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 gu…

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 jo…

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 TOTAL…

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 …

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 …

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 here SUBSCRIBE | Join my newsletter STA | Join th…

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 here SUBSCRIBE | Join my newsletter STA | Join the waitlist **** Did you enjo…

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 here SUBSCRIBE | Join my newsle…

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 ANY…

In this episode I share a perspective shift that will invite more presence, gratitude, and gentleness into your daily life. Email me: hello@taylorgage.com STA | JOIN THE WAITLIST SUBSCRIBE | Join my newsletter SUPPORT | 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…

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.com STA | JOIN THE WAITLIST SUBSCRIBE | Join my newsletter SUPPORT | Make a one-time donation **** Did you enjoy this episode? Leaving a review is a TO…

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 newsletter SUPPORT | Make …

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 newsletter SUPPORT | Make a one-ti…

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 newsletter SUPPORT | Make a …

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 newsletter SUPPORT | Make a one-time dona…

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 newsletter SUPPORT | Make a one-time…

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 …

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 newsletter SUPPORT | Make a o…

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…

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 newsletter SUPPORT | Make a one-time donation STA | Learn more about She Thrives Academy ****…

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 newsletter SUPPORT | Make a one-time donation STA | Learn more…

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 newsletter SUPPORT | Make a one-time donation STA | Learn more about She Thrives Aca…

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 donation STA | Learn more about She Thrives Academy SUBSCRIBE | Join my email list **** Did you enjoy this episode? Lea…

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 donation STA | Learn more about She Thrives Academy SUBSCRIBE | Join my email list **** Did you en…

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 donation STA | Learn more about She Thrives Academy SUBSCRIBE | Join my email list **** Did you enjoy this episode? Be sure to …

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. SUPPORT THE SHOW | Make a one-time donation STA | Learn more about She Thrives Academy SUBSCRIBE | Join my email list **…

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. SUPPORT THE SHOW | Make a one-time donation STA | Learn more abou…

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. SUPPORT THE SHOW | Make a one-time donation STA | Learn more about She Thrives Academy SUBSCRIBE | Join my …

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? SUPPORT THE SHOW | Make a one-time donation STA | Learn more about She Thrives Academy SUBSCRIBE | Join my ema…

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…

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. SUPPORT THE SHOW | Make a one-time donation STA | Learn more about She Thrives Academy SUBSCRIBE | Join my email list **** Did yo…

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. SUPPORT THE SHOW | Make a one-time donation STA | Learn more about She Thrives Academy SUBSCRIBE | Join my emai…

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. SUPPORT THE SHOW | Make a one-time donation STA | Learn more about She Thrives Academy SUBSCRIBE | Join my email list **** Did you enjoy this episode? Leaving a review is a t…

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. SUPPORT THE SHOW | Make a one-time donat…

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. SUPPORT THE SHOW | Make a one-time donation STA | Learn …

“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 l…

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 …

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…

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 pit…

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. SUPPORT THE SHOW | Make a one-time donation STA | Learn more about She Th…

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. SUPPORT THE …

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 …

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. SUPPORT THE SHOW | Make a …

You’ve heard me mention it here before: STA is my 90 day, high touch coaching program that is a proven method for completely overhauling your internal dialogue, breaking free from repetitive and limiting habit loops in food and beyond, and establishing deeply rooted self trust. STA is the education we never received on how to truly take care of our…

Seeing the world carry on, abounding with people in various forms of ascension, transitions, and evolution can feel like a punch in the gut when you’re feeling stuck. This isolating and frustrating feeling can be helped, and in this episode I share 4 ways to help you free yourself from stagnation. SUPPORT THE SHOW | Make a one-time donation STA | L…

Most of us are harboring a deep, dark secret — a belief that permeates every single place and way we are interacting with the world, others, and even ourselves. This episode is an exploration of the nebulous concept of worthiness, and the ways in which our own cognitive dissonance in this space keep us spending our lives in pursuit of that which we…

Beneath the expectations that we are aware that we hold, lies a bustling underworld of ones we have little to no awareness of at all — and yet they are completely shaping our experience of our life. Taking a peek into this terrain can be challenging, but it's where 100% of your power to transform your life truly lies, and we’re exploring it a bit t…

Perfectionism, self objectification, punishing self criticism, indecision, fear of failure, reliance on external validation: all manifestations of the notion that our life is somehow a test, performance, or a pass/fail event. This episode has a couple very important, friendly reminders from your mindset coach. SUPPORT THE SHOW | Make a one-time don…

Most of us are rushing through our days, powering through one task after another, trying to get as much done as possible. And while busy seasons are inevitable, they don’t have to cost you your attention, sense of presence, or connection. This episode shares 4 easy and accessible options for clearing mental and emotional space so you can slow your …

The practice of offering ourselves validating, kind, and nurturing words is not one that comes easily to many of us. In this episode I share an accessible avenue for transforming your inner dialogue, and beginning the rewarding work of being your own caretaker. SUPPORT THE SHOW | Make a one-time donation STA | Learn more about She Thrives Academy S…