✨ Episode Summary:

In this deeply personal episode of Avoiding Average, Susan Gates opens up about her journey of self-discovery, healing, and what it truly means to live radically authentic. Sharing powerful insights from her spiritual path and coaching work, Susan challenges listeners to question the ways they’ve settled for average and to reclaim the truth of who they really are.

If you've ever felt like you're living a life that’s too small for your soul, this episode will inspire you to embrace your uniqueness, break free from societal expectations, and step into the expansive life you came here to live. From generational healing to embracing individuality, Susan lays the foundation for what it means to live a life of true empowerment and soulful alignment.

🔑 Key Takeaways:

• Discover the mission behind Avoiding Average and why it matters now more than ever

• Learn how radical authenticity leads to deeper self-acceptance and spiritual freedom

• Understand how societal conditioning creates internal disconnection

• Explore how embracing your individuality can heal generational patterns

• Get inspired to take aligned steps toward your most empowered self

💬 Quotes:

• “You are a unique human being.”

• “You came here for a reason.”

• “Self-acceptance makes you less judgmental of others.”

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• 📌 Chapters:
  00:00 – Introduction to Avoiding Average
  03:14 – The Journey of Self-Discovery
  06:16 – Radical Authenticity and Its Importance
  08:42 – Embracing Your Unique Self
  11:10 – Empowerment and Breaking Generational Cycles
  13:01 – Closing Reflections and Invitation to Explore
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🎧 Episode Summary

In this episode of the Avoiding Average podcast, host Susan Gates dives deep into the emotional and energetic roots of burnout and how it often stems from a misalignment with one’s purpose. Susan explains how burnout isn’t always loud and obvious—it can show up subtly as emotional numbness, physical symptoms, or a quiet sense of dissatisfaction, even when things look successful on the outside.

By weaving in insights from astrology, Susan reveals how understanding your birth chart can illuminate your unique path, natural energy rhythms, and how to navigate personal challenges. This episode empowers listeners to reconnect with their authenticity, reclaim their energy, and reimagine success through the lens of self-awareness and soul alignment.

🔥 Key Takeaways

If you’re feeling stuck, uninspired, or like something is "off," this episode is your reminder: you’re more than just one thing, and your path to fulfillment is written in the stars.

• Burnout can be a signal that you're disconnected from your true purpose.

• Success on paper doesn’t equal emotional or spiritual fulfillment.

• Emotional numbness and physical symptoms like headaches or digestive issues are often overlooked signs of burnout.

• Your astrology chart can offer clues to how you uniquely experience stress and depletion.

• You are multi-dimensional—and honoring all parts of yourself is key to healing and wholeness.

• Different "burnout styles" call for different support and resources.

• 🔊 Sound Bites“Your purpose is more than just one thing.”

• “Success does not equal happiness.”

• Episode Chapters00:00 – Understanding Burnout and Purpose
  04:32 – The Connection Between Astrology and Burnout
  07:29 – Finding Balance and Resources for Burnout

  🌟 Resources Mentioned

  • 📘 Download the Free Burnout Style Guide to uncover your unique burnout pattern and learn how to realign with your purpose: soulcoachsusan.kit.com/burnout

  • 🌌 Schedule Your Embodied Astrology Reading or Astrocartography Session: soulcoachsusan.as.me/embodied-astrology

    www.avoiding-average.com/travel-astrology

  • ✨ Learn more about Susan Gates and transformational coaching: www.avoiding-average.com

  📲 Connect + ShareLoved this episode? Be sure to subscribe, rate, and leave a review!
  Tag me on Instagram @soulcoachsusan with your biggest insight.

  💫 Final WordsBurnout is feedback from your body.
  Your body, your emotions, and your soul are asking for more alignment. Let astrology and self-awareness be your compass on the journey back to yourself.

You are more than your sun sign.
In this solo episode of Avoiding Average, host and astrologer/transformational coach Susan Gates takes you deep into the real magic of astrology—exploring how your moon sign, rising sign, and planetary placements shape your emotional world, behavior, relationships, and life path.

Susan breaks down how to read your birth chart, why understanding the full picture matters for self-discovery, and how astro-cartography (the astrology of location) can illuminate opportunities for personal growth and alignment. She also shares how shadow work—guided by your chart—can help you heal and become more fully yourself.

Whether you're new to astrology or already obsessed, this episode will expand your understanding of how the stars mirror your soul’s journey.

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• 📌 Keywords: astrology, birth chart, sun sign, moon sign, rising sign, astro-cartography, self-discovery, personal growth, planetary placements, shadow work

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  🌟 About Susan:
  Susan Gates is a Travel Astrologer and Transformational Coach who blends astrology, subconscious work, inner child healing, tarot, and soul coaching to help high-achievers break through limitations and live extraordinary lives. With a background in engineering and deep intuitive gifts, she helps clients merge structure with spirit for lasting change. She’s also the host of the Avoiding Average podcast and creator of immersive spiritual travel experiences for personal growth and transformation.

  Schedule a live astrocartography reading with Susan HERE

  Recorded Natal Chart Mini Readings can be purchased HERE

  Astro 101 Blog series can be found HERE

  
  

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Episode Summary:

What if your birth chart could tell you where you'd thrive—emotionally, professionally, even spiritually?

In this powerful episode of Avoiding Average, Susan Gates is joined by soulful creative Autumn Martin to explore astrocartography—a transformational branch of astrology that maps the places on Earth where you’re cosmically wired to grow, expand, and feel like your truest self.

From decoding Saturn lines and sun lines to understanding how location influences self-worth, career fulfillment, and creative expression, this conversation is rich with insight for anyone feeling the pull to move, travel, or align more deeply with their soul’s desires.

Susan interprets Autumn’s birth chart and relocation lines to reveal how certain regions hold the key to emotional breakthroughs, spiritual alignment, and untapped potential.

If you've ever asked, “Am I in the right place?”, this episode will help you answer that with clarity and purpose.

Key Takeaways:

• Astrocartography reveals where your soul feels most at home.

• Saturn brings responsibility—and powerful growth—wherever it touches.

• Creative fulfillment and career clarity are often tied to where you live.

• Your birth chart is a roadmap to emotional and energetic alignment.

• Certain locations amplify your unique gifts, desires, and challenges.

• Travel can help you reclaim self-worth, purpose, and joy.

Chapters You’ll Love:

• 00:00 | What is Astrocartography?

• 11:50 | Saturn: The Great Teacher in Relocation

• 22:42 | Career Alignment through Your Chart

• 27:29 | How Location Influences Emotional Growth

• 42:46 | Magnetism, Mystique & Personal Power

• 51:14 | Why Iceland? Following Energy, Not Logic

• 55:24 | Should You Move? Astrology Has Answers

Keywords:astrocartography, birth chart, emotional fulfillment, astrology podcast, saturn return, personal growth, career alignment, spiritual travel, relocation astrology, soul coaching, astrology and travel, self-discovery, astrocartography reading

About Your Host – Susan Gates

Susan Gates is a certified soul coach, astrologer, hypnotherapist, Akashic Records practitioner, breathwork instructor, and travel guide for your inner and outer journey. With a background in engineering and a deep intuitive gift, she blends astrology, subconscious work, and transformational coaching to help clients break through limitations, reconnect with purpose, and find the places on Earth where their soul can thrive.

Through her astrocartography readings and signature Soulo Pilgrimage, Susan empowers seekers to stop settling and start aligning—with clarity, confidence, and cosmic support.

Ready to discover your aligned locations or dive deeper into your birth chart?

📍Book a session with Susan at: ⁠www.avoiding-average.com/travel-astrology⁠📩 Questions? Reach out at: ⁠soulcoachsusan@gmail.com⁠🌍 Follow Susan on Instagram: ⁠@soulcoachsusan⁠ ⁠@avoiding.average⁠

✨ Book Your Astrocartography Reading or Coaching Session

Navigating Parenting: Fear vs. Faith | Astrology, Control, and Conscious Self-Care
🎧 Avoiding Average Podcast with Susan Gates

In this heartfelt solo episode, Susan Gates opens up about the emotional journey of parenting, exploring how fear, control, and deep love shape our experiences as caregivers. Reflecting on moments with her son, Susan shares how operating from fear can lead to control-based parenting—and how shifting toward faith, compassion, and self-awareness can transform the parent-child dynamic.

She discusses how astrology provides a valuable lens for understanding personal triggers, communication patterns, and the emotional undercurrents of family relationships. From the weight of responsibility to the importance of self-care and asking for help, this episode offers a grounded, spiritual approach to modern parenting.

🧠 Key Themes:

• The emotional weight of parenting and fear-based decisions

• Learning to parent from love, not control

• The power of faith and emotional trust in the parenting process

• How astrology reveals inner patterns and parenting challenges

• Why self-care and support systems are non-negotiable

• Personal growth through acknowledging your emotional triggers

• Being kind, patient, and forgiving—especially to yourself

✨ Takeaway: Parenting isn’t about perfection—it’s about presence, patience, and love.

📌 Keywords: parenting, fear, faith, astrology, self-care, love, control, personal growth, mental health, family

🎙️ Tune in to Avoiding Average for soulful insights on parenting, astrology, emotional growth, and conscious living.

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Susan Gates is a Travel Astrologer and Transformational Coach who blends astrology, subconscious work, inner child healing, and soul coaching to help high-achievers break through limitations and live extraordinary lives. With a background in engineering and deep intuitive gifts, she helps clients merge structure with spirit for lasting change. She’s also the host of the Avoiding Average podcast and creator of immersive spiritual experiences for personal growth and transformation.

📌 Keywords: parenting, fear, faith, astrology, self-care, love, control, personal growth, mental health, family

👇 Let’s Connect
🔗 Website: https://www.avoiding-average.com
📸 Instagram: @avoiding.average
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Healing Through Burnout with Audrey Rose | Somatic Healing, Sound Therapy & Self-Care for High Achievers
🎧 Avoiding Average Podcast with Susan Gates

In this powerful episode, holistic life coach and somatic healer Audrey Rose shares her personal story of overcoming burnout, anxiety, and depression after working as a nurse during the COVID-19 pandemic. Audrey joins host Susan Gates to talk about how she turned to somatic healing, sound therapy, and EFT tapping as tools to regulate her nervous system and reclaim her mental health.

Together, they dive deep into the realities high-achieving women face—including the pressure to perform, the myth of productivity, and the need for accessible wellness practices. Audrey also shares her insights on podcasting, building a heart-centered business, and why self-care is one of the most productive things you can do.

Whether you're navigating burnout, exploring holistic healing, or curious about sound healing and somatic practices, this conversation offers both inspiration and practical tools.

🔑 In This Episode:

• Audrey’s burnout story from frontline nurse to holistic healer

• How to recognize the early signs of burnout

• The role of somatic practices in healing and nervous system regulation

• Benefits of sound healing and EFT tapping

• Why creating inclusive, accessible healing spaces matters

• Tips for balancing business, wellness, and creativity

• Behind the scenes of Audrey’s podcasting journey

✨ Key Takeaway: Self-care isn’t selfish—it’s essential, especially for high achievers.

📌 Keywords: holistic healing, burnout, somatic practices, sound healing, EFT tapping, self-care, high achievers, podcasting, mental health, wellness

🧘‍♀️ If you’ve ever struggled with burnout or felt disconnected from your body, this episode is for you.

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Audrey Rose is a Holistic Life Coach, Somatic Healer, and Registered Nurse. She is the founder of the RISE Sisterhood—a healing membership and sacred space where high-achieving women come home to themselves through nervous system regulation, somatic healing, and spiritual wisdom.

Audrey blends her clinical background as a nurse with body-based healing tools like sound medicine, breathwork, and somatic practice. She leads with nervous system education, somatic tools, and sacred rituals—so women can find their true happiness again.

Through immersive retreats, 1:1 coaching, and her top-ranked podcast Ready to Rise, Audrey is emerging as an inspiring voice in the nervous system and healing space.

She’s not here to fix you. She’s here to remind you that you were never broken—and to help you feel truly alive again.

If you'd like to get in touch with Audrey, you can find her here:

• Instagram: @helloaudreyrose
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