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• 75 | Rebirth: What Nobody Tells You About Becoming Who You Actually Are 25.06.2026 26min

  A real rebirth requires a death first.In this episode Lesley shares one of the most personal and vulnerable stories she has told on this podcast. Coming up on one year of sobriety, fresh off a life-changing Advanced Energetics Retreat in San Diego, she opens up about what rebirth actually looks like, not as a concept or a metaphor, but as a lived, somatic, cellular experience in the body.She shares her shame seeker, a part of herself she has been quietly doing deep healing work with all year and what it felt like when that density finally completed its cycle and left her body at the retreat. She shares the walk on the beach that followed. The words she heard. And what it means to step into a new chapter not as someone new, but as someone finally returning home to who she has always been.This is not a self-improvement episode. This is a resurrection story.This episode is for the woman who knows something in her is ready to shift but doesn't have language for it yet.The one who has been in the void and doesn't know how much longer she can hold it.The one who is terrified of what comes after the letting go.In this episode, we explore:· The identity she wore for 20 years and what it cost to lay it down· The Advanced Energetics Retreat in San Diego — the sacred community, and the density that lifted· A vulnerable share about a part of her she has been healing all year· What rebirth feels like in the body, somatic, cellular, happening below the neck· Rebirth is not getting a new version of yourself, it is returning to who you actually are· A real rebirth requires a real death first, surrender, the void, the letting go of the old identity· You cannot receive new life while white-knuckling the old one· Transformation that only happens in the mind cannot reach where the wound actually lives· John 15:12 — the pruning, the cutting off, and what grows from it· You cannot miss your rebirth, if it is at the center of the will of God, it will keep inviting you backListener ReflectionWhat in you is ready to be released? What keeps pressing forward that you have been afraid to let come to the surface?Ready to go deeper?This is the kind of work we do together in 1:1 coaching, learning to hear, learning to discern, learning to trust the specific language God is using to reach you. Book a 20-minute connection call: tidycal.com/kindredjourney/connectionLoved this episode?Share it with the woman who is in the void right now and doesn't know what comes next. She needs to know she is not lost. She is in between.If this episode resonated, leave a five star review wherever you listen and share your reflections with me on Substack and Instagram.Come find me.📩  hello@thekindredjourney.com📖  Substack — thekindredjourney.substack.com🎙  Spotify — The Kindred Journey🎙  Apple Podcasts — The Kindred Journey▶️  YouTube — youtube.com/@lesleyalberts-i7p📷  Instagram — @lesley_the_kindred_journeyA note on this work.The Kindred Journey offers coaching, somatic practices, and educational conversations intended to support personal growth, nervous system awareness, embodiment and emotional awareness. Everything shared through this podcast, email, website, and related content is rooted in personal experience, education, and perspective, and is provided for informational and educational purposes only.This content is not medical or mental health advice, and it is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or replace professional medical, psychological, or mental health care. Please consult a licensed healthcare provider or qualified mental health professional regarding any medical or mental health concerns.The Kindred JourneyNew episodes every Thursday. Remember, you are not alone. You are seen. Heard. Understood. Loved.
• 74 | Fear, Chronic Pain, and the Power to Heal 18.06.2026 35min

  Most people spend their lives managing symptoms. Tina Brown helps them do something different.In this conversation Lesley sits down with Tina Brown, a Salt Lake City healing coach, breathwork facilitator, and somatic guide, for one of the most honest and embodied conversations the show has had. They talk about fear, chronic pain, the physical addiction to adrenaline, and what it actually looks like to invite God into the places that hurt most.Tina shares her own story, starting in 12-step recovery, moving through a breathwork session that cracked her open, and eventually building a practice that helps people prepare for surgery and navigate chronic pain with tools that go far beyond what modern medicine alone can offer.This episode is for someone who is tired of managing her pain, physical or emotional.The one who keeps running into fear and not moving through it.The one who suspects there is another way but does not quite know how to find it.In this episode:· How breathwork opened Tina's spiritual journey and led her to somatic coaching· The physical addiction to fear — cortisol, adrenaline, and why the body doesn't know another way· Fear actually increases physical pain — and what to do about it· Why we run between two fears instead of walking through either one· How inviting God into the pain changes the experience of it· The feelings wheel — and why living in only a quarter of your emotions is costing you· Pre-surgery somatic work — and a 38% reduction in opioid use post-surgery· Pain pathways, chronic pain, and creating new neural routes· You are the medicine. God holds what you cannot carry alone.Guest resources:Website: powertohealwithtinabrown.comInstagram: @powertohealwithtinabrownFree weekly breathwork — The Healing RoomSurgery Preparation Series — 4 sessions before + 1 afterChronic Pain Support Series — starting September 1Listener ReflectionWhere have you been navigating physical or emotional pain that might be asking to be moved through instead of managed?This is the kind of work we do together in 1:1 coaching, learning to hear, learning to discern, learning to trust the specific language God is using to reach you. Book a 20-minute connection call: tidycal.com/kindredjourney/connectionShare it with the woman who needs rest. If this episode resonated, leave a five star review wherever you listen and share your reflections with me on Substack and Instagram.Come find me.📩  hello@thekindredjourney.com📖  Substack — thekindredjourney.substack.com🎙  Spotify — The Kindred Journey🎙  Apple Podcasts — The Kindred Journey▶️  YouTube — youtube.com/@lesleyalberts-i7p📷  Instagram — @lesley_the_kindred_journeyA note on this work.The Kindred Journey offers coaching, somatic practices, and educational conversations intended to support personal growth, nervous system awareness, embodiment and emotional awareness. Everything shared through this podcast, email, website, and related content is rooted in personal experience, education, and perspective, and is provided for informational and educational purposes only.This content is not medical or mental health advice, and it is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or replace professional medical, psychological, or mental health care. Please consult a licensed healthcare provider or qualified mental health professional regarding any medical or mental health concerns.The Kindred JourneyNew episodes every Thursday.Remember, you are not alone. You are seen. Heard. Understood. Loved.
• 73 | Never Waste a Good Trigger 11.06.2026 21min

  The thing that just set you off? Don't waste it.In this episode Lesley reframes everything you were taught about being triggered. A trigger is not proof that you are weak, too sensitive, or broken. It is information. It is your body pointing directly to something that has been sitting inside as an ember from something unhealed, waiting for the right spark to ignite the whole thing again.  She walks you through a 6-step somatic process for moving through a trigger, not around it. From noticing the sensation in the body, to following it back to its original source, to completing the somatic cycle, to alchemy, where the same spark lands and there is nothing left to burn.This episode is for the woman who keeps finding herself in the same fire.The one who reacts and then hates herself for it.The one who has been told she is too much, too reactive, too sensitive.The one who is ready to stop managing the flame and finally go back to the source.In this episode, we explore:· Why being triggered is not weakness it is the most precise map you have to the healing waiting to be discovered· Triggers are never about the present circumstance, they always point to something that happened in the past· What your nervous system is actually doing in fight, flight, fawn, or freeze· The difference between reacting and responding and why the pause is where the healing lives· How to follow the trigger back to the original core wound or core memory· What we don't move through we carry, what we carry becomes density stored in the body· What healed looks like - same spark, nothing left to burn· How to have the conversation with someone who triggered you and why that is healing tooKey reflections from this episode:· "A trigger is not a problem. It is an invitation into the work."· "It is never about the present circumstance. It is always about something that happened in the past."· "The trigger is the fire. The one that has been an ember sitting in the body long enough."· "What once ignited the wildfire has nothing left to burn. That is not suppression. That is alchemy."· "Because it has been met. Witnessed. Processed. Released."Listener ReflectionIs there an ember in your body right now, a trigger that keeps igniting the same fire? That is ready to be met, witnessed, and finally released? You don't have to have the answer. Just let yourself get curious about where the oldest version of this feeling lives.Ready to go deeper?This is the kind of work we do together in 1:1 coaching, learning to hear, learning to discern, learning to trust the specific language God is using to reach you. Book a 20-minute connection call: tidycal.com/kindredjourney/connectionLoved this episode?Share it with the woman who needs rest. If this episode resonated, leave a five star review wherever you listen and share your reflections with me on Substack and Instagram.Come find me.📩  hello@thekindredjourney.com📖  Substack — thekindredjourney.substack.com🎙  Spotify — The Kindred Journey🎙  Apple Podcasts — The Kindred Journey▶️  YouTube — youtube.com/@lesleyalberts-i7p📷  Instagram — @lesley_the_kindred_journeyA note on this work.The Kindred Journey offers coaching, somatic practices, and educational conversations intended to support personal growth, nervous system awareness, embodiment and emotional awareness. Everything shared through this podcast, email, website, and related content is rooted in personal experience, education, and perspective, and is provided for informational and educational purposes only.This content is not medical or mental health advice, and it is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or replace professional medical, psychological, or mental health care. Please consult a licensed healthcare provider or qualified mental health professional regarding any medical or mental health concerns.The Kindred JourneyNew episodes every Thursday.Remember, you are not alone. You are seen. Heard. Understood. Loved.
• 72 | Where Are You Missing Out on God? 04.06.2026 21min

  What if God has been speaking to you this entire time and you just didn't know which language to listen for?From a story of an encounter Lesley goes deeper into something most of us were never taught. In Greek, there are three distinct words all translated as 'word' in English. And understanding the difference changes everything about how you receive God.This episode is an open-handed, open-minded invitation. If you come from a religious background or carry wounds from religion, this is not a theological lecture. It is a permission slip to wonder if God has been closer than you realized, speaking in ways you were told didn't count.This episode is for the woman who has been calling her God-moments coincidences.The one who felt something but talked herself out of it.The one who wonders if God is even interested in the ordinary moments of her life.In this episode, we explore:· The breakdown and the actual meaning of the word “word”· Graphe — the written word of God. Scripture. Sacred, foundational, the map.· Logos — the living voice of God. Not past tense. Active and present right now.· Rhema — the personal, specific, in-the-moment revelation from the Holy Spirit. For you. Right now.· Why Western Christianity collapsed all three into one — and what we lost in the translationKey reflections from this episode:· "The Scripture is the map. But the map is not the journey."· "The word of God is living and active. Not past tense. Present."· "Rhema is the living language most of us were never taught to listen for."· "If it carries shame, fear, or guilt — it is not coming from God."· "What if the language of the sacred is wider than you were taught?"Listener ReflectionWhere have you been experiencing God and calling it something else? Close your eyes if it feels safe to do so. Take a few cleansing breaths. And ask yourself, where in your life has God been trying to speak to you that you have been dismissing as coincidence, imagination, or too small to count? A sign. A stranger. A sensation. A synchronicity. What if that wasn't nothing?Ready to go deeper?This is the kind of work we do together in 1:1 coaching, learning to hear, learning to discern, learning to trust the specific language God is using to reach you. Book a 20-minute connection call: tidycal.com/kindredjourney/connectionLoved this episode?Share it with the woman who has been calling her God-moments coincidences. She needs to know the difference between coincidence and divine. If this episode resonated, leave a five star review wherever you listen and share your reflections with me on Substack and Instagram.Come find me.📩  hello@thekindredjourney.com📖  Substack — thekindredjourney.substack.com🎙  Spotify — The Kindred Journey🎙  Apple Podcasts — The Kindred Journey▶️  YouTube — youtube.com/@lesleyalberts-i7p📷  Instagram — @lesley_the_kindred_journeyA note on this work.The Kindred Journey offers coaching, somatic practices, and educational conversations intended to support personal growth, nervous system awareness, embodiment and emotional awareness. Everything shared through this podcast, email, website, and related content is rooted in personal experience, education, and perspective, and is provided for informational and educational purposes only.This content is not medical or mental health advice, and it is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or replace professional medical, psychological, or mental health care. Please consult a licensed healthcare provider or qualified mental health professional regarding any medical or mental health concerns.The Kindred JourneyNew episodes every Thursday.Remember, you are not alone. You are seen. Heard. Understood. Loved.
• 71 | Outgrowing Is Not Failure It Is Evidence of Growth 30.05.2026 25min

  What do you do when the soil you were planted in can no longer sustain what you are becoming?This episode was recorded in real time,  not from a place of having arrived on the other side, but from the middle of the season itself. Lesley shares openly that she is in this right now. The outgrowing, the tilling, the disorienting in-between that most people are never taught how to navigate.We live in a culture that teaches us to fill the void, to cope with the unknown, to run back to what is familiar and comfortable. But what if the void is not absence? What if it is preparation?Through the lens of the soil and plant analogy, nervous system regulation, identity, faith, and personal unbecoming, this episode explores what it actually means to outgrow a container  and why the discomfort you feel is not evidence that something is wrong with you. It is evidence that you have grown.This episode is for the woman who feels herself pressing against the edges of a life that used to fit.The one who has outgrown something but has not yet named it.The one who keeps filling the void because the spaciousness feels unbearable.The one who is in the tilling season and does not know what will grow.In this episode, we explore:· What it means to outgrow a container and why it is evidence of growth, not failure· The tilling season - the in-between, the void, the no man's land· Why most of us are only taught to fill the void, not be in it· The safety in pressure vs. the discomfort of spaciousness· Why integration requires space and why we resist it· Galatians 6:9 — do not grow weary in planting good seeds· The void is not absence. It is preparation.· Spaciousness as exchange, what gets released must be replaced· Sacred belonging and the courage to leave where you no longer belong· The community that will hold the next version of you cannot find you if you are still performing for the approval of the last containerListener ReflectionIs there a container in your life that you have outgrown but haven't named yet? Where do you feel the pressing? The edges? That is not a verdict. It is the beginning of an honest conversation with yourself and with God, about what you are becoming.Ready to stop navigating the tilling season alone?I have opened an intimate number of one-to-one coaching spaces — 12 weeks of deeply personal somatic healing work built entirely around you and your season. No curriculum, no predetermined path. Just sacred co-created space where your body leads and I hold the container.Book a connection call: tidycal.com/kindredjourney/connectionLoved this episode?Share it with the woman who is in the tilling season and does not yet have language for it. She needs to know the void is not the end. It is the beginning.If this episode resonated, leave a five star review wherever you listen and share your reflections with me on Substack and Instagram.Come find me.📩  hello@thekindredjourney.com📖  Substack — thekindredjourney.substack.com🎙  Spotify — The Kindred Journey🎙  Apple Podcasts — The Kindred Journey▶️  YouTube — youtube.com/@lesleyalberts-i7p📷  Instagram — @lesley_the_kindred_journeyA note on this work.The Kindred Journey offers coaching, somatic practices, and educational conversations intended to support personal growth, nervous system awareness, embodiment and emotional awareness. Everything shared through this podcast, email, website, and related content is rooted in personal experience, education, and perspective, and is provided for informational and educational purposes only.This content is not medical or mental health advice, and it is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or replace professional medical, psychological, or mental health care. Please consult a licensed healthcare provider or qualified mental health professional regarding any medical or mental health concerns.
• 70 | Rest Is a Posture Not a Practice 21.05.2026 17min

  What if everything you were taught about rest is keeping you from it? In this deeply personal episode, Lesley shares the quiet unraveling that happens when your identity has been built around performance, productivity, striving, and output  and your soul can no longer sustain the pace.After years of building a career, raising the bar, becoming a wife and mother, and trying to hold everything together inside a culture that glorifies exhaustion, she began asking a deeper question:How did we get here?This conversation explores the difference between resting from your life and living from a rested place. Through the lens of nervous system regulation, embodiment, faith, motherhood, and identity, we unpack the cultural conditioning that taught us rest is a reward  and the spiritual reframe that changes everything:In the Kingdom, we work from rest, not toward it.Lesley shares the story behind taking a month-long leave from her career, the discomfort of stepping away from performance, and the realization that true rest is not about doing less , it is about returning to who you are beneath striving.This episode is for the woman who is exhausted from trying to “rest correctly.” The woman whose nervous system no longer responds to productivity hacks, vacations, or checking boxes.The woman whose soul is asking for something deeper.In this episode, we explore:• Why modern culture normalizes collective unrest• The nervous system impact of constant performance and hypervigilance• The difference between performative rest and embodied rest• “Rest as reward” vs “rest as origin”• Why hustle produces output but rest produces fruit• The connection between identity, nervous system regulation, and Sabbath• Motherhood, capacity, and the invisible labor women carry• Rest as unbecoming and returning to your true self• How to begin practicing active, embodied rest in everyday lifeKey reflections from this episode:• “True rest is not recovery from your life. It is a posture within your life.”• “Our being informs our doing. Our doing should never determine our being.”• “Rest is not a reward. It is a requirement.”• “Hustle produces output, but rest produces fruit.”Listener ReflectionPlace one hand on your chest and ask yourself:“What would it feel like to do this next thing from a place of rest instead of striving?”Loved this episode?Share it with the woman who needs rest. If this episode resonated, leave a five star review wherever you listen and share your reflections with me on Substack and Instagram.Come find me.📩  hello@thekindredjourney.com📖  Substack — thekindredjourney.substack.com🎙  Spotify — The Kindred Journey🎙  Apple Podcasts — The Kindred Journey▶️  YouTube — youtube.com/@lesleyalberts-i7p📷  Instagram — @lesley_the_kindred_journeyA note on this work.The Kindred Journey offers coaching, somatic practices, and educational conversations intended to support personal growth, nervous system awareness, embodiment and emotional awareness. Everything shared through this podcast, email, website, and related content is rooted in personal experience, education, and perspective, and is provided for informational and educational purposes only.This content is not medical or mental health advice, and it is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or replace professional medical, psychological, or mental health care. Please consult a licensed healthcare provider or qualified mental health professional regarding any medical or mental health concerns.The Kindred JourneyNew episodes every Thursday.Remember, you are not alone. You are seen. Heard. Understood. Loved.
• 69 | Absorbing Energy That Isn't Yours 14.05.2026 21min

  What if some of what you've been carrying… was never yours to carry in the first place?In this deeply embodied conversation, we explore what it actually means to absorb energy that doesn’t belong to you  and why so many highly sensitive women have mistaken empathic overwhelm for anxiety, emotional instability, or “being too much.”This episode is for the woman who walks into a room and immediately feels the shift. The one who carries tension in her body that she cannot explain. The one who has spent her life managing the emotions of everyone around her without realizing she was doing it.Through the lens of nervous system regulation, somatic healing, and spiritual discernment, we unpack the difference between emotional sensitivity and energetic absorption  and why your attunement may not be a flaw at all, but a gift that simply needs direction.We talk about:What empathic absorption actually is and how the nervous system attunes to othersWhy highly sensitive women often carry emotions that aren’t theirsThe “clench”  how the body signals dysregulation before the mind understands itHow unfinished emotional cycles become stored in the bodyThe difference between compassion and rescuingWhy discernment begins in the body, not the mindThe connection between somatic awareness and spiritual sensitivityA grounding practice to help you ask: Is this mine?This episode also explores the sacred tension of parenting, healing generational patterns, and learning how to hold space without absorbing what another person is experiencing.Because healing is not becoming less sensitive.It’s learning how to stay connected to yourself while remaining open to others.You were never too much. You were just carrying too much of what wasn’t yours.Scripture“And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight…” — Philippians 1:9Integration PracticePause and ask yourself: Was this feeling here before I entered this space?Notice what shifts in your body when you stop immediately identifying with every sensation you experience.Take a breath. Drop your shoulders. And let your exhale become permission to set something down.Listener ReflectionIs there anything you are carrying right now that doesn't actually belong to you?What changes when you stop assuming every feeling in your body belongs to you?Loved this episode?Share it with the woman who has spent her entire life being told she’s “too sensitive.”Maybe she isn’t too sensitive at all.Maybe she’s finely tuned and finally learning how to discern what is hers to carry. 🤍If this episode resonated, leave a five star review wherever you listen and share your reflections with me on Substack and Instagram.Come find me.📩  hello@thekindredjourney.com📖  Substack — thekindredjourney.substack.com🎙  Spotify — The Kindred Journey🎙  Apple Podcasts — The Kindred Journey▶️  YouTube — youtube.com/@lesleyalberts-i7p📷  Instagram — @lesley_the_kindred_journeyA note on this work.The Kindred Journey offers coaching, somatic practices, and educational conversations intended to support personal growth, nervous system awareness, embodiment and emotional awareness. Everything shared through this podcast, email, website, and related content is rooted in personal experience, education, and perspective, and is provided for informational and educational purposes only.This content is not medical or mental health advice, and it is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or replace professional medical, psychological, or mental health care. Please consult a licensed healthcare provider or qualified mental health professional regarding any medical or mental health concerns.The Kindred JourneyNew episodes every Thursday.Remember, you are not alone. You are seen. Heard. Understood. Loved.
• 68 | Love Is Disruptive 07.05.2026 30min

  What if everything that broke you open was actually love doing its most important work?In this episode Lesley goes back to one of the most disruptive seasons of her life, 18 months with no reprieve between them. Marriage, a move, an unexpected pregnancy, a health crisis, a c-section, and a month away from home holding everything alone. And she tells you what she knows now that she couldn't see then.She also talks about what it means to watch someone you love in the middle of a disruption they didn't ask for, and the particular kind of surrender that requires.In this episode:· Why the hardest season of your life might be the one love is with you through the most· Every major disruption in scripture is an invitation in disguise· Jesus is disruptive — and that is not a crisis. That is the invitation.· God never separates from us — we separate from Him· The difference between believing in something and experiencing something· Being held in the free fall — forced courage vs. chosen courage· Why relationship is the single most protective factor against the hard thingsSomething to sit with:Where has love been most disruptive in your life — and where, looking back, can you see love in the disruption, even a thread of it?Previous EpisodesFinding Courage Through Change Being the Only Constant-My First Birth Story38 I How To Choose Courage Over Comfort - My Story as a Wildland Firefighters WifeCOME FIND MELet's stay connected.📩  hello@thekindredjourney.com📖  Substack — thekindredjourney.substack.com🎙  Spotify — The Kindred Journey🎙  Apple Podcasts — The Kindred Journey▶️  YouTube — youtube.com/@lesleyalberts-i7p📷  Instagram — @lesley_the_kindred_journeyLEAVE A REVIEWIf this episode met you somewhere real, leaving a five star review helps more women find their way to this space — and that is part of the healing too.Share this with the one woman in your life who is wandering, wondering, or quietly longing for more. She might not know she's looking for this yet. But you do. 🤍A NOTE ON THIS WORKThe Kindred Journey offers coaching, somatic practices, and educational content for personal growth and healing. Everything shared here is based on personal experience and is for informational and educational purposes only.This is not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Please consult a qualified healthcare provider for any medical concerns.The Kindred JourneyNew episodes every Thursday.Remember — you are not alone. You are seen. Heard. Understood. Loved.
• 67 | Unbecoming to Belong 30.04.2026 29min

  Your body responds to rejection as if your life depends on it. Because for thousands of years it did.In this episode Lesley unpacks why the longing to belong is not a character flaw,  it is ancient wiring. Being excluded from the tribe once meant exposure. Death. Your nervous system has not forgotten this, even though the stakes have changed.She talks about the real cost of performing for belonging, the last box she checked, the name she traded in, and the moment she finally stopped contorting herself to fit a container that was never made for her shape. And she tells you what real belonging actually looks like and where she finally found it.In this episode:· Why rejection still feels like survival,  and why that is not weakness· The body keeps score on loneliness the same way it keeps score on trauma· Belonging is not a want,  it is a need God wired into us· Fitting in vs. true belonging  and the cost of confusing the two· The podcast program, the rebranded name, and the coming home· Why belonging is what happens when the performing stopsSomething to sit with:When was the last time you performed for belonging — and what did it cost you?Come find me.📩  hello@thekindredjourney.com📖  Substack — thekindredjourney.substack.com🎙  Spotify — The Kindred Journey🎙  Apple Podcasts — The Kindred Journey▶️  YouTube — youtube.com/@lesleyalberts-i7p📷  Instagram — @lesley_the_kindred_journeyRemember — you are not alone. You are seen. Heard. Understood. Loved.LEAVE A REVIEWIf this episode met you somewhere real, leaving a five star review helps more women find their way to this space — and that is part of the healing too.Share this with the one woman in your life who is wandering, wondering, or quietly longing for more. She might not know she's looking for this yet. But you do. 🤍A NOTE ON THIS WORKThe Kindred Journey offers coaching, somatic practices, and educational content for personal growth and healing. Everything shared here is based on personal experience and is for informational and educational purposes only.This is not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Please consult a qualified healthcare provider for any medical concerns. The Kindred JourneyNew episodes every Thursday.Follow or subscribe wherever you listen so you never miss one.Remember — you are not alone. You are seen. Heard. Understood. Loved.
• 66 | Receiving Who You Were Always Made To Be 23.04.2026 24min

  EPISODE 66 | Receiving Who You Were Always Made To BeYour false identity is not something you chose. It is something that formed around your wounds.This episode is for every woman who has been living inside a story about herself that was never actually hers. We talk about the false identities most of us carry without realizing it, the thought loops on repeat, the limiting beliefs rooted in scarcity, and why shame is not a character flaw but a lie of the enemy.Lesley shares the moment she received her own true identity — not in her perfectly prepared quiet time, but at a friend's kitchen table, in community. And she offers a framework for understanding why we lead with the wrong identity, how to recognize the false one, and what it actually means to receive the true one.In this episode: · Why false identity forms around wounds, not choices · The thought loops that keep us living small  and why they are lies · Wrong belief about God → wrong belief about self → wrong behavior · Why true identity is received, not achieved · The moment Lesley heard her own true identity· What it means to stop earning and start receivingSomething to sit with: When someone asks who you are, what do you reach for first? That answer is information. Not judgment. Just a starting place on the way back to the truest thing about you.Resources mentioned: Living Fearless — Jamie WinshipCome find me.📩  hello@thekindredjourney.com📖  Substack — thekindredjourney.substack.com🎙  Spotify — The Kindred Journey🎙  Apple Podcasts — The Kindred Journey▶️  YouTube — youtube.com/@lesleyalberts-i7p📷  Instagram — @lesley_the_kindred_journeyRemember — you are not alone. You are seen. Heard. Understood. Loved.
• 65 | Your Body Was Never the Problem, It Was Trying to Keep You Safe 16.04.2026 37min

  What happens when your body starts screaming what your mind refuses to hear?This episode is one of the most personal ones yet. Lesley opens with the season she rarely talks about — her first solo summer as a mother of two, an overwhelmed nervous system, coping mechanisms she didn't yet have words for, and the moment a bag of spilled rice brought her to her knees.From there she moves into the wide spectrum of dissociation — what it looks like to live entirely from the neck up, why high-functioning numbness is still numbness, and why the coping mechanisms you're most ashamed of were once the most brilliant parts of you.She also tells the story of the camping trip — anxiety crashing in the middle of the wilderness, the place that was supposed to feel like sanctuary, being dismissed by the people she loved most, and the quiet shift that happened when she got home.This episode closes with a guided somatic grounding practice. She is not sending you away with information. She is bringing you back into your body before you go.In this episode:· Operating from the neck up and the cost of disconnection· The spectrum of dissociation — from dramatic to high-functioning· Coping mechanisms as survival strategies — brilliant, not broken· The body keeps score — trauma stored in tissue, not just memory· The camping trip and the particular loneliness of being dismissed· Talk therapy vs. somatic healing· The July 19th breadcrumb — following the nudge that changed everything· A guided grounding practice to bring you homeSomething to sit with:What breadcrumb have you been ignoring? What is your body trying to tell you that you haven't been willing to hear yet?Come find me:📩  hello@thekindredjourney.com📖  Substack — thekindredjourney.substack.com🎙  Spotify — The Kindred Journey🎙  Apple Podcasts — The Kindred Journey▶️  YouTube — youtube.com/@lesleyalberts-i7p📷  Instagram — @lesley_the_kindred_journeyInterested in working together? Book a connection call:tidycal.com/kindredjourney/connectionLEAVE A REVIEWIf this episode met you somewhere real, leaving a five star review helps more women find their way to this space — and that is part of the healing too.Share this with the one woman in your life who has been pushing through, numbing out, or wondering why she feels anxious in places that should feel safe. Her body is not broken. It is just waiting for her to come home to it. 🤍A NOTE ON THIS WORKThe Kindred Journey offers coaching, somatic practices, and educational content for personal growth and healing. Everything shared here is based on personal experience and is for informational and educational purposes only.This is not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Please consult a qualified healthcare provider for any medical concerns. You are responsible for your own wellbeing — and you are capable of it.The Kindred JourneyNew episodes every Thursday.Follow or subscribe wherever you listen so you never miss one.Remember — you are not alone. You are seen. Heard. Understood. Loved.
• 64 | Spirituality Is Your Birthright 09.04.2026 23min

  What if religion was never meant to be the destination?This episode goes somewhere tender. And somewhere true.Lesley opens with the wound so many women carry quietly — the fracture that forms when the container meant to hold God becomes the thing standing between you and Him. When religion shifts from a doorway into relationship to a system of control, fear, guilt, and shame, it doesn't just hurt — it separates. And that separation can feel like losing God entirely.But what if you never actually lost Him? What if the divide you've been carrying was never a crisis of faith — but an invitation to go deeper than the container and find the relationship that was always waiting underneath it?This episode holds space for diversity. It is not a takedown of religion — it is an invitation beyond performance and into the kind of heart-to-heart relationship with God that no system can manufacture and no wound can permanently sever.WHAT WE EXPLORE·  How religion can create distance from God rather than closeness — and why that is not your fault·  The difference between religion as a gift and religion as a cage·  Why the focus on behavior, fear, guilt, and shame is not the heart of the gospel·  What it looks like to move from religious performance into genuine relational intimacy with God·  Why spirituality is your birthright — and no wound, deconstruction, or distance can remove it·  The YHWH breath — the Hebrew name of God hidden in every breath you have ever taken·  A somatic visualization prayer to help you encounter divine love in your own bodySOMETHING TO SIT WITHWhere have you been hiding in your pain, carrying something you think disqualifies you from being seen? He already knows. And He came to find you there anyway.THE YHWH BREATHYHWH — the Hebrew name of God — is the sound of breath.Yah  on the inhale.  Weh  on the exhale.Every breath you have ever taken has been the name of God. You have never once been outside His presence.EPISODE CHAPTERS00:00  When Religion Creates Distance from God00:16  Respecting Diverse Beliefs — This Space Holds All of You00:30  Control Versus Relationship — When Religion Becomes a Cage00:55  Fear, Guilt, and Shame — and the Relational Intimacy We Were Made ForRESOURCES MENTIONEDCalled to Courage — Lesley's book, being written in real time on SubstackFOLLOW THE BOOK IN REAL TIMECalled to Courage — on SubstackFive years. The seasons that broke me open. The breadcrumbs I almost missed. What I found on the other side of surrender. Free to follow. Most unfiltered version of this work.thekindredjourney.substack.com  ·  I saved you a seat.COME FIND MELet's stay connected.📩  hello@thekindredjourney.com📖  Substack — thekindredjourney.substack.com🎙  Spotify — The Kindred Journey Podcast🎙  Apple Podcasts — The Kindred Journey Podcast▶️  YouTube — The Kindred Journey📷  Instagram — @lesley_the_kindred_journeyLEAVE A REVIEWIf this episode met you somewhere real, leaving a five star review helps more women find their way to this space — and that is part of the healing too.Share this with the one woman in your life who has been hiding at the edges of faith — who hasn't found a space that felt safe enough to bring all of herself. That is exactly who this is for. 🤍A NOTE ON THIS WORKThe Kindred Journey offers coaching, somatic practices, and educational content for personal growth and healing. Everything shared here is based on personal experience and is for informational and educational purposes only.This is not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Please consult a qualified healthcare provider for any medical concerns. You are responsible for your own wellbeing — and you are capable of it.The Kindred JourneyNew episodes every Thursday.Follow or subscribe wherever you listen so you never miss one.Remember — you are not alone. You are seen. Heard. Understood. Loved.
• 63 | Welcome Back: The Rebirth of The Kindred Journey 02.04.2026 23min

  IN THIS EPISODEAfter nearly a year of silence — she's back.In May 2025, Lesley went quiet. No explanation. No goodbye. Just stillness. What looked like an absence was actually the most necessary disappearance of her life — a full season of surrender, somatic healing, identity reclamation, and what she calls Metanoia: a complete transformation of mind, heart, and direction.This episode is the return. Raw, honest, and embodied. Lesley walks through what actually happened in that cocoon — the catalyst moment that changed everything, what it means to liquefy before you grow wings, and why your own stillness might not be what you think it is.She also shares the meaning hidden inside her own name, the book she's writing in real time on Substack, and an invitation to trust the season you're in — even when it looks like nothing is happening.WHAT WE EXPLORE·  What Metanoia actually means — and why your transformation might look like dissolution·  The full-body yes moment that changed everything — and what it means to follow alignment before logic·  Why healing requires losing the identity built around your pain·  The hidden meaning in Lesley's name — Lazelle, Lesley, and the threshold between the hard and the holy·  The book being written in real time — Called to Courage — and how to follow along·  A permission slip for every woman who is in her own cocoon right nowSOMETHING TO SIT WITHIs there a place in your life where you've been in the cocoon — quiet, still, maybe even dark? The silence is not absence. The stillness is not stagnation. You are not behind. You are becoming.EPISODE CHAPTERSNavigate the episode.00:00  From Cocoon to Soul Reclamation00:59  Welcome Back & The Hiatus — An Apology & The Surrender04:29  The Moment Everything Changed: Saying Yes07:02  Full Body Yes: Following Intuition Without Logic08:44  Metanoia: What the Cocoon Really Means10:09  Dissolving Old Identities & Rebuilding12:58  The Meaning in Your Name: Breadcrumbs & Identity19:01  You Are Not Behind — You Are Just BecomingRESOURCES MENTIONEDFrom this episode.Sam Skelly — Pause Breathwork- Somatic ProgramCalled to Courage — Lesley's book, being written in real time on SubstackFOLLOW THE BOOK IN REAL TIMECalled to Courage — on SubstackFive years. The seasons that broke me open. The breadcrumbs I almost missed. What I found on the other side of surrender. Free to follow. Most unfiltered version of this work.thekindredjourney.substack.com  ·  I saved you a seat.COME FIND MELet's stay connected.📩  hello@thekindredjourney.com📖  Substack — thekindredjourney.substack.com🎙  Spotify — The Kindred Journey Podcast🎙  Apple Podcasts — The Kindred Journey Podcast▶️  YouTube — You Tube- The Kindred Journey📷  Instagram — @lesley_the_kindred_journeyLEAVE A REVIEWIf this episode met you somewhere real, leaving a five star review helps more women find their way to this space — and that is part of the healing too.Share this with the one woman in your life who is wandering, wondering, or quietly longing for more. She might not know she's looking for this yet. But you do. 🤍A NOTE ON THIS WORKThe Kindred Journey offers coaching, somatic practices, and educational content for personal growth and healing. Everything shared here is based on personal experience and is for informational and educational purposes only.This is not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Please consult a qualified healthcare provider for any medical concerns. You are responsible for your own wellbeing — and you are capable of it.The Kindred JourneyNew episodes every Thursday.Follow or subscribe wherever you listen so you never miss one.Remember — you are not alone. You are seen. Heard. Understood. Loved.
• The Kindred Journey is Back- A rebirth, not a rebrand! 02.04.2026 1min

  Have you ever felt the pull of something sacred — but couldn't find a space that felt safe enough to explore it?This is that space.The Kindred Journey is a podcast for the woman who knows there's more. More wholeness. More truth. More of herself waiting on the other side of the stories she's been carrying. Whether you've been wounded by religion, walked away from something sacred, or you simply feel it in the silence of the trees before you ever feel it in a room full of people — there is a seat at this table for you.Hosted by Lesley Alberts — somatic coach, embodied healing guide, and someone who spent years looking like she had it all together while quietly falling apart on the inside — each episode weaves together nervous system healing, trauma-informed wisdom, and an invitational spirituality rooted in the belief that you were never as far gone as you thought.Here we explore how healing happens in the body. How identity is received, not earned. How spirituality can feel like coming home instead of measuring up. And how the kind of community where you stop fitting in and actually belong is not only possible — it is the whole point.New episodes every Thursday on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube.Follow so you never miss one. And share this with the one woman in your life who needs to find her way here.Welcome to The Kindred Journey.I have been waiting for you.📩 hello@thekindredjourney.com📖 Substack — thekindredjourney.substack.com🎙 Spotify — The Kindred Journey Podcast🎙 Apple Podcasts — The Kindred Journey Podcast▶️ YouTube — The Kindred Journey📷 Instagram — @lesley_the_kindred_journey
• 62 I Is Your Self-Care Routine Self-Less OR Selfish? Special Guest Episode with Coco Rivard-Self-Care Sermon 15.05.2025 45min

  In this special episode, the host welcomes Coco from the Self-Care Sermon podcast to discuss the true meaning of self-care. Coco shares her extensive background in the beauty industry and recounts her personal journey to self-love and holistic self-care. The conversation delves into themes of inner beauty, the importance of understanding oneself, and the need to redefine societal concepts of beauty and self-care. Coco emphasizes that self-care is beyond superficial treatments; it's about connecting with one's true self, healing from within, and creating meaningful, authentic self-care practices. The episode is filled with personal anecdotes, insights into overcoming societal pressures, and inspiring thoughts on self-acceptance and nurturing a balanced life.Want to connect with Coco? Self Care Sermon PodcastIG: TheselfcaresermonWant to join my free community of Rebalanced Mamas? Join us over on Heartbeat!https://rebalancedmama.groundedmamapodcast.comWant to become a Grounded Mama Insider and get weekly love notes and additional support from me? Grounded Mama Weekly Love NotesWith love and gratitude, Lesley 
• 61 I Do You Feel Like You Are Constantly Behind? A Heartfelt Reminder This Mother’s Day, You Are Right Where You Need To Be 🫶🏻 08.05.2025 24min

  In this episode, we delve into the never ending to-do list! Do you constantly feel the overwhelm of being behind? What if I told you, you were right were you need to BE! We break down the process of how to detach from the to-do’s, surrender, and soak up the present moment. Because that is truly all we ever have. If you would like to leave a five star review for the show I would be humbled and honored for a minute of your precious time and it would help other mamas like you to find the show! I read a poem from this book and trust me grab a Kleenex you are going to need it! 😭 Beautiful Chaos  by Jessica UrlichsWant to join my free community of Rebalanced Mamas? Join us over on Heartbeat!https://rebalancedmama.groundedmamapodcast.comWant to become a Grounded Mama Insider and get weekly love notes and additional support from me? Grounded Mama Weekly Love NotesWith love and gratitude, Lesley 
• 60 I Are You Constantly Living in Overwhelm? Step Into the Unknown & Navigate Emotional Experiences with Confidence 01.05.2025 18min

  In this episode, we delve into overwhelm and the human emotional experience, exploring how our minds are wired for survival, not necessarily for thriving. We discuss the feelings of overwhelm, fear, and the attachments we form with our emotions. We also share practical steps to navigate these emotional experiences, fostering mindfulness, and promoting personal growth.Want to join my free community of Rebalanced Mamas? Join us over on Heartbeat!https://rebalancedmama.groundedmamapodcast.comWant to become a Grounded Mama Insider and get weekly love notes and additional support from me? Grounded Mama Weekly Love NotesWith love and gratitude, Lesley 
• 59 I I AM Identity Series: What Does a Rebalanced Mama Look Like? Take a Seat & Claim Your Reality Today! 27.04.2025 20min

  🎉 It’s Finally Here! Join my 5 week program The Rebalanced Mama Method https://bit.ly/RebalancedMama 🎉 Enter Code Identity for $50 off so you can Mother with purpose & Embody the mother you desire to be! Doors close today! Don’t miss your chance!Are you ready to reclaim your balance, nurture your well-being, and step into your power as a mother? The Rebalanced Mama Method is a 4-week transformational program designed specifically for mothers who are ready to embark on a journey of self-discovery and personal growth.This comprehensive program combines the principles of neuroscience, mindfulness, and holistic wellness to help you reconnect with your body, understand your unique identity, and cultivate a more balanced and fulfilling life. The program is built around the four pillars (Spiritual, Mental, Physical, and Emotional) that comprise our unique individual nervous systems.By the end of the program, you will walk away with a deeper understanding of your unique identity, practical grounding techniques, and a renewed sense of confidence in your mothering journey. You will have the tools and strategies to navigate the challenges of motherhood with grace and ease, and to create a more balanced, joyful, and fulfilling life for yourself and your family.The Rebalanced Mama Method is more than just a program—it's your compass to wayfind your way back to your nervous system, allowing you to mother with ease. Are you ready to embrace your potential and become the best version of yourself? Join us and become a Rebalanced Mama.Register Here: Shine Bright You Were Made For More! Wednesday April 30, 2025 6:30-8:30 Barber Park Event & Education Center 4049 S Eckert Rd, Boise IdahoWant to join my free community of Rebalanced Mamas? Join us over on Heartbeat! IF you RSVP to the above event you are entered to win the giveaway for a ticket to the Shine Bright You Were Made for More Event! https://rebalancedmama.groundedmamapodcast.comWant to become a Grounded Mama Insider and get weekly love notes and additional support from me? Grounded Mama Weekly Love NotesDid you Miss the First Episodes of the I AM series?50 I I AM Identity Series: Has Your Identity Shifted in Motherhood? Identity is a Birthright. Are You Ready to Discover Yours? 51 I I AM Identity Series: Are You Exhausted Trying to Be Something You're Not? Release The Fake IDs & Shed Limiting Beliefs! 52 I I AM Identity Series: Are You Focusing On External Identity Achievement? How To Recognize Your Worth, Find Inner Peace & Make Meaningful Connections w/Special Guest Pam Strain. 53 I I AM Identity Series: Are You Identifying as Your Feelings? How to Detach From Your Experiences, Nurture Your Mental Health & Expand Your Mindfulness. 54 I I AM Identity Series: I AM Anxious, Stressed & Overwhelmed. Are You Attached To Your Feelings?  Let Go, Calm Your Brain, & Detach From Your Thoughts To Experience A Mindful Motherhood55 I I AM Identity Series: Are You Outsourcing Your Identity as a Mother? Ditch the Mom-Guilt, Fuel Your Purpose & Achieve Work-Life Balance56 I I AM Identity Series: Do You Try & Manage Your Children’s Emotions? Detach From Control & Become An Emotional Leader - Part 157 I I AM Identity Series: Do You Control Everyone Else’s Emotions But Your Own? Master Emotional Leadership By Gaining Emotional Courage & Setting Emotional Boundaries- Part 258 I I AM Identity Series: Have You Ever Considered Yourself A Failure? Overcome Fear & Step Into Action Today!With love and gratitude, Lesley 
• 58 I I AM Identity Series: Have You Ever Considered Yourself A Failure? Overcome Fear & Step Into Action Today! 26.04.2025 28min

  🎉 It’s Finally Here! Join my 5 week program The Rebalanced Mama Method https://bit.ly/RebalancedMama 🎉 Enter Code Identity for $50 off so you can Mother with purpose & Embody the mother you desire to be!Have you ever considered yourself as a failure? What does failing look like to you? Fear is an emotion that can keep us safe and stuck from our true potential. This episode invites listeners to challenge their self-perception and redefine their understanding of success and failure. We'll explore how reframing our experiences can empower us to grow and thrive.Register Here: Shine Bright You Were Made For More! Wednesday April 30, 2025 6:30-8:30 Barber Park Event & Education Center 4049 S Eckert Rd, Boise IdahoWant to join my free community of Rebalanced Mamas? Join us over on Heartbeat! IF you RSVP to the above event you are entered to win the giveaway for a ticket to the Shine Bright You Were Made for More Event! https://rebalancedmama.groundedmamapodcast.comWant to become a Grounded Mama Insider and get weekly love notes and additional support from me? Grounded Mama Weekly Love NotesDid you Miss the First Episodes of the I AM series?50 I I AM Identity Series: Has Your Identity Shifted in Motherhood? Identity is a Birthright. Are You Ready to Discover Yours? 51 I I AM Identity Series: Are You Exhausted Trying to Be Something You're Not? Release The Fake IDs & Shed Limiting Beliefs! 52 I I AM Identity Series: Are You Focusing On External Identity Achievement? How To Recognize Your Worth, Find Inner Peace & Make Meaningful Connections w/Special Guest Pam Strain. 53 I I AM Identity Series: Are You Identifying as Your Feelings? How to Detach From Your Experiences, Nurture Your Mental Health & Expand Your Mindfulness. 54 I I AM Identity Series: I AM Anxious, Stressed & Overwhelmed. Are You Attached To Your Feelings?  Let Go, Calm Your Brain, & Detach From Your Thoughts To Experience A Mindful Motherhood55 I I AM Identity Series: Are You Outsourcing Your Identity as a Mother? Ditch the Mom-Guilt, Fuel Your Purpose & Achieve Work-Life Balance56 I I AM Identity Series: Do You Try & Manage Your Children’s Emotions? Detach From Control & Become An Emotional Leader - Part 157 I I AM Identity Series: Do You Control Everyone Else’s Emotions But Your Own? Master Emotional Leadership By Gaining Emotional Courage & Setting Emotional Boundaries- Part 2With love and gratitude, Lesley 
• 57 I I AM Identity Series: Do You Control Everyone Else’s Emotions But Your Own? Master Emotional Leadership By Gaining Emotional Courage & Setting Emotional Boundaries- Part 2 25.04.2025 18min

  🎉 It’s Finally Here! Join my 5 week program The Rebalanced Mama Method https://bit.ly/RebalancedMama 🎉 Enter Code Identity for $50 off so you can Mother with purpose & Embody the mother you desire to be!In this follow-up episode of emotions of the I AM Identity series, the focus is on understanding and managing emotions effectively. Lesley explains the importance of fully processing emotions to prevent them from being stored as stress in the body. Key steps covered include integrating with your body by paying attention to physical sensations, naming emotions to tame them, and setting emotional boundaries. The episode emphasizes that managing others' emotions is not one's job and promotes emotional courage. Lesley concludes by inviting listeners to join a comprehensive program to further explore these concepts.Register Here: Shine Bright You Were Made For More! Wednesday April 30, 2025 6:30-8:30 Barber Park Event & Education Center 4049 S Eckert Rd, Boise IdahoWant to join my free community of Rebalanced Mamas? Join us over on Heartbeat! IF you RSVP to the above event you are entered to win the giveaway for a ticket to the Shine Bright You Were Made for More Event! https://rebalancedmama.groundedmamapodcast.comWant to become a Grounded Mama Insider and get weekly love notes and additional support from me? Grounded Mama Weekly Love NotesDid you Miss the First Episodes of the I AM series?50 I I AM Identity Series: Has Your Identity Shifted in Motherhood? Identity is a Birthright. Are You Ready to Discover Yours? 51 I I AM Identity Series: Are You Exhausted Trying to Be Something You're Not? Release The Fake IDs & Shed Limiting Beliefs! 52 I I AM Identity Series: Are You Focusing On External Identity Achievement? How To Recognize Your Worth, Find Inner Peace & Make Meaningful Connections w/Special Guest Pam Strain. 53 I I AM Identity Series: Are You Identifying as Your Feelings? How to Detach From Your Experiences, Nurture Your Mental Health & Expand Your Mindfulness. 54 I I AM Identity Series: I AM Anxious, Stressed & Overwhelmed. Are You Attached To Your Feelings?  Let Go, Calm Your Brain, & Detach From Your Thoughts To Experience A Mindful Motherhood55 I I AM Identity Series: Are You Outsourcing Your Identity as a Mother? Ditch the Mom-Guilt, Fuel Your Purpose & Achieve Work-Life Balance56 I I AM Identity Series: Do You Try & Manage Your Children’s Emotions? Detach From Control & Become An Emotional Leader - Part 1With love and gratitude, Lesley