What if creativity is less about what you make — and more about how you feel, receive, and respond?

In this episode of Wisdom Stripes, Meg Tuohey sits down with performer, director, researcher, and PhD candidate Kay Tuckerman to explore creativity as an embodied, healing exchange — where art becomes a bridge between body, intuition, spirit, and science.

Before you listen:

Meg is hosting a free live virtual roundtable on February 10 at 7 PM EST called:

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Kay shares her journey from Broadway stages to holistic research, unpacking the non-linear nature of creativity, the grief of creative interruption, and how art reconnects us to our humanity when productivity fails us.

This is a conversation about remembering the body, honoring intuition, and allowing creativity to heal what performance and pressure cannot.

⏱️ Episode Chapters

00:24 – Creativity as healing

02:58 – Process over product

07:37 – Reclaiming creative value

11:24 – Belonging and creative identity

14:38 – Illness, injury, and reinvention

18:44 – Broadway and embodied devotion

24:32 – Art as shared humanity

25:30 – Shamanism and creativity

36:42 – Somatic exchange and meaning

41:02 – Returning to the child within

🌐 Connect with Kay Tuckerman

Website: https://kayetuckerman.com

Instagram: @kayetuckerman

🌐 Connect with Meg Tuohey

HeartPrint: https://megantuohey.com

The Wisdom Lab: https://bit.ly/4eI8S7N

Instagram: https://bit.ly/4f6B0AW

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🎧 Listen on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/4f8xTsj

What happens when success ends—and identity goes with it?

In this episode, Meg Tuohey sits down with former professional skateboarder turned entrepreneur, investor, and Vice Mayor Pro Tem Mikey Taylor for a powerful conversation about reinvention, faith, leadership, and rebuilding when the life you knew disappears.

Mikey shares the untold story behind a career-ending injury, the identity loss that followed, a marriage pushed to its edge, and the internal reckoning that forced him to confront the questions many avoid:

Who am I without this?

What actually matters when achievement falls away?

This is a conversation about discomfort as a teacher, leadership rooted in integrity, and why challenge is not a sign to quit—but an invitation to become more.

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If this conversation resonated, Meg’s upcoming book HeartPrint explores these themes more deeply... identity, truth, responsibility, and the courage to live from alignment rather than approval.

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https://megantuohey.com/megan-book-heart-print/

⏱️ Episode Chapters

00:40 – Identity after loss

02:10 – Purpose through challenge

05:41 – Obsession, mastery, and leadership

11:27 – From skateboarding to city leadership

15:29 – Fear as a signal to move forward

22:46 – Career-ending injury and identity collapse

28:52 – Faith, purpose, and rebuilding from the ground up

33:27 – Leadership anchored in identity

37:37 – Uniqueness, discomfort, and belonging

42:17 – Why growth requires discomfort

🌐 Connect with Mikey Taylor

Instagram & YouTube: @MikeyTaylor

Commune Capital: https://commune.capital

🌐 Connect with Meg Tuohey

Website: https://megantuohey.com

Instagram: https://bit.ly/4f6B0AW

Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3Yp2vjP

Spotify: https://spoti.fi/4f8xTsj

What if nothing about your life has ever been wasted, not the pain, not the confusion, not the struggle?

In this episode, Meg sits down with Zen practitioner and former biomedical engineer Grant Goulet to explore consciousness, inner knowing, suffering, death, and the quiet intelligence guiding us beneath thought.

This conversation invites listeners to soften certainty, expand curiosity, and reconsider what it actually means to live in alignment, not with rules or outcomes, but with values that emerge from stillness.

🔔 FREE LIVE VIRTUAL EVENT
January 20 at 7 PM EST
The 3 Lies Women Tell Themselves to Keep the Peace
And Why They Don’t Work in 2026

Register for FREE:
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⏱️ Episode Chapters
00:00 – Nothing is ever lost
02:26 – The pathless path
05:03 – Metaphysics, clarified
06:01 – Consciousness explained
10:21 – Inner knowing vs conditioning
16:02 – Collective consciousness
20:27 – Meaning, death, and experience
23:25 – Struggle as flourishing
29:33 – Pain vs suffering
33:22 – Curiosity as medicine
35:48 – Death as return
45:14 – Meditation demystified
54:49 – Compassion at the core
57:05 – Living by curiosity

🌐 Connect with Grant Goulet
Website: https://www.path-less.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mountaincloudzencenter

🌐 Connect with Meg Tuohey
HeartPrint: https://megantuohey.com
The Wisdom Lab: https://bit.ly/4eI8S7N
Instagram: https://bit.ly/4f6B0AW

Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3Yp2vjP
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/4f8xTsj

In Part 2 of this two-part conversation, Meg Tuohey continues her dialogue with entrepreneur and investor Andrew Cartwright, exploring what sustains success beyond achievement.

This episode goes deeper into truth vs authority, discernment in chaos, commitment, endurance, and love as a lived experience (not a rulebook).

🔔 FREE LIVE VIRTUAL EVENT

January 20 at 7 PM EST

The 3 Lies Women Tell Themselves to Keep the Peace

And Why They Don’t Work in 2026

Register for FREE: https://megantuohey.com/the-3-lies-women-tell-themselves-to-keep-the-peace/

⏱️ Episode Chapters

00:00 – Part 2 intro + recap

01:16 – “I don’t quit” and finding a way

02:02 – Truth vs authority

02:20 – Media, chaos, and why “truth” gets buried

03:24 – Decentralization, trust, and systems

08:44 – Dragon Ridge and building from intuition

10:44 – Ironman, endurance, fear, jellyfish, and sharks

14:56 – Free live roundtable invitation

24:40 – Next frontier: applying “love” to every area of life

25:08 – Experience of love vs the concept/rules of love

29:44 – Commitment, integrity, and “treason” in relationships

33:51 – The Gottman Institute and the pillars of trust

44:31 – Thoughts, emotions, and personal evolution

45:51 – Closing remarks + where to connect

🌐 Connect with Andrew Cartwright

Website: https://www.andrewcartwright.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andrewxcartwright

🌐 Connect with Meg Tuohey

HeartPrint: https://megantuohey.com

The Wisdom Lab: https://bit.ly/4eI8S7N

Instagram: https://bit.ly/4f6B0AW

Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3Yp2vjP

Spotify: https://spoti.fi/4f8xTsj

In this New Year’s Day episode of Wisdom Stripes, Meg Tuohey shares Part 1 of a deep, expansive conversation with entrepreneur and investor Andrew Cartwright.

Andrew’s journey includes building and selling dozens of companies, losing over $100 million, rebuilding from massive debt, and developing a grounded, reflective approach to success and leadership. In Part 1, Meg and Andrew explore identity, resilience, self-awareness, leadership blind spots, faith, and the internal decisions that shape a life.

This episode ends at a defining moment... the story that explains why Andrew never quit.

📌 Upcoming Free Live Event

Meg is hosting a free live roundtable on January 20 at 7 PM EST called:

The 3 Lies Women Tell Themselves to Keep the Peace (And Why They Don’t Work in 2026)

To pre-register and be the first to receive the link, email [email protected] with the word CLARITY in the subject line.

⏰ EPISODE CHAPTERS

00:00 – Welcome and episode context

03:20 – Andrew Cartwright’s background

05:40 – Leaning into possibility

13:40 – Observing thoughts and identity

18:30 – The “state of zero”

24:10 – Blind spots and leadership shadows

31:45 – Business as personal development

36:50 – Losing everything and rebuilding

46:55 – Being cut off at 12

49:40 – Ego, success, and identity

54:20 – The breakthrough moment

59:20 – Failure, quitting, and resolve

1:00:04 – End of Part 1

🔗 CONNECT WITH Andrew Cartwright

Instagram: @andrewxcartwright

Website: capitalvelocity.com

🌿 CONNECT WITH MEG TUOHEY

Instagram: https://bit.ly/4f6B0AW

Website: https://bit.ly/3NtUF24

The Wisdom Lab: https://bit.ly/4eI8S7N

In this episode of Wisdom Stripes, Meg Tuohey welcomes entrepreneur and insurance agency owner Nicholas Sakha for a thoughtful conversation about faith, discipline, responsibility, and the inner practices that shape sustainable success.

Nicholas shares his upbringing in a large family, the responsibility he carried early in life, and how faith and structure guided him through seasons of uncertainty. Together, Meg and Nicholas explore balance, parenting, intuition, prayer, and what it means to take the first step when you don’t yet see the whole path.

📕 HeartPrint Holiday Bundle

Pre-order HeartPrint by Meg Tuohey and receive exclusive holiday bonuses.

👉 https://megantuohey.com/megan-book-heart-print/

⏰ EPISODE CHAPTERS

00:00 – Faith as a foundation

01:52 – Episode introduction

02:07 – Nicholas’s journey

03:18 – Writing things down

04:22 – Growing up with less

06:05 – Early responsibility

08:46 – Family dynamics

12:10 – Self-development

14:34 – Gratitude and answered prayers

16:20 – Calling and service

21:03 – Fatherhood and balance

23:11 – Business growth and creativity

29:11 – Navigating hard seasons

33:44 – Strategy and journaling

35:05 – Relationships and alignment

40:42 – Ownership after failure

48:32 – Final wisdom

49:05 – Breaking point and prayer

52:09 – Faith beyond religion

56:03 – Back against the wall

56:39 – Take the first step

57:03 – Closing reflections

In this episode of Wisdom Stripes, Meg Tuohey welcomes entrepreneur and funding expert Demario McCowan for a powerful conversation about hustle culture, survival mode, and what happens when success stops feeling fulfilling.

Demario shares how reaching financial milestones left him feeling empty, how fatherhood shifted his priorities, and why sustainable success requires patience, structure, and a willingness to move beyond survival thinking. Together, Meg and Demario explore entrepreneurship, fulfillment, intuition, and the courage to trust yourself when you’re standing at a crossroads.

⏰ EPISODE CHAPTERS

00:00 – Making money and feeling empty

01:56 – Episode introduction

03:26 – Hustle culture and long-term damage

05:12 – Patience as the antidote

07:32 – Social media and distorted reality

11:23 – Hustle vs presence

13:03 – Parenting and modeling being

15:44 – Leaving survival mode

20:21 – Financial milestones and emptiness

22:36 – Outgrowing old strategies

28:00 – The labyrinth metaphor

33:40 – Turns vs dead ends

45:43 – Navigating uncertainty

49:27 – Choosing intuition

52:28 – Redefining fulfillment

59:38 – Stewardship beyond money

01:01:22 – Final wisdom

01:02:01 – Taking the bet on yourself

📕 HeartPrint Holiday Bundle

Pre-order Meg Tuohey’s new book HeartPrint and receive exclusive holiday bonuses.

👉 https://megantuohey.com/megan-book-heart-print/

✨ Learn more about Meg: https://bit.ly/3NtUF24

🎓 The Wisdom Lab: https://bit.ly/4eI8S7N

How do you move through the holidays with more compassion, grounding, and self-awareness?

In this special episode of Wisdom Stripes, I’m joined by Coach Moe Poole and Paula Rao, LPC to explore why the holidays are so emotionally intense... and how to support yourself when stress, expectations, family patterns, or grief begin to take over.

We talk about:

• Why holiday pressure activates old patterns

• Emotional labor, comparison, and “hallmark expectations”

• Boundaries without guilt

• What to do when you feel overwhelmed or “flip your lid”

• Grieving loved ones or lost seasons of life

• How to return to your growth instead of falling into old roles

• Reconnecting with what actually makes the holidays meaningful

This conversation will support anyone feeling stretched thin, triggered, depleted, or unsure how to stay grounded in a busy, emotionally loaded season.

✨ HeartPrint Holiday Bundle Bonuses

Preorder HeartPrint and receive:

5 Weeks of Wisdom — journal prompts

Early access to Chapter One

Wise Woman Antidotes to the Inner Critic

Claim your bundle:

https://megantuohey.com/megan-book-heart-print/

Connect with Today’s Guests

Coach Moe Poole — Transformational Mindset & Energy Coach

Facebook: facebook.com/moe.poole.9

Instagram: instagram.com/theecoach.moe

Paula Rao, LPC — Therapist & Trauma Specialist

Website: https://westhoustoncounseling.com/paula-rao/

Connect with Meg Tuohey

Instagram: https://bit.ly/4f6B0AW

Facebook: https://bit.ly/3BILKXU

TikTok: https://bit.ly/4f7M8he

LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/4hbXJOb

Learn more: https://bit.ly/3NtUF24

The Wisdom Lab: https://bit.ly/4eI8S7N

Listen on Apple: https://apple.co/3Yp2vjP

Listen on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/4f8xTsj

⏰ Timestamps (Chapters)

00:00 — HeartPrint Holiday Bundle

01:19 — Why the holidays feel intense

02:31 — Introducing Coach Moe & Paula

04:52 — Expectations & emotional pressure

07:29 — Fear, obligation & guilt

09:05 — Emotional load of being “the leader”

10:39 — Seasonal shifts & lowered capacity

12:48 — Protecting your growth

14:21 — Boundaries & planning ahead

16:21 — Staying present & regulated

17:29 — Old patterns resurfacing

20:24 — Reconnecting with values

22:18 — Emotional tipping point

24:24 — What to do when you flip your lid

27:34 — Processing without harming relationships

31:10 — Regulation tools

33:42 — “Honor the occasion” mindset

34:49 — Navigating grief

39:01 — The grief “software update”

43:05 — Accepting the gap between hope & reality

47:43 — Making holidays meaningful again

51:14 — The “yeah, but…” inner narrative

53:04 — Creating 10 minutes of joy

57:24 — HeartPrint philosophy

1:00:10 — Becoming your future self

1:03:11 — Closing & gratitude

🚨 DISCLAIMER

The Wisdom Stripes podcast is for informational and educational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional mental health or medical advice.

Are we truly making the most of the days we’re given? In this episode, I sit down with Parker Patterson, entrepreneur, caregiver, and co-owner of Silverleaf Elder Care, to explore the profound wisdom that comes from serving people at the end of their lives.

We talk about:

💛 The reality of aging in America

🏠 How boutique-style elder care preserves dignity and belonging

🧠 Memory care, emotional needs, and the importance of continuity

🌿 What peaceful death looks like, and what regretful death teaches us

👨‍👩‍👧 How Parker’s upbringing in a family of 12 (with 7 special needs siblings) shaped his worldview

🔥 Leadership, purpose, and building a mission-driven life

💫 Preparing for death, legacy, and living intentionally before it’s too late

If you’re curious about life, meaning, purpose, aging, death, or how to build a legacy you’re proud of, this conversation will move you deeply.

Connect with Parker Patterson

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theparkerpatterson

Website: https://www.silverleafeldercare.com

About Meg Tuohey

📕 HeartPrint by Megan Tuohey is now available for pre-order!
https://bit.ly/4qTGXbc

✨ Meg Tuohey is a renowned expert in relationships, leadership, and personal growth. Learn more about her mission and how she is changing lives here:

https://bit.ly/3NtUF24

🎓 Shatter emotional barriers and reclaim your power with The Wisdom Lab—designed for women seeking profound breakthroughs in personal growth and emotional healing:

https://bit.ly/4eI8S7N

📰 Learn more about Wisdom Stripes here:

https://bit.ly/3U9V5OZ

📺 Watch “Wisdom Stripes” every Thursday at 5 AM EST on YouTube:

https://bit.ly/3BO3Mbk

Connect with Meg Tuohey

Instagram: https://bit.ly/4f6B0AW

Facebook: https://bit.ly/3BILKXU

TikTok: https://bit.ly/4f7M8he

LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/4hbXJOb

🎙️ Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3Yp2vjP

🎙️ Listen on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/4f8xTsj

⏰ Timestamps (Chapters)

00:00 – The beauty of multigenerational care

00:33 – Welcome to Wisdom Stripes

00:47 – Meet Parker Patterson

01:01 – Parker’s upbringing & family of 12

03:12 – How adoption shaped his worldview

09:04 – The state of elder care in America

10:23 – Why Parker built boutique-style communities

11:44 – Eastern vs Western aging philosophies

13:18 – Creating a home-like environment

14:14 – Launching home care to help seniors age in place

16:03 – Blending family values into elder care

17:26 – Supporting caregivers through grief

23:06 – Leadership with heart: co-leading with his wife

25:07 – The sacred difficulty of end-of-life care

27:44 – Wisdom from witnessing death

32:10 – The “door between worlds”: birth & death

33:11 – Signs of peaceful transition

35:24 – The beauty of crossing over

36:05 – Parker’s vision for life, purpose & legacy

40:00 – The hardest thing Parker is working on

42:01 – Overcoming shiny object syndrome

46:02 – How his wife keeps him grounded

48:56 – Parker’s final wisdom

49:21 – Preparing for death responsibly

54:00 – Where to find Parker & closing remarks

🚨 DISCLAIMER

The Wisdom Stripes podcast is for informational and educational purposes only. The host, Meg Tuohey, shares personal stories, experiences, and knowledge aimed at helping listeners gain new insights for personal growth. However, the content is not a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Listeners should not use the information as a replacement for consultations with qualified mental health, medical, or other professionals. If you are seeking professional help, please consult with a licensed specialist.

Your unexpressed rage is slowly poisoning your body, your relationships, and your life, and neither stuffing it down nor dumping it on others will ever set you free. Gina Burt, a personal development coach who broke bats and chairs during her own rage release therapy, has become one of the most-sought-after guides for people ready to finally move through their deepest anger without destroying themselves or those they love. What if the emotion you’ve been most afraid of becomes your doorway to freedom?

✨ The HeartPrint by Megan Tuohey is now available for pre-order! https://bit.ly/4prmTf5

📕Meg Tuohey is a renown expert in relationships, leadership and personal growth. Learn more about her mission and how she is changing lives here: https://bit.ly/3NtUF24

🎓Shatter emotional barriers and reclaim your power with The Wisdom Lab, designed for women seeking profound breakthroughs in personal growth and emotional healing.: https://bit.ly/4eI8S7N

📰 For more information on Wisdom Stripes with Meg Tuohey visit: https://bit.ly/3U9V5OZ

📺Watch the  "Wisdom Stripes" podcast every Thursday at 5AM EST on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3BO3Mbk

📱Connect with Meg Tuohey

Instagram: https://bit.ly/4f6B0AW

Facebook: https://bit.ly/3BILKXU

TikTok: https://bit.ly/4f7M8he

LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/4hbXJOb

🎙️Download “Wisdom Stripes” podcast on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3Yp2vjP

🎙️Download “Wisdom Stripes” podcast on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/4f8xTsj

⏰Timestamps

00:00 Intro of Show

01:45 Wisdom from Gina Burt

02:45 Overcoming Severe Pain: Gina’s Healing Journey

10:18 Discovering A Person’s Story 

17:05 Where to Find Gina Burt? (Without Digital Media Presence)

19:21 Gina Burt’s Mission

23:09 Most Common Secrets of People

25:59 Recognising Patterns of Chaos (and Its Consequences)

30:27 Having a Relationship with the “Isness” (Inner Knowing)

34:03 People Always Have a Choice

40:29 Rage Release Process

46:45 What Happens After Rage Release and Healing?

49:44 Wisdom as the Knowingness

52:46 Wisdom on Grief and Guilt

59:26 Perspective on Death

1:01:14 Life Mates vs. Soul Mates

1:05:35 Gina’s Next Frontier

1:07:52 Last Piece of Wisdom from Gina

🚨DISCLAIMER: The Wisdom Stripes podcast is for informational and educational purposes only. The host Meg Tuohey shares personal stories, experiences, and knowledge aimed at helping listeners gain new insights for personal growth. However, the content is not a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Listeners should not use the information as a replacement for consultations with qualified mental health, medical, or other professionals. If you are seeking professional help, please consult with a licensed specialist.