🎙️ Episode 13: If You’ve Ever Had a Soul Dog…This One’s for You

This episode isn’t about morning routines, mindset shifts, or microshifts.

It’s about my dog.

My almost 14-year-old yellow lab, Phoebe.

My trail companion, road trip partner, rock-diving enthusiast, and soul dog.

And what happens when the one who’s always held space for you, suddenly needs you to hold space for them.

In this personal and emotional episode, I’m pulling back the curtain on what’s been going on behind the scenes these past few months. It’s a story I haven’t told until now.

We’re talking terrifying respiratory episodes, multiple vet visits, near-death moments, a full workup at CSU, and the decision between two very different surgeries.

But it’s also about listening to your gut. Pausing when you need to. And what it means to choose presence...especially when it’s inconvenient.

💬 In this episode, I share:

🐾 What laryngeal paralysis (Lar Par) is and how it affects senior dogs - especially Labs 🐾 Early warning signs I missed with my last lab, Zoe 🐾 The day Phoebe collapsed in the backyard and I thought it was the end 🐾 What made me stop working, traveling, and creating 🐾 How I chose between tie-back surgery and a silicone stent 🐾 Why this gave Phoebe a second chance and me a whole new perspective

This one’s for the dog lovers. The caretakers. The ones who’ve hit pause not because they’re stuck, but because they’re showing up for what matters most.

🩺 RESOURCES MENTIONED:

• Lar Par Facebook Support Group

• Slow Water Bowl on Amazon

• Laryngeal Paralysis Supplement Package

• Respiratory Tonic

• Elk Velvet Antler

This episode is real. It's raw. And it’s proof that sometimes the bravest thing you can do… is pause everything and then come back.

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You know that version of you you keep saying you want to become?

She’s not waiting for perfect. She’s counting on you to stop playing small...now.

In this raw, no-BS episode, we’re digging into the sneaky ways we hold ourselves back - not with massive failures, but with quiet avoidance, scrolling, self-doubt, and delay.

Because here’s the truth: Every time you choose comfort over courage, you abandon the future you.

If you’ve ever said: ✨ “I just need to figure it out first…” ✨ “I’ll go all in when things settle down…” ✨ “I know I’m capable of more, I just don’t know where to start…”

This episode is your wake-up call.

• What playing small actually looks like (it’s not always obvious)

• The hidden cost of shrinking back—and what it’s really stealing from you

• How to get clear on how you want to feel, not just what you want

• What it means to embody your future self now (without overhauling your life)

• One powerful mindset shift that will help you stop waiting and start moving

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How much time have you lost spiraling over things that haven’t even happened? Worry feels like it’s helping, but the truth is, it’s just keeping you stuck in survival mode.

In this episode of Unapologetically Wild, we’re calling out worry for what it really is: 🛑 An illusion of control. 🛑 A pattern that robs you of peace. 🛑 A habit that paralyzes instead of prepares.

I’ll share a personal story that brought this home for me (yep, it involves camping, my bank account, and a tattoo on my ribs), plus I’ll walk you through powerful microshifts you can use the next time your brain starts spinning.

🎧 In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Why worry feels productive, but actually burns you out

• The sneaky way worry convinces you you’re “being responsible”

• A powerful mindset shift I learned from my parents (that changed my life)

• The difference between preparation and mental chaos

• A simple tool to interrupt the worry spiral and ground your energy

• How to identify what worry is really trying to tell you

• What to do when you can’t control the outcome—and how to reclaim your power anyway

• My favorite microshifts to shift from fear to action

📝 This episode is for you if…

• You constantly feel anxious about things that might happen

• You overthink, overanalyze, and spiral in “what ifs”

• You’re mentally exhausted and just want some damn peace

• You’re ready to stop letting fear run the show

💡 This Week’s Challenge: The Worry Journal I’ll guide you through a super simple practice to track your worry, interrupt the loop, and create space for aligned action (or presence) instead.

Because your energy is sacred. And your future self doesn’t have time for this loop.

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