In this season finale, Sarah discusses taking a podcasting summer break, as well as shares a very personal letter written to her daughter 4 years ago. The contents of the letter represent the wisdom found and embraced after a season of suffering and encourages listeners to acknowledge, accept, and even be kind to their imperfections- because the offset of those imperfections produce gifts that we can give to our children, and the generations to come. Learning to practice self-care? Start with my...
Jun 22, 2021•15 min•Season 1Ep. 33
Today's guest is Ericka Williams. She’s is an entrepreneur the creator of the Classy Climb School which includes courses, mentorship, and consulting for aspiring entrepreneurs, executives, and freelancers. Ericka has a fascinating story- going from working three jobs and delivering pizzas to making a decision to turn her life around by taking specific action- and is now a 6 figure YouTuber who manages 2 million in assets. She found out how to build wealth and is now helping thousands of others e...
May 26, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 32
In this episode, Sarah sits down with Ashley Anderson to talk about the transition from living life in the fast lane and spotlight, to burnout, to thriving through hiddenness and living at a slower pace. Ashley Anderson is a speaker and writer, and has held various leadership roles in YoungLife, a large religious organization throughout the US. Ashley shares how her own blooming and healing came, not from the mountain top experience and in the public eye, but when she dared to get still. Follow ...
May 13, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 31
In this episode, Sarah explores the topic of anxiety at a high level, breaks down the biological processes involved in it's presence in our lives, and gives a few tactics for helping you approach anxiety in new ways that is calming to the nervous system and facilitates personal growth. She shares that the best thing to do when you are anxious is to get curious about what's happening, first in the body, and then the brain. She discusses how the stories we tell when anxious are the rehearsed stori...
Apr 28, 2021•30 min•Season 1Ep. 30
Today, Sarah sits down with Candace Collins- motivational speaker, storyteller and podcast co-host with Legacy Collective- who speaks courageously and openly about about her battles with anxiety and childhood trauma, and the importance of how pressing into community and being open about her struggles and vulnerability became the way out of her isolation and pain. She discusses how authenticity leads to connection and connection leads to healing. She also talks about her past relationship to alco...
Apr 07, 2021•52 min•Season 1Ep. 29
Today, Sarah sits down with Nancy Crosby, RFx Circle and Mercedes achiever, to talk about the hard learned lessons on her journey towards business success with the direct sales company, Rodan and Fields. She shares about her road from shy stay-at-home mom to becoming one of the highest achievers in her company and how the real gift was not the money that came with success, but the personal growth that happened within her through the process of stepping out of her comfort zone, finding her own re...
Mar 25, 2021•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 28
Today, Sarah discusses how kindness is a super-power, a quality that has the ability to not only change us from the inside out- but change how we experience and enter the world. She talks about the way kindness affects our bodies physiologically by calming the nervous system, and takes listeners through a short exercise to begin to get a sense of what kindness feels like when directed towards ourselves. Sarah also shares exciting news about releasing a text service that provides daily support, e...
Mar 11, 2021•18 min•Season 1Ep. 27
Sarah sits down with best-selling author and storyteller, Josh Riebock, for an interview that is deeply refreshing, inspiring, and profound.. Josh is a poet and a nationally sought-after speaker on the subjects of storytelling, creativity, and honesty. Josh shares very openly about his rigid religious upbringing with a father who was an alcoholic and a mother who was a hoarder, and the way he sought asylum from this trauma through writing and stories and books- and how that eventually led him to...
Mar 04, 2021•1 hr 24 min•Season 1Ep. 26
In today's episode, Sarah interviews Michael Olsen, an unconscious intelligence research scientist, author, and speaker hailing from Denmark. Michael shares how "dream work", the ability to study and work with the symbols and feelings that come from our nightly dreams, has the ability to transform our lives. Michael shares candidly about how his personal experience in listening to this "unconscious intelligence" has led him to living a life that's much more fulfilling, meaningful and creative. M...
Feb 18, 2021•1 hr 20 min•Season 1Ep. 25
Today's episode might get your booty shaking. Sarah interviews DOSSEY, who is an up and coming electro-pop music artist. DOSSEY (who's first name is also Sarah) is a songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer from Austin, Texas. They discuss all things music industry, and learning to pivot as a musician during covid, as well as DOSSEY's journey into finding her authentic power and own unique artistic voice. She candidly shares her unfiltered view of just how tough it can be to be a musician...
Feb 04, 2021•59 min•Season 1Ep. 24
On today's episode, Sarah brings on Evie Vieira to discuss all things parenting. Evie is a Speaker, Parent Educator and Coach who specializes in helping parents see their strong willed children for who they are, not for what they do. She is also the founder of Creative Parenting Solutions and talks about how to connect with your children and help them calm down by meeting their needs- which gets to the root of the issue- vs. squashing the behavior. She also discusses the need to reparent ourselv...
Jan 28, 2021•51 min•Season 1Ep. 23
In today's episode, Sarah shares the biological basis for why Monday's tend to be so hard for people mentally and emotionally. She also talks about the body's need to regulate, the high/low trap of addiction, and also why the stories we tell ourselves are preceded by the emotional state we are in. For those who are interested in diving deeper into the work... BLOOM WORKSHOPS + GUIDED SUPPORT /// Sign up HERE. For questions or comments: connect@sarahwalters.com Instagram: @roots.and.bloom...
Jan 26, 2021•12 min•Season 1Ep. 22
On today's episode, Sarah talks about the process of grief and how it arises when our lives change. Whether grief comes to us individually as a result of losing a loved one, a job, or an important relationship, or whether it comes to us collectively because of a war, a natural disaster, or a political breakdown as a nation, Sarah emphasizes the need to connect with our pain in compassionate ways. She offers that creating spaces for grief can lead us into acceptance and open new movement into the...
Jan 20, 2021•6 min•Season 1Ep. 21
On today's episode, Sarah sits down with her own therapist to ask her about a powerful practice that leads to growth a flourishing- the practice of holding space for pain. Dana Gillispie has been a Licensed Clinical Social Worker for 23 years and is certified in Internal Family Systems therapy- a cutting-edge treatment for trauma, that offers a helpful way to understand and work with the complexities of the psyche. Dana talks about the power of holding space for intense emotional and physical pa...
Jan 13, 2021•59 min•Season 1Ep. 20
A timely episode into the New Year about the necessity of patience in the midst of making long-term and major life changes. Sarah explores how patience contributes to making you more successful in acheiving your goals, as well as making the journey much more enjoyable. She talks about her own struggles with patience and shares a strange, but true story about a dream and a turtle and how it taught her to slow down, find joy in the "now" while continuing to work towards future dreams. As always, S...
Jan 07, 2021•17 min•Season 1Ep. 19
Today's podcast focuses on the universal idea that we all have a desire to belong, to fit in, to be a part of something bigger than ourselves, and often sacrifice our ability to be authentically ourself in order to fit in. Sarah interviews others and their experiences of feeling "on the outside", as well as what they begin believing about themselves when they perceive they don't belong. She explores the social psychology behind this desire to belong, and offers new ways to think about it that ta...
Dec 29, 2020•32 min•Season 1Ep. 18
The holiday season is here and Sarah explores how people's favorite part of the holiday- being with family and friends- can also be the most challenging part of the season. She discusses the issues that arise when we get around family and how to feel more peaceful and calm through setting appropriate boundaries. Sarah explains how boundaries paradoxically increase our ability to be connected with others in meaningful ways. She also shares that issues with placing limits on others (and on ourselv...
Dec 09, 2020•18 min•Season 1Ep. 17
In this episode, Sarah sits down with Owner and Founder of Alchemy Face Bar, Bre Morris to talk about her journey through building a booming (and blooming) business, one step at a time. The two discuss the need to honor one's own unique path and passions in life, "growing as you go" in terms of building big things, and the need to welcome risk as you step out of your comfort zone. Bre shares how expanding a her business has changed her from this inside out in terms of learning to admit when she ...
Dec 02, 2020•58 min•Season 1Ep. 16
On today's episode, Sarah explores the predictable presence of the voices of Self-Doubt and it's rising any time we move into unexplored territory- whether it's a career move, new business or creative venture, or trying something new and unfamiliar. She talks about it's protective purposes and gives listeners ideas for how to work with self-doubt versus trying to extinguish it. Coming soon, for those who are interested in deeper transformation... BLOOM WORKSHOPS + GUIDED SUPPORT /// Sign up HERE...
Nov 19, 2020•12 min•Season 1Ep. 15
In this playful episode, Sarah sits down with Caryn Werner, who went from being a world-traveling Humanitarian Photographer, to cofounder and creative director of a start up company (KOYA), to discuss her own journey of learning to pivot, adapt, and thrive in her career. Caryn talks about KOYA and it's mission to end the world's loneliness pandemic through promoting kindness and building "relational wealth". She discusses her journey from confidence and competence to having a major case of "impo...
Nov 11, 2020•57 min•Season 1Ep. 14
In this podcast episode, Sarah discusses the idea that all of us have things that we want to change about our lives but have a hard time changing, the neuroscience behind how your brain learns, and why understanding this will help you to transform your life. She describes what is happening in your brain when you change your habits, the way your brain resists this change, and ultimately why choosing to stick to your commitment of new life choices becomes easier as time goes on. Coming soon, for t...
Nov 05, 2020•14 min•Season 1Ep. 13
In this timely episode, Sarah talks about what has contributed to such division and polarization in our world today. She helps listeners "zoom out" in order to see the process of how anxiety and fear divides people from the viewpoint of a psychotherapeutic model, Family Systems Theory. She explains how the anxious process that happens within a nuclear family is the same process that happens on a macro scale in larger groups of people, societies, and nations. Sarah discusses how we can unintentio...
Oct 28, 2020•20 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Sarah sits down with long-time friend, college roommate, and therapist colleague Lindsey Werner MA, LPC to talk about the value of failure and how necessary it is for reaching goals and becoming successful in any venture. They discuss the need to reframe failure as a valuable experience that helps us gain information in order to recalibrate, pivot towards what is more helpful, align with our purpose, and ultimately lead us into flourishing in our lives. They discuss how the fear of failure tempt...
Oct 22, 2020•54 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Join Sarah as she discusses a topic that is common among many, yet rarely talked about-- fantasizing about ex’s from younger years, or other people besides your partner. She discusses what’s happening in your body and brain when your mind wonders into this fantasy land, and describes why the “first love” experience in your adolescent years have such a huge impact and leave such lasting memories well after the relationship ends. Sarah shares the four most common reasons people fantasize about oth...
Oct 08, 2020•20 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Sarah sits down with guest Evie Vieira, a parenting coach, speaker, and founder of Creative Parenting Solutions, who is passionate about teaching parents to recognize how the Traditional Parenting Mindset sets them up to fail in having a collaborative, healthy relationship with their children. In this candid interview, Evie shares real life stories, simple techniques and skills to help parents deepen their own relationship with their children, reduce the power struggles, and teaches parents how ...
Sep 30, 2020•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 9
This week, Sarah sits down with Ryan Donovan, a friend and mental health therapist, to discuss his ideas about one of the hallmarks for a life of thriving- emotional maturity. He courageously shares his story and the way the deep pain in his life has lead him to a path of healing and transformation- and ultimately into his vocation as a counselor. He talks about how deconstructing his faith enabled him to reconstruct it in more life-giving ways, and how for some, this process can be a necessary ...
Sep 23, 2020•51 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Join Sarah as she discusses a feeling that people often have but don't like to talk about- feeling ENVIOUS of others. She explores common reasons for what makes us envious, why this happens, and how we can use envy to propel us into areas that need healing and growth. She discusses the difference between the lack mentality rooted in our animal instincts v. abundance mentality which allows us to love others well and transcend the common mindset of "never good enough". She encourages us to allow w...
Sep 16, 2020•24 min•Season 1Ep. 7
In this episode, Sarah interviews June Williams, who is a relationship coach and Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor about the necessity of Self-Care for a life of thriving. June shares her insight and wisdom that have come from both personal and professional experience about why loving others well is only accomplished by being a well-watered human. She also talks about how if you have difficulty with self care, and fear you're being selfish, you're probably experiencing shame, not guilt....
Sep 10, 2020•50 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Emotional Regulation: Most of us don't know how to do it. Why? No one ever taught us. Dive in with Sarah as she discusses why what is happening INSIDE you is the greatest contributor to what happens OUTSIDE of you. She talks about how fear keeps us from expanding into our full potential, why insecurity is contagious, and how learning to regulate your nervous system is a key element to thriving emotionally, mentally, and relationally. She opens up about some fears coming up for her and how they s...
Sep 04, 2020•29 min•Season 1Ep. 5
On this episode, Sarah explores how the smallest of quirky habits to the biggest of (sometimes unwanted) behaviors are all ways that we are trying to take care of ourselves- whether we realize it or not. She dives into the protective system we develop as children and how these protective patterns continue to manifest in our daily lives- at times in undesirable ways. She talks about how you can get out of the shame spiral by learning more about these parts through exploratory questions, about the...
Aug 25, 2020•33 min•Season 1Ep. 4
