Wild & Waking

Wild & Waking

Wild & Waking is more than a podcast—it’s a sacred return to who you’ve always been. This space is for the woman standing at the edge of everything she’s outgrown. The one who’s checked all the boxes, followed all the rules, and still feels the quiet ache for something more honest. More alive. More hers. She’s begun the unraveling—of roles, expectations, and identities that no longer fit. She’s remembering the voice beneath the noise, the rhythm beneath the hustle, the truth beneath the performance. She’s reclaiming her joy, her intuition, her fire. And she’s rising—not as a version of who she was told to be, but as the truest expression of who she already is. Hosted by soul expansion coach Emily Reuschel, Wild & Waking is for spiritual entrepreneurs, coaches, rural changemakers, and conscious leaders dismantling old paradigms and creating new ways of living, leading, and becoming. Through raw conversations, deep reflections, and embodied wisdom, we explore what it means to awaken a life of abundance, authenticity, and purpose. This is for the woman who holds both sacred rage and radical joy. Who moves with reverence for the seasons of her life. Who isn’t afraid to break cycles, speak truth, and dismantle what no longer serves—not to destroy, but to create. To rebuild a world rooted in the celebration of difference, the beauty of nuance, and the power of sovereign, embodied leadership. If you’re ready to come home to yourself—fully, fiercely, and without apology—welcome. We’ve been waiting for you.

Episodes

November 27, 2025 23 mins

So often we expect transformation to be loud, dramatic, or instantly recognizable. But the truth is that personal evolution rarely happens in one defining moment. In this intimate solo episode, Emily reflects on the quiet, incremental, almost imperceptible shifts that have reshaped her entire inner world over the past year, while her external life has looked almost exactly the same. Through the lens of her own growth, she explores ...

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    What if your desire isn’t dangerous, but divine?

    In this deeply transformative episode, Emily sits down with Dr. Kimberly Rose Pendleton, an intimacy coach, scholar, and founder of UNCOVER, to explore what it means to heal from purity culture and reclaim your body, your voice, and your power. Together, they unravel centuries of conditioning that taught women to equate goodness with obedience and holiness with self-denial, and invite...

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    What if you stopped dreading the darker months and started seeing them as sacred? In this episode, Emily invites you to embrace the descent into the dark half of the year, a season of rest, reflection, and deep inner renewal. Drawing from ancestral wisdom, cyclical living, and her own evolution, she explores how “wintering” isn’t just about enduring the cold, but remembering that rest itself is holy work.

    Emily shares how nature’s r...

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    What happens when your personal evolution begins to stretch the space between you and your partner? In this deeply honest and compassionate conversation, Emily sits down with feminist marriage coach Maggie Reyes to explore what she calls The Growth Gap, the tension that arises when one partner is actively growing, healing, or awakening, while the other clings to what feels safe, familiar, or expected.

    Together, they unpack how to na...

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    Life is tender and messy and miraculous all at once. In this solo episode, Emily invites you into a reflection on the beautiful, brutal art of holding it all—the grief and the gratitude, the darkness and the light, the exhaustion and the quiet magic of simply being alive.

    Fresh off a transformative retreat and deep in the waves of pregnancy, she opens up about what it means to sit in discomfort without needing to fix it, to honor bo...

  • In this potent conversation, I sit down with Yarrow Kae—a mentor, spiritual guide, healer, and clinically trained therapist who bridges ancient wisdom with modern psychology—to explore what it really means to embody the truth of who you are. Yarrow’s story is nothing short of extraordinary: at 19, she downloaded enlightenment on the dance floor of a rave, setting her on a decades-long journey of integration, nervous system healing,...

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    What happens when you realize the life you worked so hard to build doesn’t actually feel like your own? In this week’s episode of Wild & Waking, I sit down with Kathleen Pitt—The Quantum Psychic—to explore her radical journey from nurse practitioner and mom in Detroit to soul-led mentor, channel, and guide helping women step into their highest alignment.

    We dive deep into the quantum field—what it is, how it works, and how it al...

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    What if your worth wasn’t tied to how much you produce, how many tasks you complete, or how many boxes you check off the list? In this episode of Wild & Waking, I’m diving into a conversation so many women wrestle with: untangling our value from output and reclaiming the power of presence.

    For centuries, women’s gifts—our wisdom, intuition, creativity, and nurturing—were considered sacred. Over time, productivity culture and tra...

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    Have you ever wondered what really happens during a Reiki attunement? In this solo episode, I’m sharing my honest, unfiltered experience from my Reiki I & II attunement weekend—a journey that unlocked new layers of magic, healing, creativity, and self-trust that I never could have anticipated.

    From the moment I arrived, I realized this wasn’t just about learning a modality—it was an invitation into deeper connection with myself....

  • Have you ever felt the tension between following the “logical path” you were taught to take and the deeper pull of your intuition? In this episode of Wild & Waking, I sit down with Hay House author and spiritual business coach Liz Roberta to explore how we can break free from burnout, trust our inner wisdom, and build lives and businesses that are truly in tune with our soul. Liz’s book, Living in Tune: 21 Questions to Activate...

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    Have you ever had a powerful breakthrough — an awakening, an expansion, a deep inner revelation — only to feel frustrated when it doesn’t immediately translate into your daily life? In this solo episode of Wild & Waking, Emily unpacks the truth that integration always lags behind revelation. Growth isn’t instant. Transformation takes time to embody. And the space between knowing and becoming is where much of the real work happe...

  • What happens when the life you planned completely unravels—and you’re forced to decide who you really are without the “shoulds”? In this episode of the Wild & Waking podcast, I’m joined by Jessica Frew, author of Shove Your Shoulds: Become a Decision-Making Badass to Live the Bold Life You Deserve. Jessica’s story of walking through divorce after her husband came out as gay, rebuilding her life, and ultimately creating a beauti...

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    In this solo episode, I’m continuing the story I began back in Episode 160 — my journey of breaking down, breaking open, and finding breakthrough on the other side. This time, I’m sharing the next chapter: my first-ever Reiki session, the wild and beautiful soul baby messages that came through, and the spiritual affirmations that left me feeling like a completely different person. If you’ve been curious about energy healing, intuit...

  • This is the initiation into your next becoming.

    In part two of this sacred series with Katy Stuart, we move from remembering to reclamation. We explore what it means to rise from the rubble of old identities, to hold the sacred responsibility of your truth, and to lead—not from performance or perfection—but from deep spiritual embodiment. If part one unpacked the history of how women’s voices were silenced, this conversation is abou...

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    What if the very reason you feel stuck, silenced, or afraid to take up space… didn’t start with you? What if the resistance in your body, the self-doubt in your voice, and the fear of being seen are actually ancient echoes of a system built to keep women small?

    In this first half of a powerful two-part series, I’m joined by my business coach and spiritual mentor Katy Stuart for a conversation that will live in your bones. We explore...

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    What happens when your body completely shuts down—and no one can explain why? In this behind-the-scenes solo episode, Emily invites you into the real, raw, and honestly kind of ridiculous past few weeks of her life. From first-trimester exhaustion and creative burnout to a surprise trip to urgent care where she couldn’t catch her breath, this is one of those “how is this my life right now?” updates… with a whole lot of insight and ...

  • What if the static in your life wasn’t just overwhelm—but a sign you’ve been disconnected from your deepest knowing?

    In this soul-expanding conversation, I’m joined by intuitive healer and psychic medium Kelsey Anderson to explore what it means to live a soul-led life in a world that constantly asks us to outsource our power. We talk about how to reconnect with your embodied intuition, reclaim the voice of your body, and walk yourse...

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    What if you stopped fighting your energy dips, creative bursts, and seasonal shifts—and started listening to them instead? In this episode, Emily invites you into a powerful reframe: you are nature. Which means you were never meant to be linear, consistent, or constantly “on.” You were designed to move in rhythm—just like the Earth, your body, and the moon. This conversation is a heartfelt introduction to cyclical living and how em...

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    In this deeply honest solo episode, Emily shares what it’s really like to navigate the freaking hard seasons of growth and life. From the raw realities of her first trimester to the emotional rollercoaster of parenting, she opens up about feeling like a walking corpse, losing creative energy, and questioning how to keep going when everything feels impossibly heavy.

    If you’re in a season where growth feels brutal – whether that’s in ...

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    In this powerful and joy-sparking episode, I’m joined by Kari Esmail—also known as Kari the Fun Coach and bestselling author of Fun Because: How to Succeed Without the Hustle. Together, we dive into what it really means to dismantle hustle culture, recalibrate what’s possible, and reclaim joy as a core tool for success. Kari shares her signature framework—the Pyramid of Fun—and breaks down how connection, play, and creativity can l...

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