S1E11: The Truth About Love — Byron Katie’s ‘I Need YouLove, Is That True?’

What if the love & approval you’ve been working so hardto earn... was already yours?

In this episode of Read, Reflect, Rise, host WilsStruthers-Cooper takes you into the deep waters of love, worthiness, and innerfreedom through the words of bestselling author and spiritual teacher ByronKatie. Drawing from Katie’s book I Need Your Love, Is That True?, thisepisode is an invitation to question the stories we believe about love,approval, and our need to be chosen.

💬 Wils reads a powerfulexcerpt from Byron Katie’s work
🌀You’ll be guided through a grounding reflective practice
✨Hear an empowering affirmation crafted from the book

This episode is for anyone who’s ever bent themselves out ofshape to be liked, accepted, or validated. It's a gentle disruption — and asoulful reminder — that your worth isn’t up for negotiation.

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Please consult your therapist, counsellor, or a qualified professional before implementing any advice given in this show.

S1E10: Taming the Urge: ‘The Willpower Instinct’ Compassion& the Power of Pause

Struggling with self-control? Feel like your willpowerdisappears the moment life gets chaotic? You’re not alone — and today’s episode offers a powerful reframe that blends science, mindfulness, and soul.

In this episode of Read, Reflect, Rise, host WilsStruthers-Cooper brings you into the compassionate world of health psychologist Kelly McGonigal and her groundbreaking book The Willpower Instinct. Together, we’ll explore why willpower isn’t about being tougher — it’s about being kinder.

🌿 Listen to an eye-openingpassage from McGonigal’s work
🌿 Follow a short mindfulness practice to help you meet urges with curiosity
🌿 Receive a powerful affirmation to ground your willpower choices in compassion

Whether it’s resisting the midnight doom scroll, avoidingthe snack, or choosing stillness over stress, this episode will help you press pause and reclaim your power.

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Burnout and the Balm of Self-Compassion: MindfulSelf-Compassion for Burnout by Kristin Neff and Christopher Germer
Episode 9 | Read, Reflect, Rise with Wils Struthers-Cooper

If you've ever felt emotionally exhausted, chronically stretched, tapped out, touched out, or like you're running on empty, or beyond empty—you are not alone. In this powerful episode of Read, Reflect, Rise, Wils Struthers-Cooper gently guides you through the healing insights of Kristin Neff & Christopher Germer, pioneering researchers and authors ofMindful Self-Compassion for Burnout.

🧠 Learn why burnout isn’t just about doing too much—but about life imbalance without compassion
💓 Discover how self-compassion is not selfish, but an essential practice that protects your mental and emotional wellbeing.
🌿 Receive a soothing affirmation, hear the Affectionate Breathing practice from the book as your weekly practice AND and join Wils in a bonus calming exercise to restore your nervous system and reconnect with your inner voice. Double Chill bonus right here, folks!

Whether you’re navigating parenting, leadership, caregiving, or simply trying to stay afloat, this episode is a permission slip to pause, breathe, and meet yourself with grace.

This week it’s a wee sanctuary of words, wisdom, and wellbeing.

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S1E8 Turning Fear into Fuel for Transformation with 'Beyond Anxiety' by Martha Beck

What if your anxiety wasn’t something to fix… but somethingto listen to?

In this powerful episode of Read, Reflect, Rise with WilsStruthers-Cooper, we explore a life-changing excerpt from Martha Beck’s newest book, Beyond Anxiety.

Known for her grounded wisdom and deep truth-telling, Martha invites us to see anxiety not as a flaw, but as a sacredsignal — a guide to transformation.

You’ll hear:✨ A soulful reading from Beyond Anxiety
✨ A guided reflection on how anxiety can become your creative catalyst
✨ Ready to Rise affirmations to soothe, strengthen, and support you
✨ A takeaway that may just reframe how you meet your anxiety and creativity — forever

Whether you’re walking, journaling, or taking a quiet pause,this episode is your gentle reminder: you are not broken. You are human, and you are becoming.

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Remember: There is magic, medicine, and power in thewords we weave and wield.

Take what you need, breathe into becoming, and rise gently.

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S1E7: Freedom Within — The Untethered Soul by Michael A. Singer

What if peace isn’t found by silencing your mind… but bylearning not to believe everything it says?

In this calming and reflective episode of Read, Reflect,Rise, Wils Struthers-Cooper explores the timeless wisdom of Michael A. Singer’s bestselling book The Untethered Soul. With gentle insight and a guided moment of meditation, Wils helps you reconnect with the part of yourself that’s beyond thought—the quiet observer within.

Together, you’ll:
✨Discover the liberating truth that you are not the voice inside your head
✨Hear a powerful excerpt from The Untethered Soul
✨Be guided through a mindfulness practice inspired by Singer’s teachings
✨Receive an affirmation to soothe your week and ground your energy

Whether you're navigating inner chaos or simply cravingspace to breathe, this episode invites you to let go, listen inward, and remember the calm that’s always been there.

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ON THE GO AFFIRMATION OF THE WEEK:
“I watch. I breathe. I release."

S1E6 Full Catastrophe Living: Mindfulness in the Midst of theMess - Read, Reflect Rise on Jon Kabat-Zinn

In this soul-soothing episode of Read, Reflect, Rise, WilsStruthers-Cooper brings us back to breath, back to presence, and back to ourselves through the timeless wisdom of Jon Kabat-Zinn’s groundbreaking meditation classic: Full Catastrophe Living.

If you’ve ever felt like life is “too much” and peace isonly available after the to-do list is done, this one’s for you.

🌿 Join Wils as she:

- Unpacks the heart behind Kabat-Zinn’s powerfulteachings on mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR)

- Reads an excerpt on being present in the“full catastrophe” of everyday life

- Leads a guided reflective moment to help youmove from doing to being

- Offers a calming mantra you can return toanytime the overwhelm creeps in

This episode is equal parts grounding, affirming, andempowering—a gentle nudge to stop chasing calm and start cultivating it from the life you are in.

✨ Key themes: #mindfulness, #stressrelief, inner peace, Jon Kabat-Zinn, self-awareness, mental wellbeing, nervous system regulation, grounding practices, spiritual growth, presence.

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Episode 5: 10% Happier by Dan Harris - Mindfulness, Skepticism & the Voice in Your Head

What if the key to feeling just a little bit better —calmer, clearer, kinder — isn’t found in fixing yourself, but in listeningdifferently to the voice inside your head?

In this episode of Read, Reflect, Rise, Wils Struthers-Cooper explores the sharp, funny, and surprisingly soulful insightsof Dan Harris, journalist, skeptic, and author of 10% Happier. From his infamous on-air panic attack to his reluctant journey into mindfulness, Dan’s story reminds us that you don’t have to be “zen” to benefit from presence — you just have to start noticing.

💬 Wils reads a powerful excerpt from 10% Happier and leads a calming reflective practice to help you:

• Create space between thought and reaction
• Lighten your relationship with your inner critic
• Find peace in the pause
• Begin your own journey to '10% happier'

✨ Plus: a custom affirmation to carry with you through your week.

Listen now to discover how mindfulness (even just alittle) can change how you speak to yourself — and how you show up in the world.

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What if the struggle isn’t a sign that you’re doing life wrong—but proof that you’re doing it right?

In this week’s episode of Read, Reflect, Rise, Wils Struthers-Cooper guides you through a soul-stirring excerpt from Glennon Doyle’s bestselling book Untamed—a tale for anyone ready to stop shrinking, start listening inward, break free and live life fully awake.

✨ Whether you’re feeling stuck, exhausted from people-pleasing, or craving a life that feels more aligned and alive, this episode is for you.

You’ll hear:

• An excerpt from Untamed that explores the radical permission to trust your inner knowing

• A short reflection on the power of inner knowing to breathe and connect to your truth

• A soulful affirmation to anchor your week

• The empowering mantra that started a movement: “We can do hard things.” And more

💫 Untamed reminds us that being human isn’t easy—and it was never meant to be. But when we stop abandoning ourselves and start honouring our own knowing, everything changes.