Rooted In Presence

Do you find yourself reaching for food when what you really need is a pause… a break… or just a little care?

In this gentle and grounding episode, I explore the deeper layers beneath emotional eating—why we turn to food when we’re overwhelmed, bored, or craving connection, and how we can soften our patterns without shame.

You’ll learn:

• The difference between physical and emotional hunger
• How habits like “desk snacking” or “car cravings” are often nervous system signals, not food needs
• How to bring compassionate awareness to your choices (without guilt or restriction)
• Why transitions, breathwork, and presence-led tools are powerful alternatives
• How mindful strength work can support your emotional regulation

This isn’t about perfection. It’s about presence.

If you’ve ever said “I know what to do… but I don’t do it,” this episode is for you.

For more support with this book a free Clarity Call → https://www.carlykillen.com

Mentioned in this episode:
📘 Hunger Scale resource → https://www.helpguide.org/articles/diets/emotional-eating.htm

Thanks for listening to Rooted In Presence

If you’d like to get in touch with a question about today’s episode or find out how I can support you with coaching, here’s how to reach me:
📧 Email: [email protected]
📱 Instagram: @carlykillencoach

Do you crave unshakable confidence in your strength from midlife and beyond? Would you love to achieve your goals without sacrificing family time or self-care?

Ready to take your strength to the next level? Start building a stronger body and healthier bones with my Strong Bones Starter Kit; your step-by-step guide to safe and effective strength training at home.
👉 Click here to learn more and access today

🌟 Stay connected and inspired with daily wellness tips on Instagram @carlykillencoach
🌟 For tailored advice or personal queries, email me at [email protected]

Thank you for being here, and I look forward to supporting you on your journey to strength, health, and confidence! 💪🦴✨

In this episode, we explore how your body holds subtle (and not-so-subtle) clues about your needs, history, and healing. From nervous system whispers to tension patterns, your body carries messages that your mind might overlook.

We talk about:

• The difference between intellectual insight and somatic knowing
• How emotions, memories, and unmet needs can be held in the body
• The power of Breathwork in gently releasing stored tension
• Why muscle doesn’t just speak to strength—it can hold the weight of unprocessed experiences
• The importance of support, co-regulation, and compassionate integration

This isn’t a trauma deep-dive, but a heartfelt reflection grounded in personal experience and trauma-informed breathwork.

If you'd like to receive support as you walk the path of reawakening your senses, you're welcome to book a free Clarity Call → https://www.carlykillen.com

Mentioned in this episode:
📖 The Body Keeps the Score by Dr. Bessel van der Kolk → https://www.besselvanderkolk.com/resources/the-body-keeps-the-score
📖 Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma by Peter Levine → https://www.somaticexperiencing.com/se-master-classes-public-programs/uk-alternatives-april-2023
 

Thanks for listening to Rooted In Presence

If you’d like to get in touch with a question about today’s episode or find out how I can support you with coaching, here’s how to reach me:
📧 Email: [email protected]
📱 Instagram: @carlykillencoach

Do you crave unshakable confidence in your strength from midlife and beyond? Would you love to achieve your goals without sacrificing family time or self-care?

Ready to take your strength to the next level? Start building a stronger body and healthier bones with my Strong Bones Starter Kit; your step-by-step guide to safe and effective strength training at home.
👉 Click here to learn more and access today

🌟 Stay connected and inspired with daily wellness tips on Instagram @carlykillencoach
🌟 For tailored advice or personal queries, email me at [email protected]

Thank you for being here, and I look forward to supporting you on your journey to strength, health, and confidence! 💪🦴✨

If you’ve ever believed strength training was all about sweat, speed, and pushing hard, this episode is here to gently challenge that idea.

In this soulful solo episode, Carly shares her personal shift from high-intensity workouts to intentional lifting and the unexpected gift that came with it: a quiet mind.

You’ll learn:
 🧠 Why strength training can be a powerful tool for calming anxiety
 🫁 How rest periods support both your muscles and your nervous system
🌿 Three simple ways to stay present (instead of scrolling) between sets
💛 The science behind strength and stillness, and why it especially supports women in midlife

Whether you're brand new to lifting or have been training for years, this episode invites you to experience strength as a pathway to peace... not pressure.

Book a free clarity call to explore how strength training can support your nervous system and goals at carlykillen.com

Thanks for listening to Rooted In Presence

If you’d like to get in touch with a question about today’s episode or find out how I can support you with coaching, here’s how to reach me:
📧 Email: [email protected]
📱 Instagram: @carlykillencoach

Do you crave unshakable confidence in your strength from midlife and beyond? Would you love to achieve your goals without sacrificing family time or self-care?

Ready to take your strength to the next level? Start building a stronger body and healthier bones with my Strong Bones Starter Kit; your step-by-step guide to safe and effective strength training at home.
👉 Click here to learn more and access today

🌟 Stay connected and inspired with daily wellness tips on Instagram @carlykillencoach
🌟 For tailored advice or personal queries, email me at [email protected]

Thank you for being here, and I look forward to supporting you on your journey to strength, health, and confidence! 💪🦴✨

If you feel like you're cycling between burnout, big dreams, and wondering what tone Earth is next… you're not alone.

 Midlife isn't a straight line, it's a series of seasons. you don’t need more pressure… you need presence.

In this episode, I’m introducing the Midlife Presence Archetypes... four patterns I see again and again in the women I work with. 

Whether you’re craving deep rest, seeking direction, or standing at the edge of what’s next, there’s wisdom in knowing where you are right now.

You’ll learn:
 ✨ Why midlife often feels foggy - even when you’ve done “all the right things”
 🌿 How to work with your current season instead of against it
💛 The small but powerful shift that leads to aligned action
🔍 How to discover your archetype - and what it reveals about your next right step

💫 Take the Midlife Presence Archetype Quiz
Discover your current season, your support needs, and receive a breath practice to meet yourself with compassion.
  Take the quiz here

🌀 Book a Free Clarity Call
Need someone to sit with you in the fog and help you tune in to what’s next — without pressure or performance?
Let’s talk.
👉 Book your Clarity Call here

Thanks for listening to Rooted In Presence

If you’d like to get in touch with a question about today’s episode or find out how I can support you with coaching, here’s how to reach me:
📧 Email: [email protected]
📱 Instagram: @carlykillencoach

Do you crave unshakable confidence in your strength from midlife and beyond? Would you love to achieve your goals without sacrificing family time or self-care?

Ready to take your strength to the next level? Start building a stronger body and healthier bones with my Strong Bones Starter Kit; your step-by-step guide to safe and effective strength training at home.
👉 Click here to learn more and access today

🌟 Stay connected and inspired with daily wellness tips on Instagram @carlykillencoach
🌟 For tailored advice or personal queries, email me at [email protected]

Thank you for being here, and I look forward to supporting you on your journey to strength, health, and confidence! 💪🦴✨

What if sustainable change didn’t require force, pressure, or endless willpower? 

In this episode, Carly explores a gentler, more grounded path to weight loss, one rooted in self-trust, body awareness, and presence. 

Whether you're navigating menopause, burnout, or the pressure to “do it all,” this is your reminder: you can support your body through change without abandoning yourself.

✨ If this speaks to you and you'd like support with this? I invite you to book a free clarity call and let’s walk the path together.

Thanks for listening to Rooted In Presence

If you’d like to get in touch with a question about today’s episode or find out how I can support you with coaching, here’s how to reach me:
📧 Email: [email protected]
📱 Instagram: @carlykillencoach

Do you crave unshakable confidence in your strength from midlife and beyond? Would you love to achieve your goals without sacrificing family time or self-care?

Ready to take your strength to the next level? Start building a stronger body and healthier bones with my Strong Bones Starter Kit; your step-by-step guide to safe and effective strength training at home.
👉 Click here to learn more and access today

🌟 Stay connected and inspired with daily wellness tips on Instagram @carlykillencoach
🌟 For tailored advice or personal queries, email me at [email protected]

Thank you for being here, and I look forward to supporting you on your journey to strength, health, and confidence! 💪🦴✨

Have you been sold the myth that you should have it all figured out by midlife, the career, the family, the health, the peace? I

n this episode, Carly unpacks the big lie of “balance” and explores what it really takes to reclaim your time, energy, and sense of self. 

Expect soulful honesty, real-life stories, and practical tools to help you live more intentionally, without burning out in the process.

If you’re sitting in the messy middle and craving some grounded support, you don’t have to navigate it alone. Book a free Clarity Call and let’s sit together in the pause ... no pressure, just presence.

Thanks for listening to Rooted In Presence

If you’d like to get in touch with a question about today’s episode or find out how I can support you with coaching, here’s how to reach me:
📧 Email: [email protected]
📱 Instagram: @carlykillencoach

Do you crave unshakable confidence in your strength from midlife and beyond? Would you love to achieve your goals without sacrificing family time or self-care?

Ready to take your strength to the next level? Start building a stronger body and healthier bones with my Strong Bones Starter Kit; your step-by-step guide to safe and effective strength training at home.
👉 Click here to learn more and access today

🌟 Stay connected and inspired with daily wellness tips on Instagram @carlykillencoach
🌟 For tailored advice or personal queries, email me at [email protected]

Thank you for being here, and I look forward to supporting you on your journey to strength, health, and confidence! 💪🦴✨

Feeling stuck, foggy, or like you should have it all figured out by now?

In this midyear reflection episode, Carly explores the power of the sacred pause... that blurry space between what was and what’s next, and why slowing down might be the most transformative move you can make.

With soulful stories, grounding practices, and gentle wisdom, this is your permission slip to stop striving and start listening.

✨ No pressure. Just presence.
 ✨ No pushing. Just breath.
 ✨ No perfect plan needed.

Listen now and reconnect with what’s quietly calling you forward.

And if support with this is space feels like something you need, book in for a free 30 minute Clarity Call to uncover what's waiting to be discovered.

Thanks for listening to Rooted In Presence

If you’d like to get in touch with a question about today’s episode or find out how I can support you with coaching, here’s how to reach me:
📧 Email: [email protected]
📱 Instagram: @carlykillencoach

Do you crave unshakable confidence in your strength from midlife and beyond? Would you love to achieve your goals without sacrificing family time or self-care?

Ready to take your strength to the next level? Start building a stronger body and healthier bones with my Strong Bones Starter Kit; your step-by-step guide to safe and effective strength training at home.
👉 Click here to learn more and access today

🌟 Stay connected and inspired with daily wellness tips on Instagram @carlykillencoach
🌟 For tailored advice or personal queries, email me at [email protected]

Thank you for being here, and I look forward to supporting you on your journey to strength, health, and confidence! 💪🦴✨

Have you ever felt like you’ve lost your voice, literally or metaphorically?

In this episode, Carly is joined by voice coach and Breathwork facilitator Laura Dumbleton, for a rich and real conversation about the changes that happen to our voices, confidence, and nervous system through midlife. They dive into how your breath and voice are intimately linked, what really happens during perimenopause, and how you can start to reclaim your voice: not just as a sound, but as a part of your identity.

We talk about:

• How hormones and perimenopause impact your vocal cords (yes, really)
• Why your voice might feel “off” or different, and what to do about it
• The link between confidence, nervous system regulation, and your vocal tone
• Simple tools to support your voice and nervous system daily
• Why humming might be your new favourite nervous system hack

Whether you’re preparing for a presentation, struggling with confidence at work, or just want to feel more grounded and expressive — this conversation is for you.

Want to learn more about Laura’s work or join her Breathwork sessions?
Head to https://lauradumbleton.co.uk/
Follow her on Instagram: @lauradumbleton

Thanks for listening to Rooted In Presence

If you’d like to get in touch with a question about today’s episode or find out how I can support you with coaching, here’s how to reach me:
📧 Email: [email protected]
📱 Instagram: @carlykillencoach

Do you crave unshakable confidence in your strength from midlife and beyond? Would you love to achieve your goals without sacrificing family time or self-care?

Ready to take your strength to the next level? Start building a stronger body and healthier bones with my Strong Bones Starter Kit; your step-by-step guide to safe and effective strength training at home.
👉 Click here to learn more and access today

🌟 Stay connected and inspired with daily wellness tips on Instagram @carlykillencoach
🌟 For tailored advice or personal queries, email me at [email protected]

Thank you for being here, and I look forward to supporting you on your journey to strength, health, and confidence! 💪🦴✨

In this episode, Carly shares her story and insights on the kind of self-compassion that changes everything. 

Not the fluffy kind, but the fierce, grounded, honest kind. If you’ve ever felt like you’re doing all the right things but still feel stuck, this one’s for you.

Includes practical tips, relatable stories, and reflections for midlife women navigating perimenopause, burnout, and rebuilding trust with their bodies.

Want support with your next step?
Book a free clarity call to talk about coaching, Breathwork, or how to bring more fierce and tender self-compassion into your life:
Book your Clarity call here

Referenced in this episode:

• Neff, K. (2003). Self-Compassion: An Alternative Conceptualization of a Healthy Attitude Toward Oneself.
• Neff, K. (2021). Fierce Self-Compassion: How Women Can Harness Kindness to Speak Up, Claim Their Power, and Thrive.
• Germer, C. (Chapter excerpt from The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion).
• Clarissa Pinkola Estés. (1992). Women Who Run With the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype.

✨ This episode was inspired by Carly’s blog - Life In Flow:
 How to Be on Your Own Side: The Fierce and Tender of Self-Compassion

Thanks for listening to Rooted In Presence

If you’d like to get in touch with a question about today’s episode or find out how I can support you with coaching, here’s how to reach me:
📧 Email: [email protected]
📱 Instagram: @carlykillencoach

Do you crave unshakable confidence in your strength from midlife and beyond? Would you love to achieve your goals without sacrificing family time or self-care?

Ready to take your strength to the next level? Start building a stronger body and healthier bones with my Strong Bones Starter Kit; your step-by-step guide to safe and effective strength training at home.
👉 Click here to learn more and access today

🌟 Stay connected and inspired with daily wellness tips on Instagram @carlykillencoach
🌟 For tailored advice or personal queries, email me at [email protected]

Thank you for being here, and I look forward to supporting you on your journey to strength, health, and confidence! 💪🦴✨

Feeling “too sensitive” or like your nervous system overreacts? 

In this episode, Carly explores why this happens, especially in menopause, and reveals how your body’s signals can become your greatest strength. 

Rebuild trust, find calm, and feel safer in your skin.

Curious about working with me, or exploring how your nervous system could become a powerful ally in your midlife journey?

Reach out for a free clarity call and let's have a chat. Book HERE

 You can also access my free guide "Could it Be Menopause?" — which includes symptom checklists and key questions for your GP, just head to carlykillen.com

Thanks for listening to Rooted In Presence

If you’d like to get in touch with a question about today’s episode or find out how I can support you with coaching, here’s how to reach me:
📧 Email: [email protected]
📱 Instagram: @carlykillencoach

Do you crave unshakable confidence in your strength from midlife and beyond? Would you love to achieve your goals without sacrificing family time or self-care?

Ready to take your strength to the next level? Start building a stronger body and healthier bones with my Strong Bones Starter Kit; your step-by-step guide to safe and effective strength training at home.
👉 Click here to learn more and access today

🌟 Stay connected and inspired with daily wellness tips on Instagram @carlykillencoach
🌟 For tailored advice or personal queries, email me at [email protected]

Thank you for being here, and I look forward to supporting you on your journey to strength, health, and confidence! 💪🦴✨