In this episode, Kate unearths the real origins of Samhain — the ancient Celtic festival that gave birth to Halloween — and explores how this season of darkness was never meant to be spooky. It was sacred. A time to honor endings, commune with mystery, and meet the parts of ourselves we’ve buried.

From the bonfires of ancient Ireland to the marigolds of Día de los Muertos, we trace how cultures around the world have danced with death, shadow, and renewal. And we ask the deeper question:

What if this season isn’t about fearing the dark… but becoming friends with it?

You’ll hear stories of ancient rituals (and one very modern Tampa pirate festival), how repression fuels the shadow we’re trying to avoid, and why integration — not denial — is the real alchemy of transformation.

Inside this conversation:

• 🌑 The true Celtic meaning of Samhain
• 🎃 How Halloween became the sacred-silly hybrid we know today
• 💀 The parallel heartbeat between Samhain and Día de los Muertos
• ⚡ Why our “dark costumes” might be medicine, not mischief
• 💋 How repression feeds the shadow — and how embodiment heals it
• 🔥 A candlelight practice for meeting your shadow self this season
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Because the veil that’s truly thinning isn’t just between the living and the dead — it’s between you and the parts of yourself you’ve been afraid to meet.

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Hormones, Safety & Enoughness in Midlife

What does it really mean to have enough — and to be enough?

In this deeply human episode, Kate Garland unpacks the biology and the soul of enoughness — how our hormones, brain chemistry, and nervous system shape our sense of satisfaction, safety, and self-worth, especially in midlife.

You’ll learn why so many women feel restless or “flat” in their 40s and 50s even when life looks full on paper — and how the quiet decline of estrogen, dopamine, serotonin, and oxytocin changes the way we experience joy, motivation, and connection.

This is science through the lens of soul work: equal parts biology, story, and nervous-system wisdom.

Because enough isn’t a number or an affirmation —

it’s a state your body learns to regulate into.

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If “just take a deep breath” has ever made you feel worse instead of better… this episode will explain exactly why.

Because what if the world’s oldest wellness advice — from yoga studios to therapy offices — has it backward?

We’ve been told to inhale more, fill up, expand, “breathe in the light.”

But calm doesn’t come from taking in more air — it comes from learning to breathe less, exhale better, and tolerate more CO₂.

In this bold, myth-busting conversation, Kate Garland — midlife reinvention coach, intuitive guide, and lifelong yoga therapist — unpacks the real science and spirituality of the breath: how carbon dioxide (yes, the thing we were taught to fear) is actually the mineral of your respiration — the key that lets oxygen unlock and nourish your cells.

You’ll learn why:

• Over-breathing keeps you anxious, inflamed, and exhausted
• CO₂ is your body’s forgotten ally in calm, metabolism, and emotional regulation
• “Exhale well = metabolize well” isn’t poetry — it’s biochemistry
• Patrick McKeown’s Oxygen Advantage meets the feminine nervous system
• Ancient pranayama wisdom (Rechaka Kumbhaka, Langhana Krama) already knew what modern science is finally proving
• The true magic of your breath isn’t control — it’s surrender

This is yoga meets neuroscience.

Pranayama meets parasympathetic.

Patrick meets the Priestess.

And once you hear it, you’ll never “just take a deep breath” again.

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Across 45 days, you’ll learn The Easy Breath and progressively build your CO₂ tolerance while exploring practical, energetic tools for real nervous system healing.

Each short audio lesson blends science, somatics, and spirit — guiding you to restore energy, improve sleep, balance hormones, and finally feel at home in your body again.

It’s not a challenge. It’s a reset — one breath, one day at a time.

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• Start here → The Free Anxiety Reset: a 7-minute guided tool to calm spiraling thoughts and come back to yourself. Think of it like a nervous system reboot—on demand.

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