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168 | From Productivity to Presence: Why the World Needs You, Not Just Your Output

  • Emily Reuschel
  • Oct 9
  • 5 min read

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What if your worth wasn’t tied to how much you produce, how many tasks you complete, or how many boxes you check off the list? In this episode of Wild & Waking, I’m diving into a conversation so many women wrestle with: untangling our value from output and reclaiming the power of presence.


For centuries, women’s gifts—our wisdom, intuition, creativity, and nurturing—were considered sacred. Over time, productivity culture and transactional economics taught us that our worth was only as good as what we could measure, produce, or perform. This conditioning still echoes today, especially for entrepreneurs, leaders, and mothers who feel the pressure to constantly prove themselves in order to be “enough.”


I’ll share personal stories and coaching insights about what it looks like to be compensated for the intangible: your voice, your energy, your ideas, your leadership. We’ll explore the fears that come with putting your gifts out into the world, the stories we tell ourselves about rejection, and how to shift from “selling yourself” to offering transformation.


Most importantly, this episode is about remembering the truth: you are inherently worthy. Your magic doesn’t come from output—it comes from your presence, your wisdom, and your unique way of being in the world. Whether you’re navigating entrepreneurship, career, motherhood, or relationships, this conversation will remind you that the world needs you, not just your productivity.


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 Wild and Waking 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, From Productivity to Presence: Why the World Needs You, Not Just Your Output, I cover:

  • The historical shift that devalued women’s gifts during the agricultural and industrial revolutions—and how that conditioning still affects us today.

  • Why so many entrepreneurs and professionals feel like they must prove their worth through constant productivity, output, or performance.

  • The fears women face when putting intangible gifts—wisdom, presence, intuition, leadership—into the world.

  • How to reframe selling and compensation as an exchange of energy and transformation, not “selling yourself.”

  • Practical ways to untangle your value from your to-do list and reclaim your inherent worth.

  • Tangible practices for embodying worth without output, including rest, play, and naming old stories out loud.

  • Why presence, voice, and lived experience often create more transformation than checklists, deliverables, or productivity hacks.

  • How to align pricing, offers, and compensation with your truth—so your business or career feels abundant, soul-led, and sustainable.


Feeling the weight of productivity culture and craving a shift? Share this episode with a friend who needs the reminder that she is enough.

If this conversation spoke to you, I’d love to hear your reflections. Slide into my DMs or leave a review on Apple Podcasts—it means the world and helps more women find this work.


Remember: you are worthy, valuable, and powerful simply by being you.


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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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