Essence Embodied by Tyne Stecklein
A podcast about self-worth, alignment, and coming home to who you truly are — so you can live a life that feels embodied, grounded, and deeply yours. Host Tyne Stecklein, professional dancer, actress, and speaker, shares real stories from her career in the entertainment industry — and more importantly, the life lessons hidden inside those experiences — offering insight and tools to support your growth as you create an authentic life you love and confidently own.
Episodes
19 episodes
From Reaction to Awareness: How Meditation Changed My Life
Meditation has been one of the most powerful tools in my life. It's helped me navigate stress, pressure, motherhood, and uncertainty, and it's something I often wish I had discovered a decade earlier during my performance career.In this ...
Who Are You Trying to Be Perfect For? Breaking Free from Perfectionism and Showing Up Authentically
Perfectionism can look like ambition, but more often it feels like pressure. It pulls us out of the present moment, disconnects us from ourselves, and convinces us that who we are right now isn't quite enough.In this episode, I'm sharing...
Fitness, Faith, Grief, and Finding Joy- With Nicole Sciacca
In this episode of Essence Embodied, I’m joined by movement coach Nicole Sciacca for a conversation on embodiment, self-trust, healing, and finding joy through life’s hardest seasons.With over 25 years of experience in dance, yoga, mobil...
Healing Through Dance After Injury And Loss- With Jaimie Goodwin
In this episode, I’m joined by Jaimie Goodwin — professional dancer, mentor, movement coach, and So You Think You Can Dance alum — for a conversation about dance, mindset, injury recovery, authenticity, teaching and navigating the real...
I Turned Down Broadway To Manifest Motherhood
A Broadway contract. A dream opportunity. And a quiet inner knowing that said… not now.In this episode of Essence Embodied by Tyne Stecklein, I share one of the most personal decisions of my career: turning down a role in The Cher Show o...
How To Chase Your Dreams Without Waiting For Permission
In this episode, we talk about giving yourself permission to pursue your dreams, trust your ideas, and stop waiting for external validation to begin. Your voice has value, your movement has value, and your story matters.I open up about t...
Acting, Motherhood, And Trusting Life's Timing - With Mekia Cox
In this episode, I sit down with actress and friend Mekia Cox to talk about building a career in the entertainment industry—and navigating the highs, lows, and many emotions of a creative life.Mekia and I met backup dancing for Michael J...
Dancing For Michael Jackson And The Power Of Presence (Part 2)
In this episode, I reflect on my time dancing for Michael Jackson—a dream I never could have imagined, and the heartbreak that followed.What stayed with me most wasn’t just the opportunity, but the energy in the room: support, joy, and g...
Dancing For Michael Jackson And The Power of Presence
In this episode, I’m sharing my true story of booking the biggest credit on my resume, backup dancing for Michael Jackson. This booking taught me that when you’re aligned with your authentic self, you stop negotiating your worth an...
Dance As A Life Compass - With Emmy Nominated Choreographer Jennifer Hamilton
A lot of creative careers look linear from the outside. Jennifer Hamilton’s story is way more useful: learn fast, earn trust, pivot when the path stops fitting, and keep your heart in the work. Jennifer is an Emmy-nominated choreographer (Apple...
From Panic to Power: The Mindset Tool That Changed My Everyday
I told my son not to look at a solar eclipse… then I did it myself—and spiraled into anxiety, convinced I was going blind.What followed wasn’t an eye issue, but a powerful reminder of how quickly our thoughts can take over our body and s...
Release Fear And Anxiety, How To Call In The Light - with Dr. Mark Holmes
Fear has a way of shrinking our world until we can’t think straight, and that’s exactly why I wanted to share this conversation with Dr. Mark Holmes. We recorded it at the beginning of the pandemic, but the wisdom lands just as powerfully now: ...
Building a Multifaceted and Sustainable Career in the Entertainment Industry- with Rachael Markarian
Many talented performers never build sustainable careers — not because they lack talent, but because they lack the tools to navigate the entertainment industry while protecting their self-worth.Today on Essence Embodied, I sit down with ...
What If Connection Is The Whole Point? Lessons from Dancing for Cher
I was dancing for Cher in Las Vegas at 19 years old—living the dream I had worked my whole life for. But behind the scenes, I felt deeply alone.In this episode of Essence Embodied, I share a personal story from the ea...
From Evacuation To Empowerment: Rewriting A Hard Year With Mindset, Service, And Redefined Success
What if your hardest year became the one you’re most proud of? I open up about evacuating our home with a three‑week‑old, navigating grief, managing injury in the family, and facing a quiet season in a two‑decade performance career—then show ho...
I Said NO to the casting couch: Confidence, Boundaries, And Self-Worth
In this episode, I share a vulnerable moment from an early acting job when someone on set crossed a line and tested my boundaries. I said I was married and stood my ground—but later realized there were even stronger ways I could have owned my w...
Hired, Fired, and Aligned (Part 2)
I was hired for my first professional dance job—and fired the next day. In this episode of Essence Embodied, I share how that painful moment of rejection in Los Angeles became the beginning of something far more meaningful. A story abo...
