Conversations At The Threshold

Taylor Holliday

Conversations at the Threshold is a podcast for women who are ready to stop people-pleasing, trust themselves more deeply, and choose a life that reflects who they truly are. Through honest storytelling, embodied practices, and grounded spiritual wisdom, each episode invites you to reconnect with your body, honor your desires, and move through life’s thresholds with greater self-devotion, presence, and sovereignty.

  1. 5 days ago

    You Are Bigger Than Your Emotions with Mel Gutierrez

    In this episode, Mel Gutierrez shares a deeply personal story from a moment of emotional collapse and awakening during her college years when she reached a breaking point and received an unexpected inner message that shifted her understanding of herself forever. In this conversation, we explore: • What it means to be in emotional overwhelm without becoming consumed by it • The realization that you are bigger than your emotional state • The cultural conditioning that teaches us to distrust or suppress emotional experience • How learning to stay present with emotion can transform the way we move through life Reflection: What would shift if you allowed your emotions to arise without judgment? Connect with Mel Gutierrez: Website: blog.melgutierrez.com Free Gift: Step Out of Trauma and Into Power (5-day mini-course) Continue Your Self-Devotion Journey Your relationship with yourself is built one choice at a time. Inner Oracle is the perfect place to begin. This guided ritual will help you deepen your relationship with your intuition and learn to trust what you already know is true for you. Explore Inner Oracle Self-Devoted Sisterhood is my six-month group coaching experience for women who are ready to stop people-pleasing, build self-trust, and curate a life that reflects their desires. Learn more about Self-Devoted Sisterhood The next step is to book a Self-Devotion Call. Together, we’ll explore where you are, where you’d like support, and whether Self-Devoted Sisterhood is the right fit for you. Book a Self-Devotion Call

  2. 31 Aug

    Coming Out, Belonging & the Courage to Be Seen with Meera Mohan-Graham

    In this episode, Meera Mohan-Graham shares the threshold of publicly coming out alongside her husband, a trans man, and how crossing that threshold opened the door to a deeper unraveling around belonging, self-abandonment, visibility, and learning how to fully be herself. In this conversation, we explore: The threshold of coming out and the fear, freedom, and uncertainty that can come with telling the truthHow marginalized people learn to negotiate with reality in order to survive, belong, and stay safeThe hidden cost of “staying small” and what we lose when we abandon parts of ourselves to be acceptedWhy being fully seen often requires risking misunderstanding, rejection, and discomfortThe ongoing process of unlearning survival patterns and reconnecting with our own instincts, truth, and voiceWhy thresholds are rarely an ending point, but instead the beginning of a deeper becomingThe questions that can change everything: What is it that I truly want? and What is what I’m doing now costing me? Connect with Meera Mohan-Graham Website: https://www.meeragraham.com Instagram: @meeramograham Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/meeramograham Continue Your Self-Devotion Journey Your relationship with yourself is built one choice at a time. Inner Oracle is the perfect place to begin. This guided ritual will help you deepen your relationship with your intuition and learn to trust what you already know is true for you. Explore Inner Oracle Self-Devoted Sisterhood is my six-month group coaching experience for women who are ready to stop people-pleasing, build self-trust, and curate a life that reflects their desires. Learn more about Self-Devoted Sisterhood The next step is to book a Self-Devotion Call. Together, we’ll explore where you are, where you’d like support, and whether Self-Devoted Sisterhood is the right fit for you. Book a Self-Devotion Call

  3. 24 Aug

    When The Old Life No Longer Fits with Annalyn Cruz

    In this episode, Annalyn Cruz explores her lived experience of thresholds, leaving the familiar, answering a deeper call, and navigating the identity shifts that come with choosing yourself in a new way. In this conversation, we explore: The threshold of leaving a stable career to fully step into purpose, and the courage it takes to trust the unknownHow past versions of ourselves resurface during moments of growth, asking to be seen, heard, and integratedThe unraveling of perfectionism and hyper-independence, and learning to receive support without losing your sense of selfThe grief that comes with releasing old identities, paths, and expectations, and why it’s a necessary part of transformationThe “oh sh*t” awakening moment when you realize your life no longer fits, and the power of choosing differentlyReclaiming self-trust by shifting from “what if it doesn’t work out” to “what if it does”The importance of community, support, and ancestral connection when navigating life’s thresholdsThe practice of celebrating your wins and recognizing the abundance already present in your life Connect with Annalyn Website: https://groundedinwisdom.co/ Substack: https://annalyncruz.substack.com/ IG: @groundedinwisdom Free Gift: Awaken To Your Spark Clarity Session Continue Your Self-Devotion Journey Your relationship with yourself is built one choice at a time. Inner Oracle is the perfect place to begin. This guided ritual will help you deepen your relationship with your intuition and learn to trust what you already know is true for you. Explore Inner Oracle Self-Devoted Sisterhood is my six-month group coaching experience for women who are ready to stop people-pleasing, build self-trust, and curate a life that reflects their desires. Learn more about Self-Devoted Sisterhood The next step is to book a Self-Devotion Call. Together, we’ll explore where you are, where you’d like support, and whether Self-Devoted Sisterhood is the right fit for you. Book a Self-Devotion Call

  4. 17 Aug

    Allowing Desire To Be Your Compass with Jenna Ward

    In this episode, Jenna Ward shares the threshold that transformed her life: the realization that the life path she had followed no longer felt aligned. What began as a quiet ache for more became a journey back to her body, her desires, and a deeper way of living rooted in embodiment rather than achievement. In this conversation, we explore: The threshold of realizing that success, achievement, and doing everything "right" may not lead to fulfillmentHow disconnection from the body can show up as dissatisfaction, numbness, illness, or a longing for something moreThe role of desire as a source of wisdom and guidance rather than something to suppress or dismissWhy following your desires often requires untethering from external validation, approval, and the scripts you've inheritedPractical ways to connect with your desires through values, embodiment, and moving meditationCreating rituals that support transitions, boundaries, and greater presence in daily lifeConnect With Jenna Ward Instagram: @jennawardco Website: jennaward.co Free Gift: Self-Coaching Through Embodiment Mini Training + Workbook Continue Your Self-Devotion Journey Your relationship with yourself is built one choice at a time. Inner Oracle is the perfect place to begin. This guided ritual will help you deepen your relationship with your intuition and learn to trust what you already know is true for you. Explore Inner Oracle Self-Devoted Sisterhood is my six-month group coaching experience for women who are ready to stop people-pleasing, build self-trust, and curate a life that reflects their desires. Learn more about Self-Devoted Sisterhood The next step is to book a Self-Devotion Call. Together, we’ll explore where you are, where you’d like support, and whether Self-Devoted Sisterhood is the right fit for you. Book a Self-Devotion Call

  5. 13 Aug

    Self-Devotion Series: Why Self-Devotion Matters

    In this episode, Taylor Holliday explores what self-devotion truly means and why it isn't about becoming someone new, but about learning to stop abandoning yourself. Through personal stories of reconnecting with her body through dance and supporting a client in releasing guilt and embracing the present, she shares how shifting the way we relate to ourselves can transform our relationship with our bodies, emotions, and desires. Taylor introduces the practice of Somatic Spellwork as a way to reconnect with your body through movement, expression, and presence. In this conversation, we explore: Why self-devotion isn't about fixing, improving, or becoming someone different, but about building a more compassionate relationship with yourselfHow many of us learn to relate to our bodies as projects to manage instead of places of wisdom, trust, and belongingThe difference between living from external expectations and living from the truth of what your body is communicatingThe practice of Somatic Spellwork and how intuitive movement can help you reconnect with your body, release what no longer serves you, and express what feels trueWhy presence, self-compassion, and embodied awareness are the foundation of building deeper self-trustHow creating simple daily rituals of self-devotion can help you return to yourself, honor your desires, and make choices that feel aligned with who you truly are Continue Your Self-Devotion Journey Your relationship with yourself is built one choice at a time. Inner Oracle is the perfect place to begin. This guided ritual will help you deepen your relationship with your intuition and learn to trust what you already know is true for you. Explore Inner Oracle Self-Devoted Sisterhood is my six-month group coaching experience for women who are ready to stop people-pleasing, build self-trust, and curate a life that reflects their desires. Learn more about Self-Devoted Sisterhood The next step is to book a Self-Devotion Call. Together, we’ll explore where you are, where you’d like support, and whether Self-Devoted Sisterhood is the right fit for you. Book a Self-Devotion Call

  6. 10 Aug

    Self-Devotion Series: Why Waiting for Certainty Keeps You Stuck

    In this episode, Taylor Holliday explores why waiting for certainty can keep us disconnected from the desires, decisions, and changes we already feel called toward. Through a personal story about leaving teaching and learning to trust the knowing she felt in her body before she had a clear plan, Taylor shares how certainty is often something we create through action, not something we receive before we begin. She introduces the practice of Devoted Action as a way to move forward from alignment instead of fear and build trust with yourself one step at a time. In this conversation, we explore: Why we often wait for certainty before making decisions and how this can keep us stuck in patterns that no longer align with who we are becomingThe difference between moving from fear and moving from devotion, and how to take action without needing to have every answer firstHow intuitive nudges from the body can guide us toward change before our logical mind understands whyThe practice of Devoted Action and how choosing the smallest embodied step can help you build self-trust through experienceWhy certainty doesn’t usually come before action, but is created through the process of listening, moving, and staying connected to yourselfHow releasing the need to know exactly how things will unfold can help you choose a life that feels more aligned, authentic, and true to you Continue Your Self-Devotion Journey Your relationship with yourself is built one choice at a time. Inner Oracle is the perfect place to begin. This guided ritual will help you deepen your relationship with your intuition and learn to trust what you already know is true for you. Explore Inner Oracle Self-Devoted Sisterhood is my six-month group coaching experience for women who are ready to stop people-pleasing, build self-trust, and curate a life that reflects their desires. Learn more about Self-Devoted Sisterhood The next step is to book a Self-Devotion Call. Together, we’ll explore where you are, where you’d like support, and whether Self-Devoted Sisterhood is the right fit for you. Book a Self-Devotion Call

  7. 6 Aug

    Self-Devotion Series: Why You Second-Guess Your Intuition

    In this episode, Taylor Holliday explores what it means to trust your intuition when your inner knowing doesn’t come with external evidence or logical explanation. Through a personal story about experiencing an intuitive knowing before a relationship ended, she shares how she learned that intuition can speak in different ways—through thoughts, sensations, emotions, and quiet moments of certainty. Taylor introduces the Inner Oracle Practice as a way to notice how your intuition communicates with you and begin building trust with the wisdom already within you. In this conversation, we explore: Why we often dismiss our intuition when it doesn’t make logical sense or can’t be immediately explainedHow intuition and logic serve different purposes, and why learning to honor both can help you make more aligned decisionsThe different ways intuition can communicate through thoughts, body sensations, feelings, and inner knowingThe Inner Oracle Practice and how tracking intuitive moments can help you gather evidence of how your intuition speaks to youWhy trusting your intuition doesn’t mean having all the answers, but learning to stay connected to what you sense and know within yourselfHow waiting for certainty can keep you disconnected from your inner wisdom, and how taking small devoted actions can help you build deeper self-trust Continue Your Self-Devotion Journey Your relationship with yourself is built one choice at a time. Inner Oracle is the perfect place to begin. This guided ritual will help you deepen your relationship with your intuition and learn to trust what you already know is true for you. Explore Inner Oracle Self-Devoted Sisterhood is my six-month group coaching experience for women who are ready to stop people-pleasing, build self-trust, and curate a life that reflects their desires. Learn more about Self-Devoted Sisterhood The next step is to book a Self-Devotion Call. Together, we’ll explore where you are, where you’d like support, and whether Self-Devoted Sisterhood is the right fit for you. Book a Self-Devotion Call

  8. 3 Aug

    Self-Devotion Series: Why You Keep Rejecting Parts of Yourself

    In this episode, Taylor Holliday explores why the parts of ourselves we judge, reject, or try to change are often the very parts carrying our greatest gifts. Through a deeply personal story about learning to embrace her sensitivity instead of seeing it as a weakness, she shares how self-rejection disconnects us from our intuition, empathy, and authentic power. Taylor introduces the Homecoming Practice, a compassionate process for reconnecting with the parts of yourself you've exiled and welcoming them back with love. In this conversation, we explore: Why we learn to reject certain parts of ourselves in order to feel loved, accepted, or safeHow shame keeps us disconnected from our emotions, intuition, and authentic selfThe five steps of the Homecoming Practice: Notice, Remember, Reclaim, Repair, and Welcome HomeHow the parts of yourself you've been trying to fix may actually be the ones protecting you and carrying your greatest giftsWhy meeting yourself with compassion instead of criticism creates the foundation for healing and self-trustHow embracing your sensitivity, anger, ambition, softness, intuition, or other exiled parts allows you to live with greater wholeness, authenticity, and self-devotion Continue Your Self-Devotion Journey Your relationship with yourself is built one choice at a time. Inner Oracle is the perfect place to begin. This guided ritual will help you deepen your relationship with your intuition and learn to trust what you already know is true for you. Explore Inner Oracle Self-Devoted Sisterhood is my six-month group coaching experience for women who are ready to stop people-pleasing, build self-trust, and curate a life that reflects their desires. Learn more about Self-Devoted Sisterhood The next step is to book a Self-Devotion Call. Together, we’ll explore where you are, where you’d like support, and whether Self-Devoted Sisterhood is the right fit for you. Book a Self-Devotion Call

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Conversations at the Threshold is a podcast for women who are ready to stop people-pleasing, trust themselves more deeply, and choose a life that reflects who they truly are. Through honest storytelling, embodied practices, and grounded spiritual wisdom, each episode invites you to reconnect with your body, honor your desires, and move through life’s thresholds with greater self-devotion, presence, and sovereignty.