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Ep 47: Why Rest Can Feel Unsafe — And What Your System Is Trying to Tell You
On Ep 47: Why Rest Can Feel Unsafe — And What Your System Is Trying to Tell You, Emily breaks down why rest can feel so unsafe for some folks and how to begin undoing the "go go go mentality" that many of us are...
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Ep 46: How to Stop Carrying Everyone’s Emotions This Holiday Season
Protectors & Holiday Boundaries Practice
A grounding episode for leaders, helpers, caregivers, and anyone who turns into the “responsible one” the moment they walk back into their childhood home.
The holidays have...
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Ep 45: Can Inner Work Be Activism for Collective Change? - The Shadow Side of Burnout and Overgiving
Many people who care about changing the world are running on fumes. They’re carrying responsibility that was never meant to be carried alone, and they’re trying to repair systems while ignoring the parts of themselves...
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Ep 44: Rewrite Your Story: Conscious Choices Change Everything & How to Make Them Today (with Author, Martine Cohen)
What if the life you’ve been given isn’t the one you have to accept?
In this episode, Emily talks with author and coach Martine Cohen about how conscious choices can rewrite your story—even when it feels like your...
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Ep 43: Healing in Place: How a Carmel Cottage Helped a Cancer Survivor Reclaim Life (+ How to Create Renewal at Home) (with Barry Shimelfarb)
Nature as Medicine: The Lost Cottage of Carmel
What if healing isn’t just about medicine—but place, community, and feeling truly cared for? In this soulful conversation, Emily sits down with Barry, founder of Carmel...
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Ep 42: Beyond Willpower: How Hypnosis Helps High-Achievers Break Cycles of Stress, Overthinking, and Burnout (with Christina L. Woods)
In this episode: Emily sits down with Christina L. Woods—Clinical Hypnotherapist, Rapid Transformational Therapist®, coach, Reiki Master, and author—to explore the real reason high-achievers stay stuck in patterns of...
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Ep 41: When Healing Gets Political: Compassion, Language, and Repair (with Licensed Counselor Alyssa S. Scarano, LPC)
In this conversation, Emily sits down with licensed counselor Alyssa S. Scarano, LPC, NCC, founder of Collective Therapy & Wellness, to unpack what happens when healing gets political. Together they explore how...
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Ep 40: How to Work with Witch & Crone Archetypes for Rest & Increasing Satisfaction in Life/Business/Home
How to Work with Witch & Crone Archetypes for Rest and Renewal
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The Fall Equinox is a threshold moment — a balance of day and night before we turn inward for the darker season. In this episode,...
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Ep 39: Healing the Inner ‘Not Enough’: with Karen Bartholomew
Ep 39: Healing the Inner ‘Not Enough’: with Karen Bartholomew
What if the voice that keeps telling you you’re not enough is actually just a story you picked up years ago — and you’ve been proving it right ever...
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Ep 38: When the Life You Built Doesn’t Make You Happy Anymore: Hilary DeCesare on Relaunching Her Life
Ep 38: When the Life You Built Doesn’t Make You Happy Anymore: Hilary DeCesare on Relaunching Her Life
What happens when the life you worked so hard to build doesn’t actually make you happy? In this episode of Rise To...
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Ep 37: Seasonal Spiritual Living: A Rhythmic Portal to Purpose, Healing & Leadership
Episode 37: Seasonal Spiritual Living: A Rhythmic Portal to Purpose, Healing & Leadership
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In Episode 37, we explore how seasonal spiritual living becomes a powerful pathway to deeper purpose, holistic...
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Ep 36: Gut Check: The Truth About Instinct vs. Intuition in Leadership + Life
We’ve all felt the gut hit — but is it instinct or intuition? In this episode, Emily breaks down the difference between the two and why this matters deeply for leadership, decision-making, and sustainable success....
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