When Grief Calls You Home

November 26, 2025

In this episode, I talk with the luminous Harper A. Bailey, whose debut memoir It Was Her poured straight into my heart. We talk about the dream that sparked her writing, the spiritual co-creation behind her pen name, and the moment she realized her story wasn’t just hers, it was meant to unlock stories in […]

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Finding Your Way Back to Your Light

What You’ll Learn

  • How people-pleasing and seeking external validation can disconnect you from your sense of self
  • Why slowing down and spending time in nature can help you reconnect with your intuition
  • How small, everyday choices can strengthen self-trust
  • Why your accomplishments and productivity don’t determine your self-worth
  • How understanding the beliefs behind past choices can make self-forgiveness easier
  • What nature can teach us about resilience, compassion, connection, and being the light

Finding your way back to yourself is about slowing down enough to hear what’s already within you, not doing more. In this episode, I sit down with best-selling author and entrepreneur Amber Vilhauer to explore what it means to reconnect with your inner light after years of people-pleasing, pushing through, and looking outside yourself for validation.

Amber shares how her own experiences with rejection, self-sacrifice, and disconnection led her to rebuild her self-trust and how becoming a mother deepened that journey. We also discuss Amber’s new book, What Nature Teaches Us, co-authored with her son Clay, and the simple but powerful lessons nature offers about resilience, self-worth, compassion, and being present.

About Amber Vilhauer

Amber Vilhauer is a bestselling author, entrepreneur, speaker, and mom who has spent more than 20 years helping others grow with greater authenticity and purpose. Her latest book, What Nature Teaches Us, co-authored with her nine-year-old son, explores resilience, self-worth, connection, and the lessons we discover when we slow down and listen.

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