What if the one thing you do thousands of times a day without thinking could become the doorway back to yourself? In this episode, Dr. Colleen Quinn shares how conscious breath and breathwork changed everything for her after two near-death experiences brought her to the end of her own strength.

We talk about the subtle energy body in a way that finally clicks, why energy was your first language, how the words "I am" shape the life you're living, and why filling your own cup first is the thing that lets you pour into everyone you love.

Key takeaways: Conscious breath is the gateway to presence, available any moment with no extra time required. The words "I am" are creating your reality, so become conscious of your thoughts and words. And fill your own cup first, because when you nourish yourself first, everything else still fits.

Resources:
Essence Merging by Dr. Colleen Quinn (book): https://a.co/d/0dGfjuWP
Colleen's website + free download, 9 Simple Steps to Presence: https://www.essencemerging.com
Colleen's step-by-step breathwork videos: https://youtu.be/HiHkw_9UiVo
Colleen on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/essence_merging

About Rachel: I'm a yoga teacher, life coach, and guide for those who want to live with more presence, purpose, and peace. Through yoga, mindfulness, and simple daily rituals, I help you take your practice off the mat and into real life. Free classes and tools at https://radiantlyrootedyoga.com/resources and weekly guidance at https://radiantlyrootedyoga.com/newsletter.

Ready to take this work deeper? I offer 1:1 coaching for those of us ready to come home to ourselves. Learn more: ⁠https://radiantlyrootedyoga.com

Have you ever woken up in a life that looks right on paper and realized you can't find yourself in it? You did everything you were supposed to do, and somewhere along the way the woman in the mirror stopped feeling like you.

In this episode I sit down with Natasha Ramlall, an embodied integration coach who works with high-functioning women moving through what she calls an identity rupture, the disorienting space between who you were and who you're becoming. We talk about the messy middle, why pushing harder makes it worse, and what actually helps you find your way through.

What we cover:

What identity rupture really feels like in the body. Why the question that matters in the messy middle is "what am I willing to let go of?" How somatic and nervous-system work reach what talk therapy can't. The difference between self-confidence and self-trust, and why you can have one without the other.

Resource mentioned: Natasha's free guided audio, the Safety Pulse, a ~21-minute practice for finding a felt sense of safety in your body. Get the free audio here. Learn more about Natasha's work at Humanist Coaching.

About Rachel: I'm a yoga teacher and life coach helping women live with more presence, purpose, and peace. Free classes and tools at rachelhupp.com/resources. Weekly guidance at rachelhupp.com/newsletter.

What would you tell yourself 10 years ago? In this episode of Radiantly Rooted, Rachel shares three things she wishes she could go back and tell her younger self about self-trust, the becoming, and what it really means to keep going, plus the one thing no one could have told her. She had to live it.

Ten years ago, Rachel stood on the porch of a cabin a home inspector called a money pit. Someone she loved asked if she was really sure. Something in her said yes anyway. That one act of self-trust built the rest of her life: the relationship, the business, the home she'd only dreamed of. This episode is a letter to that woman, and to you, if you're standing at your own version of that moment.

Note: this episode includes a section on deep grief. A heads-up is given before that section begins.

Key takeaways:

• Trust the process, even when it doesn't look smart to anyone else. You might already be standing on the line between where you are and where you're going.
  
• The work you're doing to come back to yourself is not the delay. The becoming is the whole thing.
  
• Keep moving forward in the direction of your dreams. Nine years passed between the moment Rachel knew and the moment she stepped in. She wasn't waiting. She was building.

Resources:

Free Chakra Quiz: https://rachelhupp.com/chakra-quiz
Radiantly Rooted, a yogic pathway home to you: https://www.rachelhupp.com/radiantlyrooted
Blog post and full show notes: https://rachelhupp.com/three-things-id-tell-my-younger-self

About Rachel:

Rachel Hupp Cline (E-RYT 200, RYT 500, YACEP) is a yoga teacher, certified life coach, and host of the Radiantly Rooted podcast. She helps women come home to themselves through yoga, mindfulness, and intentional living. Find her at rachelhupp.com or on Instagram at instagram.com/radiantlyrootedyoga.