enjoy this episode? Leaving a review is a TOTALLY FREE way to share the love and support the show. Thank you!

We know that we feel better when we are close to nature, and yet many of us also feel chronically distanced from the natural world. You don't have to move to the woods to deepen this relationship — here are simple practices that can offer big results, even in a city.ASK ME ANYTHING | Submit your Qs hereSUBSCRIBE | Join my newsletterSTA | Join the waitlist****Did you enjoy this episode? Leaving a review is a TOTALLY FREE way to share the love and support the show. Thank you!

How can we heal in aloneness without hiding in it? Solitude can be one of, if not THE most powerful force for our own personal and spiritual growth. But if we're not careful, we can misuse this time and it can add to a sense of loneliness. ASK ME ANYTHING | Submit your Qs hereSUBSCRIBE | Join my newsletterSTA | Join the waitlist****Did you enjoy this episode? Leaving a review is a TOTALLY FREE way to share the love and support the show. Thank you!

These days more than ever, we have enormous levels of system “input”, and most of it isn't great: news, social media, emails, etc. Where does all of this stress and angst and horror go? Let's discuss how we can let some of this energy flow through us instead of accumulating within us.ASK ME ANYTHING | Submit your Qs hereSUBSCRIBE | Join my newsletterSTA | Join the waitlist****Did you enjoy this episode? Leaving a review is a TOTALLY FREE way to share the love and support the show. Thank you!

As humans, we all crave comfort and ease and safety, and it's important that we establish these for ourselves through decisions and time. But for many of us, there is a point where the pursuit of safety or stability is no longer protecting us, and starts hurting us — turning into a cage that we become more and more scared to step out of.ASK ME ANYTHING | Submit your Qs hereSUBSCRIBE | Join my newsletterSTA | Join the waitlist****Did you enjoy this episode? Leaving a review is a TOTALLY FREE way to share the love and support the show. Thank you!

In this episode I share a perspective shift that will invite more presence, gratitude, and gentleness into your daily life. Email me: hello@taylorgage.comSTA | JOIN THE WAITLISTSUBSCRIBE | Join my newsletterSUPPORT | Make a one-time donation****Did you enjoy this episode? Leaving a review is a TOTALLY FREE way to share the love and support the show. Thank you!

To start off our new year and new chapter, I wanted to sit down and chat with you about a few things, get honest, and also offer a chance to connect 1:1 with a few of you.Email me: hello@taylorgage.comSTA | JOIN THE WAITLISTSUBSCRIBE | Join my newsletterSUPPORT | Make a one-time donation****Did you enjoy this episode? Leaving a review is a TOTALLY FREE way to share the love and support the show. Thank you!

This show is six years old (!), and it felt like time for a little refresh. Welcome to the new podcast. In this episode, I explain what REWILDING is and what you can expect from this space moving forward, and I also ask you for your input! Come share your thoughts with me here:Can I ask you something?SUBSCRIBE | Join my newsletterSUPPORT | Make a one-time donation****Did you enjoy this episode? Leaving a review is a TOTALL FREE way to share the love and support the show. Thank you!

Episode two hundred! Today we're exploring one of the hardest things for us humans to do — letting it go. I'm sharing helpful questions and prompts that might help you see more clearly what you're really holding onto, and some reminders that might help you release what needs releasing.SUBSCRIBE | Join my Substack newsletterSUPPORT | Make a one-time donationSTA | Learn more about She Thrives Academy ****Did you enjoy this episode? Leaving a review is a totally free way to share the love and support the show. Thank you !

If we are interested in living a more aligned, authentic life, then we must also be interested in learning how to tell ourselves the truth. This episode covers things to watch out for as we examine our own honest thoughts, feelings, and beliefs, and why making this a practice is so valuable.SUBSCRIBE | Join my Substack newsletterSUPPORT | Make a one-time donationSTA | Learn more about She Thrives Academy ****Did you enjoy this episode? Leaving a review is a totally free way to share the love and support the show. Thank you !

Many of us feel as if we are being helplessly pushed around by the forces of our life, ushered into one laundry list of to-dos to the next. There is a sneaky phrase hiding in our minds that is robbing us of sovereignty, awareness, and choice. This episode helps you take it back.SUBSCRIBE | Join my Substack newsletterSUPPORT | Make a one-time donationSTA | Learn more about She Thrives Academy ****Did you enjoy this episode? Leaving a review is a totally free way to share the love and support the show. Thank you !

So you want to make a change, commit to something, or evolve? Knowing who you want to become or how you want to think or live is important, but its only the first step. In this episode I break down a phenomenon that's guaranteed to come long the moment you have decided what you want.SUBSCRIBE | Join my Substack newsletterSUPPORT | Make a one-time donationSTA | Learn more about She Thrives Academy ****Did you enjoy this episode? Leaving a review is a totally free way to share the love and support the show. Thank you !

If you listen to this show, chances are good that you're interested in doing the inner work that improves your life. In this episode, I'm sharing five extremely important reminders and pitfalls to watch out for as do “the work” to ensure you're not subtly undercutting or hurting your process. No matter if you're totally new to this type of work or are a veteran, there's something you need to hear in this episode.SUBSCRIBE | Join my Substack newsletterSUPPORT | Make a one-time donationSTA | Learn more about She Thrives Academy ****Did you enjoy this episode? Leaving a review is a totally free way to share the love and support the show. Thank you !

When we sense that discomfort or pain might be on its way to us, we tend to instinctively prepare for it. But this bracing for anticipated pain has an ironic consequence, and in this episode I share how we can begin to meet pain in a way that doesn't dominate and distract us from our lives.SUBSCRIBE | Join my Substack newsletterSUPPORT | Make a one-time donationSTA | Learn more about She Thrives Academy ****Did you enjoy this episode? Leaving a review is a totally free way to share the love and support the show. Thank you !

Ever feel like you really want to prove that you're not *that* kind of person to someone? Ever notice how much you want to control someone else's perception of you? These moments can be a goldmine of self-knowledge. Today we're talking about what we can learn and the freedom that becomes available when we fully and happily let people be wrong about us.SUBSCRIBE | Join my Substack newsletterSUPPORT | Make a one-time donationSTA | Learn more about She Thrives Academy ****Did you enjoy this episode? Leaving a review is a totally free way to share the love and support the show. Thank you !

We all have times where we feel distracted, anxious, lost, or otherwise extremely disconnected from ourselves. In this episode I'm sharing why these seasons are valuable, and the simple ways in which we can call ourselves home.SUBSCRIBE | Join my Substack newsletterSUPPORT | Make a one-time donationSTA | Learn more about She Thrives Academy ****Did you enjoy this episode? Leaving a review is a totally free way to share the love and support the show. Thank you !

The Stoic Philosopher Epictetus said that “We suffer not from the events in our lives but from our judgements about them.” Today I am expanding on this concept through the lens of another ancient philosophy, and the ways we continue to hurt our own feelings.SUBSCRIBE | Join my Substack newsletterSUPPORT | Make a one-time donationSTA | Learn more about She Thrives Academy ****Did you enjoy this episode? Leaving a review is a totally free way to share the love and support the show. Thank you !

We don't like to admit it, but we all feel envious from time to time. In this episode I explain how envy is distinct from jealousy, why it's valuable (not shameful), and what we can stand to learn when we really tune in to this feeling.SUBSCRIBE | Join my Substack newsletterSUPPORT | Make a one-time donationSTA | Learn more about She Thrives Academy ****Did you enjoy this episode? Leaving a review is a totally free way to share the love and support the show. Thank you !

We have a complicated relationship with change, but in this episode I share some prompts that will help you take a more honest look at your current environments and they way they are shaping you.SUPPORT THE SHOW | Make a one-time donationSTA | Learn more about She Thrives Academy SUBSCRIBE | Join my email list****Did you enjoy this episode? Leaving a review is a totally free way to share the love and support the show. Thank you !

In a season often ripe with tones of tightening, discipline, focusing and even forcing, today's episode is a New Years antidote that is helpful at any moment of your life, across physical and emotional domains alike.SUPPORT THE SHOW | Make a one-time donationSTA | Learn more about She Thrives Academy SUBSCRIBE | Join my email list****Did you enjoy this episode? Leaving a review is a totally free way to share the love and support the show. Thank you !

I'm sharing some potent life lessons that this year has elucidated and brought forward for me, and hope that one or all helps you usher in some peace or clarity for you, wherever you are.SUPPORT THE SHOW | Make a one-time donationSTA | Learn more about She Thrives Academy SUBSCRIBE | Join my email list****Did you enjoy this episode? Be sure to hit SUBSCRIBE + leave A REVIEW and tell me why! Thank you for your support!

Most of us formed some image or idea of our future selves long ago — of who we thought we would be today, now. The nature of this idea and its impact on your relationship to both yourself and the present might be worth exploring.MADE POSSIBLE BY MY PATRONS | BECOME A PATRON****STA | Learn more about She Thrives Academy Join my email list****Did you enjoy this episode? Be sure to hit SUBSCRIBE + leave A REVIEW and tell me why! Thank you for your support!

Aren't sure exactly where you're going, what's next, or even really where you are right now? Me too. Not seeing the path laid out ahead of you can be uncomfortable or even scary, but in this episode I share a few valuable reminders for these unnamed chapters we may find ourselves in.MADE POSSIBLE BY MY PATRONS | BECOME A PATRON****STA | Learn more about She Thrives Academy Join my email list****Did you enjoy this episode? Be sure to hit SUBSCRIBE + leave A REVIEW and tell me why! Thank you for your support!

We all have a complicated relationship to stuff, and in this episode we take a close look at the nature of this attachment and see where we might be confusing symbols for value, and what's more: keeping ourselves from the truth of who we are.MADE POSSIBLE BY MY PATRONS | BECOME A PATRON****STA | Learn more about She Thrives Academy Join my email list****Did you enjoy this episode? Be sure to hit SUBSCRIBE + leave A REVIEW and tell me why! Thank you for your support!

Do anything enough times and the edge wears off. Is habituation acting as a limit, keeping you stuck in a comfortable loop that blinds you to the magic all around, or is it a launchpad catapulting you to places you once thought impossible?MADE POSSIBLE BY MY PATRONS | BECOME A PATRON****STA | Learn more about She Thrives Academy Join my email list****Did you enjoy this episode? Be sure to hit SUBSCRIBE + leave A REVIEW and tell me why! Thank you for your support!

Most of us spend our days lost in the Sharknado of routines, schedules, and to-do lists, moving from overwhelm to anxiety to total exhaustion, and back again. Our existence can get whittled away to nothing but a list of tasks and concerns, blinding us from some profound and transformational experiences. In this episode, I invite you to look up, and remember.MADE POSSIBLE BY MY PATRONS | BECOME A PATRON****STA | Learn more about She Thrives Academy Join my email list****Did you enjoy this episode? Be sure to hit SUBSCRIBE + leave A REVIEW and tell me why! Thank you for your support!

How much awe, gratitude, vulnerability is in your diet? Your diet is far greater than what you're eating for lunch, and your wellbeing extends beyond your pantry. If you're looking for nourishment, be sure to check here.MADE POSSIBLE BY MY PATRONS | BECOME A PATRON****STA | Learn more about She Thrives Academy Join my email list****Did you enjoy this episode? Be sure to hit SUBSCRIBE + leave A REVIEW and tell me why! Thank you for your support!

How can you tell if the inner voice you're listening to is one of fear or wisdom? This episode has a few clear distinctions you can make with the internal data you're being offered, and how to find the pearls of wisdom hiding within fear.MADE POSSIBLE BY MY PATRONS | BECOME A PATRON****STA | Learn more about She Thrives Academy Join my email list****Did you enjoy this episode? Be sure to hit SUBSCRIBE + leave A REVIEW and tell me why! Thank you for your support!

Always feeling exhausted, drained, or overwhelmed? This replay is an important walk through of 5 places where you might be hemorrhaging energy and getting little to no return.MADE POSSIBLE BY MY PATRONS | BECOME A PATRON****STA | Learn more about She Thrives Academy Join my email list****Did you enjoy this episode? Be sure to hit SUBSCRIBE + leave A REVIEW and tell me why! Thank you for your support!

If you've been walking the self-development, healing, or mindfulness path for any amount of time, chances are good that at at least one moment, you've worried that all your progress has been lost and you were actually moving backwards. Listen in as I dispel this myth and remind you of a few important things.MADE POSSIBLE BY MY PATRONS | BECOME A PATRON****STA | Learn more about She Thrives Academy Join my email list****Did you enjoy this episode? Be sure to hit SUBSCRIBE + leave A REVIEW and tell me why! Thank you for your support!

Most of are us entirely intolerant to the experience of boredom, fighting it off before it barely has a chance to even appear. But in this episode I explain why boredom can be the portal to your richest, most creative and grounded life, if we can just allow ourselves to get to the other side.MADE POSSIBLE BY MY PATRONS | BECOME A PATRON****STA | Learn more about She Thrives Academy Join my email list****Did you enjoy this episode? Be sure to hit SUBSCRIBE + leave A REVIEW and tell me why! Thank you for your support!

“After this week things should calm down,” she said as she sighed, and judged herself about how she still doesn't have her shit together, but hoped it will finally happen next week — kicking the can of living her life further down the road toward some imagined finish line where the mess miraculously disappears. In today's episode, we take a close look at these myths, and I offer you a prompt to help you tap in to even life's most chaotic seasons.MADE POSSIBLE BY MY PATRONS | BECOME A PATRON****STA | Learn more about She Thrives Academy Join my email list****Did you enjoy this episode? Be sure to hit SUBSCRIBE + leave A REVIEW and tell me why! Thank you for your support!

Stemming from useful evolutionary roots, the modern manifestation of these two emotional states can be more of a trap than a benefit to us. Often used interchangeably and experienced extremely frequently, today we're parsing out the utility, differences, and consequences of these different emotions and learning how we can free ourselves from their grip.MADE POSSIBLE BY MY PATRONS | BECOME A PATRON****STA | Learn more about She Thrives Academy Join my email list****Did you enjoy this episode? Be sure to hit SUBSCRIBE + leave A REVIEW and tell me why! Thank you for your support!

Ever feel like you're going through the motions in life, and lacking a bigger purpose? This two part series breaks down how to support yourself at this juncture and grab the opportunity to re-establish your values and perspective. Last week we laid the important groundwork and busted myths, and this week I'm giving you prompts and tips to establish a purpose that feels good.MADE POSSIBLE BY MY PATRONS | BECOME A PATRON****STA | Learn more about She Thrives Academy Join my email list****Did you enjoy this episode? Be sure to hit SUBSCRIBE + leave A REVIEW and tell me why! Thank you for your support!

Ever feel like you're going through the motions in life, and lacking a bigger purpose? This two part series breaks down how to support yourself at this juncture and grab the opportunity to re-establish your values and perspective. But before we ‘find our purpose', we need to spend some time breaking this concept down and outline its many common pitfalls.MADE POSSIBLE BY MY PATRONS | BECOME A PATRON****STA | Learn more about She Thrives Academy Join my email list****Did you enjoy this episode? Be sure to hit SUBSCRIBE + leave A REVIEW and tell me why! Thank you for your support!

Many of us struggle to create consistent habits and find ourselves in rigid, all or nothing approaches to our well being. This small shift can be a helpful adjustment in how we think of these actions, and move our focus from superficial accomplishment to grounded nourishment.MADE POSSIBLE BY MY PATRONS | BECOME A PATRON****STA | Learn more about She Thrives Academy Join my email list****Did you enjoy this episode? Be sure to hit SUBSCRIBE + leave A REVIEW and tell me why! Thank you for your support!

We all have moments in our life where we have the opportunity to make a big change, but many of us hang on the precipice and often decide to retreat back into safety. This episode is an open discussion around some of the mechanics of these leaps, and how to turn them from terrifying leaps of faith, to fun and fulfilling leaps of trust.MADE POSSIBLE BY MY PATRONS | BECOME A PATRON****STA | Learn more about She Thrives Academy Join my email list****Did you enjoy this episode? Be sure to hit SUBSCRIBE + leave A REVIEW and tell me why! Thank you for your support!

Today's episode is a replay of a very different and fun interview: I asked two graduates of STA to come on air to discuss their journey and their experience inside STA. I think many of you will find commonalities and resonate with much inside this conversation, so come join us for a look at life before, during, and after She Thrives Academy.LEARN MORE & APPLY TO JOIN STA

Today we are taking a close look not only at thoughts themselves (and the judgement they almost always contain), but our reaction and responses to our thoughts (which interestingly, *also* tend to contain more judgement) — the way that this sneaky dynamic is sustaining ample suffering for many of us, and how to change it.MADE POSSIBLE BY MY PATRONS | BECOME A PATRON****STA | Learn more about She Thrives Academy Join my email list****Did you enjoy this episode? Be sure to hit SUBSCRIBE + leave A REVIEW and tell me why! Thank you for your support!