At the Edge of Light & Shadow: Stories of Awakening + Integration

S2E9 - As the season comes to a close, we'll reflect on a deeper thread running beneath the tensions explored throughout the season. What changes when we stop treating one side of an inner conflict as more valuable than the other? This episode explores wholeness, integration, and the possibility that the parts of ourselves we've tried to outgrow may be carrying gifts we haven't yet...

S2E8 - Mystery can feel expansive and exciting...until it touches something personal. In this episode, Leslie explores the tension between mystery and resolution, the impatience that can arise when life hasn’t yet revealed its next chapter, and the practice of continuing to participate in life while the answers remain unknown. To learn more about how to work together, check out: https://www.leslie...

S2E7 - In this episode, we explore the tension between longing to be deeply known and the instinct to protect ourselves from what visibility might cost. I share how my understanding of intimacy, vulnerability, and emotional safety has evolved, including the realization that my old definition of “being understood” was asking for a perfect emotional attunement that no human relationship could realis...

S2E6 - There’s always another layer to uncover. Another version of yourself, shimmering somewhere just beyond where you are now. But what happens when the finish line keeps moving? This episode explores the tension between striving and presence, growth and enoughness, and the difference between becoming from lack…and unfolding from wholeness. To learn more about how to work together, check out: ht...

S2E5 - There are things we hold onto…sometimes without realizing how tightly we’re gripping them. It might be a belief about what’s happening, a hope for how something will unfold, or a feeling that hasn’t fully settled. In this episode, we explore the tension between holding on and letting go, and how sometimes what you’re holding onto (or why) isn’t always immediately obvious—and how when you ca...

S2E4 - You may see yourself as someone who is independent…someone who can handle things on your own. But what if that strength has also been creating distance in your relationships—even if it's hard to recognize? In this episode, we explore the tension between independence and belonging, and what becomes possible when you begin to see what’s been shaping your connections from beneath the surf...

S2E3 - There are moments when what once felt clear no longer lands the same way. This episode explores what it looks like to stay in that space—between knowing and questioning—without rushing to make a decision. And how clarity can begin to take shape when you’re willing to stay with what’s not yet fully defined.

S2E2 - What if the part of you that feels deeply and the part of you that knows how to stay strong were never meant to be separate? In this episode, we explore how strength can become a kind of armor, how sensitivity is often misunderstood, and why many of us feel like we have to choose between the two. You’ll be invited to notice your own patterns, your preferences, and your assumptions—and to be...

S2E1 - We all have parts of ourselves that feel easier to accept…and others that don’t. In this episode, we explore how that division begins—how we learn, often without realizing it, which parts of us are “okay” to be and which parts aren’t. Over time, that learning shapes our identity and creates a subtle but powerful split within us. You may recognize this in the moments where you judge your rea...

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S1E8 - In this final episode of the season, I share a moment of panic that revealed just how my relationship with myself has changed. Through a somewhat small but emotionally charged experience, I explore what it looks like to stay present with fear and sadness without collapsing into self-blame. This episode isn’t about erasing old wounds or patterns, but about noticing how their grip can soften...

S1E7 -  In this episode, I share a seemingly ordinary moment that revealed something profound about my inner world—a flash of irritation that pointed not outward, but inward. Through this story, we explore how our reactions to others can illuminate the parts of ourselves we’ve pushed into the shadows, both the strengths we’ve learned to hide and the impulses we’re afraid to see. I reflect on how p...

S1E6 -  In this episode, I share a period of my life when intensity masqueraded as connection, and when being “seen” by others felt like nourishment...that is, until I learned it was actually activating an old wound. Through this story, we explore what happens when we stop searching for ourselves in other people, and instead learn to meet our own longing with compassion, curiosity, and inner tendi...

S1E5 -  In this episode, I trace a quiet thread that began in childhood—an early sense that something I’d been taught didn’t quite fit—and follow it through the moments of unraveling that reshaped my spiritual life. From an innocent question about fairness to the dissonance I felt as an adult, to the unexpected experience that cracked something open in me, this is the story of an awakening that is...

S1E4 -  In this episode, I share a quiet but powerful moment from a recent trip to the desert—an unexpected encounter that arrived in the middle of my unfolding spiritual journey. What began as a simple morning outside became a symbolic turning point that reawakened my creativity, expanded my sense of connection, and nudged my husband and me toward a move we never expected. We'll explore how...

S1E3 -  A late-night phone call shatters “life as usual” and ushers in a raw season of shock, airports, hospital corridors, and a final goodbye. In this episode, we'll look back to see the body's wisdom at work, even when grief takes hold. This story will be an invitation to identify and honor what your “shock points” are asking of you. (Gentle content note: grief and the death of a pare...

S1E2 - In this episode, I'll share my long relationship with personality typology—and how it can be a lens for self-understanding, not an identity. Through stories of pivotal encounters with personality type systems, examining common traps, and using the four-point check-in, you’ll see how to use type to widen your awareness, soften judgment toward self and others, and meet the Self beneath t...

S1E1 -  It’s the night everything fell apart—and the quieter truth that followed. I tell the story of my divorce and a safety room that started an unexpected path toward layered healing, self-trust, and spiritual connection. You’ll also get a gentle, four-step practice to help you find the next smallest step when you can’t see the way.

S1 Trailer    -  Season 1 is vulnerable, reflective, and real—a non-chronological memoir in episodes. Through pivotal stories, we explore presence, self-trust, and a multi-layered path to healing.

COMING JANUARY 2026 At the Edge of Light & Shadow: Stories of Awakening & Integration is a podcast about waking up to the Self beneath old survival strategies, unconscious patterns, and the stories that have shaped who we’ve become. This podcast exists for the in-between places—the moments when life asks us to hold what feels contradictory, uncomfortable, or unclear.  The edge of light and...