The Rediscovered Self

Sometimes the hardest part isn't the obstacle itself—it's believing we're capable of facing it. In this episode, I share a simple moment while driving that became a powerful reminder: maybe life isn't asking us to avoid every challenge. Maybe it's inviting us to slow down, build resilience, and remember who we already are.   If you've been trying to get somewhere in life, yet there's something blo...

This week, I almost didn't record this episode. My kids are home for the summer, my healing journey (post hip surgery) has slowed me down, my routines have unraveled, and the inspiration which often moves me - simply wasn't there. Instead of waiting until I felt creative again, I decided to explore what happens when inspiration doesn't come. In this episode, we talk about why overwhelm can make us...

In the last Episode of The Rediscovered Self Podcast, we reflected on ways in which we’re trying to control life. In this weeks episode, we ask: What happens when we stop trying to control? And we explore the next step: Surrender Not surrender as giving up. Not surrender as becoming passive. But surrender as releasing the grip on what was never ours to control... and returning our energy to what t...

As mothers, we want what is best for our children. We care deeply about them and their wellbeing. We research. We plan. We think stress over every decision--trying to make the right one. We carry the weight of wanting to create a life where our children can thrive. But what happens when care quietly becomes control? In this deeply personal reflection, I explore the moment I realized that my search...

In this episode, Erica explores a different way of relating to anxiety—one that moves beyond trying to fix, control, or eliminate uncomfortable feelings. As mothers and caregivers, it's easy to assume that anxiety means something is wrong or that immediate action is required. Yet many of the situations that stir anxiety are not problems to solve, but natural responses to change, uncertainty, growt...

What if the fatigue, overwhelm, burnout, anxiety, or sense of disconnection you’re experiencing isn’t a sign that something is wrong with you—but an invitation to come back into alignment? In this episode, Erica explores the concept of the Layers of Self and how many of the challenges we experience physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually may arise when these layers begin to fall out of...

In this deeply grounding and experiential episode of The Rediscovered Self, Erica explores the journey so many of us experience of disconnecting from the body — and the gentle path of returning home to ourselves again. Together, we explore how stress, trauma, overwhelm, cultural conditioning, survival responses, and painful life experiences can slowly pull us away from the felt sense of being aliv...

*** This episode has a companion guided practice to help you gently connect with a felt sense of safety and support in your body. Click the link below to join my email list and the link to the practice will be sent your way***  https://the-rediscovered-self.kit.com   ************ In this episode of The Rediscovered Self, Erica explores motherhood overwhelm through the lens of the nervous system —...

There are moments in life when everything just feels… heavy. When everything feels overwhelming in a quiet, yet consuming way that makes even the smallest steps feel impossible. In this episode of The Rediscovered Self, we explore what’s really happening in those moments—not from a place of judgment, but through the lens of the nervous system, mindful awareness, and self-compassion. If you’ve ever...

In this episode, I share a simple but powerful mantra that came to me during one of the hardest seasons of my life—postpartum depression—and how it continues to shape the way I move through procrastination, perfectionism, and taking action today. “Anything but nothing.” What started as a survival tool—helping me to take even the smallest steps when everything felt too overwhelming—has become a gro...

HI Friends, I kept feeling this quiet tug to share the original, raw download and transmission of Episode 4: The Missing Piece in Your Healing Journey and Why it's Not Your Fault.   Last Monday, April 13th, 2026, I received this message. It came through me without any planning or preparation. I had simply been moved while listening to music while driving home from drop off that morning. I came hom...

In this episode, I share a personal reflection on something I have come to understand about healing:  information alone is not what transforms us.  If you’ve been feeling stuck in your healing journey—despite doing the work, learning, making changes and trying to understand yourself—this episode offers a different perspective.   Sometimes what we need most is not more education, more strategy, mor...

There’s a quiet moment many mothers experience—but rarely speak about. The moment you realize… you don’t quite feel like yourself anymore. In this episode of The Rediscovered Self, Erica explores the subtle, often invisible ways mothers can lose connection with who they are—through the demands of caregiving, the pressure to hold everything together, and the slow drift away from their own inner wor...

In this episode of The Rediscovered Self, Erica shares more of her personal story and the journey that brought her back home to herself. Through the lens of motherhood, burnout, and chronic illness, she explores what it means to pause, reflect, and process in a world that asks us to hustle, push through, and ignore the wisdom of the body.  Instead of seeing our symptoms as wrong, Erica invites us...

In this opening episode of The Rediscovered Self, Erica explores the idea that healing isn’t about becoming someone new — it’s about remembering who you were before survival mode took over. Through reflections on motherhood, burnout, nervous system regulation, and spiritual integration, this episode reframes exhaustion, over-researching, and self-doubt as protective intelligence and a doorway towa...

Welcome to The Rediscovered Self. This short trailer introduces the heart behind the podcast — a space for women, especially mothers, who feel the quiet pull to slow down, reconnect with themselves, and live a life that feels more grounded, aligned, and alive. Every Wednesday, host, Erica Cortis, explores themes of burnout, motherhood, mindfulness, creativity, emotional processing, and the process...