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Rachel Brathen is a bestselling author, podcast host, and serial entrepreneur who inspires millions every day. Now – Rachel offers an even more intimate look into her life and the inspiring journey. Weekly episodes of storytelling and talks from Rachel (sometimes alongside special guests!) dive into topics such as love, trust, finding balance, overcoming adversity and well-being. The light you are seeking is within your own heart. Join Rachel as she helps you uncover it, from her heart to yours.

From the Heart with Rachel Brathen Rachel Brathen

    • Society & Culture
    • 4.8 • 683 Ratings

Rachel Brathen is a bestselling author, podcast host, and serial entrepreneur who inspires millions every day. Now – Rachel offers an even more intimate look into her life and the inspiring journey. Weekly episodes of storytelling and talks from Rachel (sometimes alongside special guests!) dive into topics such as love, trust, finding balance, overcoming adversity and well-being. The light you are seeking is within your own heart. Join Rachel as she helps you uncover it, from her heart to yours.

    There Is Nothing You Need Outside of Yourself

    There Is Nothing You Need Outside of Yourself

    In today’s episode, Rachel is 39 weeks and learning an important lesson at this stage in her pregnancy: surrender. There is still construction happening at her house, her mind keeps tricking her into thinking she’s unprepared, and there is no telling when this baby will come. At this point, there is only one thing left to do: trust divine timing!
    We are ingrained to think we need a thousand things to be a new mom, when really, the less you rely on outside gadgets and outside voices, the more you can listen to your own inner voice and surrender to trust. The best thing for your baby is you - not something you can buy from a store. Rachel shares the entire list of items she has to prepare for birth (it’s a very short list that will put your mind at ease!) and her deepest fear at this stage in her pregnancy.
    Today’s episode will remind you to go inward when feeling unsure, and put your faith in your inner voice - it will never steer you wrong.

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    • 49 min
    Living in a Glass Case of Emotion: Pregnancy Brain and Hard Days

    Living in a Glass Case of Emotion: Pregnancy Brain and Hard Days

    Today’s episode is a quite literal look into the brain of a 38 week pregnant woman, including the tornado of emotions that comes with it. Rachel shares her experience over the past week, from feeling anger, to contentment, to fear, to happiness and an entire spectrum of emotions within an hourly span (even getting mad at her husband over tuna salad!).
    As Rachel prepares for labor and tones down her daily engagements, she notices how this pregnancy has connected her to the earth and a more simple way of living. She even shares her entire makeup routine (okay, it only takes two minutes) and why she is throwing all of it out the window.
    At the end of a hard day, we can still recognize how much room there is for gratitude in our lives - and how much our minds trick us into thinking otherwise (especially when pregnant). Tune in for an episode on the ups and downs of life that will make you laugh at the truth behind it.

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    • 50 min
    How to Bask in Joy and Live Gratitude Out Loud, Without Holding Back

    How to Bask in Joy and Live Gratitude Out Loud, Without Holding Back

    Has there ever been a time in your life when you’ve been nothing but happy? You felt only gratitude and contentment and there were no feelings of shame or guilt holding you back?
    In today’s episode, Rachel talks about the overwhelming sense of contentment she is feeling at this point in her life. But it’s often a feeling that comes along with a lot of shame. Society tells us to push ourselves endlessly, to hustle, and to work hard to get what we want. But what if there was a different way to do things? What if the journey could be a gentle stroll in the forest instead of an uphill climb on a mountain?
    Tune in for a soft, vulnerable share that will remind you that it’s your responsibility to feel joy when it arrives, to live gratitude out loud, and to swim in the bliss that your life offers you. Sometimes the only thing holding you back is your mind.

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    • 46 min
    Ask Rachel: Protecting Our Children from Beauty Culture, Healing Through Parenting, and More

    Ask Rachel: Protecting Our Children from Beauty Culture, Healing Through Parenting, and More

    Welcome back to another segment of Ask Rachel, where Rachel listens to all questions weighing on your heart and offers her guidance and support. In this episode, she first gives an update on her pregnancy before diving into some heart-warming yet gut-wrenching questions. How long has she ever stayed in a meditative state? How does she curate great yoga playlists? And deeper - what triggers does she deal with as a mom, and how does she handle difficult family situations? Tune in for a deep and insightful episode sitting in conversation together - and don’t forget to follow Yoga Girl on Spotify.
    Do you have a question for Rachel? Call her and leave a message at +1 (720) 443 1771. Share your name, where you’re from, and whatever question is on your mind.

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    • 1 hr 17 min
    My First Birth Story (and why I am having a wild pregnancy this time around)

    My First Birth Story (and why I am having a wild pregnancy this time around)

    For the first time ever, Rachel is sharing the real, factual, unfiltered version of her birth story with her daughter. She shares her experience and opinions of the medical system, the many interventions she didn’t want, and what led to the outcome she was deeply hoping not to have. 
    Overall this experience brought her to her life’s purpose: her daughter. But now that she has had six years to reflect, she has chosen to take a different path with her second birth - one that puts her and her baby first.
    This episode may be triggering to some, but it is Rachel’s truth. Tune in to find empowerment and healing for your own birth story.

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    • 1 hr 44 min
    Eclipse Week: The High Highs and Low Lows of Life

    Eclipse Week: The High Highs and Low Lows of Life

    If your life has been all over the place lately, at least there is something you can blame it on: it’s eclipse week. Rachel begins this episode by sharing a bit of astrology and what we may experience over the next few days. This is a heightened time! Expect to feel scattered, conflicted, and the intense contrasts of life.
    This exact energy is playing out in Rachel’s life too. She shares the rollercoaster she’s been on over the past week, from traveling to the Netherlands to say goodbye to a loved one, how her emotions affected her physically, what she’s done to try to hold it all together.
    From grief to gratitude and back again, this episode will bring you on a journey of the duality of life and remind you to find your anchor.

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    • 1 hr 2 min

Customer Reviews

4.8 out of 5
683 Ratings

683 Ratings

TRISH ANDREA ,

Love you

Love you!!!!! ❤️

rachelle7890 ,

Refreshing

This podcast is very refreshing sometimes it makes you laugh sometimes it makes you tears an hour to forget your problems and enjoy the adventure of Rachel she awesome at telling her adventures.Give it a try you won’t regret it 💕

Tazlah1 ,

Mind-numbingly lame

Rachel’s early podcasts were good; but the past year or so have become just mindless drivel of self-entitled and privileged whining of a narcissistic white woman who doesn’t work but will keep droning on and on about how tired and burnt out she is because of all she does (ie, garden, swim, eat, and drink).

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