Wild & Waking

Emily Reuschel
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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.

  1. 2d ago

    A Quickie on Outsourcing Your Power: Whose Approval Are You Still Seeking?

    Many of us learned that goodness was attached to obedience, obedience to approval, approval to belonging, and belonging to safety. Before long, we became experts at reading the room without ever learning how to read ourselves. Even as grown women, we can find ourselves self-censoring, overexplaining, and organizing our lives around what our parents, friends, communities, or people on the internet might think. This isn’t a simplified “f**k what they think and do whatever you want” conversation. It is an invitation to notice who is sitting on the imaginary board of directors for your life. Whose approval are you seeking? Whose needs are you prioritizing over your own? And why are you giving your power to people—or systems—that may not even know how to wield their own? You can remain in relationship, consider other perspectives, and take in all the information in the world without surrendering your authority. The deeper work is learning to filter those voices through your own lived experience and intuitive knowing, so you can build a firmer foundation within yourself, reconnect with what you know, and bring your power and magic home. In this episode, I explore: How purity culture shapes women even outside organized religionThe connection between obedience, approval, belonging, and emotional safetyWhy women learn to read the room before learning to read themselvesHow fear of judgment leads to self-censorship and overexplainingThe parents, friends, communities, and systems holding an imaginary vote in our livesThe difference between considering other perspectives and surrendering your authorityQuestions to help you identify where you are outsourcing your powerRebuilding self-trust and reconnecting with your inner knowing Be sure to hit subscribe so you never miss the latest episode! Connect with Emily: Website: www.EmilyReuschel.comInstagram: @emilyreuschelFacebook: Emily ReuschelLinkedIn: Emily ReuschelJoin my Book Insiders List: Sign up here! Resources and Links: Sign up here to get the inside scoop to my book writing journey!Book me as a speaker for your next event - email inquiries to emilyreuschel@gmail.com or schedule a call hereWild & Waking – Produced by Jill Carr Podcasting | Learn More

    A Quickie on Outsourcing Your Power: Whose Approval Are You Still Seeking?

  2. Sep 24

    Mundane Magic: How to Use Science and Spirituality to Hack Your Brain and Get Stuff Done with Molly Donlan

    What if your spiritual practice didn’t require another elaborate ritual, expensive collection of crystals, or unchecked box on your already-overwhelming to-do list? In this episode of Wild & Waking, I’m joined by Molly Donlan—author of Mundane Magic: A Lazy Witch’s Guide to Hacking Your Brain, Building a Daily Practice, and Getting Stuff Done and co-host of the Demystify Magic and Science of Reiki podcasts—to explore how we can weave magic into the ordinary tasks we’re already doing every day. At the heart of Molly’s work is a beautifully simple idea: your spiritual practice does not need to become one more thing you feel guilty about neglecting. Mundane magic invites us to transform washing dishes, folding laundry, mopping floors, clearing clutter, and tending our homes into accessible rituals for mindfulness, intention, nervous-system regulation, and connection. These practices are designed for real people, real schedules, and even the squiggliest ADHD brain days—when your energy is low, life is chaotic, and the bar needs to be low enough to trip over. Together, we unpack why discipline and self-criticism rarely create sustainable change, how perfectionism and purity culture can sneak into spiritual spaces, and why making something simpler does not make it less meaningful or magical. This conversation is an invitation to stop performing your spiritual practice, release the pressure to do it all, and begin noticing the sacredness already woven through your everyday life… because when you learn to find a nugget of magic in the mundane, your entire life can become a ritual. In this episode, we explore: How Molly evolved from a skeptic of all things “woo” into a Reiki practitioner, witch, spiritual teacher, and bestselling authorThe science behind Reiki, energy healing, mindfulness, and other magical practicesWhy understanding the nervous system can make spiritual practices feel more accessible and effectiveWhat “mundane magic” means and how to find magic in everyday life and how to turn washing dishes, folding laundry, cleaning, decluttering, and other household chores into spiritual ritualsADHD-friendly spiritual practices designed for low-energy days and “squiggly brains”Why discipline, shame, and self-criticism rarely create sustainable habits or meaningful changeHow novelty, intention, and dopamine can make dreaded chores easier and more enjoyableThe ways perfectionism, capitalism, patriarchy, and purity culture can infiltrate spiritualityWhy your spiritual practice should support your life instead of becoming another place to performDeconstructing cultural beliefs about witchcraft, magic, darkness, and what it means to call yourself a witch and how choosing your own labels can become an act of authenticity, identity reclamation, and personal powerHow retraining your brain to notice moments of magic can change the way you experience your home, relationships, work, and everyday lifeGiving yourself permission to grow publicly without needing to appear fully healed, certain, or “finished”How finding supportive spiritual community can become a catalyst for self-discovery and personal growth Be sure to hit subscribe so you never miss the latest episode! Connect with Molly: Download Molly’s free Mundane Magic meditationsExplore Molly’s websiteLearn more about Mundane MagicFollow Molly on InstagramFollow Molly on TikTokWatch Molly on YouTube Connect with Emily: Website: www.EmilyReuschel.comInstagram: @emilyreuschelFacebook: Emily ReuschelLinkedIn: Emily ReuschelJoin my Book Insiders List: Sign up here! Resources and Links: Sign up here to get the inside scoop to my book writing journey!Book me as a speaker for your next event - email inquiries to emilyreuschel@gmail.com or schedule a call hereWild & Waking – Produced by Jill Carr Podcasting | Learn More Mentioned in this episode: Join Emily and Kelsey Anderson for VeilFall, an intimate Samhain and Full Hunter’s Moon women’s retreat happening October 23–26, 2026, at Blue Star Retreat Center in Columbia Falls, Montana, near Glacier National Park. Click below to explore the full retreat experience and register: VeilFall

    Mundane Magic: How to Use Science and Spirituality to Hack Your Brain and Get Stuff Done with Molly Donlan

  3. Sep 17

    A Note on Radical Authenticity and the Ripple Effect of Saying Yes

    In this solo episode of Wild & Waking, I’m reflecting on what it means to finally arrive in a version of yourself you are no longer afraid to let other people see. After years of deconstructing inherited beliefs, questioning old identities, moving through grief, and learning to sit with both my light and my darkness, I’m entering a season that feels different: rooted, integrated, and ready to hold the fullness of my voice, my power, my magic, and the mission I know I’m here to carry. After spending a weekend surrounded by women in agriculture, entrepreneurs, former clients, and fellow rural women, I was reminded that there is no single right way to be a farm wife, a mother, a business owner, a leader, or a human being. Radical authenticity asks us to step outside the roles, rules, and expectations we inherited, and to stop allowing the fear of rejection, judgment, or not belonging to keep us from becoming who we truly are. But choosing yourself never affects only you. One woman’s decision to say yes to an opportunity, follow an unconventional path, start a business, change the way she parents, question an inherited belief, or live more honestly can create a ripple effect through families, friendships, businesses, and entire communities. We may never see where that ripple ends, but our courage to go first becomes a permission slip for someone else to begin. This episode is an invitation to trust your becoming, let yourself be fully seen, and remember that your radical authenticity carries power far beyond your own life. You are allowed to take everything apart, rebuild it differently, and create a life that feels true to you… even when the path hasn’t been paved and not everyone understands where you’re going. In this episode, I explore: What it means to become fully integrated and allow yourself to be truly seenRadical authenticity as a pathway to self-trust, freedom, and personal growthMoving beyond the fear of judgment, rejection, and no longer belongingDeconstructing inherited beliefs, social conditioning, and limiting expectationsWhy there is no single right way to be a woman, mother, farm wife, entrepreneur, or leaderLearning to embrace both your light and your shadowThe difference between intellectually knowing who you are and being ready to embody itFinding the courage to follow an unconventional or unpaved pathHow saying yes to yourself gives other women permission to do the sameThe ripple effect our choices create within families, friendships, businesses, and rural communitiesWhy living authentically can become an act of leadership and generational changeTrusting your identity evolution—even when other people don’t understand itCreating a life rooted in your truth rather than society’s rules Be sure to hit subscribe so you never miss the latest episode! Connect with Emily: Website: www.EmilyReuschel.comInstagram: @emilyreuschelFacebook: Emily ReuschelLinkedIn: Emily ReuschelJoin my Book Insiders List: Sign up here! Resources and Links: Episode 160 | When the Breakdown Becomes the Breakthrough: What My Body Taught Me About Grief, Energy & TrustSign up here to get the inside scoop to my book writing journey!Book me as a speaker for your next event - email inquiries to emilyreuschel@gmail.com or schedule a call hereWild & Waking – Produced by Jill Carr Podcasting | Learn More Mentioned in this episode: Join Emily and Kelsey Anderson for VeilFall, an intimate Samhain and Full Hunter’s Moon women’s retreat happening October 23–26, 2026, at Blue Star Retreat Center in Columbia Falls, Montana, near Glacier National Park. Click below to explore the full retreat experience and register: VeilFall

    A Note on Radical Authenticity and the Ripple Effect of Saying Yes

  4. Sep 10

    Live Laugh Love: The Secret History of White Christian Women and the World They Made with Kristin Kobes Du Mez

    In this episode of Wild & Waking, I’m joined by New York Times bestselling author and historian Kristin Kobes Du Mez to discuss her new book, Live Laugh Love: The Secret History of White Christian Women and the World They Made. Kristin reveals how the seemingly harmless products, stories, aesthetics, and slogans consumed by generations of women carried deeply embedded ideas about femininity, domesticity, capitalism, race, religion, and political power—and how white Christian women were not merely shaped by this culture, but helped create and sustain it. Together, we trace the surprising connections between positive thinking, prosperity theology, multilevel marketing companies, Christian consumer culture, and the expectation that a “good” woman should remain beautiful, grateful, submissive, and endlessly optimistic. We explore how these systems offered women belonging, identity, influence, and community while also making that belonging conditional—and why doubt, anger, grief, questions, and conversations about systemic injustice were so often dismissed as personal failures or dangerous negativity. Kristin’s work invites us to see more clearly what shaped us, reckon honestly with what we helped create, and begin asking: Is this who we want to be… and what do we want to build instead? In this episode, we explore: How white Christian women shaped American religion, culture, consumerism, and politicsThe hidden history behind the “Live Laugh Love” version of white Christian femininityHow New Thought, positive thinking, evangelical Christianity, and prosperity theology became intertwinedThe “good Christian woman” ideal of beauty, submission, domesticity, gratitude, and self-sacrificeWhy MLM culture became especially influential among white Christian women seeking income, identity, purpose, and communityHow belonging within evangelical communities can feel deeply loving while remaining conditional upon loyalty and conformityThe difference between the realities of rural life and the performative tradwife aesthetic sold onlineHow nostalgia for an imagined, morally pure past can fuel authoritarianism and Christian nationalismThe symbolic role of white womanhood within patriarchal visions of the Christian family and Christian AmericaHow the gospel of positivity discourages conversations about systemic racism, structural inequality, and racial justiceWhy religious deconstruction often involves grief, isolation, identity loss, and the rebuilding of an entire worldviewHow women can reckon with their complicity in harmful systems without losing compassion for themselves or others Be sure to hit subscribe so you never miss the latest episode! Connect with Kristin: Learn more about Kristin and her work at kristindumez.comExplore and preorder Live Laugh Love: The Secret History of White Christian Women and the World They MadeSubscribe to Kristin’s newsletter, Du Mez ConnectionsFollow Kristin on Instagram and Threads Connect with Emily: Website: www.EmilyReuschel.comInstagram: @emilyreuschelFacebook: Emily ReuschelLinkedIn: Emily ReuschelJoin my Book Insiders List: Sign up here! Resources and Links: Sign up here to get the inside scoop to my book writing journey!Book me as a speaker for your next event - email inquiries to emilyreuschel@gmail.com or schedule a call hereWild & Waking – Produced by Jill Carr Podcasting | Learn More Mentioned in this episode: Join Emily and Kelsey Anderson for VeilFall, an intimate Samhain and Full Hunter’s Moon women’s retreat happening October 23–26, 2026, at Blue Star Retreat Center in Columbia Falls, Montana, near Glacier National Park. Click below to explore the full retreat experience and register: VeilFall

    Live Laugh Love: The Secret History of White Christian Women and the World They Made with Kristin Kobes Du Mez

  5. Sep 3

    The Good Girl’s Descent: When Becoming Yourself Feels Like Dying

    There comes a point in a woman’s becoming when the identities that once helped her survive begin to limit how fully she can live. Being the good girl, the responsible one, the peacekeeper, or the high achiever may have earned you safety, belonging, and approval, but eventually, those same identities can become the ceilings of your expansion. You may have built a beautiful life filled with people and work you genuinely love, yet still feel an inexplicable ache beneath it all: a restlessness, a tightness, a sense that the woman you have been can no longer carry you where you are going. In this solo episode of Wild & Waking, I’m exploring the descent that begins when good-girl conditioning and lifelong performance stop working. Drawing from my own experience with postpartum depression, identity loss, religious and political deconstruction, spiritual awakening, and the long process of becoming someone new, I share why personal growth rarely feels like the shiny, upward evolution we’ve been promised. Sometimes becoming yourself feels more like dying. It asks you to grieve old identities, walk through uncertainty, meet the parts of yourself you were taught to fear, and remain in the darkness long enough for something more honest to emerge. We’ve been conditioned to treat difficult seasons as problems to solve quickly, but not every season is meant to be rushed, optimized, or transformed into an inspiring lesson. Sometimes the darkness is the initiation. It strips away the need to be good, palatable, productive, and universally understood, revealing the self-trust and sovereign power that performance could never give you. This episode is for the woman standing between who she was trained to be and who she knows she is becoming; the woman learning that she is not falling apart, but being initiated into a deeper, freer, more fully embodied version of herself. In this episode, I explore: How good-girl conditioning teaches women to seek safety, belonging, and approval through performanceWhy the identities that helped you survive can eventually become the ceilings of your personal growth and expansionThe hidden ache of outgrowing a beautiful life that still looks good from the outsideWhy becoming your authentic self can feel like falling apart, losing yourself, or experiencing an identity deathThe descent between good-girl performance and feminine sovereigntyMy experience with postpartum depression, identity loss, grief, and emerging from a prolonged season of darknessHow religious deconstruction, political awakening, and spiritual evolution can unravel the person you were taught to beWhy healing and personal transformation are not always linear, positive, or meant to be rushedThe difference between self-improvement rooted in performance and growth rooted in freedom, self-trust, and authenticityHow difficult seasons can become initiations into deeper self-awareness, embodied power, and sovereign leadershipReleasing the need to be palatable, universally understood, or responsible for everyone else’s experience of youLearning to trust the messy, uncertain space between who you were and who you are becomingWhy meeting your darkness, emotional depth, intuition, and power is essential to reclaiming your whole selfWhat it means to emerge from the unraveling as a freer, more sovereign, fully initiated woman Be sure to hit subscribe so you never miss the latest episode! Connect with Emily: Website: www.EmilyReuschel.comInstagram: @emilyreuschelFacebook: Emily ReuschelLinkedIn: Emily ReuschelJoin my Book Insiders List: Sign up here! Resources and Links: Learn more and sign up for VeilFallEpisode 189 | The Wild & Waking Journey: RiseSign up here to get the inside scoop to my book writing journey!Book me as a speaker for your next event - email inquiries to emilyreuschel@gmail.com or schedule a call hereWild & Waking – Produced by Jill Carr Podcasting | Learn More Mentioned in this episode: Join Emily and Kelsey Anderson for VeilFall, an intimate Samhain and Full Hunter’s Moon women’s retreat happening October 23–26, 2026, at Blue Star Retreat Center in Columbia Falls, Montana, near Glacier National Park. Click below to explore the full retreat experience and register: VeilFall

    The Good Girl’s Descent: When Becoming Yourself Feels Like Dying

  6. Aug 27

    Living Ritual: How to Infuse Each Day with Purpose and Spirit with Tracee Stanley

    In this episode of Wild & Waking, I’m joined by bestselling author and spiritual teacher Tracee Stanley for a conversation about living ritual, presence, purpose, and what it means to recognize the sacredness already woven into our everyday lives. Tracee’s newest book, Living Ritual: Infuse Each Day with Purpose and Spirit, offers an invitation to move beyond the idea that spiritual practice has to be elaborate, time-consuming, or separate from the rest of our lives, and instead discover the small, meaningful ways we can bring intention and devotion into the moments we’re already living. We talk about ritual as an antidote to so much of what defines modern life: distraction, disconnection, isolation, and the feeling that we’re constantly moving without necessarily knowing what we’re moving toward. Tracee shares how even the smallest rituals can help us slow down enough to notice what is here, reconnect with ourselves, and remember our relationship to something larger than ourselves. This isn’t about adding another practice to the never-ending list of things we “should” be doing, it’s about shifting the way we inhabit the life that is already unfolding around us. Ultimately, this conversation is an invitation to remember that the Divine isn’t waiting for us somewhere outside of our ordinary lives. It is already here - in our relationships, our homes, our bodies, our connection with nature, and the tiny moments we so easily overlook. You don’t need hours of uninterrupted time or a perfectly curated spiritual practice to live with greater purpose and spirit. Sometimes, you simply need to slow down long enough to notice the sacred that has been dancing alongside you all along. In this episode, we explore: What ritual really means and how it differs from habits, routines, and performative spiritual practicesHow to create simple daily rituals and micro-rituals that bring more meaning, presence, and intention into everyday lifeCreating accessible spiritual practices for householders, mothers, caregivers, and people living full, busy livesHow ritual can become an antidote to distraction, disconnection, isolation, and lack of purposeThe relationship between ritual, mindfulness, presence, and nervous system regulationHow everyday moments can become opportunities to connect with the sacred and the DivineThe power of nature connection and seasonal living as pathways back to ourselves and our interconnectednessHonoring the cycles of birth, death, rebirth, transition, and change rather than resisting the seasons that feel uncomfortableHow ritual can help us reconnect with purpose, meaning, belonging, and our relationship to something greater than ourselvesThe importance of honoring ourselves in every season of life, rather than waiting until life feels peaceful or perfect to practice presence Be sure to hit subscribe so you never miss the latest episode! Connect with Tracee: Visit Tracee Stanley’s WebsiteFollow Tracee on InstagramFollow Tracee on ThreadsExplore Living Ritual + Get the Free Ritual Connect with Emily: Website: www.EmilyReuschel.comInstagram: @emilyreuschelFacebook: Emily ReuschelLinkedIn: Emily ReuschelJoin my Book Insiders List: Sign up here! Resources and Links: Sign up here to get the inside scoop to my book writing journey!Book me as a speaker for your next event - email inquiries to emilyreuschel@gmail.com or schedule a call hereWild & Waking – Produced by Jill Carr Podcasting | Learn More Mentioned in this episode: Join Emily and Kelsey Anderson for VeilFall, an intimate Samhain and Full Hunter’s Moon women’s retreat happening October 23–26, 2026, at Blue Star Retreat Center in Columbia Falls, Montana, near Glacier National Park. Click below to explore the full retreat experience and register: VeilFall

    Living Ritual: How to Infuse Each Day with Purpose and Spirit with Tracee Stanley

  7. Aug 20

    Are Your Beliefs Actually Yours? Identity, Influence, and the Stories Shaping Your Reality with Sridaya Srivatsan

    In Episode 213 of Wild & Waking, I’m joined by manifestation coach, former public policy researcher, and speaker Sridaya Srivatsan for a fascinating conversation about identity, influence, and the stories shaping the way we understand ourselves and the world around us. Together, we explore a question most of us rarely stop to ask: Are your beliefs actually yours—or are they inherited ideas you’ve repeated so many times they now feel like truth? We explore identity repatterning, manifestation, and the disorienting space between who you have been and who you are becoming. Sridaya shares how the identities we inhabit shape what we believe is available to us and why changing our thoughts intellectually isn’t always enough when our bodies are still holding old survival patterns. This is where spirituality, psychology, somatic healing, and science begin to meet. This conversation is an invitation to examine the stories beneath your beliefs without shame, release identities that no longer fit, and consciously choose what you want to carry forward. Because you are not required to remain loyal to a version of yourself built from inherited expectations, outdated information, or the need to belong. You are allowed to change your mind, rewrite the story, and become someone new. In this episode, we explore: How family, culture, religion, social media, and societal conditioning shape our identity, worldview, and subconscious beliefsWhy facts alone rarely change minds, and how belonging, emotional safety, morality, and confirmation bias influence what we believeThe psychology of disinformation, political polarization, online influence, echo chambers, and social media algorithmsHow inherited beliefs, childhood conditioning, and survival patterns silently shape our relationships, careers, choices, and sense of selfHow to recognize when an identity, belief system, or personal narrative no longer aligns with who you are becomingWhy changing your mind or questioning long-held beliefs can feel like grief, identity loss, or a spiritual ego deathIdentity repatterning and how to rewrite limiting beliefs without rejecting the version of you who developed themA more grounded approach to manifestation beyond positive thinking, vision boards, toxic positivity, and “high-vibe” spiritualityHow to question your beliefs without shame, reclaim your personal agency, and consciously choose the stories shaping your realityWhat it means to develop generational emotional intelligence and create meaningful change within yourself, your family, and your community Be sure to hit subscribe so you never miss the latest episode! Connect with Sridaya: Join the Manifestation ClinicFollow Sridaya on InstagramConnect with Sridaya on Threads Connect with Emily: Website: www.EmilyReuschel.comInstagram: @emilyreuschelFacebook: Emily ReuschelLinkedIn: Emily ReuschelJoin my Book Insiders List: Sign up here! Resources and Links: Sign up here to get the inside scoop to my book writing journey!Book me as a speaker for your next event - email inquiries to emilyreuschel@gmail.com or schedule a call hereWild & Waking – Produced by Jill Carr Podcasting | Learn More Mentioned in this episode: Join Emily and Kelsey Anderson for VeilFall, an intimate Samhain and Full Hunter’s Moon women’s retreat happening October 23–26, 2026, at Blue Star Retreat Center in Columbia Falls, Montana, near Glacier National Park. Click below to explore the full retreat experience and register: VeilFall

    Are Your Beliefs Actually Yours? Identity, Influence, and the Stories Shaping Your Reality with Sridaya Srivatsan

  8. Aug 13

    The Wheel of the Year 101: A Beginner’s Guide to Seasonal Living

    In this solo episode of Wild & Waking, I’m sharing a beginner-friendly introduction to the Wheel of the Year - a seasonal calendar shaped by the solstices, equinoxes, ancient traditions, and natural rhythms of the Earth. After spending the past year learning about and experiencing each seasonal celebration for myself, I’m walking you through all eight sabbats: Mabon, Samhain, Yule, Imbolc, Ostara, Beltane, Litha, and Lughnasadh. As a farm wife living in rural Illinois, so much of the Wheel feels deeply familiar: planting, growth, harvest, release, dormancy, and beginning again. It offers a framework for noticing what is happening in nature and considering how those same cycles are unfolding within our motherhood, work, creativity, relationships, identities, and personal evolution. This episode is an invitation into seasonal living, nature-based spirituality, and a more intentional relationship with time without requiring elaborate rituals or any particular spiritual identity. The Wheel of the Year reminds us that nature doesn’t bloom all year, and neither do we. There are seasons for beginning, growing, gathering, releasing, grieving, resting, and waiting for the first spark to return. In this episode, I explore: What the Wheel of the Year is and how its eight seasonal sabbats connect us with the natural rhythms of the EarthThe solstices, equinoxes, and ancient Gaelic festivals that form the modern Pagan calendarA beginner-friendly overview of Mabon, Samhain, Yule, Imbolc, Ostara, Beltane, Litha, and LughnasadhThe history, folklore, themes, symbols, colors, foods, rituals, and seasonal intentions associated with each sabbatHow modern traditions overlap with ancient seasonal customsWhich familiar Wheel of the Year names, stories, and traditions are ancient, modern, or a blend of bothSimple ways to honor each seasonal threshold without elaborate rituals, expensive supplies, or claiming a particular spiritual identityHow seasonal living and nature-based spirituality can deepen our relationship with the Earth, our intuition, and the passage of timeWhat the cycles of planting, growth, harvest, release, dormancy, and rebirth can teach us about motherhood, creativity, identity, and personal evolutionWhy we were never meant to bloom, produce, expand, or feel the same in every season Be sure to hit subscribe so you never miss the latest episode! Connect with Emily: Website: www.EmilyReuschel.comInstagram: @emilyreuschelFacebook: Emily ReuschelLinkedIn: Emily ReuschelJoin my Book Insiders List: Sign up here! Resources and Links: Learn more and sign up for VeilFallThe Wheel of the Year: An Illustrated Guide to Nature’s Rhythms by Fiona Cook and Jessica Roux — A beautifully illustrated, family-friendly introduction to the eight seasonal celebrations, with stories, meditations, scavenger hunts, crafts, recipes, rituals, and simple ways to connect with nature throughout the year.Llewellyn’s Sabbat Essentials Box Set — A collection of eight books—one for each sabbat—offering a deeper look at the history, lore, rituals, recipes, crafts, correspondences, prayers, and traditions associated with Ostara, Beltane, Litha, Lughnasadh, Mabon, Samhain, Yule, and Imbolc.Your Spacious & Seasonal Year by Ashley Burnett, with contributions from Lela Shields — A beautiful guide and workbook for living more intentionally alongside nature’s rhythms, featuring seasonal rituals, reflections, recipes, and practices designed to bring greater connection, meaning, spaciousness, and joy to everyday life.Demystify Magic Podcast — A grounded, approachable podcast exploring magic and spirituality in ways that feel practical and accessible. Their Wheel of the Year holiday deep dives are especially helpful if you want to learn about each sabbat individually as it arrives.Sign up here to get the inside scoop to my book writing journey!Book me as a speaker for your next event - email inquiries to emilyreuschel@gmail.com or schedule a call hereWild & Waking – Produced by Jill Carr Podcasting | Learn More Mentioned in this episode: Join Emily and Kelsey Anderson for VeilFall, an intimate Samhain and Full Hunter’s Moon women’s retreat happening October 23–26, 2026, at Blue Star Retreat Center in Columbia Falls, Montana, near Glacier National Park. Click below to explore the full retreat experience and register: VeilFall

    The Wheel of the Year 101: A Beginner’s Guide to Seasonal Living
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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.

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  • Creator
    Emily Reuschel
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2026
  • Episodes
    220
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026
  • Show Website
    Wild & Waking

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