Unravel Your Journey Podcast
Welcome to the Unravel Your Journey podcast! We're your hosts: Kati Overmier and Alycia Buenger. And we bring you thoughtful conversations about "unraveling" your soul-self inside everyday life. We'll take a critical look at the "self-development" industry, and explore simple, powerful practices you can actually incorporate into your days. We'll define by example our framework for unraveling to help you envision your soul desires, embody your experience, and enlighten your next steps. Join us right here every week as we question whole-body wellness and explore our daily experience of unraveling who we are and who we choose to be.
Episodes
38 episodes
ON Creativity, Motherhood + Chronic Illness with Jocelyn Mathewes
Welcome back to UNRAVEL your journey: a podcast where we explore what it means to build life outside the confines of conventional work and motherhood. In our FIRST episode of Season 2, we're speaking with Jocelyn Mathewes, a mixe...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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1:04:08
Sarah Shotts Interview
In this episode, we welcome Sarah Shotts to the podcast to talk about why there’s no one-size-fits-all to creativity (or creative capacity) and the importance of practicing INconsistency.Key Moments: 8:41 - Re-ev...
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Season 1
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Episode 39
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1:06:46
WORKSHOP: maintaining the practice through life changes
For complete show notes and a detailed description of this episode visit - www.unravelyourdays.com/podcast/38JOIN THIS CONVERSATION IN OUR PODCAST COMMUNITY. Available for fre...
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Episode 38
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34:25
IMPOSTER SYNDROME
For complete show notes and a detailed description of this episode visit - www.unravelyourdays.com/podcast/37JOIN THIS CONVERSATION IN OUR PODCAST COMMUNITY. Available for fre...
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Episode 37
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1:03:46
REVIEW of The Element by Sir Ken Robinson
We pull apart the structure of The Element by Sir Ken Robinson (what we liked and didn't like) and dive into a conversation about accessibility, whether passion projects can / should be monetized, and the experience of finding creative...
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Episode 36
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1:02:40
Creative Cycles (an art and science)
Let’s talk about how to engage with the seasons of the creative process. This is BOTH a science and an art-form, because it’s not always “cyclical” (and sometimes feels more like ping-pong).For complete show notes and a detail...
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Episode 35
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1:10:23
Expand Your Creative Capacity (within motherhood): a conversation with Claire Venus
We interview Claire Venus, a Creative Producer and Mentor who invites creative work into her experience of motherhood (and vice versa). We talk about how to embrace presence inside motherhood (through creative practice!), what it means to make ...
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Season 1
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Episode 34
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1:05:42
UNRAVEL the season: fall
We welcome the seasonal shift from summer to fall within a conversation about the sacred energy of the transitional seasons (spring and fall), plus our individual rituals and traditions to celebrate fall. We talk about balance, burnout, and app...
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Episode 33
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1:03:13
WORKSHOP: challenges to maintaining the practice
Maintaining consistent (or regular) practice can be deeply challenging. In this episode we work through our individual challenges together.For complete show notes and a detailed description of this episode visit -
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Episode 32
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1:04:53
a conversation around GRIEF
Grief is a universal experience, and yet, we all grieve differently (and on different timelines). In this episode we talk about how to create public space for grief; and we share our recent experiences with grief.CW: grief, loss, death, ...
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Episode 30
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1:09:04
Does "clarity come through action"?
In this episode we consider when clarity comes through action, when clarity comes through ANY action, and when clarity comes by waiting to take action instead.For complete show notes and a detailed description of this episode ...
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Episode 29
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1:01:37
Somatic Experiencing with Rachel Hubbard, LCSW
In this episode we talk to Rachel Hubbard (a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Houston, Texas) about somatic experiencing and how it relates to the unravel framework. She defines somatic experiencing and explains why bodywork matters for menta...
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Episode 28
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1:09:08
Female Reproductive Freedom {personal stories}
In this episode we’re talking about the immediate and long-term repercussions to the fall of Roe V. Wade and what this means for female reproductive freedom and family planning. We’re also sharing our personal experiences with “choosing” unplan...
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Episode 26
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1:06:39
Why non-negotiable habits don't work (for many of us!)
In this episode we highlight the problems with accessibility of non-negotiable (daily) habits, question the definition of “successful” habits (v. “unsuccessful”), and describe when and whether non-negotiable or flexible habits might work best. ...
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Episode 25
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1:10:38
What does it mean to EMBODY the work?
In this episode we dive into one of the core pieces of the Unravel Your Days framework called EMBODY. We explain what it means to embody the physical realm, why this is important, and why it’s so hard. We also share our individual experiences w...
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Episode 24
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1:18:02
Kids + Technology
In this episode we speak with three kids of different ages about their experience of social media and general technology. Then we dive into a conversation about how our relationship with technology affects our kids, how we set technology limits...
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Episode 23
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1:26:46
UNRAVEL what you desire with the Ideal Day Visualization (a practice)
In this episode, we take you through a 15-minute practice in envisioning your “ideal day” to help you identify unconscious desires (and maybe some imbalances with what you want and your current reality). We talk about why this practice is impor...
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Episode 22
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1:07:08
UNRAVEL the season: summer
In this episode we talk about why the Summer Solstice holds sacred energy and how you might celebrate or ritualize the annual experience. We also share our childhood experiences of summertime (and how those have changed in adulthood, particular...
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Episode 21
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1:02:11
ANXIETY: from personal experience (Alycia's story)
In this episode we talk about the most common mental illness: ANXIETY. Alycia shares her experience with anxiety (from childhood through postpartum) and Kati narrates from her perspective as a therapist. We also discuss the difference between a...
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Episode 20
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1:08:07
The Sacred Mundane
In this episode we define “the sacred mundane,” explain why it matters, describe our personal experiences with it, and offer four practical ways you might invite sacred energy into your daily life. For complete show notes...
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Episode 19
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52:20
REVIEW: Hunt, Gather, Parent by Michaeleen Doucleff (part 3)
In this episode we continue our discussion of Michaeleen Doucleff’s book Hunt, Gather, Parent (published in 2020).For complete show notes and a detailed description of this episode visit -
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Episode 18
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1:27:58
REVIEW: Hunt, Gather, Parent by Michaeleen Doucleff (part 2)
In this episode we continue our discussion of Michaeleen Doucleff’s book Hunt, Gather, Parent (published in 2020).For complete show notes and a detailed description of this episode visit -
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Episode 17
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1:04:32
REVIEW: Hunt, Gather, Parent by Michaeleen Doucleff (part 1)
In this episode we begin our discussion of Michaeleen Doucleff’s book Hunt, Gather, Parent (published in 2020).For complete show notes and a detailed description of this episode visit -
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Episode 16
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50:17
Bring your VALUES to light (a practice)
In this episode we take you through the “value sorting” practice we used to identify our guideposts within the business (it’s also a practice you’ll find within the STUDIO!) We also discuss the importance of bringing what you value into conscio...
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Episode 15
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1:05:22
Redefining our relationship with SOCIAL MEDIA
In this episode we talk about the purpose and intention of social media platforms (originally and now), what we love about social media, and the challenges of social media for personal and professional use. We also share a *few* things that hav...
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Episode 14
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1:14:20