The Grounded Mama I Nervous System, Present Mom, Overstimulated, Wellbeing, Work-Life Balance

A real rebirth requires a death first. In this episode Lesley shares one of the most personal and vulnerable stories she has told on this podcast. Coming up on one year of sobriety, fresh off a life-changing Advanced Energetics Retreat in San Diego, she opens up about what rebirth actually looks like, not as a concept or a metaphor, but as a lived, somatic, cellular experience in the body. She sha...

Most people spend their lives managing symptoms. Tina Brown helps them do something different. In this conversation Lesley sits down with Tina Brown, a Salt Lake City healing coach, breathwork facilitator, and somatic guide, for one of the most honest and embodied conversations the show has had. They talk about fear, chronic pain, the physical addiction to adrenaline, and what it actually looks li...

The thing that just set you off? Don't waste it. In this episode Lesley reframes everything you were taught about being triggered. A trigger is not proof that you are weak, too sensitive, or broken. It is information. It is your body pointing directly to something that has been sitting inside as an ember from something unhealed, waiting for the right spark to ignite the whole thing again.   She wa...

What if God has been speaking to you this entire time and you just didn't know which language to listen for? From a story of an encounter Lesley goes deeper into something most of us were never taught. In Greek, there are three distinct words all translated as 'word' in English. And understanding the difference changes everything about how you receive God. This episode is an open-hande...

What do you do when the soil you were planted in can no longer sustain what you are becoming? This episode was recorded in real time,  not from a place of having arrived on the other side, but from the middle of the season itself. Lesley shares openly that she is in this right now. The outgrowing, the tilling, the disorienting in-between that most people are never taught how to navigate. We live i...

What if everything you were taught about rest is keeping you from it?  In this deeply personal episode, Lesley shares the quiet unraveling that happens when your identity has been built around performance, productivity, striving, and output  and your soul can no longer sustain the pace. After years of building a career, raising the bar, becoming a wife and mother, and trying to hold everything tog...

What if some of what you've been carrying… was never yours to carry in the first place? In this deeply embodied conversation, we explore what it actually means to absorb energy that doesn’t belong to you  and why so many highly sensitive women have mistaken empathic overwhelm for anxiety, emotional instability, or “being too much.” This episode is for the woman who walks into a room and immedi...

What if everything that broke you open was actually love doing its most important work? In this episode Lesley goes back to one of the most disruptive seasons of her life, 18 months with no reprieve between them. Marriage, a move, an unexpected pregnancy, a health crisis, a c-section, and a month away from home holding everything alone. And she tells you what she knows now that she couldn't se...

Your body responds to rejection as if your life depends on it. Because for thousands of years it did. In this episode Lesley unpacks why the longing to belong is not a character flaw,  it is ancient wiring. Being excluded from the tribe once meant exposure. Death. Your nervous system has not forgotten this, even though the stakes have changed. She talks about the real cost of performing for belong...

EPISODE 66 | Receiving Who You Were Always Made To Be Your false identity is not something you chose. It is something that formed around your wounds. This episode is for every woman who has been living inside a story about herself that was never actually hers. We talk about the false identities most of us carry without realizing it, the thought loops on repeat, the limiting beliefs rooted in scarc...

What happens when your body starts screaming what your mind refuses to hear? This episode is one of the most personal ones yet. Lesley opens with the season she rarely talks about — her first solo summer as a mother of two, an overwhelmed nervous system, coping mechanisms she didn't yet have words for, and the moment a bag of spilled rice brought her to her knees. From there she moves into the...

What if religion was never meant to be the destination? This episode goes somewhere tender. And somewhere true. Lesley opens with the wound so many women carry quietly — the fracture that forms when the container meant to hold God becomes the thing standing between you and Him. When religion shifts from a doorway into relationship to a system of control, fear, guilt, and shame, it doesn't just hur...

IN THIS EPISODE After nearly a year of silence — she's back. In May 2025, Lesley went quiet. No explanation. No goodbye. Just stillness. What looked like an absence was actually the most necessary disappearance of her life — a full season of surrender, somatic healing, identity reclamation, and what she calls Metanoia: a complete transformation of mind, heart, and direction. This episode is th...

Have you ever felt the pull of something sacred — but couldn't find a space that felt safe enough to explore it? This is that space. The Kindred Journey is a podcast for the woman who knows there's more. More wholeness. More truth. More of herself waiting on the other side of the stories she's been carrying. Whether you've been wounded by religion, walked away from something sacred...

In this special episode, the host welcomes Coco from the Self-Care Sermon podcast to discuss the true meaning of self-care. Coco shares her extensive background in the beauty industry and recounts her personal journey to self-love and holistic self-care. The conversation delves into themes of inner beauty, the importance of understanding oneself, and the need to redefine societal concepts of beaut...

In this episode, we delve into the never ending to-do list! Do you constantly feel the overwhelm of being behind? What if I told you, you were right were you need to BE! We break down the process of how to detach from the to-do’s, surrender, and soak up the present moment. Because that is truly all we ever have. If you would like to leave a five star review for the show I would be humbled and hono...

In this episode, we delve into overwhelm and the human emotional experience, exploring how our minds are wired for survival, not necessarily for thriving. We discuss the feelings of overwhelm, fear, and the attachments we form with our emotions. We also share practical steps to navigate these emotional experiences, fostering mindfulness, and promoting personal growth. Want to join my free communit...

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🎉 It’s Finally Here! Join my 5 week program The Rebalanced Mama Method https://bit.ly/RebalancedMama 🎉 Enter Code Identity for $50 off so you can Mother with purpose & Embody the mother you desire to be! Have you ever considered yourself as a failure? What does failing look like to you? Fear is an emotion that can keep us safe and stuck from our true potential. This episode invites listeners...

🎉 It’s Finally Here! Join my 5 week program The Rebalanced Mama Method https://bit.ly/RebalancedMama 🎉 Enter Code Identity for $50 off so you can Mother with purpose & Embody the mother you desire to be! In this follow-up episode of emotions of the I AM Identity series, the focus is on understanding and managing emotions effectively. Lesley explains the importance of fully processing emotion...

✨ It’s Finally Here! Join my 5 week program The Rebalanced Mama Method https://bit.ly/RebalancedMama ✨ Enter Code Identity for $50 off so you can Mother with purpose & Embody the mother you desire to be! In this episode we focus on emotions and how to manage them. Lesley shares personal experiences, talks about the importance of acknowledging and processing emotions, and addresses the impact...

✨ Register here for my FREE one day Discover Your Identity Virtual Retreat April 22nd! https://bit.ly/embraceyouridentity So you can Mother with purpose & Embody the mother you desire to be! In this week's podcast episode, we talk about the constant pull of work-life balance and the complexities of managing  your identity as a working mom. Lesley discusses the common feelings of overwhelm...

✨ Register here for my FREE one day Discover Your Identity Virtual Retreat April 22nd 2:00 PM MST! https://bit.ly/embraceyouridentity So you can Mother with purpose & Embody the mother you desire to be! In this episode we focus on the importance of detaching from your thoughts and achieving heightened awareness. Lesley shares how the mind operates, emphasizing that the mind is a tool designed...

✨ Register here for my FREE one day Discover Your Identity Virtual Retreat April 22nd! https://bit.ly/embraceyouridentity So you can Mother with purpose & Embody the mother you desire to be! In this episode, we delve into the vital role mental capacity plays in motherhood. This clip from a coaching call touches on the highlights and similarities between preparing for major life events like ch...

✨ Register here for my FREE one day Discover Your Identity Virtual Retreat April 22nd! https://bit.ly/embraceyouridentity So you can Mother with purpose & Embody the mother you desire to be!              In this guest episode Pam Strain, a dear friend and spiritual mentor, dive deep into the topic of identity. They discuss the importance of understanding one's internal identity over external...