Your Odyssey Podcast

About Your Odyssey Podcast

Welcome to Your Odyssey—the podcast where soul meets story and growth gets personal. Each episode is an invitation to come home to yourself—beyond the noise, the roles, and the shoulds. Hosted by Tara and Karen, Your Odyssey explores the real, raw, and redemptive parts of the human experience. From identity and healing to joy and self-trust, we’re holding space for honest conversations that meet you where you are—and gently call you forward. Whether you’re just beginning or already becoming, you belong here. This is your odyssey. Let’s walk it together.

Publisher

Tara Alexandra & Karen Novy

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

17 Mar 2024

Latest episode

20 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

136 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   20 Oct 2026

   What Happens When We Stop Holding It All Together?

   How much are you carrying because it actually belongs to you, and how much are you carrying because you’ve decided you’re supposed to? Our conversation with Jeanie Duncan continues, but this time we’re moving into the uncertainty of not knowing what’s next, and what happens when our need for control starts costing us more than it gives us. We talk about why certainty may not be as safe as it feels, what happens when we stop obsessing over the “how,” and the uncomfortable practice of letting life unfold without having every next step figured out. Then Jeanie takes us inside her memoir and the moment her editor challenged her to tell the story her soul actually wanted to tell. What followed was years of writing, working, carrying, and telling herself, “I’ve got this” until her body finally had something else to say. At the top of the stairs, Jeanie stopped holding it all together. And what looked like a breakdown became an invitation to finally put something down. In this episode, we explore: Why our sense of control may be more fragile than we think What uncertainty can teach us when we stop demanding answers The difference between knowing what you want and needing to know exactly how you’ll get there What happens when competence becomes carrying too much Why we sometimes wait for permission to rest, release, or let go How compassion can meet us when life doesn’t look the way we expected This episode is for you if you’re tired of carrying the weight of having to know, manage, fix, or hold everything together. Missed the beginning of our conversation with Jeanie? Start with Episode 134, Devotion, Drive, and Doing It Differently, where we explore inner knowing, courage, and a more sustainable relationship with drive. Follow us on Instagram! Music:  Opening/Interlude/Outro: Love Is WaitingFeatured Song: "Release" - Grace Potter Playlists:Spotify - Volume 2YouTube Music - Volume 2

2. 

   13 Oct 2026

   Devotion, Drive, and Doing It Differently

   What if doing it differently doesn’t mean losing your drive, but changing your relationship with it? In this episode, Tara and Karen sit down with executive coach, entrepreneur, and author Jeanie Duncan to talk about what happens when the life that looks right on the outside no longer feels right on the inside. Jeanie shares the story of leaving a career she loved even when the people around her didn’t understand, listening to the inner stirring she couldn’t ignore, and learning to trust what she knew before she knew exactly what would come next. Together, they explore the difference between courage and strength, what it means to let your heart have a voice in how you move, and Jeanie’s powerful shift from discipline to devotion. And then there’s the steel rod. Jeanie shares how she came to see her drive as rigid, cold, and unsustainable, and what changed when she imagined another way: warm, fluid, and still deeply committed. In this episode, we explore: How to trust your inner knowing when the people around you don’t understand The difference between courage and appearing strong Why leaving something doesn’t always mean you’ve failed What “devotion over discipline” can look like in real life How to keep your drive without letting it consume you What sustainability can teach us about ambition, capacity, and the way we move forward This episode is for you if you’re still deeply committed to what matters to you, but you’re ready to stop believing that commitment has to feel like force. This conversation with Jeanie continues in Episode 135, where we explore uncertainty, control, and what happens when carrying it all finally becomes too much. Follow us on Instagram! Music:  Opening/Interlude/Outro: Love Is WaitingFeatured Song: "Brand New Me" - Alicia Keys Playlists:Spotify - Volume 2YouTube Music - Volume 2

3. 

   6 Oct 2026

   What Are You Taking In?

   What are you taking in, and what is it leaving behind?We're taking in far more than food every day. Social media. Music. Conversations. Other people's moods. The energy of the spaces we're in. And while we may pay attention to what we're consuming, we don't always notice what happens inside us afterward.In this episode, Tara and Karen explore what changes when we start noticing the emotional residue of our everyday lives. They unpack how early messages about feelings can teach us to disconnect from or distrust ourselves, why the same input can affect us differently depending on what we're already carrying, and how our emotions can offer information without necessarily telling us what to do.They also get into Tara's tendency to perform a full emotional “autopsy” , Karen's body-based approach to noticing what she's feeling, why ordinary moments can be the best place to practice emotional awareness, and how two seemingly opposite feelings can both be true.In this episode, we explore: What we're actually “taking in” throughout the day How we're taught to disconnect from or distrust our feelings Why the same input can affect us differently at different times The difference between noticing a feeling and analyzing it to death How emotions can be information without becoming instructions This episode is for you if you’re ready to get curious about what you’re feeling, trust what you notice, and make a little more room for whatever shows up. Follow us on Instagram! Music:  Opening/Interlude/Outro: Love Is WaitingFeatured Song: "Good Days" - SZA Playlists:Spotify - Volume 2YouTube Music - Volume 2

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

6 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

7 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 58 / 100

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Quality

96

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

51

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