Welcome back to Wholeheartedly! Although it has been a while since our last episode, Kaylin turned on the mic for an episode she didn’t expect to record. At the end of July, she lost her 8 ½-year-old cat, Ilia Garnet. It’s never easy to lose a beloved pet, and as a Highly Sensitive Person/empath, it can be exceedingly difficult and heart-wrenching to experience every emotion during something like this. Kaylin talks about Ilia’s story, pet grief, grief theories, ways to cope, and more. Grief is not linear, and it affects us all.

This episode is dedicated to Ilia Garnet Staten, the best soulmate cat a girl could ever ask for. Thank you, Ilia, for spending your precious life with us and being such a good kitten. I’ll love you forever, Beanie Baby. ❤️

Dealing with toxicity can be an uphill battle for Highly Sensitive People or anyone who identifies as an empath. In this week’s episode, Kaylin defines toxicity in both individuals and situations, which can allow “toxic empathy” to work overtime. She also gives an example of a toxic work environment from the very beginning of her career and tips that help her navigate toxicity. Although this subject can be viewed as negative in many regards, you can always learn more about yourself and how you respond to the chaos surrounding you.

Welcome back for Season 3! It has been a while since Kaylin has been behind the mic (9 months, to be exact). It’s a long time coming! In this season's debut episode, she talks about what she learned on her hiatus, including dismantling hustle culture, where to prioritize time and energy, the comforts of nostalgia, and more. Don’t miss the first solo episode of this new season after a very Hollywood-esque hiatus. Join us for more conversations about finding your authentic self, managing being an emotional sponge, and reawakening parts of yourself.

To borrow a lyric from Jewel in the early 2000s, this solo episode is all about intuition. One of the most powerful human experiences is having a gut feeling. Kaylin shares how intuition can shape authenticity, help to reach pivotal decisions, allow you to expand your comfort zone, her own therapy journey and aha moments, examples of gut feelings, how to harness the power of gut feelings, and more. IYKYK. Listen now: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wholeheartedly

For someone with an always-on personality with doses of perfectionism and workaholism, it can be challenging to step away from the hustle and bustle to just… rest. After all, there’s always a deadline, a bill to pay, a project to complete, a chore to do… In this week’s solo episode, Kaylin divulges her kryptonite (well, one of them): not allowing herself to truly rest and relax. It’s a fear-based notion that many of us struggle with. The episode sheds light on how an imbalanced life can lead to burnout, overstimulation, physical ailments, and more. Kaylin doesn’t have it all figured out, but the first step is always awareness. 💫 Implementation and consistency are hard but well worth it to establish boundaries with yourself, push the reset button, and contribute to your overall happiness.

Change is the only constant in life. In this week’s episode, Kaylin gets behind the mic to discuss change. Accepting change can be challenging, especially for those of us who aren’t naturally spontaneous, become overstimulated easily, and allow fear to seep into our daily lives. Kaylin talks about some changes she’s experienced, how she has reacted to them, and some steps you can take to accept change in your own life. (It’s a nonlinear, lifelong process.) We hope you enjoy this episode, initially created on the Notes app on a cruise ship and fine-tuned in the Hourglass headquarters.

It’s the first interview episode after our hiatus! Today, Kaylin is excited to sit down with Alissa Boyer, Mentor for Highly Sensitive People and everything Soulful & Sensitive. We talk about getting in touch with our creative side, what it truly means to be a Highly Sensitive Person, sensation seeking, parenting as an HSP, pacing ourselves as overachievers, being assertive with your own needs, self-regulation, taking action, self-compassion, and where HSPs can naturally thrive. You don’t want to miss this episode if you’re an HSP or want to learn more about what it means to be highly sensitive.

It’s been a while! Kaylin dusts off her mic to give a life update, how she is reconnecting with herself and others, and some conscious coping mechanisms she has started to implement. She also talks about how getting back to basics is just what she has needed for reconnection. It has been a long five months without Wholeheartedly. Let’s dig in to the first episode in a season that will be full of solo and interview episodes! Welcome to Season 2!

Welcome back! In this long-overdue episode, Kaylin discusses how feeling overwhelmed manifests in all of the roles she attempts to manage on a daily basis. She touches on how shame and guilt play off of overwhelm, work-life integration, overstimulation, and more in this freshly-minted episode. Listen at anchor.fm/wholeheartedly.

In this week’s solo episode, Kaylin talks about when her perfectionistic (and thus, anxious) tendencies started, which was when she was three years old. She also talks about adjectives that she would describe that little girl version of herself while also talking about perfectionism in general. It can manifest in so many different ways, and using tools, such as Perfectionism in Perspective, can really help you iron out all of the details and overarching themes of your own perfectionistic tendencies and unrelenting high standards. Learn more at anchor.fm/wholeheartedly.

This episode is the bookend episode to EP12, where Kaylin spoke with Crosby Noricks about PR Couture’s acquisition, as well as a whole host of topics. This week, Kaylin gets Jeneration Founder and President Jen Berson’s take on the acquisition and what led to Jeneration’s pursuit of this new endeavor. They also talk about listening to our intuition, being in the present moment (no matter what is going on), work-life integration, creating high-performance habits, parenting, overachieving, loving what you do and crafting a business that works for you, shifting the paradigm of what a PR career looks like, building a community/programs based on needs, and MUCH more. Listen at anchor.fm/wholeheartedly.

In this lucky #13 episode, Kaylin talks about Internal Family Systems, most notably her inner child. She talks about her own Internal Family System, learning to not identify yourself with only your roles, and defining yourself through values, principles, and aspirations. She also shares a life update that relates to her career and Hourglass Media – the bow on top of previous episodes of Wholeheartedly. Listen now at anchor.fm/wholeheartedly.

In this week’s solo episode, Kaylin reveals what it’s like to be a Highly Sensitive Person who is also sensation-seeking. It can seem like an oxymoron to be an HSP and to seek sensations at the same time, BUT it’s 100% possible and relatable. We get into the reasons for seeking sensations, as well as some characteristics, examples, and more. anchor.fm/wholeheartedly

It’s episode 10 of Wholeheartedly! This week, I talk with Piper White of The Primer Years about everything she has learned (so far!) in her 20s and how to navigate life when it isn’t how you always pictured it. We chatted a lot about what success means and how to be true to yourself, as well as her podcast, her experience with a 9-to-5 job, finding work you’re passionate about, her own mental health journey, handling others’ emotions, social media limits, and much more. You don’t want to miss out on Piper’s wisdom! anchor.fm/wholeheartedly

It’s no secret that grief can change the trajectory of your life. In this week’s episode, Kaylin talks about how grief has affected her own life, from experiencing two miscarriages and losing several loved ones to what it feels like to grieve the loss of a career you think you wanted and your perceived sense of self. We’ll also touch on collective grief and how it impacts our conscious and unconscious minds. (Grief manifests in many more ways, too.) There are some tears in this episode – and it wasn’t easy to get through. But, it’s comforting to bring these stories and emotions to light. anchor.fm/wholeheartedly

“Everyone that we’ve had contact with still lives in us.” While Spiritfarer is a “cozy management game about dying,” it is much more than it appears on the surface. Underneath its multitude of layers lies an experience that has the power to change perspectives and the way we view video games as an art form. Kaylin talks with Spiritfarer’s and Thunder Lotus Games’ Creative Director Nicolas Guérin about the rationale and inspiration behind this life-changing game. With more than one million downloads, it’s transforming the ways players look at death and how we view video games in general. We talk about how to become more comfortable with uncomfortable topics, like death and grief, as well as character development, our own grief journeys, managing your mental health when working on a game like this, and so much more. Listen now: anchor.fm/wholeheartedly

In this solo episode, Kaylin digs a bit deeper into what it means to be a Highly Sensitive Person by shining a spotlight on five HSP traits, as outlined in Dr. Elaine Aron’s Are You Highly Sensitive? Self-Assessment. She gives examples of her own positive and negative attributes weave in and out of each trait, as well as remedies and ways to reframe the negative thought patterns in your daily life. We can begin to see our sensitivity as a strength and not a weakness. Listen now: anchor.fm/wholeheartedly

In the sixth episode of Wholeheartedly, I had a fruitful and honest conversation with Arden Cartrette, The Miscarriage Doula. We chatted about a whole host of things, including: her own loss story, why she wanted to start The Miscarriage Doula & Co., supporting people through pregnancy loss, mental health, stigmas, toxic positivity, how partners grieve, managing your mental health as an empath in a helping profession, parenting a rainbow baby, and more. At the end of the day, all of us are human, and it’s OK to grieve and honor how you feel at any given moment.

[*Trigger Warning: This episode centers on pregnancy and infant loss. Also, if you’re listening to this episode, Arden’s son can be heard playing in the background at certain points. Please be advised if this is triggering to you. (I totally understand and have been where you are.) These points are: 8:36 and 43:26.]

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When life hands us challenges, we can sometimes dig through the garbage to uncover our true gifts and silver linings. In this guest episode, Kaylin chats with coach, trainer, and speaker Heathere Evans of Pivot, Inc. This episode has so many nuggets of inspiration and wisdom to help you reach a higher level of personal leadership. We talk about centering practices, workplace wellbeing, limiting labels, energy drains, empathic gifts, gratitude for jerks, our inner critic(s), how to be less armored, and so much more. Listen at anchor.fm/wholeheartedly