A soulful personal development podcast for women and heart-centered humans ready to grow, heal, and lead with authenticity. Hosted by life coach and transformational leader Kayla M. Sweet, MA, each episode blends inner work, personal growth, emotional healing, and leadership development to support your journey to purpose, clarity, and confidence. Whether you’re navigating burnout recovery, craving work-life balance, exploring shadow work, or ready to reclaim your resilience, values, and bold voice, you’ll find deep conversations, practical tools, and inspiring stories to guide your next step.
Internally Guided Life
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A soulful personal development podcast for women and heart-centered humans ready to grow, heal, and lead with authenticity. Hosted by life coach and transformational leader Kayla M. Sweet, MA, each episode blends inner work, personal growth, emotional healing, and leadership development to support your journey to purpose, clarity, and confidence. Whether you’re navigating burnout recovery, craving work-life balance, exploring shadow work, or ready to reclaim your resilience, values, and bold voice, you’ll find deep conversations, practical tools, and inspiring stories to guide your next step.
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July 14, 2026
E60. Embrace Your Authentic Self: Meditation, Identity & Coming Home to Who You Really Are with Cat Mansfield
<p>Have you ever looked around at the life you've built, the career, the relationships, the accomplishments, and wondered...</p><p><br></p><p>How did I get so far away from myself?</p><p><br></p><p>These reflections often come when you realize that somewhere along the way, surviving and fitting into the existing societal structure slowly became more important than belonging to yourself.</p><p><br></p><p> This conversation is an invitation to come home.</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode of Internally Guided Life, I sit down with yoga and meditation teacher Cat Mansfield for a deep conversation about authenticity, self-discovery, meditation, healing, and the lifelong process of remembering who we are beneath conditioning, expectations, fear, and performance.</p><p><br></p><p>Cat shares her story of growing up deeply connected to herself, losing that connection through eating disorders, anxiety, people-pleasing, and the pressure to belong, and eventually leaving everything behind to travel the world in search of something she couldn't quite name. </p><p><br></p><p>Together, we explore why authenticity isn't something we simply decide to embrace one day. It's something we uncover, layer by layer, as we become aware of the masks we've worn, the stories we've inherited, and the ways we've abandoned ourselves in order to feel accepted.</p><p><br></p><p>Authenticity isn't just emotionally freeing; it conserves energy. It softens anxiety. It quiets the compulsion to perform constantly. And it allows us to lead, love, work, and live from a place that feels like home.</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode, we explore:</p><p>• What authenticity actually means </p><p>• The hidden relationship between people-pleasing, burnout, and self-abandonment</p><p>• Why so many high-achievers lose touch with who they really are</p><p>• How meditation cultivates self-awareness, presence, and inner wisdom</p><p>• Moving from victimhood into personal agency and self-authorship</p><p>• How to recognize when you're wearing a mask, and gently return to yourself</p><p>• Practical reflections for reconnecting with your intuition and living an internally guided life</p><p><br></p><p>If this episode resonates with you, I'd be so grateful if you'd subscribe, leave a review, and share it with someone who may need this reminder today.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Meet the Guest</strong></p><p>Cat Mansfield is a yoga and meditation teacher based in Bend, Oregon, offering private yoga experiences, mindfulness and meditation workshops, and corporate wellness programs that help people cultivate presence, embodiment, and deeper connection with themselves.</p><p>Through yoga, meditation, writing, teaching, and podcasting, Cat explores the beautiful intersection of the mystical and the human. She is passionate about helping others reconnect with their inner wisdom, trust themselves more fully, and discover that transformation isn't a destination; it's a lifelong devotion.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Connect with Cat</strong></p><p>Website:<a href="https://www.catmansfield.com"> </a><u>https://www.catmansfieldyoga.com/about</u></p><p>Instagram:<a href="https://www.instagram.com/catmansfield"> </a><u>https://www.instagram.com/iamcatmansfield/</u></p><p>Soul Pod:<a href="https://www.soulpodapp.com"> <u>https://www.soulpodapp.com</u></a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Meet the Host</strong></p><p>Kayla Sweet is the host of Internally Guided Life and an expert in burnout prevention, transformational leadership, self-care, and personal growth. As a life coach, she specializes in helping people reclaim their worthiness and purpose, guiding them to create fulfilling lives with balance and ease. With a background in psychology, mindfulness, and transformational leadership, Kayla empowers her community to align with their authentic selves, develop their strengths, and embrace intentional growth.</p><p>Kayla's debut poetry collection, Alchemy of Life, is available now at <a href="https://www.internallyguidedleadership.com/product-page/alchemy-of-life"><u>internallyguidedleadership.com</u></a>, Flourish Books & Plants, Barnes & Noble, Walmart, and more. This is a reflective collection of poems on transformation, healing, and becoming.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Connect with Kayla</strong></p><p><a href="https://linktr.ee/internallyguided"><u>Linktree</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/internallyguided"><u>Facebook</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/internally_guided_coach/"><u>Instagram</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@internallyguidedcoach"><u>TikTok</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/kayla-m-sweet/"><u>LinkedIn</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.internallyguidedleadership.com/"><u>Visit Internally Guided Leadership</u></a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Episode Credits</strong></p><p>Intro & Outro Music: By artist Goat On The River, produced by Christian Michael Smith at <a href="https://www.microdotstudioproductions.com/"><u>https://www.microdotstudioproductions.com/</u></a> </p><p><br></p><p>Podcast recorded by Christian Michael Smith at <a href="https://www.microdotstudioproductions.com/"><u>https://www.microdotstudioproductions.com/</u></a> </p>
March 1, 2026
E59. Writing as Healing: Processing Trauma, Finding Your Voice, and Reclaiming Your Story with Ashley S. Hattle
<p>What if writing isn’t just creative expression, but a way to process lived experiences, make meaning from the past, and reconnect with your voice?</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode of Internally Guided Life, host Kayla Sweet sits down with author Ashley S. Hattle to explore writing as a healing practice, one that can support people in moving through trauma, chronic illness, grief, and personal transformation.</p><p><br></p><p>Ashley shares her journey with writing, beginning in her teenage years when she used it to process a traumatic experience, and continuing through her experiences with cluster headaches, loss, and major life transitions. Over time, writing became more than a creative outlet. It became a way to understand herself, express what felt difficult to say out loud, and create meaning from what she had lived through.</p><p><br></p><p>Together, Kayla and Ashley explore how writing can hold experiences that feel overwhelming or complex, and how putting words to those experiences can begin to shift them.</p><p><br></p><p>The conversation also dives into Ashley’s novel A Haunting Between Worlds, and how fiction can become a space to process real emotions, memories, and inner experiences. Ashley shares how elements of her own story live within her characters, and how writing the book supported her in moving through anxiety, grief, and her relationship with herself and others.</p><p><br></p><p>This episode offers a grounded and accessible perspective on writing, not as something you have to be “good at,” but as a practice that can support healing, clarity, and self-expression.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>In this episode, listeners will explore:</strong></p><ul><li><p>Writing as a tool for processing trauma, grief, and chronic illness</p></li><li><p>How creative expression supports emotional processing and meaning-making</p></li><li><p>Finding your voice through writing and storytelling</p></li><li><p>Using fiction as a way to explore inner experiences and emotions</p></li><li><p>The vulnerability of sharing your work and why it matters</p></li></ul><p>For anyone who has felt the urge to write but did not know where to start, this episode offers an invitation to begin.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Meet the Guest: Ashley Hattle</strong></p><p>Ashley S. Hattle is an award-winning author and writer whose work has been featured in Nature, Invisible Project, Spill the Ink magazines, medical journals, and numerous online publications.</p><p><br></p><p>She spent ten years as a staff writer in medical marketing and a senior editor in insurance news before transitioning into fiction writing. Her nonfiction book on cluster headaches received awards for “Excellence in Education” and “Advocate of the Year,” reflecting her commitment to education, advocacy, and sharing lived experience.</p><p><br></p><p>Ashley is also a five-time semifinalist in the NYC Midnight Short Story Challenge, where her work has been described as “exhilarating,” “ingenious,” and “alluring and evocative.”</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Connect with Ashley:</strong></p><p><a href="https://ashleyhattle.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Website & Blog</a></p><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/ashleyshattle/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Facebook</a></p><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/ashley.hattle/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Instagram</a></p><p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashley-s-hattle-2b4789113/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">LinkedIn</a></p><p><a href="https://www.threads.com/@ashley.hattle" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Threads</a></p><p><a href="https://x.com/ashleyhattle" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">X (Twitter)</a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/AshleySHattle" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">YouTube</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Meet the Host:</strong></p><p>Kayla Sweet is the host of Internally Guided Life and an expert in burnout prevention, transformational leadership, self-care, and personal growth. As a life coach, she specializes in helping people reclaim their worthiness and purpose, guiding them to create fulfilling lives with balance and ease. With a background in psychology, mindfulness, and transformational leadership, Kayla empowers her community to align with their authentic selves, develop their strengths, and embrace intentional growth.</p><p><br></p><p>Kayla's debut poetry collection, Alchemy of Life, is available now at <a href="https://www.internallyguidedleadership.com/product-page/alchemy-of-life" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">internallyguidedleadership.com</a>, Flourish Books & Plants, Barnes & Noble, Walmart, and more. This is a reflective collection of poems on transformation, healing, and becoming.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Connect with Kayla:</strong></p><p><a href="https://linktr.ee/internallyguided" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Linktree</a></p><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/internallyguided" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Facebook</a></p><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/internally_guided_coach/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Instagram</a></p><p><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@internallyguidedcoach" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">TikTok</a></p><p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/kayla-m-sweet/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">LinkedIn</a></p><p><a href="https://www.internallyguidedleadership.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Internally Guided Leadership</a> </p><p><strong>Episode Credits:</strong></p><p>Intro & Outro Music: By artist Goat On The River, produced by Christian Michael Smith at <a href="https://www.microdotstudioproductions.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.microdotstudioproductions.com/</a> <br>Podcast recorded by Christian Michael Smith at <a href="https://www.microdotstudioproductions.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.microdotstudioproductions.com/</a> </p>
February 22, 2026
E58. Stop Self-Abandonment: Healing Identity, Releasing Trauma, and Reclaiming Your Power with Tara Wiskow
<p>What happens when the identity you’ve been performing no longer fits, but you’re afraid to let it go? In this powerful episode of Internally Guided Life, I sit down with intuitive energy healer and life reinvention expert Tara Wiskow to explore identity healing, self-worth, and returning to your authentic self.</p><p><br></p><p>Tara shares her deeply personal transformation, including surviving suicidal ideation, healing trauma, and losing 220 pounds. Despite dramatic external change and becoming a bodybuilder, she realized that weight loss, success, and achievement do not create lasting worthiness. True healing comes from reconnecting with who you are beneath conditioning, trauma, and outdated identities.</p><p><br></p><p>Together, we explore identity shifts, self-belief, emotional regulation, and the ways women self-abandon to belong. We discuss people-pleasing, numbing behaviors, societal expectations, and the fear of being fully seen. Tara offers grounded insight into fragmentation, shadow work, and reintegration, blending intuitive healing, depth psychology, and practical tools for real transformation.</p><p><br></p><p>Tara also shares her signature Unravel, Upgrade, Uplevel process, guiding women to release subconscious blocks, rebuild self-trust, and step into lives rooted in authenticity instead of performance.</p><p><br></p><p>This episode is for anyone feeling disconnected, uncertain, or exhausted from trying to be who they think they should be. It is an invitation to stop self-abandoning and start listening inward.</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode, we explore:</p><ul><li>Identity shifts and authentic self-expression</li><li>The cost of self-abandonment and people-pleasing</li><li>Why weight loss and success don’t heal worthiness wounds</li><li>Trauma, emotional numbing, and loss of self</li><li>Shadow work, fragmentation, and reintegration</li><li>The Unravel, Upgrade, Uplevel process</li><li>Tools for emotional regulation and self-discovery</li><li>Reclaiming self-trust, boundaries, and inner authority</li></ul><p><br></p><p>This conversation is honest, expansive, and compassionate, designed to help you reconnect with your inner wisdom.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Meet the Guest: Tara Wiskow</strong>Tara Wiskow is an intuitive energy healer, life reinvention expert, and founder of Be The Change You Need. She helps women break free from self-sabotage, limiting beliefs, and outdated identities to reclaim their power and self-worth.</p><p>After losing 220 pounds and navigating trauma and identity loss, Tara stepped into her work as a healer and guide. She integrates NLP, Integrated Energy Therapy, Theta Healing, and intuitive coaching to support deep emotional, energetic, and identity-level transformation.</p><p>Through her Unravel, Upgrade, Uplevel process, Tara helps women release shame, reconnect with their truth, and embody who they are becoming.</p><p><strong>Connect with Tara:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/BeTheChangeYouNeedToday"><u>Facebook</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/tara.wiskow/"><u>Instagram</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@tara_wiskow?_t=ZP-8tpbnaXsGkR&_r=1"><u>TikTok</u></a></p><p><a href="http://www.tara-wiskow.com"><u>Tara’s Website</u></a></p><p><br><strong>Meet the Host:</strong></p><p>Kayla Sweet is the host of Internally Guided Life and an expert in burnout prevention, transformational leadership, self-care, and personal growth. As a life coach, she specializes in helping people reclaim their worthiness and purpose, guiding them to create fulfilling lives with balance and ease. With a background in psychology, mindfulness, and transformational leadership, Kayla empowers her community to align with their authentic selves, develop their strengths, and embrace intentional growth.</p><p>Kayla's debut poetry collection, Alchemy of Life, is available now at<a href="https://www.internallyguidedleadership.com/product-page/alchemy-of-life"> <u>internallyguidedleadership.com</u></a>, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Walmart. This is a reflective collection of poems on transformation, healing, and becoming.</p><p><br><strong>Connect with Kayla:</strong></p><p><a href="https://linktr.ee/internallyguided"><u>Linktree</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/internallyguided"><u>Facebook</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/internally_guided_coach/"><u>Instagram</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@internallyguidedcoach"><u>TikTok</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/kayla-m-sweet/"><u>LinkedIn</u></a></p><p><a href="internallyguidedleadership.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Kayla's Website</a></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Intro & Outro Music: By artist Goat On The River, produced by Christian Michael Smith at<a href="https://www.microdotstudioproductions.com/"> <u>https://www.microdotstudioproductions.com/</u></a> </p><p>Podcast recorded by Christian Michael Smith at<a href="https://www.microdotstudioproductions.com/"> <u>https://www.microdotstudioproductions.com/</u></a> </p>
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