Return to Wholeness
66 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsWelcome to Return to Wholeness, a podcast for women who previously believed in dogma; whether that’s religion, diets or ideology, who found that they needed to fragment themselves and live into the expectations of others in order to feel safe in that environment and truly belong.
Through powerful conversations, as well as my own personal musings, this podcast is intended to help you call back those fragmented parts of yourself so that you can integrate the fullness of who you are as a spiritual being, having a human experience (or is it the other way around).
In this space we love to explore the grey. The nuance. The complexity. Because this is where YOUR magic truly lies.
My name is Holly Toronto and I am an Embodiment Coach + Spiritual Mentor. I help women stop living their lives through the lens of other’s expectations of beauty, belief or behavior so that they can live their life from a place of Wholeness, fully aligned with the truth of who they are.
I’m so glad you’re here and I’m excited to explore these topics with you.
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EP 66: Nurture and Nourish Podcast, Releasing The Inner Good Girl
September 05, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 43.2 MBToday I'm sharing my interview from Anna Anderson's podcast, Nurture and Nourish. She is also a former guest on RTW, episode 36. This is also the final interview I have planned for maternity leave. Stay tuned for what is next with Return to Wholeness. Here's what we talk about in this episode: Self objectification and getting curious about WHY body shame is so pervasive in our society Learning to see other people and ourselves as whole humans beyond just their appearance The...
EP 65: Empowered Curiosity Podcast, Uncaging the Good Girl
August 22, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 57.1 MBToday I'm sharing my 2nd interview from Kat Lee's podcast, Empowered Curiosity. She is also a 2 time guest on RTW (Episode 1 + 51). Kat gives me space to talk about what it was like to share my "This Might Get Me Cancelled Episode" - which was my first public action of uncaging the good girl. You can listen to the episode here: http://www.hollytoronto.com/podcast-11.html Here's what we talk about: Getting to the root cause of good girl programming Trading one fundamentalism ...
EP 64: Break Free From Binge Eating Podcast, Overcoming Good Girl Programming
August 08, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 44.8 MBToday I'm sharing my interview from the Break Free From Binge Eating Podcast with my friend, Victoria Kleinsman. This episode is so dynamic, here's what we cover: The dangers of us vs them mentality The intersection of good girl programming and body shame The practice of order/disorder/reorder in our healing processes Body image as a gateway into deeper healing Reclaiming our inherent goodness Learning to use our voices and speak our truth Click the links below to c...
EP 63: The Babesment Podcast, Dealing With Female Adult Acne
July 25, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 50.3 MBToday I'm sharing my 2nd interview on the Babesment Podcast with Julie Ohlemacher, Stef Streb and my co-guest Catherina Dimarzo. In this episode, we explore the experience of acne and other skin issues and how that impacts how we see ourselves. Listen to more Babesment Episodes here: https://thebabesment.com/episodes Click here to learn connect with Julie and Stef: https://www.instagram.com/julie.ohlemacher/ https://www.instagram.com/stefstreb/ Sign up for the RTW Playlist here: htt...
EP 62: Weighing In On Happy Podcast, The Intersection of Purity + Diet Culture
July 11, 2022 12:00 - 46 minutes - 31.6 MBToday I'm sharing my interview from Victoria Evan's Podcast, Weighing In On Happy. We talk about the parallels between religious purity culture and diet culture - mainly how both police women and their bodies. We also talk about the ego-shattering experience that often comes along with body image healing. Learn more about Victoria and her work here: https://www.instagram.com/victoriaevansofficial/ https://www.victoriaevansofficial.com/blog/ Sign up for the RTW Playlist here: ...
EP 61: Mind Body Strong Podcast, The Intersection of Body Image + Spirituality
June 27, 2022 12:00 - 40 minutes - 27.7 MBToday I'm in conversation with Katie Pijanowski of Mind Body Strong Podcast talking about the intersection of spirituality and body image healing. Click here to learn more about Katie + her work: https://www.instagram.com/katiepijanowski/ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mind-and-body-strong/id1419114254 Sign up for the RTW Playlist here: https://mailchi.mp/0faf62a7a25a/b8stn2v3w4
EP 60: Empowered Curiosity Podcast, Dismantling Body Shame
June 13, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 65.9 MBToday I'm sharing one of my interviews from Kat Lee's podcast, Empowered Curiosity. Kat is a 2 time previous guest on RTW, episode 1 + 51. In this episode, we go in depth into the 4 pillars of body image healing (the same pillars that Julie and I use to support our Homecoming Clients): Awareness Resilience Nourishment Sovereignty Learn more about Kat + her work here: https://www.instagram.com/empoweredcuriosity/ https://www.empoweredcuriosity.com/blog Sign up for the RTW Playl...
EP 59: Just Realized Podcast, The 5 Manifestations of the Compliant Woman
May 30, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 54.3 MBToday I'm sharing my interview from Katie Allen's Just Realized Podcast and it's FIRE. We got deep into the 5 manifestations of the compliant woman and explore the very primal reason why women are more prone to obedience. You can connect with Katie and listen to more of her podcast using the links below: IG: @katieallenstylist email: [email protected] website: https://katiejuststyled.com/ style syncing guide: https://katiejuststyled.com/freebie Podcast: https://podcasts.app...
EP 58: Her Return Podcast, The Good Girl Archetype
May 16, 2022 12:00 - 51 minutes - 35.1 MBToday I'm sharing an interview I did on Lindsey Curtis's podcast, Her Return. Lindsey is also a former guest on Return to Wholeness (EP 22- go check her out!) In this episode, we unpack good girl programming and becoming the granter of your own goodness. Here is the link to the episode that Lindsey mentions during the interview: https://www.herreturn.com/single-post/episode-8-valuing-the-yin Also, here is her website so you can learn more about her work: www.HerReturn.com ...
EP 57: The Babesment Podcast, Purity Culture + The Pure Foods Movement
May 02, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 53.3 MBIn today's episode, I'm sharing an interview that I did on the Babesment Podcast with Julie Ohlemacher and Stef Streb. This interview was the very first time I shared about my experience growing up in purity culture and the realization that my relationship with food and body had been dramatically influenced by this movement. Listen to more Babesment Episodes here: https://thebabesment.com/episodes Sign up for the RTW Playlist here: https://mailchi.mp/0faf62a7a25a/b8stn2v3w4
EP 54: Living a Ritualistic Life with Mara Branscombe
April 11, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 57.5 MB**This will be our final interview before I go on Maternity Leave** Be sure to tune in to hear about what you can expect from RTW while I'm bonding with my baby and not releasing any new episodes. This week's interview with Mara Branscombe is so powerful as we delve deeply into what it means to live a ritualistic life. Here's what we discuss: Mara's experience of fragmentation that began with her "settling down" from her nomadic lifestyle to continue the family legacy ...
EP 53: Releasing the Weird Wound with Jessica Hans-Smolin
April 04, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 64.3 MBLet's face it, we all feel a little bit weird from time to time. Usually the parts of ourselves that we feel are weird are the parts we desperately try to hide or entirely fragment. Yet what if within your weirdness there was untapped potential, gifts and talents? This is exactly what today's guest, Jessica Hans-Smolin, believes. She believes that our weirdness isn't something to hide but instead is something that can be used to guide us towards the fullest expression of who we a...
EP 52: Working With Your Human Design with Erin Claire Jones
March 28, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 41.5 MBI can't wait for you to meet Erin Claire Jones! She is someone who has taught me so much about the powerful, helpful tool of Human Design. Whether you're a Human Design aficionado, novice or are completely clueless about what it is, I think you'll enjoy this conversation as Erin offers a unique and empowering take. She is also offering 10% a Human Design Blueprint with code WHOLENESS. Here's what we discuss: Erin's journey to find balance between her need for rest and ...
EP 51: Cultivating Inner Safety with Kat Lee
March 21, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 59.5 MBHappy 1 Year Anniversary of Return to Wholeness! I couldn't think of a better way to celebrate this year of co-creating this podcast than to bring our first guest and my friend, Kat Lee. This conversation is reflective of the ways that both of us have evolved and grown, continuing to call back our own fragmented parts, over this past year. Here's what we discuss: Kat's journey with creating inner safety and how that has improved her relationships and opened her about to new, pla...
EP 50: Embracing The Mother Body with Bergen Hyde
March 18, 2022 03:50 - 1 hour - 54 MBThis episode with Bergen Hyde, The Dark Night Doula, is so powerful as we explore in-depth the journey of maiden to mother through the lens of our ever-changing bodies. Here's what we discuss: Bergen's journey into motherhood that she felt was lacking in true initiation and how that impacted her experience through birth and actually becoming a mom How she's learned to naturally navigate "Dark Night of the Soul" experiences in her life The spectrum of martyr to warrior that many wome...
EP 49: You Are Sufficient with Monica Rodgers
March 07, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 44.5 MBMeet Monica Rodgers. She is a tireless advocate for the full actualization of women, inspiring women everywhere that saying “YES to the MESS” is the missing link to self-love and personal awakening. This episode is so powerful as we explore what it means to move beyond external measures of value and worth into rooted sufficiency within ourselves. Here's what we cover: The root of fragmentation being a choice between being loved and abandoning ourselves What Monica refers to as the unbec...
EP 48: From Anxious to Aligned with Loren Cellentani
February 28, 2022 13:00 - 51 minutes - 35.3 MBToday I'm in conversation with Loren Cellentani, recovering perfectionist, host of the top rated podcast, Witchy Wellness Radio and a Holistic Health Coach. Loren has a history of navigating and overcoming chronic anxiety and she generously offered her perspective and tools to the Return to Wholeness listeners. Here's what we discuss: Loren's history with chronic anxiety attacks that stemmed from living a life of "shoulds" How comfort might be a sign that we are fragmentin...
EP 47: Opting Out of Us vs Them Mentality
February 21, 2022 13:00 - 59 minutes - 40.7 MBIt's almost a cliche at this point to talk about how polarized our society has become in the past decade. Many, it seems, would prefer that we remain bifurcated - especially those who profit and benefit from it. Yet there is a growing number of individuals who've decided enough is enough with us vs them, unjust labeling and censorship of those who differ. In this episode, I humbly offer my voice to this conversation because I truly believe that this level of polarization is leading us on...
EP 46: Holding Life Loosely with Julie Ohlemacher
February 14, 2022 13:00 - 50 minutes - 34.5 MBMy girl, Julie Ohlemacher, is hopping on to share some big happenings in her life which I'm absolutely thrilled about for her. Though this does mean that her regular appearances on Return to Wholeness will less frequent, we trust that both of our paths are leading us directly where we're intended to go. In this episode, Jules and I decided to let you get a sneak peek into some of our private conversations that we've been having over the past year as we navigate entrepreneurship, trusti...
EP 45: What Do You Choose with Health Coach Victoria Kleinsman
February 07, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 43.9 MBI'm THRILLED to introduce you to Victoria Kleinsman, Food Freedom and Body Image Coach. This conversation is very timely as so many women are navigating the body image struggles and feelings of failure that come up this time of year as yet another diet fails. Victoria has SUCH a powerful perspective on healing body image and a heroine's journey that will inspire you to step more fully into your worth and power. Here's what we cover: Victoria's journey navigating a vast spect...
EP 44: So...I'm Pregnant!
January 31, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 46.7 MBI'm so excited to share this news with you dear listeners! The week that I'm releasing this episode, I'll be 29 weeks. I chose to wait a long time to announce my pregnancy for many reasons, but the biggest one being that navigating pregnancy after loss is complicated. This episode is my most vulnerable yet where I'll be sharing about: My journey overcoming my resistance and limiting beliefs about motherhood My first pregnancy in April of 2021 that ended with a loss (I won't be going...
EP 43: Your Body is Your Business
January 24, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 52.9 MBDiet Culture is LOUD this time of year, calling all of us to embark on yet another diet or eating plan and we all know how this ends - with yet another failed attempt to lose weight. My girl Julie is joining me today to help propose a new path that invites you to consider what it would mean for you to ditch aesthetic related body goals in 2022 in favor of coming home to your body. The phrase "come home to your body" can seem elusive and that's because it's incredibly individualiz...
EP 42: Allowing Your Evolution with Stacey Brass Russell
January 17, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 45.8 MBToday I'm connecting with Life + Business Strategy Coach, Stacey Brass-Russell, who is also a friend and mentor of mine. Our conversation is far-reaching as we discuss the necessity of allowing our evolution and the power of discomfort to guide us to the next chapter of our lives. Here's what we discuss: Stacey's unique journey growing up in show business and trying to be everything everyone else wanted her to be Yoga as the practice that brought her back to herself How limiting th...
EP 41: The 7 Principles of Feminine Embodiment with Sigrid Tasies
January 10, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 49.7 MBToday I'm chatting with Embodiment and Leadership Master Coach, Author and Podcaster, Sigrid Tasies. Through out conversation, we covered so much ground and I feel like I got to explore my unanswered questions around why so many of us still feel like little girls in women's bodies. Here's what we discuss: Sigrid's experience of being aware of her depths has a child but feeling like she needed to fake shallowness in order to fit in Her realization that the parts of herself that she had...
EP 40: Money Wants to Take Care of You with Kaitlynn Newton
January 03, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 53.6 MBHappy New Year! We're kicking off 2022 with a powerful conversation around MONEY with Kaitlynn Newton. She shares a powerful perspective on money as masculine energy that wants to provide for us. Here's what we cover: Kaitlynn's experience of having different personalities depending on the social context The feeling of self betrayal we get when we agree with something we actually disagree with The evolutionary reason women tend to be more "agreeable" Money as ma...
EP 39: Let's Celebrate! End of Year Recap
December 20, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 62.3 MBMerry Christmas and Happy New Year my loves! We're doing something special for this episode. Join me for a trip down memory lane as I explore big takeaways and favorite moments from some episodes over this past year. Here are the links to listen to the full episode: Episode #1, Kat Lee: http://www.hollytoronto.com/po dcast-1.html Episode #6, Simi Botic: http://www.hollytoronto.com/podcast-6.html Episode #11, Yours Truly: http://www.hollytoronto.com/podcast-11.html E...
EP 38: What Taylor Swift Taught Us About The "Good Girl"
December 13, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 65.6 MBJulie + I are actually on FIRE in this episode talking about a Taylor Swift documentary, Ms. Americana, and the way it so beautifully articulates how good girl programming manifests itself. It almost feels like Julie + I let you in on our fiery private conversations where we explore nuances and our different ways of viewing a topic. Here's what we discuss: The need to be thought of as "good" being fuel for the compliant woman and living for praise Challenging circumstances in our life...
EP 37: How Body Image Is Impacted By Good Girl Programming
December 06, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 49.6 MBIt's just us today, loves, and I'm excited to take our conversation about good girl programming deeper by looking at how it intersects with body image. Or what I call the first manifestation of good girl/compliant woman programming. Here's what we cover in this episode: I share about my experience with insomnia over this past year and how I'm navigating it with more grace for myself Body image as the gateway into deeper connection to our feminine freedom How we often act out our goo...
EP 36: Growing Through Contrast with Anna Anderson
November 29, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 45.5 MBI'm so excited to introduce you to today's guest, Anna Anderson. She is a such a powerful example of the resilience that's built through rock bottom moments and how we can move beyond victimhood into empowerment. Here's what we discuss: Anna's journey of searching externally for worth throughout her entire life The life altering experience of becoming pregnant and subsequently single at 28 How alcohol became a way for her to cope with the pain of being a single mother who was unab...
Ep 35: How to Stay Peaceful With Food This Holiday Season with Julie
November 22, 2021 13:00 - 59 minutes - 40.6 MBThe holidays are upon us and diet culture is sure to rear its ugly head! Don't worry, love, Julie + I got your back with this episode where we share our key learnings on what NOT to do and what TO do this holiday season to ensure you stay peaceful and present. Bare with us with our 10 minute random (yet important rant) about vulnerability porn and being mindful to not profit off of our pain on social media. We also discuss: From eating to the point of sickness to under-eating to...
EP 34: Confessions of a Compliant Woman Part 2
November 15, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 50 MBJoin me for my first solo episode since the summer where I'm trying something new and outside of my comfort zone - recording a whole episode without having my words carefully planned. This episode is raw, vulnerable and one of my favorite solo episodes thus far. Here's what we cover: How I'm letting go of the script and learning to trust myself An overview of the compliant woman archetype and why I'm using this term instead of "good girl program The 5 manifestations of the c...
EP 33: Communicating Through Your Personal Style with Katie Allen
November 08, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 44.6 MBToday I'm in conversation with Style Coach, Katie Allen talking about how to style yourself according to your core values. It's such a fresh perspective on fashion that allows us to value the whole of a human being first and allow style to communicate that. Here's what we discuss: How Katie fragmented her love of fashion by taking a safe job and focusing on checking all of the "right boxes" Her journey to reconnecting to her passion and becoming a style coach Fashion and personal styl...
EP 32: Healing Your Body Through Movement with Erica Ziel
November 01, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 41.3 MBJoin me for a powerful body-based conversation with Erica Ziel as we discuss all things women's core and pelvic health. In this conversation we cover: Erica's health crisis dealing with mold toxicity and how that led to her doing her Human Potential Coach Training How forcing our bodies to do something they aren't ready for creates roadblocks for our healing and as Erica puts it "if you go hard, you will go home." Body/Mind connection vs Mind/Body connection How to stop fighting...
EP 31: The Insatiable Feminine with Evelyn Hale
October 25, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 44.2 MBJoin me + Trauma & Relationship Coach, Evelyn Hale, for a deep dive into the complex and dynamic topic that is the masculine and feminine polarity. Here's what we discuss: Evelyn's experience growing up in a domestic violence environment and how she fragmented herself in order to avoid feeling shame for what was happening at home The healing power of writing or sharing our stories An overview of masculine and feminine energies that live in all of us regardless of gender Evelyn's...
EP 30: Living Feminine Freedom With My Favorite Women
October 18, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 65.7 MBOn today's episode, I am introducing you to some of my favorite women in the entire world, a few of my clients. These are women who are constantly bucking expectations in favor of their own desires and my hope is that they can inspire you to do the same. You can explore if Feminine Freedom and if joining this amazing community is for you by clicking on this link: https://hollytorontocoaching.lpages.co/the-feminine-freedom-coaching-experience/ Meet Katie Pijanowski. She is a fellow A...
EP 29: Team You with Life Coach Jeanine
October 11, 2021 12:00 - 56 minutes - 38.9 MBIn this week's episode, I am chatting with Life Coach Jeanine. She is the author of a new book, Team You. This book helps you befriend your inner world within, so all sides of you can work together on the same team. In this episode, Jeanine shares a powerful experience she had connecting to her inner child through a spontaneous song that she intuited while on retreat. She also shares about the modality that she uses with her clients to help them create inner harmony, Parts Work, which is...
EP 28: It's Not Your Partner's Job To Make You Feel Alive with Chelsea Horton
October 04, 2021 12:00 - 59 minutes - 40.5 MBThis conversation with Chelsea Horton is absolute magic! Chelsea is the founder and CEO of Healing Embodied and she helps people heal from relationship anxiety so that they can pursue loving, fulfilling relationships without all of the doubt and worry. We covered so much ground in this conversation and Chelsea and I were so delighted to uncover the many parallels in our paths - including our mutual love of early 2000's hip hop and r&b. Here's what we cover: How Chelsea learn...
EP 27: Taking Radical Responsibility with Madison Morrigan
September 27, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 61.9 MBSince starting this podcast, Madison Morrigan has been at the top of my dream guest list and needless to say, I'm thrilled to be connecting with her today. I was initially attracted to Madison's work because of the way she approaches "buzzy" ideas like sovereignty and self responsibility. She is a coach who leads with integrity and her desire is truly to help you come home to your power, worth and wholeness...not point out your brokenness. As usual, our conversation was dynamic, ...
EP 26: The Pursuit of Status with Julie Ohlemacher
September 20, 2021 12:00 - 52 minutes - 36 MBOur girl, Julie Ohlemacher, is back to help me break down a juicy and deeply personal topic - status seeking. When we live in a world that teaches us our starting place is "un-worth," it's only natural that we'll feel an impulse to fill ourselves through traditional status symbols like wealth, career, relationships and material possessions. Yet often those pursuits leave us feeling empty, unfulfilled and like we're just not enough. Join Julie and I for this vulnerable episode that almost...
EP 25: Making Choices From Worthiness with Nicole Tsong
September 13, 2021 12:00 - 55 minutes - 38.1 MBMeet Nicole Tsong, the best-selling author of 24 Ways to Move More and the founder of Nicole Tsong Coaching, a work/life balance coaching business. In this episode we discuss: Nicole's journey of leaving her award winning journalism career to become a yoga teacher, author and coach The all to familiar experience of trying to change an environment (a career, relationship etc) that simply is no working for us How to continue to follow your purpose even when "life keeps happening...
EP 24: What Drives Your Purpose with Linda Kay Klein
September 06, 2021 12:00 - 54 minutes - 37.4 MBI am so excited to introduce your to Linda Kay Klein who, along with being a personal mentor of mine, has a list of accomplishments and credentials too long to list in these show notes! She is the founder and president of Break Free Together, a nonprofit storytelling organization dedicated to helping people release shame and claim their whole selves, and a deconstruction & purity culture recovery coach. While Linda's work has centered around helping people heal after purity culture, she ...
EP 23: Belief Beyond The Binary with Lindsey Lockett
August 09, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 66.1 MBI am thrilled to have Lindsey Lockett back on the show for her 3rd appearance! In this episode, we discuss Lindsey's new online program, Belief Beyond The Binary. After spending much of her life moving from one binary belief system to another (evangelical Christianity to diet culture to social justice activism), Lindsey has worked to train her brain, her nervous system and her heart to be more comfortable in the grey. As you'll learn in this episode, seeing the world from a binar...
EP 22: Becoming the Adult Woman with Dream Therapist Lindsey Curtis
August 02, 2021 12:00 - 51 minutes - 35.4 MBThis week I am joined by Lindsey Curtis, Dream Therapist and Female Embodiment Mentor. Lindsey has a wealth of knowledge on self-mothering, dreaming and sensuality so our conversation covered a range of topics including: How self mothering allows us to access wholeness, create a new future and rewrite the past Inner mothering as an act of self responsibility A powerful visualization exercise about connecting to the inner child Seeing resistance as a green light to begin a journey ...
EP 21: I Need A Break, Solo Episode
July 26, 2021 12:00 - 25 minutes - 17.3 MBI'm back with another solo episode and it will be the last one for a while because as I declared in the title...I need a break! In this episode, I share: A reminder that Body Image Boost is still open for enrollment and getting started on Sunday August 1st (not Monday August 1st like I said in the episode - whoops!) Link below to sign up Why it's important for me to be honest and real with you about what how challenging 2021 has been for me How I've surrounded myself with supp...
EP 20: Your Body Is A Freaking Miracle
July 19, 2021 12:00 - 51 minutes - 35.6 MBOMG She's back again! My girl, Jules, is joining me for another powerful body image episode and a special announcement about our new 14 day program that is getting started on August 1st, Body Image Boost: https://julesandhollcoaching.com/14day-body-image-boost In this episode, we discuss the paradox of being more than your body AND a body at the same time and how that guides us on our journey from objectification to personification. We get super meta which truly serves as d...
EP 19: Your Body Isn't The Problem with Science Based Intuitive Eating Coach Victoria Evans
July 12, 2021 12:00 - 55 minutes - 38 MBThis week I'm joined by Science Based Intuitive Eating Coach, Victoria Evans and we had a KICK ASS conversation. Even though I've practiced and used Intuitive Eating for 5 years, I found myself learning from Victoria which is such a gift and a testament to just how complex the work of healing your relationship to your body and food can be. In this episode we discuss: How body shame is the ultimate fragmentation from our wholeness Grieving your dieting identity How perfectionist fa...
EP 18: Ritual + Embodiment As Tools For Healing with Kimberlee
July 05, 2021 12:00 - 54 minutes - 37.6 MBThis week I am joined by Kimberlee of @sacredreturning. She is a writer who has been engaging with a community on Instagram for the last few years, focusing on rebuilding life and spirituality after leaving evangelicalism. She is currently writing a book about her process and experience of releasing purity culture through ritual and embodied practices. In this episode we discuss: The message she learned growing up in the church that taught her to deny herself, ignore her body and ...
EP 17: Reclaiming Spiritual Sovereignty + The Divine Feminine with Cherie Burton
June 28, 2021 12:00 - 57 minutes - 39.5 MBThis week I am joined by Cherie Burton, mom of 6, author, holistic psychologist, speaker, biz owner, Women Seeking Wholeness podcast host, and hobbyist divine feminine scholar. Immediately after recording an episode for her podcast, we knew that our conversation wasn't complete so we decided to have her come on Return to Wholeness to explore more. In this episode, we discuss: Cherie's experience facing an unplanned pregnancy as a single woman in the Orthodox Mormon Church Her ...
EP 16: How Much Power Do You Give To A Bikini with Jules
June 21, 2021 12:00 - 54 minutes - 37.2 MBMy girl, Jules, is back again for another powerful discussion on body image. With summer arriving here in the northern hemisphere, it's likely that you're on the receiving end of some pretty toxic messaging around getting your "beach body." In this episode, we share a different perspective than what you might be used to when it comes to this narrative. We discuss... Why wearing a bikini (or any specific item of clothing) is NOT the pinnacle of body acceptance Why it'...
Episode #16: How Much Power Do You Give To A Bikini with Jules
June 21, 2021 12:00 - 54 minutes - 37.2 MBMy girl, Jules, is back again for another powerful discussion on body image. With summer arriving here in the northern hemisphere, it's likely that you're on the receiving end of some pretty toxic messaging around getting your "beach body." In this episode, we share a different perspective than what you might be used to when it comes to this narrative. We discuss... Why wearing a bikini (or any specific item of clothing) is NOT the pinnacle of body acceptance Why it'...