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Do Life : Personal Development, Self-Help & GrowthLayla & Lydia Discuss Self-Worth, Parenting & EmpowermentSummaryIn this conversation, Layla Dawn and Lydia Gillman explore the transformative journey of empowerment coaching, emphasizing the importance of self-worth and self-care. They discuss the impact of stress on mental and physical health, the significance of conscious parenting, and the evolution of parenting styles across generations. Lydia shares her personal experiences and insights on overcoming childhood anxiety and the necessity of prioritizing self-care to foster emotional intelligence in both parents and children. The discussion highlights practical strategies for integrating self-care into daily routines and the importance of celebrating oneself. Unfortunately, the last 5 minutes of Lydia's...
2025-03-0541 min
Real Life MomzEmbracing Sensitivity as a Highly Sensitive Person: Insight From Lydia GillmanIn this week’s Real Life Momz podcast episode, we’re thrilled to welcome Lydia Gillman, a fellow mom and passionate podcaster! Join us as we dive into the world of highly sensitive persons and explore what it truly means to be sensitive in today’s bustling environment. Lydia shares her insights and experiences, offering valuable tips on navigating the challenges of being a highly sensitive person while raising a family. Whether you identify as highly sensitive or want to better support a loved one who is, this episode is filled with practical advice and heartfelt discussions. Tune in to dis...
2025-02-1833 min
Every Moment Is Sacred125. #1 Season Two Episode!!! (Countdown of TOP 5 episodes + Replay of Audience Favorite!)Celebrating Highly Sensitive People and Their Unique Gifts
Join Rain Elizabeth Stickney on the Every Moment Is Sacred podcast as she recaps season two and highlights the most popular episodes.
She introduces a re-edited, engaging conversation with Lydia Gillman about the strengths and care of highly sensitive people. The discussion includes personal anecdotes about raising sensitive children, meditative practices, and the importance of self-awareness and validation.
Together, they emphasize embracing sensitivity as a superpower and share strategies for navigating life with deeper emotional attunement.
2024-11-201h 19
Stepping into PurposeStepping into Purpose UPDATE!The Stepping into Purpose podcast has been on a short hiatus, but it's coming back soon, with a new focus! Sometimes on the road to living our life of purpose and stepping into the truest version of ourselves, there will be roadblocks. This has certainly been the case for me, and more often than not, they've come in the form of limiting beliefs, self-sabotage, and other internal blocks. I've been on a big healing journey and taken a deep dive into working on regulating my nervo...
2024-09-0403 min
Stepping into PurposeIs Your Child Highly Sensitive?Have you ever wondered if you have a Highly Sensitive Child or HSC? Does your child feel their emotions deeply, and get extremely upset by sad movies or stories?Do they get bothered by the scratchy texture of certain clothes, or find loud noises almost unbearable?If the answer to any of these questions is yes, then chances are, they are highly sensitive.In this episode, I'll outline the top 5 signs or behaviours displayed by HSCs, and the 5 best ways you can support and nurture them.As ...
2024-05-0806 min
Stepping into Purpose8 Signs of Highly Sensitive People8 Signs You're a Highly Sensitive Person.Have you ever felt like you experience the world more intensely than others? Feeling your emotions deeply, upset by sad movies or situations? Overwhelmed by the sensory stimuli the world throws at you? If so, the chances are you might be a Highly Sensitive Person. High sensitivity is a personality trait affecting up to 30% of us, and in this podcast I highlight 8 of the most common signs of Highly Sensitive People. As mentioned, I highly re...
2024-04-2908 min
Stepping into PurposeBreathing Through Resistance and Stuck Emotions with Jen LissWelcome to Episode 28 - Breathing Through Resistance and Stuck Emotions with Jen Liss.The healing modality of breathwork is a relatively recent discovery for me, and I have enthusiastically dived into exploring the effects for myself, as well as learning the science behind why it's so powerful. My experiences have confirmed and backed up what the research has claimed, and regular intentional breathwork sessions are something I'm working on incorporating into my daily routine...
2024-03-2240 min
Stepping into PurposeMy Year Long Hero's JourneyWelcome to Episode 27 - "My Year Long Hero's Journey" My family and I have just returned to our home country of New Zealand after a year in Brisbane, Australia.While only a 3 hour flight from NZ, it was quite the adventure as it was a place that we didn't really know anyone, or have family support.As a result there was a lot of time where it was just the 4 of us, & we had some fantastic highs, but also some traumatic moments too...The year away was very bonding for us as a fami...
2024-02-0913 min
Every Moment Is Sacred108. Embracing & Nurturing Highly Sensitive People With Lydia Gillman (Healing Conversation)Lydia Gilman discusses her experience as a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) and the importance of understanding and validating Highly Sensitive People. She details the creation of her podcast, 'Stepping Into Purpose', nurturing her voice, and expressing herself alongside connecting with like-minded individuals. She also raises awareness about being a parent and a child to HSP's. Lydia delves into her meditation practices and the role they play in grounding her. Reflecting on her move to another country, she emphasizes the importance of tuning into internal desires despite external pressures. Lydia has also launched a shop aimed at spreading a love...
2024-01-251h 22
Stepping into PurposeAllowing My Voice To Be Heard: One Year Of Podcasting!Welcome to Episode 26 - "Allowing My Voice To Be Heard: One Year Of Podcasting!" Today marks ONE YEAR of the Stepping into Purpose Podcast, so I just had to mark the occassion with a solo episode, to express my gratitude, and share my intentions and obstacles behind starting the podcast.Today also marks one year since my family and I boarded an airplane with our lives packed in 2 suitcases each, and started a new life in a new country. Interestingly, a year to the day of moving here, th...
2024-01-1210 min
Stepping into PurposeSurrender - My Word of the YearWelcome to the Stepping into Purpose Podcast!In today's solo episode "SURRENDER - My Word Of The Year", I talk about how coping with uncertainty and challenges that have come with the past year has lead me to my word of the year - SURRENDER. It's been pretty meta that I resisted choosing this as my word this year - I felt like if I let go, everything would fall apart. But my heart knows this is the only way to really live our purpose - holding a vision for what we want, but then let...
2024-01-0512 min
Stepping into PurposeHarnessing Your Past for a Purposeful PresentWelcome to the Stepping into Purpose Podcast!In this Episode "Harnessing your Past for a Purposeful Present", I share a beautiful conversation I had with Mitzi Campbell, host of the Blessons podcast. Mitzi has an amazing story about how the Universe literally stopped her in her tracks and led her in a completely different and unexpected direction after she got sick with vertigo less than 2 years ago. Stepping into her true purpose in midlife, she is serving so many people thro...
2023-12-0246 min
Stepping into PurposeOur Children Are Our Greatest TeachersWelcome to the Stepping into Purpose Podcast!In today's solo episode "Our Children Are Our Greatest Teachers", I reflect on my earlier life, and share a memory of being at High School, and unexpectedly crying in the middle of a class one day, unable to stop.' Something deep inside me couldn't bear it anymore - the showing up every day, trying to fit in, conforming to what was expected of me, and I just couldn't hold it back anymore. I see the same with one of my children, being in ...
2023-11-0912 min
Stepping into PurposeSupporting Your Highly Sensitive Child Through Challenging TimesWelcome to the Stepping into Purpose Podcast!In today's solo episode "Supporting your Highly Sensitive Child Through A Challenging Time", I share what's been on my mind and heart as we navigate such an unsettling time in the world. It's a heartbreaking time for us all, and our kids, especially empathic and highly sensitive children, can feel the tension going on. While it's important to be honest about the reality of what's going on, I think we also need to protect them (and ourse...
2023-11-0411 min
Stepping into PurposeLiving From the Heart as a Highly Sensitive Person with Rain Elizabeth StickneyIn this episode, I talk to Rain Elizabeth Stickney, a beautiful human being who is the embodiment of someone living from their heart. Rain has her own healing practice, as well as being a meditation teacher and podcaster with her own show, Every Moment is Sacred. In this episode we talk about following our hearts to a point where we are each living our purpose, and our mutual excitement and curiosity for what the second half of life holds for each of us, as we both approach 50. We talk about ...
2023-09-2943 min
Stepping into PurposeHow To Know If You're A Highly Sensitive PersonHave you heard the term Highly Sensitive Person and wondered whether you were one too? In this episode, I outline the 5 top signs that you or a loved one might be a highly sensitive person - a common but little-known personality trait that affects up to 30 % of the population!Knowledge is empowering, and for me, knowing I was an HSP, explained a lot, and helped me truly accept this trait as the superpower it is. Share this episode with a friend or family member who you think might...
2023-09-1007 min
Stepping into PurposeTurning Your Grief into PurposeIn this episode, I talk to Amanda Kernahan - the perfect example of someone turning grief into purpose. Amanda shares her story of how life has unfolded for her, following a series of devastating losses in her family, and how she is turning grief into purpose,. By sharing her journey through a blog and the upcoming release of her first book, Amanda is making this difficult path easier for others, in this often closeted experience that we'll all have to navigate at some point in life. Af...
2023-08-1932 min
Stepping into PurposeHumaning Can Be Hard! Especially as a Highly Sensitive Person or Empath.For some of us, "humaning" can be hard! Especially if you're highly sensitive, an empath, or often feel that you're just not "of this world". Or all of the above, like me!While humaning can be hard, these days, I find it easier than ever before to do life on planet Earth. I see it as the gift that it is, but it's taken me many years, as well as self-acceptance, and tribe-building to get here! Not to mention developing a toolbelt of exercises and mindset shifts to work with when needed. ...
2023-08-0308 min
Stepping into PurposeThe Mind Is OUR Servant - Breaking free from Anxiety and OCD.The Mind is OUR Servant. Do you or your children get gripped in anxiety and worry? Suffer from intrusive thoughts and OCD? In this video, The Mind is OUR Servant, I share some of my childhood stories growing up as a highly sensitive, empath long before the term Highly Sensitive Person had been invented (not until I was 18!) I also struggled with anxiety, trauma, OCD, and was the biggest worrywart! Some of these traits are largely genetic - particularly OCD, and I'm reliving some of my e...
2023-07-2409 min
Stepping into PurposeMagic Treatment - The Transformative Power of CranioSacral TherapyIn this episode, I talk to Lisa Foster - a CranioSacral Therapist, who tells her story of how discovering this work has completely changed her life, from the inside out. Lisa shares how she could surrender to a much freer way of living through her work in the field, where she is a much happier person. Lisa has her own practice in Colorado, called Mapleton CranioSacral TherapyCheck out her website at www.mapletoncst.comFor a CranioSacral Therapist near you, check out the website Li...
2023-07-1537 min
Stepping into PurposeSurviving to Thriving Through Adversity with Darci Hawxhurst - Part 2Welcome to Episode 15 of the Stepping into Purpose Podcast! In this episode, I continue my conversation with Darci Hawxhurst - creator of the Vibrant Woman program, helping women recover from burnout and feel their most vital, vibrant selves in their bodies. Darci has an amazing story - from discovering she was pregnant as a college student and deciding to become a single mother, to the harrowing experience she went through, racing to the emergency room in the middle of the night with her 12 ...
2023-06-3033 min
Stepping into PurposeSurviving to Thriving Through Adversity with Darci Hawxhurst - Part 1Welcome to Episode 14 of the Stepping into Purpose Podcast! In this episode, I speak to Darci Hawxhurst, the creator of the Vibrant Woman program, helping women recover from burnout and feel their most vital, vibrant selves in their bodies. Darci has an amazing story - from discovering she was pregnant as a college student and deciding to become a single mother, to the harrowing experience she went through, racing to the emergency room in the middle of the night with her 12 day old baby who'd...
2023-06-2228 min
Stepping into PurposeEverything Happens For Our Highest Good (even when it doesn't feel like it!)In this solo minisode of "Stepping into Purpose," host Lydia Gillman dives deep into the profound belief that challenging times happen for the best. Drawing from personal experiences and insights, Lydia explores the transformative power of adversity and how it ultimately serves our highest good, even when it feels incredibly difficult.Join Lydia as she shares wisdom and practical advice on how to embrace and navigate tough times with grace and resilience. Discover how these ch...
2023-06-0908 min
Finally Get Pregnant Naturally: Holistic Fertility Support To Conceive Naturally and Stay Pregnant After Miscarriage#21 | 5 Ways Miscarriage Can Shift Your Perspective & Strengthen Intuition on Your Fertility JourneyIn this episode I interviewed Lydia Gillman, a mother of 2 and empowerment coach, she helps women step into their purpose, and live the life that they feel was meant for them, but perhaps wasn't a practical or safe option. We had a deep discussion on the journey to motherhood, and how living our purpose, and our full potential inspires our children to do the same. Gems from the episode:💎What is your purpose in life?💎“A reason or a season but not for a lifetime”💎Life experiences are stepping stones💎Our purpos...
2023-05-2443 min
Stepping into PurposeWE Are The Next Generation's Greatest InfluencersIn this solo episode, Lydia discusses her role as a mother and the importance of embracing her full potential. By doing so, she aims to inspire her children, particularly her daughter - it's said that as children reach puberty, they look to the same gendered parent to identify with and model themselves on. Drawing from personal experiences, Lydia expresses her strong desire to break the cycle of playing small. She shares anecdotes from her own childhood and her daughter's experiences to...
2023-05-1915 min
Stepping into PurposeManaging Our Energy & Nervous Systems as Empaths, People Pleasers & Perfectionists.In this episode, I am thrilled to meet Brenda Winkle, a coach, and healer that supports highly sensitive people, over-achievers, perfectionists, people pleasers, and empaths to set boundaries, protect their energy, and heal their nervous systems. As someone who has ticked almost all of those boxes over the course of my life, I got SO much out of our conversation. Understanding more about what makes up a Highly Sensitive Person, (including that the term wasn't even invented u...
2023-04-1544 min
Stepping into PurposeFinding Purpose and Your Best Self Through MotherhoodIn this episode, I talk to Ruthie Silver, host of the Talk Mommy To Me podcast, about her mission to raise women, particularly mothers, to escape the hot mess mom identity, and continue to follow their purpose beyond motherhood. We talk about how we both shared the experience of feeling intimidated when people talked about following your purpose and passion, as we thought there was something wrong with us that it wasn't really obvious what that was. It turns out that the same Super Soul Sunda...
2023-04-0937 min
Stepping into PurposeLove and Fear Can't Co-exist - We Get to Choose.In this solo minisode, Lydia shares her history of anxiety, and growing up as a highly sensitive person twenty years before the term was even coined. Sharing how this held her back from living life fully for many years, she talks about the catalyst which helped her reframe this condition, and the tool she uses now, to get her out of an anxious state. Thanks for listening!Please share this episode with someone you think might benefit.As always, thanks to Purple Planet for the tunes!
2023-03-3109 min
Stepping into PurposeGuilt Release Clearing & Golden Egg Protection Meditation with Michelle ClarkeIn this episode, Michelle Clarke - Soul-led Business Coach and Energy Maverick of Empowerment Empires takes us through a beautiful and POWERFUL Guilt Release Clearing and Golden Egg Protection meditation, Having had many successful businesses and an MBA, Michelle comes with a business pedigree and is also super spiritual and psychic.Her specialty is merging the "Woo with the Do", helping soul-led entrepreneurs build systems and structure into their aligned businesses, enabling greater p...
2023-03-1823 min
Stepping into PurposeMerging the Woo with the Do as a Soul-led Entrepreneur with Michelle ClarkeIn this episode, I talk to Michelle Clarke - Soul-led Business Coach and Energy Maverick of Empowerment Empires. Having had many successful businesses and an MBA, Michelle comes with a business pedigree and is also super spiritual and psychic. Her specialty is merging the "Woo with the Do", helping soul-led entrepreneurs build systems and structure into their aligned businesses, enabling greater profits and success. Michelle also offers energy-clearing sessions, and comes highly recommended a...
2023-03-1725 min
Stepping into PurposeLiving our Life as a Celebration of the DivineRecording this episode with Jen Fedorowicz was really an actual experience of the subject matter we were discussing - a celebration of being divine consciousness in a human body. Jen has a super high frequency, and even connecting with her in a zoom call, halfway around the world, for this interview, I felt such a shift in my own energy. It should come as no surprise then, that Jen is a Bioenergetic Energy Healer, Transformational Coach, and Spiritual Mentor.She holds certifications in ...
2023-02-2534 min
Stepping into PurposeNavigating our Human Lives as Spiritual BeingsThis episode with Cynthia Martin from Lumiere Energy Healing is about navigating our day-to-day lives as Spiritual beings having a very human experience on planet Earth!Cynthia and I discuss the parallels in our lives, from being on a self-discovery journey for 30-plus years to our roles as mothers and wives with very un "woo" husbands!Cynthia works as a Spiritual Awakening & Higher Mind Mastery Coach who specializes in integrative energy medicine and neuro-somatic healing to empower cons...
2023-02-1830 min
Stepping into PurposeLetting Go of Internal and External Clutter with Debbie McAllisterThis episode is with Debbie McAllister, a Breakthrough Catalyst Coach and host of the Light Up Your Worth podcast. Her superpower is helping others see their inner worth, reconnect with their true selves, and leaning into their why. She guides spiritually curious women to release their mental & emotional blocks that keep them stuck so they can discover the unbelievable resources within themselves, ignite their light, and empower them in building a consciously intentional radiant lif...
2023-02-1050 min
Stepping into PurposeConquering the Fear of VisibilityIn this solo episode, Lydia shares how she identified how her fear of visibility was blocking a lot of forward movement in her business and life. Taking the uncomfortable action which stands between where you are and where you want to be, is crucial on the path of evolving into your full potential, and being aware of what your particular block is, is half of the battle. The second half is being prepared to do whatever it takes to conquer it! Often it only takes ten seconds of courage to do th...
2023-01-2914 min
Stepping into PurposeCoping with Fertility Struggles on the Path to MotherhoodDr Katie Wood joins me in today's episode where we dive deep into the struggles many of us face in the pursuit of motherhood - Fertility challenges, miscarriage, surrendering our perception of the timing of our journey to motherhood, in whatever form that might take. Katie is a pharmacist and holistic fertility coach, who saw the need for support for supposedly healthy women experiencing fertility struggles, as she was going through them herself. Katie is passionate about supporti...
2023-01-1943 min
Stepping into PurposeSharing Your Authentic Voice in Your Brand MessageIn this episode, Lydia talks to Betsy Way, a brand and messaging strategist who works with new and aspiring entrepreneurs who want to bring their whole heart-centred selves into their business. Betsy had a very successful career in corporate America, developing message and content strategies for fortune 100 companies, but felt an undeniable feeling that she was meant for more. She launched her business "Storywell by Betsy" after the pandemic gave her a wake-up call that it was time to follow ...
2023-01-1127 min
Stepping into PurposeStepping into Purpose - TrailerStepping into purpose is a weekly show with Empowerment Coach Lydia Gillman, about following the call to find your highest purpose and live the life your soul intended.Searching for her own higher calling, Lydia finally found it in midlife, and with a little wink from the Universe, that passion is to help other women find their highest purpose and live the life their souls intended. The Stepping into Purpose podcast shares stories and interviews from inspiring people from around the glob...
2022-12-3101 min