The Intrepid Soul

What if one word could become your anchor, your teacher, and the energy that guides you throughout the year? I’m sharing a practice that has shaped my life for years: receiving a Word of the Year as an anchor, guide, and invitation to accompany me over the course of a new year. It’s not a goal or a task - it’s a companion. A north star that knows something about you that you’re still growing towar...

As we close out Season One of the Intrepid Soul Podcast, this week’s episode is something a little different.  Instead of one conversation, we’re returning to the moments that stayed with us, made us exhale, helped us feel less alone, or reminded us what it means to be human. This is a compilation of the most resonant clips from the first season. You’ll hear pieces of conversations about grief, pu...

What does it mean to belong to yourself especially in a season that asks you to slow down? Let’s talk about the deeper meaning of sovereignty and why winter is not a season to push through, but a season to listen, rest, and reclaim your energy. This episode is for anyone feeling stretched thin, disconnected from themselves, or quietly craving permission to rest, reset, and belong to themselves aga...

What if the seasons that unsettle you are also the ones shaping you most? I’m joined again by my friend Hannah Anderson - artist, coach, and guide - for a grounded conversation about change, acceptance, and the quiet transformations that shape us over time. This is a conversation about leaning into what’s unfolding, especially when it feels uncomfortable or uncertain. In this episode, you’ll hear:...

Let's talk about soul purpose. Especially if your “purpose” has ever felt like something you needed to figure out, chase, or live up to… In this solo episode, I invite you into a deeper conversation about soul purpose - not as some sexy ego-driven headline, but as the lifelong journey of becoming who you truly are.  In this episode, you’ll hear: How transformation begins when old truths stop f...

What if writing isn’t just something you do but a way to come home to yourself? I’m joined again by my dear friend Johanna Hattendorf — a poet, somatic healer, and trauma educator. In this episode, Johanna shares about writing as a sacred practice: as a way to move through trauma, reclaim your voice, and witness your truth on the page. We talk about writing without pressure - and what happens when...

The holiday season can stir joy, memory, longing, and grief all at once — especially when you’re missing someone or navigating a loss that reshaped your life. In this conversation, I’m joined by my dear friend and grief educator, Jennifer Landon, M.Ed., for a tender, honest exploration of what it means to grieve during a time of year that often expects us to “be merry.”  Whether you’re grieving so...

Grief isn’t simple — especially when the relationship wasn’t either. In this solo episode, I respond to a listener question about what it means to grieve people with whom our relationships were unfinished, complex, or fraught. If you’ve ever felt tangled in grief — loving someone and resenting them all at once, or mourning what could have been, or even feeling relief at someone's passing — thi...

How do you stay grounded in your humanity while awakening to your divinity? In this episode, I sit down with Rev. Raena Wilson — mystic, somatic coach, and spiritual teacher — for a conversation about the wild, wondrous, and deeply human path of spiritual growth. Together, we explore how curiosity, playfulness, and emotional stamina can become anchors through transformation, and how community and...

What if healing isn’t about forgetting… but remembering who you really are? In this episode, I sit down with my dear friend A’Marie B. Thomas Brown for another soulful conversation — this time about remembrance, truth-telling, and the healing that happens when we stop running from our stories and begin to honor them instead. We talk about what it means to interrupt old patterns, tell the truth (es...

Have you ever wondered where love goes when someone leaves this world? In this solo episode, Katie Benway answers listener questions about life after death, soul connection, and what our loved ones want us to know once they’ve crossed over.  If you’ve ever wondered how to stay connected after loss, or how to trust the signs and whispers from beyond, this one is for you. In this episode, you’ll hea...

What if your creativity isn’t a side project, but a clarion call from the soul inviting you to keep becoming? In this conversation, I’m joined by Brady Sadler — entrepreneur and consummate creative — for a conversation about the tender and messy wake-you-up terrain of realignment, midlife thresholds, and the call to keep finding your way back to your voice, your values, and your vision. This one i...

What does it really take to live with courage in a world that asks us to hide? In this week’s episode, I’m joined by my dear friend and colleague Paul Boynton — bestselling author, coach, and lifelong advocate for living with intention. Paul’s career has spanned more than 50 years in social work, mental health, and nonprofit leadership, and today he continues to write, coach, and nurture a global...

What if the real transformation doesn’t come from changing your life… but from surrendering to it? In this soul-deep conversation, I sit down again with A'Marie B. Thomas Brown to explore the sacred cycles of ego death, surrender, and rebirth. Together, we talk about what it means to endure seasons of silence, let go of what’s no longer ours, and open to the kind of transformation that doesn’t...

What if your healing didn’t have to be perfect, just real? In this episode of The Intrepid Soul Podcast, I’m joined by my dear friend Johanna Hattendorf — somatic healer, trauma educator, and one of the most grounded, brilliant people I know when it comes to nervous system repair. Together, we explore what trauma really is (and what it’s not), how it shapes our ability to connect, and the slow, sa...

What if we stopped avoiding conversations about death… and started letting them transform us? In this week’s episode, I sit down with my dear friend A’Marie B. Thomas-Brown, a death doula whose presence and wisdom bring so much light to the places we’re taught to fear. Together, we talk about what it means to sit with death: the grief, the mystery, the tenderness, and the unexpected lessons that e...

What if the soul isn’t something you “find,” but something you learn to listen to? In this episode of The Intrepid Soul Podcast , I’m joined by Hannah Anderson for a beautiful, wide-ranging conversation about the nature of the soul and the practice of soul work. Hannah has been a catalyst for so much change in my own life, and the work she does in the world is nothing short of extraordinary. Her p...

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