What if your struggle with food was never just about food? In this power-packed episode, Kayla shatters the illusion of a traditional weight loss journey and invites you into something much deeper—a Warrior’s Journey. Through seven soul-stirring signs, she reveals how your drama with food, body, and health might be the sacred battleground where your true identity is fighting to emerge. This is the episode for every woman who knows she’s powerful—except when it comes to food—and is ready to reclaim her fire, her focus, and her fierce feminine force.  

In This Episode, You’ll Discover: 

• Why your food struggle might actually be a portal to power
• The hidden cost of making food and weight your main character
• How to tell if you’re on a Warrior’s Journey vs. a health journey
• Why cycles of burnout and perfectionism don’t mean you’re broken
• The real reason your inner “crazy” is actually sacred and essential

Referenced in This Episode:
 

• Kayla’s signature journaling process (free with email signup at EmbodiedWritingWarrior.com)
• Join the waitlist for upcoming offers & deep-dive experiences

In this empowering episode, Kayla sits down with women’s wellness guide and fasting coach Nicki Thompson to explore what it really takes to heal emotional eating and create aligned health from the inside out.

They cover:

• ✨ How fasting helped Nicki regulate her emotions and rebuild trust with food
• 🧠 The role of journaling, subconscious work, and future-self embodiment
• 🍽️ The difference between coping mechanisms and true nourishment
• 💥 Why food freedom isn’t about perfection — it’s about presence
• 🌱 How to meet resistance with love and show up for your future self today

Nicki shares her story with depth, honesty, and practical wisdom. This episode is an invitation to come home to your body, release old patterns, and reclaim your health as sacred.

Connect with Nicki:

• Instagram
• Website: Fasting With Nicki
• Join the waitlist for the next fasting group:
  https://fastingwithnicki.com/fasting-program/
• 2 Week Mindset Reset:
  https://fastingwithnicki.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/2-Week-Mindset-Reset-.pdf

More from Kayla:

• Podcast: Embodied Warrior: Deep Health, Food Freedom & Spiritual Growth for Wild Women
• Instagram: @embodiedwritingwarrior
• Website: https://www.embodiedwritingwarrior.com/

You already are your future self—and this episode is your 3-part roadmap to living as her now. In this deeply personal and insight-packed episode, I share how to move beyond mindset and into embodiment. You'll walk away with powerful truths, journal prompts, and aligned actions to activate your next chapter.

We explore:

• Why failing as your future self is better than succeeding as your current one
• The sneaky ways we procrastinate in the name of “healing”
• How to step into the arena of your future self—even when it’s scary

Mentioned in this episode:

• [Episode 170 – You're Not Too Much - You're Just Meant For More. Welcome To Your Embodied Warrior Era]
• [Be Your Future Self Now by Dr. Benjamin Hardy]
• Podcast Show Notes & Journal Prompts

Welcome to Embodied Warrior — a power portal for women who are done with surface-level self-help and ready to reclaim their full-spectrum power.

In this raw and activating rebirth episode, I’m sharing what this new era of the podcast is all about, who it’s for (and who it’s not), and why I’ve returned with a deeper mission than ever before. You’ll hear the real story behind my evolution from personal trainer to embodiment guide—and why this show isn’t just a podcast... it’s a movement.

We’ll dive into the 7 most common roadblocks that the Embodied Warrior faces—and how to begin alchemizing them into fuel for your evolution. Then I’ll introduce the 7 core principles that will guide everything we explore in future episodes.

If you’ve been stuck in burnout, perfectionism, and self-sabotage… if you crave depth, freedom, and spiritual expansion… if you’re ready to live as your future self instead of endlessly “fixing” the current one—this episode is your invitation.

This is the beginning of something big. Let’s rise.

Journal Prompts & Embodied Action Steps:
📓 Available at embodiedwritingwarrior.com

You have nothing to prove and you are not the sum total of your accomplishments and accolades.

This episode is a deep invitation to own your inherent worthiness - without conditions, without the need to accomplish or do more, without pushing or proving.

In this episode, we talk about:

• Why detaching self-worth from productivity and accomplishments is some of the most transformative work you can possible do.
• 4 ways to detach yourself worth from productivity.

Important Announcement: This is the final podcast of the show... at least for now. To learn more, tune in to this week's episode.

The Story of The Mexican Fisherman: https://bemorewithless.com/the-story-of-the-mexican-fisherman/

128. High Performing, Goal-Oriented Women: This Is The Most Important Shadow Work You Can Possibly Do: https://slayandthrive.buzzsprout.com/1797135/13147051-128-high-performing-goal-oriented-women-this-is-the-most-important-shadow-work-you-can-possibly-do

Pleasure, presence, and embodiment are gateways, granting us access to our divine feminine energy.

This episode is an invitation for you to step more fully into your feminine power, giving you 8 magical practices to help you do so.

When you have consistent rituals and practices that honour the feminine, you're able to thrive more deeply.

When you thrive more deeply, you feel better, and when you feel better, you almost always perform better as well.

Reclaiming the feminine and bringing it back into balance with the masculine allows you to achieve more while feeling more peaceful, conscious, and aligned.

The Molecule of More: https://www.amazon.com/Molecule-More-Chemical-Creativity_and-Determine/dp/1948836580

Your Zodiac Soul: https://www.amazon.com/Your-Zodiac-Soul-Happiness-Wholeness-ebook/dp/B078LX8CVS/

Sheridan Ruth's Website: https://sheridanruth.com/

Understanding  Your Play Styles: https://lindsaybraman.com/adult-play-styles/

162. 5 Keys To Transforming An Unhealthy Relationship With Numbers: https://slayandthrive.buzzsprout.com/1797135/14587191-162-5-keys-to-transforming-an-unhealthy-relationship-with-numbers-weight-body-size-bank-account-balance-follower-count-etc

Sometimes, life can take us into periods of imbalance.

We can end up pushing so hard towards our goals, finding ourselves so deep in slay energy, that we forget to thrive.

And sometimes we end up so focused on feeling good that we lose focus and momentum with our goals or aspirations.

If we lose enough focus and momentum towards our goals, we also eventually get to the point where we don't feel good/thrive either.

Today's episode includes powerful reminders to put you into a state of balancing your optimal amount of slay energy with your optimal amount of thrive energy.

We cover:

• What Kayla learned about balance after forgetting her own wedding anniversary.
• Two archetypes to embody on your Slay & Thrive Challenge.
• The ONE thing to focus on to thrive on a daily basis.
• Why putting more focus on thriving helps us experience more happiness, boosts our energy, and helps us achieve more in our daily lives.

Join The FB Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/slaythrive365

The Molecule Of More: https://www.amazon.com/Molecule-More-Chemical-Creativity_and-Determine/dp/1948836580

Two Of Cups (Tarot Club): https://thetarotclub.com/two-of-cups-2/

Habits are powerful. Most people know this, and it can still incredibly difficult to build new, helpful habits or break old, less helpful habits.

In this episode, we're breaking down some powerful strategies to supercharge your capacity to create new habits or eliminate unwanted habits altogether.

In this episode, you'll discover:

• How to choose more personally-aligned habits you'll actually stick to.
• Two ways to boost your motivation to stay consistent with your personally aligned habits.
• How to avoid the all-or-nothing trap that leads to self sabotage and inconsistency.

Join The FB Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/slaythrive365

040. Cultivating Self-Love & Defining Your Deepest Core Values  With Health Coach & Entrepenur Caleb Nelson: https://slayandthrive.buzzsprout.com/1797135/9662744-040-cultivating-self-love-defining-your-deepest-core-values-with-health-coach-entrepreneur-caleb-nelson-slay-series

160. A Powerful Reminder To Keep You Focused, Consistent, Growing, & Thriving: https://slayandthrive.buzzsprout.com/1797135/14387716-160-a-powerful-reminder-to-keep-you-focused-consistent-growing-thriving

The Slay & Thrive Podcast is all about achieving goals - and it's also about doing it in a way that breaks away from traditional SMART Goal models.

Goal Setting the Slay & Thrive way is about feeling joyful and expansive. It's about creating sustainable transformation, not a flash in the pan result that comes from hyper-focusing on a specific end result for a finite amount of time.

In this week's episode, we cover:

• The pitfalls of traditional goal setting.
• How to set goals the Slay & Thrive way.
• Why this type of goal setting creates more magic and possibility and expansion in your daily life.
• 6 ways to uplevel your process for choosing and achieving your desires.
• A powerful daily journal prompt to boost your motivation and follow-through.

Hidden Potential By Adam Grant: https://www.amazon.com/Hidden-Potential-Science-Achieving-Greater/dp/B0C5Y6DM2D/

Be The Author Of Your Body Course: https://slay-and-thrive.thinkific.com/courses/be-the-author-of-your-body

Join The FB Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/slaythrive365

5 Zodiac Signs Who Use Black & White Thinking: https://www.yourtango.com/2019326507/horoscope-five-zodiac-signs-who-use-black-and-white-thinking-according-astrology

This episode is all about taking any failure and turning into a powerful vehicle for growth, transformation, and guidance for how you can thrive more fully on an everyday basis.

In this episode, you'll learn:

• Why being unafraid to fail is necessary to grow and experience deeper peace.
• How to callous yourself against fear of failure and become failure-proof.
• 6 ways to come back from any "failure" stronger, wiser, and more aligned.

Dear Adversity, Thank You: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnoPzA8Imvw

One Of The  Top Fears Among Americans: https://medium.com/illumination-curated/the-number-one-fear-among-americans-3f89acfeed41

Join The Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/slaythrive365