WholeHearted Living

Debs Thorpe

A space to root back into your wholeness and remember who you truly are. Each episode blends ancient wisdom and modern science, soulful conversation and grounded practice, to guide you home to yourself. Here, we dismantle outdated paradigms of hustle, perfection, and “not enough”, and instead explore what it means to live, lead, and create from worthiness, belonging, and alignment with nature’s rhythms. From embodied self-worth to nervous system healing, from identity work to soul-led leadership, The Wholehearted Living Podcast invites you to pause, breathe, and return to the ground beneath all growth: you are already whole. New episodes every Thursday.  At the Wholehearted Living Podcast, our conversations don’t end here. To keep journeying together, visit www.whlinstitute.com to explore free resources, join our newsletter, or step into one of our programs.  And if you loved this episode, subscribe, share it with a friend, and leave a review, it helps spread this movement of wholehearted living. With a heartful of gratitude, Debs

  1. EPISODIO 1

    S02 EP01 | You Are Wholeness: Returning to the Ground Beneath All Growth

    Send us a text What if you're not broken? In this series premiere, Debs Thorpe introduces a radical idea: you don't need fixing, you need to remember the wholeness that's been there all along. Discover why wellness culture keeps you stuck in "not enough," the difference between wholeness and wellness, and how to begin the practice of arriving in your body and your life. What You'll Learn: Why you're not broken (you're disconnected from wholeness)The difference between wholeness and wellness cultureHow trauma and conditioning made you forget your completenessThe paradox: recognising wholeness enables real transformationWhat nature teaches about seasons, roots, and inherent completenessThe "Arriving" practice: a simple daily return to your bodyIntroduction to the 8-stage WholeHearted TechniquePerfect for: Anyone feeling "not enough," people exhausted by self-improvement, seekers ready to come home to themselves Key Topics: wholeness, self-worth, healing, trauma recovery, embodiment, grounding, self-acceptance, wellness culture, personal growth, authenticity, coming home The 8 Stages: Radical Honesty | Trauma Response | Cultivating Compassion | Aligned Boundaries | Inner Landscape | Choosing Self | Authenticity | Future Vision Practice This Week: The "Arriving" practice (60 seconds daily)Feel your body and the ground beneath youPlace hand on heartSay: "I am here. I am in my body. I am whole."Key Quote: "Wholeness is not something you achieve. It's something you remember." Resources: Free "Rooted in Wholeness" companion guide with journal prompts, practices, and integration tools at whlinstitute.com Support the show Subscribe & Review: If this episode resonated with you, please subscribe to the WholeHearted Living Podcast so you never miss an episode. New episodes drop every Thursday. And if you're feeling generous, leave a review and share what's landing for you. Your words help other seekers find this work. Thank you for being here. Thank you for choosing wholeness. Thank you for having the courage to tell yourself the truth. Please do share this podcast far and wide to help us reach as many people as possible. And as our gift to you, Debs has created the Rooted in Wholeness- a collection of grounding practices, journal prompts, and reflections that go deeper into season two's theme of Wholeness and Belonging. It’s completely free, and you can sign up to receive it online at www.whlinstitute.com. And if you'd like to gift Debs a personal thank you, you can Buy Me A Coffee here, knowing it will fuel many more moments of inspiration. Thank you for listening, supporting, and most of all, for walking this path of wholehearted living with us. Connect on Instagram Connect on Facebook Subscribe on YouTub...

    23 min
  2. EPISODIO 2

    S02 EP02 | Why Hustle is a Trauma Response (and What to Choose Instead)

    Send us a text Can't stop working? Feeling guilty when you rest? In this episode, Debs Thorpe reveals why constant hustle is often a flight trauma response, and shares what to choose instead. Learn the difference between survival doing and aligned action, discover active relaxation practices (including Debs' personal story of trail running back to wholeness), and understand why rest is revolutionary. What You'll Learn: Why hustle is a flight trauma response (not ambition)What you're really running from when you can't stopThe cost of constant doing: health, relationships, joy, wholenessSurvival doing vs. aligned action: how to tell the differenceActive relaxation: rest through rhythmic, embodied movementDebs' story: how trail running (without performance pressure) reconnected her with her body and childlike wonderWhy rest is radical in hustle culturePerfect for: Burned-out achievers, chronic doers, people who can't rest without guilt, anyone running on empty Key Topics: burnout recovery, hustle culture, trauma responses, rest, active relaxation, nervous system regulation, flight response, work-life balance, self-care, trail running, embodiment, childlike curiosity Practice This Week: Notice when you're in survival doing vs. aligned actionChoose one form of rest (still or active)Try active relaxation: walk, stretch, explore without goalsJournal: "What am I running from when I can't stop?"Mantra: "I am enough without doing anything"Key Quote: "Running became my place of discovery and adventure, not routine or regime. The second I made it about performance, I hated it." Resources: Read Debs' full running story at debsthorpe.com/from-zero-to-ultramarathon-in-8-weeks | Free companion guide at whlinstitute.com Support the show Subscribe & Review: If this episode resonated with you, please subscribe to the WholeHearted Living Podcast so you never miss an episode. New episodes drop every Thursday. And if you're feeling generous, leave a review and share what's landing for you. Your words help other seekers find this work. Thank you for being here. Thank you for choosing wholeness. Thank you for having the courage to tell yourself the truth. Please do share this podcast far and wide to help us reach as many people as possible. And as our gift to you, Debs has created the Rooted in Wholeness- a collection of grounding practices, journal prompts, and reflections that go deeper into season two's theme of Wholeness and Belonging. It’s completely free, and you can sign up to receive it online at www.whlinstitute.com. And if you'd like to gift Debs a personal thank you, you can Buy Me A Coffee here, knowing it will fuel many more moments of inspiration. Thank you for listening, supporting, and most of all, for walking this path of wholehearted living with us. Connect on Instagram Connect on Facebook Subscribe on YouTub...

    43 min
  3. EPISODIO 3

    S02 EP03 | The Myth of Brokenness: You Were Never Meant to Be Fixed

    Send us a text Feeling stuck in endless self-improvement cycles? In this episode, trauma therapist Debs Thorpe dismantles the "broken" narrative that keeps you chasing fixes instead of embracing wholeness. Discover why your trauma responses are adaptive (not defective), the crucial difference between healing and fixing, and how to reconnect with the wholeness that's been there all along. What You'll Learn: Why the self-help industry profits from the "broken" narrativeThe difference between healing and fixing How trauma responses are intelligent adaptations, not disordersYou're not broken, you're responding to what broke around youThe seed metaphor: wholeness buried under layers of survival patternsKintsugi wisdom: your cracks are part of your beautyGuided meditation to reconnect with inherent wholenessPerfect for: High-achievers stuck in self-improvement loops, anyone who feels "broken" or "damaged," people tired of trying to fix themselves Key Topics: trauma healing, self-compassion, wholeness, healing vs fixing, trauma responses, self-help addiction, nervous system regulation, embodiment, Kintsugi, adaptive responses Practice This Week: Notice your "broken" languageReframe one thought daily with curiosityThank your survival responses for keeping you safePractice the wholeness meditationWrite daily evidence of your wholenessResources: Free "Rooted in Wholeness" companion guide at whlinstitute.com Support the show Subscribe & Review: If this episode resonated with you, please subscribe to the WholeHearted Living Podcast so you never miss an episode. New episodes drop every Thursday. And if you're feeling generous, leave a review and share what's landing for you. Your words help other seekers find this work. Thank you for being here. Thank you for choosing wholeness. Thank you for having the courage to tell yourself the truth. Please do share this podcast far and wide to help us reach as many people as possible. And as our gift to you, Debs has created the Rooted in Wholeness- a collection of grounding practices, journal prompts, and reflections that go deeper into season two's theme of Wholeness and Belonging. It’s completely free, and you can sign up to receive it online at www.whlinstitute.com. And if you'd like to gift Debs a personal thank you, you can Buy Me A Coffee here, knowing it will fuel many more moments of inspiration. Thank you for listening, supporting, and most of all, for walking this path of wholehearted living with us. Connect on Instagram Connect on Facebook Subscribe on YouTub...

    33 min

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A space to root back into your wholeness and remember who you truly are. Each episode blends ancient wisdom and modern science, soulful conversation and grounded practice, to guide you home to yourself. Here, we dismantle outdated paradigms of hustle, perfection, and “not enough”, and instead explore what it means to live, lead, and create from worthiness, belonging, and alignment with nature’s rhythms. From embodied self-worth to nervous system healing, from identity work to soul-led leadership, The Wholehearted Living Podcast invites you to pause, breathe, and return to the ground beneath all growth: you are already whole. New episodes every Thursday.  At the Wholehearted Living Podcast, our conversations don’t end here. To keep journeying together, visit www.whlinstitute.com to explore free resources, join our newsletter, or step into one of our programs.  And if you loved this episode, subscribe, share it with a friend, and leave a review, it helps spread this movement of wholehearted living. With a heartful of gratitude, Debs