Adventurous Thoughts
Are you one for asking too many questions? About life, the way you create, love, or why you do the things you do? Welcome to Adventurous Thoughts. Your oasis for conversations that expand your horizons about what's possible as a human. I'm your host, Rachel Leedom, and I'm exploring my faith, passions, connection to nature and to creativity, out loud. Come along for the ride.
Episodes
8 episodes
Building Consistency As a Creative and Esoteric Questions
Sit with me as I contemplate building consistency as a highly experimental creative (what's worked and what hasn't), which of course, spins off into asking deep questions about our soul, ego, and how this world works. Long story short... I'm ju...
My Mystical Experience with God, ACIM, and Living on Purpose
It's storytime with a vulnerable share about the mystical experience I had with God during Vipassana meditation, calming my OCPD/OCD, gaining weight and the healing revelations that have come from that, reading A Course in Miracles, along with ...
Starting Again
Since we can fall and get back up again as many times as needed in this life, I'm happy to be starting again. I want this space to feel intimate, raw, fun, and inspiring - for myself and anyone tuning in. This week's ramble talks about the comp...
Story Nook: Inky Earthling Daydream
The first story in my special series on this podcast, where I'll share pieces of my creative writing from over the years. Fictional short stories, poetry, and behind-the-scenes glimpses into my creative writing process.This story is call...
The Silly Cure: How a Goofy Mindset Helps Anxiety
Maybe the antidote to our anxiety isn’t just another deep breathing exercise, but pretending anxiety is a strange little goblin who has to dance to bestow any panic or dread upon you… Stay with me. This week, we’re bringing back childlike wonde...
Mistakes with IFS: What I Learned From Diving Headfirst
An updated perspective on the heels of my previous episode on Internal Family Systems (IFS), which I hope serves as a cautionary tale. This is an intensive form of therapy that can tackle some very deeply rooted trauma, and I naively opened Pan...
Internal Family Systems (IFS) as a Fearful Avoidant
Confessions of a fearful avoidant, dipping her toes into IFS (Internal Family Systems) and trying to make sense of the complexity of parts she stumbles into. The birds-eye view of Internal Family Systems is that it's an evidence-bas...