Be the Dream

Join Karaleigh in an interview with the amazing Becca Rae Eagle.

In this episode, we talk about how writing and speaking are a portal to the soul, the importance of being vulnerable, and why telling your story can change the world.

Becca Rae Eagle, M.S.Ed.,pen name Noelle Tryst, is a wife, mom to a college age son, avid hiker, podcast host of The Podcast: Sacred Penning™: Somatic Meditative Journaling, and a teacher since 2000. Becca currently teaches third grade at a private school in her community. She is an empath, HSP, intuitive, mental health advocate, woman of Faith, and a soul tender. Becca is also an international bestselling author and international speaker in training. She has been featured in at least a dozen podcasts and Julie Browne’s acclaimed book, Masters of Change, focusing on her resilient healing path. Her first work, Embodying Joy: A Heart Journal, A Memoir with Journal Space for Body, Mind, & Spirit Health, is available on Amazon. Her piece, “Anchored By a Star,” is featured in the International Bestselling collection, Ignite Your Faith. Her next book will be released in 2025. She is a proud staff writer for Women Who Podcast Magazine and a Transformative Soul Journaling Practitioner. Becca’s signature Sacred Penning™ Somatic Meditative Journaling method helps women with transformative writing experiences for body, mind, and spirit. Becca offers customized journaling retreats for individuals, private groups, corporate organizations, and community events.

Favorite takeaways:

1. The only person you actually need permission from is yourself.

2. Being vulnerable is one of the most important tools of resiliency.

3. When you hear somebody else talking about what lights them up, it lights you up in turn. That light spreads- it’s contagious. You will feel their energy and it will inspire you to go do what lights you up. That’s how we light the world on fire in the best possible way- by sharing our passions.

4. Shame thrives in secrecy. It’s the only thing we can’t come to terms with because it’s not real, it’s unhelpful, it’s such an unnecessary emotion- it’s all based in lies. It’s based in the lie that you have to be perfect, that you have to be not you in order to be successful, in order to be accepted, when the actual truth is that you are so beautifully and perfectly human, exactly as you are, and you don’t have to squeeze yourself into that box that doesn’t exist.

5. You need to take care of the person behind the passion. It’s ok to just ground yourself and shower yourself with love. Know that people are there for you, know that it’s ok to tell your story because it gives somebody else the strength and the bravery to tell their own.

6. When we can find appreciation in the contrast we start to grow. It’s never too late to grow. It’s never too late to bloom.

7. Make sure you schedule something in every day for yourself. Make a commitment to you- whatever your favorite form of self care is. Don’t go to bed at night before checking that off in your mind. Make sure you give yourself that time because you won’t regret it.

Be sure to follow Becca on FB and IG @BeccaRaeEagle. Her next online retreat featuring breathwork, sound healing, and somatic meditative journaling, is online May 4-The Beacon. Her next Course offering begins May 9, Six Weeks to Sunrise: Elevate your Summer

Interested in learning how to create your own podcast? Check out Karaleigh’s new Podcast Creation Course here: https://podcastlikeamother.thinkific.com/courses/podcastcreationcourse

Join Karaleigh in an interview with the incredible Brooke Jean.

In this episode, we dive in to what it means to be un-perfected, how to embrace the gold in your mess and come home to who you really are.

Brooke Jean, MA, LPC is a Licensed Therapist, Coach, Speaker, and the Host of The Unperfected Pod on a mission to normalize normal. She believes that life isn’t perfect, but it can be unperfected and using a blend of energy work, counseling, coaching, & facilitation, she guides her audience to let go of who they think they are, in order to create the life they’ve been waiting for.

Favorite takeaways:

1. The Unperfected Movement is really just about us shedding the shoulds of conditioning and social priming and remembering who we are underneath all of our roles, our responsibilities, our trauma responses, our good-girl syndrome, our people pleasing- all the masks that we wear that we develop to fit in. It’s about letting it all go, showing up messy, embracing the gold in your mess, and finding freedom in the messy so that you can create from an authentic place.

2. When you shut down the feelings of anger or rage- whatever we’ve been conditioned is shameful- when you shut that down, you also shut down the capacity for joy. You can’t shut off some feelings. If you’re gonna shut off the rage, you’re gonna shut off the joy. If you’re gonna shut off the anger, you’re gonna shut off the passion. As humans, we’re designed to have a full spectrum of emotions.

3. Protect the precious jewels: time, energy, and sanity. We are not an endless supply, yet we are just bleeding out time, energy, and sanity all day every day and then wondering why we lose our crap at the end of the night with our families. Go through a real inventory of what is stealing and draining your energy that you need to clean up.

4. Your first no is painful, your second no feels a little better, by your tenth no you are liberated! Your like, what else can I say no to, this feels amazing! And the world doesn’t fall apart when we choose to live in alignment with who we are- actually things just start to get really good when we come from that place.

5. Here’s where the tough love comes in: Stop getting in your own way. Stop making excuses. You are the one telling yourself that you can’t because… fill in societal expectation and standard. And while that’s a real thing, we also get to choose. One of our most potent tools in our tool belt is our choice point, our power of choice.

6. For so many women, we are not going for the thing that lights our soul on fire because we are telling ourselves a lie that we can’t or we shouldn’t or we don’t deserve it and that’s where you need to step aside and do the work to rewire all that, because your soul wants bigger for you.

7. Follow the joy. Follow the things that remind you of who you were when you were little. What did you freaking LOVE to do? Who were you? What made you feel the most alive?

You can find more from Brooke at www.liveunperfected.com or on IG @brookejeanunperfected. Also be sure to listen to her incredible podcast, The Unperfected Pod.

Interested in learning how to create your own podcast? Check out Karaleigh’s new Podcast Creation Course here: https://podcastlikeamother.thinkific.com/courses/podcastcreationcourse

Join Karaleigh in an interview with the visionary deJoly LaBrier.

In this episode we discuss authenticity, learning to not care what other people think, and having the vision to create.

Dejoly LaBrier is an author, life and writing coach, speaker and artist. She was born in California, has lived in several different states, and finally settled in the woods of Northeast Alabama. Having recovered from the extreme trauma of childhood, she decided to use some of the wisdom she'd gained to help women do their own recovery work. Five years ago she became a life coach to guide women to heal from their traumas and embrace life with vitality, creating the life they desire. For 20 years she has spoken about this healing process nationally, and inspired others to do the work of healing through art, writing and a full palette of modalities. Today she has 4 published books, and writes personal development articles for the local newspapers. In addition to offering writing workshops and coaching, she’d also an avid gardener, and practices yoga and meditation.

Favorite takeaways:

1. Faith IS vision. Faith is having that greater perspective. Faith is borrowing God’s vision for our life. It’s so powerful.

2. Failure is just another step in the process, and who’s measuring failure anyway? I don’t. I say we progress, and there are lots of things that are gonna happen. We can assign it some sort of negativity- we can assign it failure- or we can say, oh, there’s a blip. We can decide to pivot.

3. We decide what we’re capable of- we are in charge of our own potential, and our potential is limitless. It doesn’t matter what limits society perceives you have, your capacity for growth is completely limitless.

4. It’s actually really important to stop and just be. Your value is not increasing the faster you go.

5. We move at our own pace and I think we have to honor that pace. We can’t be judgemental about our pace. We do it in our own time. What can be so important that you have to do it right now? Go smell the roses.

6. There’s so much value in slowing down and soaking up the moment.

7. HALT: Never make a decision when you’re hungry, angry, lonely, or tired.

You can find more from her on Facebook and Instagram, as well as on her website, www.dejoly.com.

Interested in learning how to create your own podcast? Check out Karaleigh’s new Podcast Creation Course here: https://podcastlikeamother.thinkific.com/courses/podcastcreationcourse

Today is a solo episode all about being triggered, the lessons of motherhood, and the ABC's of being selfish.