Honoring A Co-Host And The Power Of Intuition

The Next Perfect Step cohosts Kim McStay, Lori Tremblay and Laurie Mullen are energy healers and teachers with their own healing practices. They seek to provide a platform to those who are searching for guidance on how to navigate the shift in global consciousness. The podcast embraces spiritually awakened conversation and invites guests to share their healing gifts and knowledge.   Contact the hosts: thenextperfectstep@gmail.com.

What if the bravest move is to step back so that your soul can step forward? We gather as friends and creators to honor a co-host who is choosing self-focus, trusting her gut, and letting her intuition lead.  The result is a raw, heartfelt conversation about the difference between fear and knowing, and the quiet courage it takes to follow the next perfect step.

We revisit the show’s roots, when the podcast was first created by a friendship forged in herbal school.  From those beginnings, we trace how this space became a home for curiosity, guests with fresh perspectives, and listeners who care about growth. Along the way, we talk candidly about the moment the inner voice gets loud, how to tell when it’s time to let go, and why gratitude and grief can sit at the same table. 

This episode celebrates inwardly processing the discomfort of change and invites you to check in with your own compass. If your intuition has been whispering—or shouting—this conversation offers validation and simple cues to help you notice what’s true for you. We close with anticipation for what’s ahead: continued thoughtful dialogue, an expanding community, and a standing invitation to bring your voice to the circle.

If this resonates, subscribe, share it with a friend who’s choosing a brave path, and leave a review with the one question your intuition keeps asking—what’s your next perfect step?

Transcript

SPEAKER_02 0:02

Welcome everybody to the next perfect step where all possibilities lie in conversation. I'm your co-host, Lori Tremblay.

SPEAKER_01 0:10

And I am your co-host, Kim McStay. And we are here today to um honor the um most wonderful Lori Mullen. So I'll let you take over for a minute, Lori.

The Announcement To Step Back

SPEAKER_02 0:25

Yes, yeah. So um we, you know, we have a special announcement today, um, and we want to invite Lori to share um what she is embarking on, her new her new journey, if you would.

SPEAKER_00 0:39

Yeah, so um I'm here today to say that I am stepping back from the next perfect step. Um, it's a creation for the last three and a half years that has been exciting and fulfilling and just so expanding. Um, I've loved every minute, every guest that I have um been able to um connect with. And um it's just I've come to a point where it's time for me to step back and put my focus a hundred percent on me. Um this change and decision wasn't easy, but it is definitely one that I need to embark on. Um so I would like to thank all of the listeners, all of our guests, my wonderful co-hosts Lori and Kim. Um, I wish them much success. I know that they will be successful. Um, I can't wait every week to watch them shine. Um, but it is time for me to take a step back.

Gratitude And Reflections On Growth

SPEAKER_01 1:49

Thank you. Thank you. Yeah, and I mean, I, you know, I'm so grateful that you two invited me to be on this podcast as a co-host. And one of my main reasons for saying yes and wanting to join in was the intelligent conversation. And a lot of that came from the questions that you asked, Lori. And I was just so, you know, like, whoa, finally a podcast that, you know, has some good conversation and um intelligent good conversation. And so I really, you know, I appreciate like all all that you've, you know, done for me and and done for this podcast. So it's pretty, pretty cool stuff. And you will be missed, but absolutely never forgotten. And I'm really glad our friendship will never end and you know, all of that too. So yeah.

SPEAKER_02 2:40

Yeah, I agree. We we're very all of us are very, very close friends and we share a lot of conversations uh outside the podcast for one. Um, I want to just tell uh tell you how proud I am, Lori, of your book that you wrote away, um, living your dream life. So I hope you write some more.

SPEAKER_01 3:00

Yes, we're looking forward to that.

Origins Of The Show And Its Mission

SPEAKER_02 3:03

Uh so if if if anyone, you know, order this book, it's on uh Amazon. You know, just it's get it. It's a great book. So but we um it was fun because I just want to share again how we got started was was three and a half years ago. We went on a girls' weekend with uh another friend and we that we all had met in herbalism school in 2019. And we just um that's where Lori's brainchild came through. This this idea for the podcast is just allowing your intuition to um let you follow your next perfect step. And we just went from there, and then Kim came along and it's a great addition as well. But I've loved our conversations too. They're very thought-provoking and like everyone has a different take on you know their ideas, and um, it's been it's been just wonderful, and it's been a wonderful collaboration, and we so appreciate your part in it. It's a huge part, and um, we're gonna miss you. But wish you luck because you're following your next perfect subject, following your intuition, and you know, kudos, kudos to you for doing that.

Community Invitation And Future Topics

SPEAKER_00 4:08

So thank yeah, thank you. And again, and that's it will be very missed. I mean, I loved our conversations. Um, it was the whole reason that we started this program was I just wanted more people to be involved in the conversations me and Lori were having um on the phone. And I thought more people should hear this, more people should be involved in these conversations. And um it's probably what made me stay a little too longer than I actually kind of got the nudge to. Um, because every time I would hit play and hit stop, I, you know, just felt fantastic. Um and and those conversations will be missed. I know that we will still have these conversations and that you will continue to still um have those conversations for other people. Great.

SPEAKER_02 4:57

Yeah, and I think it's wonderful to see that our podcast is growing and our community is growing. And we just want to invite our listeners to please, you know, share and and and can be a part of our conversation, you know, let us know your thoughts and and what topics you'd like in the future as well.

Listening To Intuition Amid Uncertainty

SPEAKER_01 5:16

Yeah. So and what Laurie said earlier, you know, you're you're the epitome of the podcast because you're following your next perfect step. And your intuition is is kind of showing you where that's going, and you're taking really good care of yourself. And you know, I I think the listeners can learn a lot from that, you know, that it's really important no matter what, you know, what we think or feel, if we really follow what you know what we need, then we're taking that next perfect step.

unknown 5:46

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 5:47

So thank you. Absolutely.

Trusting The Inner Voice When It Gets Loud

SPEAKER_00 5:49

And even if you don't know where it's leading you, I mean, because I don't know where this is leading me. I just know that it's time to a hundred percent show up for myself um and put my whole focus on me right now. Um, I don't know where this is going. Um, and this wasn't an easy decision to make this change, but it was one that we talk about feeling deep down in your soul, um, that it could saying, this is what you have to do, this is what you need to do. Um, and I did fight it for a little while um because it wasn't an easy thing to let go of. Um, but like you said, it's following that, it's knowing it, and it screams louder. And trust me, it starts screaming at you when it's really what you need to do. Um, and that's what I, you know, I questioned it for a while. Am I hearing the right message? Am I am I really following or am I just making this up? Or, you know, is what's going on here? And but when it starts screaming really loud, then you know that that's really what your soul's screaming for you to do. Um and so, and so I finally, I finally gave in. I finally knew that it was truly what I needed to do. Um well, that's very impressive.

SPEAKER_01 7:10

Yeah, I you know, I think that's very impressive. And I, you know, I'm I'm really excited for you because you know, when you when you do follow your gut, all of a sudden things just fly open because you're listening. So, you know, kudos to you, woman.

SPEAKER_02 7:28

Thank you.

SPEAKER_01 7:30

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 7:30

So do you have anything else you'd like to add, Lori?

SPEAKER_00 7:34

No, just that I I can't tell you enough um how this journey has helped me grow. Um, I can't tell you enough how much I have just loved meeting each and every person who has been on this podcast. Getting it to do with two of my great friends, um, sharing in these conversations has just been an absolutely great part of my story. Um great part of my life, one that I will never forget and will hold with true, true memories. Um and I just loved each and every moment. So thank you to the audience. Thank you to you two. Um yeah, just a big, big thank you.

Closing Thanks And Ongoing Community Vision

SPEAKER_01 8:21

Well, thank you. And you know, we love you. And we hope to continue this podcast as a community-based uh platform where people can come and really feel safe sharing their ideas, learning things, and you know, just becoming part of the community and part of that consciousness that is uh, I mean, it's just rising. And I feel that vibration just, you know, really, really lifting up there every day. So so yes. So thank you for being with us for as long as you were and for letting me be with you two for as long as you have.

SPEAKER_02 9:01

So we hope to have you back on as a guest in the future. Of course.

SPEAKER_01 9:07

Yeah, that's exciting.

Farewell And A Question For Listeners

SPEAKER_02 9:10

All right then. So until next time, we hope you enjoyed this podcast as much as we have. And we're gonna have to say goodbye to Lori. We love you. And until next time, how is your intuition leading you to the next perfect step?