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Why the Best Time to Restructure Your Business Isn’t January — It’s Right Now

Most people slow down during the holiday season.
But truthfully? This has always been my favorite time to start something new.

We tend to wait for the “perfect moment” — a new year, a Monday, a fresh planner, a clean slate — to make a change. But the biggest shifts in my life and in my clients’ businesses have never come from waiting. They’ve come from starting right where we are.

Over the past few years, my work and my life have evolved in powerful ways. While I’ve expanded deeper into somatics, intuitive leadership, yoga, sound, and embodied wellbeing… I’ve also continued supporting select founders and teams behind the scenes through private consulting. Quietly. Intentionally. Helping people operate with more clarity, stability, and ease.

That personal evolution has mirrored my professional one. As I’ve shifted, I’ve also taken action during times when most people are slowing down. Because momentum builds when we move in alignment — not when the calendar tells us to.

Lately, starting where I’m at has looked like:

• Beginning a new workout routine because my body always reveals the truth before my mind
• Exploring hobbies and wellbeing practices that pull me into creativity and presence
• Trying on new ways of being that feel more aligned with the woman I’m becoming
• Building and releasing new business offers that merge strategy, somatics, and intuitive leadership

These small, aligned beginnings create the kind of momentum that carries you into the next year with clarity, confidence, and grounded direction.

And the same is true for your business.

There is no perfect moment.
There is only the moment you choose to step into.

As I wrap several private consulting engagements this fall, I’m opening ONE spot for a short-term consulting partnership — a structured 3-month container running December through February — for founders, CEOs, and marketing leaders who want to start 2026 with more alignment, less chaos, and a stronger foundation.

This container is designed for leaders who want to:

• Clean up their marketing and business ecosystem
• Streamline systems and workflows to eliminate friction and burnout
• Integrate AI in strategic, supportive, non-overwhelming ways
• Strengthen communication rhythms and leadership clarity
• Support team wellbeing and nervous system capacity
• Establish a clear roadmap for brand, content, and operational performance

Inside this 3-month engagement, you’ll receive:
• A deep-dive audit of your marketing, messaging, automations, funnels, and operations
• Systems + workflow optimization recommendations
• A tailored AI tool stack + customized SOPs
• High-level brand and content strategy refinement
• Three monthly 1:1 strategy sessions + ongoing async support
• A final roadmap that positions your team for success in Q2 2026 and beyond

Clients often walk away with:

• Reduced team overwhelm and cleaner communication
• A streamlined, intuitive marketing ecosystem
• AI tools that enhance productivity instead of creating confusion
• A more aligned brand and content direction
• Systems that feel easier, lighter, and more sustainable
• A roadmap that makes the next 12–18 months feel manageable

If your business is growing… if your team feels stretched… or if you’re tired of operating in reactive mode, now is the time to make the shift — not January, not “someday.”

This is the moment you choose to step forward.

If you’re feeling the nudge to start something new in your business as we head into 2026 — a clean slate, a refined strategy, a stronger system — I’d love to support you.

I’m meeting with potential partners this week.
If you want the details, send me a message here!

Let’s get you aligned, organized, and ready for what’s next.

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2025: A 9-Year of Completion, Closure & Conscious Surrender

Numerology × Snake Year Energy × Preparing for a 1-Year Rebirth in 2026

In numerology, every calendar year holds a collective energetic vibration. We move through a nine-year universal cycle, each year carrying a distinct frequency, lesson, and invitation.

And 2025?

It’s a Universal 9 Year — a sacred closing chapter before a major energetic reset.

But 2025 is layered with even more symbolism. It’s also the Year of the Snake in Chinese astrology — a sign associated with wisdom, transformation, intuition, shedding old skins, and moving with quiet power.

Together, these energies create a potent atmosphere for completion, spiritual maturity, emotional clearing, and preparation. It’s the year to consciously close doors so new ones can open.

This isn’t just change — it’s destined change.

What a Universal 9 Year Really Means

In numerology, the number 9 represents:

  • Completion and closure

  • Spiritual wisdom

  • Liberation and letting go

  • Emotional maturity

  • Compassion and higher consciousness

  • Clearing what no longer fits the next chapter of your life

9 brings everything full circle — a karmic cleanup, a clearing of energetic clutter, and a release of patterns that can’t come with you into the next era.

You may feel:

Projects wrapping up

Relationships shifting (professional, personal, romantic and friendships)

Identity changes

Moving homes, cities, or careers

Sudden clarity about what’s done and what’s not aligned

A pull toward deeper purpose and integrity

A 9 year often feels like a spiritual detox.

Not everything will make sense in the moment — but it typically will in hindsight.

The Snake Year: Shedding Skins & Rising in Wisdom

The Snake is symbolic of:

  • Transformation

  • Regeneration

  • Strategic movement

  • Intuition and inner knowing

  • Rebirth after shedding what constrains

Snakes do not chase.

They observe. They move with precision. They conserve energy for what matters.

In 2025, you may have been feeling a pull to:

Simplify

Move with more intention

Conserve your energy

Say “no” faster

Trust your instincts

Protect your peace

It’s a year where you have become more discerning about the people, energy, and environments you allow in your field.

2025 - a Year of Clearing the Path

Think of 2025 as energetic pruning.

You’ve been cutting away what’s dead — so life can bloom again.

You may be feeling called to:

  • Finish what’s been lingering

  • Release old narratives, identities, or stories

  • Break outdated habits

  • Declutter your physical or digital world

  • Create emotional and energetic space

The universe is making room.

You don’t have to force.

You simply have to allow.

And Then Comes 2026… A Universal 1 Year

After a 9 year of letting go, comes a 1 year of rebirth, new beginnings, creativity, inspiration, and momentum.

A Universal 1 Year is:

  • Fresh starts

  • New identities

  • New relationships

  • Entrepreneurship and leadership

  • Big moves

  • Renewed clarity and confidence

  • Planting seeds that define the next 9-year cycle

If 2025 is the ending of a chapter…

2026 is page one of the next book.

That’s why 2025 matters so much.

You can’t start the next story while holding on to the last one.

Journal Prompts for This Season of Closure & Rebirth

Use these to gain clarity, completion, and momentum:

1. What is naturally completing in my life right now — without me forcing it?

2. What am I ready to release emotionally, physically, or spiritually?

3. Which patterns, behaviors, or relationships feel like old versions of me?

4. What have I outgrown — even if I’m still attached to it?

5. Where am I spending energy that no longer matches where I’m going?

6. What would feel like a clean slate heading into 2026?

7. If I could choose a new beginning — what would I consciously call in?

8. Who is the version of me I’m becoming? What does she value, say yes to, and allow?

Actionable Integration

practice grounded transition ( I know I am!)

Declutter one space

End lingering commitments

Close an open loop

Say the difficult goodbye

Donate what you aren’t using

Release a story you’ve been carrying that no longer applies

Completion clears the vortex for expansion.

2025 isn’t here to push you.

It’s here to prepare you.

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Trust the endings.

They are making space for something you can’t imagine yet.

2026 will bring fresh, fertile ground for new beginnings, aligned love, launched ideas, new homes, new collaborations, new dreams and identities.

Let the remainder of 2025 soften you, refine you, and strip away the noise — so you enter the next chapter light, clear, and deeply aligned.

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Full Moon in Taurus: Slowing Down to Feel Safe, Steady, and Supported

There’s something about Taurus energy that brings us back into our bodies. Back into our breath. Back into the earth beneath our feet.
This Full Moon arrives as an invitation to soften the pace, recalibrate the nervous system, and reconnect to what feels stable, nourishing, and real.

Taurus is ruled by earth — steady, grounded, sensual, and rooted in the physical world. Under this moon, the Universe asks us to release the chaos, the rushing, and the survival mode patterns we’ve been carrying. The medicine of Taurus is simplicity. Sustainability. Embodiment. Trust.

If you’ve been moving fast, overthinking, or feeling stretched thin, this moon brings a deep exhale. A chance to come home to yourself.

A Return to the Body

Taurus reminds us that clarity doesn’t live in our heads — it lives in the body.

This is a powerful time to slow down and notice what your body has been trying to say:

  • Where does it feel tight?

  • Where is it asking for rest?

  • What feels like a full-body yes?

  • What feels like a no you’ve been overriding?

When the mind is loud, the body whispers. When the mind quiets, the body speaks.

Somatic practices hold extra potency right now: gentle stretching, self-touch, grounding breathwork, restorative yoga, or even five quiet minutes with your hand on your heart. Safety isn’t just a mindset — it’s a physiological experience.

Releasing Scarcity + Rebuilding Self-Trust

Taurus governs security, money, value, and self-worth.
If scarcity, fear of the unknown, or old stories about “not enough” have been showing up, this Full Moon is here to disrupt those patterns.

You may feel:

  • More emotional around money

  • Pulled to simplify your finances or spending

  • Inspired to treat your business or work differently

  • Ready to stop settling for less than you deserve

Scarcity keeps the nervous system in survival mode.
Abundance begins when the body feels safe enough to receive.

This is a beautiful window for journaling on:

  • Where am I settling?

  • Where am I undervaluing myself?

  • Where do I crave more stability?

  • What does abundance feel like in my body?

Stability > Speed

We live in a culture obsessed with urgency, but Taurus energy reminds us:
Slowing down is not falling behind.
Slowing down is how we realign with our truth.

When your nervous system softens, creativity returns. Intuition returns. Self-trust returns.

You may notice the desire to:

  • Clear your calendar

  • Protect your peace

  • Focus on one thing at a time

  • Build something long-term instead of chasing quick wins

Taurus asks us to root first, bloom second.

Pleasure, Nourishment & Receiving

Taurus energy loves the finer things in life. Bougy. Luxury… similarly, this moon also brings us back into pleasure — not just in the sensual sense, but in the simple human experience of feeling good in your own skin.

Pleasure is productive.
Pleasure is expansive.
Pleasure teaches the nervous system: it’s safe to receive.

Think:

  • A slow morning

  • A nourishing meal

  • A walk in nature

  • Soft music

  • A warm bath

  • A night of deep rest

We create more when we stop forcing and start allowing.

What Matters Most

At its core, Taurus energy asks: What do you really value?

Your time. Your energy. Your relationships. Your work. Your wellbeing.
What feels aligned — and what feels like a drain?

This Full Moon shines a light on anything that is out of integrity with your values:

  • overworking

  • sacrificing your nervous system

  • prioritizing productivity over presence

  • saying yes when your body is saying no

It becomes clearer what needs to be released and what deserves to be nurtured.

Supportive Practices

If you want to work with the energy of this Full Moon, try:

  • Breathwork for grounding — longer exhales calm the nervous system

  • Restorative yoga or a slow flow

  • Decluttering your home or workspace

  • Journaling around money, worth, or stability

  • Sound healing or meditation

  • Extra sleep + nourishment

Small, sustainable rituals create big shifts.

Support Your Nervous System with a Body Scan Meditation

If you’d like support grounding into your body and settling your nervous system during this Full Moon, I’ve created a free body scan meditation you can download and listen to anytime.

It’s gentle, calming, and designed to help you reconnect with safety, breath, and presence — especially if life feels fast or noisy.

👉 Click here to download the meditation

My Final Reflection

If life has felt fast, loud, or overwhelming, this Full Moon brings an invitation to slow down & let go.

To remember that being rooted is not the opposite of growth — it's the foundation of it.
To reconnect with your body and your values.
To soften into trust, safety, and abundance.

You are allowed to breathe.
You are allowed to rest.
You are allowed to receive.

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Reconnecting with Your Body’s Wisdom: The Power of Somatic Healing

In a world that often asks us to think faster, do more, and push harder — our bodies quietly hold the truth of what we really need. Somatic healing invites us back home to that truth.

At its core, somatic healing is the practice of listening to and working with the body to release stored emotions, regulate the nervous system, and restore flow to your energetic field. It’s where embodiment meets energy — helping you move from survival mode into a state of grounded presence and self-trust.

What Is Somatic Healing?

Somatic simply means “of the body.”
Through breathwork, gentle movement, intuitive energy work, and sound, somatic healing sessions help you reconnect to your body’s innate wisdom. Our bodies store memories, emotions, and patterns — many of which shape how we think, react, and feel.

By tuning into your body with awareness and compassion, you create space for what’s been held to release. The result is a deeper sense of safety, peace, and alignment that radiates through every area of life and business.

How a Session Works

Every session is unique — intuitively guided by what your body and energy field need most that day. Some sessions may focus on grounding and nervous system regulation, while others may support emotional release or energetic realignment.

You might experience sensations like warmth, tingling, lightness, or emotional release — each one a sign that your system is finding its natural rhythm again. After the session, many people describe feeling more spacious, clear, and connected to their inner truth.

Why This Work Matters

We live in a culture that glorifies productivity and often disconnects us from the body — yet true healing begins when we slow down enough to feel. Somatic healing helps bridge that gap.

When you restore safety and awareness in the body, everything else — your energy, creativity, and relationships — begins to shift. You return to flow. You return to you.

Ready to Reconnect?

If you’re feeling called to deepen your relationship with your body, your energy, and your inner knowing — I’d love to guide you through a Somatic Healing Session.

These 1:1 sessions combine nervous system support, energy healing, and intuitive guidance to help you release what’s no longer serving you and come back into harmony with your true self.

👉 Book a Somatic Healing Session to reconnect with your body’s wisdom and energetic flow.

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A New Era of Stephanie

For the past 15+ years, my work has been rooted in helping brands find clarity, direction, and resonance. That journey began as an independent contractor nearly 20 years ago, taking on marketing projects and clients to build brands, strategy and marketing campaigns. That experience led to running my own full-service marketing agency—building strategies, scaling businesses, and helping countless entrepreneurs bring their visions to life. It was fulfilling in many ways, but over time, I realized something deeper was calling me.

After years of pushing, striving, and performing in ways that looked successful on the outside, my body and spirit were asking me to slow down, to listen, and to return to myself. That turning point began my path of healing, somatic practices, yoga, sound, and movement—a path that has not only transformed my personal life but also how I guide others.

Why Rebrand Now

This rebrand isn’t just about changing colors, logos, or visuals. It’s about alignment.
It’s about creating a brand that reflects who I am now—not who I was even a few years ago.

I’m evolving as a being and a woman. I’m more clear who I am and I’m embodied in my truth, operating from my feminine energy and my authentic frequency - embracing my wholeness. Liberated. Grounded. In Flow.

So, it’s natural my personal brand is evolving into the most grounded, authentic, and deeply embodied version, too. A space where business strategy and spirituality coexist. Where movement and sound are just as valuable as metrics and funnels. Where truth, liberation, and divine feminine energy weave into everything I create.

What This New Brand Means to Me

This rebrand feels like a nourishing exhale where the shoulders drop, I let out a big sigh and can finally BE. What a relief. What a blessing. What a true gift to get to be ME. This rebrand has been a process that started back at the beginning of this year when I experienced a transformative Embodiment Brand Photoshoot with my amazingly talented friend, Embodied Visuals. This experience captured my essence and images that truly feel like me.

Then I ventured to the jungle of Costa Rica, living off the grid for nearly a month - and the jungle gave me more wisdom, more connection, more courage to step into my authentic energy. To authentically be me. As a Leo moon and Leo Rising, I’m seeing how I’m stepping more into the spotlight in a grounded, warm and confident way.

To me this brand feels:

Grounded

Inspired by the hues of pachamama, Mother Earth, this rebrand is intentionally aligned with nature. Connection, stability, natural ways of being.

Rooted in Truth
No more performing, no more pretending. This brand is anchored in authenticity and transparency and embracing wholeness.

Somatic & Embodied
Movement, breath, and sound aren’t side practices—they’re central. They are the bridge between mind, body, and soul.

Healing & Liberation
This space is devoted to helping others release what no longer serves them, reclaim their voice, and build lives and businesses that feel as good as they look.

Feminine Force
It’s a celebration of intuition, flow, and the power of creation. It’s where strength meets softness and where possibility expands.

 
 

The Next Chapter

This rebrand marks the integration of all parts of me:
the founder and strategist, the yoga teacher and sound healer, the investor, the business strategist, the guide who helps others align psyche, soma, and soul.

It’s more than a shift in branding—it’s a declaration.
I’m no longer compartmentalizing the different aspects of who I am. I’m weaving them together into one authentic, embodied expression. And I’m only at the beginning.

This is my invitation for you to journey with me into this new chapter—one rooted in authenticity, movement, spirituality, and liberation.

Welcome to the truest version of me. I’m glad you’re here.

 
 
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The 9/9/9 Portal: A Day of Completion & Integration

Today we walk through a powerful energetic gateway: 9/9/9.

  • September is the 9th month.

  • Today is the 9th day.

  • And in numerology, 2025 (2+0+2+5) reduces to a 9.

  • 9 / 9 / 9

That means today carries a triple-nine frequency — a rare alignment that amplifies the vibration of completion, release, and integration.

It goes even further though… 9 + 9 + 9 = 27 and 2 + 7 =9!

Meaning today is a POTENT 9 day.

In numerology, nine is the number of endings, but not in a heavy or final sense — rather, it invites us to clear space, honor what’s been lived, and step into the wisdom we’ve gained. It’s the closing of a cycle, the turning of a page, the invitation to carry forward only what aligns with the next chapter.

Astrologically, portals like this often feel like heightened energetic thresholds. You may notice synchronicities, dreams, or themes resurfacing that are asking for resolution. The question is: what are you ready to let go of so you can rise lighter and freer?

Energies of 9/9/9

Completion – releasing what’s run its course.
Integration – weaving lessons into wisdom.
Forgiveness – softening old stories, cutting cords with compassion.
Spiritual Awakening – nine is the “old soul” number, reminding us to zoom out and see the bigger picture.

Practices to Ground Into the Portal

  1. Sacred Release Ritual
    Write down what you’re ready to let go of on slips of paper — outdated patterns, beliefs, or relationships. Burn, bury, or tear them up as an act of symbolic release.

  2. Sound & Movement Clearing
    Put on a song that feels cathartic. Shake your body, hum, or use vocal toning to move stagnant energy through and out.

  3. Gratitude List for Endings
    Instead of just grieving what’s leaving, honor it. Make a list of the gifts each ending has brought you.

  4. Meditation on the Spiral
    Visualize your life path as a spiral — each turn brings you back to familiar themes but from a higher perspective. Notice how far you’ve come.

Journal Prompts

  • What cycles in my life are naturally completing right now?

  • What old version of myself am I ready to thank and release?

  • What wisdom am I carrying forward into this next chapter?

  • Where am I holding on out of fear, and how can I soften into trust?

  • If I fully surrendered to completion, what new beginning might emerge?

Closing Reflection

The 9/9 portal isn’t just about endings. It’s about liberation. Each time we close a cycle with intention, we open space for something more aligned to flow in. Trust that what is leaving has already served its purpose.

Today is your reminder: you are whole, complete, and ready for what’s next.

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Redefining Success from the Inside Out — My Feature on the Power & Purpose Podcast

 
 

I recently had the honor of being a guest on the Power & Purpose Podcast, a show dedicated to helping leaders and visionaries step more fully into their truth. This conversation was such a powerful reflection of the journey I’ve been on — moving from achievement at all costs into alignment, embodiment, and full-spectrum success.

On this episode of the Power & Purpose Podcast, I share my journey of redefining success — from running a thriving marketing agency built on external achievement to creating a life and business rooted in alignment and embodiment. We explore how the body can serve as a compass for decision-making, why the nervous system is your greatest business asset, and what it takes to build success that’s regenerative instead of depleting.

I also offer practical tools you can bring into your workday — simple breath and sound practices to reset your energy and a mindset shift to create more nervous system safety. At the heart of it all, this conversation is about moving beyond hustle into a new paradigm of leadership defined by authenticity, transparency, and truth.

This conversation felt like a mirror for the work I’ve been called to share. My hope is that it inspires you to listen more deeply, trust your body, and build success that’s truly yours.

Listen here:

Apple Podcasts

Spotify

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A Blood Moon Reset: Energetics of the Pisces Full Moon Lunar Eclipse

This weekend’s Pisces Full Moon Total Lunar Eclipse, also known as the Blood Moon, carries powerful energy of release, healing, and spiritual reset. As the Earth’s shadow turns the moon a deep red, we’re invited to shed outdated patterns, surrender control, and trust the flow of life. This eclipse activates the Virgo–Pisces axis, reminding us to balance structure with surrender, and to honor both practical rituals and mystical guidance. In this post, I share the astrology, energetics, journaling prompts, and practices to help you navigate this potent cosmic turning point.

This weekend we meet a powerful moment in the sky: the Full Moon Total Lunar Eclipse in Pisces, also called the Corn Moon or the Blood Moon. On September 7th, the moon rises into her fullness, cloaked in eclipse energy that magnifies endings, transitions, and breakthroughs.

Psst… It’s called Corn Moon because of it’s timing near autumn and harvest season and Blood Moon because of the burnt orange/red hue effect the lunar eclipse will have on the moon in the night sky.

Eclipses are turning points. They bring a sense of fate, of divine timing—like the universe pressing “reset” on something in our lives. And when an eclipse happens in Pisces, the last sign of the zodiac, it carries the added weight of closure and spiritual release. This is a time of deep emotional clearing, of dissolving the old, and of trusting that what is leaving is meant to go.

Pisces Full Moon Energetics

Pisces energy is sensitive, intuitive, imaginative, and spiritual. Plus, the last sign of the zodiac - this is a symbolic ending and release. It calls us into surrender—to let go of what we’ve been trying to control and instead trust the larger flow of life. Under this moon, emotions may swell like tides, bringing both healing tears and intuitive clarity.

Because the moon is opposite the sun in Virgo, this eclipse also lights up the Virgo–Pisces axis:

  • Virgo: devotion, healing, detail, grounding in the body.

  • Pisces: surrender, compassion, imagination, spiritual attunement.

Together, they remind us that true healing comes from both structure and softness. We need the ritual and the practice (Virgo) as much as we need the dream and the letting go (Pisces).

Eclipse Themes

Here are some of the things we may be feeling collectively:

  • Release & Closure – Endings may feel fated, especially in relationships, habits, or creative paths.

  • Emotional Clarity – Old grief or stuck energy arises to be cleared, offering breakthroughs of understanding.

  • Intuition Activated – Dreams, synchronicities, and inner knowings may be louder than usual.

  • Simplify & Re-align – An urge to declutter, cleanse, or reset routines.

  • Spiritual Connection – A deepening desire to pray, meditate, honor ancestors, or access wisdom beyond the logical.

Journaling Prompts

Invitation to set aside quiet space, light a candle, and let these journal prompts guide your reflection:

  1. What am I being invited to release right now—even if it feels uncomfortable?

  2. Where in my life am I still trying to control the outcome, rather than trusting the flow?

  3. What spiritual practices or rituals bring me back to my own inner compass?

  4. What emotions are surfacing that I’ve been avoiding—and how can I honor them instead of suppressing them?

  5. If this eclipse is a reset button, what chapter am I ready to close? And what am I calling in next?

Full Moon + Eclipse Practices

Here are some ways to work with the energies of this full moon and eclipse:

🌑 Release Ritual

  • Write down what you are ready to let go of—habits, relationships, thought patterns.

  • Tear up, throw out or bury the paper as a symbolic release.

🌊 Water Clearing

  • Pisces is a water sign—connect with water through a ritual bath or shower, ocean swim, or simply placing a bowl of water under the moonlight.

  • As you immerse, visualize old energy dissolving away.

🎶 Sound or Movement

  • Move energy through your body with sound healing, humming, chanting, or dance.

  • Allow emotions to flow through movement rather than staying stuck in the mind.

🕯️ Ancestral Connection

  • Create a simple altar with photos, flowers, or offerings to honor your ancestors.

  • Speak words of gratitude and ask for their guidance as you step into your next chapter.

🧘 Meditation & Breathwork

  • Practice a short breathwork or meditation for grounding.

  • Imagine a column of light washing through your body, clearing old energy and filling you with clarity.

This eclipse is a moment of cosmic surrender. If something is leaving your life now, trust that it is divinely timed. If emotions rise up, let them flow. If clarity arrives, let it guide you forward.

The invitation is simple yet profound: release what no longer serves, honor the wisdom surfacing, and trust the unseen currents that are carrying you toward what’s next. This time is both an ending and a new beginning. A reminder that sometimes the most powerful thing we can do is let go and make space for new beginnings.

May this moon bring the release, clarity, and healing that our souls are ready for.

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How to Use Pinterest to Promote Your Podcast (and Grow Your Audience Long-Term)

Pinterest for Podcasters with Pin Better® method for Podcasters course

I have been speaking to clients a lot recently about Pinterest and podcasts…and so felt called to get some tangible tips on the blog for you to dive in for yourselves!

I’m a lover of Pinterest, it’s why I developed a proprietary method and course on how to use it to grow brand visibility and website traffic organically using this platform….

Podcast promotion doesn’t have to feel like you’re constantly blasting out content and short-lived posts. If you want your episodes to reach new listeners again and again—without constantly reinventing the marketing wheel—Pinterest is the perfect platform to add to your strategy. That’s why I’ve created the Pin Better® method for Podcasters mini course!

Unlike Instagram or TikTok where your content disappears after a day or two, Pinterest is a visual search engine. Every Pin you create can work as a long-lasting link back to your podcast, circulating for months (or even years) after you publish it. With the right approach, you can turn each episode into an evergreen traffic driver and visibility booster.

Here are some simple, effective ways to start promoting your podcast on Pinterest:

 

1. Create Branded Pin Graphics

Design attention-grabbing covers using your podcast artwork, guest photos, or powerful quotes from your episodes.

  • Keep fonts bold, clean, and easy to read.

  • Use headlines that entice curiosity (e.g., “5 Ways to Build Authentic Visibility” vs. “Episode 12”).

2. Link Pins Directly to Episodes

Make every Pin a gateway to your content.

  • Link to a specific episode landing page, your website, or your preferred podcast platform.

  • Add clear CTAs like “Listen Now” or “Stream the Full Episode.”

3. Leverage Rich Pins & Idea Pins

Take advantage of Pinterest’s built-in features:

  • Idea Pins let you share short clips, audiograms, or swipeable “3 Tips from This Episode.”

  • Rich Pins can auto-pull your titles and descriptions so your content stays up to date.

4. Use Keyword-Rich Descriptions

Treat Pinterest like the search engine it is.

  • Add specific keywords to your Pin titles and descriptions (e.g., “business podcast for conscious leaders” or “sound healing meditation episode”).

  • Think about what your ideal listener is typing into search.

5. Promote Evergreen Episodes

Don’t just Pin the latest release—share your timeless content, too.

  • Your story, your methodology, or “Top 10 Tips” episodes stay relevant for years.

  • Evergreen Pins keep driving listens long after launch.

6. Drive Email List Growth

Think beyond streams.

  • Instead of linking only to Spotify or Apple, send people to your website.

  • Offer show notes, freebies, or guides so listeners join your email list.

7. Analytics for Engagement Lead the Way

Let data guide your next move.

  • Track which Pins get the most clicks, saves, or listens.

  • Double down on the formats, designs, and topics that perform best.

Why Pinterest Works for Podcasts

The biggest advantage? Pinterest builds links that last forever. Once your Pin is live, it can be re-pinned, saved, searched, and resurfaced over and over again. That means each episode has the potential to keep finding new listeners long after you’ve moved on to your next recording.

Want to Go Deeper?

Some of the most powerful tactics—like repurposing one episode into multiple Pins, creating episode boards by theme, and aligning your podcast content with seasonal/trending searches—are strategies I’ll be teaching in my upcoming course, Pin Better® Method for Podcasters.

If you’re ready to maximize visibility and build a repeatable system for long-term podcast growth, pre-order the Pin Better® method course for podcasters here and get immediate access to the new Pin Better® Method for Podcaster course when it goes live!

If you’ve been relying only on short-lived social posts to promote your podcast, Pinterest is your chance to create a strategy that’s both evergreen and scalable. With just a few Pins per episode, you’ll build a growing library of discoverable, clickable content that drives new audiences to your show every single day.

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Welcome to My New Chapter: Stepping into Alignment

After two decades in the desert and over 15 years leading brands, I’ve stepped into a new chapter—one rooted in alignment, embodiment, and truth. This post is both a welcome and an invitation to journey with me as I merge strategy with somatic practices, sound healing, and soulful living - the tools I’ve used to build a life that feels as good as it looks.

After more than 15 years building brands and leading businesses, and the past few years diving deep into somatic practices, sound, and soul work, I find myself standing at a threshold. Leaving the Arizona desert after two decades opened space for renewal—a chance to reconnect with water, movement, and my own truth. This new chapter isn’t just about launching a website; it’s about stepping into alignment with the woman I’ve become: a blend of strategist and energy interpreter, rooted in psyche, soma, and soul. Here, I’ll be sharing insights, offerings, and reflections that bridge the worlds of business and embodiment, guiding others toward lives and brands that feel as good as they look.

Closing One Chapter to Begin Another

For years, my work was centered in the marketing agency world. I built RielDeal Marketing from the ground up and had the honor of supporting dozens of clients across industries. Yet, as fulfilling as it was to help client’s brands success, I could feel something shifting within me. My father’s passing in 2013 cracked open a doorway to deeper spiritual awareness, and over time, initiations in 2017 and again in the last two years called me inward.

What I discovered was that growth doesn’t always happen in the hustle—it often blooms in the pause. Closing one chapter created space for me to rediscover my own voice, body, and energy in ways I hadn’t before.

What Alignment Means to Me

Alignment isn’t about perfection. It’s about resonance. It’s the moment when your inner truth and outer expression harmonize—when the work you do, the way you show up, and the energy you carry are all flowing in the same direction.

For me, alignment looks like merging my years of business experience with the tools and practices that nourish the nervous system and spirit: somatic movement, yoga, sound healing, frequency therapy, and intuitive guidance. It means showing up fully—not just as a strategist, or a healer, or a mentor—but as all of me, unapologetically.

The Work I Do Now

Much like yoga teaches us to flow with the breath and surrender into each posture in our own unique body, my work now is about guiding others into relationship with their body - their own lives and (maybe even) businesses. Alignment happens when you learn to listen deeply—to your body, to your energy, and to your truth—and then move from that place with trust.

Today, my offerings are rooted at the intersection of business strategy and embodied energetics. I hold space for founders, creatives, and conscious leaders to bring their visions into form in ways that feel both expansive and sustainable. That may look like:

  • Somatic practices and nervous system support to help you ground, regulate, and create from a place of wholeness.

  • Sound healing and frequency therapy to clear energetic blocks and restore harmony.

  • Yoga and mindful movement to reconnect you to the wisdom of your body.

  • Intuition-led mentorship and brand strategy to align your voice, vision, and visibility.

Working with me isn’t just about strategy or healing—it’s about embracing both. It feels like being met fully, seen for all that you are, and invited into a space where your vision is honored and your energy is supported. Clients often describe it as equal parts grounding and activating: a blend of practical clarity and soulful expansion.

What You Can Expect Here

This blog is more than a space for updates. It’s an invitation to wholeness. For myself, and maybe for you, too.

Here, I’ll share:

  • Reflections from my personal journey of growth, healing, and reinvention.

  • Insights on building brands, businesses, and offerings that feel aligned and authentic.

  • Practices and tools from yoga, somatic work, and sound that support nervous system regulation and embodiment.

  • Stories that remind us we’re not alone in navigating change, endings, and new beginnings.

Whether you’re a founder, a creative, or simply a human seeking more flow and authenticity, my hope is that these words serve as a reminder: you are allowed to evolve.

An Invitation to Journey Together

Stepping into alignment isn’t a one-time event—it’s a lifelong practice. I don’t have it all figured out, but I do know this: we’re not meant to walk this path alone.

If you’re here reading these words, welcome. I invite you to explore the offerings on this site, join me in a class or event, or simply return to this space when you need inspiration or grounding.

This is just the beginning of a new chapter, and I’m so grateful to have you along for the journey.

Here’s to stepping into alignment, together.

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