🌀 What if your entire life has been preparing you for this fire?

Before we can talk about midlife transformation, we have to honor the form that came before it.

In Part Two of The Second Firing series, Kate Garland, Somatic Coach & Stress Recovery Specialist, traces the archetypal arc of a woman’s early life—from birth to Saturn Return—through the ancient metaphor of pottery.

This is not a linear checklist of life stages. It’s a soulful, embodied map that reveals how each chapter—no matter how messy—has been shaping you.

• How your nervous system and self-concept are formed in early childhood
• Why adolescence still echoes in your body and emotions
• The performance of adulthood in your 20s—and what’s underneath it
• What Saturn Return really asks of us (and why it matters)
• Why feeling “brittle” in your 30s doesn’t mean you’re broken—it means you’re bone dry (and that’s important)

• Wedging → Childhood (0–9)
• Forming the Clay → Adolescence (9–18)
• Leather Hard → Young Womanhood (18–27)
• Bone Dry → Saturn Return (28–32)

💫 This episode is a reframe, a remembrance, and a reckoning.

• You’re in midlife and asking, “How did I get here?”
• You’re navigating a big transition—like a breakup, burnout, or identity shift
• You’ve outgrown who you were, but aren’t sure who you’re becoming
• You love the intersection of myth, biology, psychology, and soul

We move into the fire itself:

From the slow, clarifying heat of your late 30s…

To the colorful chaos of perimenopause…

To the all-consuming transformation of the second fire.

The pressure rises. The cracks show.

But so does the shine.

Feeling stuck in your body, overwhelmed by change, or caught in a stress loop?

Download Kate’s free nervous system audio tool—designed to bring you home to yourself in minutes.

👉 radicallykate.com/stop-spiraling

With reverence and clarity,

Kate ✨

• Start here → The Free Anxiety Reset: a 7-minute guided tool to calm spiraling thoughts and come back to yourself. Think of it like a nervous system reboot—on demand.
• Next → Join the Feeling Good VIP Waitlist: My signature 30-day reset for women ready to come home to their body. Waitlisters get early access and special bonuses.
• Looking for more personalized support?
• Explore private coaching, group experiences, and upcoming programs: Work With Me

• Leave a review—it helps other women find this work.
• Or forward this episode to a friend who could use a little nervous system magic today. 💛