The WildlyKnown Life

17: Feeling Flat Lately? This Might Be Why

What is it about Artemis II, Sir David's birthday, and the images and stories they hold that have moved us all so, so deeply? Let's dive in. HELPFUL LINKS    Follow me on IG: https://www.instagram.com/niki.hardy [https://www.instagram.com/niki.hardy]    The neuroscience and health benefits of experiencing awe and wonder:  https://www.nuvancehealth.org/health-tips-and-news/the-neuroscience-and-health-benefits-of-awe-and-wonder Join me 'round the campfire (The WildlyKnown Life Substack): https://www.nikihardy.substack.com/ [https://www.nikihardy.substack.com/]     Check out my books: https://www.nikihardy.com/ [https://www.nikihardy.com/]

Episode 16: Midlife & Restless? Don’t Let Fear Decide What’s Next

I've realized there's a deeper, often quieter fear within me that's burning quietly like the embers of a forgotten fire that I'm only just learning to name and listen to. Let's dive in. HELPFUL LINKS    Episode 15: https://www.nikihardy.com/twkl-podcast/ [https://www.nikihardy.com/twkl-podcast/4]15 Follow me on IG: https://www.instagram.com/niki.hardy [https://www.instagram.com/niki.hardy]     Join me 'round the campfire (The WildlyKnown Life Substack): https://www.nikihardy.substack.com/ [https://www.nikihardy.substack.com/]     Check out my books: https://www.nikihardy.com/ [https://www.nikihardy.com/]

Episode 15: Why I hike and camp solo as a woman approaching 60

Over the last year or so, I have fallen in love with backpacking. I'm not talking about some fleeting schoolgirl crush. We are talking all-in obsession that doesn't seem to be fading. So what's the deal? Why do I apparently risk life and limb to exhaust myself before sleeping on the ground, often with rain battering the outside of my tent, also I can wake up in the morning stiff, sore and dirty to start all over again? Well, let's dive in. HELPFUL LINKS    Episode 4: https://www.nikihardy.com/twkl-podcast/4 [https://www.nikihardy.com/twkl-podcast/4] Follow me on IG: https://www.instagram.com/niki.hardy [https://www.instagram.com/niki.hardy]     Join me 'round the campfire (The WildlyKnown Life Substack): https://www.nikihardy.substack.com/ [https://www.nikihardy.substack.com/]     Check out my books: https://www.nikihardy.com/ [https://www.nikihardy.com/]

14: How to Love Your Morning with Jennifer Dukes Lee

This week I've got a treat for us all. My friend and bestselling author, Jennifer Dukes Lee. She's written nine books and as what she calls an "accidental farmwife," she is someone who knows and loves nature and it's clear her faith is deeply rooted in it. Last week on the podcast, I asked us why God created sleep. And today, as Jennifer helps us love our mornings, I kick off with that same question. I ask it back to Jennifer. And whether you call yourself a morning person or not, she's going to help us love our mornings because as she says, "how we begin our days impacts how we live our days."  Let's dive in. HELPFUL LINKS   Order How to Love Your Morning: https://jenniferdukeslee.com/how-to-love-your-morning/ [https://jenniferdukeslee.com/how-to-love-your-morning/] Follow Jennifer on IG: https://www.instagram.com/jenniferdukeslee/ [https://www.instagram.com/jenniferdukeslee/] Jennifer's website: https://jenniferdukeslee.com/books/ [https://jenniferdukeslee.com/books/] Follow me on IG: https://www.instagram.com/niki.hardy [https://www.instagram.com/niki.hardy]    Join me 'round the campfire (The WildlyKnown Life Substack): https://www.nikihardy.substack.com/ [https://www.nikihardy.substack.com/]    Check out my books: https://www.nikihardy.com/ [https://www.nikihardy.com/]

13: Why Did God Create Sleep?

Apparently a third of us don't get enough sleep and desperately want to sleep for longer, sleep more deeply and with fewer interruptions, which makes it unsurprising that the US sleep industry is worth $136 billion. And of course it's growing year on year. But what exactly is sleep? What's the point of it? And why did God create us with the need to sleep a third of our lives being horizontal and seemingly unproductive and unresponsive and unproductive? Let's dive in. HELPFUL LINKS  Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/LzpSQCkXuDg  [https://youtu.be/LzpSQCkXuDg] Lectio 365: https://lectio365.com/ [https://lectio365.com/] Follow me on IG: https://www.instagram.com/niki.hardy [https://www.instagram.com/niki.hardy]   Join me 'round the campfire (The WildlyKnown Life Substack): https://www.nikihardy.substack.com/ [https://www.nikihardy.substack.com/]   Check out my books: https://www.nikihardy.com/ [https://www.nikihardy.com/]