The Wild Within

Kristen Yates
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Welcome to the Wild Within, a podcast exploring personal and collective transformation and how to live a fully awakened life while activating your purpose, potential, and greatest expression in the world. Through conversations on mindset and mysticism, holistic psychology, shamanic healing, and the nature of consciousness and reality, we will explore what it means to "wake up" in a world that's quickly shifting around us, and how to navigate your own evolving Self in these times.  I’m your host Kristen Yates, and I believe we’re moving through a consciousness shift on the planet that’s calling upon us all to wake up our inner power and reconnect to our truth and true nature within.  My intention with this podcast is to share ideas and energy from fellow healers and thought leaders in the consciousness movement, and plant seeds of inspiration to co-create the new Earth we all know deep down is possible. 

  1. 6D AGO

    Using Human Design to Understand Your Energy Blueprint w/ Astrid Heystee

    Episode 10: Today, we are exploring Human Design - a system of self-understanding and energetic mastery that, if you are a fellow deep diver into personal development and self-actualization, you absolutely MUST include in your toolkit! From my own experience, learning to live by my design has changed everything - it's an absolute game-changer when it comes to stepping into who you truly are and what's possible for your life.  Astrid Heystee is a business & Human Design Coach (and my partner for our upcoming Embodiment & Human Design retreat in Portugal!)  Today, we unpack her journey of how Human Design changed her life, catalyzing her to become an expert in the field and guide others to their own self-mastery through this extraordinary system of self-understanding.  Understanding and learning to work with our Design can help us to come into greater alignment in our lives, utilizing our energy in the best possible way and cracking the code on what makes us tick - and how we can show up best in the world! If you're looking for greater ease and alignment in your relationships, your work, creative endeavors, purpose discovery, and connection to yourself - this episode is for you.  We explore: What Human Design is, and how it functions as an energetic blueprint for how you’re wired to operate.Why burnout often happens when we try to live outside our natural energy design.How understanding your “ energy type” can help you stop forcing productivity and start working with your energy instead of against it.The difference between sustainable energy and borrowed energy, and how to maximize your own energy in your life. Why Human Design isn’t about labeling yourself, but about recognizing patterns and reclaiming choice.How your defined and undefined centers influence where you feel confident… and where you absorb others.The body as the true decision-maker, learning to ask: Do I actually have energy for this?The “key and car” metaphor: how life shifts when you stop pushing uphill and start driving in flow.How honoring your body’s no can radically improve your relationships.Human Design as a language for improving relationships, communicating your needs and laying healthy boundaries. A deeper look at people-pleasing - and how to use Human Design to unmesh from the emotions of others. How awareness of your patterns gives you the power to change them.What happens energetically when you enter relationships, families, or group spaces.How retreats and immersive experiences amplify growth by shifting your energetic environment.Travel as a mirror for conditioning - and what it reveals about who you really are.Why embodiment (not just intellectual understanding) is where transformation actually happens.How small shifts in self-trust create more ease, vitality, and confidence in daily life. Resources from Today's Episode: Discover Your Human Design Chart (map your chart for free on her main page): https://www.palmtreemoments.com/ Other Excellent Human Design Resources: https://www.mybodygraph.com/ https://jovianarchive.com/ Embody Your Design: Retreat with us in Portugal (Sept 14-19, 2026): https://rewildsoul.com/portugal-retreat (Note: I am offering podcast listeners an additional $111 off our Early Bird pricing 🦋)

    1h 10m

  2. 12/29/2025

    An Embodied Reflection & Visioning Process for 2026 - Year of the Fire Horse 🔥

    Ep 9: As the New Year approaches, many of us are contemplating what intentions we're holding and what we're ready to release from the year past. Personally, I am a BIG fan of reflection and visioning, and would love to share with you about the process I like to use - and some key principles of why it works.  In this episode, I share why most New Year's Resolutions don't work - and what we can do instead to ensure we manifest our desires and start moving towards our biggest visions and new versions of ourselves in an actionable and sustainable way.  In this episode, we'll explore: Why most New Years resolutions don't work - (hint: most people don't understand what creates real change!) Why real and lasting shift must be embodied (not just in your mind) How to get your body and nervous system on board with your intentionsSetting intentions at the level of IDENTITY, not behaviorReflection on the past year as a process of metabolizing your experiencesA few potent practices I love to use as part of my reflection & integrationHow we create from the level of our subconscious mind (and why it's so important to take this perspective when setting intentions) Key questions to ask as you process the year past and clear space for the newHow to start excavating the belief systems holding you back from your biggest visions and dreamsHow to decide who you are becoming in the New YearKey questions to ask to determine your new operating system and way of being3 areas to focus on when setting goals and visions for 2026 As part of this community, I'd love to share with you the Embodied Refleciton & Visioning workbook I've created for 2026: Envision & Align 2026 - A Reflection & Visioning Workbook (PDF) Wishing you a blessed New Year, and all that is to come!!

    38 min

  3. 12/23/2025

    What I Learned About Horse Spirit Medicine from a Month in Baja Sur, Mexico

    Ep 8: Today, I'm sharing with you a bit of a personal story about a month I recently spent living on a rescue ranch in Baja Sur, Mexico immersing with horses, donkeys, the magical Baja desert, and more lessons than I expected to receive. I went down with no real plan, said yes to the unknown, and found myself slowed way down… tending animals, stewarding land, and remembering parts of myself I didn’t realize had been waiting to come back online. This is a reflection on horse medicine, donkey wisdom, nervous system regulation, leadership, presence, and the kind of healing that happens out on the land, in stillness, rhythm and relationship - rather than in a therapy room. (also: I personally find most healing and transformation to happen out in life and the world!)  In this episode, I share: How periods of transition and uncertainty can become powerful portals for growthThe role of land, rhythm, and simplicity in nervous system regulationMy journey spending a month on a ranch, disconnected from the "default world" and returning to a deeper remembrance withinWhat horses teach us about leadership, presence, and our own energy statesPerspectives on purpose and stewardship in our livesWhat working with horses taught me about pressure and release (and where we apply too much pressure in our own lives)How working with horses mirrors our patterns in relationships and decision-makingHorses as a powerful model for trust, attunement, and relational consentThe gentle, grounding wisdom of donkeys (and why they might be some of the most underrated healers!!)How returning to ranch life became a form of my own inner child and soul retrievalWhy healing doesn’t have to be heavy - it can be joyful, playful, and alive!The importance of community, creativity, and finding environments that support who we’re becoming I share this episode from my heart as part story/reflection, and part love letter to the land, the animals here and their medicine, and the ways life is always available to reshape us when we listen to the inner call forth to the unknown. I hope you find resonance and that this sparks a curiosity or

    41 min

  4. 12/02/2025

    Shedding Skins in the Year of the Snake: Soul Tools for Release and Completion

    Ep 7: I am recording this episode as a soul-stream from the desert of Baja, reflecting on the endings, completions, and releases that I've been experiencing this year and that so many of us are moving through right now. As we step into the stillness of winter and prepare to close out 2025, we'll explore what it is to be in the tender liminal space as old identities and ways of being are shed away, how to navigate the process of release, and six tools to move through times of completion with grace, creating potent space for the next chapter to arise. If you’ve been feeling the old falling away in your life this year, you are definitely not alone - trust that it is paving the way for a personal and collective new beginning!  In this episode we explore: The collective theme of release and completion as we close out 2025Why so many of us are shedding old identities, roles, and masks right nowHow the Year of the Snake relates to shedding skin and returning to the earthMy personal season of endings, loss, and integration this yearHow trying to “build” in a year meant for integration creates struggle and burnoutMoving from our default linear, productivity culture back into nature’s cyclical wisdomWinter as a powerful portal for stillness, rest, and energetic restSix practices for moving through release and completion with more graceLetting go by just “5%” and taking one stone out of your metaphorical backpackInviting more silence, stillness, and polarity between movement and restEmotional processing tools like breathwork, shaking, sound, and somatic practicesFinding a healthy balance between solitude and chosen community that supports your becomingUsing writing, creativity, and non-verbal expression as soul work in the liminal spaceThe power of ritual, ceremony, and nature as teachers of death, composting, and rebirthRewilding as a return to innate nature, instinct, and authenticity beneath the programmingA look ahead at the shift from a “9 year” of endings to a “1 year” and the Fire Horse energy of new beginnings

    43 min

  5. 08/07/2025

    Self-Expression is our Medicine: Liberating Yourself Through Creativity w/ Kaleigh Smith

    Ep 6: Today, I am joined by my dear friend and sister Kaleigh Smith for a rich conversation on creative liberation, retreats (...journeys!), and the healing power of our authentic expression - especially as women on a journey to reclaim our sovereignty and embodied power.   Kaleigh is an expressive arts therapist in training, and together we will be co-hosting the Vibrant Heârt Creative Liberation & Expressive Arts Retreat for women this coming November 2-8 in beautiful Costa Rica.  Together we explore: Expression as a soulful, embodied practice, not just an artistic oneThe universal human impulse to create - and how expression is actually our medicineUsing expression to give voice to our inner parts - from trauma to leadershipThe necessity of slowness and softness in nurturing feminine creative energyThe contrast between cerebral living and somatic, soul-led creationDifferent modalities of expression - cognitive, kinesthetic, sensory, symbolic - and how each can unlock deeper self-awareness.Kaleigh's journey of finding Expressive Arts Therapy as a soulful modality for her service in the world Kristen’s journey of “rewilding” through plant medicine, psychedelics, and life in PeruCreativity beyond art: in relationships, rituals, home, and daily choicesThe role of environment, nature, and cultural influence on creativity and embodimentHow overstimulation and digital overwhelm in our modern age hinder authentic expression - and what we can do about it   🌴🎨🌊 Costa Rica Creative Women's Retreat - Nov 2-8, 2025 (Apply below!) Vibrant Heart - Creative Liberation Retreat for Women Costa Rica Retreat Application Learn more about my work and offerings here: www.wildsoulmedicine.com

    1 hr

  6. 08/07/2025

    Unravel Your Purpose & Discover Your Dharma

    Ep. 5: Today we'll be exploring one of my favorite topics and one that has many facets (of which we will cover a few): our Purpose and Dharma.  A few themes we explore in this episode: Why is purpose discovery and inquiry so important? What is meant by "Dharma" in the yogic traditionThe 3 components of Dharma, and how we can start to uncover our ownWhy it's important to understand our true naturePrompts and questions to start unraveling your personal dharmaWhy finding our purpose often involves letting go the idea of purposeHidden places your purpose/dharma may be hidingThe Ikigai framework for discovering our reason for beingTim Kelley's True Purpose model Resources from this Episode: Purpose Discovery Reflections (PDF) True Purpose - Tim Kelley   🌴🎨🌊 Costa Rica Creative Women's Retreat - Nov 2-8, 2025 www.wildsoulmedicine.com/costa-rica-retreat Learn more about my work and offerings here: www.wildsoulmedicine.com Connect with me on Facebook, Youtube, and Instagram. If you'd like to get in touch with me directly, you can send me an email at kyates8@gmail.com

    55 min

  7. 07/09/2025

    A Personal Update + My 5 Greatest Lessons and Teachers From Peru

    Ep. 4: Today, I'm returning from the podcast void (!!) with a personal update from Peru, along with some of the top lessons life has been delivering here - and some of my greatest teachers in my five years living in the Sacred Valley.  I am so grateful for those of you along with me here on this podcasting journey, and am excited for the new evolutions in the vision and mission of The Wild Within. I'll be publishing weekly episodes and would love to have you along for the explorations!  A few themes we explore in this episode: Highlights from my personal journey over the past yearLearning to embrace grief and paradoxWorking with sacred plant medicines in a mindful and balanced wayLife and relationships as a mirror for our shadows and unmet partsThe power of communityMy greatest teachers here in Peru..... and more stream-of-consciousness thoughts from yours truly :)  Learn more about my work and offerings here: www.wildsoulmedicine.com   Costa Rica Retreat - Nov 2-8, 2025 www.wildsoulmedicine.com/costa-rica-retreat Connect with me on Facebook, Youtube, and Instagram. If you'd like to get in touch with me directly, you can send me an email at kyates8@gmail.com

    53 min

  8. 04/27/2024

    Unlocking Your Creative Essence

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Welcome to the Wild Within, a podcast exploring personal and collective transformation and how to live a fully awakened life while activating your purpose, potential, and greatest expression in the world. Through conversations on mindset and mysticism, holistic psychology, shamanic healing, and the nature of consciousness and reality, we will explore what it means to "wake up" in a world that's quickly shifting around us, and how to navigate your own evolving Self in these times.  I’m your host Kristen Yates, and I believe we’re moving through a consciousness shift on the planet that’s calling upon us all to wake up our inner power and reconnect to our truth and true nature within.  My intention with this podcast is to share ideas and energy from fellow healers and thought leaders in the consciousness movement, and plant seeds of inspiration to co-create the new Earth we all know deep down is possible. 

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  • Creator
    Kristen Yates
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2026
  • Episodes
    31
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 The Wild Within
  • Show Website
    The Wild Within

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