My story is no different and yet is mine alone: I am a recovering perfectionist learning to love my good enoughs and my I gave it my alls. My story leans into the dirt of my life: poverty, sexual abuse, young motherhood, divorce, womanhood, midlife, and domestic abuse. But my story is more about the space I have taken up in the dirt to grow: resilience, courage, gratefulness, determination, persistence, joy, and love. It is the culmination of my experiences that has led me to live a gratefully joy-filled life.
Season 2, Episode: 7
“Building Wings”
Of Dirt & Wildflowers: A Podcast
Hosted by Kylee Jean Marshall
In today’s episode, “Building Wings,” we will dig into the dirt of life found in the aftermath of courage and of following dreams. This is the conversation about what happens after you jump. There is a free fall and then the hard work of building wings.
Seeds to take with you from today’s episode:
∙Fear will keep you safely on the ground and never let you experience flying.
∙There is beauty in the fall–it is the thing you cannot do safely standing on a cliff.
∙The jump is exhilarating, and the wings require grit.
This episode is paired with a longer reflective companion essay on my Substack. If you would like to sit with these ideas a little longer, I kindly invite you to continue there. https://substack.com/@kyleejeanmarshall (https://substack.com/@kyleejeanmarshall)
If today’s episode resonated with you, I would love to hear from you! Please send me an email at kyleejeanmarshall@gmail.com (mailto:kyleejeanmarshall@gmail.com).
I truly believe in the power of journaling and its power to help us in making personal connections and in creating meaning to help us grow. Below are connected journaling prompts for today’s episode.
Where are you standing comfortably on cliffs?
Are you afraid of jumping or afraid of building wings?
How can you quiet the voice of fear?
Be well! Love you, my friends.
Kylee Jean
Stay connected with Kylee Jean!!
Buy her book, Of Dirt and Wildflowers: A Memoir on Growing the Courage to Bloom, HERE https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C6BWMHNP (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C6BWMHNP)
Listen to her book on Audible HERE https://www.audible.com/pd/B0CFMPSJRR/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-363162&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_363162_rh_us (https://www.audible.com/pd/B0CFMPSJRR/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-363162&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_363162_rh_us)
Follow & Connect on Facebook, Instagram, & LinkedIn HERE
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100088233099449 (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100088233099449)
https://www.instagram.com/kyleemarshallauthor/ (https://www.instagram.com/kyleemarshallauthor/)
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kylee-marshall-6b7282267/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/kylee-marshall-6b7282267/)
Visit her website for more information on her writing course Into Your Wild: Authoring Your Own Story HERE www.kyleemarshall.com (http://www.kyleemarshall.com)
28 Aug 2026
Gifts to Yourself
Season 2, Episode: 6
“Gifts to Yourself”
Of Dirt & Wildflowers: A Podcast
Hosted by Kylee Jean Marshall
In today’s episode, “Gifts to Yourself,” we will dig into the dirt of life in order to discover the seeds of self-love. Just before I entered what I knew would be a heavy and busy season of life, I heard a voice. I imagine it was probably God speaking to me, but the voice was mine. It said, “I know you’re coming. I will make this easy for you.”
Seeds to take with you from today’s episode:
∙Gifts of self-love build a trusting relationship with yourself.
∙Gifts of self-love are often found in the reframing of daily, ordinary tasks.
∙Removing the friction from your life is your present and future selves loving one another.
This episode is paired with a longer reflective companion essay on my Substack. If you would like to sit with these ideas a little longer, I kindly invite you to continue there. https://substack.com/@kyleejeanmarshall (https://substack.com/@kyleejeanmarshall)
If today’s episode resonated with you, I would love to hear from you! Please send me an email at kyleejeanmarshall@gmail.com (mailto:kyleejeanmarshall@gmail.com).
I truly believe in the power of journaling and its power to help us in making personal connections and in creating meaning to help us grow. Below are connected journaling prompts for today’s episode.
Where do you feel friction in your life? Things just don’t have a flow?
Do you feel loved by you? Do you keep your promises to yourself? Do you trust yourself to show up for you? Explain why or why not.
What are five ordinary gifts you can give yourself today?
Be well! Love you, my friends.
Kylee Jean
Stay connected with Kylee Jean!!
Buy her book, Of Dirt and Wildflowers: A Memoir on Growing the Courage to Bloom, HERE https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C6BWMHNP (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C6BWMHNP)
Listen to her book on Audible HERE https://www.audible.com/pd/B0CFMPSJRR/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-363162&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_363162_rh_us (https://www.audible.com/pd/B0CFMPSJRR/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-363162&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_363162_rh_us)
Follow & Connect on Facebook, Instagram, & LinkedIn HERE
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100088233099449 (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100088233099449)
https://www.instagram.com/kyleemarshallauthor/ (https://www.instagram.com/kyleemarshallauthor/)
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kylee-marshall-6b7282267/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/kylee-marshall-6b7282267/)
Visit her website for more information on her writing course Into Your Wild: Authoring Your Own Story HERE www.kyleemarshall.com (http://www.kyleemarshall.com)
31 Jul 2026
The Pace That Healed Me
Season 2, Episode: 5
“The Pace That Healed Me”
Of Dirt & Wildflowers: A Podcast
Hosted by Kylee Jean Marshall
In today’s episode, “The Pace That Healed Me,” we will dig into the dirt of life in order to better understand the juxtaposition of life is too short, so I need to do it all. In the last year, I learned that a peaceful life wasn’t just about saying no and shedding and minimizing what was on my calendar. I learnedthat it is more about finding a rhythm, a peaceful pace in the life that is already mine.
Seeds to take with you from today’s episode:
∙The opposite of peace isn’t busy, it is hurry.
∙It takes courage to choose the pace that fits your season oflife.
∙Life doesn’t need less, it needs slower.
This episode is paired with a longer reflective companion essay on my Substack. If you would like to sit with these ideas a little longer, I kindly invite you to continue there. https://substack.com/@kyleejeanmarshall (https://substack.com/@kyleejeanmarshall)
If today’s episode resonated with you, I would love to hear from you! Please send me an email at kyleejeanmarshall@gmail.com (mailto:kyleejeanmarshall@gmail.com).
I truly believe in the power of journaling and its power to help us in making personal connections and in creating meaning to help us grow. Below are connected journaling prompts for today’s episode.
1. Write about what it means to have a full life.
2. Read over your musings of a full life. Are there any parts of that life that also feel busy? How do you see that as a messageabout your current pacing?
3. When do you feel your life racing? Is it in your mind? In the car to appointments? How can you intervene in these places and spaces to change up the pace?
Be well! Love you, my friends.
Kylee Jean
Stay connected with Kylee Jean!!
Buy her book, Of Dirt and Wildflowers: A Memoir on Growing the Courage to Bloom, HERE https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C6BWMHNP (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C6BWMHNP)
Listen to her book on Audible HERE https://www.audible.com/pd/B0CFMPSJRR/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-363162&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_363162_rh_us (https://www.audible.com/pd/B0CFMPSJRR/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-363162&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_363162_rh_us)
Follow & Connect on Facebook, Instagram, & LinkedIn HERE
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100088233099449 (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100088233099449)
https://www.instagram.com/kyleemarshallauthor/ (https://www.instagram.com/kyleemarshallauthor/)
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kylee-marshall-6b7282267/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/kylee-marshall-6b7282267/)
Visit her website for more information on her writing course Into Your Wild: Authoring Your Own Story HERE www.kyleemarshall.com (http://www.kyleemarshall.com)
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