Whole & Unleashed

Jessica Lock
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A podcast about coming home to ourselves. Featuring raw conversations with special guests on topics related —but not limited—to burnout, mindset, fulfillment, transitions, wellness and so much more. I am your host Jessica Lock. This podcast is not about telling you what to do. I believe we all have the answers we need within. This podcast is here to inspire you, help you find clarity and maybe give you an extra nudge towards living wholeheartedly. And of course we'll be sharing tools and strategies from our guests to embrace your inner wisdom and live unleashed. Ready to dive in?

  1. 5d ago

    Cancelling a Launch & The Path of Least Resistance

    I decided to pause a launch I was genuinely excited about. Here's why, what I've been learning about my own patterns, and how I'm choosing the path of least resistance. In this mini podcast episode, I share an update on Get Your Mojo Back (GYMB), my Human Design coaching program, and the personal decision to pause enrollment while navigating uncertainty around my health and capacity. Creating GYMB helped me reconnect with my excitement for teaching, writing, and sharing my perspective after a season of rest and rebuilding. But it also gave me an opportunity to notice an old pattern: pushing through, even when I know I need to slow down. In this episode, we explore: Why I decided to pause Get Your Mojo Back, even though I'm still excited about the program.What it means to honour your capacity without seeing a change of plans as failure.How people-pleasing and the pressure to follow through can make it difficult to step back.Why Human Design can help us understand ourselves without becoming a rulebook for how we should live.How launching a program gave my ideas direction, and what I've discovered about needing an offer to justify sharing my voice.Why I'm experimenting with simpler ways to create, including mini podcast episodes and long-form writing on Substack.The difference between a meaningful challenge and unnecessary resistance. If you want to learn ore about Human Design, check out the Coming Home Portal. Looking for 1:1 coaching or readings? Check out offerings here.

  2. Oct 22

    On the other side of fear

    Inspired by a quote from Ted Lasso, this episode explores how fear, perfectionism, and the endless pursuit of self-awareness can sometimes keep us from actually living. I’m sharing my own experiences with overpreparing, refining, and waiting until I feel ready, and reflecting on how personal development can sometimes become another way to postpone the things we want to do. We’ll explore the role of fear, why confidence can come from taking action, and how to experiment with new possibilities without needing to know exactly how things will turn out. I’ll also share how these ideas inspired Get Your Mojo Back, my live coaching experience where we use Human Design to explore the patterns, beliefs, and resistance that arise as we work towards one meaningful goal. In this episode, we explore: When self-awareness and personal development become ways to delay taking action. How to work with fear instead of trying to eliminate it. Why you don’t need to feel completely ready before you begin. Making room for experimentation, curiosity, and unexpected possibilities. Moving towards what matters without abandoning yourself in the process. ✨ Your invitation: What’s one thing you’ve been curious about that you could try without needing to know the outcome? Because you won't know what’s on the other side until you give yourself the chance to find out. Explore Get Your Mojo Back: https://wholeandunleashed.com/get-your-mojo-back As always, take what you need and leave out the rest. 💜

  3. Oct 20

    I was my harshest judge

    What if the person you're most afraid of being judged by is yourself? In this episode, I’m reflecting on the patterns that have kept me hiding behind the scenes, from overpreparing and constantly refining my work to overextending myself to prove I’m good enough. Through the lens of my Human Design, my experiences growing up as a first-generation immigrant and third-culture kid, and my journey of self-discovery, I explore how these patterns may have once helped me feel safe but can eventually keep us from creating the lives we want. Because understanding why we hide is valuable. But what happens when we let ourselves be seen? What happens when we share our work before we’ve perfected every last detail? This is a conversation about self-awareness, compassion, perfectionism, and learning to turn what we know about ourselves into new ways of living. In this episode, we explore: How our past experiences shape the way we show up today The relationship between recognition, pressure, and proving our worth When learning and preparation become ways to avoid being seen Using Human Design to understand our patterns without becoming defined by them Why self-awareness is a starting point, not the finish line I’ll also share more about Get Your Mojo Back, my live coaching experience where we use Human Design to explore the patterns, beliefs, and resistance that arise as we work towards one meaningful goal. ✨ Learn more: https://wholeandunleashed.com/get-your-mojo-back And a question to take with you: Who might you become if you stopped treating your own potential like something you had to protect from being damaged?

  4. Oct 15

    The things we keep saving for later

    How many things are we saving for later because we're afraid of ruining them, getting them wrong, or not being ready? In this episode, I share the story of a Japanese knife that sat unused in my kitchen drawer for eight years, and what it taught me about the things we protect so carefully that we forget to actually experience them. Growing up in an immigrant family, I learned the value of taking care of what we have and saving nice things for special occasions. But sometimes, that instinct to protect what matters can quietly turn into a fear of using our gifts, pursuing our ideas, or letting ourselves be seen before we feel ready. What if we don't need to feel completely prepared before we begin? What if part of moving towards what matters is learning to be okay with being new, imperfect, and uncertain? A reflection on the patterns that keep us waiting, the potential we keep tucked away, and what becomes possible when we finally take something out of the drawer. Get Your Mojo Back begins November 18. If there's something you've been wanting to create, change, or move towards, explore the program at https://wholeandunleashed.com/get-your-mojo-back

  5. Oct 8

    I've been hiding 🙈

    It's been a heck of a year, on the outside not much was happening but internally a lot of recalibration around values, my work, how I show up, why I show....A little check in and hope to pop in more often!

  6. Aug 14

    What if you're not a project to fix?

    What if you’re not another project to fix? We live in a culture that constantly tells us there is something else to improve, heal, understand, regulate, or become. But what happens when our desire for growth starts coming at the expense of our relationship with ourselves? In this episode, I explore the difference between growth that comes from care and growth that comes from self-rejection, why our search for clarity can sometimes become a form of control, and what it means to move through the uncertain in-between I call the Void. Maybe growth isn’t always about becoming more. Maybe sometimes it’s about creating enough space to come home to what was already there. If You’re in This Kind of Season If these words resonated and you’re looking for support as you move through a season of transition, uncertainty, or deeper untangling, maybe Into the Void is for you. 🪞 Want to Stay Connected? I share tools, reflections, and resources through Human Design to help you understand your patterns, reconnect with your inner guidance, and create a life that feels alive. Learn more

  7. 12/24/2025

    How Ancestral Threads Were Woven Into How I Showed Up in My Business

    Hi friends! This episode is a reflection on the quieter aftermath of burnout, the part that doesn’t arrive when you leave the job, but years later, when you realize your body and nervous system are still relearning how to trust themselves again. It was a semi-unscripted episode, pardon the ramblings and sometimes long pauses but reflected on how burnout unraveled identities I once relied on, and how grief cracked me open in ways I couldn’t have planned. Through relationships and family dynamics, parts of me healed that I didn’t even know were holding pain. This year, returning to China opened ancestral threads I hadn’t realized were still shaping me: threads around belonging, scarcity, and the inherited fear of being seen, taking up space, and using my voice safely. I began to see how those patterns wereliving in my body, quietly influencing how I showed up in my work and business. As I created more safety in my nervous system and relationships, old patterns began to soften. That same softening rippled into my business, making it possible for my work and eventually The 64 Gates Journey, to finally take root. This reflection is a reminder that what looks like delay is often preparation, and that rebuilding trust isn’t simply mindset fix, it needs somatic and communal support as well. Key Takeaways Burnout didn’t end when I left my job. The real work came later: rebuilding trust after feeling like I had betrayed my body and missed its signals.The ancestral threads that were living in my nervous system: Scarcity, belonging wounds, and fear around visibility shaped how safe it felt to take up space and speak.How safety changed everything. As I softened in relationships and released over-responsibility.Human Design became a language of needs, not rules. It helped me validate my patterns and meet my system where it was, instead of forcing “correctness.” With some examples through the 9 centres.What felt like stagnation was actually a period of gestation. The work needed time, and so did I, to become the person who could hold it without losing myself.

  8. 11/14/2025

    When the Skin No Longer Fits: Discomfort, Identity & Growth

    In today’s episode, we dive into the lessons behind shedding, inspired by the year of the Snake 🐍 . The quiet, raw, beautifully uncomfortable space between endings and beginnings.It’s a reflection about: • the fear of being misunderstood• the ways we unconsciously hide• the identities we outgrow• and the space between version of us that’s trying to emerge and the one we're ready to release This year has stretched so many of us, reshaping our relationships, our bodies, our businesses, our sense of self. I share my own reflections on using my voice more boldly, trusting my expression, and recognizing the masks I didn’t realize I was still wearing. We explore the symbolism of the Snake year, the tension of the in-between, and the three natural phases every transformation moves through: awareness, integration, and embodiment. If you’re navigating a season of discomfort, transition, or subtle unraveling… this episode is a reminder that nothing is wrong. You’re simply growing beyond the skin that once kept you safe. And if you’d like to journey deeper into this work, into your shadows and your design, check out The 64 Gates Journey or watch the free Shifting Shadows workshop replay.

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A podcast about coming home to ourselves. Featuring raw conversations with special guests on topics related —but not limited—to burnout, mindset, fulfillment, transitions, wellness and so much more. I am your host Jessica Lock. This podcast is not about telling you what to do. I believe we all have the answers we need within. This podcast is here to inspire you, help you find clarity and maybe give you an extra nudge towards living wholeheartedly. And of course we'll be sharing tools and strategies from our guests to embrace your inner wisdom and live unleashed. Ready to dive in?

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  • Creator
    Jessica Lock
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
  • Episodes
    79
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Jessica Lock
  • Show Website
    Whole & Unleashed