I Have a Wellness Podcast Called Ease & Grow!

I’m so excited for you to join me in this new venture!

You can listen to Ease & Grow, on Spotify, Stitcher, and Apple Podcasts! 🎉

I’ve enjoyed my journey of blogging and writing solo on and off for the past 5 years but I’ve been craving connection and interactions with others along with using my voice.

Enter wellness podcast: Ease & Grow

I launched the trailer in November of 2020 and episode 1 in December and committed to an every other week schedule (with some bonus episodes here and there). Now, we are a wopping 16 episodes in! So, feel free to binge away :)

I love podcasts and really see it as an avenue for us get to know each other on a deeper level! I enjoy both hopping on the mic solo and riffing on topics but I also deeply love getting to do interviews and chat with friends. This format allows me to let you all in to more of my thought process and explain the topics that can be a tad lofty to understand just by reading.

So far the top episodes have been:

1. Ep 1. Meet Your Host: Sika
2. Ep 4. Astrology 101 with Camille Michelle Gray
3. Ep 6. Love in the Time of Quarantine with Kimberly Cabot (my handel life coach!)
4. Ep 5. Social Media Sanity Toolkit with Portia Obeng: Tips for digital wellness

I personally love ALL the episodes so far but anecdotally, people who tell me they like the show tend to really like the solo episodes. They’ve liked:

Ep 7. Shame Spiraling: Perfectionism, over-performing as a trauma response, and how to get to self-acceptance

Ep 8. Spotting our Sneaky Self Sabotage Patterns: Avoidance, clear communication, and scary conversations

Cultivating my love of interviewing

Interviewing was something I found out I liked doing right after college when I went on a ton of informational interviews to learn about the broad field of media. I had no clue what I wanted to do with my degree so I got to interview anyone who would answer my email requesting a 30 minute coffee date to learn about their career path. I chat about this in my popular medium article “How to Connect with Anyone: Lessons from Making Unlikely Friends on a Solo 5-Hour Flight.”

It was so insightful going on those coffee dates but most of all it was fun! I remember wishing I could find a job where I could just interview people and fulfill my dream of being a modern day Oprah. Fast forward to today and I think I may have created that outlet for myself!

I completely taught myself the art of producing a podcast so I’m learning as I go but I have grand visions for where this can go. I hope you follow along as I learn and evolve along the way!

Listening to podcasts changed my life

I’ll be sharing episodes on my Brighly Sika blog (so feel free to join that newsletter!) but I encourage you all to subscribe on whatever listening platform you prefer. You should especially subscribe if you already like getting your content straight to your earbuds. And, if you don’t listen to podcasts yet, maybe mine will show you how amazing they are!

You can listen to Ease & Grow on Apple, Spotify, or Stitcher and follow the fun on our Instagram @easeandgrow.

I’ve been a fan of podcasts for about 3 years now and I must say, they have truly changed my life. There’s nothing like the reassurance and comfort of cozying up or going on a walk and putting on a feel good wellness podcast. I always feel so inspired and held by the hosts I listen to and their guests!

They’re a great way to learn, be entertained, and feel like you’re kickin’ it with an old friend. If there are conversations you wish you were having in your life, you can definitely find a podcast on it. And after listening, you may even get the courage to bring up that untouched topic with your loved ones!

I hope to uplift and inspire you

Thank you for following along and as always, please let me know what you think and feel!

My goal is always to be a source of inspiration and upliftment, giving you tools and resources to live a more enjoyable, connected, and creative life. I hope you find something that serves you and broadens your perspective in the episodes to come.

Onward & Upwards!

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Originally posted on my personal blog Brightly Sika, where I share tips on intentional and joyful living for millennial post-grads trying to make sense of the “real world” through a lens of positivity and self-development.

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