Rewilding with Taylor Gage

221 | Freeing Our Rage

09 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Anyone else noticing an uptick in their own sense of rage? No, just me? Keeping access to our joy as the world becomes stranger and scarier is always ...

220 | Life Update: Chit Chat & What’s on My Mind

23 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

I accidentally didn’t publish anything for a month, and this episode is a peek into why. I share some life updates and a bit of what’s been going ...

219 | Creative Practice as a Portal to Our Freest, Truest Selves

18 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Whether you consider yourself a “creative person” or not, if you’re a human, you have the capacity for creativity. Today I’m sharing 5 ways th...

218 | Merging Mystery and Medicine with Dr. Erica Matluck

02 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We tend to think of "mental" health/illness and "physical" health/illness as separate things, but are they? Nurse practitioner and naturopathic doctor...

217 | Finding Joy in a Broken World

22 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The news these days is filled with atrocities and horrors, destruction and hate. Life can feeling daunting when we’re mired in doom and grief. So to...

216 | Trusting Our Life’s Path

10 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Am I making the right choice? Did I make a huge mistake? Is this where I should be? These are questions a lot of us consider when reflecting on the pa...

215 | Strengthening Our Friendships with Danielle Bayard Jackson

31 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Have your friendships been dwindling, feeling unbalanced, or difficult to maintain lately? Relational health educator Danielle Bayard Jackson is an e...

214 | Living Slower: Ideas to Quiet the Rush

20 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

America LOVES to be in a hurry — we are always rushing from one thing to the next, multitasking everything and feeling completely burnt out and over...

213 | Cycles, Rhythms, Calendars & Clocks

07 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It’s January, and the new year is here! But you’re exhausted, unmotivated, and feel like all you want to do is lie on a pile of warm laundry and e...

212 | Settling Your Nervous System with Conni Biesalski

29 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Breathwork and Somatic Experiencing Coach Conni Biesalski takes us on a tour of our nervous systems and teaches us how we can help our bodies move fro...

211 | Putting Down Our Phones: Tips & Thoughts

16 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

My relationship with my phone has been of peak interest to me lately, and I have been working on ways to rely on in less, and in turn, reclaim some of...

210 | A New Chapter Begins & Life Updates

06 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Our four years of sailing the world have come to an end, and I am kicking off a new chapter of life on land. Join me for a quick chit chat where I bri...

209 | Facing Your Mortality with Death Doula Alua Arthur

20 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Alua Arthur is one of America’s most prominent death doulas and the founder of Going with Grace, an end-of-life planning organization. She shares wi...

208 | Human, Interrupted

08 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Technology has improved our lives in countless ways, but we might have begun to rely on it a bit too heavily in some places — subsequently outsourci...

207 | Closer to Nature

05 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We know that we feel better when we are close to nature, and yet many of us also feel chronically distanced from the natural world. You don’t have t...

206 | Loneliness V. Solitude

14 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

How can we heal in aloneness without hiding in it? Solitude can be one of, if not THE most powerful force for our own personal and spiritual growth. B...

205 | Energetic Balance

04 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

These days more than ever, we have enormous levels of system “input”, and most of it isn’t great: news, social media, emails, etc. Where does al...

204 | Too Safe

27 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

As humans, we all crave comfort and ease and safety, and it’s important that we establish these for ourselves through decisions and time. But for ma...

203 | You Own Nothing

12 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode I share a perspective shift that will invite more presence, gratitude, and gentleness into your daily life. Email me: hello@taylorgage...

202 | Confessions & Life Updates

05 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

To start off our new year and new chapter, I wanted to sit down and chat with you about a few things, get honest, and also offer a chance to connect 1...

201 | Rewilding: Welcome to the New Podcast

10 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This show is six years old (!), and it felt like time for a little refresh. Welcome to the new podcast. In this episode, I explain what REWILDING is a...

200 | Letting Go

16 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Episode two hundred! Today we’re exploring one of the hardest things for us humans to do — letting it go. I’m sharing helpful questions and prom...

199 | What is Honest?

11 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

If we are interested in living a more aligned, authentic life, then we must also be interested in learning how to tell ourselves the truth. This episo...

198 | You Don’t Have To

14 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Many of us feel as if we are being helplessly pushed around by the forces of our life, ushered into one laundry list of to-dos to the next. There is a...

197 | Walking the Walk

17 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

So you want to make a change, commit to something, or evolve? Knowing who you want to become or how you want to think or live is important, but its on...

196 | On Healing

11 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

If you listen to this show, chances are good that you’re interested in doing the inner work that improves your life. In this episode, I’m sharing ...

195 | Bracing For Pain

02 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

When we sense that discomfort or pain might be on its way to us, we tend to instinctively prepare for it. But this bracing for anticipated pain has an...

194 | Being Misunderstood

25 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ever feel like you really want to prove that you’re not *that* kind of person to someone? Ever notice how much you want to control someone else’s ...

193 | Drifting & Returning

29 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We all have times where we feel distracted, anxious, lost, or otherwise extremely disconnected from ourselves. In this episode I’m sharing why these...

192 | The Second Arrow

14 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The Stoic Philosopher Epictetus said that “We suffer not from the events in our lives but from our judgements about them.” Today I am expanding on...

191 | Envy

01 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We don’t like to admit it, but we all feel envious from time to time. In this episode I explain how envy is distinct from jealousy, why it’s valua...

190 | You’ve Changed

21 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We have a complicated relationship with change, but in this episode I share some prompts that will help you take a more honest look at your current en...

189 | Soften

02 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In a season often ripe with tones of tightening, discipline, focusing and even forcing, today’s episode is a New Years antidote that is helpful at a...

188 | 5 Life Lessons From 2022

22 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

I’m sharing some potent life lessons that this year has elucidated and brought forward for me, and hope that one or all helps you usher in some peac...

187 | Who You Thought You’d Be

22 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Most of us formed some image or idea of our future selves long ago — of who we thought we would be today, now. The nature of this idea and its impac...

186 | Not Knowing

14 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Aren’t sure exactly where you’re going, what’s next, or even really where you are right now? Me too. Not seeing the path laid out ahead of you c...

185 | You and Your Things

01 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We all have a complicated relationship to stuff, and in this episode we take a close look at the nature of this attachment and see where we might be c...

184 | Habituation

26 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Do anything enough times and the edge wears off. Is habituation acting as a limit, keeping you stuck in a comfortable loop that blinds you to the magi...

183 | Cultivating Awe

18 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Most of us spend our days lost in the Sharknado of routines, schedules, and to-do lists, moving from overwhelm to anxiety to total exhaustion, and bac...

182 | Your Emotional Diet

04 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

How much awe, gratitude, vulnerability is in your diet? Your diet is far greater than what you’re eating for lunch, and your wellbeing extends beyon...

181 | Fear Vs Intuition

27 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

How can you tell if the inner voice you’re listening to is one of fear or wisdom? This episode has a few clear distinctions you can make with the in...

REWIND | Energy Leaks

20 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Always feeling exhausted, drained, or overwhelmed? This replay is an important walk through of 5 places where you might be hemorrhaging energy and get...

180 | The Myth of Backsliding

13 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

If you’ve been walking the self-development, healing, or mindfulness path for any amount of time, chances are good that at at least one moment, you’...

179 | In Defense of Boredom

06 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Most of are us entirely intolerant to the experience of boredom, fighting it off before it barely has a chance to even appear. But in this episode I e...

178 | At Home in the Mess

30 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

“After this week things should calm down,” she said as she sighed, and judged herself about how she still doesn’t have her shit together, but ho...

177 | Guilt Vs Shame

23 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Stemming from useful evolutionary roots, the modern manifestation of these two emotional states can be more of a trap than a benefit to us. Often used...

176 | Purpose Part 2: How to Find Yours

16 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Ever feel like you’re going through the motions in life, and lacking a bigger purpose? This two part series breaks down how to support yourself at t...

175 | Purpose Part 1: What is it?

09 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Ever feel like you’re going through the motions in life, and lacking a bigger purpose? This two part series breaks down how to support yourself at t...

174 | Routine Vs Ritual

26 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Many of us struggle to create consistent habits and find ourselves in rigid, all or nothing approaches to our well being. This small shift can be a he...

173 | Taking a Leap of Faith

18 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We all have moments in our life where we have the opportunity to make a big change, but many of us hang on the precipice and often decide to retreat b...

REWIND | The Path to Self Trust: STA Grads Share Their Stories

15 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode is a replay of a very different and fun interview: I asked two graduates of STA to come on air to discuss their journey and their ex...

172 | Meta Judgement

12 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today we are taking a close look not only at thoughts themselves (and the judgement they almost always contain), but our reaction and responses to our...

BONUS | All About She Thrives Academy

08 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

You’ve heard me mention it here before: STA is my 90 day, high touch coaching program that is a proven method for completely overhauling your intern...

171 | Getting Unstuck

05 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Seeing the world carry on, abounding with people in various forms of ascension, transitions, and evolution can feel like a punch in the gut when you’...

170 | Worthiness

28 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Most of us are harboring a deep, dark secret — a belief that permeates every single place and way we are interacting with the world, others, and eve...

169 | Expectations

21 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Beneath the expectations that we are aware that we hold, lies a bustling underworld of ones we have little to no awareness of at all — and yet they ...

168 | Your Life is Not a Performance

14 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Perfectionism, self objectification, punishing self criticism, indecision, fear of failure, reliance on external validation: all manifestations of the...

167 | How to Slow Down

07 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Most of us are rushing through our days, powering through one task after another, trying to get as much done as possible. And while busy seasons are i...

166 | What Do You Need to Hear?

01 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The practice of offering ourselves validating, kind, and nurturing words is not one that comes easily to many of us. In this episode I share an access...

165 | Waiting to Be Saved

24 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In recent shows, we’ve discussed a lot of the ways in which we tend to spend our lives waiting. This episode is a walk through of one more sneaky wa...

164 | Savoring vs Seeking

17 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

I received a question from a Patron about how to become more present and less focused on the ‘next’ thing in life. This episode is my answer, and ...

163 | Asking Better Questions

10 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We live our days in constant conversation with ourselves, and most of that conversation is repetitive — well practiced thought loops we repeat over ...

162 | Forgiveness

04 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Nearly all of us are walking around carrying some form of anger, resentment, or judgement against someone for some past perceived transgression. This ...

161 | How to Listen to Your Body

26 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In a culture that deeply mistrusts our own nature, most of us have been taught to control, dominate, ignore, or “hack” our way through the few int...

160 | The Urge to Run

19 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Our survival instincts can be lifesaving and incredible, but they can also overtake us,  keeping us in chronic patterns that erode our self trust...

159 | How to Stop Bad Habits

12 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The self help world is filled to the brim with hacks and tricks to push and deceive ourselves out of engaging in habits that don’t serve us. Today I...

158 | Meaning

05 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Us humans are meaning making machines. This can either be our greatest superpower, or our ultimate downfall. Tune in to understand the basics behind t...

157 | Starting Over

29 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

As ‘an expert on changing my life’, starting over is something I know well. This episode has a few reminders and pitfalls on the art of beginning ...

156 | Emotional Perfectionism

22 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We know that perfectionism comes in many forms, and that most are working against us more than we realize. In this episode I explain what emotional pe...

155 | F*ck Goals: How Striving is Playing You

08 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Your goals might be causing you more suffering than you realize. In today’s episode we look closely at what drives our biggest desires, a sneaky und...

154 | Making Vulnerability Your Strength

02 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Does just the word ‘vulnerable’ make you want to run and hide? Most of us don’t enjoy vulnerability, but in this episode I explain why it is the...

153 | When Feeling Bad Feels Good

24 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Attention self-sabotagers! Ever notice that there’s often a subtle undercurrent of feel good hiding in your moments of embarrassment, rejection, or ...

152 | Not Choosing is a Choice

15 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This episode explores the reasons why many of us are scared or reluctant to make decisions, what we think we gain when we don’t choose, and what we ...

151 | Creating Better Problems

09 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Many of us are playing whack-a-mole with the challenges in our life, frantically attempting to extinguish them all because we think that our life will...

150 | The Power of Play

01 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Everything we do in our day is a means to an end, producing some measurable output. Here’s why and how to create space for the joy you’re missing....

149 | Opting Out is Not Losing

20 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A few words on how you think about the races you might find yourself in.****STA | Learn more about She Thrives Academy Join my email listREAD | B...

148 | Browsing for Happiness: How Instagram Culture is Making Us Unwell

09 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This episode is something a little bit different. It is the reading of an essay I recently published, outlining the many ways I believe social media (...

147 | The Evolution

05 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Oh hey friend! We are BACK!This episode is a little update and check-in where I share my refreshed vision for this show in light of my many personal e...

146 | My Social Media Dilemma

09 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This episode is a walkthrough of some of personal thoughts and conflicts about social media, and why this show (and my instagram account) has been on ...

145 | So You Want to Stop Dieting... Now What?

06 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

You may be interested in leaving diet culture, or you may have already set down lots of rules.But setting down the rules isn't where it ends. This epi...

144 | The Journey to Self Trust: STA Grads Share Their Stories

30 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Today's guests are former students, friends of mine, and all around impressive women who have different outer life paths but share much in common in t...

143 | Comparison, Criticism, + Strength with Molly Galbraith

23 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Molly Galbraith, CSCS, is the cofounder of Girls Gone Strong (GGS), the world’s largest platform providing evidence-based, interdisciplinary health,...

142 | The Art of Doing Nothing: How to Let Yourself Be

16 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The idea of sitting still, in quiet, doing nothing sends shivers down most of our spines. It brings us face to face with our belief systems about prod...

141 | Destination Addiction: The Seduction, The Fallacy, + The Cost

09 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Destination addiction is easily the greatest detractor from your happiness and quality of life, though it's also the very thing that promises to ADD t...

140 | Cancel Culture + Self Sabotage with Africa Brooke

02 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Africa Brooke is a globally recognised mindset coach, business consultant, podcaster, and speaker who specialises in helping people overcome what is c...

139 | 5 Things I Stopped Doing That Instantly Improved My Life

23 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The 22 year old me wouldn't recognize (or probably even like) current day me.My personal evolution has come a LONG way, and in this episode I am shari...

138 | How to Stop All-or-Nothing Patterns By Being... All In

16 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The vicious all-or-nothing cycles. I know you know them:We are aalllll in and go HARD. And then something happens, and its not part of the perfect pla...

137 | Toxic Relationships + Difficult People: Part 3

12 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In our final episode on this topic, we are finally diving into BOUNDARIES: what that are, what they aren’t, how to set them, how to hold them, and m...

136 | Toxic Relationships + Difficult People: Part 2

09 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We all have them or know them: that one person who is impossible to maintain an easy, feel-good relationship with. No matter what we do, we are on the...

135 | Toxic Relationships + Difficult People: Part 1

02 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We all have them or know them: that one person who is impossible to maintain an easy, feel-good relationship with. No matter what we do, we are on the...

134 | Body Changes + Building Confidence with Tiffany Ima

26 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Tiffany Ima is a content creator who’s history of overcoming disordered eating, over-training, and body shame has led her to share powerful messages...

133 | 3 Reasons Why Your Willpower Sucks

19 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

If you're using willpower to generate a change in any area of your life, and finding it haarrrddd AF, chances are good you've had the thought 'man, my...

132 | How to Let Go of What Doesn't Serve You

12 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

‘Letting go of what doesn't serve me' is a great concept, and one I teach you how to thoroughly do (among other things) inside STA.But there's some ...

BONUS 11 | We're Back! Some News + Updates

05 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Hello friends!After a couple months off, we are diving back in to the show and I can't wait to share all I have in store for you.This little chit-chat...

131 | Loving Bravely with Dr. Alexandra Solomon

13 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Alexandra Solomon is a licensed clinical psychologist, professor at Northwestern University, and bestselling author of Loving Bravely: Twenty Less...

BONUS 10 | Life Update: The Adventure Begins

09 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this bonus episode, I fill you all in on some life updates + news about a change that has been going on behind the scenes in my life for the better...

130 | 5 Ways to Be Nicer to Yourself Right Now

06 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Taking care of yourself is something that most of us associate with eating a vegetable and exercising. But if you're a listener to this show, you know...

129 | Boundaries, Self Care, + Spiritual Wellness with Yasmine Cheyenne

29 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Yasmine Cheyenne is a teacher, writer, speaker, and advocate on Mental Health & Spiritual Wellness. Through her work, she helps teach others how t...

128 | Minimalism Part 2: Digital Consumption + How to Start Pursuing Less

22 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This episode is a continuation of Part 1 where we introduced the idea of minimalist living and all that it may involve.This episode goes further and t...

127 | Minimalism (Part 1): The Pursuit of Less

15 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We live in a More world, and most of us are deeply engrained in habit loops that keep us on the path of endless acquiring, consumption, and the pursui...