569. Finding Everything in Nothing: Darkness Retreat Recap

569. Finding Everything in Nothing: Darkness Retreat Recap

Author: Krista Williams & Lindsey Simcik December 15, 2022 Duration: 56:54
As you know by now, Krista is someone who loves to push the limits of what’s possible, to expand her own lived experience and learn new ways of seeing or thinking about things. She travels this path (mostly) unafraid and open-minded. But the prospect of a darkness retreat, she admits, was a scary one. In this special solo episode, Krista recaps her three-day, four-night darkness retreat at Sky Cave Retreats in Oregon and recounts the deep spiritual and emotional lessons she’s taken away from it.  There was rage, sadness, and grief; great joy and hours of bodywork; daily peanut butter and jelly sandwiches – and of course, complete and utter darkness. You don’t want to miss this. We also talk about: What is a darkness retreat? Setting her intentions Patience with bodywork (5+ hrs/day) Waves of rage, grief, and sadness  Logistics, food, and environment Sleeping and how to determine time Letting it rip on Day 1 The peace of Day 2 Emotional release on Day 3 Taking the goggles off  Integration and lessons learned  Resources: Read: The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk Sky Cave Retreats: @skycaveretreats Website: skycaveretreats.com Join our community: almost30.com/membership facebook.com/Almost30podcast/groups Podcast disclaimer can be found by visiting: almost30.com/disclaimer.  Find more to love at almost30.com! Almost 30 is edited by Crate Media. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy Podsights - https://podsights.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hosted by best friends Krista Williams and Lindsey Simcik, Almost 30 feels like a series of candid, late-night talks with people who genuinely get it. This podcast centers on the messy, transformative journey of navigating your late twenties and beyond, blending heart-centered conversations between the hosts with raw and impactful interviews. Their discussions naturally span modern spirituality, practical health and wellness, fitness, self-improvement, and the complexities of dating and relationships. What you’ll hear isn’t prescriptive advice but rather shared exploration-hilarious, vulnerable, and often surprising. The aim is to create a supportive audio space that challenges listeners to expand their view of what’s possible for their lives. Tuning into this podcast means joining a conversation that fuels a more conscious evolution, offering both laughter and tangible insights for personal growth. Krista and Lindsey build each episode with the intention to empower, making the often-isolating topics of alternative health and personal development feel accessible and deeply relatable.
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Ep. 407 - How to Heal the Mother Wound with Bethany Webster [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:38:36
Bethany Webster is a global expert on healing the “Mother Wound,” something K+L have been intimately working with for a while now. It’s the source of so much trauma in our lives, with generation after generation of mothe…
Ep. 406 - Embracing the In-Between [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 41:05
Lindsey was single for seven years, and it wasn’t until about five years in that she realized the purpose of that season in her life, that she stopped trying to find validation, reason, and purpose solely in a relationsh…
Ep. 404 - Receiving: How Productivity Keeps Us From the Life We Want [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 44:23
Almost 30 has gone through a lot of growth lately! We launched our membership, did a complete rebrand, and built out entirely new systems. And as that all settled, Krista’s first thought was: What’s next? But it is so, S…
Ep. 402 - The Healing Power of Flower Remedies with Alexis Smart [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:20:44
After homeopathic methods cured Alexis Smart of a serious illness in her 20s, she found her calling and became a Bach flower remedy practitioner. Over 15 years, she developed her own flower remedy formulas and treated pe…
Ep. 401 - Psychic Protection + Mystic Healing with Kiki Robinson [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:35:06
Kiki Robinson is a witch, artist, and tarot reader who helps people transform through creative modalities. She’s been working with K+L for the past 9 months on psychic protection, deep healing, nurturing the spirit of Al…
Ep. 400 - Rewiring Your Heart After Heartbreak with Amy Chan [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:15:27
Amy Chan is the founder and Chief Heart Hacker of Renew Breakup Bootcamp, which balances science and spirituality to help people heal the heart after a breakup. After her own traumatizing breakup, she found that no one w…
Ep. 399 - The Joy of Healing with Devi Brown [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:26:36
THE INTERVIEW So many women are so afraid to pivot and follow their calling when they’ve found something that’s comfortable. At the height of her career, Devi Brown was interviewing greats in the music industry such as Q…
Ep. 398 - Why Being Disciplined Has Given Me More Freedom [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 48:17
THE INTERVIEW Late in her life, Lindsey had the realization that she deeply deserved discipline. Creative types like to tell themselves that any sort of structure or discipline is only going to hinder and restrict their…