Six months ago, Kim announced she was going to podcast more often. Instead, life presented a series of unexpected invitations to release even more.

In this deeply personal episode, she shares the journey that unfolded after closing a 4,000-square-foot warehouse, navigating major changes within a 30-year family business, and confronting the truth that growth isn't always about building more. Sometimes it's about letting go.

Drawing on the ancient story of Inanna's descent into the underworld, Kim explores cycles of expansion and contraction, nervous system capacity, identity shifts, and the courage it takes to become radically honest about who you are now, rather than who you've always been.

She reflects on the evolution of Purple Rose & Co., the decision to embrace a slower and more intentional way of working, and a transformative solo journey to France that revealed a powerful truth: the deepest transformation often comes not from being fixed, but from being truly seen.

This conversation is about releasing old identities, trusting life's seasons, and returning to the woman you've always been beneath the masks, expectations, and conditioning.

In This Episode:

• Why declarations often reveal what still needs to be released
• The story of Inanna and the wisdom of descent before rebirth
• Recognizing the difference between looping patterns and true transformation
• Closing a warehouse and letting go of a version of success that no longer fit
• The hidden eight to ten year cycles that shape business and life
• Moving from hustle, scale, and expansion into intentionality and sustainability
• Nervous system capacity, regulation, and personal growth
• Why growth isn't about eliminating your shadow but integrating it
• The shift from retailer and builder into mentor and guide
• A powerful experience of being reflected back to herself by women she'd just met
• Softness, fierceness, boundaries, and becoming your truest self
• The Threshold, The Audit, and the work Kim is bringing into the world now

Key Themes:

The Descent
Growth rarely begins with expansion. More often, it begins with release.

Capacity
Your life can only hold so much. As long as fear, scarcity, and outdated identities occupy the space, your gifts have limited room to emerge.

Cycles
Nature never stays in perpetual summer. Neither do businesses, relationships, or people.

Identity
The challenge isn't becoming someone new. It's having the courage to stop pretending to be someone you're not.

Witnessing
Transformation doesn't come from fixing yourself. It comes from seeing yourself clearly enough to choose differently.

Resources & Links

Website: The Wilde Rose

Instagram: @the.wilde.rose

Read Kim's essays beginning with The Descent in the Musings section of the website.

Explore Kim's Mentoring 1:1 Offers:
• The Consult
• The Audit
• The Threshold

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In this first episode of a new chapter in The Wilde Rose podcast, I explore the many layers of Mary Magdalene’s story through scripture, suppressed texts, legend, and my twenty plus year exploration of her story.

There are many claims and versions of what happened to Mary Magdalene after the resurrection. While they all cannot be fact, each one holds some frequency that draws us in, individually. Providing a place to begin our remembering through her as the archetypal of the feminine.

If you’ve felt the call to go deeper into Magdalene, the feminine, or the stories beneath the story this episode will provide the clues and threads as to where the legends and stories come from.

Here’s what I explore:

• Why the “prostitute” label stuck, and when. Plus how the church quietly reversed the label in the last 50 years.
• What the early councils really decided (and didn’t).
• The truth about the Gnostic gospels and when they were discovered.
• Magdalene as frequency, not just figure.
• What I felt sitting in the cave at Sainte-Baume.

Sources:

St. Mary Magdalene - Tau Malachi

The Gospel of Mary of Magdala: Jesus and the First Woman Apostle - Karen King

The Gnostic Gospels - Elaine Pagels

The Woman with the Alabaster Jar - Margaret Starbird

The Return of the Divine Sophia - Tricia McCannon

Mary Magdalene Revealed - Meg Watterson

The Gospel of Mary Magdalene- Jean-Yves Leloup

Press release by The Vatican: Mary Magdalene, apostle of the apostles, 10.06.2016

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Kim delves into the evolution of her business, Purple Rose and Co., and her personal journey of self-discovery. She emphasizes that growth is not just an outward expansion but also an inward journey, where expansion and contraction work together.

Trusting oneself to speak and flow naturally is a key theme, as Kim believes the universe has a plan, and there's medicine in every experience.

She discusses the importance of recognizing and escaping personal traps, highlighting how judgment helps define personal values and experiences. Balancing feminine energy and returning to simplicity are crucial aspects of her philosophy.

Kim underscores the significance of accountability and self-awareness in both personal and professional growth, encouraging listeners to embrace these principles for a fulfilling life journey.

Mentioned in this post: The Vatican's update on who Mary Magdalene is.

Next episode will be an introduction to Mary Magdalene and why she is "trending".

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