Episode Description
Kimberly Rash sits down with her longtime friend Tara McCarthy, founder of Prakriti Healing, for a raw and soul baring conversation about faith, fear, and the sacred work of rebuilding your life from the inside out.
Tara opens up about leaving a fifteen year career at a homeless shelter to trust an unexplainable pull toward opening her own healing space, and how that leap of faith turned into four years of steady growth. The two friends trace the winding paths that led them both from traditional religion into a deeper, more personal spirituality, sharing how learning to listen to their bodies, release the fear of what others think, and trust in divine timing has reshaped how they live, work, and show up for the women around them. Along the way they talk candidly about breathwork, energy work, Reiki, and the importance of building a team of trusted practitioners rather than trying to do it all alone.
Kimberly and Tara remind listeners that healing rarely follows a straight line, and that every modality, every mentor, and every season of change has its place. Their conversation is a gentle nudge to trust the nudges of your own body and spirit, even when the path looks nothing like you expected.
- Faith and healing
- Christian mystic journey
- Energy healing
- Breathwork training
- Reiki certification
- Body awareness and boundaries
- Collaboration over competition among healers
- Releasing fear and trusting divine timing
- Holistic wellness business
- Spiritual awakening
- Women's healing space
- Letting go of fear
- Listening to your body
- Holistic healing modalities
- Trauma and therapy resources
- Wellness entrepreneur journey
- Spiritual growth and identity
- Healing collaboration over competition
- Divine Feminine
- Mind body spirit connection
- Massage therapy and body work
- Law of attraction and faith
- Full circle friendship
Faith and Spiritual Growth
- Exploring what it means to identify as a Christian mystic
- How personal spiritual awakenings can reshape a faith practice
- Balancing traditional religion with a deeper, personal relationship with God
Healing Modalities and Tools
- The difference between breathwork and pranayama
- How Reiki and energy work support the body's healing process
- Understanding when to combine massage, breathwork, and energy work
Identity and Self-Worth
- Letting go of an identity that no longer serves you
- Learning to trust your body's yes and no
- Releasing the fear of what others think when making a change
Relationships and Community
- Building a referral network of trusted holistic practitioners
- Choosing collaboration over competition in wellness work
- How full circle friendships support long term healing
Emotional and Physical Health
- Recognizing when a service or practice is draining rather than fulfilling
- The connection between nervous system regulation and honest living
- How unresolved trauma can show up in daily life and relationships
Motherhood and Healing
- Creating safe, supportive spaces for women rebuilding their lives
- Providing childcare and housing support so mothers can heal and work
- Passing down healthy models of faith and community to the next generation
Key Takeaways
- Trusting an unexplainable pull can lead you to the right opportunity at the right time, as it did when Tara found the building for Prakriti Healing.
- Spiritual growth often means releasing inherited fear based beliefs and building a more personal relationship with faith.
- The body gives clear yes and no signals, and learning to trust those signals protects your peace and your purpose.
- No single healer or modality works for everyone, so building a referral network of trusted practitioners serves clients better than trying to do it all.
- Letting go of an identity that no longer fits, even one built over many years, opens space for the next season of growth.
- Healing is a collaborative, full circle process, and the right people often show up exactly when they are needed.
Memorable Quotes
"Ladies, listen to your bodies."
"We're allowed to change, and changing is so hard."
"If you can't be happy, if you can't feel relaxed, joy, and have peace, how can you pour that into anybody else?"
"There are no mistakes, right?"
"Everyone's journey is just different."
Themes Explored- Faith evolution and personal spirituality
- Entrepreneurship in the wellness space