Threshold Moments

Welcome, friends. Today on the podcast, I'm joined by the incredible Cait Scudder. Cait is a renowned coach, speaker, entrepreneur and homesteading mother. Her podcast The Millionaire Mother is a resource and a space for entrepreneurial mothers to share what goes on behind the scenes as our family constellations change and business values evolve. In this conversation, Cait shares the importance of...

What does life look like when we start to notice our emotions as messengers instead of over-identifying with them? In today's Mini Musing, I'm exploring this question from both a scientific and a spiritual perspective. I share Candace Pert's work on the molecules of emotion, and I ask what it might mean to change the vibration of our cells while honoring our feelings as they arrive. Then I revisit...

Welcome, dear listeners. In this episode, I'm speaking with one of my beloved teachers, Brigit Viksnins. Brigit is a life partner, a stepmother, mother, and grandmother. She is the creator of the international training program Alchemical Alignment, which is protocol-free, spirit-led, experiential somatic modality that draws on a range of bodywork traditions that she has trained in and is deeply ex...

Welcome, dear ones. In today's mini musing, I explore widening our perspective, finding our center, and chakra meditations for self-connection. I begin by revisiting my reflections on widening and discussing the power of expanding our perspective to help us regulate our system and alleviate feelings of anxiety or threat. Then I explore the importance of narrowing in and finding our center, as both...

Welcome back, dear listeners. In this episode, I'm speaking with Amina AlTai about the nuances of burnout and codependency — where it can come from and the surprising places it shows up in our personal and professional lives. Amina AlTai is a career realignment coach who helps people move into a purpose-based career and succeed. She is also host of the podcast Amina Change Your Life and author of...

Welcome, dear ones. In today's mini musing, I'm sharing one of my favorite practices from 21 Days of Untapped Support — Right Distance. Right distance is about transitioning from all-or-nothing thinking to empowered, nuanced choice. We can cultivate right distance in our relationships, our workplaces, our creative projects, and our online presence. Join me as I share— How to release all-or-nothing...

Welcome, dear ones. For this episode, I spoke with my beloved friend Tracy Levy while she was in the middle of a dark night of the soul. Tracy is a teacher, a writer, and a guide. She shares personal experiences of finding grounding and support in the aftermath of a heartbreaking, unexpected divorce. Together, we explore the ways that we abandon ourselves to make things work, as well as ways of fi...

Happy Interdependence Day, dear ones. In today's episode, I trace a path from connection to sovereignty through interdependence, exploring how we can choose to be in relationship with others while also remaining sovereign to ourselves. Along the way, I share my experiences of conscious connection, codependence, and choosing honesty at the sake of safety. Join me on this path as we explore— How big...

Welcome, dear ones. This week on Threshold Moments I'm joined by writer, psychic, business owner, and dear friend Licia Morelli. Licia shares her psychic journey with us — how she discovered her abilities as a child, shut them down until college, grew them into a successful business, lost sight of the true reason she did this work, closed her business for six years, and then rediscovered and recla...

In this week's Mini Musing, I share reflections on the far-reaching impacts of widening our posture, as well as our mental and visual perspective. I draw on Amy Cuddy's research on power postures and how we can actually change our hormonal composition, our chance at getting a job, and the likeliness that we'll take a risk. I also reflect on how one-on-one somatic sessions will often use the wideni...

Welcome, dear ones.  This week we have with us Kristin Bosteels, a woman who has faced life and death multiple times. Her roots are deeper and wider than anything that can be taken from her. She is a well-practiced yogi, a disciple of mindset, and a human on a journey back to herself. Kristin teaches Yoga on the Inside . Her passion lies in teaching and sharing the therapeutic benefits of yoga wit...

In this week's Mini Musing, I share reflections from my time as an athlete, sports trainer, and yoga teacher to offer insight on how we can actually change unconscious patterns in our lives. Listen in to learn why it's important to observe, process, and upgrade in the moment. And to unpack what John Frappier teaches us — that "We can't learn new patterns in a state of fatigue." I end with reflecti...

Welcome back, dear ones. Today, we have a powerful episode featuring my friend and mothering mentor, Eliza Reynolds. Eliza is a best-selling author, speaker, podcast host, and professional mentor for pre-teens and teens. She and her mother co-authored the best selling book, Mothering and Daughtering, and facilitated sold-out workshops for mothers and their pre-teen and teen daughters for many year...

Welcome, dear listener. In today's mini musing, I'm sharing one of my favorite tools for threshold moments—resuscitation. And I'm gently asking the question, What could it look like to embrace a period of resuscitation with a "yes to myself" mindset? Using the framework of the window of tolerance, I describe how we might react to stress differently depending on the width of our window. I also shar...

Hello, dear ones! Today we're talking with Elena Brower, a woman who has profoundly impacted my life due to the integrity with which she lives her own. Elena is a mother, mentor, artist, teacher, bestselling author and host of the Practice You podcast. Her first poetry collection, Softening Time , comes out today!! Please do yourself a favor and grab a copy or two! Together, we discuss the powerfu...

Welcome, friends. Today I've invited my dear friend Therin Pohley to join me for a conversation about the seasonal shifts our bodies undergo in the Spring. Therin is an esthetician who has a profound passion for self-care and whole body wellness. She has a distinctive and extensive knowledge thanks to her 20 years in the beauty and wellness industry. And she thrives on demonstrating to customers h...

Welcome, friends. Today I'm talking with Nitika Chopra about something over 130 million Americans struggle with — living with chronic illness. Nitika is a certified life coach, wellness entrepreneur, founder of the Chronicon event, and a motivational lifestyle guru. It is her life's purpose to teach radical self-love and help people with chronic illnesses thrive. In this conversation, we explore w...

Welcome, friends. In today's episode, I'm reflecting on creating the conditions for more easeful nervous system regulation and how we know that healing is happening. I talk about the Activation Map by Peter Levine, which was updated into the "Three Directions Map," by Brigit Viskins to include looping. When activation occurs we may have the ability to distract and sooth back down to stabilization,...

Welcome, friends. Today we bring you Tamika Schilbe Cole for a discussion about her new book TruthAches: Everything You Need to Know About Speaking—and Living—Your Truth. Tamika is an author, yoga instructor, and psychotherapist in private practice specializing in anxiety, trauma, betrayal, injury recovery, chronic illness, speaking difficult truths, spiritual support (multi-faith), and pandemic g...

Welcome, friends. In today's episode, I'm reflecting on the importance of taking our teachers and ourselves off the pedestal. I talk about my experiences as a yoga teacher, the grief of realizing our gurus are fallible, and a lesson I heard from Elizabeth Lesser over 13 years ago— that we're all just bozos on the bus. Join me as we release our heroes and come back to ourselves, so we can embrace p...

Welcome, friends. Today we bring you Jackie Gallo. Jackie has walked many paths. All of them have something to do with filling a gap between a very system-based protocol and a more human-based exploration. Currently, Jackie is the Director of Education at Roots, a place-based micro school that she created during the pandemic and continues to expand on every year. In this conversation, we explore t...

Hello, everyone! Today, I will be talking about the Five Point Sequence, with a focus on the first point: Preparation. How does your past inform how you currently build preparation into your life?  In this episode, I talk about the power of having a coherent preparation pattern, and how through somatic work we can go back on the timeline (timeline repair) and update and rewire patterning toward so...

Hello, everyone! Today, we bring you Linda Sivertsen. Linda and I talk about finding our own way to do the things we're pulled to do, trusting in our visions, and feeling the ache. Linda also gets into having grown children, her journey out of Hollywood, growing through motherhood, and the mission to save the wild horses. Let's dive in! Linda Sivertsen is an award-winning author; a  New York Times...

Hello, everyone! Today I will be talking about creation and destruction, as we unpack the question — Where is there health within this pairing and where is there dysfunction?   In this episode, I also explore the relationship of existence and exile within groups and how group ecosystems create opportunities for healthy dynamic mutual growth and dynamic mutual destruction.    And the inquiry at the...

Today, I'm joined by Kate Northrup to talk about the threshold from ambitious, entrepreneurial women to becoming new moms. In our conversation, Kate shares how her priorities shifted across that threshold, from big productions to small sacred community.  We also talk about the metaphorical winters in life - those times when ideas stop flowing. And we ask, how can we bundle ourselves up to relax in...