What does it really take to turn your pain into purpose?
In a world that often rewards hustle over healing and silence over speaking up, The Wild Sage Society Podcast is a space where stories of resilience, reinvention, and radical self-love come to life. In one particularly powerful episode, host Marcie Walker welcomes Holly Oldham—a luxury cleaning entrepreneur and domestic violence advocate—who has lived through survival and emerged with a mission: to help others reclaim their space, their voice, and their lives.
In a culture that often rewards overachievement, silence, and self-sacrifice, choosing to pause is a revolutionary act. Slowing down isn’t weakness—it’s wisdom. And learning how to reflect and move forward, on your own terms, is the foundation of lasting personal transformation.
This is a reminder that healing isn’t just a personal journey—it’s a process of remembering who you are beneath the roles, noise, and survival strategies.
The Philosophy That Changed Everything
“Pause. Reflect. Move forward.”
Simple, right? But how often do we truly allow ourselves to do it?
We live in a society that glorifies busyness. We're told to keep pushing—even when our bodies are exhausted, our minds are foggy, and our hearts are quietly breaking. But the truth is: growth begins in the stillness. Healing begins in reflection. And forward movement begins with clarity—not force.
This powerful three-step philosophy isn’t just about mindset—it’s about embodiment. A moment to feel, to listen, and to choose again.
Your Environment Is a Mirror
Our emotional well-being is deeply intertwined with our physical environment. Messy space? Scattered mind. Cluttered home? Overwhelmed nervous system.
What if cleaning your house wasn’t just about tidiness, but about energetic reset?
Reimagining your living space with intention can be a grounding ritual that clears not just the dust—but also the emotional debris we carry. Start small. One drawer. One corner. One shelf. See how you feel afterward.
Creating an environment that supports your well-being is a powerful form of self-respect—and often, the first step toward reclaiming your life.
Reinvention is Not a One-Time Event
Many people think reinvention is a grand, dramatic shift. But more often, it’s slow. Messy. Ongoing. It’s waking up one day and realizing: I want more peace. I want to feel like myself again. I want to be free of survival mode.
Whether you're healing from burnout, stepping away from toxic patterns, or simply trying to reconnect with your joy—remember this: you’re allowed to begin again. And again. And again.
You don’t need a big plan. You just need a willingness to be honest with yourself.
Vulnerability as a Strength
There’s incredible power in naming what you’re going through. In asking for support. In telling the truth about your life—not just the curated, filtered version, but the real, raw one.
Vulnerability isn’t a weakness. It’s your greatest tool for connection, authenticity, and growth.
And if you're walking through healing with humor, softness, or even sarcasm—embrace it. Laughter, like tears, is a sacred release.
Action Steps to Reclaim Your Path
- Practice the Pause
Take 5 minutes each morning to breathe and check in with yourself. Ask: What do I need today to feel grounded? - Clear Your Space
Choose one area of your home that feels heavy. Clean it with care and intention. See what shifts internally. - Move Forward with Intention
Instead of rushing into action, ask: What’s the most nourishing next step for me right now?
These simple actions build momentum over time. They signal to your nervous system that it’s safe to come home to yourself.
Final Thoughts: You are Not Broken - You're Becoming
You don’t need to earn your healing. You don’t need to justify your fatigue or hide your truth. You’re allowed to outgrow people, habits, and environments that no longer serve your soul.
Reclaiming your path is not about perfection—it’s about presence.
So wherever you are in your journey, let this be your gentle reminder:
Pause. Reflect. Move forward.
Repeat as needed.
🎧 Want to hear more?
Listen to the full episode on The Wild Sage Society Podcast for a deeper conversation about healing, empowerment, and emotional reinvention.
There’s something about this time of year—just after my birthday, deep into the pulse of summer, with the whisper of the Fall Equinox on the horizon—that always calls me inward. Not in a way that feels heavy or retreating, but in a way that asks me to root deeper so that I can rise higher.
This is the medicine of the season. Of aging. Of awakening. And of the work I’m called to share through The Wild Sage Society.
The Earth is starting to turn again. The Solstice taught us to pause and bask in the full light. Now the invitation is to soften, to prepare, to gather our wisdom and prepare to plant again—not in springtime, but in the fertile soil of soul-deep readiness.
This is why the Fall Equinox is the perfect moment to relaunch the Women’s Holistic Group Coaching & Mentorship Program. Not because we need another program to do more—but because we need sacred spaces to remember who we are becoming.
The Rebrith After the Reckoning
If you're reading this, I imagine you’ve felt the ache of transformation. That holy ache that comes when you can no longer live a life that asks you to be small, silent, or scattered.
Maybe you’ve walked through a dark night of the soul. Maybe you’ve released identities that once kept you safe. Maybe you’re learning how to mother yourself in ways no one else could.
This is what I call the reckoning. And the beauty of the reckoning is that it always births a rebirth—if we allow it.
My own journey into midlife hasn’t been tidy. It’s been messy, honest, sacred, and strangely circular. I've had to sit with what no longer fits. I’ve had to face the patterns that drained me. I’ve had to remember that slowing down isn’t failure—it’s a reclamation of rhythm.
And through all of that, I’ve emerged more rooted. More present. More fully myself.
This is what the Fall Equinox asks of us: to bring our light and our shadow into balance, to harvest the truth, and to walk forward with intention.
Why I Created the Women's Holistic Group Coaching & Mentorship Program
This program was born out of lived experience. It’s not about a rigid structure or a quick fix. It’s a living, breathing container for women in midlife who are ready to tend to their own becoming.
It’s a space for:
- Releasing inherited expectations
- Regulating the nervous system through nourishment and presence
- Realigning with feminine rhythms
- Reconnecting with inner wisdom, clarity, and truth
So many of us have been taught to push through, to abandon ourselves in service of being needed. But the season we are entering asks us to become rooted women who rise from within—not from force, but from alignment.
The fall cohort will open on September 22, 2025, the Autumnal Equinox—a day of equal light and dark, where balance is not just metaphor but embodied truth.
Soulful Alignment Over Hustle
The Wild Sage Society was never meant to be a brand that shouts. It’s a movement of remembering. Of weaving ancestral wisdom, somatic healing, and practical tools for women who want to age consciously and lead from their inner authority.
This program isn’t about fixing what’s broken—it’s about coming home to what’s already wise.
Together, we will explore:
- Nervous system literacy and regulation
- Holistic hormone health and food as medicine
- Emotional and energetic boundaries
- Shamanic and ancestral healing practices
- Mindset work through the lens of sacred feminine leadership
You don’t have to walk alone. You don’t have to figure it out all by yourself. You get to be held. You get to be witnessed. You get to be deeply seen.
And most importantly, you get to lead your own healing.
Becoming Who You Were Always Meant to Be
This isn’t just a coaching program. It’s a seasonal ceremony of self. A sacred pause in your timeline to say:
I am ready to stop running. I am ready to rise differently. I am ready to walk forward from within.
Every woman I work with is a teacher in her own right. You’ve lived enough life to know what doesn’t work. You’ve been through the initiations that carved you. Now it’s time to choose a different path—one led not by fear or performance, but by embodiment and truth.
At fifty, I can say with absolute conviction: the only way to sustainably lead, love, or live is through authentic presence.
You don’t need a new version of yourself. You need the spaciousness to remember your original one.
What's Included in the Fall Equinox Cohort
This 12-week journey will include:
- Weekly group coaching calls to explore themes like emotional regulation, hormone literacy, energy hygiene, and sacred leadership
- Monthly 1:1 mentorship sessions to support your personal transformation
- Private community access to connect with other like-hearted women
- Live masterclasses with guest teachers on embodiment, nourishment, breathwork, and more
- Integration rituals and seasonal ceremonies to deepen your connection to nature and self
Every element is designed to meet you where you are—whether you’re navigating burnout, perimenopause, spiritual awakening, or all of the above.
This is not about doing more. It’s about unlearning, unwinding, and remembering the ancient wisdom in your bones.
You Already Belong Here
There is no entry test for this journey. If your soul is whispering “this is for me,” trust that.
You don’t have to be perfectly healed. You don’t have to have it all figured out. You don’t need a polished plan.
You just need a willingness to show up—honestly, imperfectly, and fully.
Because here’s what I know to be true: when women come together with intention, when we are witnessed in our wholeness, when we dare to slow down and listen—everything changes.
The Season Ahead
So here we are. Mid-July. The heat still rising, the edges of summer softening. You might feel like something is shifting in you. That a layer is ready to shed. That a new truth is stirring underneath the surface.
This is your season to root. To regulate. To rise.
And I would be honored to walk with you.
Registration for the Fall Equinox cohort opens August 12, 2025. We begin our journey together on September 22.
You are not too late. You are not too much. You are right on time.
Let this be the season you choose your becoming.
With reverence,
Marcie
Founder of The Wild Sage Society
Women's Holistic Health Coach, Mentor & Midlife Guide
Women's Holistic Health Coach, Mentor & Midlife Guide
We live in an age of unprecedented connectivity. Smartphones, laptops, tablets, Bluetooth earbuds, smart home systems, and WiFi routers allow us to work, play, and communicate with remarkable ease. But all this wireless technology comes with an invisible cost—one that many women are only beginning to recognize.
Electromagnetic frequencies (EMFs) are a form of non-ionizing radiation emitted by electrical devices and wireless networks. While these frequencies are invisible to the naked eye, their effects on the body—particularly in sensitive individuals—are increasingly difficult to ignore. For midlife women experiencing hormone imbalances, autoimmunity, or neurological symptoms, EMFs can be a significant and often overlooked stressor.
The Hidden Toll of Constant Exposure
Emerging research links chronic EMF exposure to symptoms that mirror those experienced in perimenopause and chronic illness, including:
- Insomnia or disturbed sleep patterns
- Fatigue and low energy
- Headaches or migraines
- Brain fog and poor concentration
- Heightened anxiety or irritability
- Hormonal imbalances and thyroid dysfunction
While regulatory agencies maintain that EMF exposure within current safety limits is harmless, growing bodies of independent research raise concerns about oxidative stress, disruption of melatonin production, calcium ion channel interference, and blood-brain barrier permeability—all of which impact women's physical and cognitive health.
Women Are Uniquely Vulnerable
Women are more likely than men to report sensitivity to EMFs. The hormonal fluctuations of perimenopause and the neuroimmune complexity of conditions like fibromyalgia, Lyme disease, or mold illness may amplify this sensitivity.
Additionally, the pineal gland—which regulates melatonin and circadian rhythm—is highly sensitive to EMFs. Disruption to this gland can interfere with sleep quality, mood regulation, and detoxification, creating a cascade that worsens other symptoms.
EMF Hygiene as a Holistic Strategy
At The Wild Sage Society, we don’t promote fear—we promote informed awareness. EMF exposure may be a modern inevitability, but your response to it can be intentional and empowering. In our Women’s Holistic Health Coaching and Mentorship Program, we teach EMF hygiene as a core pillar of wellness.
Simple yet powerful practices include:
- Turning off WiFi at night: Your body repairs and detoxifies during deep sleep. EMF-free rest supports hormonal balance and brain regeneration.
- Using airplane mode: When not actively using your phone, keep it on airplane mode to limit EMF emissions.
- Hardwiring devices: Whenever possible, opt for Ethernet cables over WiFi and use grounded power strips.
- Shielding your space: EMF-blocking fabrics, paints, and bed canopies can protect highly sensitive individuals.
- Grounding regularly: Walking barefoot on earth, using grounding mats, or sitting near natural bodies of water helps neutralize the electrical charge in your body.
Creating an EMF-Safe Sanctuary
One of the most transformational steps we guide our clients through is creating an EMF-conscious sleep sanctuary. This means removing electronics from the bedroom, placing your phone in another room, using analog alarm clocks, and ensuring complete darkness and silence. The shift in sleep quality alone is profound.
Clients often report improvements in:
- Sleep depth and duration
- Morning energy and clarity
- Emotional resilience
- Nervous system regulation
- Hormonal consistency
You Are an Energetic Being
Your body is not just biochemical—it’s bioelectrical. And when your energetic field is constantly disrupted by synthetic frequencies, the result can be subtle but cumulative dysfunction.
Our mentorship program integrates modern science with ancient wisdom, helping you reconnect with your natural rhythms and restore the sacred balance between technology and biology.
Empowerment Through Education
You don’t have to give up your devices or move off-grid. But you do need to understand how these frequencies affect your system—and what you can do about it.
This June, join us for a deep dive into invisible stressors like EMFs. Learn to support your brain, hormones, and energy field with strategies that are rooted in the earth, supported by science, and guided by your inner knowing.
Visit www.thewildsagesociety.com to enroll or explore our free EMF hygiene checklist and low-tox living guide. Reconnect to your vitality, starting with the frequencies that surround you.
Hormones are the body's messengers—governing everything from energy levels and sleep patterns to mood, metabolism, and reproductive health. But what happens when outside forces mimic, block, or scramble those messages? That’s the insidious work of endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs).
EDCs are synthetic or naturally occurring substances that interfere with our body’s endocrine system, hijacking hormonal function and causing widespread disruption. For women in midlife, already facing the hormonal shifts of perimenopause or the compounding effects of chronic stress and inflammation, these disruptors are especially harmful.
Where Are They Hiding?
EDCs are everywhere. Found in plastics, pesticides, flame retardants, personal care products, and even the lining of canned foods, these compounds include well-known offenders like:
- Bisphenol A (BPA): Found in plastics and food packaging, BPA mimics estrogen and has been linked to infertility, PCOS, breast cancer, and early puberty.
- Phthalates: Common in fragrances and vinyl, these chemicals suppress testosterone and disrupt thyroid function.
- Parabens: Preservatives in many cosmetics that act like weak estrogens and are detected in breast cancer tissues.
- Atrazine and Glyphosate: Pesticides that interfere with endocrine and immune function.
- PFAS (forever chemicals): Found in non-stick cookware and stain-resistant fabrics, these are linked to liver damage, thyroid disease, and hormone disruption.
Even low doses of these chemicals can have profound effects—especially when exposure is constant and cumulative. The endocrine system operates on extremely sensitive feedback loops, meaning even tiny disruptions can tip the balance.
The Midlife Vulnerability
During perimenopause, estrogen and progesterone levels fluctuate wildly. This natural transition is already a dance of recalibration, and when EDCs enter the scene, it becomes a hormonal battleground. Women may experience amplified symptoms, including:
- Severe PMS or irregular cycles
- Insomnia and night sweats
- Fatigue and brain fog
- Weight gain, especially around the midsection
- Increased anxiety or depression
At The Wild Sage Society, we understand that these symptoms are not random—they are signals. Your body is not broken; it’s responding to internal and external imbalances.
How We Support You
In our Women’s Holistic Group Health Coaching and Mentorship Program, we guide you in understanding how to:
- Identify the most common sources of EDCs in your environment
- Reduce exposure through food choices, household swaps, and lifestyle upgrades
- Support detoxification with targeted nutrients and herbal allies
- Heal the hormonal system with whole-body care: nutrition, rest, movement, and emotional processing
You’ll gain access to curated resources, product recommendations, and actionable weekly practices—all within a community of women walking the same path toward empowerment and clarity.
Small Shifts, Big Wins
You don’t need to live in fear of every plastic bottle or food label. But you do deserve the education and tools to make informed choices.
Choosing glass containers, switching to fragrance-free and paraben-free skincare, using organic produce when possible, and avoiding processed foods are powerful first steps. We’ll help you build from there.
The body has an incredible capacity to heal when given the right environment.
Claim Your Right to Balance
Hormonal chaos is not your destiny. Our June program is designed to help you decode your symptoms and support your body with science-backed, soul-nourishing strategies.
You are not alone. You are not broken. You are awakening.
Join us at www.thewildsagesociety.com to learn more, join our upcoming mentorship cohort, and begin a journey to reclaim your hormonal sovereignty—rooted in nature, community, and deep self-trust.
In our fast-paced world, finding balance and harmony can feel like an uphill battle. The ancient wisdom of shamanic living offers a path to reconnect with ourselves and the world around us, fostering a sense of balance and purpose. At Marcie Walker LLC and The Wild Sage Society, we believe in the power of shamanic practices to transform lives.
What is Being in Right Relation?
"Being in Right Relation" is a core principle in shamanic living, emphasizing harmony with ourselves, others, and the natural world. It involves understanding and respecting the interconnectedness of all life, recognizing that our actions and attitudes have a ripple effect on our environment and relationships. This holistic approach encourages us to live with intention, compassion, and awareness.
Why Right Relation Matters
- Personal Harmony: By aligning our actions and thoughts with our true values, we cultivate inner peace and resilience. This alignment helps us navigate life's challenges with clarity and purpose.
- Healthy Relationships: Being in right relation fosters empathy and understanding, which are crucial for nurturing meaningful connections with others. It encourages us to communicate openly and resolve conflicts with kindness.
- Environmental Stewardship: Recognizing our impact on the earth encourages sustainable living practices. By honoring the natural world, we contribute to the health and well-being of our planet.
Practical Steps to Live in Right Relation:
- Mindful Awareness: Practice mindfulness to become aware of your thoughts, feelings, and actions. Reflect on how they align with your core values and the impact they have on your surroundings.
- Compassionate Communication: Engage in active listening and empathetic dialogue. Approach conversations with an open heart and a willingness to understand different perspectives.
- Rituals and Practices: Incorporate shamanic rituals, such as drumming, meditation, or nature walks, to deepen your connection to yourself and the world around you. These practices can ground you and foster a sense of unity with all life.
- Sustainable Choices: Make environmentally conscious decisions in your daily life. Reduce waste, support eco-friendly products, and consider the ecological footprint of your actions.
Join Us for Women's Wellness Wednesdays!
On June 12, 2024, join us for a special session on Shamanic Living: Being in Right Relation. Led by Marcie Walker, this workshop will delve into shamanic principles and practical ways to integrate them into your life. You’ll learn how to live in harmony with yourself and the world, creating a balanced and fulfilling life.
Reserve your spot now and embark on a journey to holistic health and spiritual well-being with Women's Wellness Wednesdays. Let’s come together to nurture our minds, bodies, and spirits, and to live in right relation with all that surrounds us.
Living in right relation is more than a practice; it's a way of being that transforms our relationship with ourselves, others, and the world. Embrace this ancient wisdom and experience the profound impact it can have on your life.
