If you’ve ever found yourself crying on the couch, unsure how to move forward, today’s Embodied Writing Warrior episode is your medicine. I sat down with Michelle Burke—creator of Hot Mess Magic Media—who shares her jaw-dropping story of resilience, breakdown, and ultimately, rebirth.

Michelle’s story begins with a divine download: the words Hot Mess Magic came to her at dinner one night. Within months, her life began to unravel. Car repossessed. Bank accounts frozen. Home lost. Assault. Homelessness. It was more than a hot mess—it was a full-on identity collapse.

But this wasn't the end. It was the beginning.

In this conversation, we explore:

• How Michelle healed her nervous system through stillness, solitude, and sacred movement
• What it really means to trust your intuition (even when it says “go to Target”)
• How a glitch in her Google Drive became divine timing for finishing her book
• Why her podcast got flagged by Spotify—and what it taught her about sovereignty
• Her three core lessons from living through hell and making it holy

We also talk about podcasting pitfalls, surviving algorithm chaos, and the power of writing to alchemize trauma. If you’re a writer, creator, or woman who’s ever felt like a “hot mess,” this episode is your invitation to make magic out of the mess.

Links Mentioned

• Michelle’s Instagram
• Michelle’s Book: Hot Mess Magic (searchable on major platforms)
• Michelle's Podcast: Hot Mess Magic (available on all platforms)

In this final episode of 2025, I’m sharing one of the journal rituals that completely changed my life - one I’ve used every year since 2020 to turn breakdowns into breakthroughs and goals into embodiment.

We’ll explore:

• The deceptively simple monthly journal practice that created my dream life
• How to reflect, integrate, and embody lessons to quantum leap in 2026
• My top 4 lessons from 2025 and how I’m turning them into action next year
• Why self-trust, momentum, and pleasure-based structure are the real success codes
• A sneak peek at my upcoming offers: Food Freedom Fantasy and Consistency is Foreplay

Let’s make 2026 the year you stop chasing goals and start becoming the woman who lives them.

Links Mentioned

• Episode 151: How a Year-End Review Can Help You Slay and Thrive
• Episode 53: Top 10 Lessons from 2021
• Passion Planner
• 4thewords (journaling platform)
• The Desire Map by Danielle LaPorte
• Consistency is Foreplay 1:1 Immersion – Book a Call to Adventure

What if your exhaustion, emotional chaos, or food struggles weren’t just about habits—but about energy?

In this mystical and soul-stirring episode of Embodied Writing Warrior, Kayla welcomes witch and clairvoyant Empress Sparkle to explore the deeper dimensions of healing: soul work, energy cleansing, emotional forgiveness, and even food as a carrier of energetic imprint.

We talk about:

• Why self-forgiveness must come before forgiving others
• How unhealed trauma lives in your soul and not just your memory
• What it means to be a misty vs. white soul—and how to shift that
• How energy transfers through everything, including the food you eat
• A simple yet powerful practice to release stored negativity and activate your inner light

Empress Sparkle also shares her personal journey of coming out as a witch after years of hiding, and how her daughter’s spiritual insights opened the door to a deeper, more universal belief system.

Whether you're a seasoned mystic or just witch-curious, this episode will invite you to reflect on your relationship with your soul, your emotions, and your energetic hygiene.

Links Mentioned:

• Empress Sparkle's Website
• Empress Sparkle Paranormal (YouTube)
• Empress Sparkle Spiritual Guidance (YouTube)
• Episode 196: You're Not A Number

In today’s episode, I’m joined by embodiment guide and author Cecile Raynor, who brings over 30 years of experience in helping people reconnect with the wisdom of their bodies. Cecile shares how a pivotal moment during her first pregnancy woke her up to a deeper understanding of embodiment—and how that moment transformed not only her career, but her entire life.

We explore:

• Why being “in your body” isn’t the same as being guided by your body intelligence
• How most fitness and yoga cues still come from the mind, not from internal wisdom
• What the Alexander Technique really is—and how Cecile’s approach expands on it
• Her 5 key relationships for integrated functioning (and why posture isn't just about the spine!)
• How embodiment changes your life far beyond the gym or the mat
• Her journey writing two powerful books: The Wise Way to Yoga and Body Wisdom Magic

If you’ve ever felt like your self-care still isn’t landing, or you’re doing all the “right” things but still feel disconnected from your body… this episode is going to shift something for you.

Learn more about Cecile at cecileraynor.com

In this soul-stirring two-part conversation, Kayla sits down with Elisha Light Angel: a bodyworker, podcaster, and spiritual seeker whose healing journey is nothing short of luminous. Together, they explore the deep roots of disordered eating, authoritarian upbringing, and the relentless search for freedom inside the body.

Elisha shares how Qigong, ecstatic dance, and slow breathwork helped her reconnect with her body after years of bulimia. She talks about the importance of environment, playfulness, and reclaiming movement not for aesthetics, but for vitality, aging, and joy. They discuss the overstimulation of modern life, the overstated rigidity of healing, and why “lazy stretching” might be your secret superpower.

This episode is a celebration of micro-changes, breath as a homecoming, and the radical permission to play. Whether you’re looking for grounded tools, soothing reminders, or a breath of fresh laughter—Elisha delivers in spades.

Listen in for:

• A beautiful story of body reclamation and nervous system healing
• The spiritual science behind breath and sound
• Why laughter is one of the most underrated healing tools
• A daily challenge that’s simple, powerful, and free

Connect With Elisha:

• Elisha On Instagram
• That's Just Human Podcast

In today’s episode, Kayla is joined by Chanin—a 57-year-old mystic, psychic, and alchemistic oracle who helps women heal emotionally, energetically, and somatically through powerful intuitive practices.

Together they explore:

• How energy healing helped Chanin move from fear to joy
• The deeper meaning of left vs. right side body pain
• Why menopause is a spiritual initiation for many women
• Healing the throat chakra and reclaiming your voice
• Reconnecting with the body through forgiveness, gratitude & presence

Chanin also leads a peaceful, heart-centered embodied activation and shares how her 30-day audio journey Body Renaissance can help you build a lifelong connection with your body, one day at a time.

Links Mentioned:

Eat Me: Reclaiming Appetite, Pleasure, & Power Through Your Erotic Blueprint (Free For December)

Connect With Chanin:

• Chanin On Facebook
• Chanin On Substack
• Chanin's LinkTree

In this powerful episode, Kayla sits down with therapist and coach Danielle Z to explore the often-blurry line between therapy and coaching, and how both can support deep transformation.

They dive into Internal Family Systems (IFS), survival mode vs. success, core values, and how to shift from reactive autopilot into conscious, purpose-driven living.

You’ll learn the signs you might be stuck in survival mode and how to start regulating your nervous system, reconnecting with your core self, and building a life rooted in values, not pressure.

Connect With Danielle:

• Danielle's Website
• Danielle On Instagram
• Feeling & Healing Podcast

If you’ve ever said, “I’m doing everything right and it should be working,” or collapsed into an “I don’t even care anymore” moment, you’re not alone. And contrary to what diet culture, hustle culture, or even your inner overachiever might say—the solution isn’t more effort.

It’s grief.

In this soul-deep solo episode of the Embodied Writing Warrior Podcast, Kayla explores the emotional roadblock that keeps so many ambitious women stuck in food fixation, burnout, and self-doubt. She breaks down the physiological impact of chronic stress on digestion, metabolism, and energy, then guides listeners to the real shift: releasing unprocessed grief.

We grieve old bodies, old ease, old routines, and the illusion that self-worth equals visible success. We grieve the fantasy that “effort = results” will always work.

This episode invites you to feel the grief—not to wallow, but to alchemize. Because the moment you stop fighting your sadness, you open the door to true food freedom, self-trust, and an identity aligned with your future self.

Links Mentioned:

• Eat Me: Free Mini Course in December
• Book: The Slow Down Diet by Marc David
• Book: The Language of Emotions by Karla McLaren
• Divine Daddies Audio Listening Guide
• Book a Call for Eat Your Desire 1:1 Experience