13: Why Did God Create Sleep?

Episode 19: Barefoot Prayers: A Guided Summer Series

As the summer unfolds, I'm stepping away from the weekly work of creating the podcast to find my own summer rhythm while offering us a collective way to take five minutes to stop, to rest, to breathe and be with God so we can switch our doom scrolling to wonder scrolling, recalibrate our nervous systems and remember who we're created to be and to find hope.  Let's dive in. HELPFUL LINKS    Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/E4W2QBloJDA [https://youtu.be/E4W2QBloJDA] 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/]

18: A Blessing for a Not So Bonkers Summer

Despite the constant stream of ads, posts, articles and travel shows, hyping summer as the season of sunshine, relaxation and the happiest of family time, it can be far from any of those things. The grief, the stress, exhaustion or loneliness we might be carrying in the weeks or months leading up to summer doesn't just vanish in a puff of cotton candy just because the earth's tilted on its axis, giving us more daylight and higher temperatures. So over the next few weeks, I'm going to be doing something a little different over here on the podcast, something I think we all need. Let's dive in. HELPFUL LINKS    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/]

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/]