157 | The Only Way Through is Through: Real Talk for When Growth Feels Freaking Hard

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In this deeply honest solo episode, Emily shares what it’s really like to navigate the freaking hard seasons of growth and life. From the raw realities of her first trimester to the emotional rollercoaster of parenting, she opens up about feeling like a walking corpse, losing creative energy, and questioning how to keep going when everything feels impossibly heavy.

If you’re in a season where growth feels brutal – whether that’s in business, motherhood, your mental health journey, or deconstructing old beliefs – this episode is here to remind you that you’re not alone. Emily offers real talk on why the only way through these hard seasons is through them, and how to keep putting one foot in front of the other, even when it feels like nothing is working.

Tune in for a compassionate pep talk, vulnerable storytelling, and grounded inspiration for your journey. Because whether you’re feeling stuck, disoriented, or just tired of being in the thick of it, you’ll walk away remembering: better days are coming, and your growth is worth it.

Meet Emily Reuschel:

Emily Reuschel is a Soul Expansion Coach for Wild & Waking Women, guiding leaders, dreamers, and changemakers—particularly in rural communities—through the powerful journey of reclaiming their truest selves. Known for challenging the status quo, Emily empowers women to break free from inherited limitations, embody their truth, and create lasting impact in their lives and communities.

As the host of the Gather in Growth podcast and the facilitator of transformative retreats, workshops, and virtual communities, Emily curates sacred spaces for connection, healing, and expansion. She inspires women to shed societal expectations, reconnect with their inner wisdom, and transform from the inside out.

Emily’s work is anchored in her signature Wild & Waking Framework—a soul reclamation process that moves women from performative survival to embodied leadership. Her approach honors the unraveling of old narratives, the remembering of true essence, and the reclamation of personal power—all leading to a rise marked by unapologetic expression and aligned action.

Through her work, Emily guides women home to themselves, helping them live with alignment, purpose, and intention. Whether speaking on stage, leading mastermind groups, or facilitating retreats, her warmth and authenticity create a ripple effect that inspires lasting change. Emily’s mission is clear: to help  guide women in reclaiming their truth, step into their power, and rise boldly as forces of lasting change.

In this episode, The Only Way Through is Through: Real Talk for When Growth Feels Freaking Hard, Emily covers:

• The raw realities of surviving the first trimester of pregnancy while running a business and parenting young kids
• Why seasons of personal growth, healing, and entrepreneurship can feel impossibly hard – and what to do when you feel completely depleted
• Honest reflections on parenting kids with big feelings, emotional regulation, and witnessing their powerful growth over time
• How to keep moving forward when your energy, creativity, and motivation are gone (and why that’s normal)
• Letting go of guilt and expectations when life, motherhood, and business don’t look how you imagined
• A compassionate pep talk on navigating hard seasons in life, parenting, and personal development
• Real talk on trusting your journey, building resilience, and remembering that better days are coming

Feeling the weight of a hard season? Don’t keep this episode to yourself. Subscribe, leave a review, and send it to a friend who’s navigating their own freaking hard season – whether that’s pregnancy, entrepreneurship, raising littles, or simply the wild journey of growth and life. Let them know they’re not alone.

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• Website: www.EmilyReuschel.com

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• Episode 152 | The Alchemy Behind Wild & Waking: A Year of Investment, Expansion, and Reclamation
• Episode 143 | Soul Expansion for the Wild & Waking Woman: What Happens When You Realize You’re Not for Everyone

About Wild & Waking:

Wild & Waking is more than a podcast—it’s a sacred return to who you’ve always been.

This space is for the woman standing at the edge of everything she’s outgrown. The one who’s checked all the boxes, followed all the rules, and still feels the quiet ache for something more honest. More alive. More hers.

She’s begun the unraveling—of roles, expectations, identities that no longer fit. She’s remembering the voice beneath the noise, the rhythm beneath the hustle, the truth beneath the performance. She’s reclaiming her joy, her intuition, her fire. And she’s rising—not as a version of who she was told to be, but as the truest expression of who she already is.

Hosted by soul expansion coach Emily Reuschel, Wild & Waking is for the spiritual entrepreneurs, coaches, rural changemakers, and conscious leaders dismantling old paradigms and creating new ways of living, leading, and becoming. Through raw conversations, deep reflections, and embodied wisdom, we explore what it means to awaken a life of abundance, authenticity, and purpose.

This is for the woman who holds both sacred rage and radical joy. Who moves with reverence for the seasons of her life. Who isn’t afraid to break cycles, speak truth, and dismantle what no longer serves—not to destroy, but to create. To rebuild a world rooted in the celebration of difference, the beauty of nuance, and the power of sovereign, embodied leadership.

If you’re ready to come home to yourself—fully, fiercely, and without apology—welcome.

We’ve been waiting for you.

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