Raising Wild Hearts - A Soulful Self-Care Podcast: Holistic Success Tips for Visionaries and Heart Centered Nurturers
A soulful podcast for nurturers and female founders who crave fulfillment. Host Ryann Watkin blends psychology, spirituality, and storytelling to help you cultivate authentic happiness, courageous creativity, and holistic success — at work, at home, and everywhere in between.
Each episode weaves science-backed insights on happiness, mindfulness, and wellbeing with soulful storytelling and practical tools you can actually use. You’ll hear heartfelt conversations on emotional resilience, creativity, communication, self-trust, and spiritual growth — all with a grounded, relatable twist (and the occasional laugh).
If you’ve ever wondered how to balance purpose and peace, serve others without losing yourself, or finally do the thing your soul’s been whispering about — you’re in the right place.
✨ Topics include: mindful self-care, women’s wellbeing, courage & confidence, emotional intelligence, creativity, boundaries, stress management, positive psychology, feminine leadership, spirituality, and holistic success.
🎧 Listen in for: grounded wisdom, practical rituals, inspiring guest interviews, and soulful reminders to help you live and lead with heart.
Here, we believe we can change the world by starting at home, in our own minds and hearts.
Raising Wild Hearts - A Soulful Self-Care Podcast: Holistic Success Tips for Visionaries and Heart Centered Nurturers
Solving the Obesity Epidemic with Michelle Petties
How healthy is your relationship with food? Michelle Petties, a TEDx speaker, author, and food story coach is here today sharing her story of gaining and losing over 700 pounds, how she finally let go of the weight for good, and inspiration for choosing to nourish rather than numb. Watch Michelle's TEDx talk: A Food Addict's Lesson: Confusion. Clarity. Recovery. | Michelle Petties | TEDxWilmingtonSalon
Keywords
food culture, emotional eating, nutrition, happiness, marketing, emotional intelligence, cognition, children, health, processed food, nourishment, life choices, age, mentorship, writing, healing, joy, awareness, food addiction, emotional eating
Chapters
00:00 The Cultural Connection to Food and Happiness
05:00 Emotional Intelligence and Food Choices
10:55 The Role of Food in Our Lives
20:55 Cognition and Nutrition: Feeding Our Brains
22:41 Reverence for Children and Food Culture
23:10 Nourishing Choices and Life Lessons
26:28 Reclaiming Our Lives at Any Age
30:36 The Impact of Teachers and Mentorship
33:44 The Healing Power of Writing
40:08 Connecting with Ourselves and Others
44:58 Joy, Awareness, and Life Lessons
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