Moon + Fire

You smile and say "I'm fine" even when you're exhausted, foggy, and barely holding it together. You show up like everything's under control even when you feel completely untethered. This is what I call "performing wholeness," and research shows it comes with real costs: lower emotional well-being, diminished self-esteem, and reduced connection in relationships. In t...

Check Out & Support the Bread + Wine deck at www.wholeandwild.com/bread-and-wine-deck We've been told to "re-enchant" the world —to add magic back, create extraordinary experiences, seek the sacred elsewhere. But what if that's backwards? In this episode, I share the story behind my new project, the bread + wine deck, and explore a truth I've carried my whole life: the wo...

Episode Show Notes Can be found at: www.wholeandwild.com/blog/2025/11/14/feeling-medicine In this powerful conversation, Emily sits down with Raphaëlle Normandin to explore what it means to initiate back into our bodies—not through performance or perfection, but through sensation, slowness, and shadow. Raphaëlle shares her journey of being cracked wide open at her son's birth, describing it as...

Episode show notes available at: www.wholeandwild.com/blog/2025/11/14/exhaustion-of-independence In this inspiring conversation, Emily sits down with Emily Race-Newmark to explore "revillaging"—the practice of returning to a village paradigm and creating the community connection we're truly meant for. Emily shares her beautiful story of trusting intuition to find their home, includin...

What if your most powerful spiritual practice didn't require carved-out time, but instead happened while you're brushing your teeth, making your morning tea, or driving to work? In this episode, I explore the practice of "layering"—bringing intention and awareness to the activities you're already doing every day. Drawing on my childhood love of making "soups" from g...

To learn more about 'Sacred Passage' visit www.wholeandwild.com/sacred-passage-workshop Episode Show Notes & Resource Guide are here: https://www.wholeandwild.com/blog/2025/10/24/the-quiet-revolution You've been taught that real work is measurable, visible, productive. But what about the work of attuning to your deepest purpose? What about pausing to ask "does this resonate?&q...

In this profound conversation, Emily sits down with Samantha Feast to explore matrescence—the often forgotten wisdom of transitioning into and living the journey of motherhood. Samantha shares her transformative experience of being nine months postpartum, feeling lost and anxious, and discovering through feminine embodiment coaching that "returning to the feminine feels like home." She o...

In this transformative conversation, Emily sits down with Adriana Tantau to explore what it means to truly listen to your body's wisdom. Adriana shares her powerful journey of discovering body awareness at age 35 when she became sober and was diagnosed with Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD). She opens up about how her meditation practice became essential for navigating PMDD and reconnecti...

Episode Show Notes & Resource Guide can be found HERE You meditate, journal, meal prep, and follow all the wellness advice. You're checking every box. So why do you feel so depleted? In this episode, I explore the crucial distinction between visible habits (the routines we track and optimize) and invisible habits (the unconscious patterns that are actually exhausting us). Through examples...

What happens when you stop analyzing your way to decisions and start trusting your body's wisdom? In this powerful recorded session, I guide women through movement, joy, and sacred silliness to shake loose the calcified stories that keep us playing small. This isn't just about dancing—it's about accessing the embodied intelligence that knows what your mind hasn't figured out yet. W...

A conversation with Yvette Trujillo In this powerful conversation, Emily sits down with Yvette Trujillo to explore a revolutionary message: there is nothing wrong with you—you are simply in your natural becoming. Yvette shares her journey of learning to honor how she shows up while navigating major life transitions, including stepping into her dream career and managing a chronic autoimmune conditi...

This special episode features a recording of our live client panel where women who are currently in or have completed my REWILDED coaching experience—a 6.5-month journey of identity reclamation where you welcome back the exiled parts of yourself and restore your inner landscape—share their raw, authentic transformation stories. Join me and these courageous women as they discuss what life was like...

Following my grandmother's recent funeral, I was reminded of humanity's most ancient healing tool - the transformative power of conscious embrace. In this episode, I explore the fascinating science behind why some hugs feel life-changing while others feel perfunctory. Discover how your heart generates an electromagnetic field measurable several meters away, why 20 seconds of genuine touch...

In this powerful episode, I explore the profound difference between holy rage and petty anger, and why understanding this distinction is crucial for women reclaiming their complete wholeness. Discover how anger exists on a sacred spectrum—from righteous fury that disrupts unjust systems to petty irritation that simply wants to vent without purpose. I share why all emotions, including our fiercest...

To learn more about Root & Ritual, visit www.wholeandwild.com/root-and-ritual Step onto my virtual porch for this special preview of Root & Ritual - the sacred community I'm birthing for women ready to honor life's transitions with intention and grace. In this intimate Porch Talk, I share the deeper why behind this work: how we've lost the ancient art of rites of passage that o...

For details about the Root & Ritual Community, visit www.wholeandwild.com/root-and-ritual In this special episode, I explore M. Scott Peck's profound stages of community development and how understanding these phases can transform your relationships and sense of belonging. Discover the four natural stages that all meaningful communities move through - from pseudocommunity through chaos to...

Episode Show Notes & Resources can be found HERE In this powerful conversation, Emily sits down with Carolina Forman to explore the revolutionary idea that our hunger is not something to fear or control, but something sacred to honor. Carolina shares her journey into body liberation work and how disentangling from diet culture is part of breaking free from larger oppressive systems that discon...

Access this episode's show notes & resource guide HERE Explore the fascinating phenomenon of "story-hopping" - what happens when we cross from one season of life into another but continue operating with the logic of our old narrative in the landscape of our new one. I share how to recognize when you're applying outdated patterns to new circumstances and offer practical guidan...

Episode Show Notes & Resource Guide are HERE What if burnout isn't about giving too much, but about trying to give what you don't actually possess? In this episode, I explore Parker Palmer's revolutionary insight that burnout reveals "the nothingness from which we were trying to give in the first place." I'll share why burnout signals we've been offering false gif...

To Register for Ali's Free Confidence Catalyst Workshop, visit www.aliray.com/confidence In this heartfelt conversation, Emily sits down with coach Ali Rayfield to explore what it truly means to build confidence from the inside out. Ali shares her journey from defining her worth through external achievement to discovering the confidence that comes from making decisions aligned with her deepest...

Episode 12 Show Notes & Resource Guide are HERE --- In "The Sacred Dance: Understanding Masculine and Feminine Energy," I explore the essential balance between "go" and "flow" energies that exist within all of us, regardless of gender. Discover how masculine pathways—characterized by action, drive, and linear progress—complement feminine pathways marked by mystery...

In this episode, Emily explores how our daily practices quietly but powerfully shape not just what we do, but what we desire and who we become. Discover how unconscious routines create hidden "liturgies" that form your life, and learn how intentional ritual rhythms can transform your deepest longings and sense of self. This episode reveals the sacred alchemy of practice—how small, consis...

In this transformative episode, I explore the counterintuitive wisdom of surrender as a powerful access point to what we're truly longing for. Drawing from my experience as a threshold walker—someone who helps women cross from one season of life to the next—I share how surrendering isn't about giving up, but about opening to a larger reality beyond our own striving. Discover how gratitude...

Join me for a special episode featuring the complete Storm Truth: Rebirth Mode workshop—born from my own "death portal" experience during Easter weekend. Discover how to transform life's chaos into fuel for your clearest truth-speaking, with practical nervous system anchoring tools that make expressing your unshakable voice not just possible, but inevitable. Learn how to harness the...

FREE Pop-Up Workshop - Storm Truth: Rebirth Mode In this intimate episode, I explore how the fragmentation of our authentic selves leads to scattered personal power and disconnection from our deepest wisdom. Through sharing my own journey of reclaiming a fragmented part of myself, I reveal how limiting beliefs create internal divisions that separate us from our wholeness. You'll discover how t...