Edge Of The Village

Nikki White

At the edge of the village, things look different. This is a podcast about participation, belonging, visibility, healing, relationships, business, creativity, and what happens when we stop trying to force ourselves into systems that were never built for us. Through stories, observations, and perspective shifts, we'll explore visibility, belonging, and what it means to show up coherently in an incoherent world.

Episodes

  1. 2d ago

    #6 What is your healing quest in service to?

    Healing isn't the destination. At some point, the question shifts from "How do I relieve this pain?" to "Is my healing in service to living?" In this episode, I explore the difference between healing for relief and healing that prepares you to participate in your life again. We talk about Hades, grief, healing burnout, identity, crossing the river back into the land of the living, and why your future may already be pulling you forward. Your future has gravity. Maybe it's time to let your healing be in service to that.

    13 min

  2. Jun 30

    #5 The Universe Is Not a Meritocracy

    What if clarity isn't something you wait for, but something you create by participating? In this episode, I explore why uncertainty so often becomes a place to hide, why healing alone doesn't create a life, and why the universe isn't rewarding or withholding your desires based on how "good" you've become. Life asks for something much simpler, and much harder: your participation.

    17 min

  3. Jun 30

    #4 Why Reality Can't Find You

    We spend so much of our lives trying not to be too much, too loud, too difficult, too needy, or too different that we slowly disappear into the background of our own lives. Then we wonder why life doesn't seem to respond to us. In this episode, I explore the difference between transactional living and relational living, why healthy people actually want you to have edges, and how becoming fully yourself is the first step toward participating in a reality that can finally respond back.

    18 min

  4. Jun 12

    #3 Leaving the fishbowl

    Many of us have been taught that changing ourselves is the key to changing our reality. I think there's a missing piece. In this episode, I explore participation, self-trust, fishbowl life, and why healing may have less to do with becoming someone better and more to do with reducing the friction between you and showing up for the life that's already calling you.

    19 min

  5. Jun 12

    #2 You Cannot Be Hiding and Relational

    What if visibility isn't about posting more? What if it's about trusting yourself enough to be seen? In this episode, we explore belonging wounds, vulnerability, relational businesses, and why so many people struggle to show up. It's not because they lack courage, but because they don't yet trust themselves when they know life will push back.

    11 min

  6. Jun 12

    #1 The Village Instead of the Funnel

    After hundreds of hours with clients, I finally found the throughline in my work... and the only way I could see it was by drawing a map. In this episode, I share why relational people often struggle with traditional business advice, the difference between transactional and relational models, and why I think a village is a better metaphor than a funnel.

    11 min
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At the edge of the village, things look different. This is a podcast about participation, belonging, visibility, healing, relationships, business, creativity, and what happens when we stop trying to force ourselves into systems that were never built for us. Through stories, observations, and perspective shifts, we'll explore visibility, belonging, and what it means to show up coherently in an incoherent world.

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  • Creator
    Nikki White
  • Years Active
    2K
  • Episodes
    6
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Nikki White
  • Show Website
    Edge Of The Village