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Be Still and Live
Be Still and Live is a soul-centered podcast for individuals, couples, and households ready to slow down and reconnect with what matters most. Hosted by Gillian Gabryluk, speaker, coach, and founder of Sileo Health & Wellness, the show explores what it really means to thrive - not by doing more, but by embracing the quiet strength of stillness and simplicity.
Each episode offers thoughtful conversations, gentle insights, and practical ways to bring calm back to your days. Rooted in Gillian’s Be Still and Live framework, you’ll hear from wellness experts, faith-filled voices, and everyday people choosing to live slower, steadier, and more intentionally.
If your soul feels weary, your home feels hurried, or you’re simply longing for a deeper sense of peace - welcome. You’ve found your space to be still… and live. New episodes every Tuesday.
New here? Start with episodes 1-3: “Take Back Your Life”, "From Hustle to Healing", and “5 to Thrive.”
Episodes
32 episodes
#31: Digital Detox For Real Life: How Families Reclaim Calm From Screen Overload with Alicia Collette
A child hands you your phone and suddenly you realize it is not just a tool, it is part of how your family sees you. That moment sits at the center of my conversation with Alicia, a mental health professional and digital detox coach with 14+ ye...
#30: Return to the Source: Finding Peace, Purpose, and God’s Presence in a Noisy World with Jolien Sterre
A busy schedule can look fine on the outside while your mind feels like it never stops. When that “fog” rolls in, the instinct is to push harder, scroll longer, or search for the next solution. We go the other way and it is surprisingly practic...
#29: Regulate Your Nervous System: Simple Practices to Calm Your Body and Mind with Dr. Rochelle Vogt, Ph.D.
Fear is loud, fast, and contagious and our bodies are paying the price. If you’ve been waking up anxious, feeling wired but exhausted, or wondering why you’re suddenly more reactive than you used to be, you’re not alone. I’m joined by Dr. Roche...
#28: What If Uncertainty Is Your Freedom?: How Stillness Helps You Leave A Life That No Longer Fits with Chalene MacLeod
Your days can be full and still feel misaligned. That tension is what we’re naming out loud today: the quiet sense that the life you built no longer fits the person you’re becoming, and the fear that changing course means blowing everything up....
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#27: Rewire Your Stress: How to Regulate Your Nervous System with EFT with Sophia Torrini
Stress can look like productivity while your nervous system is quietly waving a red flag. If you’ve ever thought, “I’m functioning, so I should be fine,” yet you feel wired, exhausted, reactive, or stuck in a loop of scrolling and pushing throu...
#26: Not Broken, Just Depleted: 5 Human Needs That Restore Energy and Emotional Health with Dr. Matthew Campbell
If you’ve been telling yourself you’re failing, falling behind, or somehow “too much,” consider a different diagnosis: you might not be broken, you might be depleted. That one reframe changes everything, because depletion is fixable, and it doe...
#25: Executive Burnout & Chronic Stress: The Hidden Cost of a Dysregulated Nervous System with Simon Luthi
Your calendar can be packed and your life can still feel strangely thin. We’re surrounded by speed, noise, and nonstop inputs, yet our bodies are wired with a Stone Age nervous system that reads a tense email like a life-or-death threat. When t...
#24: Create More, Consume Less: Reclaim Creativity Through Stillness and Boredom with Devorah Brinckerhoff
Your days can be packed and still feel oddly empty. That’s the paradox we sit with today: we live in a world that constantly asks us to consume, but rarely invites us to create. When we lose our connection to creativity, we don’t just drop a ho...
#23: God Is Love in Action: Stillness, Faith, and the Courage to Say Yes with Ted Van der Zalm
A restless heart can be loud, but sometimes the clearest direction arrives in quiet. We sit down with Ted Van der Zalm, founder of Wells of Hope, to trace a lifelong journey from a Dutch greenhouse to drilling rigs in Tanzania to Camp Esperanza...
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#22: Beyond Willpower: Neuroscience, Faith, and the Foundations That Heal with Wendy Francis
In a world of constant input, your brain is always adapting — to noise, to stress, to what you repeatedly tell it is normal. In this conversation with board-certified health coach and adjunct professor Wendy Francis, we explore how real change ...
#21: Digital Detox & Stillness: Reclaiming Attention in an Overstimulated World with Mason Berube
Ever feel constantly “on” yet strangely absent from your own life? That quiet ache—of busyness without meaning—sets the stage for a candid conversation with Mason, who made a radical, practical choice at 25: he ditched his smartphone and rebuil...
#20: Redefining Enough: Stillness, Skincare, and a Life Reimagined with Rebecca Ogilvie
What if the turnaround you crave doesn’t come from doing more, but from pausing long enough to hear what your life is asking for? We sit down with Rebecca Ogilvie—traveler, mother, and founder of The Detour Co.—to explore how stillness, simplic...
#19: From Striving to Alignment: Returning to the Pace God Intended with Colt Charlebois
Ambition can build a beautiful life, and still leave the soul tired.In this episode of Be Still & Live, I sit down with kingdom-minded coach Colt to talk about burnout, the red line we don’t notice until we’ve crossed it, an...
#18: Less Stuff, More Peace: Making Space for Calm and Clarity with Amy Wopperer
The calm you’re craving isn’t hidden in another storage bin—it’s found in the space you create when you let go.In this episode of Be Still & Live, I’m joined by Amy from Simplify Buffalo, professional organizer and mo...
#17: Stoic Calm In A Noisy World: Simple Ways to Quiet the Mind and Ground the Nervous System with Frank Healy
Ever feel like life is full, yet something inside you feels thin or unsettled?In this episode of Be Still & Live, we sit with licensed counselor and author Frank Healy for a grounded conversation about memory, meaning, a...
#16: The Jewels Inside: Healing Through Stillness, Self-Care, and Community with Elvie Schooley
In this episode of Be Still & Live, we sit with movement artist and coach Elvie Schooley for a grounded, heart-centered conversation about what becomes possible when we slow down and listen inward.Elvie introduces the...
#15: The Breath Is the Bridge: Returning to Safety, Stillness, and Self with Steve Beattie
Feeling off doesn’t mean you’re broken. More often, it means your body has been living too long without safety, stillness, and breath in a noisy world.In this episode, we sit down with breathwork guide Steve Beattie, wh...
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#14: The Power of Intention: A Quiet Practice that Transforms Everyday Life with Kim Stanwood Terranova
What if intention isn’t something you set, but something you inhabit—a way of being that changes the atmosphere wherever you go?In this conversation, we sit with Kim Stanwood Terranova, spiritual teacher and coun...
#13: Balanced Health for Overwhelmed Moms: How Letting Go of Perfectionism Made Room for Real Change with Jess Cotterchio
Some health stories look polished on the outside while quietly falling apart behind the scenes. This conversation moves in the opposite direction.In this episode, we sit down with Jess — a mother of four and grounded health coach — for a...
#12: From Pain To Personal Power: Healing Beyond Trauma through Small, Faithful Shifts with Hope Rose
What if the smallest shift in language could return your power, calm your nervous system, and begin to rewrite the story you're living?In this powerful and tender conversation, we sit down with ultra-endurance athlete and HEALthy founder...
#11: Safe to Become: The Quiet Path from Performance to Peace with Brandy Graham
What if peace doesn’t come from pushing harder, but from feeling safe enough to stop performing?In this episode of Be Still and Live, we sit with identity and legacy coach Brandy Graham for a deeply grounding conversation about ...
#10: The Body Knows: Returning to Yourself Through Mindfulness with Jelayna DaSilva
What if the way back to yourself isn’t about doing more, pushing harder, or fixing faster… but learning to listen?In this week’s episode, I sit down with my longtime friend and former rowing teammate Jelena DeSilva, whose l...
#09: The Power of Pen and Paper: How Handwritten Notes Heal in a Digital World with Carly Brenton
What if the cure for overwhelm isn’t another hack, but a pen, a card, and ten quiet minutes?In this episode, Carly Brenton, founder of Paperscript, shares how a simple, human ritual like handwriting can cut through the noise, rebu...
#08: Start Where You Are: Sustainable Living Made Simple with Sarah Robertson-Barnes
What if the calm you crave isn’t hiding in a new planner or weekend reset, but in the way you shop, cook, mend, and move through your home?In this episode, sustainable living educator Sarah Robertson-Barnes shares a gentler path: ...
#07: Unlock Bliss and Happiness: Releasing Emotional Blocks and Realigning with Love with Tara Camp
In this episode, Tara Camp, a Bliss & Happiness coach and retreat leader, shares a grounded path to spiritual awakening that actually fits real life. Tara helps people unlock lasting happiness and freedom by releasing emotional block...
