Kayla MacDonald
Embodied Writing Warrior: Food Freedom, Creativity & Spiritual Reclamation
For the spicy fanfic storyteller, myth-maker, and too-much soul who’s done playing small. Welcome to the storytelling temple where your body becomes the sacred pen, your healing becomes the plot twist, and your words shape whole new worlds. This is for the creatives and misfits who feel more seen by spicy romance novels than self-help books. For the writers, feelers, shapeshifters, and spiritual rebels who’ve always processed life through stories - and are finally ready to write their own . In this space, your "too much" becomes your initiation. Your creativity becomes your compass. And your i...
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Jul 7, 2026
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Episodes
137. Why I'm Grateful For The Weight I Gained Back - How To Extract Deeper Meaning & Growth From Setbacks 20.09.2023 27:29
This episode title might have you scratching your head, but I mean it when I say I'm grateful for my recent weight regain. I wasn't grateful for it a few months ago. I felt so defeated and demoralized by my own behaviour and energy between the months of September to April. I thought I had learned nothing after all these years. I thought it meant I was doomed to failure and unhappiness an...
136. Using Human Design To Optimize Your Energy, Make Better Decisions, & Live Your Healthiest Life With Meadow Faith 13.09.2023 40:24
Today, we are joined by Meadow Faith - a Human Design expert, entrepreneur, and spiritual teacher. Meadow shares her wisdom and insights on how to use Human Design to master your own personal energetic field, make better decisions, and live your healthiest, most aligned life. This conversation includes: An explanation of the 5 energy types (Aura) and how they best operate (Strategy). Using your em...
135. Why Cultivating Peace Will Transform Your Health & Body Like Nothing Else (+ 5 Ways To Make It Happen) 06.09.2023 56:41
There is one powerful, surefire way to create a rapid transformation with your health or body - and it's to cultivate more consistent levels of peace in your life. Peace is not just about managing or minimizing stress. Peace is stress management on steroids. Peace is a state that will make any health, fitness, or body transformation goal 100x easier. In today's episode, you'll learn...
134. Create Your Biggest Glow Up Ever With 2 Powerful Intentions 30.08.2023 19:27
Today's episode is going to cover two powerful intentions to help you create your biggest glow up yet. Dictionary. Com defines a glow up as "an informal term for a positive personal transformation, typically one involving significant changes in appearance and style and often also growth in confidence and maturity (and sometimes aspects of personal or professional life)." In today&ap...
133. Are You Pursuing Consistency... Or Perfectionism? 23.08.2023 27:19
Consistency is one of the greatest superpowers you can ever possess. It's a keystone part of what it takes to slay your goals and thrive along the way. However, sometimes, we think we're chasing consistency when what we're truly chasing is perfectionism disguised as consistency. In this episode, we cover: Why consistency is a superpower and why perfectionism is a fatal flaw. 5 Red F...
132. In Honor Of The Barbie Movie - How To Simultaneously Transform Your Body & Slay The Patriarchy 16.08.2023 34:44
“A culture fixated on female thinness is not an obsession about female beauty, but an obsession about female obedience. Dieting is the most potent political sedative in women’s history; a quietly mad population is a tractable one.” - Naomi Wolf To celebrate the release of The Barbie Movie last month, we are doing a special episode on how you can simultaneously transform your body and slay the patr...
131. A Powerful Message For Dealing With Frustration & Impatience When Progress Feels Slow 09.08.2023 16:26
Today's episode contains a short but powerful message to help you deal with frustration and impatience that comes when progress feels slow. There are times on our journey towards our goals where it feels like things aren't happening. Progress either feels painfully slow or even nonexistent in certain seasons. Tune in to this episode to learn: The deeper reasons we experience frustration...
130. Does Running Cause Weight Gain? All Things Cardio, Cortisol, & Choosing An Aligned Form of Exercise 02.08.2023 33:45
This episode was inspired by an interesting conversation I had with a friend on one of our hikes. She was sharing something she'd heard from a big health coach in the industry. What she'd heard was this: Running and other types of high-intensity cardio raise your cortisol levels and create a stress response in the body. This can cause people, especially women in menopause, to gain weight...
129. Why You Don't Need OA Or Any Other Recovery Program To Heal From Binge Eating, Emotional Eating, or Compulsive Eating (And What You Really Need Instead) 26.07.2023 25:53
Binge eating is like an unholy union between self-harm, behavioral addiction and substance addiction, which is what makes it so insidious. - Reddit User In today's episode, we're talking about why you don't need OA, FA, or any other recovery program to heal from binge and emotional eating. You'll discover: What potential, short-term benefits these programs could have. Why you d...
128. High Performing, Goal-Oriented Women: This Is The Most Important Shadow Work You Can Possibly Do 19.07.2023 39:45
High performing, goal-achieving women - this one for is for you if you're looking for more inner peace, a deeper connection with yourself, and a more fulfilling life in general. This probably sounds like a tall order because sometimes, peace and self-care and fulfilment come second to the external targets and goals we set for ourselves. Sometimes, we become unhappy achievers in our pursuit of...
127. Look Better Naked - Inside & Out (With Performance Coach, Caleb Nelson) 12.07.2023 59:54
This week, we are joined by Caleb Nelson - an entrepreneur and high performance coach who helps people do the inner work to grow and evolve while also fulfilling their life's deepest purpose. In this episode, we talk about: What it means to look better naked, inside and out. How high performers can hold high standards and chase their potential without becoming cruel or excessively self-criti...
126. Body Transformation Magic: 5 Steps To Becoming The Energetic Match For Unlimited Health & Vitality 05.07.2023 25:44
If you're actively working on improving your health or reaching another level of fitness, today's episode will help you create some serious magic. In today's episode you're going to discover: How to infuse magic and manifesting into your health & fitness goals. The 5 steps to becoming the energetic match for the health and vitality you desire. How to move forwards when you&...
125. Beast Mode Meal Planning - Prepare To Slay The Week Ahead 28.06.2023 22:05
Tune in for a tactical, practical episode on how to meal plan and prep for the week ahead like a beast . Meal planning and meal prepping is an essential, game-changing skill that will create more ease, more alignment, and more progress on a weekly-basis. In this episode, you'll discover: Why focusing on meal planning will change the entire trajectory of your week. Kayla's 9-Step Process...
124. 3 Ways To Infuse Feminine Energy Into Your Wellness Journey 21.06.2023 31:52
Our wellness journey can become heavily reliant on masculine energy strategies, if we're not careful. Counting calories and planning our meals: Masculine. Doing intense, heroic exercise and pushing our bodies: Masculine. Weighing ourselves and taking measurements: Masculine. Steeling ourself against cravings and having the willpower to JUST SAY NO: Masculine. The hyper-reliance on the masculi...
123. What's 5x Better Than Being A Strong Finisher & 10x Better Than Being A Strong Starter? 14.06.2023 19:17
This week, we're talking about a powerful identity to step into so you can slay your goals and thrive while doing it. We cover the idea of being a strong starter first. This is an identity many people - especially high-achieving women - identify with the most. It's the ability to come in hot and make big moves in the beginning of a new goal pursuit or project. However, many people find t...
122. The Journey From Warrior To Wise Man With US Navy Veteran & Bestselling Author, Doug Paul Fleming 07.06.2023 53:51
In today's episode we are joined by a very special guest. We are joined by US Navy Veteran, bestselling author, and trauma warrior, Doug Paul Fleming. This is a powerful conversation where we cover: The importance of telling your story, especially around old traumas, and how to get started. 2 vital practices to help you heal from trauma How to deepen your spirituality and connect to your own...
121. Earth, Air, Water, & Fire: Using The Four Elements To Create Deep Health & Next-Level Fitness 31.05.2023 35:47
This episode walks you through how to use the power of the elements to create a greater level of health, energy, and fitness. The earth element is all about the actions you take and the strategies you use. The air element is your mental body. It includes your thoughts, beliefs, and stories about food, your metabolism, and everything else that happens in your life. The water element is where you ca...
120. Listen To This When Manifesting Feels Hard, Or Even Impossible 24.05.2023 16:26
Today's episode, is a short, sweet strategy for you to turn to when you're struggling to manifest your dreams or make progress towards your goas. In today's episode, you're going to learn about how to turn things around after a period of struggle. You'll learn: One reason why manifestation and goal achievement can become difficult. How to create a peaceful comeback and sta...
119. 8 Magic Words To Help You Optimize Your Energy Levels & Achieve Your Goals 17.05.2023 23:10
How different could your life look if you had access to more consistent life force energy? How much better would you feel? How much more would you be able to accomplish? How much more empowered and capable would you feel? In today's episode, Kayla is breaking down her simple mantra for optimizing your daily energy levels. You can use this mantra to create more consistent energy, which will le...
118. Use This Scientific Law To Increase Your Drive & Mental Toughness 10.05.2023 19:32
Looking for a boost this week? Today's podcast episode has you covered. In today's episode, we're breaking down one scientific law you can use to increase your drive and mental focus. You'll discover: The one law you can turn to when you want to increase your strength. How this law applies to physical, mental, emotional, AND spiritual strength. It works everywhere. Some ideas o...
117. Your Breakthrough Awaits - How To Move Forwards When You're Feeling Stuck, Stagnant, or Resistant To Taking Action 03.05.2023 40:57
What if getting stuck - REALLY stuck - was the doorway to an incredible, life-changing breakthrough? If you're been struggling to take action or your progress towards your goals has been stagnant, then this week's episode is for you. You'll learn: 4 things to avoid doing when you're feeling stuck How to use periods of feeling stuck and stagnant as the doorway to growth and tran...
116. My Top 5 Foundational Skills For Simplifying & Accelerating Your Health & Fitness Journey 26.04.2023 18:56
To achieve success on in your health and fitness journey, you probably don't need to find more practices and tools. You probably already know what to do. To slay and thrive, you want to consistently and reliably execute the most critical foundational skills for success with weight loss, fitness, or improved health. Today's episode is a powerful reminder to prioritize the basics. Kayla is...
115. How To Take Your Personal Power & Manifesting Magic To The Next Level 19.04.2023 13:29
You have an immense amount of personal power in your everyday life. Today's episode is a potent reminder of how much influence you have over the external circumstances in your everyday life, when you choose to claim in. Tune in to hear: How Kayla used her manifesting powers to achieve an outcome on her wedding day that blew people's minds Four strategies for taking your manifesting supe...
114. 9 Elements Of Nourishment - Nutrition, Holistic Health, & Spiritual Wellness For Highly Sensitive Women With Leah Tarleton 12.04.2023 50:06
Today, we are joined by Leah Tarleton - a dietician who has transitioned into her true calling as a holistic intuitive healer. Leah works with Highly Sensitive women to help them feel nourished on every level - physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. In today's episode, you'll learn: Leah's 9 elements of nourishment. What nutrition and self-care looks like for a highly s...
113. Want Off The Weight-Loss Rollercoaster? Practices For Healing A Dramatic Relationship With Food & Body Image 05.04.2023 27:30
Today's episode dives deep into the subject of drama and heightened emotion in our health and fitness journey. This refers to the immense guilt and shame that happens when we deviate from our best laid plans or find ourselves overeating at night. This refers to the intense desperation to lose weight as quickly as possible, treating it like an emergency. This refers to the despair and frustrat...
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