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175 | The Slow Burn of Becoming: How Subtle Shifts Transform Your Entire Reality

  • Emily Reuschel
  • Nov 27, 2025
  • 5 min read

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So often we expect transformation to be loud, dramatic, or instantly recognizable. But the truth is that personal evolution rarely happens in one defining moment. In this intimate solo episode, Emily reflects on the quiet, incremental, almost imperceptible shifts that have reshaped her entire inner world over the past year, while her external life has looked almost exactly the same. Through the lens of her own growth, she explores what it really means to evolve slowly, intentionally, and courageously.


Emily shares honest stories from her spiritual awakening, identity work, motherhood journey, and the subtle invitations that nudged her into deeper awareness. From the fear of being seen differently to the unexpected clarity that comes with hindsight, this episode illustrates how small daily choices, micro-yeses, and inner healing compound over time into profound change. It’s a reminder that you don’t need to burn down your life to become a new version of yourself; you simply need to pay attention to the slow burn within.


As Emily revisits who she was just one year ago—hesitant, questioning, unsure if she’d be rejected for exploring new parts of herself—she reflects on how dramatically her relationship with herself has shifted. The values she honors, the risks she takes, the conversations she’s willing to have, the intuition she trusts, the beliefs she has released: they all reveal the power of subtle, sustained personal work. This episode is a love letter to anyone walking their own path of growth, especially when it feels quiet or unseen.


If you’ve ever wondered whether you’re growing fast enough, if you’ve downplayed your progress because your external reality hasn’t changed, or if you’re craving a reflection of how far you’ve come, this conversation will help you see your evolution with clearer eyes. The slow burn of becoming is real, and chances are, you’re already living it, one subtle shift at a time.


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, The Slow Burn of Becoming: How Subtle Shifts Transform Your Entire Reality, I cover:

  • What personal evolution actually looks like in real time, and why slow growth is often the most sustainable and life-changing

  • How subtle inner shifts—mindset work, self-awareness, healing, and nervous system regulation—compound into dramatic long-term transformation

  • The difference between external change and internal identity shifts, and why your outer life may look the same even as you become a completely different woman

  • How to recognize your growth by measuring backward instead of forward, and the surprising clarity that comes from reflection

  • The role of spiritual awakening, intuitive development, and softening into self-trust in shaping your entire reality

  • How micro-choices, daily habits, and small acts of courage create massive inner expansion over months and years

  • The fears, resistance, and self-doubt that often accompany identity evolution, especially for women navigating motherhood, rural life, or community expectations

  • Why subtle transformation is easy to miss in the moment and how to honor the deeper, quieter work you’ve been doing beneath the surface

  • The power of curiosity, intentionality, and aligned decision-making in rewriting your beliefs and reclaiming your authentic self


If this episode met you right where you are, share it with a friend who’s in her own season of becoming. These conversations ripple because you pass them along. And if you want to keep journeying together, follow the show or leave a review so more women can find their way here.


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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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