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're Telling Stories About Weight Loss

In this episode of This Life of Ours, I’m freshly back from a trip to South Florida—sun, sand, and a few new perspectives in tow. We’re talking about the stories we tell ourselves about weight loss, and how those...
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When Practice Is the Process

In this episode of This Life of Ours, we’re flipping the script on perfection. Coach Emily B invites you to consider a gentler, more sustainable way to grow: by treating your habits like a practice—not a performance....
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When Life's Path Has Disappeared

What happens when the roadmap disappears? In this heartfelt episode of This Life of Ours, I sit down with Susan to talk about the quiet, often disorienting moment that can come after retirement, when the structure...
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Ep 19 - When We Feel Without Fixing

What if you didn’t need to fix your feelings—but simply feel them? In this heartfelt episode of This Life of Ours, Coach Emily B invites you to slow down and explore what it really means to sit with your emotions. For...
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Ep. 18 - When Nighttime Snacking Isn't About the Food

Hey there, it’s Coach Emily B, and today we’re talking about something that so many women quietly struggle with: nighttime snacking. In this heartfelt episode of This Life of Ours, I’m joined by my client Lynda for an...
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Ep. 17 - When We Have Dirty Pain

In this episode, we’re talking about the difference between clean pain and dirty pain—and how that difference can change everything. Clean pain is honest and human: the sadness, the disappointment, the ache of growth....
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Ep. 16 - When We Realize Stuck is a Choice

In this episode, Coach Emily B coaches Christina, a retired military spouse feeling stuck after major life transitions. They explore the theme that being 'stuck' as a choice, and discuss how adjusting one's mindset...
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This Life of Ours - When We Use Our Calendars For Us, Not Against Us, Ep. 15

In this episode, Coach Emily and Coach Heather are diving into something that sounds simple but can totally change how you move through your days: how you use your calendar. We’re unpacking what it looks like to plan...
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This Life of Ours - When Our Inner Rebellion Keeps us Stuck

In this episode of This Life of Ours, Coaches Emily and Heather explore why we sometimes resist the very goals we set for ourselves—and how that inner rebellion keeps us stuck. If you've ever felt frustrated by your...
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This Life of Ours - When We're Tuning Out from the Present

You know those moments when you realize you've been mentally somewhere else entirely? Maybe you're physically present at your kid's soccer game, but your mind is already planning tomorrow's meeting. Or you're having...
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This Life of Ours - When Regain Gets in the Way

As summer approaches, so does the anxiety around body image, weight fluctuations, and the fear of weight regain. In this episode of This Life of Ours, Coach Emily and Coach Heather get real about what it means to face...
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This Life of Ours - When We Judge to Protect Ourselves

In this episode of This Life of Ours, Coach Heather and Coach Emily invite you to slow down and take a fresh look at the world around you. Kicking things off with stories from farm life—where animals can be some of...
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