Ever wonder why it’s so hard to find contentment and a sense of true satisfaction and peace in today’s world, no matter how much work you’re doing?
That’s exactly what we’re talking about today. If you've reached the second half of life feeling empty and disconnected from yourself no matter how much you do, this conversation is for you. In this first Body & Soul Session, Kim Marie of the Soul Knows the Way podcast, and Vive Oldham of the We Are Enough podcast, explore why true contentment seems to keep slipping away, and what it actually takes to feel nourished, at home, and fully alive in your own body and Soul again.
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💜 Kim Marie
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📍 IN THIS EPISODE
00:00 - Why Satisfaction Feels So Out of Reach
02:31 - How the Body Speaks: Feeling, Sensation & Dreams
04:53 - Why Trying to "Fix" Yourself Backfires
06:15 - Living From the Inside Out (and Trusting Yourself)
09:16 - Holding Both: Your Inner and Outer Worlds
11:53 - Honoring the Body's Seasonal Rhythms
14:00 - Why You Feel More Before You Feel Better
16:14 - Is the Soul in the Body, or the Body in the Soul?
17:54 - The Real Cost of Not Feeling Real
20:01 - The Midlife Turning Point: "I Can't Go Back"
22:14 - Knowing About Life vs. Truly Living It
24:35 - The Exhaustion of Self-Monitoring
26:17 - What "Remembering" Yourself Really Means
28:07 - Wholeness Isn't Perfection: Embracing the Mystery
30:35 - Embracing Every Part of Yourself: Myth & Archetype
33:19 - What Soul Work Is For: Meeting the Subconscious
36:59 - Why Real Growth Is Messy and Ongoing
40:43 - What Is Body Dreaming?
41:59 - Reclaiming Your Authentic Voice
43:27 - Inside Solace: Becoming One With Your Inner Sun
44:20 - Leaving Dogma Behind: Searching for Something Real
47:55 - Healing the Emptiness of Modern Life
50:27 - Why Nothing Ever Feels Like Enough
52:53 - The Quick Fixes We Use to Numb Out
54:08 - Rebuilding Trust With Body & Soul
55:10 - Feeling Real by Being Truly Seen
56:11 - Closing & Where to Find Us
🎙 ABOUT SOUL KNOWS THE WAY
Soul Knows the Way: Reclaiming Depth, Wisdom & Wild Nature is a podcast for women in the second half of life who sense a Soul-hunger they can no longer ignore...a longing for depth, truth, and a life lived from the inside out. Hosted by Kim Marie, soul guide, author, and creator of Solace and The Soulstead, this podcast offers Soul wisdom, sacred living, and the journey home to yourself. New episodes weekly. Follow and join the journey.
🌿 EXPLORE MORE WITH KIM MARIE
We Are Enough - Pleasure, Satiety and Appetite: How to shake off the epidemic of not-enoughness. Reclaiming fullness as an embodied skill that connects us to our libido and life force. Hosted by Vive Oldham, Somatic Practitioner, MotherCircle facilitator, Mother, Daughter, Sister, Auntie, and Artist serving awareness through BodyDreaming, creativity coaching, authentic expression and somatic vocal work.
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MUSIC: Podcast music composed by Kim Marie, produced by Ben Carano.
