In this special episode, Sam invites her uncle, Mike Pfotenhauer, founder and head designer of Osprey Packs (until his recent retirement), to discuss the role of creativity in his life and in Osprey Packs.
Osprey Packs is a world class outdoor backpack company headquartered in Cortez, Colorado. It is known for its innovative design, sustainability values, and high quality products. Mike founded Osprey in 1974. Osprey’s backpacks can be found in nearly every country, airport, and trail.
Mike Pfotenhauer is an artist and creative, though he might not use those words to describe himself. He approached his business with an extreme emphasis on creativity and his personal freedom of creative expression.
In this podcast, Mike discusses how creativity allows him to get lost and find the path again, what creativity offers you as a person, the importance of being connected to the material items around you, finding an inner sense of freedom through creativity, balancing business demands and creativity flow, and what self-expression offers you in your life.
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In this series, Sam explores how she found safety in sexual expression. Five years ago, she felt disconnected from her own sexuality and body, numb, pressured by expectation, sexually closed and wondering if she just wasn’t a sexual person. Now, she feels so alive and expressive, empowered, and joyful in her sexual expression. In this series, she breaks down some of the tools, practices, and mindset shifts that helped her make this truly incredible transformation.
This episode is all about loving and connecting with your body. If you want to feel confident and expressive with sexuality, cultivating sincere self love and a strong connection with your body is essential.
In this episode, Sam discusses:
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In this new series, Sam explores how she found safety in sexual expression. Five years ago, she felt disconnected from her own sexuality and body, numb, pressured by expectation, sexually closed and wondering if she just wasn’t a sexual person. Now, she feels so alive and expressive, empowered, and joyful in her sexual expression. In this series, she breaks down some of the tools, practices, and mindset shifts that helped her make this truly incredible transformation.
In this episode, Sam discusses how essential it is to be honest with yourself and what you want to feel empowered sexually. If you don’t feel comfortable saying “no” to anything or anyone that doesn’t feel right, than you won’t trust your yes either. To feel truly empowered sexually, you need to know how you are feeling and be able to articulate it. Because if you can’t trust yourself to articulate what you want or need, there will be a part of you that always feels on-guard because you won’t know if you are safe. In this episode, Sam also discusses using discernment when selecting partners, navigating people pleasing and disappointment, and how to expand your ability to know what you are feeling.
You are invited to make this series conversational. Call in to the podcast (number below) and leave a question or DM Sam on Instagram @wildriver with your thoughts and reflections. Sex can feel isolating, but it doesn’t have to! Let’s remove some of the shame and stigma around sexual insecurities to facilitate an empowering and educational conversation.
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In this new series, Spirituality 101, Sam explores foundational concepts of spirituality and mysticism. Though this content is great for folks having a spiritual or psychic awakening (whether it be your first or one of many), this series is supportive and engaging for anyone on a spiritual path. Just because it is foundational does not mean it is elementary.
We live in an energy universe. Each of us are made of energy and vibrate at a specific frequency. That internal frequency influences our external reality. Though it is not by any means the only factor influencing our lives, your vibration is something you have control over, and a way to influence and shift your lived experience.
In this episode, Sam explores ways to raise your vibration and increase your magnetism. There are many ways to do this. Sam argues that the most effective ways relate to embodiment, feeling and expressing your spectrum of emotions, and living out of the heart. Connecting sincerely with yourself, your body, and your emotions, and allowing love to flow through you, for yourself and for others, allows you to radically shift and heighten your vibrational frequency.
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Family and old friend dynamics can be challenging! Especially as you continue to grow and evolve and others' perceptions of you don't keep up. In this episode, Sam channels her Spirit Guides for a message to the listeners about how to stay in your heart and stay authentic during this holiday season. She also shares some practical guidance to stay connected to yourself.
Sam discusses:
- The importance of acknowledging family dynamics and your role in them
- Taking comments less personally
- Managing your energy
- Allowing yourself to be seen by your family
- Dealing with difficult emotions like frustration and anger
Sam also discusses two new upcoming WORKSHOPS. Learn about them here! Note that Sam says the energy healing will take place December 18, but it has been rescheduled for WEDNESDAY, December 20!
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Transformation is inevitable. It is part of being alive. But there is a special power to stepping into transformation - with choice and surrender - and fully allowing it to take you wherever you need to go next. Transformation asks you to surrender aspects of your identity, life, and sense of self to upgrade to a more authentic version of yourself.
In this episode, Sam interviews Libby Christenson, leadership coach, about transformation. Libby has walked through several transformations in her life - sobriety, career shifts, relationship endings, health crisis, and maturation in her identity - and has gained a lot of wisdom from those experiences. She also professionally supports others in massive transformations.
Sam and Libby discuss:
- How transformation brings up resistance, and the importance of surrendering to the unknown
- How to navigate painful transformations and find ease and joy in them
- The magic that awaits you on the other side of big transformations
- Choosing yourself and authenticity during big life changes
- Developing confidence and a sense of safety despite outer turmoil and instability
- Practical tools for navigating transformation
WORK WITH LIBBY: Libby is a phenomenal coach. (Sam worked with her in 2022 and had a phenomenal experience.) To learn more about Libby, check out her website or her Instagram @libbychristenson
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Joy is a choice. It is an experience you can cultivate much more of through your intention and action. In this mini-episode, Sam explores the importance of this choice and three ways to cultivate more joy in your life: gratitude, grounding, and avoiding bypassing.
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In this episode, Sam is channeling for the first time on the podcast (at least, channeling in this way). Channeling is a way of connecting with consciousness and intelligent energy outside this earthly realm. We live in an energetic universe, and channeling is a means to communicating and expressing this energy.
In this channeled message, our collective guides share all about the importance of the body as a tool:
If you want to learn more about channeling, check out Episode 33 - Communicating with the Spirit Realm with Emily the Medium.
If you want to connect with your own guides, book a Clarity Call and note in the intake form that you’d like to focus on channeling, and we can dive into your channeling specifically for you.
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Under nearly every reaction - whether it be anger, contraction, avoidance, exploding, or judgment - is another, more vulnerable emotion. When you understand the underlying emotion that is driving your reactions, you have the opportunity to move forward with awareness and support yourself for your entire feelings, rather than react from the wound.
In this episode, Sam explores how to do this. She walks through different examples of reacting, and how to explore what is going on underneath the surface that is contributing to the reaction. She describes the process for this type of inner inquiry and what to do with the information, as well as why it is so valuable to expand your awareness in this way.
*NOTE that Sam does say a few swear words in this episode, in the case that you want to be mindful about who is listening along with you.
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After 15 weeks living out of her car, Sam has completed an epic roadtrip.
11 states. 10,000 miles. Dozens of hikes, tea ceremonies, and new friends.
This episode is a personal life share. Sam talks about her intentions for hitting the road, the logistics for living out of your car (but not sleeping in it), the parts she loved, the challenges, and some key lessons learned.
She talks about the ability to feel grounded anywhere through presence, how feeling beauty and being in beauty don’t always correlate, and the joys of following your intuition.
Now, Sam lives in Austin, Texas! A new journey begins.
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Let’s talk about making and keeping authentic, intimate, fulfilling friendships an adult. It can be so hard to make new friends as an adult, yet it is something most of us are craving for more of in our lives.
In this episode, Sam discusses:
In this episode, Sam mentions friendship and connection coach Alex Friedman. Check out her work through her Instagram @connectionfeast (esp if you are in Seattle!)
ENERGY HEALING will take place October 25. Claim your spot here.
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In this episode, Sam discusses what it is like to really hold the vision of what you want out of your life. Even when you know what you want, it’s so important to be patient while the details and inspiration come in, and then to pursue it while holding the greater vision. It takes patience and resilience to stay committed to a potential you want in your life.
In this episode, Sam talks about:
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Submit by October 17, 2023.
Work with DANI: Check out Dani’s website here. I highly recommend her sacred alchemy 1:1 sessions.
ENERGY HEALING will take place October 25 at 8 pm ET. Claim your spot here.
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Leave a review on Apple Podcasts and email a screenshot to hello@wildriver.live . In that email, also include your birth info (birthday, birth time (am/pm) and location of birth) and any questions you have. Sam will follow-up with a 10 minute reading.
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In this episode, Sam makes a case to do one of the bravest things a person can do, which is to go after what they really, truly want.
It is extremely brave to let yourself desire things. To acknowledge it to yourself, to voice it, and to take actions to it.
A ton of insecurities can come up. You may feel unworthy of wanting the thing, afraid of failing, nervous about being made fun of or seeming stupid when putting yourself out there, or feeling selfish for wanting more.
Even with these fears, it is worth it. Because your desires - the true, soul-level desires you don’t stop thinking about - are the pathway to your purpose, fulfillment, joy, and authenticity. And when you ignore these desires, not only may you still experience rejection or unworthiness, but you also may feel a deep, painful sense of regret for not giving yourself the chance to have what you really want.
Be brave and go after it.
CONNECT WITH NADIA: Visit Nadia’s website here and Podcast, the Current, here. Find her on Instagram @nadialast_
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Following calling off her wedding and breaking up with her partner of 7 years, Sam shares how she navigated the next six months.
After any big life changes - whether it be a breakup, a move, or a new job - there is an opportunity for growth and exciting opportunities. In this episode, Sam shares about finding magic in times of instability and changes, and how to navigate the emotional lows and make space for the highs. Nadia Last - talented therapist and podcaster, and Sam’s best friend - interviews her about this experience.
Together, Sam and Nadia discuss:
Sam and Nadia unpack what it means to find magic after big changes, and honoring all parts of yourself.
To help you explore and evaluate your relationship, Sam created this FREE WORKBOOK called The Relationship Framework. Download it HERE now and share on Instagram what you think!
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In today’s episode, Sam shares about calling off her wedding and ending her long-term relationship of seven years.
She takes you into this very personal experience - the most painful and transformative of her life - to express what it felt like, what she did to get to clarity, and how she feels now.
Sam’s best friend and collaborator, Nadia Last (host of The Current Podcast and talented therapist) interviews her.
Together, they discuss:
To help you explore and evaluate your relationship, Sam created this FREE WORKBOOK called The Relationship Framework. Download it HERE now and share on Instagram what you think!
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Human Design Projectors are our guides. They can see deeply into people, projects, systems, and organizations. They provide illuminating guidance that can help us see yourselves or our lives in a different way.
In this episode, Nadia Last - host of the Current podcast and a projector herself - and Sam interview Amber Larsen. Amber is a 3/5 Splenic Projector. Together, we unpack:
There is so much wisdom packed into this episode. We hope it can be a tool for any projectors out there, as well as a helpful resource to anyone who wants to support projectors better.
Connect with Amber through her website: https://amberlarsen.co
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