When I first connected with Krysta on Instagram a couple of years ago, I had no idea we’d eventually sit down and record a conversation like this — two women on opposite sides of the world, somehow living through the same questions, tensions, and gut feelings. This episode is all about stepping out of the boxes we’ve put ourselves in, slowing down long enough to hear our own thoughts, and letting change unfold in a way that actually supports us… not burns us out.

Krysta shares how she left the corporate world after just three months, trusting a gut instinct that her purpose would never fit inside a nine-to-five. From there, she built multiple businesses over ten years — social media management, podcast management, and now a new chapter in coaching blended with wellness practices. What I loved most is how she talks about intuition, yoga, and slowing down not as “woo woo,” but as tools that gave her space to breathe, think, and live below that 99% stress line she used to sit at.

We also talk about what it’s like to shift identities in an industry like agriculture, where boxes and expectations can feel tight. Krysta opens up about choosing to become a yoga teacher — something she feared people in her ag community wouldn’t understand — and how that decision has invited deeper connection, curiosity, and honesty in her life and business.

This conversation keeps circling back to one thing: women aren’t meant to carry all of this alone. Whether it’s listening to the quiet, protecting your capacity, saying no, tending to your own “garden of ideas,” or simply finding five minutes to breathe, there is space for all of us to slow down and build lives that actually feel like ours.

• How Krysta knew early on that corporate life wasn’t where her purpose lived.
• The imposter syndrome that still shows up — even ten years into entrepreneurship.
• Listening to your gut and why quiet moments matter more than we admit.
• Becoming a yoga teacher while working in agriculture…and why it felt scary.
• Breaking out of the “boxes” rural women are often placed in.
• Slowing down after years of running at 99% capacity.
• Burnout, boundaries, and the power of saying no.
• Finding what genuinely works for you instead of copying others’ systems.
• Daily rituals, journaling, movement, and supporting your own nervous system.
• Why connection — especially online — matters so deeply for rural women.
• What cultivating contentment looks like in Krysta’s life right now.

If Krysta’s week-long self-care + business series sounds like what your end-of-year soul is craving, the link is waiting for you in the notes.

Resources & Links:

Grounded Farm Wife Journal

Connect with Krysta:

@ruralpodcastnetwork

@krystapaffrath

www.krystapaffrath.com

Connect with Jessica:

@groundedfarmwife

www.groundedfarmwife.com.au