Anchored & Alive with Blaze

About Anchored & Alive with Blaze

Anchored & Alive is seasonal living and grounded support for sensitive women who are ready to stop forcing growth and start living in rhythm with their energy and with the natural cycles of the year. If you're emotionally overwhelmed, burnt out from pushing harder, or tired of trying to "fix" yourself every January, this podcast offers a steadier way forward. Each week, Blaze explores burnout recovery, boundaries, communication, rest, and sustainable growth — all through the lens of the turning year. Because you don't need constant reinvention. You need support that moves with the natural cycles of the seasons - and with your own. Through lived reflection and grounded tools, you'll build emotional steadiness that lasts instead of motivation that fades. The podcast opens the conversation. The Anchored & Alive course and seasonal gatherings hold the container for deeper, supported integration. 🌿 New here? Grab the free Living in Rhythm Toolkit to start your journey. (Visit anchoredandalive.com) New episodes every week. Let's Anchor In, and Come Alive.

Publisher

Blaze Schwaller

Category

health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

27 Oct 2025

Latest episode

19 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

59 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   19 Oct 2026

   What Level of Done Is Done? Knowing When a Project or Goal Is Complete

   Nobody hands us a deadline for our own lives. In school, tasks arrived on your desk and completion was clear: you finished it, handed it in, got the next thing. As adults, and especially as artists, entrepreneurs, and self-directed people, we have to decide for ourselves when something is done. And that turns out to be a skill nobody taught us. In this episode, Blaze digs into the nitty-gritty of completion: when to keep going, when to push harder, when to adjust the goalpost, and when to simply call something done — even halfway through. She explores why we're so uncomfortable with empty space between projects, why we secretly await a confetti-spill moment that never comes, and why realizing that no one else cares about the particulars of your goals is liberating, not sad. Along the way, Blaze shares how she uses friction as diagnostic information (when she's snapping at everyone, what need isn't being met?) and her own tender realization that she's ready to be complete with micromanaging her daughter's choices. She also opens up about the crushing weight of modern decision-making (kindergarten choices included) and why autumn's quiet is the right season for letting go. You can always pick things back up. Nothing is truly done, because you are still changing. And the shape, color, and velocity of your goals get to change with you. You can read the full transcript of What Level of Done is Done here. If this episode has you re-examining what you're carrying, the free Living in Rhythm Starter Kit can help you identify your true values and move with your feelings instead of against them. Or join the community receiving Soul Letters, Blaze's monthly newsletter, for a steady rhythm of honest seasonal reflection.

2. 

   15 Oct 2026

   Creative Rest in Fall: How to Gather Ideas Without Forcing Completion

   Artist Sarah Bush returns to explore autumn's creative rhythm: how to gather ideas without forcing completion, honor unfinished work as legitimate, and trust dormancy seasons without drama. Together we discuss what happens when energy doesn't match ambition: the reality of creating at fall's edge, why showing work-in-progress can be radical affirmation, and how gardening taught us to trust co-creation over control. This conversation is for creatives and everyday women feeling fried at summer's end but not ready to surrender to winter mode. You can read a full transcript of this bonus collaborative episode here. And, if you'd like to dive deeper, you can check out Sarah Bush's offerings on her Substack The Pink Teacup, or learn more about Blaze's seasonal gatherings and programs at anchoredandalive.com.

3. 

   12 Oct 2026

   What Counts as Enough: Redefining Accomplishment Beyond Society's Standards

   "Am I enough? Have I done enough this year?" It's October, and that question hums underneath so many of our days. In this episode, Blaze takes on enoughness: how we define it, where our standards actually come from, and why the ruler we measure ourselves with was never real to begin with. Blaze gets honest about her own inner demons: the voice that calls her lazy, the standards around beauty and productivity that knock around her brain — and explores why swinging to the opposite extreme ("laziness is great!") never works, because your inner self knows a lie when it hears one. Instead, she offers a third way: recognizing your self-judgment as one lens among many, and getting curious about what was actually going on in your year. Through her own examples of walks measured as information rather than world records, the envy of neighbors with 401(k)s, and the things she deliberately chose not to carry this year, Blaze shows how to replace snap judgments with curiosity, and why restraint and things left undone count as part of enough. This episode won't tell you to lower your standards or pretend everything is great. It invites you to redefine what counts as effort, see your year in its real context, and become someone you can rely on to be a kind encourager rather than your own harshest critic. You can read a full transcript of his episode here. If you're ready to go deeper into identifying your real values and moving with your feelings instead of against them, download the free Living in Rhythm Starter Kit and join the community receiving Soul Letters, Blaze's monthly newsletter, for a steady rhythm of honest reflection.

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

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