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In this episode, we explore what happens when the pace of success begins to take more than it gives. Years of being “always on” in a world that rewards doing over being can slowly pull us away from meaning, connection, and the natural rhythms that keep us grounded. What follows is an awakening that often begins not in the noise of achievement but in the quiet moments where we finally stop running.
Our conversation moves through the tension between drive and rest, the pull of ambition, and the wisdom that emerges when we learn to listen again. We look at what balance really means in a world built on constant motion and ask what becomes possible when we allow ourselves to slow down and return to the heartbeat of life itself.
Renee Blodgett
Novelist, curator, journalist, conscious business leader, photographer, humanitarian, and modern mystic, Renee Blodgett has lived multiple lives in one. Having traveled around the world, she has plenty of stories to share, from riding elephants in the Indian jungle, photographing polar bears in northern Canada, teaching English in Kenya, and exploring glaciers in Iceland, to name a few. She has lived in eleven countries, including the Gaza Strip, and South Africa during Apartheid.
Known as a master of storytelling, she has written for magazines, blog networks, the Huffington Post, and her own award-winning online travel magazine, We Blog the World, which has over half a million reach globally. For 12 years, she has been the co-curator of TEDxBerkeley, one of the more prestigious TEDx events in the United States. Renee has worked with the Smithsonian, the United Nations, celebrities, actors, musicians with Grammy Awards under their belt and renowned technology entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley, Europe, Australia and Asia, both as agency head of Magic Sauce Media and as founder of Blue Soul Media, where she spends her time today as a strategic speaker coach for TED and other strategic stages, a guide to authentic living and as a leader who helps women speak their truth and embrace a life that is truly aligned with their soul’s calling.
Renee and her partner founded Blue Soul Earth, where they lead retreats and membership programs that focus on heart-centered living, universal consciousness, masculine and feminine balance, and our human existence. Their Tao of Magdalene Mentorship is a monthly membership program that focuses on heart-centered living, feminine and masculine integration and gnostic wisdom, which brings people back to themselves as the true masters of their lives. Their award-winning and best-selling book, Magdalene’s Journey, incorporates some of these teachings while merging science and spirituality. Renee also produces and hosts the Blue Soul CHATS podcast, available on video and audio.
Renee's Resources
Blue Soul Chats Podcast
The Jōrni Resources
https://thejornipodcast.com for show notes
https://thejorniblog.com for more holistic healing and mental health resources
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