Anchored & Alive with Blaze
Episodes
Ep 31: You Don’t Have to Say Yes Just Because You Have Energy (How to Stop Overcommitting)
01 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
You do not have to say yes to everything just because you finally have more energy. In late spring and early summer, life often fills up quickly. Inv...
Ep 30: When Your Energy Suddenly Surges (Late Spring Energy Explained)
25 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
You may feel more social, more creative, more restless, more motivated, and suddenly interested in doing everything at once in late spring. I know I a...
Ep 29: How to Decide What to Keep Doing (and What to Let Go Of)
18 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Late spring brings a powerful mix of energy, urgency, and discernment. You may feel excited about everything that’s growing in your life, and a...
Ep 28: How to Scale Back Without Giving Up on Your Goals
11 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes the most supportive thing you can do for a dream is make it smaller. In this episode, Blaze explores the tension between big visions and th...
Ep 27: How to Build Self-Trust Through Daily Rhythms
04 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Self-trust is not just a feeling. It’s something we build. In this episode, Blaze explores how self-trust grows through the small ways we suppo...
Ep 26: Stop Explaining Yourself: Learning to Trust Your Decisions
27 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Many of us grew up feeling like we had to explain every decision we make. Why we chose something. Why we want something. Why we deserve something. B...
Ep 25: Outgrowing Your Old Identity: Navigating Life Changes and Personal Growth
20 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes you wake up and realize something about yourself has changed. You’re not quite the person you used to be anymore, but you’re no...
Ep 25: Outgrowing Your Old Identity: Navigating Life Changes and Personal Growth
20 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes you wake up and realize something about yourself has changed. You’re not quite the person you used to be anymore, but you’re no...
Ep 24: Why Setting Boundaries Feels So Uncomfortable at First (And Why It Gets Easier)
13 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Many of us were never taught how to set boundaries in ways that feel calm, clear, and supportive. Instead, we were taught to be flexible, accommodati...
Ep 24: Why Setting Boundaries Feels So Uncomfortable at First (And Why It Gets Easier)
13 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Many of us were never taught how to set boundaries in ways that feel calm, clear, and supportive. Instead, we were taught to be flexible, accommodati...
How to Use Your Imagination Without Overwhelm (Creative Energy in Spring) — Bonus Episode with Guest Sarah Bush
09 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s episode is a special bonus conversation placed between Episodes 23 and 24, where we’re exploring how to work with rising sprin...
How to Use Your Imagination Without Overwhelm (Creative Energy in Spring) — Bonus Episode with Guest Sarah Bush
09 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s episode is a special bonus conversation placed between Episodes 23 and 24, where we’re exploring how to work with rising sprin...
Ep 23: How to Use Spring Energy Without Burning Out
06 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Ideas are moving again, projects feel possible, and the desire to start things returns after the slower rhythm of winter. But when energy rises quickl...
Ep 23: How to Use Spring Energy Without Burning Out
06 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Ideas are moving again, projects feel possible, and the desire to start things returns after the slower rhythm of winter. But when energy rises quickl...
Ep 22: The Urge to Reinvent Yourself in Spring: How to Change Without Burning Out
30 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Spring brings a powerful surge of energy. Suddenly you may feel the urge to change everything. Your routines, your appearance, your habits, your plan...
Ep 22: The Urge to Reinvent Yourself in Spring: How to Change Without Burning Out
30 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Spring brings a powerful surge of energy. Suddenly you may feel the urge to change everything. Your routines, your appearance, your habits, your plan...
Ep 21: Spring Anger: Why Irritation and Frustration Are Signals for Better Boundaries
23 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Anger and frustration tend to spike in early spring. You may feel impatient with people, easily irritated, or suddenly aware of situations that no lo...
Ep 21: Spring Anger: Why Irritation and Frustration Are Signals for Better Boundaries
23 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Anger and frustration tend to spike in early spring. You may feel impatient with people, easily irritated, or suddenly aware of situations that no lo...
Ep 20: Why You Feel Restless, Irritated, and Full of Ideas around the Spring Equinox
16 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The week of the Spring Equinox may leave you feeling restless, full of ideas, easily irritated, and unsure where to begin. After months of winter cons...
Ep 20: Why You Feel Restless, Irritated, and Full of Ideas around the Spring Equinox
16 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The week of the Spring Equinox may leave you feeling restless, full of ideas, easily irritated, and unsure where to begin. After months of winter cons...
Ep 19: Daylight Saving Time Is Exhausting — How to Care for Yourself This Week
09 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Daylight Saving Time can feel like a collective hangover, and no one really talks about how disorienting it is. In this episode, Blaze offers compass...
Ep 19: Daylight Saving Time Is Exhausting — How to Care for Yourself This Week
09 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Daylight Saving Time can feel like a collective hangover, and no one really talks about how disorienting it is. In this episode, Blaze offers compass...
Ep 18: Restlessness Is Not a Crisis — Navigating Early Spring Energy Without Blowing Up Your Life
02 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Early spring can feel like an emotional contradiction. You might feel hopeful and irritated. Inspired and exhausted. Ready for change. But unclear wh...
Ep 18: Restlessness Is Not a Crisis — Navigating Early Spring Energy Without Blowing Up Your Life
02 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Early spring can feel like an emotional contradiction. You might feel hopeful and irritated. Inspired and exhausted. Ready for change. But unclear wh...
Ep 17: Why Everything Feels Forgettable — and How Creativity Brings You Back to Life
23 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Why do so many things feel impressive… and yet strangely forgettable? In this episode, Blaze reflects on creativity, imagination, and presence...
Ep 17: Why Everything Feels Forgettable — and How Creativity Brings You Back to Life
23 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Why do so many things feel impressive… and yet strangely forgettable? In this episode, Blaze reflects on creativity, imagination, and presence...
Ep 16: The Exhaustion No One Talks About: How Modern Life Is Quietly Burning Us Out
16 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
There’s a kind of exhaustion many of us are living with that we rarely name — the constant cognitive maintenance of modern life. Password...
Ep 16: The Exhaustion No One Talks About: How Modern Life Is Quietly Burning Us Out
16 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
There’s a kind of exhaustion many of us are living with that we rarely name — the constant cognitive maintenance of modern life. Password...
Ep 15: Why You Keep Saying “Later” — And How to Stop Postponing What You Want
09 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
How many times have you told yourself, “I’ll do that later” only to realize later keeps slipping further away? In this episode, Bla...
Ep 15: Why You Keep Saying “Later” — And How to Stop Postponing What You Want
09 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
How many times have you told yourself, “I’ll do that later” only to realize later keeps slipping further away? In this episode, Bla...
Ep 14: A February Reset: Plan Your Year Without Forcing Goals
02 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
It’s February, and many of us are in a strange in-between: energy is starting to return, ideas are bubbling up, and yet we’re not fully re...
Ep 14: A February Reset: Plan Your Year Without Forcing Goals
02 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
It’s February, and many of us are in a strange in-between: energy is starting to return, ideas are bubbling up, and yet we’re not fully re...
Ep 13: Motivation vs. Capacity: Why You’re Not Lazy (And How to Start Without Forcing It)
26 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
If your motivation is low right now, it doesn’t necessarily mean you’re unmotivated and it definitely doesn’t mean you’re lazy...
Ep 13: Motivation vs. Capacity: Why You’re Not Lazy (And How to Start Without Forcing It)
26 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
If your motivation is low right now, it doesn’t necessarily mean you’re unmotivated and it definitely doesn’t mean you’re lazy...
Ep 12: When You Don’t Want Anything Yet: How to Be in January Without Forcing It
19 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
January often arrives with a strange pressure: to want something, decide something, improve something, even when your body and mind are still recoveri...
Ep 12: When You Don’t Want Anything Yet: How to Be in January Without Forcing It
19 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
January often arrives with a strange pressure: to want something, decide something, improve something, even when your body and mind are still recoveri...
Ep 11: Mapping the Emotional Weather of Your Year (A Kinder Way to Begin January)
12 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What if the best way to begin a new year isn’t with goals or resolutions but with reflection? In this episode, Blaze invites you to look back o...
Ep 11: Mapping the Emotional Weather of Your Year (A Kinder Way to Begin January)
12 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What if the best way to begin a new year isn’t with goals or resolutions but with reflection? In this episode, Blaze invites you to look back o...
Ep 10 Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times
05 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
January can feel heavy, slow, and strangely hard. Especially when the world is telling you to sprint into a “new year, new you.” In this ...
Ep 10: Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times
05 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
January can feel heavy, slow, and strangely hard. Especially when the world is telling you to sprint into a “new year, new you.” In this ...
Ep 09: Reflecting Without Shame - A Year-End Ritual
29 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
💛 Start here: If the end of the year brings overwhelm, comparison, or emotional fog, my free Emotional Alignment Starter Kit can help you ground, n...
Ep 09: Reflecting Without Shame - A Year-End Ritual
29 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The space between Christmas and New Year can feel strangely heavy. There’s pressure to look back, pressure to move forward, and often a quiet vo...
Ep 08: How to Be With Big Feelings During the Holidays
22 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The holidays can bring up a lot. Joy, nostalgia, overwhelm, grief, loneliness, mixed memories, and moments where you’re not even sure what ...
Ep 08: How to Be With Big Feelings During the Holidays
22 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The holidays can bring up a lot. Joy, nostalgia, overwhelm, grief, loneliness, mixed memories, and moments where you’re not even sure what ...
Permission to Pause: Turning Holiday Stress into a Real Break
15 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
December was never meant to be an obstacle course. Yet for so many of us, holiday gatherings now feel like another job: decorating, cleaning, cooking,...
Ep 07: Permission to Pause: Turning Holiday Stress into a Real Break
15 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
December was never meant to be an obstacle course. Yet for so many of us, holiday gatherings now feel like another job: decorating, cleaning, cooking,...
The Myth of the New Year Sprint
08 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s the beginning of December, and every feed is telling you to end the year strong, set your New Year’s resolutions, and start “cr...
Ep 06: The Myth of the New Year Sprint
08 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s the beginning of December, and every feed is telling you to end the year strong, set your New Year’s resolutions, and start “cr...
What if You're Not Broken - Just Tired?
01 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you’ve caught yourself thinking, “What’s wrong with me? Why am I so tired?” as December begins, you’re not alone. In ...
Ep 05: What if You're Not Broken - Just Tired?
01 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you’ve caught yourself thinking, “What’s wrong with me? Why am I so tired?” as December begins, you’re not alone. In ...
Why Rest is Powerful and How to Get Some When Life is Busy
24 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s Thanksgiving week in the U.S. A swirl of holiday travel, flight-delay headlines, full kitchens, and family gatherings that can send stress ...
Ep 04: Why Rest is Powerful and How to Get Some When Life is Busy
24 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s Thanksgiving week in the U.S. A swirl of holiday travel, flight-delay headlines, full kitchens, and family gatherings that can send stress ...
Making Space for What Matters (Before the Holiday Rush)
17 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As we head into the third week of November—with darker evenings, more time indoors, and holiday planning in full swing, our spaces start to refl...
Ep 03: Making Space for What Matters (Before the Holiday Rush)
17 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As we head into the third week of November—with darker evenings, more time indoors, and holiday planning in full swing, our spaces start to refl...
The Art of Slowing Down Before Life Makes You
10 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Right after the Daylight Saving time change, when darker evenings, cooler air, and the first waves of holiday stress arrive, many of us feel a tug bet...
Ep 02: The Art of Slowing Down Before Life Makes You
10 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Right after the Daylight Saving time change, when darker evenings, cooler air, and the first waves of holiday stress arrive, many of us feel a tug bet...
Roots and Remembrance - How Grief Grew This Podcast
03 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This first episode begins where all true transformations do: in the soil of loss. When Blaze’s brother Matt died by suicide, life stopped makin...
Ep 01: Roots and Remembrance - How Grief Grew This Podcast
03 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This first episode begins where all true transformations do: in the soil of loss. When Blaze’s brother Matt died by suicide, life stopped makin...
Bridge Episode from the Self-Awareness and Self-Compassion Podcast
01 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hi friends, It's been a while. If you've been a listener of the Self-Awareness and Self-Compassion Podcast, I want to thank you for being a part of t...
Bridge Episode from the Self-Awareness and Self-Compassion Podcast
01 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hi friends, It's been a while. If you've been a listener of the Self-Awareness and Self-Compassion Podcast, I want to thank you for being a part of t...
Trailer: Welcome to Anchored & Alive with Blaze
27 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Anchored and Alive: a podcast for sensitive souls craving real self-care, emotional clarity, and a life that actually feels like theirs.Hos...
Trailer: Welcome to Anchored & Alive with Blaze
27 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Anchored and Alive: a podcast for sensitive souls craving real self-care, emotional clarity, and a life that actually feels like theirs.Hos...