Bloom

Bloom

Austin, TX based therapist, Sarah Walters MA, LPC-S, shares insights into what knowledge, practices, and mindsets are most helpful to human flourishing and growth. She provides psycho-educational insight paired with daily mind/body practices to empower the listener towards living a life of healing and wholeness. The material for this podcast has been cultivated at the intersection of her knowledge as a therapist, the real-world experience she has had in the room with her clients, and the candid reflection of her own personal experiences.

Episodes

June 22, 2021 15 mins

In this season finale, Sarah discusses taking a podcasting summer break, as well as shares a very personal letter written to her daughter 4 years ago. The contents of the letter represent the wisdom found and embraced after a season of suffering and encourages listeners to acknowledge, accept, and even be kind to their imperfections- because the offset of those imperfections produce gifts that we can give to our children, and the g...

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Today's guest is Ericka Williams. She’s is an entrepreneur  the creator of the Classy Climb School which includes courses, mentorship, and consulting for aspiring entrepreneurs, executives, and freelancers. Ericka has a fascinating story- going from working three jobs and delivering pizzas to making a decision to turn her life around by taking specific action- and is now a 6 figure YouTuber who manages 2 million in assets. She...

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In this episode, Sarah sits down with Ashley Anderson to talk about the transition from living life in the fast lane and spotlight, to burnout, to thriving through hiddenness and living at a slower pace. Ashley Anderson is a speaker and writer, and has held various leadership roles in YoungLife, a large religious organization throughout the US. Ashley shares how her own blooming and healing came, not from the mountain top experienc...

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April 28, 2021 30 mins

In this episode, Sarah explores the topic of anxiety at a high level, breaks down the biological processes involved in it's presence in our lives, and gives a few tactics for helping you approach anxiety in new ways that is calming to the nervous system and facilitates personal growth. She shares that the best thing to do when you are anxious is to get curious about what's happening, first in the body, and then the brain....

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April 7, 2021 51 mins

Today, Sarah sits down with  Candace Collins- motivational speaker, storyteller and podcast co-host with Legacy Collective- who speaks courageously and openly about about her battles with anxiety and childhood trauma, and the importance of how pressing into community and being open about her struggles and vulnerability became the way out of her isolation and pain. She discusses how authenticity leads to connection and connection le...

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March 25, 2021 59 mins

Today, Sarah sits down with Nancy Crosby, RFx Circle and Mercedes achiever, to talk about the hard learned lessons on her journey towards business success with the direct sales company, Rodan and Fields.  She shares about her road from shy stay-at-home mom to becoming one of the highest achievers in her company and how the real gift was not the money that came with success, but the personal growth that happened within her through t...

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March 10, 2021 17 mins

Today, Sarah discusses how kindness is a super-power, a quality that has the ability to not only change us from the inside out- but change how we experience and enter the world. She talks about the way kindness affects our bodies physiologically by calming the nervous system, and takes listeners through a short exercise to begin to get a sense of what kindness feels like when directed towards ourselves. Sarah also shares exciting n...

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March 3, 2021 84 mins

Sarah sits down with best-selling author and storyteller, Josh Riebock, for an interview that is deeply refreshing, inspiring, and profound.. Josh is a poet and a nationally sought-after speaker on the subjects of storytelling, creativity, and honesty. Josh shares very openly about his rigid religious upbringing with a father who was an alcoholic and a mother who was a hoarder, and the way he sought asylum from this trauma through ...

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In today's episode, Sarah interviews Michael Olsen, an unconscious intelligence research scientist, author, and speaker hailing from Denmark. Michael shares how "dream work", the ability to study and work with the symbols and feelings that come from our nightly dreams, has the ability to transform our lives. Michael shares candidly about how his personal  experience  in listening to this "unconscious intelligenc...

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Today's episode might get your booty shaking. Sarah interviews DOSSEY, who is an up and coming electro-pop music artist. DOSSEY (who's first name is also Sarah) is a songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer from Austin, Texas. They discuss all things music industry, and learning to pivot as a musician during covid, as well as DOSSEY's journey into finding her authentic power and own unique artistic voice. She ...

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On today's episode, Sarah brings on Evie Vieira to discuss all things parenting. Evie is a Speaker, Parent Educator and Coach who specializes in helping parents see their strong willed children for who they are, not for what they do. She is also the founder of Creative Parenting Solutions and talks about how to connect with your children and help them calm down by meeting their needs- which gets to the root of the issue- vs. s...

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January 26, 2021 12 mins

In today's episode, Sarah shares the biological basis for why Monday's tend to be so hard for people mentally and emotionally. She also talks about the body's need to regulate, the high/low trap of addiction, and also why the stories we tell ourselves are preceded by the emotional state we are in.

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On today's episode, Sarah talks about the process of grief and how it arises when our lives change. Whether grief comes to us individually as a result of losing a loved one, a job, or an important relationship, or whether it comes to us collectively because of a war, a natural disaster, or a political breakdown as a nation, Sarah emphasizes the need to connect with our pain in compassionate ways. She offers that creating space...

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On today's episode, Sarah sits down with her own therapist to ask her about a powerful practice that leads to growth a flourishing- the practice of holding space for pain. Dana Gillispie has been a Licensed Clinical Social Worker for 23 years and is certified in Internal Family Systems therapy- a cutting-edge treatment for trauma, that offers a helpful way to understand and work with the complexities of the psyche. Dana talks ...

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January 6, 2021 16 mins

A timely episode into the New Year about the necessity of patience in the midst of making long-term and major life changes. Sarah explores how patience contributes to making you more successful in acheiving your goals, as well as making the journey much more enjoyable. She talks about her own struggles with patience and shares a strange, but true story about a dream and a turtle and how it taught her to slow down, find joy in the &...

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Today's podcast focuses on the universal idea that we all have a desire to belong, to fit in, to be a part of something bigger than ourselves, and often sacrifice our ability to be authentically ourself in order to fit in.  Sarah interviews others and their experiences of feeling "on the outside", as well as what they begin believing about themselves when they perceive they don't belong. She explores the social ...

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The holiday season is here and Sarah explores how people's favorite part of the holiday- being with family and friends- can also be the most challenging part of the season.  She discusses the issues that arise when we get around family and how to feel more peaceful and calm through setting appropriate boundaries. Sarah explains how boundaries paradoxically increase our ability to be connected with others in meaningful ways. Sh...

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In this episode, Sarah sits down with Owner and Founder of Alchemy Face Bar, Bre Morris to talk about her journey through building a booming (and blooming) business, one step at a time. The two discuss the need to honor one's own unique path and passions in life, "growing as you go" in terms of building big things,  and the need to welcome risk as you step out of your comfort zone. Bre shares how expanding a her busi...

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November 18, 2020 11 mins

On today's episode, Sarah explores the predictable presence of the voices of Self-Doubt and it's rising any time we move into unexplored territory- whether it's a career move, new business or creative venture, or trying something new and unfamiliar. She talks about it's protective purposes and gives listeners ideas for how to work with self-doubt versus trying to extinguish it.

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In this playful episode, Sarah sits down with Caryn Werner, who went from being a world-traveling Humanitarian Photographer, to cofounder and creative director of a start up company (KOYA), to discuss her own journey of learning to pivot, adapt, and thrive in her career. Caryn talks about KOYA and it's mission to end the world's loneliness pandemic through promoting kindness and building "relational wealth".  Sh...

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