Episode 20

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18th Dec 2025

Challenge: Choosing Growth Over Fear

Motherhood doesn’t just stretch our hearts — it stretches us to become more of who we really are.

In this soulful solo episode of Wildly Well Mamas, I explore the principle of Challenge as a not-always-welcome, but necessary catalyst for growth. And I’m not talking about the hustle-y, push-harder kind of challenge — but the kind that gently stretches your edges and supports conscious evolution.

In this episode, we explore:

  • Why motherhood is both joyful and deeply challenging — and why that’s okay
  • The difference between the comfort zone, growth zone, and danger zone
  • How real confidence and resilience are built in the growth zone
  • Why challenge isn’t about tearing yourself apart, but about stretching with intention

I also share personal stories from this year — including starting this podcast before I felt ready and embarrassing myself while speaking Spanish — to show how allowing yourself to be uncomfortable (and even a little bad at something) is often the doorway to becoming more yourself.

We explore how Challenge connects to — but feels different from — Play, and why community support matters when we’re doing brave things.

If you’ve been feeling called toward something new…

If you sense the stretch but hesitate at the discomfort…

This episode is an invitation to step into growth — gently, bravely, and together. 🙌

✨ Plus reflection questions woven throughout the episode to support your own next edge.

Links & Resources

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About the Podcast

Wildly Well Mamas
Authentic Conversations & Soulful Support
This is a space for mindful mamas committed to living their best lives while raising kids to thrive. The ones setting boundaries, breaking generational patterns, making learning a lifestyle, and raising their kids with intention—even when it feels messy or misunderstood.


I’m Jamie—a mama, wellness coach, and cancer survivor—here to share what I’m learning and have the conversations I wish more moms were having. In each episode, you’ll hear either a journal-style solo from me or a raw, inspiring interview with another mom on the wellness train.


We’ll talk about supporting our bodies through movement, nourishment, rest, and rhythm; regulating our nervous systems, ditching diet culture, living cyclically, raising conscious kids, and coming home to ourselves—over and over again.
No shame. No shoulds. Just stories, insights, and reminders that you’re not doing this alone.


Because when moms feel grounded, inspired, and wildly well—everybody benefits. 🫶

About your host

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Jamie Hardy Cooper

Jamie Hardy Cooper is a health coach, holistic mama, and host of the Wildly Well Mamas podcast and community. She’s passionate about helping women reconnect with their bodies, their cycles, and their power. With curiosity, humility, and heart, Jamie shares simple rituals, soulful conversations, and a whole lot of real-life mom honesty to help women care for themselves in ways that feel balanced, nourishing, and deeply aligned. ✨