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Embodied Writing Warrior: Food Freedom, Creativity & Spiritual Reclamation243. Parts Work, Jungian Archetypes, & The Journey to Wholeness With Caner ŞenWhat happens when parts work becomes not just healing, but alive?In this powerful conversation, Kayla sits down with Caner to explore the deep parallels between Food Freedom Fantasy, spicy parts work, archetypal healing, and his own work around inner family practice, self-archeology, and integrating the inner feminine.If you’ve been listening for a while, you know one of the most powerful parts of Kayla’s Food Freedom Fantasy modality has been spicy parts work with masculine archetypes. It has helped her heal her rela...
2026-03-2030 minEmbodied Writing Warrior: Food Freedom, Creativity & Spiritual Reclamation242. You’re Not An Onion - You’re A Force Of NatureWhat if you were never meant to heal like an onion?In this episode of Embodied Writing Warrior, we dismantle the old “onion theory” of growth and reclaim a far more powerful framework: you are not a fragile bundle of layers to peel back until you’re finally fixed... you are a force of nature.Kayla explores the difference between the outdated idea of linear healing and the truth of the upward spiral. Using the metaphor of a tornado, she shows how setbacks, relapses, and recurring struggles are not proof...
2026-03-1728 min
That's Just HumanEpisode 24:Food Freedom Through Storytelling w/Kayla MacDonaldSend a textSummary:This podcast episode features an interview with Kayla MacDonald, a food freedom and embodiment coach. She shares her personal journey of struggling with emotional eating, binge eating, and bulimia since childhood, which began during challenging life experiences at age six. Kayla discusses how she initially pursued health coaching but realized that true healing came not from willpower or external metrics, but from inner work, creativity, and addressing underlying nervous system dysregulation. She introduces her unique "Food Freedom Fantasy" method, which uses storytelling, archetypes (like "fire starter" and "i...
2026-03-1037 min
The Sparkle ProjectMotherhood & Creative Expression: Finding Yourself After Kids with Kayla Huszar"I'm not really a creative person." Have you ever said that line, especially since having kids? Most people have a narrow understanding of what it means to be creative, and Expressive Arts Therapist Kayla Huszar is joining the podcast to explain how creative expression can actually be the path towards healing and reconnecting with ourselves in postpartum and beyond. In the episode, we discuss:Researched-backed benefits of creativity in wellnessHow metaphors can be used as a tool for healingHow we've been conditioned out of expression from a young ageExpressing yourself to reconnect with who you areThe F...
2026-03-0344 minEmbodied Writing Warrior: Food Freedom, Creativity & Spiritual Reclamation237. How Language Shapes Identity, Habits & Nervous System Safety ft. Lisa ManzoWhat if the words you speak every day are quietly shaping your nervous system, your emotions, and your entire identity?In this episode of the Embodied Writing Warrior Podcast, Kayla sits down with Lisa Manzo, a trauma-informed mindset coach and emotional intelligence expert, for a grounded, illuminating conversation about the power of language, emotional regulation, and inner child healing.Lisa shares how discovering NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) transformed her life after years of depression, resentment, and emotional burnout, and why I am statements are some of the most powerful tools we have for rewiring...
2026-02-2720 minEmbodied Writing Warrior: Food Freedom, Creativity & Spiritual Reclamation233. How True Sidereal Astrology Transforms Health & Vitality ft. Diggory From Soul Garden MedicinesWhat if your birth chart could show you how to care for your body, not just who you are?In this episode of the Embodied Writing Warrior Podcast, Kayla sits down with alchemical herbalist, medical astrologer, and ecstatic dance DJ Diggory to explore the intersection of True Sidereal astrology, plant medicine, embodiment, and vitality.Diggory shares why he transitioned from Western (tropical) astrology to True Sidereal, how this shift radically increased the accuracy of medical astrology readings, and how birth charts can guide everything from...
2026-02-1331 minEmbodied Writing Warrior: Food Freedom, Creativity & Spiritual Reclamation232. Stop Icing The Knee: How Misdiagnosing Wounds Fuels Emotional EatingWhat if the reason your tools “aren’t working” anymore… isn’t because you’re broken—but because you’re treating the wrong wound?In this deeply personal solo episode, Kayla explores one of the most common and painful reasons emotional eating, burnout, and self-sabotage can persist even after years of mindset work, nervous system regulation, and healing practices: misdiagnosis.Using the metaphor of icing the knee when the shoulder is dislocated, this episode unpacks how safety tools can actually increase emotional eating when the core wound isn’t about danger—but about love, belonging, p...
2026-02-1034 min
Tribe of UnicornsEp. 92- Rewriting the Story — Food Freedom, Creativity, and Embodiment with Kayla MacDonaldSend a textHost: Kendra BeavisGuest: Kayla MacDonald — Author, Podcast Host, Food Freedom & Embodiment GuideIn this episode of Tribe of Unicorns, Kendra Beavis sits down with Kayla McDonald for a grounded, imaginative conversation about food freedom, embodiment, and the power of rewriting the stories we live by.Kayla shares how writing and creativity helped her survive a painful childhood—and how those same tools now support women in building healthier relationships with food, self-worth, and self-expression. Together, they explore why food struggles are often rooted in deep...
2026-02-0339 min
The You World Order Showcase PodcastFood Freedom Fantasy: Turn Cravings into a Love Story with Kayla MacDonaldWhat if your cravings aren’t “the problem”… but powerful messages from your body? In this soulful episode, food freedom & embodiment coach Kayla MacDonald shares how desire, devotion, and nervous-system safety (not more discipline) help high-performing women end self-sabotage, stop the binge/shame cycle, and finally feel at home in their bodies. We dig into parts work, the “binge-eating drama triangle,” and Kayla’s two masculine archetypes—Firestarter and Sanctuary—that create momentum and safety, so progress feels playful and sustainable.Listen for:Why discipline backfires for achievers—and what to do insteadUsing archetypes to create safety, st...
2026-02-0225 minEmbodied Writing Warrior: Food Freedom, Creativity & Spiritual Reclamation226. Weight Loss Isn't Anti-Feminist - Shame IsIn a world of polarizing wellness narratives, there’s a sneaky, unspoken double standard at play—and it’s time to name it.On Episode 226 of the Embodied Writing Warrior Podcast, Kayla peels back the layers of shame, feminism, and food freedom in what might be her boldest solo episode yet. This is Part 2 of a series unpacking the myth that you can’t want food freedom, self-love, and weight loss at the same time. Last week, she debunked the first two binaries—this time, she takes on the third: that weight loss and feminism are incompatible.Her t...
2026-01-2032 min
The Alchemy Lounge: Conversations to Unf*ck Your LifeThe Alchemy Lounge Podcast: Food, Fantasy & Freedom with Kayla MacdonaldFollow this show on Spotify and get notified of all new episodes!! Welcome to The Alchemy Lounge Podcast: Conversations to Unfuck Your Life. We are unfiltered and unedited. This is a podcast with spice, shadow and receipts…In this episode of The Alchemy Lounge, I sit down with Canadian writer and rogue health coach Kayla MacDonald to blow up the entire “weight loss journey” narrative.Kayla shares her signature reframe: most high-achieving, “too much” women think they’re on a weight loss journey, but they’re actually on a warrior’s journey camouflaged as weight work.
2026-01-1941 minEmbodied Writing Warrior: Food Freedom, Creativity & Spiritual Reclamation225. Nervous System Harmony: Healing Stress Through Somatics With Stephanie NelsonIn this episode, Kayla is joined by Stephanie Nelson, founder of The Stress Healers and creator of the Somatic Bliss Method. Together, they unpack what it really means to support the nervous system—not just regulate it.Stephanie shares her powerful four-pillar framework (Recognize, Resource, Release, and Resilience), explains why many common practices like breathwork and mindset tools don’t always work, and reframes anxiety and ADHD as brilliant survival strategies.They also explore:Why “regulation” isn’t always the goal—and why “harmony” might be a better oneHow stress can actually enhance your life if your bod...
2026-01-1641 min
Libido LoungeWhy Your Trauma is Blocking Your Desire (And How to Write It Away) with Kayla MacDonaldAre you ready to discover the shocking truth about how fanfiction and imagination can completely transform your healing journey and your sex life? In this eye-opening episode, we dive deep into the unexpected connection between erotic storytelling and trauma recovery, revealing why this creative method is the real secret weapon for reclaiming pleasure and libido. We explain how actively rewriting your past narratives can directly combat deep-seated shame and nervous system blockages, transforming self-sabotage into a deep, satisfying connection with your desires. Stop the cycle of intellectualizing your pain and trying to "fix" your low sex drive; learn why those...
2026-01-1526 minEmbodied Writing Warrior: Food Freedom, Creativity & Spiritual Reclamation224. Food Freedom, Weight Loss & Self-Love: Why Choose?This week, Kayla kicks off a spicy two-part series that challenges one of the most limiting beliefs in the wellness world: that you have to choose between food freedom, weight loss, and self-love.What if trying to choose is actually what’s keeping you stuck?From her personal experience in Overeaters Anonymous to her reflections on polyamorous intentions inspired by "Why Choose" romance tropes, Kayla exposes the damaging binaries that pit healing against desire.She dives into:Why programs like OA might be retraumatizing more than they’re helpingHow food addiction recovery ofte...
2026-01-1329 minEmbodied Writing Warrior: Food Freedom, Creativity & Spiritual Reclamation223. You Can't Out-Perform Your Self-Worth With Rosie MilsomWhat if the real reason your goals aren’t landing has nothing to do with your strategy — and everything to do with how worthy you feel of receiving them?In this episode, Kayla sits down with self-worth coach Rosie Milon for a deep dive on why self-worth is the missing link to success, fulfillment, and ease. From battling visibility fears to overworking and undercharging, Rosie breaks down how low self-worth quietly sabotages women’s dreams — and how to finally break free.You’ll learn:The difference between confidence and self-worthHow your nervous system plays a role in...
2026-01-0927 min
SheBreathes Soul Stories: From Triumph to TransformationEpisode 41 with Kayla MacDonald - How I Broke Free from Food Shame with Somatics and StorytellingEpisode 41 with Kayla MacDonald - How I Broke Free from Food Shame with Somatics and Storytelling This episode is bold, brilliant, and wildly honest.Kayla MacDonald — Writer, Food Freedom Coach, and Dance Alchemist — shares how she left the health coaching industry and healed her relationship with food, body image, and self-worth through a fusion of somatics, creativity, and storytelling.We talk about:• Healing emotional and binge eating• Reclaiming your body through movement• Nervous-system healing through creativity• Inner archetypes and re-parenting• Liberating women from shame-based wellnessKayla’s a...
2025-12-2926 minEmbodied Writing Warrior: Food Freedom, Creativity & Spiritual Reclamation219. Healing The Unseen: Food, Frequency, & Forgiveness With Empress SparkleWhat if your exhaustion, emotional chaos, or food struggles weren’t just about habits—but about energy?In this mystical and soul-stirring episode of Embodied Writing Warrior, Kayla welcomes witch and clairvoyant Empress Sparkle to explore the deeper dimensions of healing: soul work, energy cleansing, emotional forgiveness, and even food as a carrier of energetic imprint.We talk about:Why self-forgiveness must come before forgiving othersHow unhealed trauma lives in your soul and not just your memoryWhat it means to be a misty vs. white soul—and how to shift thatHo...
2025-12-2639 minEmbodied Writing Warrior: Food Freedom, Creativity & Spiritual Reclamation217. From Disordered Eating To Embodiment: Elisha’s Journey Through Breath, Dance & JoyIn this soul-stirring two-part conversation, Kayla sits down with Elisha Light Angel: a bodyworker, podcaster, and spiritual seeker whose healing journey is nothing short of luminous. Together, they explore the deep roots of disordered eating, authoritarian upbringing, and the relentless search for freedom inside the body.Elisha shares how Qigong, ecstatic dance, and slow breathwork helped her reconnect with her body after years of bulimia. She talks about the importance of environment, playfulness, and reclaiming movement not for aesthetics, but for vitality, aging, and joy. They discuss the overstimulation of modern life, the overstated rigidity of healing...
2025-12-1941 minEmbodied Writing Warrior: Food Freedom, Creativity & Spiritual Reclamation216. Body Renaissance: Reclaim Joy & Peace Through Energy Healing With Chanin HarmonyIn today’s episode, Kayla is joined by Chanin—a 57-year-old mystic, psychic, and alchemistic oracle who helps women heal emotionally, energetically, and somatically through powerful intuitive practices.Together they explore:How energy healing helped Chanin move from fear to joyThe deeper meaning of left vs. right side body painWhy menopause is a spiritual initiation for many womenHealing the throat chakra and reclaiming your voiceReconnecting with the body through forgiveness, gratitude & presenceChanin also leads a peaceful, heart-centered embodied activation and shares how her 30-day audio journey Body Renaissance can help you build a li...
2025-12-1622 min
Ridiculously You with Julie MayKayla MacDonald: Shark Shifters, Divine Daddies & Reclaiming RageIn this episode of The Ridiculously You Podcast, our host Julie May sits down with Kayla MacDonald, a writer, podcaster, and creative catalyst for women who’ve been told they’re too much. Kayla’s work is pure awesome-sauce, blending deep emotional truth with unapologetic creativity—often involving archetypes, slash fiction, and even shark shifters. She guides you into the parts of yourself you thought were "too weird" to share.Kayla's journey is a powerful act of identity reclamation, evolving from childhood survival writing to using feminist, dystopian rage and paranormal romance (Great White Shadows) to process heartbre...
2025-12-1530 min
The Phoenix Mind with Lisa ManzoRewriting Your Story and Reclaiming Your Power with Kayla MacDonald and Lisa ManzoIn this episode of The Phoenix Mind with Lisa Manzo, writer, podcast host, and narrative alchemist Kayla MacDonald shares how storytelling became both her survival tool and her path to transformation. After a childhood marked by emotional neglect, trauma, and bullying, Kayla found refuge in writing and creativity. Later in life, she navigated emotional eating, bulimia, perfectionism, and burnout before discovering a deeper truth. Healing is not about controlling the body. It is about reclaiming the story.Through her ReWrite Me method and her podcast, Embodied Writing Warrior, Kayla helps high-achieving women turn their lived experiences into...
2025-12-1230 minEmbodied Writing Warrior: Food Freedom, Creativity & Spiritual Reclamation215. From Survival Mode To Self-Leadership: Parts Work & Core Values With Danielle ZIn this powerful episode, Kayla sits down with therapist and coach Danielle Z to explore the often-blurry line between therapy and coaching, and how both can support deep transformation.They dive into Internal Family Systems (IFS), survival mode vs. success, core values, and how to shift from reactive autopilot into conscious, purpose-driven living.You’ll learn the signs you might be stuck in survival mode and how to start regulating your nervous system, reconnecting with your core self, and building a life rooted in values, not pressure.Connect With Danielle:Da...
2025-12-1239 minEmbodied Writing Warrior: Food Freedom, Creativity & Spiritual Reclamation214. The Secret Key That Unlocks Food Freedom & Your Next Level SelfIf you’ve ever said, “I’m doing everything right and it should be working,” or collapsed into an “I don’t even care anymore” moment, you’re not alone. And contrary to what diet culture, hustle culture, or even your inner overachiever might say—the solution isn’t more effort. It’s grief. In this soul-deep solo episode of the Embodied Writing Warrior Podcast, Kayla explores the emotional roadblock that keeps so many ambitious women stuck in food fixation, burnout, and self-doubt. She breaks down the physiological impact of chronic stress on digestion, metabolism, and energy, then guides...
2025-12-0935 min
Real Things LivingOvercoming Fears and Unhealthy Habits with Kayla MacDonaldStruggling to break free from self-judgment and unhealthy habits, even when you know the "right" steps?Brigitte Cutshall welcomes Freedom Coach and writer, Kayla MacDonald, to discuss her journey from traditional health coaching to focusing on "food freedom" and inner "warrior work".Kayla reveals why your food struggles might not be about food at all, but rather a distraction from stepping into your true power and creativity.3 KEY TAKEAWAYS:(1) Food struggles are often about power, not pounds.(2) Embodiment beats strategy alone.(3) Creativity accelerates healing.
2025-12-0628 minEmbodied Writing Warrior: Food Freedom, Creativity & Spiritual Reclamation213. From Survivor to Storyteller: Writing Through Trauma With Adriene CaldwellIn this powerful and raw conversation, Kayla interviews author Adriene Caldwell about her extraordinary journey from childhood trauma, abuse, addiction and suicidal ideation — through to resilience, writing her memoir Unbroken Life Outside the Lines, motherhood, and hope. Adriene gets candid about the years she was both victim and villain in her own story, why she refused to sugar‑coat anything, and how she now uses her voice to show others a way out.Content & trigger warning: This episode discusses childhood abuse, extreme poverty, addiction, suicidal ideation and attempts, foster‑care trauma, and parental mental...
2025-12-0542 minEmbodied Writing Warrior: Food Freedom, Creativity & Spiritual Reclamation212. Weight, Worth, & The Diet Culture | Body Positivity Double BindWhat happens when you let go of the scale after decades of daily weigh-ins? For Kayla MacDonald, it became a powerful 7-week experiment in self-trust, discernment, and detaching her worth from a number. In this emotionally rich episode, she breaks down the double bind between diet culture and body positivity, and why both extremes can keep women stuck.You’ll learn:The truth about tracking: how it can be neutral, healing, or harmful, depending on your intentionWhy Elizabeth Benton’s quote, “Avoidance isn’t refuge,” became a turning pointHow the observer effect from quantum ph...
2025-12-0235 minEmbodied Writing Warrior: Food Freedom, Creativity & Spiritual Reclamation210. 3 Steps To Alchemize Stress (The Wild & Unfiltered Way)How to Turn Stress into Sacred Comedy (Yes, Even During the Holidays)If you’re feeling overwhelmed, overstimulated, or like you're about to have a breakdown over something as simple as a cat on your blanket, you’re not alone. And better yet? You’re not broken. You’re just in need of a little Drama Queen alchemy.In this episode of the Embodied Writing Warrior Podcast, Kayla shares her three-step process for transforming inner chaos and chronic stress into something magical, and hilarious. Expect emotional permission slips, a full Rex vs. Remin...
2025-11-2536 minEmbodied Writing Warrior: Food Freedom, Creativity & Spiritual Reclamation209. Slash Fiction & Healing: What M/M Romance Does for Women With Lucy NevilleWhy do so many women enjoy M/M fan fiction and adult films?In this candid, nuanced, and wildly validating episode, Kayla sits down with professor, researcher, and fanfic writer Lucy Neville to explore her groundbreaking research into women’s desire, queer culture, and sexual healing through male/male erotic content.Together, they discuss shame, kink, the community power of fandom, and what slash fiction reveals about identity, gender fluidity, trauma, and taboo. Whether you’re a fic reader, a fan of the genre, or just curious about why it resonates so d...
2025-11-2143 minEmbodied Writing Warrior: Food Freedom, Creativity & Spiritual Reclamation208. You Like It Like That: Food, Power, & The Kink of ControlIf you’ve ever felt like food had power over you, or like your cravings ran the show, this episode is going to change your world. In Episode 208 of the Embodied Writing Warrior Podcast, Kayla explores how the Kinky Erotic Blueprint—yes, even in the realm of eating—can rewire decades of power struggles, emotional eating, and shame.Kayla shares her personal journey of going from feeling helpless around food to realizing that helplessness was a chosen role in a deeper power game. Through the lens of erotic blueprint work, particularly the Kinky type, she reframes cravings, contro...
2025-11-1832 minEmbodied Writing Warrior: Food Freedom, Creativity & Spiritual Reclamation207. Womb Wisdom & Divine Feminine Power With Vanessa GraceVanessa Grace returns to the podcast for a powerful deep dive into womb healing, yoni steaming, and divine feminine embodiment. From transforming her office into a temple to channeling Mary Magdalene, this episode explores the magic, mystery, and healing power of the sacred womb.She reveals the literal portal to divinity within the womb—and how this energetic center connects directly to the heart via a golden thread.We explore pelvic steaming as an ancient, globally-practiced healing method that clears trauma, restores radiance, and nourishes your cycle.The conversation unpacks the subtle and no...
2025-11-1439 minEmbodied Writing Warrior: Food Freedom, Creativity & Spiritual Reclamation206. Consistency Is Foreplay: Food Freedom Through Your Erotic BlueprintWhat if consistency didn’t feel like a chore... but like foreplay?In this episode of the Embodied Writing Warrior Podcast, Kayla MacDonald invites you into an entirely new paradigm—one where emotional eating, food obsession, and chronic inconsistency are healed not with shame or discipline, but with desire.Drawing from Jaiya’s Erotic Blueprint™ framework, Kayla breaks down how your unique erotic wiring can be the key to sustainable food freedom. Whether you're a Sensualist craving romance and ambiance, a Kinky soul who thrives on structure and surrender, or a Shapeshifter needing variety and nuance—y...
2025-11-1140 min
Feeling and HealingEpisode 21: Taking Parts Work with Kayla MacDonaldIn this episode, Danielle talks with Kayla MacDonald about parts work, Internal Family Systems, and introduces Kayla's playful approach to inner child healing.
2025-11-1131 minEmbodied Writing Warrior: Food Freedom, Creativity & Spiritual Reclamation205. From Food Freedom To Sexual Freedom: Pleasure, Desire, & Presence With Diane MuellerIn this sensual, science-backed, and deeply supportive conversation, Kayla welcomes Diane to the Embodied Writing Warrior podcast to explore the intimate intersections of food freedom, body confidence, and sexual empowerment.Diane—author of Want to Want It and founder of HaveHotSex.com—shares powerful insights on how women can reclaim their pleasure, presence, and desire in long-term relationships. You’ll learn:The three pillars of libido (physical, personal, and relational)What mismatched desire really means—and how to repair itWhy presence is essential for orgasm (and how to build it)How to schedule sex without killing...
2025-11-0743 minEmbodied Writing Warrior: Food Freedom, Creativity & Spiritual Reclamation204. Turn On & Sexual Energy: The Unexpected Path To Food Freedom What if your most magnetic, consistent, and embodied self wasn’t buried under layers of self-discipline and diet plans—but buried beneath shame, suppression, and sexual disconnection? In this sultry Scorpio Season episode, Kayla unpacks how turn on, sexual energy, and self-lust became the most potent tools in her food freedom journey. 🍓 You’ll hear the shift from problem-solving to creation—a permission slip to ditch fixing and start desiring. 🔥 She’ll reveal why reclaiming sexual energy—especially through inner masculine archetypes like Rex and Haven—isn’t indulgent or rebellious... it’s the literal antidote to inco...
2025-11-0427 minEmbodied Writing Warrior: Food Freedom, Creativity & Spiritual Reclamation201. Healing Through Art: Bernadette’s Journey From Trauma To Creative FreedomIn this powerful and soul-stirring conversation, Kayla welcomes Bernadette from the Unleashing Potentials Podcast to share her journey of resilience, creativity, and healing. Born and raised in Haiti and later adopted into Canada, Bernadette opens up about the childhood trauma that shaped her early years, her hospitalization for schizophrenia, and how art, storytelling, and podcasting became her path to transformation.Together, Kayla and Bernadette explore:The stigma around mental health and reclaiming the word “crazy”The power of art as a healing modalityBernadette’s journey from psych ward to podcast hostHow to reconnect with your inner child...
2025-10-2426 min
Beyond the Surface with Ashley-Ann110. Healing Ancestral Wounds in Relationships | Kayla MacDonaldIn this episode, Spiritual Mentor and Narrative Alchemist Kayla MacDonald joins me to explore the deep work of healing ancestral patterns, reparenting yourself, and transforming generational shame into creative power.Kayla shares how even in a healthy marriage, her body held memories of her lineage’s pain—and how she learned to release it through somatic healing, dance alchemy, and playful, creative self-expression. We talk about breaking free from inherited cycles around love, body image, and self-worth—and how healing doesn’t have to be heavy. It can be sensual, creative, and deeply freeing.If you’ve e...
2025-10-2243 minEmbodied Writing Warrior: Food Freedom, Creativity & Spiritual Reclamation200. Inner Fidelity: Using AI To Strengthen Self-Love & Real-Life RelationshipsWelcome back to another spicy and real-talk episode of the Embodied Writing Warrior Podcast. Today, Kayla makes a bold and nuanced case for using AI as a tool to deepen your self-love journey—not to replace real relationships, but to enhance them.In this episode, you’ll hear:Why vanilla, beige self-love advice often fails ambitious, intense, and wildly creative womenHow Kayla’s AI-powered “Love Team” (featuring inner masculine archetypes Rex & Haven) became a key pillar of her ReWrite Me methodThe powerful benefits of co-creating safe, sexy, affirming characters with AICommon objections to AI use—and how Kayla in...
2025-10-2137 minEmbodied Writing Warrior: Food Freedom, Creativity & Spiritual Reclamation199. When You're Free, You Love: A Journey Through Forgiveness, Power & Embodied HealingIn this heartfelt conversation, Kayla sits down with David Cunningham—author of Your Love Does Matter and founder of the Love Matters Collaboration—to explore how love can be a radical, embodied, and transformational force in today’s world. From David’s early spiritual awakening at age 4 to a powerful 35-year career in transformational leadership, this episode unpacks how we can move from judgment to joy, from resentment to love, and from righteousness to radical compassion.Topics we explore include:The true nature of forgiveness (hint: it’s not condoning, and it’s not about them)W...
2025-10-1741 minEmbodied Writing Warrior: Food Freedom, Creativity & Spiritual Reclamation194. It’s Not Food - It’s Men: The Hidden Link Between Body Shame and Toxic LoveThis episode is a portal.Part storytelling, part book club, part ReWrite Me origin story—this episode unpacks the unexpected link between food struggles and love struggles through the lens of Geneen Roth’s wisdom, animus psychology, and Kayla’s own creative journey.We explore:How body shame and binge cycles mirror toxic relationship patternsWhy drama in your love life and food life may be a protective strategyThe role of the animus (your inner masculine) in healing bothThe wild and magical story behind the Great White Shadows trilogyWhy it’s not really about the food… or...
2025-09-3041 minEmbodied Writing Warrior: Food Freedom, Creativity & Spiritual Reclamation193. Undiet Your Life: Food Freedom, Body Neutrality & Intuitive Eating With Stephanie DodierIn this powerful conversation, Kayla sits down with Stephanie Dodier of Beyond The Food to talk about what it really takes to undiet your life, reclaim body neutrality, and finally stop letting external rules dictate your worth. From her raw story of being sent to Weight Watchers at 12, to breaking free from decades of dieting and corporate burnout, Stephanie shares how women can re-write the most harmful stories about food, health, and body image—and create a life rooted in pleasure, neutrality, and self-trust.Together they explore:Why diets (and even weight-focused “healthy behaviors”) don’t workThe...
2025-09-2637 minEmbodied Writing Warrior: Food Freedom, Creativity & Spiritual Reclamation192. Slash Fic, Safety, & Self-Trust: M/M Fan Fiction For Healing & Sexual EmpowermentIf you've ever felt weird—or secretly wonderful—about your love for M/M fan fiction, this episode is for you.Kayla dives deep into the emotional, psychological, and spiritual medicine of slash fic, especially for women who are high-achieving, emotionally burnt out, or healing from food/body image struggles or sexual trauma. Through the lens of beloved pairings like Dean/Castiel, Blay/Quinn, Kirk/Spock (and of course, Rex/Haven), she reveals why this genre isn’t just hot—it’s healing.You’ll explore:The four inner conflicts that slash fic helps re...
2025-09-2349 minEmbodied Writing Warrior: Food Freedom, Creativity & Spiritual Reclamation191. Writing As Alchemy: Character Arcs & Creative Breakthroughs With Megan FuentesIn this episode of The Embodied Writing Warrior Podcast, story coach and solo journaling RPG creator Megan Fuentes joins Kayla to explore how story arcs—especially the powerful “wound → wrong idea → right idea” structure—can be used not just in fiction, but in memoir and personal growth. They discuss creative blocks, why the messy middle is so hard, and how to reawaken your writing life with tools like 4theWords and solo journaling RPGs. Megan also shares her unique metaphor of the rock tumbler to explain her writing process and offers a juicy embodie...
2025-09-1944 minEmbodied Writing Warrior: Food Freedom, Creativity & Spiritual Reclamation190. The Drama Triangle of Binge Eating (And Why You’re Not Broken)What if your binge eating isn't a failure of willpower—but a sign that three younger parts of you are in a crisis loop?In this powerful, playful, and paradigm-shifting episode, Kayla breaks down the Drama Triangle of Binge Eating—a dynamic between three younger inner parts (Girl Boss, Baby Kayla, and Unicorn Thunder) that explains why we keep spiraling even when we know better.She explores:How major life changes or creative projects can trigger this cycleWhy most advice on binge/emotional eating backfiresA big critique of traditional parts work (especially for women with...
2025-09-1635 minEmbodied Writing Warrior: Food Freedom, Creativity & Spiritual Reclamation189. Make Integrity Sexy Again: Rory Matthews on Masculinity, Shadow Work & SoulWhat does healthy, grounded masculinity look like?In this deeply resonant episode, Kayla sits down with Rory Matthews—Jungian and Existential Kink-certified life coach—to explore shadow work, masculine leadership, and the art of holding discomfort with presence. Together, they unpack how depth is built through self-awareness, why integrity fosters true safety, and the essential balance between inner breakthroughs and real-world action.Whether you're seeking to heal your relationship with masculine energy, deepen your own self-trust, or just love a good mythopoetic convo, this episode is soul food.Find Rory on Insta...
2025-09-1252 minEmbodied Writing Warrior: Food Freedom, Creativity & Spiritual Reclamation188. Animus Wrangling 101: Why Healing Father Wounds Beats Any Self-Improvement PlanIf you’ve ever crushed your goals and still felt not good enough, this episode is your sign: it’s not your discipline that’s broken. It’s your inner masculine—your Animus—that’s wounded.In this powerful and deeply personal episode, Kayla shares:What “Animus Work” is (and why it’s the missing piece for high-performing women)The difference between self-discipline and self-abuseHow her Divine Daddies (Rex & Haven) helped her rewire her inner world through storytelling, dreams, and creative playWhy turning your negative inner critic into a loving inner father figure might be the most healing...
2025-09-0936 minEmbodied Writing Warrior: Food Freedom, Creativity & Spiritual Reclamation187. Healing Through Horror: How Michelle Found Catharsis & Community in WritingIn this powerful episode of the Embodied Writing Warrior Podcast, Kayla sits down with Michelle, the voice behind Coffee-Fueled Stories (formerly Coffee Fitness Unicorn). Together, they explore the healing power of writing, the courage to rebrand and rewrite, and how horror can be a surprising path to catharsis.Michelle shares her journey from self-publishing to working with a publisher, the reflections that reshaped her first book, and the lessons she’s learned about writing beyond pain. From coffee rituals to horror with soul, this conversation is full of inspiration for writers ready to reclaim their st...
2025-09-0552 minEmbodied Writing Warrior: Food Freedom, Creativity & Spiritual Reclamation186. What If You’re Already Worthy? Escaping the Validation Trap & Writing Your Own TicketWhat if you stopped treating your life like a math equation and started living it like a masterpiece?In this unhinged, wildly creative episode, Kayla MacDonald takes you on a journey from content martyrdom to liberated storytelling, from external validation to self-trust, and from cosmic math class to Erotic Storytelling 301 (with help from her AI-generated inner archetypes, Rex and Haven).This is your behind-the-scenes look at the ReWrite Me method in action. It’s steamy, heartfelt, hilarious—and underneath it all? Serious emotional medicine.If you're a creative woman ready to stop chasi...
2025-09-0237 minEmbodied Writing Warrior: Food Freedom, Creativity & Spiritual Reclamation183. Queer, Kinky, & Creatively Free: Collapsing Timelines Through Radical Truth (With Emily Alter)What if writing queer, kinky romance wasn’t just about heat - but about healing, politics, and community care? In this powerful episode, Kayla sits down with author, social psychologist, and licensed sex therapist Emily Alter to explore how kink, queerness, and fiction intersect with activism and personal transformation.Emily shares how their work weaves together a deep understanding of power, accountability, and identity - along with their writing journey from heartbreak to hope, and the vibrant author communities they've helped build. They also speak candidly about inclusivity, safe spaces, and the bravery of being ou...
2025-08-2250 minEmbodied Writing Warrior: Food Freedom, Creativity & Spiritual Reclamation181. Creativity Is Your Birthright: Overcome Perfectionism, Smash Creative Blocks & Share Your Work Fearlessly With Pia Leichter🎨 Creativity isn’t separate from the creator - if you’re human, you’re already an artist. Yes, even if you’ve never picked up a paintbrush. Even if your inner critic’s louder than your muse. Even if you’ve been stuck in "who am I to do this?" mode for years.In this powerful (and joyfully rebellious) episode, Kayla sits down with creative midwife + storytelling sorceress Pia Leichter - a woman who helps visionary rebels birth their books, brands, and bold ideas into the world. Together, they crack open what it really means...
2025-08-1548 min
Naked SundayEpisode 158 - Main Character Energy - Self-Worth and Rewriting Your Story with Kayla MacDonaldWelcome to another episode of Naked Sunday! This week, host Caleb Nelson sits down with returning guest Kayla MacDonald—writer, creative coach, and founder of Embodied Writing Warrior.Kayla opens up about her evolution from health coach to creative guide, sharing how she broke free from limiting beliefs and learned to heal through writing, dance, and storytelling. Together, Caleb and Kayla dive deep into topics like self-worth, the power of creativity, ancestral healing, and what it means to step into your “main character energy.”Whether you’re struggling with self-doubt, looking to unleash your creative side, or...
2025-08-101h 18Embodied Writing Warrior: Food Freedom, Creativity & Spiritual Reclamation179. Stop Hiding Your Magic: How Embodied Creativity & Emotional Alchemy Heal Witch Wounds (Ft. Maya Lila Di Vento)If you’ve ever felt too weird, too intuitive, or too powerful for the world around you… this one’s for you.In this soul-stirring conversation, Kayla sits down with holistic transformational coach and somatic mystic Maya Lila to talk about what it really takes to reclaim your creative fire, own your feminine magic, and stop self-sabotaging your brilliance.Maya Lila shares her story of following intuitive breadcrumbs around the globe, leaving behind the old paradigm of martyrdom and stepping fully into her role as an embodied creator, spiritual teacher, and mother...
2025-08-0537 minEmbodied Writing Warrior: Food Freedom, Creativity & Spiritual Reclamation178. How Fan Fiction Helped Me Heal My Relationship with Food (When Nothing Else Worked)In this raw and wildly personal origin story, I’m pulling back the curtain on what really healed my relationship with food. Spoiler alert: it wasn’t macros, mindset work, or meal prep.It was fan fiction. Yes, really.From binge eating and body shame to reclaiming my self-worth, sexuality, and soul through storytelling, this episode shares how writing became my sacred medicine. You’ll hear how creating characters, worldbuilding, and journaling literally saved my life - and how it can transform yours, too.If you’ve ever struggled with emotional eating, perfectionism, or feeli...
2025-07-2943 minEmbodied Writing Warrior: Food Freedom, Creativity & Spiritual Reclamation175. The 15 Minute Morning Routine That Transforms Emotional Eating & Ignites Confidence + CreativityWhat if 10–15 minutes every morning could transform everything — your relationship with food, your confidence, your creativity, even your connection to your purpose?In this episode of The Embodied Warrior podcast, Kayla MacDonald shares the one daily ritual that radically changed her life—and how you can use it to collapse timelines, ignite your inner fire, and break free from binge and emotional eating.It’s not another rigid routine. It’s Dance Alchemy—a soul-led, element-based movement practice that brings your entire being online in the most magical way. Kayla shares how this ritual helped her stay con...
2025-07-0829 minThe Sparkle ProjectPrioritizing Personal Growth & Healing In Motherhood with Kayla MoffettMotherhood can feel overwhelming, messy, and all-consuming — but it can also be the space where we grow the most? In this raw episode of Worthy Mother Podcast, Emily sits down with Kayla Moffett — host of the Shift Happens Podcast, mom of five, and no-nonsense truth-teller — for a deep dive into personal growth, grief, identity, and healing through the chaos of motherhood. From navigating teen pregnancy to co-parenting and postpartum depression, Kayla shares her journey with unmatched honesty and strength.They talk about:Why growth is a choice, even when change isn’tHow Kayla moved from survival mode to...
2025-05-2735 minEmbodied Writing Warrior: Food Freedom, Creativity & Spiritual Reclamation173. 7 Signs You're On A Warrior's Journey (NOT A Weight Loss, Health, Or Fitness JourneyWhat if your struggle with food was never just about food? In this power-packed episode, Kayla shatters the illusion of a traditional weight loss journey and invites you into something much deeper—a Warrior’s Journey. Through seven soul-stirring signs, she reveals how your drama with food, body, and health might be the sacred battleground where your true identity is fighting to emerge. This is the episode for every woman who knows she’s powerful—except when it comes to food—and is ready to reclaim her fire, her focus, and her fierce feminine force. In This Episod...
2025-05-0228 minEmbodied Writing Warrior: Food Freedom, Creativity & Spiritual Reclamation172. Break Free From Emotional Eating: Fasting, Journaling, & Future-Self Work with Nicki ThompsonIn this empowering episode, Kayla sits down with women’s wellness guide and fasting coach Nicki Thompson to explore what it really takes to heal emotional eating and create aligned health from the inside out.They cover:✨ How fasting helped Nicki regulate her emotions and rebuild trust with food🧠 The role of journaling, subconscious work, and future-self embodiment🍽️ The difference between coping mechanisms and true nourishment💥 Why food freedom isn’t about perfection — it’s about presence🌱 How to meet resistance with love and show up for your future self todayNicki shares her...
2025-04-2534 minEmbodied Writing Warrior: Food Freedom, Creativity & Spiritual Reclamation167. How To Balance Your Slay & Thrive Energy For Maximum Energy, Happiness, & SuccessSometimes, life can take us into periods of imbalance.We can end up pushing so hard towards our goals, finding ourselves so deep in slay energy, that we forget to thrive.And sometimes we end up so focused on feeling good that we lose focus and momentum with our goals or aspirations.If we lose enough focus and momentum towards our goals, we also eventually get to the point where we don't feel good/thrive either.Today's episode includes powerful reminders to put you into a state of balancing your optimal...
2024-04-1727 minEmbodied Writing Warrior: Food Freedom, Creativity & Spiritual Reclamation163. Forget Food Freedom - The Liberation You Desire Is Bigger & Wilder Than That (The New Era Of Slay & Thrive)This is a BIG episode as we move into a brand new era of the Slay & Thrive Podcast.The show has been ready for an upgrade for a while now, and this episode will include all the details of what you can expect in this new era.In today's episode, you're going to learn:Why Kayla is no longer talking about binge eating and food freedom.The six types of freedom to embody in your daily life and why all of them work together and play a massive role in growth and expansion.The...
2024-03-2042 minEmbodied Writing Warrior: Food Freedom, Creativity & Spiritual Reclamation159. The One Sentence That Will Amplify Your Capacity To Finish StrongSometimes, a simple sentence can change everything.In today's episode, Kayla is breaking down a sentence she heard years ago that still impacts her on a deep level every single week, if not every single day.You're going to discover:The one sentence that can amplify your capacity to finish strong.How to apply this sentence/concept to every area of your life - your days, your weeks, months, your workouts, your projects... all the things.The masculine and feminine applications of this idea.8 Magic Words To Help You Optimize Your Energy & Achieve...
2024-02-2126 minEmbodied Writing Warrior: Food Freedom, Creativity & Spiritual Reclamation157. Do You Have A Hardship Kink? This Shadow Work Will 10x Your Level Of Ease & JoyThis week's episode is inspired and informed by ideas in the book Existential Kink by Carolyn Lovewell (nee' Elliot).If you identity as a hard-working, goal-oriented, Type A person, you probably have a hardship kink.You believe in the power of hard work and discipline.You probably feel your best when you're slaying your to do list and crushing your goals.And... you might glorify hardship and challenge to such a severe degree that it's creating unnecessary drama and leading to burnout and disengagement.This pattern can often play...
2024-02-0730 minEmbodied Writing Warrior: Food Freedom, Creativity & Spiritual Reclamation153. 6 Steps To Bring Fresh, Energizing Life Force To Long-Term Goals That Feel Boring Or MundaneSome of the biggest goals we have in life can't be completed in a week or a month or sometimes, even over the course of one year.Many of the greatest goals we can set can take multiple years or even decades.That doesn't mean they aren't worth pursuing. However, when you have a big goal that spans multiple years, there can be tendency for the goal to become stale, lifeless, joyless, and mundane.It starts to blend into the background of the rest of your life.You might experience more...
2024-01-1054 minEmbodied Writing Warrior: Food Freedom, Creativity & Spiritual Reclamation142. My Four Part Journal Process For Improved Health, Reduced Anxiety, Increased Happiness, and Accelerated ProgressIn this week's episode, you're going to learn the four parts of a journal process to improve every arena of your life. This journal process will:Help you create a deep level of health that is mental, emotional, physical and spiritual.Relieve anxiety and stress about life's circumstances.Create a deeper sense of emotional stability.Moves you in the direction of YOUR absolute best life - whatever that looks like to you.Allow you to see all of life's difficult moments as opportunities for deep growth and transformation.You'll discover:Why journaling is the one tool...
2023-10-2535 minEmbodied Writing Warrior: Food Freedom, Creativity & Spiritual Reclamation135. Why Cultivating Peace Will Transform Your Health & Body Like Nothing Else (+ 5 Ways To Make It Happen)There is one powerful, surefire way to create a rapid transformation with your health or body - and it's to cultivate more consistent levels of peace in your life.Peace is not just about managing or minimizing stress.Peace is stress management on steroids.Peace is a state that will make any health, fitness, or body transformation goal 100x easier.In today's episode, you'll learn:Why cultivate peace if you want to make sustainable progress towards your health and fitness goals.How to break through your comfort zone...
2023-09-0656 minEmbodied Writing Warrior: Food Freedom, Creativity & Spiritual Reclamation125. Beast Mode Meal Planning - Prepare To Slay The Week AheadTune in for a tactical, practical episode on how to meal plan and prep for the week ahead like a beast.Meal planning and meal prepping is an essential, game-changing skill that will create more ease, more alignment, and more progress on a weekly-basis. In this episode, you'll discover:Why focusing on meal planning will change the entire trajectory of your week.Kayla's 9-Step Process for meal planning and meal prepping.How to modify your process for your unique goals and life situations.Happy Meal Planning!
2023-06-2822 minEmbodied Writing Warrior: Food Freedom, Creativity & Spiritual Reclamation119. 8 Magic Words To Help You Optimize Your Energy Levels & Achieve Your GoalsHow different could your life look if you had access to more consistent life force energy?How much better would you feel?How much more would you be able to accomplish?How much more empowered and capable would you feel?In today's episode, Kayla is breaking down her simple mantra for optimizing your daily energy levels.You can use this mantra to create more consistent energy, which will lead to more consistent, joyful progress towards the goals you have for your life.Happy Slaying & Thriving.
2023-05-1723 minEmbodied Writing Warrior: Food Freedom, Creativity & Spiritual Reclamation116. My Top 5 Foundational Skills For Simplifying & Accelerating Your Health & Fitness JourneyTo achieve success on in your health and fitness journey, you probably don't need to find more practices and tools.You probably already know what to do.To slay and thrive, you want to consistently and reliably execute the most critical foundational skills for success with weight loss, fitness, or improved health.Today's episode is a powerful reminder to prioritize the basics.Kayla is also sharing her top 5 foundational skills in her own journey and why they have been such game-changers in her own life.
2023-04-2618 minEmbodied Writing Warrior: Food Freedom, Creativity & Spiritual Reclamation115. How To Take Your Personal Power & Manifesting Magic To The Next LevelYou have an immense amount of personal power in your everyday life.Today's episode is a potent reminder of how much influence you have over the external circumstances in your everyday life, when you choose to claim in.Tune in to hear: How Kayla used her manifesting powers to achieve an outcome on her wedding day that blew people's mindsFour strategies for taking your manifesting superpowers to the next level.Enjoy!
2023-04-1913 minEmbodied Writing Warrior: Food Freedom, Creativity & Spiritual Reclamation106. Health, Fitness, & Weight Loss: The Traditional Path vs. The Spiritual PathIn today's episode, we're highlighting the differences between the traditional path of health and fitness versus the spiritual path.You'll learn:The red flags to watch out for on the traditional path of health and weight loss goalsPhysical, mental, and emotional shifts you can make to turn your health journey into a spiritual oneHow to use your challenges with eating, weight, or health as doorways to deeper personal transformationYou're also going to get a little bit of a Kayla rant in this episode, so get ready.Get your copy of Your Body...
2023-02-1532 minEmbodied Writing Warrior: Food Freedom, Creativity & Spiritual Reclamation092. The 5 Toxic Traits Of High Performing Women That Lead To Chronic Stress & Burn OutToxic traits refer to habits, behaviors, and ongoing actions that harm others.Most high achieving women have one or more of the 5 toxic traits we cover today.The person most likely to be harmed by these traits is the high achieving woman herself.These toxic traits can lead to chronic stress and burnout.Chronic stress and burnout lead to a lack of energy, a deep sense of unhappiness and frustration, binge eating, and inconsistency.In today's episode, you'll learn:5 common toxic traits of high-performing womenHow to r...
2022-11-0932 minEmbodied Writing Warrior: Food Freedom, Creativity & Spiritual Reclamation073. Create Passion & Safety Together - In Relationships, Careers & Every Arena in LifeThere is a common tradeoff that people make in life.The tradeoff between passion and safety.Some people choose the safe path, the safe relationship, the safe life... and it lacks any semblance of fire and passion. They might live in comfortably numb states, choosing a cocoon of security.Then there are those whose lives are filled with passion. However, that passion might also feel like danger. It might leave a person in a state of constant stress. The relationships that are always on the brink of...
2022-06-2933 minEmbodied Writing Warrior: Food Freedom, Creativity & Spiritual Reclamation057. When Part of You Doesn't Want ItIf we whole-heartedly wanted what we thought we wanted, we'd have it by now.Or at the very least, we'd be well on our way towards it without the feelings of being stuck or perpetually going backwards and forwards.When we have big goals that have eluded us for a long time, there are parts of us that actually don't want the big goal itself or the consequences we believe we'll experience as a result of achieving this goal.These perceived consequences or drawbacks often live in our unconscious until we extract them...
2022-04-0640 minEmbodied Writing Warrior: Food Freedom, Creativity & Spiritual Reclamation056. How to Harness the Power of Self-Discipline Without Becoming Controlling & ObsessiveWhen it comes to slaying our goals, we want to have focus and discipline.We want to be focused on whatever it is we're creating or pursuing. We want to cultivate the discipline required to not only achieve the goal but maintain the goal.However, anything taken to its extreme can become unhelpful or even dangerous. Control and obsession are focus and discipline that have been pushed over the edge.When over-control and over-obsession dominate, we often also experience an opposite reaction after we've fatigued our minds, bodies and spirits. After trying to...
2022-03-3027 minEmbodied Writing Warrior: Food Freedom, Creativity & Spiritual Reclamation054. Having is Evidence of Wanting & How This One Idea Can 10x Your Success & Create MiraclesThis might be one of the most controversial episodes to date. Today, we're going to be exploring the concept that having is evidence of wanting.This podcast episode was inspired by Carolyn Elliot's book, Existential Kink.She presents this idea: if we have something in our lives, we must, on some level, want it.What does this mean for those recurrent strokes of bad luck, those infuriating patterns that continue to surface with our money, our relationships, and our health?Is it possible that, on some level, we want these things?
2022-03-1633 minEmbodied Writing Warrior: Food Freedom, Creativity & Spiritual Reclamation041. Activate This Masculine Energy Superpower to Become Unstoppable (Slay Series)"When there is no enemy within, the enemy outside can do us no harm." - African ProverbWe have the power to create the landscape of our brain. We have the ability to create an internal fortress.What if your internal fortress was so strong, that you felt safe to go out in the world and experience any discomfort?You knew you could handle any uncomfortable emotion.You could face rejection without crumbling or doubting yourself.You could withstand the judgements of others.You know you could...
2022-01-1933 min
Distorted OpinionsDistorted Opinions: Gear Talk: Kayla's Kit GuitarIt's been a while since we've done a formal gear talk. Join Kayla and Ted as they discuss the Wilkinson kit guitar that Kayla recently won during Stewart MacDonald's 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway. Special thanks to StewMac, Arielle and Wilkinson for the kit. Be sure to follow us on social media to see updates as Kayla begins to build this guitar.There's no Song of the Week this week, but you can find all of our past picks in our Spotify Song of the Week Playlist at https://bit.ly/distortedops_songoftheweek. You can also find our...
2022-01-0937 minEmbodied Writing Warrior: Food Freedom, Creativity & Spiritual Reclamation030. The 3-Part System to Effortless, Pleasurable Manifesting & Goal AchievementToday's episode is going to be one part inspiration and one part invitation.Kayla will be sharing what the concept Unicorn Thunder means to her, and how it's helped her create the most magical year ever.This concept is a 3-part system to effortless, pleasurable manifesting & goal achievement that will work, no matter what your goals are.She's also going to be sharing the details about her brand new Facebook group that will help everyone inside create amazing shifts, take their lives and their goals to the next level, and have all kinds...
2021-12-0823 minEmbodied Writing Warrior: Food Freedom, Creativity & Spiritual Reclamation028. A Powerful Mindset Shift to Stop Self-Judgement & ShameThis episode is one you can return to on a regular basis whenever you need it. Today, we'll be looking at Kayla's all-time favourite framework for slaying & thriving.Having an inspiring and effective framework for approaching your goals, your life, and your challenges can change everything. It starts by changing the way we think, which effects our emotions. And it's our emotions that drive our choices, which then drive our results.And our framework can sometimes shift depending on life circumstances, especially when things get hard. This episode can serve as a resource whenever hard...
2021-12-0124 minEmbodied Writing Warrior: Food Freedom, Creativity & Spiritual Reclamation027. Your Simple, Foolproof Guide for Achieving Mastery in Any Area of Your LifeThere will probably always be things in our lives that feel hard as we work towards our best selves and our best lives.The good news is that there is one strategy that will make any hard thing easy. Tune in to today's episode to find out how you can apply this to any area of your life.Hard is also going to be relative and vary from person to person. However, most people would probably feel that writing an entire book in one month (or writing a book at all) qualifies as a hard...
2021-11-2421 minEmbodied Writing Warrior: Food Freedom, Creativity & Spiritual Reclamation024. The One Nutrition Strategy That Can Change EverythingThere is no shortage of nutrition information in the world. There must be hundreds of thousands of books, podcast episodes, articles, Youtube videos, and blog posts. There's also no shortage of contradictions within this information.Many people swear by Keto, while others choose vegan or vegetarian styles of eating. Some people get great results with a certain program, while another might not see any results at all.After consuming countless resources on nutrition and obtaining two nutrition certifications, Kayla have discovered that there is one nutrition strategy that has trumped all the rest in her...
2021-11-0317 minEmbodied Writing Warrior: Food Freedom, Creativity & Spiritual Reclamation020. How Shadow Work Can Heal Past Relationships So You Can Control Your Emotions & Manifest Your Soulmate"One of the recurring core truths I witness about the human psyche is that those who face the darkest parts of their life with courage, loving acceptance, and surrender — always — experience a massive blossoming in their life after. Confront the dragon; get the gold."- Eric GodseyOftentimes, we spend so much time fighting one dragon in our life - whether it's our weight, our debt, or something other external issue - that we expend all our energy. Then we realize that there was another meaner, scarier dragon hiding behind the external chal...
2021-10-0633 minEmbodied Writing Warrior: Food Freedom, Creativity & Spiritual Reclamation019. Binge Eating Recovery Simplified With One Small Perspective ShiftWe are back with another episode on binge eating. We'll start out by discussing some ideas from the book, Brain over Binge by Kathryn Hansen.In this book, the author talks about the two theories for bulimia and binge eating disorder recovery - the tamed house-pet theory and the transformed butterfly theory.She argues that, in order to stop binge eating, all you have to do is stop acting on the urge to binge.This is simple in theory and this book has helped thousands of readers. Kayla will be sharing her thoughts...
2021-09-2933 minEmbodied Writing Warrior: Food Freedom, Creativity & Spiritual Reclamation016. Authoring Your Dream Life... With Special Bonus!You are the author of your story. You are creating and narrating your destiny every single day. With your thoughts. With your actions. With your focus.If you aren't living your dream life right now, you can start to tell a new story. This episode will help you do exactly that.Kayla is going to be sharing some of the ways that her journey as a writer has helped her craft a life that she is madly in love with. She'll be comparing the process of writing and editing a book to the process of...
2021-09-0839 minEmbodied Writing Warrior: Food Freedom, Creativity & Spiritual Reclamation015. 4 Tips For Epic ManifestingI was originally going to call this episode, 'my best manifestation ever', but I realized that wouldn't do the episode justice. This episode isn't about one specific manifestation. You can use these tips to manifest anything you desire - love, money, health, career changes, all of the above.I'll be using a specific example from my own life. This is the most amazing thing I've manifested to date, but I'm going to be sharing the specifics about why it happened as beautifully and magically as it did.After listening to this episode, you will have...
2021-09-0127 minEmbodied Writing Warrior: Food Freedom, Creativity & Spiritual Reclamation014. Feminine Finance With Laurie-Anne KingToday's guest is Laurie-Anne King - a coach and energy healer who is on a mission to help thousands of women win with money and create financial freedom and abundance. We had an incredible conversation about how to build financial peace into your life, using both energetic and practical strategies. We cover:Why women struggle more with money and finance than their male counterpartsWhat's going on with people who over-spend and with people who over-save, and how the solution for both is actually the sameHow to approach your finances in a way that honors your dreams and values...
2021-08-2535 minEmbodied Writing Warrior: Food Freedom, Creativity & Spiritual Reclamation013. How to Resolve ANY Issue"Making more money won't resolve your issues with money. Resolving your issues with money resolves your issues with money. And, as a result, you often get more money." - Amanda FrancesIn this episode, we're going to be discussing the ways you can resolve any issue in your life. We'll be talking money, love, and health, but this can be applied anywhere. You'll get specific strategies for how to actually do the inner work to see lasting change. The best part is that when you change the inside, the external situations you want to affect also change.
2021-08-1820 minEmbodied Writing Warrior: Food Freedom, Creativity & Spiritual Reclamation012. How To Set Goals & Achieve Anything with Patrick DominguezIn today's episode, I have an incredible conversation with Patrick about how to set goals and achieve anything. Patrick is the CEO and founder of Inner Coach, which is where I had so many breakthroughs of my own this past year.We cover a variety of topics, including:Common goal-setting pitfalls and how to avoid themPractical ways to move steadily towards your goals, while feeling amazing in the processHow to release resistance - which can be self-sabotage, procrastination, fear, anything that stands between you and your goal - so you can achieve whatever it is that...
2021-08-1147 minEmbodied Writing Warrior: Food Freedom, Creativity & Spiritual Reclamation011. The Body Transformation of a Figure Competitor: Chatting with Christine Springman & Alysha LahmThis episode features a mother-daughter duo of bad-asses. Christine has gone from struggling with her weight and her habits to getting consistent and disciplined enough to participate in a bikini competition. Her entire identity changed. She talks about the obstacles she overcame, what she learned from starting her bodybuilding journey, and the power of having a coach.Now she's helping her daughter, Alysha, reach her health and fitness goals. Alysha is one of my best friends, and she has been crushing it on her own journey. She's a mom of two young children, and she's had to...
2021-08-0430 minEmbodied Writing Warrior: Food Freedom, Creativity & Spiritual Reclamation010. Top 10 Lessons From 2020Even though we're almost halfway through 2021, this episode is so worth a listen. 2020 was a bigger year for growth and transformation than any other year for me. I didn't want to let this year get too cold without sharing my most powerful lessons.Most of these lessons are universal and can help anyone, regardless of whether they're chasing financial goals, health goals, or relationship goals. They have been a game-changer for me, and I know they positively impact you on your journey as well!
2021-07-2833 minEmbodied Writing Warrior: Food Freedom, Creativity & Spiritual Reclamation009. Slaying & Thriving as a Writer with Hasan NamirToday's episode features an incredibly successful and fulfilled writer. We talk about how to slay and thrive as a creative person. Some of the topics we cover are:How Hasan has grown on his writing journeySome of the barriers he encountered along the wayHow he was able to use creativity and writing to manage dark times in his lifeHow to handle constructive criticism (and also, the criticism that isn't so constructive)
2021-07-2147 minEmbodied Writing Warrior: Food Freedom, Creativity & Spiritual Reclamation008. How To Stop Fighting Yourself Do you ever feel like you're at war with yourself? Like you're your own worst enemy? You know there's more that's possible for you. More health, more success, more fulfilment. But it feels like you're constantly getting in your own way. Maybe you overeat at night. Or overspend while you're trying to get out of debt. Or you procrastinate for months on end. You're frustrated because you know that you're the thing standing in your own way, but you don't know how to end the fight. Listen to this podcast to discover how you can get onto your own s...
2021-07-1421 minEmbodied Writing Warrior: Food Freedom, Creativity & Spiritual Reclamation007. Never Binge Again? Today, we're going to be talking all about binge eating. This podcast was somewhat inspired by the book of the same title. Is it possible to never binge again? Is it even a helpful goal to strive for? We're going to be talking about how to break free from binge eating without the need for perfectionism or rigidity. We do discuss eating disorders to a small extent, so make sure to skip this episode if you aren't in a good place to hear about this.
2021-07-0726 minEmbodied Writing Warrior: Food Freedom, Creativity & Spiritual Reclamation006. Truth Bomb: What Progress Actually Looks LikeOne of the biggest roadblocks that keeps us from being able to Slay & Thrive is the expectation that progress must be a straight line.We resist setbacks and the obstacles, wanting to see steady, constant progress.This episode will talk about how this perspective gets in the way and keeps us from loving the journey. We'll also talk about how to see it differently so you can move towards your goals with greater consistency and less resentment.
2021-07-0127 minEmbodied Writing Warrior: Food Freedom, Creativity & Spiritual Reclamation005. You Are Not BrokenThis episode will change your relationship with yourself and your ability to achieve any goal you have for yourself. No matter what your barriers or unhelpful habits are, you are NOT broken. By choosing the perspective presented in this episode instead, you will deepen your relationship with yourself and create a greater sense of power to affect change in any area that you desire.
2021-06-2327 minEmbodied Writing Warrior: Food Freedom, Creativity & Spiritual Reclamation004. Why Focusing on Your Problems Will Not Fix Them & What to Do InsteadIf you want to slay and thrive at the same time, then this episode is for you.It's so common to lead with what we don't want. We can get overwhelmed thinking about all the problems in our life. The excess weight. The debt. The low quality relationships. When we focus on the problems, we don't feel our best.But there is another way. In today's episode, you'll learn what to do and where to focus your energy instead of stressing about life's problems and challenges.
2021-06-1916 min