Wildfire & Flowers

When you hit a heavy emotional low point, knowing that there's no where but up isn't the easiest thing to comprehend in that moment.  What ties you back to reality is the 'SELF'.  This relates you self worth, your commitment to self, and self awareness.  In this week's episode, P & V give you all the tidbits, tea and one liners on how you can nourish yourself to a state where you can easily bound back to a happy healthy you.  Discussed in this episode are how we carry the lessons within us, awareness of where you dedicate your time, feelings vs. logic and success.

Honorable Mentions: 

Women who run with Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estés

Wild Expressions: Paula's Course - more info & details to register beginning on Mon Feb 13, 2023

Happy New Year 2023!  Welcome back as we invite you to tune into our first episode of the year!

In our last year's new year episode, (episode 14 - check it out!), we discussed how a new year doesn't necessarily mean a whole new you but it could mean a mentality shift, or it could simply mean another day of intentionality - and that is wonderful too!  Throughout 2022 we've touched on the topics of discipline, consistency, and goal setting, so in this week's episode, we magnify the challenges that appear when trying to follow through on a task/action or activity.  It's very common to find oneself stuck in a mental loop or thought pattern which prevents one from following through on said task/action or activity - and THAT dear listeners, is what we're here to talk about.

This episode touches on our personal experiences, healthy stressors, phone addiction, and tips to help challenge the mental traps we can find ourselves in.

We have made it to the end of the year 2022, and in honour of closing off the year, P & V have decided to reflect and chat about what it really means to feel into a soulful yes or no.  This embodied practice of decision making is aligned to your gut feeling and strengthening that connection in a world that craves for you to seek alignment externally.  In this episode, your co-hostesses chat about the times they've had to meet a resistance, play within the harmonies of life, own their agency and autonomy, and embrace the various emotions we are gifted to experience.

When tuning in, we invite you to reflect on your year, to show gratitude for all that you have experienced, and to release it to make space for a new.  Allow 2023 to be the year of re-committing to you.

This will be the final episode of the year.  Keep in touch with us on our instagram @wildfire.and.flowers for more insights and sparkle.

See you in 2023, our dearest listeners, & thank you as always for being here with us & for us xo

There are two different situations that we can meet in life.  One where we have to stand rooted in our being in order to not succumb to the energy of our environment or where the environment calls us to change our energy and how we operate.  This is the flow of being that life calls us to be immersed in, as there's only so much expectations we can put on the outcome of life.  In this episode P & V discuss the power of taking a moment for yourself to pause, breathe & state an intention before entering a room.  Navigating your beliefs and maintaining an alignment in a crowded room takes a lot of internal power and ego release - so how will you choose to ride it out in a conversation?  

If your state of peace and being were a river, and the events and emotions we endure are the twigs, sticks and logs that build upon each other, what would happen?  An immense pressure of water flow, a dam creating a blockage, and each water droplet re-routing itself and changing its course.  This is applicable to deep emotions and situations we find ourselves in as they build up overtime, and we are left to navigate life's stresses when we are already in a state of abyss.  How can one find the strength to remove each stick?  How can one want to uncover all the events and emotions when it takes a lot of energy?  Paula and Vanessa ponder and reflect on the emotional toll and high it takes to re-direct yourself back to love, back to joy & back to flow.  Take note of the visuals referenced in this episode as you reflect on the knots, streams & blockages that come up for you.

After a minor hiatus, Paula and Vanessa are back to share their experiences after processing some big events and big emotions as well as some tips & tools they've used to navigate along the way.  This episode is an invitation for you to evaluate how you are feeling, and how you are choosing to or not to interact and process any emotions you are feeling.  Sensations of fatigue, of yearning for community, and even resistance may all come up - and that is so welcomed!  The roads of integration and processing lead to pleasure, and we encourage you to feel through it all in your time.

Link to Vanessa's new website & offerings

Secret Garden Re-cap & More!

As we have just surpassed Autumn Equinox, the beginning of a transformational shift in the seasons. In Earths cyclical nature, we notice the way the leaves change color and the weather gets cooler, so it's important to note that we as creatures of the Earth, change as well.  This episode is all about honouring the inner seasons, and how the body requires different levels of rest to rejuvenate within each season in a society that demands us to express our internal summer energy all year round.

Rest is a revolutionary act, P & V encourage you to create pockets of leisure for yourself and to remember that there is beauty in slowing down.

Tickets to The Secret Garden - a ritual theatre performance Paula will be in

In this day and age, we are encouraged to use our voice and speak our truth, and scream our desires from the rooftop.  As wonderful as that is, there still is this underlying suppression that a lot of women face due to generations before us/them being silenced in the matriarch lineage.  Standing in your power and being the voice that aligns with your values while maintaining boundaries takes effort, choice and bravery.  In this episode P & V explore the doubts they've had when not speaking their truth, the times they have taken up space to vocalize a desire, and also note how others perceptions of you can influence the way you speak.

You have a voice that deserves to be heard, whether it's in a safe space, or amidst conflict.  This episode encourages you to reflect on what it means to stand firm and rooted in yourself.

"Sometimes what you’re most afraid of doing is the very thing that will set you free." - Robert Tew

Diana Ross TikTok on spirituality and positivity

It's so natural for humans to have a goal, work towards that goal, and then depending on your mood, situation or any external circumstance, the goal may lose it's priority.  Even with this level of understanding, it can feel challenging and even frustrating when roadblocks come your way.  The TRUE essence of ones soul comes into play when we meet a crossroad as such -- how will you navigate this challenge?  What are the stories you tell yourself?  Who are you surrounding yourself with to amplify the voices?

Committing to yourself has it's ebbs and flows which your co-hostesses P & V know all about.  This is an episode filled with stories, shared experiences, tips and tricks to navigate goal setting from a coaching lens and as always, the lens of two ladies in their late 20's simply going with the motions.

We support you on your goals and the journey through it all!

Your Vision Guidebook by We Bond

Every generation endures their own forms of challenges and waves to navigate.  In this day and age, alot of folks in their mid to late 20's are really feeling the pressures of our system in regards to the pandemic, expectations, social media, and all around comparison.  Regardless of how self aware one can be, the pressure can still lead to spiralling and stagnation when you're trying to get through the day and achieve your goals.  In this episode P&V discuss capitalism and consumerist culture we operate in, and chat about what we can do to revolutionize the choices you make about your mindset, to reimagine the possibilities of what life can be life to relieve yourself from the pressures of society.

This episode also discusses decolonizing money and time, the cyclical nature of the masculine & feminine, and how we can operate from the frequency of love to better ourselves and the world.