Grief Awareness Guided Walk
Purpose to Create Podcast
*Saturday, August 30 is National Grief Awareness Day.* Join us at 10:00am EST no matter where you live. This is a remote and live experience. Explore your local park, neighborhood, or hop on a treadmill and walk for 30 minutes and listen to this guided walk. Tag us on IG @natarsha_wright in your walk and purposeful pause photos. I'm excited to walk with local listeners and share with our community that they are not alone in their grief and neither are you! After the walk spend time with the below Purposeful Pause: 1. What are you grieving in this season? 2. How are you embracing joy? 3....
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Two Things Can Be True
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In this episode, Natarsha explores what it means to hold both joy and grief at the same time. Whether you’re navigating a recent loss, facing an unexpected life transition, or carrying grief you haven’t yet named, this conversation helps you see that emotional complexity isn’t weakness—it’s resilience in motion. We’ll unpack: The different types of grief that often go unspoken, including identity loss, anticipatory grief, and disenfranchised grief. Why perimenopause, career shifts, and creative ruts can bring unexpected grief. How to navigate the tension of missing what was...
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Simple Joys
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Joy doesn’t have to be earned. It doesn’t need a perfect moment, permission, or performance. It just needs space. In this episode, I’m reflecting on a recent gathering with friends and how it reminded me to stop delaying joy for the “right” time. From dancing in my living room to crafting mini charcuterie boards, I’m sharing the small, soulful things that bring me joy—and how I’m no longer waiting to enjoy them. Whether you’ve been stuck in overthinking, burnout, or the habit of tying your joy to output, this episode is your reminder that you can create joy right now....
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Joy Without Justification
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What if joy didn’t need a reason? In this episode, I’m sharing what happened when I stopped chasing trends, stopped tying my worth to my work, and finally gave myself permission to be—not just do. As a photographer, strategist, content creator, and podcaster, joy used to feel like a reward I had to earn. Now? I’ve redefined joy as something I no longer perform for—but something I create from. We’re talking about what it means to reclaim your joy without guilt, pressure, or permission—and how choosing joy can reconnect you to your purpose, creativity, and freedom. Inside this...
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Be Where You Are
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Trying to find your way back to you? This is your reminder that joy begins when you return home to yourself. In this episode, I share real-time reflections from Bali—where I didn’t record, perform, or push… I simply rested. What I found in that stillness was powerful: the version of me I’d been chasing was already here. I just needed to be still enough to meet her. This is the official launch of our Summer Soul Guide series—a gentle, joyful journey back to presence, alignment, and soul-led creativity. In this episode, you’ll hear: Why I traded performance for presence What Bali...
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Where Gentle Things Grow
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In this gentle yet grounded episode, we’re closing out the bloom arc with a sacred reminder: You don’t have to push to prove you’re growing. Rest is holy. Softness is strength. And your quiet healing still counts. Whether you’ve been blooming in silence or learning to move differently, this episode is for you—the one who’s growing without applause, reclaiming peace over pressure, and choosing herself in a new way. Inside this conversation: The myth of hustle as proof of worth A story about bamboo and what it means to grow underground How to protect your rest and honor...
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Bloom Happens
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What if your breakthrough is already happening—just beneath the surface? Blooming isn’t always loud—it’s often hidden, slow, and sacred. In this soul-centered episode, I’m pulling back the curtain on what it really means to bloom when the process doesn’t look pretty—or public. You’ll hear how God forms us in the dark, why blooming often starts underground, and how to stop shrinking into the version of yourself that’s already expired. Inside this conversation: The messy, bold, and quiet parts of blooming What “The Rose That Grew from Concrete” teaches us about...
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What Matters Most?
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What would shift if you stopped asking for permission to be who you already are? In today’s short and sweet reflection-driven episode, I’m sharing the one value that guides everything I do—freedom. The freedom to live fully, move boldly, and create without apology. It’s a freedom my ancestors fought for, and one I choose to honor by living in alignment with it daily. Even when the odds are stacked. Even when it feels hard. Even when it would be easier to shrink. You’ll hear: Why freedom isn’t just a feeling—it’s a practice What living in alignment really looks like How to...
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The Weight of Expectations
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Who would you be if you weren’t worried about disappointing anybody? So many of us are walking around carrying the weight of what they think—without even realizing it. We shrink ourselves to stay safe. We confuse their expectations with our identity. And somewhere along the way, we lose sight of who we’re really called to become. In this episode, I’m opening up about the subtle, heavy ways expectations shape us—and how learning to release them is key to stepping into your true purpose. We’ll also talk about how grief can quietly add its own weight, and what it looks like to honor...
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Honoring Grief, Choosing Joy
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Grief doesn’t always look the way we expect. It’s not linear. It’s not predictable. It can hold sorrow and joy, ache and gratitude, all in the same breath. Today, I’m inviting you into a deeply personal moment—one rooted in honoring grief, choosing joy, and giving yourself permission to feel it all. In this bonus episode, I’m sharing reflections from a tender day in my own journey, including a letter I wrote to my mom in her memory on the 4 year anniversary of her death. Whether you’re navigating loss, change, or just learning how to hold both grief and hope at the same time,...
info_outlineIn this episode, Natarsha explores what it means to hold both joy and grief at the same time. Whether you’re navigating a recent loss, facing an unexpected life transition, or carrying grief you haven’t yet named, this conversation helps you see that emotional complexity isn’t weakness—it’s resilience in motion.
We’ll unpack:
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The different types of grief that often go unspoken, including identity loss, anticipatory grief, and disenfranchised grief.
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Why perimenopause, career shifts, and creative ruts can bring unexpected grief.
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How to navigate the tension of missing what was while making room for what’s next.
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A powerful reclaiming moment inspired by Jill Scott’s Golden that will have you holding onto your freedom—joy unfolding and all.
If you’ve been silently carrying grief or feeling guilty for experiencing joy while healing, this episode is your reminder: you’re not betraying one by holding space for the other.
What part of your identity are you grieving—and what freedom can you hold onto in this next season?
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