Sound healer, teacher, and one of Kathryn's closest friends Blair Milam joins us to talk about what happens when pushing stops working — and what opens when we stop gripping and allow the flow of life to change us. We explore identity, timing, intuition, and the quiet seasons that invite us to become the next version of ourselves.
Blair Milam is the co-founder of Sound Garden in Mill Valley, CA, a new space for sound healing, restoration, and deeper connection. Over the years, Blair has moved through many environments — from high-performing corporate settings to yoga studios, teacher trainings, and sound school — letting different parts of herself grow at different times. What once felt like separate identities began to inform one another, and eventually, she allowed and embraced their coexistence.
In this conversation, we return to the beginning: the horse girl from the South shaped by kindness, service, and a belief that she could do anything; the young woman who followed intuition across the world; the executive who knew how to lead inside high-pressure rooms; and the healer who was slowly forming in the background. All of those selves lived inside her, even when they didn’t feel like they belonged together.
We talk about the moment she ran out of “oomph,” the body-level signals that told her something needed to shift, and the season of surrender that unfolded when she stopped gripping as tightly. Blair shares how her mother’s cancer diagnosis changed her relationship to healing, how timing aligned only after she released her grip on it, and how community, love, and readiness shaped the birth of Sound Garden.
This is a conversation about truth, alignment, and what becomes possible when we allow — instead of effort.
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Visit Sound Garden ✨:
Instagram → @soundgarden.co
Website → www.soundgarden.co
Check out Blair's favorite book!: Hidden Messages in Water
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Credits
Hosted by Kathryn Flaschner
Edited by Dan Croll
Music by Will Savino
Visual Identity by Sarah Gainer & Jonathan Bush
Advised by Natalie Tulloch