We tried to record a completely different episode and couldn't do it. We were exhausted and creatively tapped out, yet our instinct was still to push through. That failed recording led us into a conversation about overfunctioning, what drives each of us to keep doing, and what we lose when a full life becomes too full.

IN THIS EPISODE:

☀️ Why we can become overwhelmed even when we're saying yes to things we genuinely want

☀️ The signs that tell each of us we've gone past our capacity

☀️ How productivity and being useful connect to our identities in different ways

☀️ What asking for help has looked like for each of us

☀️ Why we've managed to turn even rest and meditation into things to optimize

☀️ How we're thinking differently about balance during busy seasons

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Vanessa Royle didn’t stop drinking after a dramatic rock bottom. During COVID, panic attacks led her to experiment with cutting out alcohol, and she began noticing how much changed without it. Six years later, Vanessa shares how becoming sober curious reshaped her experience of anxiety, relationships, socializing, motherhood, and ultimately her trust in herself, while also inspiring the idea that became Tilden.

IN THIS EPISODE:

☀️ Why panic attacks during COVID led Vanessa to experiment with not drinking

☀️ Questioning alcohol without experiencing a dramatic rock bottom

☀️ Starting business school as someone who didn’t drink and finding new ways to socialize

☀️ Realizing that alcohol had sometimes helped Vanessa fill boredom and “speed up time”

☀️ How Vanessa’s search for a more thoughtful non-alcoholic option eventually became Tilden

☀️ What six years without alcohol has meant for Vanessa’s motherhood, confidence, and trust in herself

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Tilden | Vanessa’s LinkedIn

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Lena Walker's path from ER and hospice nurse to breathwork facilitator and ketamine integration coach began during one of the hardest periods of her life. She joins Paige and Jenna to talk about ayahuasca, discovering the power of breathwork, finding an unexpected bridge between hospice and healing work, ketamine therapy, and why the experience itself is only part of transformation.

IN THIS EPISODE:

☀️ The crisis that led Lena to begin looking more deeply at her own healing

☀️ Lena's first ayahuasca experience and why she describes it as “coming back to life”

☀️ Discovering breathwork at a Wim Hof workshop she originally attended for the cold plunge

☀️ How hospice nursing taught Lena to hold space for fear, uncertainty, and vulnerable moments

☀️ Lena's transition into ketamine therapy and psychedelic integration coaching

☀️ Why integration became so important after Lena experienced a profound awakening without support for what came next

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Embodied Integration Coaching | Instagram @‌heyitslenarae

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inLIGHTen Wellness

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