Choosing Joy Over Chaos: The Art of Becoming with Heather Wilde

There are people who slip quietly into your life, and then there are the ones who arrive like a ripple you didn’t see coming—soft at first, but undeniable. A name you hear once, then twice, then suddenly ten times in a single week. A person who makes you wonder, how the heck did I not know you before now!We met Heather Wilde through different portals—art, board work, book conversations, spirit nudges—but the moment she stepped into our orbit, she never stepped back out. And honestly? We wouldn’t have it any other way.Heather isn’t just a publisher. She isn’t just an artist. She isn’t just a creator or a healer or a woman building something brave from scratch. She’s all those things PLUS is the kind of human who brings both storm and stillness. Ferocity and softness. “Female badass energy,” as we said in the episode… times ten.And in this conversation, she let us into the season she’s in right now: the wintering, the unraveling, the rebuilding, the quiet rebellion of choosing joy and nervous system peace over the dopamine chaos we all know too well.Her story is a reminder of what happens when you leap before the net appears—and how sometimes the leap is the first moment you realize you even deserved a net at all.Key Themes + TakeawaysThe art of the big leap — leaving a career you love because your soul whispers “more.”Wintering + nervous system repair — how doing nothing becomes its own form of expansion.Healing through storytelling — why Heather’s publishing work is less about books and more about holding people in their becoming.The quiet rebellion of art — beauty as resistance, beauty as truth-telling.Legacy work — how stories (ours, others’, the ones we’re afraid to tell) ripple out farther than we ever expect.Our Favorite Quotes“If you don’t listen to the whisper, the universe will push you off the cliff.”“I had to teach my nervous system that safety isn’t a luxury—it’s a birthright.”“The publishing company came to me. I never went looking for it.”“I realized I could be all the parts of myself—and the world wouldn’t fall apart.”Chapter Markers00:00 – Meeting Heather, the human who arrived like a ripple02:28 – The moment her name kept showing up everywhere06:10 – Leaving teaching + the intuitive cliff dive08:58 – The hospice book that changed everything13:21 – Claiming the Hesi May identity22:18 – Scarcity, abundance, and the courage to expand31:23 – Regulating the nervous system + the power of doing nothing48:29 – The birth of the Monthly Art Club56:09 – The George Floyd book: a friendship, a legacy01:04:22 – Wintering and the season of rest01:07:03 – Why her podcast, Starting Some Ripples, mattersYour TurnThis week’s reflection:Where are you being invited to pause, soften, or winter—so that something new can grow in you this spring?Let your journal hold your truth. Let your body answer first.Visit HezzieMae.com. Heather’s YA historical fiction, Floyd’s Baller, launches Black History Month 2026—bringing truth and friendship back to the center of George Floyd’s story.-----All Heart & Soul's Details:Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.heartandsoulmastermind.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join the mastermind program:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://www.heartandsoulmastermind.com/heartsoul⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Say hi to Mariah on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠@mariahmckechnieSay hi to Monique on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠@moniqueforcierLeave a review on the Apple Podcast app and the Spotify app: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️MB016LXW6KK13IF