In this episode I speak with my very good friend Kate Antoniotti about the decision to sell their home, cars, and thriving chiropractic practice so their family could travel the world and join a world school. The conversation centers on burnout, body trust, perimenopause, and the difference between staying in a life that looks good and choosing one that actually supports health, family, and soul.

Kate shares how a year of inner work led her to recognize that she had built a life for everyone else, not for herself. Kim and Kate explore the cycles of feminine energy, the role of masculine structure in holding big decisions, and what it means to make choices that create grief, release, and freedom all at once.

You can find Kate on Instagram @our.milife.rises

Boundless Life World Schooling @boundlesslife

Key topics

• In this episode, Kate describes meeting Kim twice, first at her first in-person ceremony with women and then a year later when she realized she did not love the life she had built.
• Kate explains the family decision to sell everything, including a chiropractic practice built over 15 years, to travel with their children and join a world school.
• The hosts discuss how worldschooling first began as a one-year sabbatical, then became a longer commitment after the family realized they were not ready to stop.
• Kate shares the burnout she experienced as a private practice owner, mother, and healthcare provider who felt pressure to be consistent, high-performing, and available at all times.
• A major turning point was Kate realizing that while she trusted her body, her body could no longer trust her because she was overworking, under-resting, and ignoring clear warning signs.
• Kate connects her health issues, including hypothyroidism, Hashimoto’s, and early perimenopause, to chronic stress, adrenal burnout, and years of pushing through.
• Kim and Kate discuss masculine and feminine energies as complementary forces, with Kate describing her husband as the grounded anchor that helped hold the decision while she focused on creative solutions.
• The conversation repeatedly returns to cycles within cycles—moon phases, seasons, business cycles, and life transitions—and the idea that life is never a perpetual summer.
• Kate explains how motherhood complicated the decision, because her children were being asked to adapt to repeated transitions, and the family had to consider their needs for stability too.
• Both hosts reflect on grief, identity loss, and the need to let go of ego, possessions, reputation, and old roles in order to step into a new life.

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In this episode I speaks with Natalia Dunne, an occupational therapist turned Mary Magdalene guide and retreat leader, about how Mary Magdalene can be approached through both academic inquiry and embodied, heart-led experience. We explore the tension between head and heart, the power of discernment, and why so many women feel personally called to Mary Magdalene’s story.

The conversation moves through pilgrimage sites in southern France, the symbolism of descent and rebirth, and how surrender, nervous system regulation, and feminine cycles show up in spirituality, business, and everyday life. Natalia also shares a personal framework for inner coherence and reflects on collective sisterhood wounds in Mary Magdalene spaces.

Mary Magdalene Online Pilgrimage. Beginning 9/19/26.

The Sister Wound Masterclass

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Six months ago, Kim announced she was going to podcast more often. Instead, life presented a series of unexpected invitations to release even more.

In this deeply personal episode, she shares the journey that unfolded after closing a 4,000-square-foot warehouse, navigating major changes within a 30-year family business, and confronting the truth that growth isn't always about building more. Sometimes it's about letting go.

Drawing on the ancient story of Inanna's descent into the underworld, Kim explores cycles of expansion and contraction, nervous system capacity, identity shifts, and the courage it takes to become radically honest about who you are now, rather than who you've always been.

She reflects on the evolution of Purple Rose & Co., the decision to embrace a slower and more intentional way of working, and a transformative solo journey to France that revealed a powerful truth: the deepest transformation often comes not from being fixed, but from being truly seen.

This conversation is about releasing old identities, trusting life's seasons, and returning to the woman you've always been beneath the masks, expectations, and conditioning.

In This Episode:

• Why declarations often reveal what still needs to be released
• The story of Inanna and the wisdom of descent before rebirth
• Recognizing the difference between looping patterns and true transformation
• Closing a warehouse and letting go of a version of success that no longer fit
• The hidden eight to ten year cycles that shape business and life
• Moving from hustle, scale, and expansion into intentionality and sustainability
• Nervous system capacity, regulation, and personal growth
• Why growth isn't about eliminating your shadow but integrating it
• The shift from retailer and builder into mentor and guide
• A powerful experience of being reflected back to herself by women she'd just met
• Softness, fierceness, boundaries, and becoming your truest self
• The Threshold, The Audit, and the work Kim is bringing into the world now

Key Themes:

The Descent
Growth rarely begins with expansion. More often, it begins with release.

Capacity
Your life can only hold so much. As long as fear, scarcity, and outdated identities occupy the space, your gifts have limited room to emerge.

Cycles
Nature never stays in perpetual summer. Neither do businesses, relationships, or people.

Identity
The challenge isn't becoming someone new. It's having the courage to stop pretending to be someone you're not.

Witnessing
Transformation doesn't come from fixing yourself. It comes from seeing yourself clearly enough to choose differently.

Resources & Links

Website: The Wilde Rose

Instagram: @the.wilde.rose

Read Kim's essays beginning with The Descent in the Musings section of the website.

Explore Kim's Mentoring 1:1 Offers:
• The Consult
• The Audit
• The Threshold

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In this first episode of a new chapter in The Wilde Rose podcast, I explore the many layers of Mary Magdalene’s story through scripture, suppressed texts, legend, and my twenty plus year exploration of her story.

There are many claims and versions of what happened to Mary Magdalene after the resurrection. While they all cannot be fact, each one holds some frequency that draws us in, individually. Providing a place to begin our remembering through her as the archetypal of the feminine.

If you’ve felt the call to go deeper into Magdalene, the feminine, or the stories beneath the story this episode will provide the clues and threads as to where the legends and stories come from.

Here’s what I explore:

• Why the “prostitute” label stuck, and when. Plus how the church quietly reversed the label in the last 50 years.
• What the early councils really decided (and didn’t).
• The truth about the Gnostic gospels and when they were discovered.
• Magdalene as frequency, not just figure.
• What I felt sitting in the cave at Sainte-Baume.

Sources:

St. Mary Magdalene - Tau Malachi

The Gospel of Mary of Magdala: Jesus and the First Woman Apostle - Karen King

The Gnostic Gospels - Elaine Pagels

The Woman with the Alabaster Jar - Margaret Starbird

The Return of the Divine Sophia - Tricia McCannon

Mary Magdalene Revealed - Meg Watterson

The Gospel of Mary Magdalene- Jean-Yves Leloup

Press release by The Vatican: Mary Magdalene, apostle of the apostles, 10.06.2016

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Kim delves into the evolution of her business, Purple Rose and Co., and her personal journey of self-discovery. She emphasizes that growth is not just an outward expansion but also an inward journey, where expansion and contraction work together.

Trusting oneself to speak and flow naturally is a key theme, as Kim believes the universe has a plan, and there's medicine in every experience.

She discusses the importance of recognizing and escaping personal traps, highlighting how judgment helps define personal values and experiences. Balancing feminine energy and returning to simplicity are crucial aspects of her philosophy.

Kim underscores the significance of accountability and self-awareness in both personal and professional growth, encouraging listeners to embrace these principles for a fulfilling life journey.

Mentioned in this post: The Vatican's update on who Mary Magdalene is.

Next episode will be an introduction to Mary Magdalene and why she is "trending".

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In this beautiful conversation, Natalie and I discuss the Purple Rose & Co brand refresh. With Natalie's guidance Vic and I explored a deeper focus on our authenticity, so we could embody our brand essence from a more grounded place. Natalie's approach is deeply soul-driven, enhancing how brands are felt, remembered, and trusted, and we not only love our new branding but we also love the experience.

Natalie Neal is a brand designer and cosmic creative who crafts immersive brand experiences by weaving together strategic design, sensory storytelling, and deep energetic alignment. As a 6/2 Splenic Projector, she intuitively guides entrepreneurs and leaders to express their essence with clarity and resonance, ensuring their brands feel as magnetic as they are meaningful.

Before founding Naturally by Design, Natalie was the Vice President of Marketing at a leading travel company, shaping global campaigns that captured the art of experience. After a profound personal transformation, she stepped into her own creative path—merging Human Design, Gene Keys, Astrology, and visual storytelling to help others embody their brilliance in business and beyond.

Natalie’s work is an invitation to move beyond aesthetics into the realm of true expression—where design becomes a reflection of identity, artistry, and soul.

Website: naturallybydesign.com

Instagram @naturallybydesign.

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On this episode Hallie and I talk about everything from the Witch Wound, to Christianity and being a modern day Priestess. I refer to Hallie as my Spirit Mother and I am so happy to share her incredible life force with you.

Hallie Lifson is a visionary priestess and occupational therapist, weaving ancient mysteries with modern healing practices. As the guide of a seven-month Magdalene Manifestation Temple, she leads women through the sacred rhythms of the moon, invoking the archetypes of Mary Magdalene to awaken their innate power to manifest lives of meaning, beauty, and soul-aligned purpose.

A devoted Tantrika, Hallie teaches women to reconnect with their bodies, unearthing the wisdom that lies dormant within. Her work dissolves shame and rekindles intimacy with the sacred, allowing women to embrace their authentic essence.

Through transformative retreats in some of the world’s most breathtaking sanctuaries, Hallie crafts spaces where participants can shed their old stories, reconnect with their soul’s calling, and dance with the creative fire that lives at the heart of the feminine. Each retreat becomes a portal to remembering—the profound truth of who we are and the boundless potential within us.

Guided by her dharma to heal, inspire, and awaken, Hallie Lifson’s artistry lies in creating rituals, teachings, and journeys that evoke the timeless sacred within each woman. Her mission is clear: to empower others to live as vibrant embodiments of their soul’s essence, lighting a path toward collective healing and transformation.

Instagram: @hallielifson
Work with Hallie: duramatertherapy.com
Travel with Hallie: mythicadventuretravel.com

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You all know how much I love a conversation about trees and this is another amazing dialogue with Rebecca Tendrich and her new book The Way Home, a collection of nature inspired poetry.

Rebecca is a poet and writer based in Central Connecticut. Through her writings, Rebecca inspires readers to rediscover their connection to nature and themselves while increasing awareness and consiousness by tuning into their inner experience. Her words resonate with the universal quest for meaning while navigating life's adversities, offering solace in the beauty of natural cycles and the transformative journey of self-discovery through heartfelt verse.

Rebecca is a creative mentor, cacao and event facilitator, and intuitive singer. She holds a Master of Science in Business Ethics and Compliance from the New England College of Business. She is also a Master Shamanic Reiki Practitioner, Ecotherapist, Certified Professional Coach and has studied shamanism, herbalism, vocal sound healing, and music. After 15 years in the Banking Industry, Rebecca made the courageous leap from the corporate environment to pursue her life’s calling through creative expression and is passionate about supporting others on their path of embracing their innate creativity and cultivating deeper levels of freedom, fulfillment, and joy in their life through creative expression. She aims to inspire others to discover and express their creative gifts through her writing, various offerings, an community gatherings.

Instagram: @rebeccawritesandsings

TikTok - @rebeccawritesandsings
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Website: rebeccatendrich.com

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