129: Finding Your Way Back to Your Light

Finding your way back to yourself is about slowing down enough to hear what’s already within you, not doing more. In this episode, I sit down with best-selling author and entrepreneur Amber Vilhauer to explore what it means to reconnect with your inner light after years of people-pleasing, pushing through, and looking outside yourself for validation. Amber shares how her own experiences with rejection, self-sacrifice, and disconnection led her to rebuild her self-trust and how becoming a mother deepened that journey. We also discuss Amber’s new book, What Nature Teaches Us, co-authored with her son Clay, and the simple but powerful lessons nature offers about resilience, self-worth, compassion, and being present. What You'll Learn How people-pleasing and seeking external validation can disconnect you from your sense of self Why slowing down and spending time in nature can help you reconnect with your intuition How small, everyday choices can strengthen self-trust Why your accomplishments and productivity don’t determine your self-worth How understanding the beliefs behind past choices can make self-forgiveness easier What nature can teach us about resilience, compassion, connection, and being the light About Amber Vilhauer Amber Vilhauer is a bestselling author, entrepreneur, speaker, and mom who has spent more than 20 years helping others grow with greater authenticity and purpose. Her latest book, What Nature Teaches Us, co-authored with her nine-year-old son, explores resilience, self-worth, connection, and the lessons we discover when we slow down and listen. Get Amber’s Be the Light Family Connection Guide, a free resource featuring five simple, nature-inspired conversations designed to help people slow down, reconnect, and explore resilience, self-trust, kindness, and big feelings: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/arz2pa1sfr4o0v111ps1a/Be-the-Light-PDF.pdf? rlkey=v1km42wtlvjeqzjpw8jpfyzvg&st=7wgwl7mv&dl=0 Learn more about Amber: https://ambervilhauer.com/ Get your copy of “What Nature Teaches Us”: https://choosethelight.com/ Follow Amber on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ambervilhauer/?hl=en Connect with Amber LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ambervilhauer/ Follow Amber on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ambervilhauer/ Resources: Your FREE Forgive Yourself resources: https://brendareisscoaching.com/resources/ Are you struggling with a situation or a person in your life? Wondering if you are ready to work on forgiving yourself? Take our quiz to find out your emotional IQ and how this impacts your ability to forgive: https://archetype.brendareisscoaching.com/sf/357cdc60 Brenda’s Website/Links Website Facebook Instagram LinkedIn