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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• Existential Kink by Carolyn Lovewell — a masterclass in shadow integration and liberation through self-awareness.

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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.

✨ Feeling Good — a self-paced, private podcast journey to help you rewire your nervous system, reclaim your body, and remember what it feels like to feel good again. Learn more here.

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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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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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Feeling Good is a 14-module, self-paced private podcast course with Kate, designed to help you feel better in your body — gently, sustainably, and from the inside out.

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.

🎧 Learn more and begin anytime here.

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We’ve all tried them — affirmations.

“I am abundant.” “I am radiant.” “I am calm.”

But what happens when those words just… don’t land? When your brain (and your body) roll their eyes and whisper, “yeah, right.”

In this episode, Kate Garland — midlife reinvention coach, intuitive guide, and nervous system mentor — cracks open the science and soul behind why traditional affirmations often fail and introduces you to their powerful upgrade: afformations.

Afformations (coined by Noah St. John) flip the script — turning your statements into questions that work with your brain and body, not against them. The result? Less resistance, more curiosity, and a nervous system that finally says yes.

• Why your subconscious doesn’t believe your affirmations — and what neuroscience reveals about self-talk, mirror neurons, and nervous system congruence
• The hidden link between manifestation and embodiment (and why your body always tells the truth)
• How a single word — afformations — pulled Kate out of a “deep existential funk” during eclipse season
• The brain’s built-in search engine (your reticular activating system) and how to activate it with better questions
• The ancient spiritual roots of inquiry in Yoga, Buddhism, Christianity, Sufism, Kabbalah, and Toltec wisdom — all pointing to one truth: transformation starts with curiosity
• Why women in midlife especially need circles of safety, belonging, and shared inquiry to anchor real change
• Five powerful “swap this for that” afformations you can try today

Email me or send me a DM on Instagram and tell me how trying afformations landed for you!

• 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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🔥 Midlife Reinvention: Nervous System Healing, Energy Balance, Intuition & Sovereignty

Midlife isn’t decline — it’s initiation.

Yet most women are caught between two broken narratives: the cultural silence that tells us to disappear gracefully… or the biohacking circus that promises to trick your body into acting twenty-five again. Both are cages. Both are lies.

The truth? Your body isn’t the problem — it’s the portal. Midlife is a full-on evolutionary upgrade: your hormones, brain, priorities, and intuition are reorganizing to crown you in sovereignty. But fire always comes before the crown — and without the right framework, that fire can feel like chaos.

That’s why I created The Second Firing Transformation — a 3-month sacred container that blends 3D science-backed practices (comfort + vitality right now) with 5D energetic practices (the deep internal shifts that rewire your outer life).

This is where the mystical meets the practical, where nervous system healing fuses with intuition, and where midlife reinvention stops being theory and becomes lived reality.

👉 THE SECOND FIRING doors are open now — but close Friday.

Spots are intentionally limited because this is high-touch, founding-cohort work.

If you’re done with silence and done with hacks, this is your invitation: step into the fire, claim your crown, and join us today.

Links + Next Steps:

✨ Join The Second Firing now → https://www.radicallykate.com/second-firing-transformation

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Midlife isn’t a breakdown—it’s initiation.

In this playful, soul-steadying episode, Kate Garland explores how fire shows up as alchemy in our 40s and 50s:

the kiln that strengthens,

the forest fire that clears what’s choking you,

the campfire of belonging,

the kitchen fire that nourishes, and more.

🔥 Listen now + follow the show so you don’t miss next week’s reveal of The Second Firing—my three-month transformation container for midlife women.

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What happens when the strategies that once carried you through life suddenly stop working?

The late nights you used to power through now wreck your sleep.

The workouts that once fueled you now leave your joints aching.

The people-pleasing that kept things smooth suddenly feels unbearable.

From the outside, it looks like you’re falling apart — body, mind, and soul coming undone. But what if it’s not collapse at all?

What if midlife isn’t a breakdown, but an initiation — an upgrade into the most sovereign version of you?

In this episode, Kate Garland explores the physical, neurological, and emotional shifts of midlife through both science and myth:

• The Body: Why cortisol, insulin, estrogen, and progesterone shifts make old routines stop working.
• The Brain: How the salience network — the brain’s “truth detector” — reorganizes in midlife, sharpening clarity and refusing to subsidize the lie. (The Upgrade by Dr. Louann Brizendine)
• The Heart: How relationships, moods, and boundaries transform when authenticity takes center stage.
• The Mythic: From Pele to Demeter to Inanna, what ancient stories teach us about initiation, unraveling, and rebirth.

Midlife isn’t a malfunction. It’s the forge, the fire, the second firing.

Listen to the full Second Firing Collection - all four epic episodes in one place, with a companion PDF containing notes and guided reflection prompts.

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So many women in their 40s, 50s, and 60s are living through the same reality — sleepless nights, shifting moods, bodies that don’t feel familiar anymore — and yet we rarely talk about it. Midlife has become one of the most silenced chapters of a woman’s life.

In this episode of Radically You, Kate Garland explores why that silence exists, how it isolates us, and what it costs when we keep pretending everything is fine. From cultural conditioning that teaches us not to “complain,” to the shame woven into women’s bodies from menarche onward, Kate shares both personal stories and neuroscience on why hiding doesn’t heal — and why speaking our truth sets us free.

You’ll learn:

• Why so many women fall into the “complainer” or “silent soldier” trap in midlife.
• The hidden cost of silence — on our nervous systems, our relationships, and our sense of self.
• How shame around women’s bodies is passed down from generation to generation.
• The liberating power of sacred witnessing: being seen and heard without judgment.

Because ending the silence isn’t just relief — it’s liberation.

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