The WildlyKnown Life

A barefoot prayer inspired by  Colossians 2:6 and 7 - ROOTS. Let's dive in. HELPFUL LINKS    Follow me on IG: https://www.instagram.com/niki.hardy      Join me 'round the campfire (The WildlyKnown Life Substack): https://www.nikihardy.substack.com/      Check out my books: https://www.nikihardy.com/

A barefoot prayer inspired by  Isaiah 43 - DESERT. Let's dive in. HELPFUL LINKS    Follow me on IG: https://www.instagram.com/niki.hardy      Join me 'round the campfire (The WildlyKnown Life Substack): https://www.nikihardy.substack.com/      Check out my books: https://www.nikihardy.com/

A barefoot prayer inspired by John 3:8 - WIND. Let's dive in. HELPFUL LINKS    Episode 11: https://www.nikihardy.com/twkl-podcast/11 Follow me on IG: https://www.instagram.com/niki.hardy      Join me 'round the campfire (The WildlyKnown Life Substack): https://www.nikihardy.substack.com/      Check out my books: https://www.nikihardy.com/

A barefoot prayer inspired by Matthew 7:24-25 - Stone. Let's dive in. HELPFUL LINKS    Follow me on IG: https://www.instagram.com/niki.hardy      Join me 'round the campfire (The WildlyKnown Life Substack): https://www.nikihardy.substack.com/      Check out my books: https://www.nikihardy.com/

A barefoot prayer inspired by John 7:37-38: water. Let's dive in. HELPFUL LINKS    Follow me on IG: https://www.instagram.com/niki.hardy      Join me 'round the campfire (The WildlyKnown Life Substack): https://www.nikihardy.substack.com/      Check out my books: https://www.nikihardy.com/

As the summer unfolds, I'm stepping away from the weekly work of creating the podcast to find my own summer rhythm while offering us a collective way to take five minutes to stop, to rest, to breathe and be with God so we can switch our doom scrolling to wonder scrolling, recalibrate our nervous systems and remember who we're created to be and to find hope.  Let's dive in. HELPFUL L...

Despite the constant stream of ads, posts, articles and travel shows, hyping summer as the season of sunshine, relaxation and the happiest of family time, it can be far from any of those things. The grief, the stress, exhaustion or loneliness we might be carrying in the weeks or months leading up to summer doesn't just vanish in a puff of cotton candy just because the earth's tilted on i...

What is it about Artemis II, Sir David's birthday, and the images and stories they hold that have moved us all so, so deeply? Let's dive in. HELPFUL LINKS    Follow me on IG: https://www.instagram.com/niki.hardy     The neuroscience and health benefits of experiencing awe and wonder:  https://www.nuvancehealth.org/health-tips-and-news/the-neuroscience-and-health-benefits-of-awe-and-wonde...

I've realized there's a deeper, often quieter fear within me that's burning quietly like the embers of a forgotten fire that I'm only just learning to name and listen to. Let's dive in. HELPFUL LINKS    Episode 15: https://www.nikihardy.com/twkl-podcast/ 15 Follow me on IG: https://www.instagram.com/niki.hardy      Join me 'round the campfire (The WildlyKnown Life Sub...

Over the last year or so, I have fallen in love with backpacking. I'm not talking about some fleeting schoolgirl crush. We are talking all-in obsession that doesn't seem to be fading. So what's the deal? Why do I apparently risk life and limb to exhaust myself before sleeping on the ground, often with rain battering the outside of my tent, also I can wake up in the morning stiff, so...

This week I've got a treat for us all. My friend and bestselling author, Jennifer Dukes Lee. She's written nine books and as what she calls an "accidental farmwife," she is someone who knows and loves nature and it's clear her faith is deeply rooted in it. Last week on the podcast, I asked us why God created sleep. And today, as Jennifer helps us love our mornings, I kick...

Apparently a third of us don't get enough sleep and desperately want to sleep for longer, sleep more deeply and with fewer interruptions, which makes it unsurprising that the US sleep industry is worth $136 billion. And of course it's growing year on year. But what exactly is sleep? What's the point of it? And why did God create us with the need to sleep a third of our lives being h...

According to my Bible reading plan, I have managed to fall over three weeks behind. And that's after I've already reset the start date to catch up when I got a month behind a while ago. The goal was to listen to the entire Bible in a year so that I could fall in love with the arc of the narrative and the God of its pages. Today, we're doing my own version of Lectio Divina. Let'...

Worry gets a bad rap, and understandably, but surprisingly God created us to worry. He just didn't create us to live life worried. Let's dive in. HELPFUL LINKS  Dr. Chris Lee's website: https://www.drchrislee.com/ Join me at the Worry Workshop Follow me on IG Join me 'round the campfire (The WildlyKnown Life Substack) Check out my books

Today's episode is a love letter from God to you, to us, to me, written entirely in scripture. My prayer is that it reminds us all of who we're hoping in and how loved we are, because these things go a long way to activating our parasympathetic nervous system and our calm response. May it calm your heart, your mind, your body, and your soul. Let's dive in. HELPFUL LINKS Join me at t...

My guest and my friend, Mary Morantz, knows what it's like to walk the muddy, tangled, and often treacherous path of learning to come alive to what feeds us and drives us and overcome the beliefs and actions holding us back from being and doing all we're created for.  Now, she's the bestselling author of Dirt and Underestimated , as well as the host of the popular podcast, The Mary...

When we're faced with more options than we've got brain space or time to process, we need some soul friendly ways to deal with the overwhelm so we don't shut down or get mad at God for not making it clearer. Let's dive in. HELPFUL LINKS Take the Wildly Known Life Quiz Watch this episode on YouTube Follow me on IG Join me 'round the campfire (The WildlyKnown Life Substack)...

The wasteland or the wilderness, it's not exactly at the top of many people's destination bucket list. Often it's obvious when we've entered the wasteland. But it's also possible to be living in the wasteland for years and be blissfully unaware. But something does feel muted, maybe a bit flat, a smidge directionless, and like we're not living in the lane we were born...

If you spent your life helping others live their dreams, or you've pressed hold on what you want for any number of reasons, you might have secretly thought something along the lines of, "I have spent so long being there for everyone else, I'm not sure I even know what I want anymore, or if it even matters. And what if I do figure it out, only to discover I've missed my chance?...

Our guest today, author and my favorite poet, Tanner Olson, doesn't offer quick fixes, inspirational fluff, or Pollyanna platitudes. Instead, he walks alongside us with down-to-earth honesty, compassion and calm, acknowledging that healing takes time and hope often starts small.  Tanner lives in Nashville, Tennessee, with his wife, Sarah, dog, Pancake, and their son, Judah. For the last decad...

Today I want to take us one step further into a moment of stillness. But before we go there, we'll also bust a few myths about stillness to make it just a bit less scary. Let's dive in. HELPFUL LINKS Listen to Episode 3:  God Rarely Yells: How to Quiet the Noise and Hear God Follow me on IG Join me 'round the campfire (The WildlyKnown Life Substack) Check out my books

Today we're going to look at all the different types of voices in our heads, screaming for attention and how to quieten them so we can tune in to God's still small voice. Let's dive in. HELPFUL LINKS Follow me on IG Join me 'round the campfire (The WildlyKnown Life Substack) Check out my books

If you're like most of us, trying to hear God's voice is as slippery as a baby seal on a slip and slide and often leaves us frustrated and asking God, “why can't I hear you?”  Today, the focus is on one mindset shift — a posture we can adopt to hear God's voice a little easier. Let's dive in. HELPFUL LINKS Listen to Episode 1: Hearing God's Voice Follow me on IG Join...

This week is the very first week of the Wildly Known Life podcast, and we are diving into how and why it's easier to hear God's voice out in nature.  Why start there? Although we long to tend to that sacred tug within us and we try to do all the right things in our lives and faith, we can still feel stuck, underwhelmed, disappointed and worried we're missing what God has for us.  If...

This week is the very first week of the Wildly Known Life podcast, and we are diving into how and why it's easier to hear God's voice out in nature.  Why start there? Although we long to tend to that sacred tug within us and we try to do all the right things in our lives and faith, we can still feel stuck, underwhelmed, disappointed and worried we're missing what God has for us.  If...