The Wild Wisdom Way

Stephanie Kittell
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The Wild Wisdom Way is a memoir‑in‑motion — an intimate exploration of living fully, listening inward, and choosing a life aligned with your deepest truth. Through personal storytelling and lived reflection, each episode explores self‑trust, intuition, creativity, expression, embodiment, boundaries, and the paradox of being wild and wise. This podcast isn’t about fixing yourself or reinventing your life — it’s about inhabiting it more deeply, honestly, and enthusiastically. For those who feel the call toward more meaning, integrity, and embodied presence, The Wild Wisdom Way offers companionship on the path of becoming. www.risethriveholistic.com/wildwisdomway

Episodes

  1. EP 08: Sacred or Sexist? Questioning Tradition, Patriarchy & Spiritual Spaces

    Apr 30

    EP 08: Sacred or Sexist? Questioning Tradition, Patriarchy & Spiritual Spaces

    Spiritual traditions are often meant to create reverence, connection, and sacred space. But what happens when those traditions reinforce inequality or silence women’s voices? In this episode of The Wild Wisdom Way, I explore my experiences participating in traditional ceremonial spaces where women were asked to cover themselves, remain quiet, or adjust their presence to avoid “distracting” men in prayer. This conversation looks at the complex intersection between spiritual lineage, cultural tradition, and modern consciousness. I share reflections on the tension between honoring tradition and questioning systems that place responsibility for men’s behavior onto women. We explore the difference between sacred respect and unquestioned control, the courage it takes to ask uncomfortable questions, and how reclaiming feminine voice can coexist with reverence for spiritual practices. This episode is not about rejecting tradition — it’s about engaging it with awareness, integrity, and accountability. Welcome to The Wild Wisdom Way: Podcast & Memoir. Stay close. We’re just getting started. With love, Stephanie Kittell ❤️ WEBSITE: www.risethriveholistic.com/wildwisdomway 🙌🏼 FREE EMPOWERMENT RITUAL: www.risethriveholistic.com/freeritual ▶️ YOUTUBE: www.youtube.com/@TheWildWisdomWay 💫 INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/riseandthrive.steph 💫 FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/risethriveholistic ................................... Patriarchy in spiritual traditions and ceremonies, women in sacred ceremony experiences, reclaiming feminine voice in spirituality, questioning spiritual authority and tradition, toxic dynamics in spiritual communities, feminine empowerment in sacred spaces, gender roles in ceremonial traditions, conscious spirituality and equality.

    20 min
  2. 🎙️ EP 07 : Sovereign AND Sensual (Modern Womanhood, Relationships & Wanting It All)

    Apr 11

    🎙️ EP 07 : Sovereign AND Sensual (Modern Womanhood, Relationships & Wanting It All)

    Can a modern woman be both fiercely independent and deeply supported? In this episode of The Wild Wisdom Way, I explore the complexities of modern womanhood — especially as a divorced, self‑sufficient woman navigating relationships, freedom, and desire for partnership. I talk openly about the paradox many women face today: building careers, businesses, and independent lives while still longing for intimacy, support, and the ability to soften and be held. This conversation challenges the idea that independence must mean emotional isolation or that strength requires shutting down vulnerability. Divorce can become an initiation rather than a failure, opening the door to deeper self‑knowledge and more conscious relationships. I reflect on what it means to redefine partnership outside traditional expectations and how sovereignty can coexist with sensuality, devotion, and connection. If you’ve ever wondered whether it’s possible to “have it all” — freedom, purpose, love, and partnership — this episode invites a deeper look at what that actually means. Welcome to The Wild Wisdom Way: Podcast & Memoir. Stay close. We’re just getting started. With love, Stephanie Kittell ❤️ WEBSITE: www.risethriveholistic.com/wildwisdomway 🙌🏼 FREE EMPOWERMENT RITUAL: www.risethriveholistic.com/freeritual ▶️ YOUTUBE: www.youtube.com/@TheWildWisdomWay 💫 INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/riseandthrive.steph 💫 FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/risethriveholistic ......... Feminine sovereignty and modern womanhood, divorced at 40 personal growth journey, independent woman navigating relationships, conscious partnership and modern dating, balancing independence and intimacy, feminine leadership and relational polarity, healing after divorce and rediscovering desire, empowered women redefining love and partnership.

    23 min
  3. EP 06: High-Functioning & Self-Destructive (Addiction, Achievement & Finding Bliss Through Yoga)

    Mar 27

    EP 06: High-Functioning & Self-Destructive (Addiction, Achievement & Finding Bliss Through Yoga)

    What happens when addiction hides behind success? In this episode of The Wild Wisdom Way, I share a deeply personal chapter of my life — years of hard partying and drug use while still appearing “high‑functioning.” I was an honours university graduate, working full time, building a career, and paying my own way through school. From the outside, everything looked successful. Inside, I was running on chaos. This conversation explores the hidden reality of high‑functioning addiction and the culture of achievement that can mask self‑destructive patterns. I talk about the temporary highs, the emotional crashes, and the nervous system burnout that eventually forced me to find another way. That turning point led me to yoga — not as exercise, but as a path to embodied bliss, connection, and presence without the aftermath of depletion. Yoga became a way to access the same feelings of freedom, love, and aliveness that substances once promised, but in a way that nourished my body and mind. If you’ve ever questioned your relationship with substances, party culture, or the pursuit of highs, this episode offers an honest reflection on healing, embodiment, and finding sustainable joy. Welcome to The Wild Wisdom Way: Podcast & Memoir. Stay close. We’re just getting started. With love, Stephanie Kittell ❤️ WEBSITE: www.risethriveholistic.com/wildwisdomway 🙌🏼 FREE EMPOWERMENT RITUAL: www.risethriveholistic.com/freeritual ▶️ YOUTUBE: www.youtube.com/@TheWildWisdomWay 💫 INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/riseandthrive.steph 💫 FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/risethriveholistic ............ Themes: High functioning addiction story and hidden addiction patterns, addiction recovery and personal transformation, party culture burnout and nervous system exhaustion, sober curious lifestyle and conscious relationship with substances, yoga for healing trauma and emotional regulation, addiction recovery through embodiment practices, nervous system healing through yoga and mindfulness, finding natural bliss without substances.

    21 min
  4. EP 05: Spiritual Awakening Isn’t Cute (Waking Up from Illusion, Maya & Plato’s Cave)

    Mar 6

    EP 05: Spiritual Awakening Isn’t Cute (Waking Up from Illusion, Maya & Plato’s Cave)

    Spiritual awakening isn’t always light, bliss, and enlightenment. Sometimes it feels disorienting, uncomfortable, and deeply confronting. In this episode of The Wild Wisdom Way, I explore the messy and destabilizing side of waking up — the moment when the world you believed in begins to dissolve and you start seeing through illusion. Using the ancient concept of maya and Plato’s Cave as a metaphor, this conversation explores what it means to step out of the shadows of conditioning and into truth. I share my personal experiences with the emotional turbulence that often accompanies awakening — grief, anger, clarity, and the loneliness of seeing differently from the world around you. We also explore how awakening is happening collectively as many long‑standing systems and narratives are being questioned. This episode invites you to stay grounded while navigating the uncomfortable yet liberating process of seeing reality with new eyes. If you’ve ever felt like you’re waking up to truths you can’t ignore — this conversation is for you. Welcome to The Wild Wisdom Way: Podcast & Memoir. 
Stay close. We’re just getting started. With love, Stephanie Kittell ❤️ WEBSITE: www.risethriveholistic.com/wildwisdomway 🙌🏼 FREE EMPOWERMENT RITUAL: www.risethriveholistic.com/freeritual ▶️ YOUTUBE: www.youtube.com/@TheWildWisdomWay 💫 INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/riseandthrive.steph 💫 FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/risethriveholistic ……… Spiritual awakening symptoms and signs of awakening, waking up to truth and questioning reality, illusion of reality and the concept of maya, Plato’s cave explained in modern life, dark night of the soul experiences, spiritual awakening confusion and identity shifts, collective awakening and questioning systems, grounding during spiritual awakening. Spiritual awakening symptoms. Plato’s cave explained spirituality. Dark night of the soul meaning.

    36 min
  5. EP 04: Wild AND Wise (Visibility, Vulnerability & Boundaries)

    Feb 20

    EP 04: Wild AND Wise (Visibility, Vulnerability & Boundaries)

    Can you be open without being exposed?
Wild without being uncontained?
Visible without giving yourself away? In this episode of The Wild Wisdom Way, I explore the paradox of being both wild and wise — and why boundaries are not the opposite of freedom, but the very thing that makes it possible. We talk about becoming more visible while maintaining privacy, expressing truth without oversharing, and the protective power of clear, compassionate boundaries. I share how claiming my edges changed the way I show up in public, in my work, and in my relationships. This episode is for anyone who longs to be fully expressed — without losing themselves in the process. Wild doesn’t mean unprotected.
Wise doesn’t mean closed. Welcome to THE WILD WISDOM WAY Podcast & Memoir. Stay close. We're just getting started! With love, Stephanie Kittell ❤️ WEBSITE: www.risethriveholistic.com/wildwisdomway 🙌🏼 FREE EMPOWERMENT RITUAL: www.risethriveholistic.com/freeritual ▶️ YOUTUBE: www.youtube.com/@TheWildWisdomWay 💫 INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/riseandthrive.steph 💫 FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/risethriveholistic

    25 min
  6. EP 03: Trust Your Intuition, Feelings & Inner Guidance (Stop Outsourcing Your Power)

    Feb 11

    EP 03: Trust Your Intuition, Feelings & Inner Guidance (Stop Outsourcing Your Power)

    At some point, many of us learn to doubt our feelings, override our intuition, and look outside ourselves for answers. This episode is about finding your way back. In this conversation, I explore what it means to rebuild trust with yourself — especially with your emotions and inner guidance. We talk about the difference between fear and intuition, how feelings carry intelligence, and what shifts when you stop outsourcing authority and start listening inward. This episode is an invitation to reconnect with the quiet wisdom already living inside you — and to let it guide your choices, relationships, and timing. Your feelings aren’t the problem.
They may be the path home. Welcome to THE WILD WISDOM WAY Podcast & Memoir. Stay close. We're just getting started! With love, Stephanie Kittell ❤️ WEBSITE: www.risethriveholistic.com/wildwisdomway 🙌🏼 FREE EMPOWERMENT RITUAL: www.risethriveholistic.com/freeritual ▶️ YOUTUBE: www.youtube.com/@TheWildWisdomWay 💫 INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/riseandthrive.steph 💫 FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/risethriveholistic

    26 min
  7. EP 02: Choosing Your Path & Living Fully (Without Burning It All Down)

    Feb 4

    EP 02: Choosing Your Path & Living Fully (Without Burning It All Down)

    What if choosing a more authentic, soul‑led life didn’t require blowing everything up or burning it all down? In this episode of The Wild Wisdom Way, I explore what it really means to choose your path — without abandoning your responsibilities, relationships, or the life you’ve already built. We unpack the myth that transformation must be dramatic or destructive, and instead look at how true change often happens through presence, honesty, and a willingness to fully inhabit your life as it is. This conversation is for anyone who feels the pull toward something more — more aliveness, more truth, more meaning — but fears what they might have to lose in the process. Choosing your Wild Wisdom Way isn’t about escaping your life. 
It’s about finally showing up for it. With love, Stephanie Kittell ❤️ WEBSITE: www.risethriveholistic.com/wildwisdomway 🙌🏼 FREE EMPOWERMENT RITUAL: www.risethriveholistic.com/freeritual ▶️ YOUTUBE: www.youtube.com/@TheWildWisdomWay 💫 INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/riseandthrive.steph 💫 FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/risethriveholistic

    24 min
  8. EP 01: The Voice That Almost Stopped Me (Navigating Self‑Doubt & Sneaky Self‑Sabotage)

    Jan 25

    EP 01: The Voice That Almost Stopped Me (Navigating Self‑Doubt & Sneaky Self‑Sabotage)

    Before we begin anything meaningful, there is often a voice that tries to stop us. In the first episode of The Wild Wisdom Way, I’m naming the quiet, persistent inner voice that almost kept this podcast — and my memoir — from ever beginning. The voice of self‑doubt. The voice that disguises itself as being realistic, responsible, or “not ready yet.” In this episode, I share how sneaky self‑sabotage shows up, how fear hides behind perfectionism and hesitation, and what shifted when I stopped waiting for certainty and chose to begin anyway. This conversation is for anyone who feels the call to create, speak, or live more truthfully — and keeps finding reasons to delay. You don’t need more confidence to begin. You need permission to start where you are. With love, Stephanie Kittell WEBSITE: www.risethriveholistic.com/wildwisdomway FREE EMPOWERMENT RITUAL: www.risethriveholistic.com/freeritual YOUTUBE: www.youtube.com/@TheWildWisdomWay INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/riseandthrive.steph FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/risethriveholistic

    37 min
  • 8 Episodes

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The Wild Wisdom Way is a memoir‑in‑motion — an intimate exploration of living fully, listening inward, and choosing a life aligned with your deepest truth. Through personal storytelling and lived reflection, each episode explores self‑trust, intuition, creativity, expression, embodiment, boundaries, and the paradox of being wild and wise. This podcast isn’t about fixing yourself or reinventing your life — it’s about inhabiting it more deeply, honestly, and enthusiastically. For those who feel the call toward more meaning, integrity, and embodied presence, The Wild Wisdom Way offers companionship on the path of becoming. www.risethriveholistic.com/wildwisdomway

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  • Creator
    Stephanie Kittell
  • Years Active
    2K
  • Episodes
    8
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Rise & Thrive Holistic Empowerment
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    The Wild Wisdom Way