Earth Tones Podcast

Ella Kuhn
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Earth Tones is a soulful podcast rooted in four pillars: survival, passion, service, and love. Born from personal experience, spiritual devotion, and huge heart for humanity, this show explores the sacred intersections of faith, culture, healing, empowerment, and human connection.  Through raw storytelling, spiritual reflection, and conversations that matter, host Ella- a single mama, creative, solo traveler, and once, non profit founder- invites you into the journeying that shapes each of us. From her time working with refugees in Syria and Afghanistan to the quiet revelations that come through motherhood, each episode offers perspective, purpose, and permission to keep growing.  Whether you’re rebuilding, reimagining, or reaching for more- this space is for you. For the ones yearning for closer connections to each other or to God. Earth Tones is a return to what is real- a rhythm, a remembering, a quiet rebellion against a world that tells you to stay surface- level. Here, we go deeper.

  1. 4D AGO

    Episode 23: Staying Soft as the World Hardens & My 2026 North Stars

    The world has a way of teaching us to harden- to protect ourselves by closing off, pulling back, or carrying unspoken resentment. But wisdom doesn’t require hardness, and discernment doesn’t have to turn into bitterness. In this episode, I reflect on what it means to stay soft without losing your wisdom- to practice discernment as clarity rather than resentment, and to protect your heart without closing it. I talk about how unresolved hurt can quietly shape our posture toward life, and how choosing discernment with compassion can help purify the heart so we’re able to walk in love- even when relationships, seasons, and people are imperfect. In this episode, I share: The difference between discernment and resentmentHow wisdom can coexist with tendernessWhy forgiveness is a practice, not a bypassHow to guard your heart without hardening itMy three North Stars for 2026- the values I’ll return to when life feels heavyBeing “labeled” for taking space from hurtful communities or church should be more acceptable and understood Thanking past relationships for leavingThis episode isn’t about fixing yourself or forcing outcomes. It’s about choosing the posture you want to live from- one rooted in clarity, love, and grounded faith. ✨ If you’re entering this year wanting to live wisely without becoming hardened, this episode is for you. Connect with Host, Ella 🎞️ Earth Tones Podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/earthtones.podcast 🎞️ Personal Instagram https://www.instagram.com/earthmamaella 🎬 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@earthtones.podcast 🎥 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@earthtones-podcast

    29 min

  2. 12/30/2025

    Episode 22: Maintenance Over Mastery- Mantras, Forgiveness, and a God Who Stays

    As we step into a new year, Episode 22 of Earth Tones offers a gentle alternative to the pressure of New Year’s resolutions! This episode explores why mantras are more invitational than resolutions — why they don’t demand perfection, discipline, or constant self-correction, but instead invite us back to ourselves again and again. Mantras are not about mastery. They’re about maintenance. About staying. About returning. At the beginning of the episode, I take a moment to look back on 2025 — not only through the lens of Earth Tones but through my own personal becoming. ✨ Earth Tones reached 796 downloads, listeners in 31 countries, and over 130 cities — something I never imagined when this podcast began. But beyond the numbers, 2025 was a year of stillness. A year of choosing presence over escape. Of learning how to stay with myself in difficult moments instead of running from them. This year also reshaped how I see God. I share how my understanding of God has deepened — how God is no longer attached to outcomes, blessings, or perceived rewards. I don’t believe God deals “good hands” or “bad hands” based on worthiness. Our environments, systems, and circumstances create much of what we experience — and God sits with us through all of it. When we tie God only to outcomes, we risk underestimating the quiet, constant presence of God in the world — especially in moments that don’t resolve neatly. The episode closes with me sharing my personal mantra and intention for 2026, centered on forgiveness — forgiving others, forgiving myself, and learning how deeper love often lives on the other side of that work. This episode isn’t about becoming someone new. It’s about learning how to stay with who you already are! 🌿 In this episode: Why mantras are more sustainable than resolutionsMaintenance vs. mastery as a spiritual and emotional practiceA reflective look back at 2025 — personally and with Earth Tones!Reframing how we understand God, presence, and circumstanceMy 2026 mantra centered on forgivenessConnect with Host, Ella 🎞️ Earth Tones Podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/earthtones.podcast 🎞️ Personal Instagram https://www.instagram.com/earthmamaella 🎬 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@earthtones.podcast 🎥 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@earthtones-podcast

    35 min

  3. 12/23/2025

    Episode 21: 🎁🎄 Splitting the Holidays (When the Most Wonderful Time of the Year Feels Complicated)- with Host Ella Kuhn

    Today’s episode is a little different. I was recently interviewed by a dear friend and fellow single mother on her podcast about navigating the holidays when the kids aren’t with you. She generously allowed me to share the raw audio here on Earth Tones, because the reflections are deeply personal-  and come directly from my own lived experience over the last six years! While this is a conversation, this episode is really a personal reflection about grief, perspective, ego, and what has helped me move through the holidays when they feel complicated. Interview conducted by a fellow single parent and close friend, whose thoughtful questions helped guide this reflection!  Hope you enjoy, and please take care of your heart if this is a year you are navigating alone. My heart is with you!  Connect with Elli, host of Mammafeststion Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-mammafestation-podcast/id1806898768 Mammafestation Podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mammafestation.pod?igsh=MXRwc2s3c3ZkeGY2ZA== Mammafestation Podcast TikTok:  https://www.tiktok.com/@mammafestation.pod?_r=1&_t=ZT-92RaMhkT1CA Connect with Host, Ella 🎞️ Earth Tones Podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/earthtones.podcast 🎞️ Personal Instagram https://www.instagram.com/earthmamaella 🎬 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@earthtones.podcast 🎥 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@earthtones-podcast

    1h 9m

  4. 12/16/2025

    Episode 20: Rebellion, Sensuality, and the Long Road Home- with Ki

    In this episode, we explore what happens after survival — when rebellion no longer needs to be sharp, and the body begins asking for softness, honesty, and care. Joined by a woman from the Virgin Islands, a young mother, and a guide in embodiment work, this conversation moves gently but truthfully through the evolution many women experience: from rebellion as protection, to responsibility as reckoning, to sensuality as self-love. This episode challenges narratives and offers another path: one where faith and sensuality can coexist, where embodiment is not perfection or performance, and where self-advocacy becomes a sacred act. Together, we reflect on: Rebellion as a survival language — and what it was protectingSensuality beyond sex: presence, voice, boundaries, and self-careEmbodiment as a lifelong process, not a destinationHolding religious identity and bodily wisdom at the same timeThe ways our ancestors were taught silence — and how we can choose advocacyLearning to come home to the body slowly, honestly, and without shameThis episode is for women who have lived in extremes — obedience or rebellion, suppression or self-protection — and are now seeking a softer, truer way to live inside themselves. Sensuality, here, is not about performance. It’s about listening. It’s about advocating for your needs. It’s about learning how to stay. About the Guest Our guest is a Virgin Islands–rooted mother, embodiment guide, and wellness practitioner whose work centers on helping women reconnect to their bodies through compassion, self-trust, and nervous-system–informed care. Instagram: @__freeki  https://www.instagram.com/__freekiOfferings & Work:  https://linktr.ee/kiwellnesscoListener Note This episode touches on themes of embodiment, faith, sensuality, and personal responsibility. It is not explicit, but it is honest. If this topic feels tender for you, listen at your own pace and with care. Connect with Host, Ella 🎞️ Earth Tones Podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/earthtones.podcast 🎞️ Personal Instagram https://www.instagram.com/earthmamaella 🎬 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@earthtones.podcast 🎥 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@earthtones-podcast

    1h 21m

  5. 12/09/2025

    Episode 19: The Death of Perfect Wives and the Rebirth of Embodied Women- with Holistic Healer Kyra Monroe

    In this episode, I sit down with my longtime friend Kyra to explore the journey from repression and perfectionism to authenticity, accountability, and emotional freedom. Together, we talk about the pressure to perform as the “perfect wife,” the hidden impact of childhood trauma, the chronic anxiety that comes from abandoning yourself, and the unraveling that happens when truth rises faster than we’re ready for. Kyra shares the collapse of her former identity, the public fallout that forced a deeper awakening, and the shift from victimhood to radical responsibility. Our conversation reframes narcissism as a trauma response rather than an identity, examines why empaths often call in partners who mirror early wounds, and highlights the healing that becomes possible when boundaries, integrity, and self-worth take the lead. This episode is for anyone who has ever lived someone else’s script, felt trapped in cycles they didn’t understand, or reached a point where choosing themselves became the only way forward. 🪽Connect with Kyra 🎞️ Recovering Empaths (Coaching): https://www.instagram.com/recovering.empaths?igsh=OXNtM3JyMnN0N3dq 🎞️Personal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/earthykyra?igsh=dzA4MnJuZ2ZjZ2N6 👩🏼‍💻Website and Programs: http://www.recoveringempaths.com 🧑🏻‍💻Her Husband’s Coaching (Recovering Narcissists): https://www.instagram.com/the.recovering.narcissist?igsh=MXcya2J0aGkyeGplag== If You Are in an Abusive or Unsafe Relationship National Domestic Violence Hotline (U.S.): Call 1-800-799-7233 Text “START” to 88788 https://www.thehotline.org RAINN – National Sexual Assault Hotline (U.S.): Call 1-800-656-4673 https://www.rainn.org Love Is Respect (for teens and young adults): Call 1-866-331-9474 Text “LOVEIS” to 22522 https://www.loveisrespect.org For international listeners, a global directory of crisis hotlines is available at: https://www.opencounseling.com/suicide-hotlines If you are in immediate danger, call your local emergency number. Connect with Host, Ella 🎞️ Earth Tones Podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/earthtones.podcast 🎞️ Personal Instagram https://www.instagram.com/earthmamaella 🎬 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@earthtones.podcast 🎥 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@earthtones-podcast

    1h 16m

  6. 12/02/2025

    Episode 18: God Didn’t Bring Me This Far to Let Go of Me- with Eve Dzene

    In this episode, we step into a conversation that goes beyond survival and motherhood. It’s a testimony of faith, migration, and the quiet miracles God gives when you choose yourself. Our guest shares her journey as a young immigrant mother who left her marriage — not because of abuse — but because she refused to live a life of limitation. She was expected to be a traditional wife: no work, no ambition, no income, no leadership. Just child-rearing… and silence. Instead, she listened to the voice in her spirit and chose freedom. From immigration, to starting again in America, to raising boys without a father figure in the home, she talks about witnessing miracle after miracle — so many moments she can no longer deny the hand of God.  We talk about motherhood without martyrdom, discipline without fear, and raising sons without weaponizing our wounds. We talk about what it means to protect your children from the heaviness you carry, and to build a life where they never have to feel the lack you’ve endured. She reminds us that if you are Christian, God is the Father — and that children showered in love don’t feel the absence of what was never safe to begin with. You will walk away from this episode with a deeper sense of belonging, a renewed trust in God, and permission to dream again — even if you’re still climbing. #earthtonespodcast #christianmotherhood #immigrantstories 🤎 Connect with Eve Instagram: 🔗 https://www.instagram.com/evedzenne?igsh=MWZqeG5qdHhic3R2cA== ⸻ 🌺 Connect with our mutual sister, Khalifa Special thanks to Khalifa, the beautiful soul who connected us! Host of the Happy Single Moms Podcast: 🔗 https://www.instagram.com/happy_singlemompodcast?igsh=MTZzNzhtNWYyY29udg== ⸻ 🎙️ Connect with Your Host Ella / Earthmama Personal IG (Ella): 🔗 https://www.instagram.com/earthmamaella Earth Tones Podcast IG: 🔗 https://www.instagram.com/earthtones.podcast Earth Tones TikTok: 🔗 https://www.tiktok.com/@earthtonespodcast Earth Tones YouTube: 🔗 https://youtube.com/@earthtonespodcast?si=CQoyo9UZRIVlLEih

    1 hr

  7. 11/25/2025

    Episode 17: Motherhood is the hardest HOOD- with Elli (@mammafestation.pod)

    This week I sit down with my ride or die, Elli- a woman who moves through life with equal parts humor, hustle, and heart.  As two single mothers, we talk openly about the realities behind today’s title- from the chaos and comedy of raising kids alone, to the quiet internal battles that most moms never speak about. We share how we met (plot twist: her boyfriend cheated on her with me- neither of us knowing it at the time 😭) and how that pain turned into one of the most meaningful friendships of our lives. Sometimes life delivers your soul-sisters right through the mess. In this episode we dive into: ✨ How motherhood forces you to grow ✨ Why kids don’t need perfection, they need appreciation ✨ Holidays with intention (not overwhelm) ✨ Lighthearted Christmas ideas for the littles ✨ Creating sacred morning time for grounding and gratitude ✨ Giggles, honesty, and the hilarious things our kids say ✨ Why some women take years to emotionally warm up to motherhood ✨ Elli’s prenatal + postpartum depression journey ✨ The poker faces single mothers wear ✨ Learning to go inward, heal, and love yourself again If you’ve ever found yourself numb, annoyed, overwhelmed, or absolutely exhausted.. you are not broken. Motherhood isn’t soft and glowy every day. Some seasons hurt before they bloom. Elli opens up about how long it took before she could receive motherhood with softness instead of fear, and how surrender, community, and inner work changed everything. This episode is tender, funny, and most importantly real.. because the hood is chaotic, but healing is possible. Connect with Elli + Mammafestation: 🌸 Book Club (first month free!!): 📖 December Book Club Pick: Have Yourself a Minimalist Christmas  https://mammafestation.mykajabi.com/offers/CyTbHw6s/checkout 🌸 Website: https://mammafestation.mykajabi.com/ 🌸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mammafestation.pod?igsh=MXRwc2s3c3ZkeGY2ZA== 🌸 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mammafestation.pod?_r=1&_t=ZT-91gacXznxd7 Connect with Earth Tones: 🪽Instagram (Earth Tones): https://www.instagram.com/earthtones.pod 🪽TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@earthmamaella 🪽 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@EarthTonesPodcast ——— If today’s episode spoke to you, share it with another mama, tag us, or leave a review. Your support helps this community reach more women who need these conversations. Earth Tones — New episodes every Tuesday. 🤎

    1h 5m

  8. 11/18/2025

    Episode 16: 30 Days of Heart Work with God, The Master Surgeon

    In this episode, I invite all listeners into a deeply personal heart-work season.. a 30-day spiritual lock-in where I allow God to operate as the Master Surgeon on the places that hurt, linger, and need healing. I reflect on the moment I realized she couldn’t keep trying to heal in her own strength. Instead, she surrendered the surgery table and asked God to remove what wasn’t serving her, restore what was broken, and revive what still had purpose. This episode explores: 🌿 Real prayers for right NOW🌿 Letting God prune 🌿 Being refined through discipline, personal devotion, fasting, and intentional prayer🌿 The difference between coping and actual transformation🌿 How accountability with a friend sparked this 30-day challengeI also have the intention to return in 30 days, alongside my beautiful friend, Azida, who inspired this challenge to reflect on what shifted, healed, and surprised us during our 30 day lock in with God. FOLLOW : Instagram: @earthmama.ella Podcast IG: @earthtones.podcast TikTok: @earthtonespodcast YouTube: Earth Tones Podcast

    31 min
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Earth Tones is a soulful podcast rooted in four pillars: survival, passion, service, and love. Born from personal experience, spiritual devotion, and huge heart for humanity, this show explores the sacred intersections of faith, culture, healing, empowerment, and human connection.  Through raw storytelling, spiritual reflection, and conversations that matter, host Ella- a single mama, creative, solo traveler, and once, non profit founder- invites you into the journeying that shapes each of us. From her time working with refugees in Syria and Afghanistan to the quiet revelations that come through motherhood, each episode offers perspective, purpose, and permission to keep growing.  Whether you’re rebuilding, reimagining, or reaching for more- this space is for you. For the ones yearning for closer connections to each other or to God. Earth Tones is a return to what is real- a rhythm, a remembering, a quiet rebellion against a world that tells you to stay surface- level. Here, we go deeper.

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  • Creator
    Ella Kuhn
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    24
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Earth Tones Podcast
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    Earth Tones Podcast