What happens when “success” looks perfect on paper but feels empty inside?

In this heart-forward episode of Selah: A Deep Pause, Laura and Krissi sit with dear friend Samantha Guthrie to explore the moment she said “enough.” Together, they unpack the patterns that keep high-achievers on autopilot—people-pleasing, overworking, and equating worth with output—and the brave practice of pausing long enough to choose yourself. 🌿

Samantha shares her journey from running a nationwide business in full hustle mode (aka the “soul-crusher”) to realigning her life with authenticity, creativity, and faith. We talk childhood origins of overachievement, why comfort can keep us stuck, and how community mirrors back new possibilities. You’ll hear practical ways to shift your inner dialogue (hello, “erase, erase” 🧠✨), break tiny habits to make big change, and soften into a life that actually feels good.

In this episode, we explore:

• How childhood approval loops fuel adult hustle 🔁
• Autopilot vs. awareness—and simple pattern interrupts 🚦
• Choosing yourself when you don’t yet know “what’s next” 🧭
• Finding the courage to let go (jobs, roles, identities) 🕊️
• Boundaries, receiving support, and being seen 👀
• Measuring life by how it feels—not just the spreadsheet 📊❤️
• Community as catalyst: witnessing others to expand your own “possible” 🤝

Laura closes with a grounding blessing, The Seed—an invitation to honor the part of you that hustled while planting new seeds of softness, authenticity, and enoughness. 🌱

💌 Connect with Sam
Follow Samantha Guthrie on Instagram: @samanthaguthrieiam
Learn more about her work: Pacific Capital

✨ If you’re navigating overwhelm, burnout, or a quiet tug toward change, this conversation is your gentle nudge to pause, breathe, and remember: real success isn’t in the doing—it’s in the being. 💫

🎧 Thank you for joining us for this episode of Selah: A Deep Pause.
We hope this conversation offered you a moment to reflect, breathe, and feel seen.

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🎙️ Host: Laura Deir
🎛️ Producer & Editor: Krissi Burdette
🎨 Artwork Credit: Mural featured in the video version by E. Guenthner

🎵 Music Credit
“Dreamcatcher” by Onycs
Licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY 3.0)
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Artist: https://youtube.com/channel/UCNQ6vKZ5ogEZ0tM2TvxLhQA
Music promoted by BreakingCopyright: https://youtu.be/gUgyfUIhGQc

🌿 Selah isn’t just a podcast—it’s a practice.
A sacred invitation to pause, to feel, and to come home to yourself.

Community is beautiful… and messy. Wherever humans gather, there will be difference, tension, and sometimes rupture. In this episode, Laura and Krissi dive into the uncomfortable but transformative space of conflict in community.

Together they explore:
✨ Why conflict is not failure, but a sign of life and care
✨ The myth of “perfect” community vs. authentic connection
✨ How old patterns of control, avoidance, and needing to be right show up in conflict
✨ The wounds women carry around being pitted against each other - and the healing possible when we choose repair over retreat
✨ Simple somatic practices to stay present with conflict in your body instead of spinning out in your head

Conflict isn’t something to run from. It can be sacred tension, fertile ground for trust, compassion, and deeper belonging.

Laura closes with a guided reflection and blessing to help you sit with what conflict stirs in you, and to lean into the possibility of repair.

Take a pause with us.

🎧 Thank you for joining us for this episode of Selah: A Deep Pause.
We hope this conversation offered you a moment to reflect, breathe, and feel seen.

🔔 Subscribe to the podcast so you never miss a moment of deep truth and soul-centered storytelling.

💌 Connect with Us
Want to share your own story or reflections? We’d love to hear from you.
Follow us on Instagram: @SelahDeepPause
Facebook: Facebook.com/Selah-ADeepPause

🎙️ Host: Laura Deir
🎛️ Producer & Editor: Krissi Burdette
🎨 Artwork Credit: Mural featured in the video version by E. Guenthner

🎵 Music Credit
“Dreamcatcher” by Onycs
Licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY 3.0)
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Artist: https://youtube.com/channel/UCNQ6vKZ5ogEZ0tM2TvxLhQA
Music promoted by BreakingCopyright: https://youtu.be/gUgyfUIhGQc

🌿 Selah isn’t just a podcast—it’s a practice.
A sacred invitation to pause, to feel, and to come home to yourself.

In our last episode, Laura shared the moment she felt truly heard. Today (In Part 2 of our listening and repair series), Tim is back to tell his side - what changed in the quiet, how listening with his whole body replaced the urge to fix, and how that single pivot reshaped their marriage, parenting, and community.

We explore:

• Willingness over winning: dropping the agenda and the mask.
• Nine days apart: learning to listen to self before listening to a partner.
• Rupture & repair year one: catching patterns faster (hours, not days).
• The doorway to intimacy: why being heard makes vulnerability possible.
• Practical prompts to start hard conversations without “fixing.”

✨ Quote we sit with: “To really listen is to lean in softly with a willingness to be changed by what you hear.”

Try this: Laura closes with a guided practice to notice where distance lives in your body and take one breath-step closer — no fixing required.

🎧 Thank you for joining us for this episode of Selah: A Deep Pause.
We hope this conversation offered you a moment to reflect, breathe, and feel seen.

🔔 Subscribe to the podcast so you never miss a moment of deep truth and soul-centered storytelling.

💌 Connect with Us
Want to share your own story or reflections? We’d love to hear from you.
Follow us on Instagram: @SelahDeepPause
Facebook: Facebook.com/Selah-ADeepPause

🎙️ Host: Laura Deir
🎛️ Producer & Editor: Krissi Burdette
🎨 Artwork Credit: Mural featured in the video version by E. Guenthner

🎵 Music Credit
“Dreamcatcher” by Onycs
Licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY 3.0)
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Artist: https://youtube.com/channel/UCNQ6vKZ5ogEZ0tM2TvxLhQA
Music promoted by BreakingCopyright: https://youtu.be/gUgyfUIhGQc

🌿 Selah isn’t just a podcast—it’s a practice.
A sacred invitation to pause, to feel, and to come home to yourself.