205 | A Listener-Inspired Q&A on Wanting More, the In-Between, Being Witnessed, and the Avalanche...

In this solo episode of Wild & Waking, Emily is coming to you from the very real, very human middle of summer with four kids, four months postpartum, big feelings, low capacity, and a whole lot of “everything is fine, I’m fine… but also what is happening?” This listener-inspired Q&A came from questions and reflections shared by clients and women inside Emily’s group programs around support, community, ritual, purpose, deconstruction, and what it means to keep waking up in the middle of everyday life. Together, we explore the tension of wanting more without losing gratitude for the life you already have. Emily speaks into the ache so many women feel when they know there is more joy, purpose, alignment, creativity, community, and soul-filled living available to them, while also navigating motherhood, work, caregiving, burnout, postpartum, summer chaos, and real-life responsibilities. This episode is an honest look at the messy middle of personal growth, where you can feel deeply grateful and wildly restless, grounded and overwhelmed, alive and completely maxed out. This conversation also moves into the avalanche of awakening: the way questioning one belief, role, relationship dynamic, or inherited expectation can suddenly lead to questioning everything. Marriage, motherhood, work, religion, identity, social structures, spirituality, and the past versions of ourselves who did not know what we know now all come into view. Emily speaks to the grief of waking up, the tenderness of honoring who you used to be, and the truth that you mature into your intuition, your knowing, your spirituality, and your next becoming. This episode is for the woman in the in-between; the one holding the tension, craving more, trying to stay connected to her mission and values while the world feels heavy, and learning how to build sacredness into the ordinary moments of her life. It is a reminder that you do not have to have it all figured out to be on the journey. You deserve to be witnessed, supported, and carried through your becoming. In this episode, I explore: • The tension of being in the messy middle of personal growth, motherhood, postpartum, and identity evolution • What it means to want more while still feeling deeply grateful for the life you already have • Navigating the in-between season when you are expanding, but do not yet have the capacity, clarity, or energy to move forward • The reality of postpartum emotions, panic, grief, rage, overwhelm, and learning to trust the season you are in • Why spiritual awakening, personal growth, and deconstruction often feel disorienting instead of clean or linear • The power of being witnessed, supported, and held in your healing journey • The loneliness of wanting deeper conversations, soul-level friendships, and in-person community • How to find or create spaces where your truth, growth, and spiritual evolution can safely land • Holding the desire for more joy, purpose, alignment, creativity, money, community, and soul-filled living without falling into the trap of constant striving • Reclaiming your connection to intuition, purpose, mission, values, and embodied truth when the world feels heavy • The grief of waking up and realizing what past versions of yourself did not know yet • Honoring the women you used to be instead of shaming yourself for not knowing sooner • What it means to mature into your intuition, your spirituality, your knowing, and your becoming • Making peace with being in the middle instead of rushing to fix, solve, perform, or rise immediately Be sure to hit subscribe so you never miss the latest episode! Connect with Emily: • Website: www.EmilyReuschel.com (https://wild-and-waking.captivate.fm/...) • Instagram: @emilyreuschel (https://wild-and-waking.captivate.fm/...) • Facebook: Emily Reuschel (https://wild-and-waking.captivate.fm/...) • LinkedIn: Emily Reuschel (https://wild-and-waking.captivate.fm/...) • Join my Book Insiders List: Sign up here! (https://wild-and-waking.captivate.fm/...) Resources and Links: • Sign up here (https://wild-and-waking.captivate.fm/...) to get the inside scoop to my book writing journey! • Book me as a speaker for your next event - email inquiries to [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) or schedule a call here (https://wild-and-waking.captivate.fm/...) • Wild & Waking – Produced by Jill Carr Podcasting | Learn More (https://jillcarr.co/)