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Austin, TX based therapist, Sarah Walters MA, LPC-S, shares insights into what knowledge, practices, and mindsets are most helpful to human flourishing and growth. She provides psycho-educational insight paired with daily mind/body practices to empower the listener towards living a life of healing and wholeness. The material for this podcast has been cultivated at the intersection of her knowledge as a therapist, the real-world experience she has had in the room with her clients, and the candid reflection of her own personal experiences.
Episodes
33 episodes
The Upside of Imperfection
In this season finale, Sarah discusses taking a podcasting summer break, as well as shares a very personal letter written to her daughter 4 years ago. The contents of the letter represent the wisdom found and embraced after a season of sufferin...
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Season 1
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Episode 33
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15:15
Align Your Life + Change Your Habits w/ Ericka Williams
Today's guest is Ericka Williams. She’s is an entrepreneur the creator of the Classy Climb School which includes courses, mentorship, and consulting for aspiring entrepreneurs, executives, and freelancers. Ericka has a fascinating story- ...
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Season 1
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Episode 32
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1:09:06
Going Further by Standing Still w/ Ashley Anderson
In this episode, Sarah sits down with Ashley Anderson to talk about the transition from living life in the fast lane and spotlight, to burnout, to thriving through hiddenness and living at a slower pace. Ashley Anderson is a speaker and writer,...
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Episode 31
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1:01:35
Anxiety: An Invitation to Grow
In this episode, Sarah explores the topic of anxiety at a high level, breaks down the biological processes involved in it's presence in our lives, and gives a few tactics for helping you approach anxiety in new ways that is calming to the nervo...
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Episode 30
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30:02
How to Heal w/ Candace Collins
Today, Sarah sits down with Candace Collins- motivational speaker, storyteller and podcast co-host with Legacy Collective- who speaks courageously and openly about about her battles with anxiety and childhood trauma, and the importance of...
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Season 1
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Episode 29
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51:35
Life Beyond Fear w/ Nancy Crosby
Today, Sarah sits down with Nancy Crosby, RFx Circle and Mercedes achiever, to talk about the hard learned lessons on her journey towards business success with the direct sales company, Rodan and Fields. She shares about her road from shy...
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Season 1
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Episode 28
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59:52
Kind is the New Strong
Today, Sarah discusses how kindness is a super-power, a quality that has the ability to not only change us from the inside out- but change how we experience and enter the world. She talks about the way kindness affects our bodies physiologicall...
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Season 1
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Episode 27
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17:51
Daring to be Honest w/ Josh Riebock
Sarah sits down with best-selling author and storyteller, Josh Riebock, for an interview that is deeply refreshing, inspiring, and profound.. Josh is a poet and a nationally sought-after speaker on the subjects of storytelling, creativity, and ...
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Season 1
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Episode 26
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1:24:26
Unconscious Intelligence + Finding Your Purpose w/ Michael Olsen
In today's episode, Sarah interviews Michael Olsen, an unconscious intelligence research scientist, author, and speaker hailing from Denmark. Michael shares how "dream work", the ability to study and work with the symbols and feelings that come...
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Season 1
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Episode 25
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1:20:16
Finding Your Own Voice + Redefining Success w/ Musical Artist DOSSEY
Today's episode might get your booty shaking. Sarah interviews DOSSEY, who is an up and coming electro-pop music artist. DOSSEY (who's first name is also Sarah) is a songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer from Austin, Texas. They discu...
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Season 1
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Episode 24
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58:51
Conscious + Creative Parenting w/ Evie Vieira
On today's episode, Sarah brings on Evie Vieira to discuss all things parenting. Evie is a Speaker, Parent Educator and Coach who specializes in helping parents see their strong willed children for who they are, not for what they do. She is als...
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Season 1
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Episode 23
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50:44
Why We Hate Mondays + Finding New Stories
In today's episode, Sarah shares the biological basis for why Monday's tend to be so hard for people mentally and emotionally. She also talks about the body's need to regulate, the high/low trap of addiction, and also why the stories we tell ou...
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Season 1
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Episode 22
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12:03
On Grieving + Finding Your Way through a World on Fire
On today's episode, Sarah talks about the process of grief and how it arises when our lives change. Whether grief comes to us individually as a result of losing a loved one, a job, or an important relationship, or whether it comes to us collect...
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Season 1
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Episode 21
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6:02
The Healing Paradox + Holding Space for Pain w/ Dana Gillispie, LCSW
On today's episode, Sarah sits down with her own therapist to ask her about a powerful practice that leads to growth a flourishing- the practice of holding space for pain. Dana Gillispie has been a Licensed Clinical Social Worker for 23 years a...
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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59:00
Power + Patience
A timely episode into the New Year about the necessity of patience in the midst of making long-term and major life changes. Sarah explores how patience contributes to making you more successful in acheiving your goals, as well as making the jou...
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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16:56
The Desire to Belong +The Need to be Yourself
Today's podcast focuses on the universal idea that we all have a desire to belong, to fit in, to be a part of something bigger than ourselves, and often sacrifice our ability to be authentically ourself in order to fit in. Sarah interview...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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32:18
HAPPIER HOLIDAYS: How to set Boundaries with Family and Friends
The holiday season is here and Sarah explores how people's favorite part of the holiday- being with family and friends- can also be the most challenging part of the season. She discusses the issues that arise when we get around family and...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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17:54
Following Passions + Dreaming Big w/ Bre Morris
In this episode, Sarah sits down with Owner and Founder of Alchemy Face Bar, Bre Morris to talk about her journey through building a booming (and blooming) business, one step at a time. The two discuss the need to honor one's own unique path an...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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57:47
Self Doubt + How to Keep Going
On today's episode, Sarah explores the predictable presence of the voices of Self-Doubt and it's rising any time we move into unexplored territory- whether it's a career move, new business or creative venture, or trying something new and unfami...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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11:34
Career Pivots + Ending the Loneliness Epidemic w/ Caryn Werner
In this playful episode, Sarah sits down with Caryn Werner, who went from being a world-traveling Humanitarian Photographer, to cofounder and creative director of a start up company (KOYA), to discuss her own journey of learning to pivot, adapt...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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56:32
Change Your Brain + Change Your Life
In this podcast episode, Sarah discusses the idea that all of us have things that we want to change about our lives but have a hard time changing, the neuroscience behind how your brain learns, and why understanding this will help you to transf...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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14:14
A Divided People + The Power of Curiosity
In this timely episode, Sarah talks about what has contributed to such division and polarization in our world today. She helps listeners "zoom out" in order to see the process of how anxiety and fear divides people from the viewpoint of a psych...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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19:46
Failure as Fuel for Success with Lindsey Werner
Sarah sits down with long-time friend, college roommate, and therapist colleague Lindsey Werner MA, LPC to talk about the value of failure and how necessary it is for reaching goals and becoming successful in any venture. They discuss the need ...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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54:02
BRAIN SCIENCE + Why You Fantasize About Other People
Join Sarah as she discusses a topic that is common among many, yet rarely talked about-- fantasizing about ex’s from younger years, or other people besides your partner. She discusses what’s happening in your body and brain when your mind wonde...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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19:36
Evolved Parenting with Evie Vieira
Sarah sits down with guest Evie Vieira, a parenting coach, speaker, and founder of Creative Parenting Solutions, who is passionate about teaching parents to recognize how the Traditional Parenting Mindset sets them up to fail in having a collab...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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59:41
