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160 | When the Breakdown Becomes the Breakthrough: What My Body Taught Me About Grief, Energy & Trust

  • Emily Reuschel
  • Aug 14
  • 5 min read

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What happens when your body completely shuts down—and no one can explain why? In this behind-the-scenes solo episode, Emily invites you into the real, raw, and honestly kind of ridiculous past few weeks of her life. From first-trimester exhaustion and creative burnout to a surprise trip to urgent care where she couldn’t catch her breath, this is one of those “how is this my life right now?” updates… with a whole lot of insight and soul stirred in.


This episode is less of a lesson and more of a late-night voice memo to a friend. Emily shares what’s been coming up emotionally, physically, and energetically—including unprocessed grief, ancestral messages, and what happens when your body forces you to stop. She talks about the Celtic “three cauldrons” energy system, the connection between grief and the lungs, the unexpected clarity that came through a spiritual healer, and why she’s (reluctantly) learning to trust the timing of it all.


You’ll hear the behind-the-scenes of pushing back launches, juggling family life mid-chaos, coughing through conversations (and diapers—yes, plural), and why she’s feeling more like herself than she has in months. This isn’t a polished TED Talk—it’s a real-time unraveling and remembering.


So if you’ve been feeling off, burnt out, disconnected, or just craving a deeply human moment… this episode is here to remind you that your body is wise, the timing is divine, and the mess might just be where the magic begins.


Meet Emily Reuschel:

Emily Reuschel is a Soul Expansion Coach for Wild & Waking Women, guiding leaders, dreamers, and changemakers—particularly in rural communities—through the powerful journey of reclaiming their truest selves. Known for challenging the status quo, Emily empowers women to break free from inherited limitations, embody their truth, and create lasting impact in their lives and communities.


As the host of the Gather in Growth podcast and the facilitator of transformative retreats, workshops, and virtual communities, Emily curates sacred spaces for connection, healing, and expansion. She inspires women to shed societal expectations, reconnect with their inner wisdom, and transform from the inside out.


Emily’s work is anchored in her signature Wild & Waking Framework—a soul reclamation process that moves women from performative survival to embodied leadership. Her approach honors the unraveling of old narratives, the remembering of true essence, and the reclamation of personal power—all leading to a rise marked by unapologetic expression and aligned action.


Through her work, Emily guides women home to themselves, helping them live with alignment, purpose, and intention. Whether speaking on stage, leading mastermind groups, or facilitating retreats, her warmth and authenticity create a ripple effect that inspires lasting change. Emily’s mission is clear: to help guide women in reclaiming their truth, step into their power, and rise boldly as forces of lasting change.


In this episode, When the Breakdown Becomes the Breakthrough: What My Body Taught Me About Grief, Energy & Trust, Emily covers:

  • The physical, emotional, and spiritual unraveling that led Emily to urgent care—and what it revealed

  • How grief is stored in the lungs (according to traditional Chinese medicine) and why that matters during illness

  • The Celtic “three cauldrons” energy system and what it taught her about burnout, depletion, and creative shutdown

  • What it feels like to be brought to your knees by pregnancy, and why this time was different

  • The unexpected messages that came through from a spiritual healer—and what they revealed about the baby she’s carrying

  • How ancestral energy, illness, and synchronicity can work together as a powerful invitation to surrender

  • The role of somatic awareness in spiritual growth and how to start listening to the messages your body is trying to send

  • A loving reminder that burnout isn’t a flaw—it’s a signal that something deeper is asking to be felt, honored, and healed

Feeling the whisper that your body’s trying to tell you something?

Don’t keep this breakthrough to yourself. Subscribe, leave a review, and share this episode with a fellow wild woman who’s navigating burnout, illness, or deep emotional shifts. Together, we’re learning to honor the signals, trust the timing, and reclaim the wisdom that lives in our bones. You’re not broken—you’re becoming. And you don’t have to do it alone.


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About Wild & Waking: 

Wild & Waking is more than a podcast—it’s a sacred return to who you’ve always been.


This space is for the woman standing at the edge of everything she’s outgrown. The one who’s checked all the boxes, followed all the rules, and still feels the quiet ache for something more honest. More alive. More hers.


She’s begun the unraveling—of roles, expectations, identities that no longer fit. She’s remembering the voice beneath the noise, the rhythm beneath the hustle, the truth beneath the performance. She’s reclaiming her joy, her intuition, her fire. And she’s rising—not as a version of who she was told to be, but as the truest expression of who she already is.


Hosted by soul expansion coach Emily Reuschel, Wild & Waking is for the spiritual entrepreneurs, coaches, rural changemakers, and conscious leaders dismantling old paradigms and creating new ways of living, leading, and becoming. Through raw conversations, deep reflections, and embodied wisdom, we explore what it means to awaken a life of abundance, authenticity, and purpose.


This is for the woman who holds both sacred rage and radical joy. Who moves with reverence for the seasons of her life. Who isn’t afraid to break cycles, speak truth, and dismantle what no longer serves—not to destroy, but to create. To rebuild a world rooted in the celebration of difference, the beauty of nuance, and the power of sovereign, embodied leadership.


If you’re ready to come home to yourself—fully, fiercely, and without apology—welcome.


We’ve been waiting for you.


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For more transformative conversations, visit: EmilyReuschel.com


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