Thriving Humans

Rest is not the reward you get after you've done enough. It's the foundation everything else is built on. In this season finale, Rebecca and Meredith take on the culture of productivity, the problem with the term "self-care," and what it actually looks like to nurture yourself. Not someday, not when things calm down, but now, in whatever space you have. They share their own sto...

We hear a lot about setting boundaries. What we hear less about is how to know what your boundary even is, especially when you've spent years prioritizing everyone else's needs over your own. In this episode Rebecca and Meredith reframe boundaries entirely: not as walls or ultimatums, but as acts of self-knowledge and honesty. They talk about what happens to relationships when we say yes...

As children grow, our role as caregivers shifts, often in ways we don't expect. In this episode Rebecca and Meredith move into age twelve, exploring what it means to stay connected with a pre-teen, what it looks like when kids can still come to you with anything, and how the foundation you've been building since they were small starts to show up in your relationship now. Whether you&apos...

What's actually our job as our kids grow? And what does it bring up in us when we look at our own lives at the same ages? In this 45-minute episode, Meredith and Rebecca pick up where cycle breaking left off-- looking at the four-year-old and the eight-year-old through the lens of the Circle of Security. What does it mean to encourage our children to go out, and being there when they come bac...

Most of us enter parenthood, or really any significant relationship, with a plan for how we think it is going to go. The sitcom version, the book version, the "I will never do that" version. And then reality hits. In this episode, Rebecca and Meredith get honest about the gap between what they imagined and what actually happened. They explored the patterns they broke, the ones they kept,...

Welcome to Thriving Humans! A podcast for people whose inner knowing is whispering that there's another way. Hosts Rebecca Thompson Hitt (holistic family therapist) and Meredith Alvarado (holistic healer of Mayan ancestry) have been having these conversations for years with clients, with each other, with friends who call late at night not knowing what to do. Now they're having them with...

What does it actually mean to thrive, and not just survive? In this first episode, Rebecca Thompson Hitt and Meredith Alvarado introduce themselves, share what brought them together, and lay out the philosophy behind Thriving Humans: that you already have your answers, and they're here to help you find them. Follow and subscribe so you never miss an episode. Radical Rest Retreats are now live...