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The stillness I didn't choose | reflections from an in-between season

Welcome back for the first episode of Soft Alchemy with Stevie Reneé, family. If this is your first time here, this is a podcast for reflection, transmutation, embodiment, and returning to yourself. The evolution toward where this channel has arrived has been a journey, and I’m really grateful you’re here for this next chapter. I recorded this episode in the spirit of an elongated exhale. Gently paced, it's an offering for anyone moving through burnout, transition, or unexpected stillness. Grab your journal, a warm beverage, and settle in. In this convo, I share the story behind Soft Alchemy, including how it found me during a slow season, and what slowing down revealed. When life made me pause, I started meeting parts of myself I’d been disconnected from: old joys, curiosities, and ways of being that had gone dormant. As we reflect on those things, I also talk about the armor we learn to wear to survive, and what becomes possible when we remove it. This episode is a reflection on: • outgrowing former versions of yourself • learning to trust quiet seasons • the difference between rest and avoidance • remembering softness as strength, not weakness I hope anyone in an in-between season feels supported here. And if you're needing some personalized guidance, details to work with me are below. Soft inquiries to carry with you You’re welcome to sit with these now, or return to them later, whether on a walk, in the shower, while journaling, or before sleep: • Where in your life is stillness already happening, even if you didn’t choose it? • What might that stillness be revealing about who you are beneath performance or productivity? • Where does resistance show up in your body when you try to slow down—and what might it be trying to protect? • If you softened just one percent more, what new strength might emerge? Take your time with these. If you'd like to stay a while • Join the Soft Alchemy Circle — free reflections, offerings, and gentle updates: https://www.srlwellbeing.com/newsletter Explore & work with me • 1:1 sessions, offerings, and resources: https://www.srlwellbeing.com Listen to Soft Alchemy • Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3weAu2a... • Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Offerings & tools • Soft Inquiries digital oracle deck — a ritual tool for returning to yourself: https://www.srlwellbeing.com/shop/p/s... • Energetic attunement meditation — a custom pre-recorded practice for grounding and recalibration: https://www.srlwellbeing.com/shop/p/a... • Free journaling guidebook — a gentle companion for reflection: https://srlwellbeing.kit.com/purpose-... Connect with me • Personal:   / steviereneewithin   • Soft Alchemy:   / softalchemyspace   • SRL Well-Being:   / srlwellbeing   Music Mad Keys — "Tea & Lemonade" A gentle note This podcast isn’t here to fix you. It’s here to sit with you. Let it meet you where you are. Let your evolution unfold in its own time. Moments in this episode You’re welcome to move through these in order, or follow what calls you. 00:00 — Introduction & arrival 00:32 — A gentle welcome & what’s unfolding here 05:25 — How Soft Alchemy came to be 12:23 — The stillness I didn’t choose 14:45 — Choosing stillness & finding my way back 18:15 — Rest vs. avoidance & what the body knows 28:06 — Soft inquiry prompts & closing reflection (This video is intended for spiritual reflection and community care. It is not a substitute for professional medical or mental health support.) __________________ About this space Soft Alchemy is a sacred space for transmutation—where pain becomes power, survival becomes softness, and everyday experience becomes embodied wisdom. This bi-weekly audio-visual podcast lives at the intersection of holistic wellness, spirituality, and real life, offering an altar for reflection, restoration, and remembrance. Hosted by certified well-being coach, Ayurvedic educator and embodiment guide Stevie Reneé, Soft Alchemy invites listeners into a slow, spacious return to themselves. In a world that teaches us to armor up and disconnect from our bodies, the podcast offers a gentle remembering: softness is not the opposite of strength, but one of its highest expressions, and what once hardened us can become the wisdom that helps us heal. Each episode is an offering of breath, story, and presence. Guided by Stevie’s reflections, intuitive insights, and Vedic teachings woven through lived experience, Soft Alchemy explores what it means to come home to ourselves and live in deeper alignment with who we are becoming. This is a sanctuary for your full self—imperfect, radiant, and in-progress—where presence and gentle ritual become the alchemy that transforms challenge into embodied strength and light.