Wildspire

What happens when life cracks open your heart — and the business you've built is no longer held up by willpower, effort, or your ability to handle everything yourself? In this intimate conversation, yoga teacher and wellness guide Sherryl Perry shares how grief reshaped her relationship with her spiritual business, her community, and her sense of what's possible. Instead of pushing harder, Sherryl began to ask for help, soften into support, and lead with love — and what followed was nothing short of extraordinary. Unexpected financial backing. Community care. New forms of work. Creative solutions that felt like miracles in business. This is a conversation for heart-centered entrepreneurs who want to build and grow their work without abandoning themselves. For yoga and massage practitioners navigating purpose, livelihood, and generosity. For spiritual business owners learning to trust what moves through them instead of trying to control it. In this episode you'll hear: The moment grief became the doorway to creating what once felt impossible How Sherryl shifted from self-reliance to receiving (without guilt or collapse) The loving "ask" that changed everything — and restructured her entire wellness business Why compassion is a strategy — not a sentiment — in heart-centered entrepreneurship How support, money, and opportunities appeared once she stopped forcing outcomes Sherryl's story is a reminder: When you stop trying to do it alone, life comes rushing in. This is how business becomes a lifelong practice of love. Subscribe for new weekly episodes: https://www.theawakenedbusiness.com/wildspire Connect with Sherryl Website: https://www.shoreside.yoga/ Email

In this quiet reflection, Steph revisits a passage from Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse — a book she carried across the ocean to Portugal. In it, Siddhartha describes the effortless way he moves toward what he desires: not through striving, but by allowing himself to be drawn. This episode is a meditation on simplicity, desire, and the natural way we create. Steph explores how, like Siddhartha, we can return to the childlike ease of being guided by what we love — letting the current carry us, instead of forcing the flow. A reminder that creation doesn't have to be complicated. It can be as simple and graceful as a stone dropping through water. Resources & Links: → Subscribe for podcast updates & daily emails: https://www.theawakenedbusiness.com/wildspire

When grief feels overwhelming, what might happen if you trusted the small, alive nudges in your heart? In this episode, I sit with Day Schildkret — author, artist, teacher behind Morning Altars — as he shares how loss, nature, ritual, and impermanence guided him into creating art, books, and a global movement rooted in meaning. In this episode you'll learn: How Day used morning altars and impermanent art in nature to metabolize grief and invite beauty back into his life. Why rituals and marking time are essential for healing, rest, and creative flow. What it took to transform an improbable idea into Morning Altars — bestselling books, practitioner trainings, and meaningful community. How to maintain integrity, spirit, and boundaries in business when the external pressure to hustle is constant. Ways to cultivate daily, weekly, even seasonal practices that help you return — to your inspiration, your values, and your truest self. Resources & Links: → Author website: https://dayschildkret.com → Morning Altars: https://morningaltars.com → Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/morningaltars → Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/morningaltars → Subscribe for podcast updates & daily emails: https://www.theawakenedbusiness.com/wildspire If this episode resonates, share it with someone who needs to hear that grief can become a doorway, and that following what feels alive (even if it seems impractical) can lead you to something beautiful.

What if every moment of beauty, pain, love, and wonder in your life comes from one source? In this episode, Steph Benedetto explores the mysterious force of thought—the creative energy of the universe that shapes every experience we have as humans. This intimate reflection traces the shift from being consumed by personal thinking to glimpsing the deeper power beneath it. Thought is both the grand illusion and the miracle that makes our lives possible. In this episode you'll hear: How thought creates the sparkle in a baby's eyes, the warmth of love, and even our darkest moments. The dizzying recognition that every emotion and sensation arises through thought. Why the content of thought matters less than the sheer force and aliveness of it. The hidden nourishment and depth available beneath the illusion of thought. A tender reminder that even painful experiences are full of vibrancy and life. Resources & Links: → Subscribe for podcast updates & daily emails: https://www.theawakenedbusiness.com/wildspire The illusion of thought may never release us—and perhaps it's not meant to. Because within its vibrancy lies the astonishing gift of being alive.

What if every act in your business could be an act of love? This gentle yet radical conversation with Mark Silver, Sufi teacher, healer, and founder of Heart of Business, invites us to reimagine business as a sacred practice, rather than a grind. We explore what it means to bring love to business, not as a buzzword, but as a living, breathing force of integrity, honesty, and kindness. Here's some of what we explore: Why "ethical marketing" might not go far enough. How to sell without shaming or triggering trauma in your audience. What a Sufi healer in business can teach you about pricing, offers, and being real. The surprising spiritual gift inside business (and how to recognize it.) Connect with Mark Heart of Business Website - https://www.heartofbusiness.com/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063768211071 YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@MarkSilverHoB Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/heart_of_biz/ LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/company/heart-of-business/ Heart-Centered Business: Healing from toxic business culture so your small business can thrive Download a free chapter of the book: https://heartcenteredbusinessbook.com/ Subscribe for new podcast updates: https://www.theawakenedbusiness.com/wildspire

What if the freedom you crave, the uninhibited expression that brings tears to your eyes when you witness it in others, was already yours? In this soulful reflection, I share a moment of unexpected revelation sparked by movement and music. If you've ever longed to feel fully alive in your body, your voice, your creativity, this one's for you. Subscribe to the Wildspire podcast: https://www.theawakenedbusiness.com/wildspire

What if fear wasn't the enemy but a guide? Jenny Gaitelband shares how to walk with fear, find true safety, and choose love over anxiety. Meet Jenny Gaitelband, Mentor & Coach Jenny Gaitelband is a mentor and coach for managers and CEOs to move from burnout and high stress to finding clarity and meaning in a tailor-made life and career. She is a member of the European Organization for Psychotherapy EABP, graduate of the Coaching Academy in Canada and Wingate college for sports trainers. Jenny has 12 years and over 10,000 hours of experience in therapy, supervision and coaching individual and groups. Connect with Jenny on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenny-gaitelband/ Subscribe for new podcast updates: https://www.theawakenedbusiness.com/wildspire

What inspires us to share? Wonderings about the impossible task of sharing our world, and what we discover in the process. Subscribe to the Wildspire podcast: https://www.theawakenedbusiness.com/wildspire

A quest for opening began with tension in the body, expanded to include the mind and spirit, becoming a rewarding spiritual journey of discovering okayness, with Mitch Hash of The Art of Opening. Connect with Mitch Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHIBth5jUa03iTB_B8HCfBg Website: http://artofopening.org/ Subscribe for new podcast updates: https://www.theawakenedbusiness.com/wildspire

Are you stressing yourself out about how to solve your life challenges so that you can feel good and safe in the future? This is why it's impossible and what to do instead to find peace of mind. Subscribe to the Wildspire podcast: https://www.theawakenedbusiness.com/wildspire