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Moon + FireThe Hidden Cost of 'I'm Fine': Why Performing Wholeness Keeps You StuckYou smile and say "I'm fine" even when you're exhausted, foggy, and barely holding it together. You show up like everything's under control even when you feel completely untethered. This is what I call "performing wholeness," and research shows it comes with real costs: lower emotional well-being, diminished self-esteem, and reduced connection in relationships.In this episode, I explore why we perform wholeness, what it actually costs us, and why this pattern might be keeping you stuck in transformation that could happen much faster. I share the research on emotional suppression and authenticity, and reveal what becomes...
2025-12-1812 minMoon + FireThe Sacred Already Here: Bread, Wine, and the Magic of the OrdinaryCheck Out & Support the Bread + Wine deck at www.wholeandwild.com/bread-and-wine-deckWe've been told to "re-enchant" the world —to add magic back, create extraordinary experiences, seek the sacred elsewhere. But what if that's backwards?In this episode, I share the story behind my new project, the bread + wine deck, and explore a truth I've carried my whole life: the world was never disenchanted. We simply stopped seeing the enchantment that was always here.I'll share about living at the intersection of the mundane and the holy, and how this 64-card deck invites us...
2025-11-2420 minMoon + FireSacred Descent: The Power of Being With, Not In Control with Raphaëlle NormandinEpisode Show Notes Can be found at: www.wholeandwild.com/blog/2025/11/14/feeling-medicineIn this powerful conversation, Emily sits down with Raphaëlle Normandin to explore what it means to initiate back into our bodies—not through performance or perfection, but through sensation, slowness, and shadow. Raphaëlle shares her journey of being cracked wide open at her son's birth, describing it as a sacred descent and unraveling from who she had been into who she was becoming.You'll discover why everything we're feeling is not too much but our medicine, how to shift from being in c...
2025-11-1435 minMoon + FireWe Were Meant for Village: Creating Community Through Being, Not Doing with Emily Race-NewmarkEpisode show notes available at: www.wholeandwild.com/blog/2025/11/14/exhaustion-of-independenceIn this inspiring conversation, Emily sits down with Emily Race-Newmark to explore "revillaging"—the practice of returning to a village paradigm and creating the community connection we're truly meant for. Emily shares her beautiful story of trusting intuition to find their home, including the moment she felt nudged to make muffins for neighbors, which led to discovering their perfect house through prayer, ritual, and following sacred inner wisdom.You'll discover why community building is more about who we're being than what we're doing, how revillaging is...
2025-11-0733 minMoon + FireBraiding Resonance Into Your Days: Making Sacred Work AccessibleWhat if your most powerful spiritual practice didn't require carved-out time, but instead happened while you're brushing your teeth, making your morning tea, or driving to work?In this episode, I explore the practice of "layering"—bringing intention and awareness to the activities you're already doing every day. Drawing on my childhood love of making "soups" from gathered ingredients, I share how to take the raw materials of your ordinary moments and infuse them with meaning.You'll learn specific practices for stirring intention into your beverages, braiding awareness into your hair, weaving resonance into transitions, an...
2025-10-3030 minMoon + FireThe Resonance Within: Why Your Most Productive Work Feels Like Doing NothingTo learn more about 'Sacred Passage' visit www.wholeandwild.com/sacred-passage-workshopEpisode Show Notes & Resource Guide are here: https://www.wholeandwild.com/blog/2025/10/24/the-quiet-revolutionYou've been taught that real work is measurable, visible, productive. But what about the work of attuning to your deepest purpose? What about pausing to ask "does this resonate?" before saying yes?In this episode, I explore why resonance work—the practice of recognizing your body's wisdom about what aligns with your purpose—isn't a luxury but the most productive work available to you. I address the real systemic barr...
2025-10-2422 min
The Cycle Codes (The PMDD Podcast)Uncaging the Wild Woman Within — Cyclical Living, Intuition & Aliveness with Emily Bailey from Whole & WildIn this soul-stirring episode, I’m joined by Emily from Whole & Wild, a professional coach helping women uncage their intuition and reclaim their bigness.We dive deep into the four feminine archetypes — Maiden, Mother, Wild Woman, and Crone — and how understanding these cyclical energies can reconnect you to your body’s natural rhythm and wisdom.Emily shares her personal story of “caging” her intuition, the moment she chose to live wild and free, and the powerful metaphor of the wolves returning to Yellowstone — a story that mirrors what happens when we reintroduce our own inner wild...
2025-10-2040 minMoon + FireMatrescence: The Sacred Journey of Becoming a Mother with Samantha FeastIn this profound conversation, Emily sits down with Samantha Feast to explore matrescence—the often forgotten wisdom of transitioning into and living the journey of motherhood. Samantha shares her transformative experience of being nine months postpartum, feeling lost and anxious, and discovering through feminine embodiment coaching that "returning to the feminine feels like home." She opens up about how this journey has been a deepening, again and again, over seven years.You'll discover why understanding matrescence reveals the cyclical nature of motherhood—how our brains are literally rewired during pregnancy and birth to constantly learn and grow with...
2025-10-1738 minMoon + FireYour Body is So Smart: Learning to Listen to Its Wisdom with Adriana TantauIn this transformative conversation, Emily sits down with Adriana Tantau to explore what it means to truly listen to your body's wisdom. Adriana shares her powerful journey of discovering body awareness at age 35 when she became sober and was diagnosed with Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD). She opens up about how her meditation practice became essential for navigating PMDD and reconnecting with her body's intelligence, and how this reconnection after giving birth helped her feel her power come back online—like finding her compass again.You'll discover why learning to listen to your body prevents burnout while creating su...
2025-10-0832 minMoon + FireThe Habits You Can't See: Why Your Invisible Patterns Are Keeping You ExhaustedEpisode Show Notes & Resource Guide can be found HEREYou meditate, journal, meal prep, and follow all the wellness advice. You're checking every box. So why do you feel so depleted?In this episode, I explore the crucial distinction between visible habits (the routines we track and optimize) and invisible habits (the unconscious patterns that are actually exhausting us). Through examples from my work as a ritual and rhythm coach, I reveal how women unknowingly override their body's wisdom, force rhythms that no longer serve them, and perform productivity instead of honoring their natural presence.
2025-10-0217 min
Create the Space with Cody MaherREWILDING with Emily BaileyEmily's Signature work, Rewilded, is open for enrollment until the end of this week at midnight! She is offering a 20% discount to you listeners - Just mention " Create the space" when you sign up for your free Rewilded Resonance Session. Her Website is www.wholeandwild.com/rewilded
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2025-09-2345 minMoon + FireEmbodied Intelligence Activation: Shake Loose What's Keeping You SmallWhat happens when you stop analyzing your way to decisions and start trusting your body's wisdom? In this powerful recorded session, I guide women through movement, joy, and sacred silliness to shake loose the calcified stories that keep us playing small.This isn't just about dancing—it's about accessing the embodied intelligence that knows what your mind hasn't figured out yet. We explore how old stories pile up like clutter we step over daily, and how movement can literally shake free what no longer serves.Perfect for any woman ready to make decisions from aliveness in...
2025-09-1949 minMoon + FireYour Natural Becoming: There's Nothing Wrong with YouA conversation with Yvette TrujilloIn this powerful conversation, Emily sits down with Yvette Trujillo to explore a revolutionary message: there is nothing wrong with you—you are simply in your natural becoming. Yvette shares her journey of learning to honor how she shows up while navigating major life transitions, including stepping into her dream career and managing a chronic autoimmune condition.You'll discover how to shift from fighting your natural rhythms to embracing them, practice self-mastery through catching limiting thought patterns, and why true success looks nothing like what we've been taught. Yvette opens up...
2025-09-1030 minMoon + FireREWILDED Client Panel - Real Stories of Reclaiming Your Wild AuthorityThis special episode features a recording of our live client panel where women who are currently in or have completed my REWILDED coaching experience—a 6.5-month journey of identity reclamation where you welcome back the exiled parts of yourself and restore your inner landscape—share their raw, authentic transformation stories.Join me and these courageous women as they discuss what life was like before reclaiming their wild authority, the surprising moments of breakthrough during their journey, and how they move through the world differently now. This isn't about polished testimonials—it's honest truth-telling about what it really looks...
2025-09-0438 minMoon + FireHolding Space: The Forgotten Power of Conscious TouchFollowing my grandmother's recent funeral, I was reminded of humanity's most ancient healing tool - the transformative power of conscious embrace. In this episode, I explore the fascinating science behind why some hugs feel life-changing while others feel perfunctory.Discover how your heart generates an electromagnetic field measurable several meters away, why 20 seconds of genuine touch can rewire your nervous system, and how conscious embrace triggers a biochemical symphony that reduces stress hormones while increasing connection. I'll share the Coherence Embrace ritual - a simple practice for bringing more healing touch into your daily life....
2025-07-1617 minMoon + FireSacred Fire and Shadow: The Medicine of Holy RageIn this powerful episode, I explore the profound difference between holy rage and petty anger, and why understanding this distinction is crucial for women reclaiming their complete wholeness. Discover how anger exists on a sacred spectrum—from righteous fury that disrupts unjust systems to petty irritation that simply wants to vent without purpose.I share why all emotions, including our fiercest ones, are valuable messengers and how the parts of ourselves we've been taught to suppress are often exactly what's required for our most potent joy and flourishing. Learn to distinguish between sacred rage that serves love an...
2025-07-0912 minMoon + FirePorch Talk: A Root & Ritual PreviewTo learn more about Root & Ritual, visit www.wholeandwild.com/root-and-ritualStep onto my virtual porch for this special preview of Root & Ritual - the sacred community I'm birthing for women ready to honor life's transitions with intention and grace.In this intimate Porch Talk, I share the deeper why behind this work: how we've lost the ancient art of rites of passage that once held women through life's most potent thresholds. Too many of us get stuck in the in-between spaces, able to taste our next chapter but unable to cross into it.
2025-07-021h 03Moon + FireGenuine Community: Finding Your Place in the Seasons of ConnectionFor details about the Root & Ritual Community, visit www.wholeandwild.com/root-and-ritualIn this special episode, I explore M. Scott Peck's profound stages of community development and how understanding these phases can transform your relationships and sense of belonging. Discover the four natural stages that all meaningful communities move through - from pseudocommunity through chaos to emptiness and finally to authentic community - and learn to recognize where you are in this sacred journey within your most important connections.I also share an exciting announcement about Root & Ritual, a new community I'm launching for women...
2025-06-2617 minMoon + FireYour Hunger is Holy: Reclaiming Body Wisdom and Sacred AppetiteEpisode Show Notes & Resources can be found HEREIn this powerful conversation, Emily sits down with Carolina Forman to explore the revolutionary idea that our hunger is not something to fear or control, but something sacred to honor. Carolina shares her journey into body liberation work and how disentangling from diet culture is part of breaking free from larger oppressive systems that disconnect women from their innate wisdom.You'll discover why reconnecting with your hunger is a primal, ritual experience that connects you to your body's intelligence, how to distinguish between cultural messaging about food...
2025-06-1837 minMoon + FireStory-Hopping: The Sacred Art of Leaving Old Logic BehindAccess this episode's show notes & resource guide HEREExplore the fascinating phenomenon of "story-hopping" - what happens when we cross from one season of life into another but continue operating with the logic of our old narrative in the landscape of our new one. I share how to recognize when you're applying outdated patterns to new circumstances and offer practical guidance for discerning the emerging logic that will serve your authentic becoming. Discover why the behaviors that once served you brilliantly might now be limiting your growth, and learn the sacred art of releasing old operating systems...
2025-06-1121 minMoon + FireBurnout as Sacred MessengerEpisode Show Notes & Resource Guide are HEREWhat if burnout isn't about giving too much, but about trying to give what you don't actually possess? In this episode, I explore Parker Palmer's revolutionary insight that burnout reveals "the nothingness from which we were trying to give in the first place."I'll share why burnout signals we've been offering false gifts - presents that look like love but come from our need to prove ourselves rather than authentic care. We'll explore the difference between giving from our organic reality versus forcing gifts that aren't truly ours...
2025-06-0426 minMoon + FireAuthentic Confidence: How Living Your Values Transforms Decision-Making with Ali RayfieldTo Register for Ali's Free Confidence Catalyst Workshop, visit www.aliray.com/confidenceIn this heartfelt conversation, Emily sits down with coach Ali Rayfield to explore what it truly means to build confidence from the inside out. Ali shares her journey from defining her worth through external achievement to discovering the confidence that comes from making decisions aligned with her deepest values.You'll discover how to distinguish between confidence rooted in performance versus confidence born from authenticity, practical tools for making values-based decisions even when they feel uncomfortable, and why embracing your full range—both so...
2025-05-2837 minMoon + FireThe Sacred Dance: Understanding Masculine and Feminine EnergyEpisode 12 Show Notes & Resource Guide are HERE---In "The Sacred Dance: Understanding Masculine and Feminine Energy," I explore the essential balance between "go" and "flow" energies that exist within all of us, regardless of gender. Discover how masculine pathways—characterized by action, drive, and linear progress—complement feminine pathways marked by mystery, soul time, and intuitive trust. Learn why suppressed energies don't disappear but emerge in distorted forms, and how our Western culture's imbalance affects our wellbeing. This episode offers practical ways to invite more balance into your life, honoring both the fire and the...
2025-05-2126 minMoon + FireThe Slow Magic of Rhythm: How Sacred Practice Shapes Your BecomingIn this episode, Emily explores how our daily practices quietly but powerfully shape not just what we do, but what we desire and who we become. Discover how unconscious routines create hidden "liturgies" that form your life, and learn how intentional ritual rhythms can transform your deepest longings and sense of self. This episode reveals the sacred alchemy of practice—how small, consistent rituals create profound shifts over time through what Emily calls "the slow magic of rhythm." Includes a practical guide for creating your own transformative sacred liturgy and entering the eternal cycle of becoming.Access Show Notes & Episode 11 Resource G
2025-05-1421 minMoon + FireThe Sacred Surrender: Opening to What You're Longing ForIn this transformative episode, I explore the counterintuitive wisdom of surrender as a powerful access point to what we're truly longing for. Drawing from my experience as a threshold walker—someone who helps women cross from one season of life to the next—I share how surrendering isn't about giving up, but about opening to a larger reality beyond our own striving. Discover how gratitude practices can shift your relationship with control, creating space for unexpected gifts to enter. Learn why neuroscience shows that loosening our grip on specific outcomes actually expands our perception and creativity. Through practical rituals and...
2025-05-0721 minMoon + FireStorm Truth: Rebirth ModeJoin me for a special episode featuring the complete Storm Truth: Rebirth Mode workshop—born from my own "death portal" experience during Easter weekend. Discover how to transform life's chaos into fuel for your clearest truth-speaking, with practical nervous system anchoring tools that make expressing your unshakable voice not just possible, but inevitable. Learn how to harness the wisdom of life-death-rebirth cycles in your own journey, and experience real-time demonstrations of how to remain rooted in your truth even when worlds storm around you. This raw, immediate wisdom emerged from my recent threshold crossing and offers practical techniques for an...
2025-04-3056 minMoon + FireReclaiming Your Scattered Powers: The Medicine of RewildingFREE Pop-Up Workshop - Storm Truth: Rebirth ModeIn this intimate episode, I explore how the fragmentation of our authentic selves leads to scattered personal power and disconnection from our deepest wisdom. Through sharing my own journey of reclaiming a fragmented part of myself, I reveal how limiting beliefs create internal divisions that separate us from our wholeness. You'll discover how the rewilding process creates a sacred container where all aspects of your being can return home, transforming "either/or" thinking into "both/and" wholeness. I offer a simple yet profound practice for welcoming a fragmented part...
2025-04-2323 minMoon + FireEmotional Regulation as Sacred Practice: A Conversation with Jessy Pearson CheneyJoin Emily Bailey in this illuminating conversation with Jessy Pearson Cheney about the intersection of emotional healing and cyclical wisdom. Discover how our bodies store emotions, why processing these feelings doesn't require reliving trauma, and practical techniques for nervous system regulation. Learn how emotional healing creates space for reconnecting with your natural rhythms and intuitive knowing. This episode offers compassionate insights into transforming stored emotions into doorways for greater self-understanding and embodied wisdom.Show Notes & Episode Resource Guide are HERE
2025-04-1636 minMoon + FireAt Home in Your Wholeness: Reclaiming the Full Spectrum of Your BeingRegister for the FREE "Storm Truth" Workshop on April 16th at 10 AM Eastern: https://www.wholendwild.com/storm-truth-workshop"At Home in Your Wholeness: Reclaiming the Full Spectrum of Your Being"What does it truly mean for a woman to be "at home in herself"? In this episode, Emily Bailey explores the radical journey of creating a sanctuary for your complete self—honoring both your light and shadow, your full emotional spectrum, your authentic desires, and the unique dance of feminine and masculine energies within you. Discover why this homecoming is the essential foundation for living fr...
2025-04-0922 minMoon + FireThe Sacred Medicine of Ritual: Honoring Transitions and Awakening WisdomEpisode 5 Show Notes & Resource Guide Available HEREIn this episode, I explore the transformative power of ritual medicine—the intentional practice of creating sacred ceremony to honor life's transitions, restore natural rhythms, and awaken dormant wisdom. Discover the four-pillar Sacred Rhythms Ritual Medicine Framework that guides you through remembering your cyclical nature, restoring sacred rest, reclaiming your power, and rising into your fullest expression. Learn how ritual creates profound neurological and physiological shifts, and gain practical tools to create simple yet powerful ceremonies that support your cyclical wisdom. This episode offers both ancestral knowledge and modern science to...
2025-04-0222 minMoon + FireThe Way of the Steward: Reclaiming Sacred LeadershipIn this second installment of our two-part exploration, I guide you through the practical application of stewardship as a pathway to reclaiming your cyclical wisdom and radiant power. Discover how stewardship manifests uniquely through each phase of your cycle – from the deep listening of Crone, to the nurturing energy of Maiden, the collaborative power of Mother, and the truth-telling discernment of Wild Woman.I share five tangible practices to shift from management to stewardship in your daily life, including body awareness techniques, questioning expectations, and building trust through small experiments. Learn how integrating these practices with your cy...
2025-03-2638 minMoon + FireThe Management Trap: Recognizing What Holds Us BackIn this first installment of a two-part exploration, I dive into what I call "the management trap" – that tendency so many women have to control, orchestrate, and micromanage every aspect of our lives. Discover how this management mindset creates tension in our bodies, disconnects us from our cyclical nature, and often stems from deeper fears of inadequacy or isolation.I share a personal story about my own recent awakening to this pattern and introduce Robert Greenleaf's servant leadership framework as a pathway toward a different way of being. Learn the difference between egocentric leadership, patronizing leadership, and th...
2025-03-1930 minMoon + FireRemembering Our Cyclical NatureIn this illuminating episode, I guide you deeper into understanding the sacred rhythms that flow through every woman. Discover how our bodies naturally align with the 28-day lunar cycle and what becomes possible when we honor these innate patterns instead of forcing ourselves into society's linear, solar-based rhythms.Journey through the four distinct phases of your cycle - Crone, Maiden, Mother, and Wild Woman - and learn how each carries unique gifts, wisdom, and medicine. Explore practical ways to track and honor your personal cyclical fingerprint, whether you menstruate regularly, irregularly, or not at all....
2025-03-1232 minMoon + FireSacred Beginnings: Introducing Moon + FireIn this inaugural episode, Emily Bailey opens the door to a new way of living - one that honors both rhythm and wildness. Discover why our society's solar-based patterns often leave women feeling disconnected from their natural wisdom, and what becomes possible when we remember our cyclical nature. Learn about the ancient practice of ritual medicine and how it can transform your relationship with time, energy, and purpose. Episode includes a guided allowing practice to begin reconnecting with your sacred rhythms.Join us for this first step in remembering the wisdom that lives in...
2025-03-0521 min
Personal Development Trailblazers PodcastRe-Wild Yourself As A Woman with Emily BaileyWelcome to the Personal Development Trailblazers Podcast! In this episode, we dive into re-wilding yourself as a woman.
Hi! I’m Emily. As a certified coach and former professional coaching instructor, I have built my expertise through thousands of hours working with women on themes of awakening dulled senses, recovering intuition, changing the story they are living, and reclaiming their natural feminine radiance. I help women overcome the burnout and overwhelm that is keeping them small to reclaim their natural power and radiance so that they can live their most compelling, flourishing life.
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2024-06-0722 min