Rooted In Presence
Rooted in Presence is a podcast for midlife souls ready to move beyond survival and come home to themselves.
Join Carly Killen, midlife, menopause and Breathwork coach for conversations on menopause, strength training, nervous system wisdom, bone health, and self-reclamation.
This is where science meets soul to help you live with more truth, more ease, more you.
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Episodes
112 episodes
112 The Gift of Enough: Releasing the Pressure to Do It All
The Gift of Enough: Releasing the Pressure to Do It All A gentle, practical episode for anyone who feels overwhelmed by the pace of December. Whether your routines have been disrupted by ...
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111 Calm Before Christmas: Simple ways to stay grounded in the Busy Season
Feeling overwhelmed by festive plans, full diaries, or the pressure to be everything to everyone? In this episode, Carly shares simple, nervous-system-friendly grounding tools to help you feel calmer, steadier, and more centred ...
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110 Midlife Doesn’t Get Easier, But You Can Get STRONGER
We’ve all heard the saying, “life doesn’t get easier, you get stronger.” But what does that really mean in midlife, when your body, hormones, and energy are shifting?In this episode, Carly explores the real meaning o...
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109 NO-vember: The Power of Loving Boundaries in Midlife
As the year speeds up and festive demands grow louder, it’s easy to slip into over-giving and overwhelm. In this week’s episode, Carly explores the real meaning of loving boundaries; not walls that shut people out, but limi...
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108 Spiraling Again? Reframing Relapse with Midlife Wisdom
In this week’s episode of Rooted in Presence, Carly explores a question that quietly shapes so many of our midlife experiences“When an old pattern resurfaces; is it a relapse, or a revisit?”From burnout and busyness to th...
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Letting Go: What the Trees Teach Us About Midlife, Menopause, and Change
In this reflective episode, Carly explores what the trees, and the rhythm of autumn can teach us about navigating change in midlife and menopause.Drawing from personal stories of burnout, breathwork, and renewal, she explores how the nat...
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106 From Coping to Connection: Healing Through the Body Ft. Laura Starky
In this week’s episode of Rooted in Presence, Carly is joined by Laura Starky, a trauma-informed integrative somatic therapist, yoga and meditation teacher, and someone who’s walked the messy, beautiful path of healing herself.<...
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105 Real Transformation in Midlife: What No One Tells You
We hear a lot about midlife transformation; reinvention, breakthroughs, new beginnings. But what no one tells you is that the real transformation often happens quietly, between the breaths.In this week’s episode of ...
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The Power of Grounding: What Your Body Needs in Perimenopause and Menopause
What does it really mean to feel grounded?In this week’s episode of Rooted in Presence, Carly explores the science and soul of grounding and why it matters so much in midlife.From hormone changes in perimenopause...
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103 Roots Beyond Roles: Who Are You When the Titles Fall Away?
Who are you when the roles shift?In midlife, so many of us feel the ground move beneath us. Children grow, parents age, careers evolve, bodies change. And suddenly, the roles we’ve been living inside: mother, partner, achiever, ca...
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Episode 103
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102 Beyond Nutrition: The Power of Nourishment in Midlife
We’ve been told to focus on “eating right”... counting calories, tracking macros, following the perfect plan. Nutrition matters, yes. But nourishment? Nourishment changes everything.In this episode of Rooted in Presence, I explo...
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Episode 102
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101 Midlife Repotting: How to Stay Rooted Through Change
Change, even the good kind, can leave us feeling wobbly, disoriented, or untethered. In this episode, I share a story about repotting plants for my new Breathwork studio, Still Space Hull, and how it mirrors the experienc...
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100 - Rooted in Presence: The Story Behind the Shift
Two years ago, I pressed record on the very first episode of this podcast. Back then, it was The Strong Bones Coach Podcast, a space dedicated to building stronger bodies and stronger bones. But as the conversations deepened, so d...
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Episode 100
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099 Reclaiming Your Midlife Self
Midlife isn’t a restart, it’s a remembering.This episode is an invitation to call back the parts of you that have been quiet for too long, the ones hidden under survival, pleasing, and performing. We’ll explore the re...
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098 The Power In Compassionate CONSISTENCY
We’ve been told for years that consistency is the golden ticket to success.Wake up early, hit your steps, stick to the plan, no matter what. And sure, that works… until it doesn’t. Especially in midlife, when your bo...
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097 Menopause Isn’t a Problem to Fix: A Reframing of the Midlife Threshold
You’ve heard menopause is “natural.” But natural doesn’t mean effortless... and it certainly doesn’t mean support isn’t needed.In this expansive and empowering episode, we reframe menopause not as something to fix, but as a profound rite...
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096 Food, Feelings & Finding Peace: How to Ease Emotional Eating
Do you find yourself reaching for food when what you really need is a pause… a break… or just a little care?In this gentle and grounding episode, I explore the deeper layers beneath emotional eating—why we turn to food when we’re overwhe...
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095 The Body Keeps the Clues
In this episode, we explore how your body holds subtle (and not-so-subtle) clues about your needs, history, and healing. From nervous system whispers to tension patterns, your body carries messages that your mind might overlook.We talk a...
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094 More Than Muscle: Lifting Weights for a Quiet Mind
If you’ve ever believed strength training was all about sweat, speed, and pushing hard, this episode is here to gently challenge that idea.In this soulful solo episode, Carly shares her personal shift from high-intensity workouts to inte...
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Ep 093: Exhausted, Evolving or Ready to Rise? Discover Your Midlife Archetype
If you feel like you're cycling between burnout, big dreams, and wondering what tone Earth is next… you're not alone. Midlife isn't a straight line, it's a series of seasons. you don’t need more pressure… you need prese...
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092 WEIGHT LOSS Without WILLPOWER: The Pressure Free Approach
What if sustainable change didn’t require force, pressure, or endless willpower? In this episode, Carly explores a gentler, more grounded path to weight loss, one rooted in self-trust, body awareness, and presence. Wheth...
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091 The Midlife Lie: Reclaiming Time, Energy & Your Whole Self
Have you been sold the myth that you should have it all figured out by midlife, the career, the family, the health, the peace? In this episode, Carly unpacks the big lie of “balance” and explores what it really takes to reclaim your time...
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90 No Goals? No Problem! A Midyear Pause for Clarity, Not Pressure
Feeling stuck, foggy, or like you should have it all figured out by now?In this midyear reflection episode, Carly explores the power of the sacred pause... that blurry space between what was and what’s next, and why slowing down...
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089: Reclaiming Your VOICE in Midlife ft. Laura Dumbleton
Have you ever felt like you’ve lost your voice, literally or metaphorically?In this episode, Carly is joined by voice coach and Breathwork facilitator Laura Dumbleton, for a rich and real conversation about the changes that happen...
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088 Fierce and Tender: The Self-Compassion I Wish I’d Learned Sooner
In this episode, Carly shares her story and insights on the kind of self-compassion that changes everything. Not the fluffy kind, but the fierce, grounded, honest kind. If you’ve ever felt like you’re doing all the right things but ...
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