Rooted & Rehumanizing

What if the way you experience your life isn't determined by your circumstances, but by what you're paying attention to? In this conversation, Jillian and Meg explore the Reticular Activating System (RAS), the brain's natural filtering system that determines what reaches our conscious awareness. While we can't control everything that happens to us, we can influence what our minds learn to notice....

What happens when the thing you're most afraid to share is the very thing someone else needs to hear? In this powerful conversation, Jillian and Meg welcome nurse coach, writer, feminine biohacker, and storyteller Rachel Plonka to the podcast. Together, they explore the connection between healing, self-expression, nervous system regulation, and the courage it takes to be truly seen. Rachel shares...

What if the life you're chasing isn't somewhere in the future? What if parts of it already exist right in front of you? In this heartfelt conversation, Jillian and Meg explore the power of noticing the everyday blessings, opportunities, and experiences that often get overlooked while we're focused on what's next. Jillian reflects on the dramatic shift her family has experienced while building Trel...

What if two people can experience the exact same moment and walk away with completely different realities? In this thoughtful conversation, Jillian and Meg explore the invisible lens through which we experience our lives. The stories, assumptions, conditioning, and patterns that quietly shape how we interpret the world around us. Drawing from Jillian’s doctoral studies and their own personal exper...

What happens when you spend your whole life trying not to be “too much”? In this deeply personal conversation, Meg and Jill explore what it means to truly take up space. Not just through speaking louder or finding your voice, but through allowing yourself to exist fully without constantly shrinking, shape-shifting, apologizing, or compromising your needs to make other people comfortable. Jillian o...

What changes when you stop waiting for your future life to save you? In this honest and layered conversation, Meg and Jill explore the idea of radical self-responsibility. Not as self-blame or perfectionism, but as taking ownership of the life, patterns, choices, and energy that shape your everyday experience. Jillian shares a surprisingly emotional realization that started with something simple:...

Meg opens this conversation by introducing Amanda Haveman, a business owner, mother of seven, and someone who embodies what it looks like to live fully outside of traditional roles. From the beginning, Amanda shares how her life is a blend of motherhood, business ownership, and personal growth. What stands out immediately is her perspective that work life and home life are not separate. They are d...

What happens when the urge to quit isn’t actually about quitting? In this deeply honest and vulnerable conversation, Meg and Jillian explore the emotional tension between overwhelm, self-protection, burnout, and alignment. From marriage and motherhood to parenting, work, and emotional safety, they unpack what it feels like when your nervous system wants out before your heart actually does. Meg sha...

What happens after the breakthrough? In part two of this live coaching series, Jillian explores the space that comes after awareness. The part that is often overlooked. Moving from understanding something intellectually to actually living it. After uncovering the belief patterns holding her back in the previous episode, Jillian notices her tendency to stop at the “aha.” To understand the shift, bu...

What if the resistance you feel isn’t about the work… but about who you’re allowing yourself to be while doing it? In this episode, Meg coaches Jillian live in a raw and unfiltered conversation that uncovers the deeper layers behind control, anxiety, and identity. What begins as a discussion about trying to control outcomes quickly reveals something more foundational. A split between two versions...

This episode is a little different. This conversation originally took place on Own Your Choices Own Your Life with Marsha Vanwynsberghe and our joint podcast editor, Sue Ruh. It felt too important not to share here, as well. There was something about the depth, the honesty, and the way this conversation unfolded that felt so aligned with what we’re creating inside Rooted & Rehumanizing. It fel...

Jillian opens this conversation with a powerful shift in perspective as she prepares to launch Trellis. Faced with the reality that her patents will not be finalized before launch, she initially felt pressure to protect her ideas. But through reflection, she realized that her deeper mission is not ownership. It is impact. This realization reframes everything. If the goal is to make the world bette...

Meg and Jillian explore what it means to build an “A team” in both business and life, and how support, structure, and collaboration unlock deeper impact. Meg shares how this topic surfaced through a simple conversation, leading her to reflect on the people she has intentionally brought into her business. From a bookkeeper to a virtual assistant to creative support, each addition allowed her to sta...

Meg opens this conversation by challenging a deeply ingrained cultural norm. What if the problem is not that people lack goals, but that they are too focused on them? Meg and Jillian explore the tension between being goal oriented and being present in the daily practices that actually lead to those goals. Meg reflects on how she approaches her work and life with intuition and aligned steps rather...

What if healing isn’t only about fixing what’s broken… but about finally being seen, heard, and supported as a whole human? In this episode, Meg and Jillian sit down with Dr. Kristen Bos , physical therapist and founder of Body Empowered Health & Wellness, to explore what happens when healthcare becomes human again. From leaving the traditional, productivity-driven medical model to building a...

Meg introduces a perspective shift she recently explored inside her Bold Beautiful Life community. What if overwhelm is not only a signal of stress, but also evidence of abundance? The conversation begins with acknowledging the real weight many people carry, especially women balancing families, careers, responsibilities, and personal growth. Meg and Jillian discuss how overwhelm is valid while als...

In this raw and unplanned conversation, Jillian shares a massive internal shift. A week of true integration moved her from feeling afraid to share her voice to feeling almost unstoppable in her purpose. She describes shedding the weight of expectations that were never truly hers and stepping into a new kind of weight. One that feels dense, meaningful, and aligned. Meg reflects back what she sees i...

This episode explores a redefinition of power. Jillian opens with a statement she has been reflecting on: real power is not control. It is the willingness to feel what is here long enough that it no longer controls you. From there, the conversation unfolds into business, parenting, leadership, marriage, and self regulation. Jillian shares what she has observed in business owners who suppress fear...

Journaling has been referenced in many previous episodes, so Meg and Jill decided to slow down and unpack it. This conversation moves from childhood diaries with tiny locks and keys to the deeper truth of what journaling can uncover. Meg shares how she journaled in prayer form as a teenager and how looking back at those notebooks now feels like opening a time capsule. She reflects on manifestation...

Please follow us on Instagram: instagram.com/rootedandrehumanizing In this episode, Meg and Jill are joined by their first-ever guests, Kellie Hetler and Kara Hanes, founders of Hopelynd, a nonprofit rooted in disability advocacy through art and photography. What unfolds is not a conversation about charity or inspiration, but about dignity, presence, and what it means to use your gifts in service...

Please Follow Us on Instagram: instagram.com/rootedandrehumanizing In this episode, Jillian and Meg explore the subtle and often invisible ways we edit ourselves to feel safe, accepted, or seen, and the emotional, relational, and energetic cost of doing so. What begins as Jillian sharing a deeply personal realization unfolds into a conversation about belonging versus fitting in, nervous system saf...

Please Follow Us on Instagram: instagram.com/rootedandrehumanizing In this episode, Meg and Jill explore what it truly means to be human in a rapidly accelerating, tech driven world, and why love, connection, meaningful work, and purpose are not optional extras, but the foundation of mental wellbeing and sustainable systems. What begins as a conversation about AI and optimization unfolds into a de...

Please Follow Us on Instagram: http://instagram.com/rootedandrehumanizing In this episode, Meg and Jill explore goal setting through a grounded, human lens, focusing on the science behind sustainable change rather than short lived motivation or perfection driven resolutions. What begins as a conversation about New Year’s goals unfolds into a deeper discussion about intention versus resolution, hab...

Please Follow Us on Instagram: instagram.com/rootedandrehumanizing In this episode, Meg and Jill unpack one of the most misunderstood concepts in leadership and personal growth: ego. Rather than treating ego as something to eliminate or shame, they explore ego as a natural part of being human. The real issue is not having an ego, but letting it lead unconsciously. Through grounded examples from le...

Please Follow Us on Instagram: instagram.com/rootedandrehumanizing In this episode, Meg and Jill explore the often overlooked root of micromanagement, not as a leadership flaw, but as a nervous system response. What begins as a conversation about micromanagement in organizations expands into a deeper discussion about regulation, anxiety transmission, trust, and how a leader’s internal state direct...