Wild & Waking

Jena Ochsner and I are talking more about pursuing alternative healthcare for your family, and why it’s not a bad thing to ‘go against the grain’ in this way. Jena has healed herself from the inside out. She’s passionate about living a healthier, ‘crunchy’ lifestyle, and she continues advocating for herself and her family. You can find hope for healing, and get to a place of thriving and flourishing in your everyday life!

In this episode we will cover:

• Jena’s wild story of dealing with debilitating headaches & migraines for years with no clear answers from western medicine, to eventually finding functional medicine support and reclaiming her health
• What MTHFR is + how eliminating folic acid and artificial dyes have greatly impacted Jena’s health 
• Knowing there are benefits to western medicine (and it IS needed), while also wishing western and functional medicine could work together to truly support people
• The ‘golden handcuffs’ that is health insurance + other insurance options that can still work for you and your family
• Really evaluating how certain foods and drinks make your body feel (gluten, dairy, alcohol, etc.), and the dramatic perspective shift that comes from doing so
• Choosing to invest in your health now, because you’ll either pay for your wellness or pay for your sickness
• How living a healthier, ‘crunchy’ lifestyle can still exist with current farming and ag practices 

Resources & Links:

• Jena’s health story shared on her podcast, Beyond the Crops
• Gather in Growth Sponsorship Inquiry
• EVOLVE Developing Entrepreneur Mastermind
• EVOLVE Scaling Entrepreneur Mastermind
• Get your Monthly Mileage Tracker here

• Learn more about my speaking
• Get your YouDoYou32 tracker! (82’s little sister!)
• Get your #YouDoYou82 tracker and join the Facebook community!
• Gather in Growth podcast produced by: Jill Carr Podcasting

Connect with Jena:

• Follow on Instagram
• Check out her website
• Check out Jena’s Podcast: Beyond the Crops

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Find the complete show notes here: https://www.emilyreuschel.com/093-from-frustration-to-function-seeking-alternative-healthcare-to-feel-your-best-with-jena-ochsner

In today’s episode, I want to talk about why it’s SO hard to ask for help, and even more, why you should be doing so. Women (and especially moms) are praised for being helpers, and putting everyone else first, while their needs are constantly pushed on the backburner. I mean...I myself am a thirty-something millennial mom living rural, who also was ingrained with the high-achieving, ‘do it all’ mentality for most of my life. Yeah...you could say it felt pretty unnatural for me to ask for help with my kids, house, etc., at first!

I know it’s SO hard to ask for help, but at the end of the day, YOU are in charge of building a beautiful life that lights you up. Sometimes that means being vulnerable, and allowing your loved ones to support you where you need it, so you can flourish in this life!

In this episode, we cover:

• How your micro experiences from childhood shaped you, and what it looks like to bring them into adulthood
• Why the communication piece is VITAL in helping you not feel like a burden + finding self-awareness around what you really need
• Getting to the place of understanding you can’t (nor do you want) to do it ALL, and being totally okay with that
• Effectively tackling the conversation surrounding household division of labor + letting things go, even if they aren’t done ‘exactly’ the way you would do them
• Accepting the fact that other people are going to do things differently than you, but it doesn’t have to be a bad thing

Resources & Links:

• Gather in Growth Sponsorship Inquiry
• Join one of my Masterminds! 
• Get your Monthly Mileage Tracker here

• Learn more about my speaking
• Get your YouDoYou32 tracker! (82’s little sister!)
• Get your #YouDoYou82 tracker and join the Facebook community!
• Gather in Growth podcast produced by: Jill Carr Podcasting

Connect with Emily:

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Find the complete show notes here: https://www.emilyreuschel.com/092-why-its-so-hard-to-ask-for-help-and-why-you-should

In today’s episode, I want to talk about seasons of change, and what happens as we continue piling on more duties, goals, responsibilities, etc., to our (already) overflowing plates. Our plates can be abundantly full of things we love and enjoy, but when we continue adding without removing anything, we start to feel exhausted, drained, and ultimately, like we’re not ‘enough’. So many of us fall into the trap of chasing achievement and praise, and we think that if we choose to shift our priorities and give something up along the way, we’ll be deemed a failure. I’m here to tell you that this is NOT the case.

In this episode, we cover:

• Taking the time to inventory what’s actually on your ‘plate’, and if it’s something that belongs there (or doesn’t)
• Focusing on work that really lights you up and serves you well in your current season
• My recent experience with bringing my 5 month old to the Ascend retreat + my realization surrounding the impact and value I still provided for the women there
• Getting purposeful about your priorities + honoring your energy during times of chaos and uncertainty
• Understanding that you have more power over your reality and your circumstances than you may think

Resources & Links:

• Gather in Growth Sponsorship Inquiry
• Join one of my Masterminds! 
• Get your Monthly Mileage Tracker here

• Learn more about my speaking
• Get your YouDoYou32 tracker! (82’s little sister!)
• Get your #YouDoYou82 tracker and join the Facebook community!
• Gather in Growth podcast produced by: Jill Carr Podcasting

Connect with Emily:

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• Connect with on LinkedIn

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Find the complete show notes here: https://www.emilyreuschel.com/091-seasons-of-change

I’m excited to have my amazing friend, Calli Thorne, as today’s podcast guest! Calli and I are talking all about mindset and mental health, and what the work looks like when you’re truly ready to change your mindset. Changing your mindset is a paradigm shift, and you HAVE to be willing to dig into the thoughts and feelings you’re having on a daily basis, if you want to change your circumstances. We’re also discussing what mental health first aid is, why it’s important that we take time to listen and give people a chance to share how they’re (really) doing, how to start having more conversations about mental health with your loved ones (especially when those deep-rooted, intergenerational stigmas are very present), and more.

In this episode, we will cover:

• How you can begin changing your mindset + the work that actually goes into doing so
• Where people can begin if they’re ready for therapy, coaching, or any other mental health resources
• How to start having more conversations about mental health with those closest to you
• Learning to define what a successful, well-rounded life looks like for YOU
• The number one thing that affects most people when they struggle and experience life’s challenges
• Applauding yourself for what you’re doing + choosing to say ‘no’ to those things that aren’t priorities or bring value to your life

Resources & Links:

• Gather in Growth Sponsorship Inquiry
• Join one of my Masterminds! 
• Get your Monthly Mileage Tracker here

• Learn more about my speaking
• Get your YouDoYou32 tracker! (82’s little sister!)
• Get your #YouDoYou82 tracker and join the Facebook community!
• Gather in Growth podcast produced by: Jill Carr Podcasting

Connect with Calli:

• Follow Instagram and Facebook
• Connect with on LinkedIn
• Check out her website

Connect with Emily:

• Follow on Instagram and Facebook
• Join my email list
• Check out my website
• Connect with on LinkedIn

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Find the complete show notes here: https://www.emilyreuschel.com/090-mindset-and-mental-health-with-calli-thorne

I’m joined by my wonderful friend, Kaitlin Cox, for today’s episode! Kaitlin and I are talking about loss, healing, and empowerment, and what it looks like to pursue true alignment and purpose. We’re discussing how the power of intentionality and tenacity can support you with no longer fearing failure, leaning into your faith during life’s many ups and downs, not getting ‘bogged down’ with the big picture, Kaitlin’s podcast and her new, upcoming event to inspire and bring more women together in community, and more.

Kaitlin Cox is a multifaceted individual whose life weaves through the landscapes of rural living, the heart of a bustling home, and the creativity of a hairstylist's studio. With a warm heart and a hands-on approach to life, Kaitlin embraces the roles of a farm wife, devoted mother to her energetic boys, passionate hairstylist & educator, and the voice behind her podcast, Emerging as Me.

In this episode, we will cover:

• Kaitlin’s journey with her first miscarriage, a confirmed PCOS diagnosis, and eventually, the heartbreaking loss of her second baby
• Kaitlin’s feeling of wanting to leave her dream job to pursue something more, and how the Ascend retreat gave her the nudge to actually do so
• Making the best decision you can for today, and not getting ‘bogged down’ with the big picture
• The strength that comes from true self-awareness 
• Not getting tangled up in fear and doubt when you’re doing something new and unfamiliar

Resources & Links:

• Gather in Growth Sponsorship Inquiry
• Join one of my Masterminds! 
• Get your Monthly Mileage Tracker here

• Learn more about my speaking
• Get your YouDoYou32 tracker! (82’s little sister!)
• Get your #YouDoYou82 tracker and join the Facebook community!
• Gather in Growth podcast produced by: Jill Carr Podcasting

Connect with Kaitlin:

• Follow on Instagram @kaitlinashleycox, @emergingasme , @hair_by_kaitlin_cox
• Emerging as Me, A Rural Women's Retreat: https://www.eventcreate.com/e/emergingasme
• Follow/subscribe to her podcast, Emerging as Me
• Check out her website

Connect with Emily:

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Find the complete show notes here: https://www.emilyreuschel.com/089-loss-healing-and-empowerment-with-kaitlin-cox

Kari Jo and I are talking all about the power of the pivot, and what it looks like to take riskier pursuits alongside a more ‘safe’ career choice. We’re digging into the importance of gaining clarity and really shifting your perspective when it comes to living your life (without letting other people’s opinions factor into this), how a high achievement-oriented personality can show up for business owners, the whirlwind of emotions that come with going in a completely new direction in business, mindset blocks and limiting beliefs that tend to plague many entrepreneurs, and more.

Kari Jo was born and raised in rural West Central Illinois. She grew up with a passion for agriculture and pursued a doctorate of veterinary medicine (DVM) at Oklahoma State University. Less than a year after graduating, she started a side hustle selling t-shirts online to help pay for plane tickets home. Little did she know that this would grow into (mostly) her full-time job. There have been a few twists and turns through the years, but she still loves practicing 2 days a week, and even owns an event venue downtown in her hometown.

In this episode, we will cover:

• Gaining clarity and shifting your perspective of how you truly want to live YOUR life (no matter what anyone else thinks) 
• What led Kari Jo to recently rebrand and pivot her business + the many mixed emotions that pop up when you’re making big changes in your business
• Finding acceptance in knowing that you’re making the best decision and going in the right direction, even when you feel uncertain and uncomfortable
• Limiting beliefs and mindset challenges that come with being a small business owner in a small town

Resources & Links:

• Gather in Growth Sponsorship Inquiry
• Join one of my Masterminds! 
• Get your Monthly Mileage Tracker here

• Learn more about my speaking
• Get your YouDoYou32 tracker! (82’s little sister!)
• Get your #YouDoYou82 tracker and join the Facebook community!
• Gather in Growth podcast produced by: Jill Carr Podcasting

Connect with Kari Jo:

• Follow on Instagram @kjokelso@kelsoandcompany and @thesmalltownermacomb
• Check out her website

Connect with Emily:

• Follow on Instagram and Facebook
• Join my email list
• Check out my website
• Connect with on LinkedIn

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Find the complete show notes here: https://www.emilyreuschel.com/088-power-of-the-pivot-with-kari-jo-kelso

In today’s episode, I want to talk about why you should commit to an endurance challenge. Running is such a beautiful example of how you can show up for yourself, and it’s also a powerful lesson in goal setting. While it’s one thing to say you’re going to run or train for a certain event, it’s an entirely different thing to actually commit, and do the dang thing! When you push past the limits of what you think is possible, it unlocks an entirely new capacity for what IS possible in your life.

In this episode, we cover:

• My journey to never feeling confident or coordinated doing any type of athletics, to a place of loving and honoring my body with running and regular movement
• Learning to set a goal that you can actually reverse engineer + why running is one of the most powerful lessons in goal setting
• The moment I vowed to never pass on the ugly diet culture mentality to my children
• Understanding what your priorities are and being okay with asking for help when you need it
• Growing the ‘muscles’ of grit and tenacity by doing hard things that you never thought you were capable of, but feel so proud of when you do
• The fantastic health benefits that come from running (or any type of endurance challenge)
• What my training plan looks like

Resources & Links:

• Learn more about ASCEND retreats and get on my email list to get all the updates!
• Gather in Growth Sponsorship Inquiry
• Get your Monthly Mileage Tracker here

• Learn more about my speaking
• Get your YouDoYou32 tracker! (82’s little sister!)
• Get your #YouDoYou82 tracker and join the Facebook community!
• Gather in Growth podcast produced by: Jill Carr Podcasting

Connect with Emily:

• Follow on Instagram and Facebook
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• Connect with on LinkedIn

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Find the complete show notes here: https://www.emilyreuschel.com/087-why-you-should-commit-to-an-endurance-challenge

Multiple times throughout my life, I’ve learned HOW important it is to lean into my own intuition, instead of playing by other people’s rulebooks. We all have that gut feeling, and little ‘inner knowing’, but so often, we’re afraid to tune into it (or we’ve forgotten how to). I even experienced this with my most recent Ascend retreat event, and the way I went about planning and marketing for it. While I believe it can be helpful to get other people’s perspectives, in the end, you have to be able to trust that you really DO know what’s best, and what will yield the most fruitful outcome.

In this episode, we cover:

• My recent experience with trying to create a fun and unique gym space in our (newly) renovated home, and my realization that came from this
• Leaning into your intuition and gut feeling, instead of playing by someone else’s rules and what they think you should do
• Opening registration and marketing for my Ascend retreat a year in advance, and the results that came from that
• Choosing to do things my own way with my entrepreneurial journey, the decisions I made as a first time mom, etc.

Resources & Links:

• Learn more about ASCEND retreats and get on my email list to get all the updates!
• Gather in Growth Sponsorship Inquiry
• Get your Monthly Mileage Tracker here

• Learn more about my speaking
• Get your YouDoYou32 tracker! (82’s little sister!)
• Get your #YouDoYou82 tracker and join the Facebook community!
• Gather in Growth podcast produced by: Jill Carr Podcasting

Connect with Emily:

• Follow on Instagram and Facebook
• Join my email list
• Check out my website
• Connect with on LinkedIn

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Find the complete show notes here: https://www.emilyreuschel.com/086-wall-art-and-intuition

Jada and I are talking about the divine feminine and mother wounds, and how much masculine versus feminine energy comes into play here. The concept of ‘more’ can be so detrimental, because as women, we are always being told to go and DO more. Even if we are doing all.the.things, we still hear that what we are doing isn’t enough, and this negatively impacts us further. We’re also digging into the very precarious topic of mother wounds, and how this impacts both females and males, and the entire family dynamic. Mother wounds require a LOT of bravery to feel and explore, but it can feel nearly impossible to actually FEEL what is needed. When mother wounds go unnoticed or untreated, the lasting effects can show up completely off-kilter for husbands and wives, feelings of unworthiness become more ingrained in us, and we don’t pay any attention to the beautiful gift that is our intuition.

In this episode, we will cover:

• What divine femininity is + masculine vs. feminine energy, and how these traits show up for us in our world
• The concept of ‘more’, and changing the way we think what that really means
• Where the mother wound actually comes from, and why it’s such a tricky topic
• Why we ALL need nurturance + acknowledging how we both did (and didn’t) get nurtured when we needed it, and learning to self-nurture
• Really working on your ability to be able to receive, and finding confidence to ASK for what you need from a trusted person
• How males are affected by mother and parental wounds
• The off-kilter dynamic between husbands and wives that often shows up in marriages
• What you can do to start shifting and improving yourself and your marriage
• Why self worth is such an ENORMOUS piece of the puzzle + how it shows up in our bodies
• The detrimental effects that can happen when we lose/don’t tap into our intuition as women 
• Jada’s role in starting very uncomfortable and also deeply important conversations with women, and the world
• Being intentional about loving life in this moment, instead of trying to improve and do more

Resources & Links:

• Gather in Growth Sponsorship Inquiry
• Learn more about ASCEND retreats and get on my email list to get all the updates!
• Join one of my Masterminds! 
• Get your Monthly Mileage Tracker here

• Learn more about my speaking
• Get your YouDoYou32 tracker! (82’s little sister!)
• Get your #YouDoYou82 tracker and join the Facebook community!
• Gather in Growth podcast produced by: Jill Carr Podcasting

Connect with Jada:

• Follow on Instagram @jadahobeshhealingco and @selahspace.sd
• Check out her website

Connect with Emily:

• Follow on Instagram and Facebook
• Join my email list
• Check out my website
• Connect with on LinkedIn

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Find the complete show notes here: https://www.emilyreuschel.com/085-divine-feminine-and-mother-wounds-with-jada-dobesh

I’m excited to be joined by my friend, Jada Dobesh, on the podcast today! Jada and I connected in fall 2023, and we both share a passion for educating and inspiring women (especially in rural communities). We want to help women deeply understand and know themselves completely, so they actually can grow, heal, and thrive for years to come! In today's episode, Jada and I are talking about understanding and embracing your cycle, and what each phase of your cycle entails.

Jada Dobesh is a Spiritual Healing Facilitator and the creator of Selah Space, a holistic wellness co-op in Sioux Falls. In her work, Jada offers her clients the space and the practices to heal their spirituality, sexuality and self-worth. Jada intentionally honors her client’s spiritual, physical, mental, and emotional well-being in her practice. Jada is delighted to share about the wisdom of the feminine body and its 5th vital sign, the menstrual cycle; womb energy and women’s reproductive health; generational wounds and the healing of mother wounds in women who are “technically fine.” When she’s not cultivating healing within the walls of Selah Space, a place for members and practitioners to come together in one space to help one another become well, Jada is mama to Audrey, age 5 and Marek, age 3, and wife to Witt. Jada’s education includes Bachelor of Arts degrees in Clinical Psychology and Theology/Youth Ministry and graduate degrees in Christian Leadership and Spiritual Direction. She is also certified in Master Level Reiki Healing and Brainspotting.

In this episode, we will cover:

• Really understanding yourself and your cycle + the 4 phases in detail
• Healthy ways to ‘feel’ your feelings, and release them effectively
• Why your body’s symptoms are its way of communicating with you
• Rewriting the narrative around womanhood so we truly CAN understand and trust ourselves
• What the divine feminine is + how you can truly tap into it
• What the wounded feminine is + questioning why it’s been ingrained into us for so long

Resources & Links:

• Woman Code by Alisa Vitti
• Gather in Growth Sponsorship Inquiry
• Learn more about ASCEND retreats and get on my email list to get all the updates!
• Join one of my Masterminds! 
• Get your Monthly Mileage Tracker here

• Learn more about my speaking
• Get your YouDoYou32 tracker! (82’s little sister!)
• Get your #YouDoYou82 tracker and join the Facebook community!
• Gather in Growth podcast produced by: Jill Carr Podcasting

Connect with Jada:

• Follow on Instagram @jadahobeshhealingco and @selahspace.sd
• Check out her website

Connect with Emily:

• Follow on Instagram and Facebook
• Join my email list
• Check out my website
• Connect with on LinkedIn

Find the complete show notes here: https://www.emilyreuschel.com/084-understanding-and-embracing-your-cycle-with-jada-dobesh