Inward with Katie Edmonds

Inward is a podcast for high achievers who appear successful on the outside but feel disconnected, numb, or quietly unfulfilled on the inside.Hosted by certified life coach Katie Edmonds, this show is an invitation to turn inward and reconnect with who you actually are beneath the roles, expectations, and pressure to "have it all together."If you're stuck in your life, burned out, questioning your next chapter, or feeling guilty for wanting more when everything looks "fine" on paper, you're not alone.Through honest solo episodes, Katie creates space for reflection, self-honesty, and real inner shifts. This isn't about fixing yourself or making massive changes overnight. It's about slowing down enough to hear yourself again, understanding what's actually driving your choices, and learning how to move through life with more clarity and intention.You'll hear grounded episodes and practical guidance around:-navigating burnout and learning emotional regulation in real life-building se

Inward with Katie Edmonds is a education podcast hosted by Katie Edmonds, with 25 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Katie Edmonds hosts Inward with Katie Edmonds, a education show with 25 episodes published.

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  Episode #26

  Please Wait | What a Broken TV Taught Me About Patience

  Aug 13, 202618 min

  I thought I was the most patient person I know. Patient with my kids, patient with people, patient with the timing of my life — until the universe decided to test me. Two ordinary days of travel took me apart: a flight that went from delayed to boarding while I wasn't even at the airport, a spilled cup of coffee I'd waited too long for, and finally, a plane TV screen that wouldn't turn on — until it lit up with two words that stopped me cold: PLEASE WAIT. In this episode, I walk through what actually happened on that trip, why the small, petty inconveniences get us more than the big ones ever do, and what I realized about the difference between patience with situations, patience with other people, and patience with yourself — the one most of us fail at the most. I talk about the real cost of impatience: not irritability, but settling. The job that's fine instead of right. The relationship that's convenient instead of aligned. The decisions we make early, out of discomfort, instead of true, out of alignment. This one is a reminder that patience isn't passive — it's active trust. And that the people you love, and the person you are, are not behind schedule. You're exactly where you are. In this episode: The travel disaster that tested every ounce of my patience Why small inconveniences break us faster than big crises The three types of patience — with situations, with others, and with yourself How impatience quietly leads us to settle for convenience instead of alignment What "active trust" actually means, and how to practice it The two words on a screen that changed how I see waiting Catchphrase to sit with: Life is today only. Yesterday's gone. Tomorrow may never come. You always, always have a seat at my table. Until next time, I'm Katie Edmonds. Keep going inward.

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  Episode #25

  I Said Something I Can't Take Back | The Power of the Pause

  Aug 6, 202620 min

  It was a hundred degrees. We'd been in line for three hours. And when my eight-year-old looked at the ride, panicked, and ran — I said something I cannot take back. In this episode, I'm getting honest about the moment my word got ahead of me, and why it still haunts me even after the apology. Because here's the hard truth: the apology matters. It is necessary. And it is not the same as not having said it. I've spent years thinking carefully about my word. I decided young that if I said something, I would mean it. And then I stood at the front of a line in a hundred degrees and broke that promise to myself in about four seconds. Because I forgot to pause. Today we're talking about what it actually takes to build a real pause — not the kind you nod along to, but the kind that holds up in the heat. You'll hear: Why your word is either your greatest tool or your greatest enemy The two things a real pause actually requires: intention and practice Why my best advice for learning to pause is to go take a walk — yes, even in the middle of a conversation How changing your physiology changes your psychology (and why you can't think your way out of a flooded nervous system) The quieter pauses that protect you too — the decision pause, the conversational pause, the stillness pause And why, for some of us, learning to pause is really grief work I want to be clear: I am good at this work. I've done real, sustained work on my word. And I still got it wrong. Because the pause is not a destination you arrive at — it's a practice. And practices require practicing. You are not broken. You are not too much. You may just be moving so fast your word is getting ahead of you. Your word is a choice. Every time. The pause is how you actually make it. If this episode landed for you, please subscribe, leave a review, and share it with someone who needs to hear it. Sometimes the most useful thing we can do for someone we love is hand them something that names what they haven't been able to say out loud. New episodes every week. I'm Katie Edmonds — keep going inward.

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  Episode #24

  I Spent 36 Years Hiding My Emotions | This Is What Changed

  Jul 30, 202612 min

  I spent most of my life being embarrassed by my own emotions. I didn't know that about myself until I was 36, sitting in a hospital room, covering my face while I cried. In this episode, I share the story that cracked everything open — the loss of my brother Darmarcus's son Jailen, a 12-year-old who passed unexpectedly from a brain aneurysm, and what I noticed about myself in that room. Even in the one of the hardest moments of my life, I was hiding. This episode is about emotional suppression — how most of us learned early that what we feel is too much, too messy, too visible. How we got so good at folding it up and moving on that we forgot we were doing it. And what it costs to keep covering your face. I talk about the question that came to me on the flight home. I talk about grief, divorce, Spartan races in the mud, and what it actually felt like to let myself feel for the first time — messy and all. If you have ever hidden how you actually feel — from others, from yourself — this one is for you. Life is today only. Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow may never come. Stop covering your face.

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  Episode #23

  5 Questions I Ask Myself When I'm Comparing My Life to Someone Else's

  Jul 23, 202619 min

  You're scrolling. Someone you barely know just posted their new house, their new body, their relationship, their view from somewhere you've never been — and in four seconds, without deciding to, you've built an entire case against your own life. This episode is about that moment. Not how to stop it — because that advice has never once worked on a real person at 11pm with a phone in their hand. But what to do the second it happens , before it turns into a whole story about how you're behind. Comparison isn't a character flaw. It's not evidence that you're insecure or ungrateful or not doing the work on yourself. It's one of the oldest survival programs your brain runs — and it was never designed for a feed that never closes. In this episode, I walk you through the five questions I ask myself when comparison starts to spiral. Questions that don't just interrupt the feeling — they actually tell you something true about yourself. The five questions: What am I actually envying — the thing, or what I think the thing means? Am I comparing my behind-the-scenes to their highlight reel? Is this comparison pointing me toward something I actually want to build? What does this say about what I'm not giving myself credit for? What's one true, specific thing about my own life I can anchor to right now? You are not behind. You are not losing. You've just been holding your real, unfiltered life up against someone else's best four seconds — and calling that a fair fight. It was never a fair fight.

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  Episode #22

  Everything You Want Is On the Other Side of Letting Go

  Jul 16, 202619 min

  A few weeks ago, I visited my aunt in Vermont. She's selling the house she's lived in for 48 years — the house her husband built before he passed, where she raised her kids, where our whole family has gathered for decades. When I walked through those rooms and saw the bare walls where pictures used to hang, I felt it. And when I asked her about it, she said something simple: She was ready for the next thing. That's it. No drama. No crisis. Just a woman who knew. This episode is about that knowing. The one you've been talking yourself out of. The one you've dressed up as "not being a quitter" or "needing more time" or "owing it to someone to stay." In this episode, we get into what attachment actually is and how it keeps you tethered to things that are done — jobs, relationships, places, identities — not because they're still right for you, but because you've built yourself around them. And leaving feels like losing yourself. We also talk about why departing from something isn't quitting. It's courage. And the difference between those two things is everything. If you've been sitting on a decision you already know the answer to — this one's for you. In this episode: What attachment really is and how it shows up in your decisions The difference between leaving and quitting The one question that cuts through every excuse you've made Why no one else will ever be able to tell you when it's time — only you will Inward is hosted by certified life coach Katie Edmonds. New episodes every week.

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