This Life of Ours

This Life of Ours

Hosted by: birch & stone coaching collective

Welcome to This Life of Ours, a space for real conversations, heartfelt insight, and everyday coaching. I’m your host, Coach Emily—life coach, storyteller, deep feeler, and Vermont hobby farmer. Around here, we talk...

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When We Welcome Imperfection This Thanksgiving

This Thanksgiving, Coach Emily B offers a warm reminder: you don’t need a perfect holiday, just a real one. In this short, heartfelt episode, Emily helps you release pressure, simplify what matters, enjoy the foods...
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When Embracing Today Transforms Tomorrow

In this episode, Coach Emily B shares the story of “Anna,” a woman who built her worth around numbers on a scale, a clothing tag, and a birthday. Through gentle reflection, Emily shows how easily we pause our lives...
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When Life Pivots: How to Reground, Reorient, and Begin Again

When plans change and life reroutes, it’s easy to lose your footing. In this episode of This Life of Ours, Coach Emily B explores what it really means to pivot—with calm, clarity, and trust. Hear her personal story of...
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When Vulnerability Fuels Empowerment

In this heartfelt episode, Coach Emily B shares a vulnerable piece of her personal story — from growing up on a Vermont farm to finding self-trust, healing emotional eating, and building the Birch & Stone Coaching...
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When Fine is No Longer Enough

Have you ever said, “I’m fine,” but deep down, you know you’re not fulfilled? In this episode, Coach Emily B shares what life coaching really is—and how it helps you move from surviving to thriving. Learn the...
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When We Slow Down Enough to Listen to What We Need

In this heartfelt episode of This Life of Ours, Coach Emily B invites us to explore what happens when we slow down long enough to truly listen—to ourselves, our needs, and our inner guidance. Through gentle reflection...
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When Returning Home Sparks Self-Reflection

In this heartfelt episode of This Life of Ours, Coach Emily B reflects on her time at the recent Fall into Focus retreat in the Berkshires—a weekend filled with connection, clarity, and the kind of peace that only...
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When Every Yes is Really a No to Something Else

In this episode of This Life of Ours, I’m talking about the quiet but powerful practice of saying No. Every Yes we give is also a No to something else—and if we’re not careful, that “something else” might be our own...
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When We Come Together, Shame Can Disappear

In this episode of This Life of Ours, Coach Emily B invites the Birch & Stone Coaching community into an honest, heart-centered conversation about goal weight. Rather than focusing on a number on the scale, we...
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When We're Showing up Physically but not Emotionally

Ever get to the end of the day and realize you don’t remember much of it? You were there—but not really there. In this episode of This Life of Ours, Coach Emily B shares what it looks like to be physically present but...
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When Self-Compassion Leads to Transformation

In this heartfelt episode of This Life of Ours, Coach Emily B is joined by Allison for a powerful conversation about what happens when self-compassion becomes the path to change. Allison opens up about her journey of...
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When We Wear the Cultural Costume Instead of Being Ourselves

Do you ever catch yourself putting on a mask, showing the version of you that feels “acceptable” instead of your authentic self? In this episode of This Life of Ours, Coach Emily B unpacks the difference between the...
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