Authentically Wild: Recent Episodes
Tess Rouse & Christina Beatty
Are you living the life you truly desire? are you fully embodying who you authentically are? perhaps you don't even know.
Join Tess and Christina, creators and co-hosts of Authentically Wild, as they dive into topics from relationships, motherhood, trauma, to of course all things spirituality. These same discussions helped them transition from lives that at times felt inauthentic to a new way of being full of delayering, self-discovery and healing. If you're ready to try a new approach, to be accountable and transform your life take a listen.
They're raw and real, with a simple intention - to unearth your pre-conceptions about life, societal rules, relationships and personal transformation so you can become the most authentic version of yourself.
There can be a misconception on the healing journey that you are "broken" and need to "change and fix yourself"... but the truth is that you are already whole and complete. Parts Work allows us to see all parts of ourselves - especially the hard and challenging parts - as not only playing an important role, but are absolutely necessary in our healing. When we can learn how to fully support ourselves and provide ALL parts of within us with compassion and love, this is where we see that there is absolutely no change necessary. In today's episode, we dive into what Parts Work is and how to begin to work with the different parts within yourself to help bring cohesion and peace to your inner system. We also provide some of our own personal examples we have experienced deeper healing with in using Parts Work within our own lives.
All relationships have conflict, and if your's is absent of that you should probably listen to this episode. Conflict can actually deepen your partnership if it is conducted in a healthy way, it can entice open and honest conversation which leads to deeper connection between a couple. Remember relationships are our greatest containers for growth as they mirror our triggers and shadow aspects, so it is natural to brush up against someone you are literally building a life with and having to make decisions with on all facets of life. In today's episode we're diving in to the roadmap around healthy conflict resolution with your partner. Whether you are in a long term relationship or just want to evolve your skill set around this in preparation for a relationship you are calling in listen up this will be one you don't want to miss.
There's so much to learn and absorb when you begin your journey. Some call it a healing journey. Some call it a pursuit of self-awareness or coming home to who you authentically are. Regardless of the term used, it's an active journey of learning, self-expansion and growth. In today's episode, Tess and Christina are sharing their top 10 lessons that they have learned on their healing journeys in hopes this will spark some curiosity and leave you with a nudge to explore some of these lessons further in your own life.
Do you suffer from anxiety, depression or an autoimmune disease? This episode is for you! Follow along as Christina and Tess, hosts of Authentically Wild Podcast, dive into a deeper understanding of dis-ease and what your body might be trying to communicate with you. Get to know our perspective on balance between western medicine, holistic health and of course self responsibility.
In today's episode, we uncover what it means to speak your truth, why this can feel like such a challenge, and what steps you can take to begin exercising this muscle. As usual, Tess and Christina share their own real-life examples they have experienced learning how to speak and embody their own truths and the discomfort yet deep healing and freedom this has created in their lives.We hope that by the end of the episode you are able to see the importance of fully stepping into your truth and how this can create such a positive change within yourself and your life.
In a world that at times can feel isolating we need to find our way back to creating a sense of community, to establishing deep connections with others and developing containers of support that aid us in stepping into our best and most expansive selves.In today’s episode we interview Heather Jaclyn and Christina, the founders of the Sacred Uprising, an online and in person community which brings together women in sisterhood and creates a space for truth, connection and freedom of expression. The episode also touches on the hard truths about female wounds and coming into alignment with ourselves and other women.
Reciprocity is a mutual exchange of time, energy and action between people in relationships or in an area of your life. Research shows that reciprocity is absolutely critical for deep and connective relationships, yet most of us can identify at least one or more relationships in our lives where this energetic exchange is imbalanced. In today's episode, we're exploring why reciprocal relationships are so important and what they offer us and what they cost us - if there isn't an equal energetic exchange. We hope that by the end of this episode, you feel called to take inventory of the relationships within your life to ensure you're getting out what you're putting in.
On this episode Tess and Christina discuss what practices they use in their day to day lives to support them in their mind, body and soul. This is a sequel to Ep5: Tools for your Journey. This discussion gives you a sneak peek into a day in the life of Tess and Christina - they dive deep into what practices are must haves, what are nice to dos and the impacts that both somatic therapy and Breathwork have had for the both of them. If you're looking to gain some practices that help you grow in your personal development journey or just bring more peace to your life this is a must listen for you!
So many of us seek to control our lives because we don’t like uncertainty.
We create schedules, try to control our relationships, our futures, our finances, and sometimes even other people’s reactions as a means to create predictability.
But the world around us is so uncertain.
And when you really start looking at this, you can see how little control you actually have and that trying to control every aspect of your life is futile. Doing so will only lead you to more stress, anxiety and overall unhappiness.
In this episode, Tess & Christina talk about surrender - the antidote to control.
They discuss personal experiences they have moved through that have allowed them to practice and fine-tune their own processes with learning how to surrender. They also provide tips, strategies and questions you can ask yourself if you are also trying to find peace + surrender within your life.
Because the truth is, you cannot control everything.
In fact, the only thing you can truly control is yourself.
And finding a process of surrender to help you move through all the uncertainty life provides, allows you to find so much more acceptance and peace along the way.
On this episode, Tess & Christina - hosts of Authentically Wild, interview Gellyahnah Aakhen a soul contracts practitioner who's passion and purpose is helping people find theirs.
Gellyahnah explains that before a soul incarnates, it gets to choose quite a bit about the human life it will lead. From parents, to the relationships we will have, the lessons and experiences we have will change from and our soul purpose.
Soul contracts, reveal the karma, or challenges you'll be presented with, your unique talents, what your strengths and skills are and your life purpose.
Within our soul contracts we create arrangements which allow us to connect with the people and experiences we need in our lives to reach our goals and learn the lessons we set out to learn.
To learn more about Soul Contracts or to schedule a 1-1 soul contracts reading visit Gellyahnah Aakhen at:
Website: https://gellyahnahaakhen.com/
Social media: soul_contracts_practitioner
What if there was a profound difference in your "personality" and your TRUE essence?
What if your personality and the way you are showing up in the world is just a collection of your experiences, both good and challenging? And that your "identity" might actually be protective mechanisms you had to forge in order to feel safe, be seen and essentially, navigate the world?
There's a distinct difference between personality and true essence. One is something that is created to move through the world safely - it is constantly evolving based on your experiences and relationship with others. While your true authentic essence is what lies underneath that - who you truly are once the armour comes off.
Listen in as Tess and Christina reveal parts of themselves they once thought were their personalities yet have found through their healing journeys, were actually protective mechanisms they created in order to maintain connection and safety. They also provide tips and strategies to help you connect within to your authentic self and how you can navigate this (sometimes) difficult part of the healing journey.
If you've read a self help book, been on social media or perused a TED talk you may have heard the term cycle breaker. If that term didn't resonate with you then it might after this episode. Today Christina and I are going to dive deep into what constitutes a person to be a cycle breaker, sharing unqiue experiences from our lives so you can see for yourself if this is a path you are on or want to travel down. A word of caution it is not for the faint of heart, it's a hard path... but then again so is living what most determine "normal these days - it's a choose your hard adventure book.
For centuries, astrology was at the heart of science, medicine, philosophy, and magic. But in today's modern world, many of us only interact with astrology by way of our horoscopes. Experts in this field, like our guest today, believe that the stars and the study of astrology, offer boundless insight well beyond our 'sun' signs. In today's episode, Tess and Christina dive deep with their guest, Emily Fehr, in order to gain a stronger understanding of astrology and natal (birth) charts and how they can impact your understanding about yourself and your life's purpose.
If you are looking to connect more with Emily and the work she does with clients reading natal (birth) charts and tarot readings, you can find her on social media through Instagram: @mamawyrd
Join us for Tess's first ever solo episode! She shares her journey of choosing herself in her life brought on by the rockbottom of infidelity through her marriage. She opens up about the many experiences she's had a long the way, who have shaped who she is, and how diving into these pieces have been integral on her healing journey. This episode will truly help you understand how rockbottoms are a womb for rebirth,
We’ve all been there… when you feel like you’ve healed through something but you still feel the weight of it. Or maybe it rears its’ ugly head when you least expect it. Perhaps it was a breakup with the person you thought was “the one”, a big confrontation with a family member, maybe even abuse or an isolated traumatic event in your life. One of the reasons for this, is that we can’t talk our way out of trauma. We have to feel and process it and this is why somatic body work is so critical on your healing journey. In this episode, Tess & Christina dive deep into somatic healing practices such as somatic therapy, EDMR, and breathwork and as usual, share very personal past traumatic experiences they have used these practices to help heal. If you truly want to free yourself from the past, somatic body work is essential for this.
How does one go from being a complete skeptic to a full mystic?
As Christina will share it's a lot more about unlearning societal conditioning and tuning into the present, to become open to what's truly inside of you.
In this episode, Christina dives deep into her spiritual journey from non-spiritual to who she is today, the modern day healer and intuitive. Through her story, she explains the first signs she noticed of spirit trying to communicate to her and what tools and practices she used to strengthen her spiritual 'muscles' - which she believes we all have access to.
Tune in to hear the jaw dropping experiences along her journey, who knows where your spiritual journey may lead you too!
What if your beliefs and thoughts were the key to anything you wanted in life? New behaviours, new house, a different relationship, more patience, you name it. But did you know your thoughts and feelings control your reality through the energetic vibration they put out into the world? Today we’re digging into the process of manifestation – what it is, how you prepare for it, and how you practice it – to create the life you’ve always been destined for.
Over the last century the purpose of relationships has changed drastically. We are no longer marrying to create a business relationship (ie. you go make money, I will raise our children, food, shelter security) or even in a friendship, most of us don’t want a surface level connection. Modern relationships go beyond biological/surface level needs and are jumping into the realm of emotional and spiritual connection and growth with one another.
The problem with this new dynamic, is most of us have not been taught how to do this, although our souls are longing for it. It requires the unlearning of what we have been conditioned to believe real love and true partnership are and to see the role and responsibility we must play in order to create the conscious relationships we desire.
In today’s episode we are going to talk about this modern relationship dynamic also known as a conscious relationship - what it is, what it is not, and how you call in this type of relationship or transform an existing relationship towards this.
Most of us have experienced loss and the grief following it in some form throughout our lives and if it hasn’t yet, it will find you too - it’s inevitable. There is both conventional which would stem from the death of a loved one, but also unconventional grief which could surface through the ending of a relationship, the failure of a business or career, the list goes on. Some situations are easier to recover from and some are so devastating it feels like your whole life has been brought to a standstill. Today, Christina and Tess use their real life experiences of unconventional grief to pull apart what this looks like, what happens in their minds and bodies through the grieving process, and the tools and practices that have helped them accept and begin to move through their grief. Their hopes are that this episode can support you on your journey and help you move through any grief you are stuck in.
Self responsibility is not practiced often enough in relationship dynamics because it is easier to blame external factors for our situations and our feelings. Accepting fault or admitting improvement is needed, in some way is like blaming ourselves, as if we deliberately messed things up or acted a certain way. But This is not the case. A lot of the ways we show up are just unhealed wounds, or behaviour patterns we have witnessed throughout our lives.
This episode is an empowering reminder that you have control over how you show up in your relationships, and what a powerful opportunity it can be if you are willing to become aware and make changes.
On this episode we're going to dive into what taking responsibility looks like in relationships both as a partner and a parent, why it is the key to improving these dynamics. And of course some steps you can take toward eating a big slice of humble pie.
Being a perfectionist can look like on the outside as having it all together, being able to always get the job done, and experience great success and achievement. But in reality, it's a coping mechanism typically used to shield us from the pain of not feeling worthy enough and accepted. It is a false sense of identity and a mask used to construct a life that we feel others will approve of. In this episode, Christina and Tess discuss what exactly is perfectionism, how it's a coping mechanism, and as always, dig deep into their own personal experiences.
Motherhood is challenging all in itself, but when you pair it with a dysregulated nervous system it can feel crippling and fully overwhelming.
Nervous system dystregulation can effect every area of your life, and can become intensely highetned as you venture into parenthood.
Today we are chatting about discovering our own dysregulation and what that look liked as we entered the ring of motherhood and more inportantly what we have learned that can help you regulate your nervous system so that you can get the most our of your experiences, especially those with your kids.
In order to have the life you truly want, you have to be able to not only know WHAT you want but also be able to speak and embody this energy. Cue, boundaries. How your life plays out is significantly tied to what you're able to say "yes" to and what you're able to say "no" to. Having boundaries is absolutely critical not only for your mental health but also your self-worth and ability to live the life you dream of. In this episode, Tess and Christina dive into all things boundaries - what are the different types of boundaries, their own personal experiences with setting and maintaining boundaries, and how to set proper boundaries in your life. If this is an area you are struggling to find empowerment through, this is definitely the one for you.
The world is full of people afraid of their voice, their power. We push away the right to stand out and be strong for the sake of belonging. To do this we devalue our ideas, we learn to always stay with the masses - to always say ‘Yes’ - regardless of wanting to say no, we learn not to love ourselves in order to gain the love of others, we disapprove of our inner truth in order to get approval from outside of us.
Today’s episode is a really special one for us, it’s our first interview ever! And we have the honour of doing it with the amazing Taylar Sherriff
- Fitness guru and owner of Namastay Sweaty Club,
- wholistic nutrition expert,
- author,
- and empowered leader of our generation.
We’re going to dig deep with Taylor on the mind, body, soul connection and how she has continually stepped into her truth and empowered her inner voice.
Some make us, some break us. PATTERNS.
In this episode we explore how patterns have shown up in our lives and how recognizing these patterns has been key in both of our healing journeys.
Today we're talking all relationships - Friendship, marriage, family, long term partnerships...
Each relationship you have plays a different role in your life. Perhaps some serve a single purpose and then they’re gone, some may be life long friends - where you’re always connected, always learning, teaching and going through life’s phases together, and some can fit in the middle - those relationships that you pick up right where you left off.
But too often we find ourselves trying to maintain relationships that are no longer serving us, or relationships that just aren’t in alignment with the phases or season we’re in now. If you never allow any connections to fall away how can you be open to what life wants to bring in for you?
So why do we do this and what exactly does it cost us? Well you’re about to find out….
On today’s episode we’re talking about what codependency is and we’re going deep into how this holds us back and what it creates in our lives and relationships. This has been a game changer realization for both Tess and Christina and we think it will be for you too.
If any of these describe you than press play:
- You put everyone else's needs before your own, you have a hard time telling people what you really want (what restaurant, what activities...)
- You rely on others for decision making/approval before making decisions
- You feel constantly responsible to solve other peoples problems
- Trying to please others in order to gain their love and acceptance
- Using manipulation and shame to get what we want
- High-achiever
What if our past experiences and traumatic events were showing up physically in our bodies? Energy cannot be created nor destroyed and many believe stuck energy can show up as physical/psychological ailments. Join us as we dive deep into Tess's battle with auto-immune disease and Christina's exploration of ADHD. This episode will cover run ins with the medical system and what other key pieces we might not be addressing which could aid in our healing journey.
Looking to make some changes? Wanting to jump into meditation or spirituality but not sure where to start? Then this episode is for you, consider it our playbook for where to begin.
In today's episode (Part 1) we dive into our favourite podcasts, books, card decks and other tools that have been transformative on our journeys, next week (Part 2) will cover all of the practices we have tried and what a day in each of our lives looks like with these practices integrated.
List of Tools Discussed
Podcasts
- Mark Groves Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/5se5aQBcki87JV3zo1RYSi?si=7b6cdaa8c0ba4877
- Almost30 Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/0kBU7FWmLaLf3si3KZ9XQx?si=1041cf0395574606
- Straight Up with Trent Shelton - https://open.spotify.com/show/0257UcKYlowtsF49tCoxJ5?si=56b44943e0c24c1a
- The Line Podcast with Ashley Wood - https://open.spotify.com/show/77resvVQK08a6twY5G6Y9P?si=84ce890a05fd4ccb
- Expanded Podcast by To Be Magnetic (TBM) - https://open.spotify.com/show/2B1ZemTinqpXMfH8vy6zzk?si=dce06dfde84d4a5a
Books
- Eckhart Tolle - Power of Now & A New Earth
- Byron Katie - Loving What is
- Glennon Doyle - Untamed
Cards
- The Universe Has Your Back - Gabrielle Bernstein
- Chakra Wisdom Oracle Cards - Tori Hartman
- The Starseed Oracle - Rebecca Campbell
Breathwork
- Bree Melanson - found on Insight Timer and https://www.breemelanson.com/mystory
- Michelle D'Avella - Pushing Beauty https://www.pushingbeauty.com/about-1
Self Betrayal...it's the death of a thousand cuts.
Self Betrayal can look like people pleasing, sabotaging yourself, not validating your experience, hiding who we are from fear of not being accepted, the list is long -- and although each small action is insignificant in it's entirety, over a lifetime it can fully detach us from who we are.
Everyone wants to jump to self-trust and self-love but the bridge there is to get to know yourself... I mean you wouldn't establish trust with a stranger right? and therein lies the key -- to trust ourselves, to love ourselves, we first have to start showing up for ourselves.
Come and listen because this one is a roller coaster of emotions.
An unhealed mother wound can manifest into adulthood in the following ways:
- a lack of boundaries, can't say 'no'
- constant fear of judgement
- comparisonitis
- you sacrifice your dreams/wants for someone else
- co-dependent (this one is a big!)
- low self-worth (this could look like negative self talk)
- self-sabotage
It's our strongest bond - the bond between a child and a mother. They are our lifeline, our survival depends on them (both literally in the womb and figuratively as we grow up as children).
Did you have what most would consider a 'good' childhood? mother wounding happens just as often in these upbringings as ones that are volatile and abusive. We can be wounded by our direct interactions with her and through observing how our mother interacts with the world. All of these events imprint on our subconscious and we can carry forward these patterns into adulthood.
These types of coping mechanisms and patterns can surface in all relationships in your life, not just the ones with your own children.
This is perhaps one of the most important and most transformative areas for healing!!! Take a listen
Do you find yourself wanting to make changes in your life? Maybe it's to exercise regularly, maybe it's to leave a toxic relationship, whatever it is - taking action and actually changing can be paralyzing for most. Join us as we unpack just what's at play when we start moving towards change, what can help you move through that uncomfortable transition period and hear more about our personal stories moving through our own experiences
We've all been there, a big traumatic event or a number of compounding experiences in life that sends us on a whirlwind of emotions, where we feel we will never recover. If you've ever felt that you've arrived at that place, perhaps you even keep repeating the same patterns, then this episode is for you.
We've heard the terms - rock bottom, mid-life crisis, etc - those serve to correct our course and get us back to our authentic self. Join us as we dive into the purpose and explanation of what rock bottoms and spiritual awakenings are and our personal experiences navigating through them.
Are you living the life you truly desire? are you fully embodying who you authentically are? perhaps you don't even know. Join Tess and Christina, creators and co-hosts of Authentically Wild, as they dive into topics from relationships, motherhood, trauma, to of course all things spirituality.
This trailer gives a sneak peek of what to expect from upcoming episodes.