the Soul Connection Duo Podcast

On today’s episode of the Soul Connection Duo Podcast, we bring on Dr. Gillian O’Shea Brown for a psychospiritual perspective on trauma and healing. Dr. O’Shea Brown is a complex trauma psychotherapist, book author, and adjunct professor of trauma studies at NYU. Dr. O'Shea Brown strives to provide her clients with the best possible psychological care through understanding individuals in the context of their own unique culture, values and life experiences.

Dr. O’Shea Brown shares her vast knowledge with us on the topic of complex trauma. She describes the differences between Complex-PTSD vs. PTSD, as well as some of the evidence-based, successful modalities used for symptom reduction in trauma, such as EMDR and Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (TF-CBT). Sydney discusses some of the clinical manifestations she’s experienced from her own trauma with Dr. O’Shea Brown, to provide listeners with a narrative perspective on healing. We touch on other topics related to trauma such as ritualistic compulsive comfort seeking, post-traumatic growth, and Alexa shares the beautiful experience of spiritual awakening and the formation of true friendships through times of hardship. 

On today’s episode of the Soul Connection Duo Podcast, we bring on two guests, Louisa Barnum & Rachel Hazlett-Karr. Lousia and Rachel want to empower people to be their own best healers and have established the online school, Magenta, which offers training for inner growth, spiritual development and healing, to its participants. 

Louisa and Rachel share how their friendship and Magenta was born, as well as their individualized journeys through healing. Louisa’s first career as a highly trained classical musician came to an abrupt end following an injury which led her to enroll in a year-long study on the phenomena of consciousness, and pulled her through her dark night of the soul. Rachel has a background in journalism, documentary film-making, and she is the CEO for Magenta. Rachel also shares her personal journey of healing through trauma, and how by doing the inner work to face her shadow and strengthen her light has led her onto this incredible path of helping others to do the same.

On today’s episode of the Soul Connection Duo Podcast, we connect with Dominiece Clifton. Dominiece entered the wellness industry with the desire to guide others to healing after struggling with and releasing her own childhood trauma. Dominiece promotes emotional wellbeing and provides wellness education using body-centered approaches to healing including yoga, meditation, and breathwork. Her mission is to help educate people about effective ways to manage stress and release trauma stored in the body.

Our conversation with Dominiece explores prevalent topics, such as the long-term effects of stress on the mind, body and spirit, as well as healing intergenerational trauma stored in the body. Dominiece shares her grandmother's story and some of the ways in which she has uncovered healing in her lineage through knowing and following the experiences of her ancestors, and she serves with her maternal grandmother in mind. We also talk about soul care vs. self care, trusting and appreciating the healing process, as well as the three sections from her book: releasing, reconnecting, and remembering. 

On today’s episode of the Soul Connection Duo Podcast, we connect with co-founder of Casa Galactica, Michael Thornhill. Michael is a trauma-informed plant spirit healer, professional channel & non-dual teacher. Michael’s life mission is to demystify the process of what healing is like; he helps people awaken from their traumas and feel empowered to express their gifts and soul imprint in this world.

Michael so vulnerably shares his story of struggling with addiction, healing from trauma, and the tragic passing of his mother in 2015. His journey through loss and grief was the catalyst for his recovery and healing, as well as the use of plant medicine. Michael elaborates on some of his truly life-changing experiences with the plant medicine known as Ayahuasca. He experienced multidimensional healing and later moved to Peru to further study and learn how to facilitate Ayahuasca ceremonies so that he could help others who were also experiencing struggle in their lives.

On today’s episode of the Soul Connection Duo Podcast, we learn all about scalar energy from Tom Paladino. Tom is a holistic medical expert, scalar energy researcher and humanitarian. Tom theorized that all energy in the universe initiates as scalar energy; the sun of our solar system and the stars of the universe are the points of origin for scalar energy. He further theorized that scalar energy is instructive energy, as the entire universe is instructed by this Divine Essence.

Tom begins by sharing some of the history behind scalar energy and the incredible possibilities it has for healing! We discuss what scalar energy is and how it differs from electrical energy. Tom purchased his scalar energy instruments in the 90s from the wealthy Hieronymus family, and describes this opportunity as a true "gift from God". He explains how the scalar energy instruments work to disassemble different types of pathogens through photographs, and how his instruments have helped to treat people living with various "incurable" conditions, such HIV/AIDS.

On today’s episode of the Soul Connection Duo Podcast, we talk to the impressive Pam Moore about intuitive eating. Pam has a background in occupational therapy, but has since shifted her work into the realm of health and fitness freelance journalism, and she currently works as certified intuitive eating counselor. She is also a certified personal trainer, six-time marathoner, two-time Ironman finisher, and hosts her own podcast!

Pam shares her journey through healing her relationship with food, exercise, and her body, all while discovering intuitive eating. Her experience is inspiring to us and we hope this conversation with Pam is one that many of our listeners can relate to. We ask our burning questions on all things intuitive eating, while Pam also discusses other relative topics that many women face such as imposter syndrome, body image, and restrictive eating. We talk about today’s diet culture, which includes what may be considered as a diet vs. a lifestyle, and Pam shares some of the ways in which she works with her clients to create a sense of ease surrounding food intake and overall body image. 

On today’s episode of the Soul Connection Duo Podcast, we learn all about tea leaf readings from Rissa Miller! Rissa is also an accomplished journalist, freelance photographer, ghost tour guide, and is currently studying clinical herbalism. She holds a deep reverence for plants and the answers they offer, whether as tasseographs in a teacup, smoke in the air, a healing salve for the skin, a plant on the windowsill, or nourishment for the body.

Rissa shares her story of returning back into divination practices following her diagnosis of an autoimmune disease and her admiration for the healing power of plant medicine. Rissa explains the history of tea leaf readings and how she was led into practicing these truly incredible readings with her clients. She further describes how a tea leaf reading works, how spirits speak through symbols, and how these readings provide clarity to the seeker and sipper. Rissa has been creating her own symbol language since the age of 16 through her intuitive abilities, which makes her readings so unique. She shares some of the most common symbols that people may see in their tea cups during a reading with her, as well as the meanings behind each of these symbols.

On today’s episode of the Soul Connection Duo Podcast, we chat with spiritual healer and international author, Ulrika Karlsson! Ulrika is an intuitive empath, Akashic Record reader, and yoga teacher/therapist, who works with men and women of different ages, from all fields of life. The essence of Ulrika´s work is to increase consciousness and guide clients into their hearts. Her vision is simply to contribute to a more beautiful, conscious, and loving world. 

We listen to Ulrika share her own painful and beautiful journey to awakening. With a history of depression and suicidal ideation, Ulrika came to a point where she had to choose between life or death. We discuss mental health struggles, societal perceptions, programmed illusions, and more! Ulrika discusses some logistics of the collective awakening that is occurring on the planet today. She also enlightens us with some of the amazing ways that we can reconnect inwards, by learning to love, acknowledge and trust our own selves, rather than looking to outside sources.

On today’s episode of the Soul Connection Duo Podcast, we chat with trauma and relationship specialist, Laura Martin. Laura found her way from living out trauma responses that led to domestic violence, chronic health issues, addictions, and self-sabotage, to turning it all around through the creation of her business Healing to Happy. Laura helps hundreds of women turn their pain into purpose, while using science and soul to regulate their nervous systems, move through triggers, and ultimately call in the love story that they desire. 

Laura shares her story of healing from generational trauma, which included overcoming cycles of toxic behaviour in relationships, addictions and health. Laura amplifies the importance of understanding your body before trying to "fix it", and the true beauty of coming home to ourselves as women. Through a break-up, Laura was reminded of her power and launched a beautiful podcast, as well as flourished her successful business following her last heartbreak. We both also share very different experiences from our recent break-ups, what our healing has looked like, getting closure and moving on, dating apps, and more!

On today’s episode of the Soul Connection Duo Podcast, we connect with holistic therapist, Jen Thompson. Jen started her private practice in 2016 and recently moved her practice onto her homestead near London, Ontario this past year. Jen has a professional background in social work, and has harmonized her psycho-education with therapeutic yoga and somatic healing. She has been evolving her yoga training since 2005 and has trained in hatha, power, vinyasa, Modo, trauma-informed, and restorative yoga. She’s been healing in the spiritual realm and supporting many clients with self-healing and expanding their consciousness.

Our conversation with Jen offers our listeners a beautiful perspective on homesteading and regenerative farming. She discusses the healing power of animals, especially for individuals with dysregulated nervous systems, as well as how being in an animal's presence can bring us back into the present moment. Jen talks about some of the animals she has at her homestead and how she incorporates them into her healing workshops with clients. She also discusses the realness of manifestation, and how she was able to use the magic of manifesting to achieve the dream of having her home and business all located in a healing space out in nature. She reminds us just how powerful we can be when we set our mind and intentions in the right place, and the importance of allowing ourselves to become more expansive. 

Furthermore, we discuss the amazing healing capacity that plants have to offer us. This healing can take place in many forms, including the food we eat, the connection we have with nature, and if we choose, we can also explore the options of using psychedelic plants as soul medicine. Jen shares some of her own experiences using plants in their many forms and the ways in which these plants have helped her along her healing journey.

On today’s episode of the Soul Connection Duo Podcast, we chat with Emotional Alchemist, Mind-Body Practitioner and Master NLP Transformational Coach, Catherine Gagnon. Catherine is also a Neurosciences Practitioner, a Nurse Practitioner (NP), and is currently pursuing a doctorate in Natural Medicine and studying the Ancient Wisdom of Siddha Veda that stems from Ayurvedic medicine.

Catherine shares her incredible story of how she cured herself from Lyme disease in ways that were truly unheard of in the traditional field of medicine. She explains that when we reconnect the mind and body, extraordinary things can happen to aid in the recovery from illnesses/diseases that many people do not recover from. During her healing journey, she also made the difficult decision to leave her profession as a NP all together, in order to pursue life-saving work from a more holistic approach as a transformational coach. As a natural empath, Catherine can see, hear and feel the emotional and physical "energy leaks" in people and her work helps people to identify and "plug" these leaks. We discuss what an energy leak is, how to pinpoint someone's biggest energy leaks, examples of energy leaks, and more! Catherine's clients report regaining their physical/emotional energy, recovering faster from illness, attaining mental clarity, self-confidence, feeling more at peace within themselves and happier in relationships, following sessions with her.

On today’s episode of the Soul Connection Duo Podcast, we connect with Kristin Lavin, author of the beautiful memoir, “The Butterfly Promise”. Kristin’s memoir is a story about eternal love, grief and the wonder of afterlife. Her book was a finalist in the IAN Book of the Year Awards. She also has a blog, “The Wondrous Journey of Being Here”, which explores self and planetary wellness, as well as the wonders of life. 

We feel so honoured to have been able to share this conversation with Kristin on loss and some of the other spiritual aspects of grief. Following the passing of Kristin’s grandmother, she struggled to find books that offered her comfort as well as answers to her questions about spirituality and the afterlife, which is what inspired her to write and self publish her own memoir. 

We discuss some of the truly beautiful moments in grief that Kristin shares in her book, as well as some of the signs and synchronicities that we’ve experienced from our own losses. This conversation also explores the messy (and crazy) parts of healing from the loss of a loved one, feeling alone in grief, ways we can begin to heal our hearts, the vast possibilities of an afterlife and reincarnation, and more! Kristin also shares a beautiful perspective in her book on grieving the loss of her cat which we discuss during this episode, as oftentimes the loss of a beloved family pet is the first experience many of us have with loss and grief. 

On today’s episode of the Soul Connection Duo Podcast, we speak with somatic coach Alexandra Mollon. Alex healed the relationship with her body, overcame an eating disorder, stopped binge eating without any form of restriction, and learned how to eat intuitively. Alex’s own healing journey eventually led her to this healing work where she now helps people create a safe space to connect inward and heal trauma.

Alex shares her own healing journey and how the practice of Yoga is what initially allowed her to reconnect to her body and begin healing. Additionally, she explains how the discovery of somatic healing therapy and intuitive eating furthered her ability to heal by trusting her body as an intuitive guide. We discuss some of the fears that may arise when beginning to eat intuitively, and Alex provides us with some great insight on ways to ease into this practice. We also talk about emotional eating, cravings, and Alex reiterates the importance of treating our emotions and bodies with kindness during times of stress. Alex shares some of the ways that she was able to overcome the conditioning of society and break free from her own eating disorder and the pervasive diet culture that surrounds our eating habits.

On today’s episode of the Soul Connection Duo Podcast, we learn from psychic quantum healer, Ellie Garnham. Ellie founded the iHEAL Technique, which is an evolved and expanded method of traditional quantum healing and past life regression. She now teaches people all over the world how to use this technique, as well as how to create and anchor in New Earth and higher unity consciousness. Furthermore, she helps people activate their spiritual psychic gifts by acting as a bridge and connecting them to their higher selves and their own spirit guides.

If you are at all interested to learn more about starseeds, the galactics, twin flames, and the dream world, you do not want to miss this episode! Ellie shares her own healing journey, and how she had to explore different modalities to find answers for the physical symptoms she was experiencing. She discusses some exciting and new-to-us ideas that we know our listeners will be eager to learn about alongside us. Ellie also defines what a twin flame is, their difficult journeys, and signs that may appear to help someone recognize if they are in fact one of these rare souls known as a twin flame. Ellie shares many of the amazing experiences she’s had through meditation, quantum hypnosis, and past life regression work, such as the galactic wars and how these play into our current reality.

On today’s episode of the Soul Connection Duo Podcast, we host Arun Nijhawa to discuss chronic pain, which has become a very prevalent health issue worldwide. Arun suffered from chronic back pain which left him immobilized for years, and was told that he would only recover with surgical intervention. However, Arun made a miraculous recovery and freed himself of his debilitating pain, by accessing the right knowledge, developing a greater understanding of the pain sensations in his body, as well as deeply connecting to his body and healing through daily meditation practice. He has since co-founded Menda Health, which is an online platform to reverse chronic pain for over one billion people worldwide who are living in agony, that are often misunderstood and mistreated in our current healthcare system.

We feel very honoured to be able to share this episode with our listeners, as we know there are so many people who can relate to Arun's story! Arun shares his journey of healing from chronic pain, as well as his vast depth of knowledge and research to explain how he was able to heal himself. We learn about the current pain revolution in America and the true power our brains can hold when it comes to pain and healing. Arun defines some of the different types of pain, such as primary pain vs. secondary pain, as well as the very interesting research and evidence in regards to the prevalence of pain across the lifespan. He also shares some of the science-based techniques that can be used to help break pain cycles, such as "pain reprocessing therapy".

On today’s episode of the Soul Connection Duo Podcast, we connect with channel and psychic healer, Celina Mae. Celina’s work helps empower people to stop seeking advice outside of themselves, and start connecting inward to find direction and clarity in their lives. She also channels messages from star beings (the Pleiadians) during her readings, to support the collective healing here on Earth.

Celina begins by sharing her own healing journey, and how she was able to manifest and create the life of her dreams. Through following her soul's guidance, Celina traveled to Bali where she met her dream partner, and now fiancé. She has since moved from Germany to Canada, and elaborates on how listening to your inner knowing can completely change your life while embodying your soul’s purpose. Celina offers some useful tips to begin tuning in and connecting with spirit guides, which includes the basics of automatic writing and different ways to develop greater awareness in your day-to-day. We also discuss the healing power of nature, horse medicine, and star beings known as the Pleiadians.

On today’s episode of the Soul Connection Duo Podcast, Alexa and Sydney celebrate one year of podcasting! To begin this solo episode, they share how this podcast came to be and how they had to overcome fears of judgement and the uncertainty of others' perceptions after sharing their difficult story, as well as the most vulnerable parts of themselves with the world. A & S highlight their first and very special episode, "THE BONES", which had an overwhelmingly positive response, and 565+ listens to date! They share some of their favourite parts and moments from podcasting, and how this journey has allowed them both to grow as individuals through discovering new pieces of themselves, their souls, and their friendship.  

On today’s episode of the Soul Connection Duo Podcast, we learn all about animal communication with Samantha Jones! Samantha is a psychic medium, animal communicator, reiki master, certified spiritual coach, podcast host, and more! From a young age, Samantha has been able to understand and communicate with animals in a special way.

Samantha shares her spiritual awakening journey with us and how she’s been able to connect with the unseen world. We chose to focus on animal communication for this episode, despite Samantha’s many talents and intuitive abilities. She helps us understand some of the ways that we can deal with difficult behavioural problems in rescue animals, or animals that are navigating big changes with their owners, such as moving to a new home and changes in family dynamics. She provides some useful pointers on ways that we can better communicate with our animals, and how hiring an animal communicator can be very beneficial to us, as well as our beloved furry friends. We discuss how animals communicate, animal species that are easier vs. difficult to communicate with, animal reincarnation, and more! Sydney shares part of her journey navigating through loss and grief with her dog Milo, and how our animals can also experience similar emotions from grief.

On today’s episode of the Soul Connection Duo Podcast, we chat with Bob Ginsberg. Bob is a radio show host, author, editor, psychic medium certifier, and more! Bob began researching the evidence for survival of consciousness shortly after his daughter passed away in 2002 from a car accident. This devastating loss allowed Bob to turn his pain into purpose as he searched for answers, and later founded the Forever Family Foundation (FFF) in 2004 with his late-wife, Phran. The FFF is a global non-profit organization that educates the public about the evidence that we are in fact more than just our physical bodies.

We discuss many different topics with Bob throughout this episode, beginning with loss and the vulnerable state that grief can leave us in, which is why Bob explains how important it is for psychic mediums to be authentic and genuine in their offerings. Bob shares with us how he has always taken a science-based approach to life and therefore was quite skeptical about mediumship, however his beliefs shifted when he started to see that there were unexplainable things happening all around him following his daughter's passing. He began looking deeper into these events and the scientific research, realizing that the most believable explanation for it is the idea that our souls live on. Bob offers some examples of the many pieces of evidence that can help to prove the existence of life beyond death, including near death experiences (NDEs), reincarnation data, electronic voice phenomenon (EVP), death bed visions, as well as the not-so-scientific but unexplainable experiences, including dream visitations, internal knowing, and personal experiences. 

On today’s episode of the Soul Connection Duo Podcast, we interview Kathy McDaniel about her distressing, yet also blissful near-death experience (NDE). Kathy is the author of her memoir, "Misfit in Hell to Heaven Expat" and has since been sharing her experience with other IANDS (International Association for Near-Death Studies) members, and with people around the world to bring awareness. 

During this episode, Kathy shares part of her NDE story which occurred in 1999, when she was placed on a ventilator and into a drug-induced coma following an illness that left her dying from lung failure. She explains how various "hellish" experiences during her time on Earth, suddenly became the scenarios she experienced in Hell. Determined to find her way out of Hell, Kathy later found herself being greeted into Heaven by a loved one that had recently passed away from leukemia. While sharing her beautiful experience in Heaven, Kathy gets emotional talking about the immense light and love she felt while she was there, as well as the utter despair and anger she experienced when her soul re-entered her human body as she awoke in the ICU, completely paralyzed and unable to verbalize what had just happened.

Kathy explains how she views everything in life from a different perspective since her NDE, including her religious and spiritual beliefs. She shares some of the fulfilling experiences that she's been able to have since, which include volunteering with the dying in Hospice and witnessing some of the beautiful last moments before her father's passing. She also talks about the importance of having empathy for others during times of suffering and loss. Kathy truly believes that we plan out our lives, the events that take place (no matter how challenging they may be), and how the difficult lessons are the ones that teach us the most, and are oftentimes reserved for the "brave souls". 

On today’s episode of the Soul Connection Duo Podcast, we learn from contemplative psychotherapist and psychic medium, Xandra Hawes! Xandra is the founder of Soul Essence Center, where she helps empaths tap into their intuition, develop a deeper sense of embodied trust, and heal themselves by deeply connecting to their higher self. 

Xandra shares her own story of spiritual awakening with us, as well as her journey into her fulfilling work as a Buddhist psychotherapist and psychic medium. She describes Buddhist psychology as a means for seeing every client with unconditional positive regard and acknowledging them as an expert of their own lives, while bringing in mindfulness, meditation, and emapthic practices. We discuss many topics such as source light, psychic screens, creating communication pathways with spirit guides, soul families, and scepticism surrounding mediumship.

As Xandra explored a deeper connection to self and source, her psychic gifts also re-opened. From a young age, she had experiences with other realms however she wasn't ready, so shut her intuitive abilities out for years. When her psychic abilities eventually came back and following an incredible spiritual awakening, she began communicating with spirits and crossing souls over to the other side. Xandra provides us with insight on how this process works, as well as how we can all develop a relationship with our spirit guides. She also shares other Buddhist based practices, such as the truly beautiful experience of letting go during the aging process. 

On today’s episode of the Soul Connection Duo Podcast, we get to know Dr. Ellen Albertson. Dr. Ellen is a Psychologist, Registered Dietitian, National Board-Certified Health and Wellness Coach, radio show/podcast host, and mindful self-compassion teacher, also known as The Midlife Whisperer™. She helps women have the energy, confidence, and clarity to make their next chapter their best chapter.

Throughout this episode, we discuss a variety of topics that emphasize the importance of having a body, mind, heart, and spirit relationship. Dr. Ellen shares her knowledge with us on topics such as whole food nutrition, emotional eating, self-love, different life stages, and tips on how to transform your life at any age! Dr. Ellen's pursuit to seek further knowledge as a lifelong learner led her to achieve a PhD in Psychology after she felt the need to better understand and help her client's from a more holistic perspective. We also touch on other topics such as fear, the perceptions of others, and how to tame those people-pleasing traits.

On today's episode of the Soul Connection Duo Podcast, we have a fun conversation with with corporate lawyer and fellow podcaster, Lauren Abrams. Lauren is the founder of "52 Weeks of Hope", a podcast that was created to share powerful messages about life's meaning and a "why are we here" sort of quest. After going through her own dark night of the soul, Lauren knew she had to change her life. She began interviewing one person a week for an entire year, and knew she had to share the inspirational messages she was receiving with the world.

Throughout this episode we discuss the power of human connection, community, as well as the negative impact of social isolation across the lifespan. Lauren also briefs on imposter syndrome, vulnerability, and how the universe will rise up to meet you when you are on your truest path. We chat about the importance of "taking that leap" in order to grow as an individual and gain these soulful (and sometimes challenging) experiences in life. By sharing our own stories of pain and suffering, emotions, and experiences, we can help others to resonate and heal alongside us.

Lauren also shares her knowledge and provides us with great advice on podcasting, which can be beneficial for anyone listening who may be considering taking their own leap of faith in creating a podcast! She provides some truly amazing messages from various guests she's interviewed, and even shares her own message of hope with us.

On today's episode of the Soul Connection Duo Podcast, we speak with Mary Beth Robinson. Mary Beth began her career working as a Chiropractor and has since shifted her focus to work with her own super power of helping others discover their life's purpose, also known as "super powers". For 20 years, Mary Beth has been assisting clients in finding their soul's potential or mission through her remarkably talented intuitive abilities. Mary Beth is the founder of Super Power Inc., and resides in Colorado, USA. 

We both received truly incredible readings from Mary Beth prior to recording, which we share for our listeners during this episode. Mary Beth shares with us the true meaning behind each of our own super powers, and how oftentimes people "value what is hard, and don't value what is natural". We openly converse about some of the details behind our super power readings, and Mary Beth describes how she channels this information for her clients all over the world. All we can really say is WOW - she truly has a gift for being able to tune into a person’s energy and provide accurate information about how we can all walk through this world in a more empowered way, while using our natural gifts and strengths to do so. As Mary Beth describes it, we all have these innate and special talents/traits that are often overlooked because they come so easily to us that we do not even notice them. Paying attention is the first step to discovering one's own unique gifts, which can lead to more creativity, motivation and joy in our lives. 

On today's episode of the Soul Connection Duo Podcast, we chat with Relationship Clarity Coach, Bre Wolta. Bre's own healing journey from co-dependency and a toxic past relationship, led her to pursue this work in helping others find clarity and freedom from their own dysfunctional relationships. Bre holds one-on-one sessions, as well as group sessions to allow space for her clients to become aware of red flags, how to close the revolving door of toxic relationships, and healing unhealthy patterns.

Bre shares her story of being in a dysfunctional relationship and how her difficult experience allowed for personal growth and transformation, which then led her to this incredible career of coaching clients through similar relationship challenges. We chat about co-dependancy, walking on eggshells, a conflicting head vs. heart, as well as suggestions for people who may be in dysfunctional relationships and advice on how to best support someone who is experiencing relationship struggles and uncertainty. Bre also provides some helpful suggestions for navigating the fear and grief that one might have when exiting relationships that no longer serve them. 

Alexa explains that relationships are one of our greatest teachers, as she shares how her past experience in a dysfunctional relationship ended up providing her with valuable learning and the ability to grow as a person. Sydney shares a different perspective on grief in relationships, as she explains her feelings of doubt and fearfulness on dating again after loss. We also chat about cord cutting ceremonies, the power of healing in groups, EFT tapping, self compassion and more! 

On today's episode of the Soul Connection Duo Podcast, we are joined by fellow Canadian, Matt Landsiedel. Matt has a background in addictions counselling, however he now mostly works with highly sensitive people, empaths and gay men, as a transformative life coach, empathic healer and spiritual teacher! Through Matt's own struggles, he has developed a strong sense of self, and awareness of his life's purpose so that he can help others to live authentically, while also healing from shame and/or trauma.

Throughout this episode, Matt provides us with some incredible explanations on sensitivity and what it means to be a highly sensitive person (HSP), the differences between HSPs vs. empaths, and how these traits can often lead to overwhelm in today's society. We chat about being able to recognize and honour these sensitivities, as only 20% of the world's population is considered "sensitive", as well as how this gift can be transmuted to help others feel and better understand their emotions. Matt works closely with clients who have experienced traumas, and he shares the importance of embodiment practices, breath-work and meditation, as these techniques can allow individuals who may be struggling to  move from dissociation to feeling their emotions deeply, and thus healing. Matt explains how our minds can be a very dark place to live, when we don't have that mind and body connection working together. 

On today's episode of the Soul Connection Duo Podcast, we are joined by Sophia Demas. Sophia has had three very diverse careers which consisted of spending a decade in architecture, running her own couture fashion business, and working as a mental health therapist. In addition, she's created a program to help at-risk women increase their self-esteem, which is known as "Living a Fearless Life". She is also the author of two books, "The Divine Language of Coincidence", and her second book which will be available to readers in 2023, "Consciousness Beyond Death - True Stories of Signs, Messages & Timing".

Sophia enjoyed a unique up-bringing, where she spent her childhood years between the United States and Greece. She later pursued grad school in Portland, Oregon, which was when she began to notice and understand that her life was a process which was being divinely guided by “something bigger”. Sophia deepened her awareness and understanding regarding these coincidences, and by simply taking action she noticed that these coincidences could in fact become miracles!

Sophia shares with us how she understands the three stages of “spiritual being”, which include perspectives of wishful thinking, hope, and utter faith. She also shares some amazing stories of perspective, growth, true miracles, and we get to hear some of the truly incredible coincidences that have occurred in Sophia's life (which you do not wanna miss)! In addition, she explains the secrets of how we can all create more of these coincidences or miracles in our own realities.

On today's episode of the Soul Connection Duo Podcast, we chat with Mercedes Anne! Mercedes is a craniosacral therapist, who also offers energy resets and energetic mentorship to her clients. Through her experiences in life, she has learned to transform pain and suffering into wisdom and grace. She is deeply drawn to share this freedom with others, and is very passionate about helping others through her energy work and craniosacral therapy sessions. Mercedes is also the co-host of her podcast called The Cosmic Adults!

Mercedes grew up knowing there was something different about her, however she shut off her inner knowing for many years until she experienced an incredible spiritual awakening in 2017. She shares her beautiful story of awakening with us, and this is one of the coolest awakening experiences that we have heard to date! This awakening led her to rediscover her truest self and intuitive gifts, and she now is able to share them with the world. 

Throughout the conversation we talk about the importance of continuous, life-long learning and trust, as well as what craniosacral therapy is and how exactly it works to heal the mind, body, and spirit. The incredible guidance and wisdom Mercedes has received over the years from her spiritual mentors, has led her onto a more fulfilling life path and career as a healer. Mercedes trusts and allows her intuition to guide her and shares some of the ways in which she is able to connect and be a clear channel for source. We also talk about how to build trust and confidence with personal spiritual development by receiving validation and answers from the universe. 

On today's episode of the Soul Connection Duo Podcast, we speak with Britt Woods! Britt is an Akashic Records Reader, Esoteric Healer, and mentor, who helps people hold space for deep healing, soul growth, intuition development, and positive life changes. Britt is also the host of a podcast called Guidance From Within, and co-host of a new podcast called Tea With Intuitives.

Taught from her adopted grandmother, Britt came to learn and practice esoteric healing at a young age. Britt shares the basics of esoteric healing and how she works with the soul for guidance during sessions with clients. She learned all about this healing modality at just 14 years-old, which oftentimes made it difficult for her to interact with people her own age in school, however she later came to accept and appreciate the power of this practice and its ability to heal others. We also put Britt on the spot to answer one of the common questions we often receive about distance healing,  which is how can distance healing be just as effective as in-person treatments, and how exactly does it work?? She provides us with a truly incredible answer and describes the power of love. 

During tough times, Britt followed the signs placed within her path and found her way into Akashic Record readings; there was so much we could relate to her about as she told her story! She explains how by accessing the Akashic Records, deep healing can occur and many big questions can be answered. This includes the reasons why we play out different karmic patterns, or why we are drawn to certain things or people in this lifetime. Britt provides us and our listeners with tips on how to follow your inner guidance to find answers, rather than looking outside of yourself. We also get a sneak peek into the personalities of certain ascended masters, how they are channelled, and why they might show up during a reading. 

On today's episode of the Soul Connection Duo Podcast, we speak with Freedom Astrologer, Ian Altosaar! Ian is dedicated to creating more freedom in the lives of human beings across the globe through astrology, spirituality, meditation, psychology, and business. After many awakenings and and years of necessary suffering, he now helps other people to be free. Ian is also the co-host of "The Cosmic Adults" Podcast.

Ian shares his story of how certain painful experiences led him to his spiritual awakening and journey to becoming an astrologer. He began by tracking the moon cycles and how it deeply influenced his life and relationships, which led him to dive deeper into this realm. Ian provides us with some insight for what to expect in the remainder of 2022, moon tracking, how suffering can be our greatest teacher, as well as what sun, moon and ascendant signs are and how awareness of these signs and their locations in our birth charts can influence our aspirations and life purpose.

On today's episode of the Soul Connection Duo Podcast, we speak with spiritual dream teacher, depth psychologist, and author of "The Alchemy of Your Dreams" & "The Deliberate Dreamer's Journal", Athena Laz. Athena helps people to discover the depths of their psyches and spirit through the medium of dreams, symbols, metaphors, and imagery. Her work is designed to empower people through understanding and using the language of Soul & Spirit to improve their overall well-being and lives.

Athena shares the story of how she found her way into pursuing a career in psychology, and then into the vast and incredible world of dreamwork. We chat about so many different topics related to the power behind our dreams, such as dream yoga and journalling, the meaning behind different types of dreams, dream symbols, healing trauma through dreams, and more! Athena provides us and our listeners with some tips and tricks for learning how to lucid dream, as well as ways in which we can recall our dreams more readily upon waking. Our dreams hold important messages for us as well as the Collective, and Athena helps us to understand how this guidance can appear through dream symbols, metaphors, or feelings that arise within the dream world. 

On today's episode of the Soul Connection Duo Podcast, Alexa and Sydney speak with body work practitioner and founder of Integrative Pelvic Care, Caytlyn Dee! Caytlyn's life mission is to support women on their journeys through healing, and feeling a deep sense of belonging within their bodies and here on this Earth. 

Caytlyn shares her story and experiences with childhood trauma, the loss of her sister, and how working through grief really broke her open. Her own healing journey and an incredible experience with a holistic pelvic care practitioner, is what inspired her to pursue this type of work. She quickly realized that pelvic care is what she needed to do and share with other women; she deeply committed to helping women understand and reconnect with their bodies. Caytlyn holds a sacred, tender container for women ready to begin this life changing work.

Throughout this episode, we discuss topics related to how stress shows up in our bodies and how these symptoms appear as a warning sign indicating the need for change, rather than ignoring the underlying issue. We chat about our experiences with different forms of energy and body work, such as craniosacral therapy, massage therapy, and rolfing. Caytlyn shares some of the legalities surrounding body work and pelvic care. We also dive into discussion about birth control, menstruation, the female body, and how we can help to reduce feelings of discomfort, shame and guilt around these topics.

On today's episode of the Soul Connection Duo Podcast, Alexa and Sydney connect with talented artist, Jenna Calabro. Jenna is the founder of Cecilia Moon Art, where she uses digital mixed media to combine celestial, nature, and feminine-focused imagery with hand-written affirmations. Jenna also has a background in music and mental health counselling. 

Jenna uses art as a way to inspire others to look within and find self love, inner peace, and freedom of the mind, body, and spirit. The gift of her artistry and working with the divine feminine holds space for everyone to appreciate the beauty of her pieces. As alluded to in Jenna's artwork name, most of her art pieces feature the moon. We talk about the meanings behind certain symbols in nature, such as the moon, owls, snakes, and how they can create different energies when they are featured in artwork. Jenna's art is so inclusive, allowing people to connect in their own way whether it is inspiring mental health, body positivity or spiritual growth.

Meeting your edges allows for growth and the three of us each share parts of our own creative paths that have allowed us to learn and grow throughout this lifetime. Jenna's mission to help people through her art shines through while she speaks to the creation of her digital art pieces. We talk about how creativity can open us up to spiritual paths and how the power of the universe can continue to draw us back to the things or spaces that are truly meant for us! 

On today's episode of the Soul Connection Duo Podcast, Alexa and Sydney speak with Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), Kendra Starr. Kendra has been practicing TCM for 20 years now, and she continues studying and learning new skills to advance her knowledge and practice.

Kendra begins by sharing her story about a traumatic event that occurred when she was 17 years old, which left her with several spinal compression fractures and she was very lucky to have survived the accident. Kendra's back recovered quite well through acupuncture treatments and she found this to be the most helpful treatment overall. This experience led her to pursue studies and a career in TCM, and she also had a stint as a professional snowboarder and a stunt woman! Kendra talks about the integrated approach she takes with her clients, which includes many of the modalities that she has learned over her career, some of which include Japanese acupuncture, craniosacral therapy, moxibustion, magnet therapy, acutonics (sound healing), and qi gong.

Kendra has navigated and facilitated her own healing, along with the healing of her friends and clients, and we have both been lucky enough to receive treatments from Kendra. We get to connect with Kendra on more of a personal level during this episode, as she shares her experience with the loss of her mother and connecting with our loved ones that have passed. She also enlightens us on her experiences while studying abroad in China, as well as what qi is and how we can feel and manipulate it within our bodies. 

"It's no longer about following the path back to where you were, it's about finding a new place that's even better because you've learned along the way." - Kendra Starr, DrTCM

On today's episode of the Soul Connection Duo Podcast, Alexa and Sydney chat with Joe Greenland, also known as Fox Dreamer. Joe is originally from the Gwich'in Indian Band of Aklavik in the Northwest Territories, where he was raised by his grandfather and he also became Joe's greatest spiritual teacher. From a young age, Joe began working with the universal energies, and has since continued to share his wisdom and acquired knowledge with others.

Throughout this episode, Joe shares some of his life experiences and lessons that have shaped him as a healer. Ask and you shall receive, Joe reiterates the importance of asking the universe questions, and then listening for guidance and answers. Our conversation flows from energy and connecting, to cultural rituals, death and passed loved ones. Joe is attuned to the messages available for others by channeling their spirit guides, and he shares some ways in which we can connect with the universe and our own spirit team. 

On today's episode of the Soul Connection Duo Podcast, Alexa and Sydney chat with Jennifer, founder of Ocean & Oracle. Jennifer is a clinical hypnotherapist, life transformation coach, astrologer, and reiki master teacher. She specializes in helping women grow, transform, and ultimately create shifts that catapult them forward towards their dream life and desired goals. Through use of modalities such as suggestive clinical hypnotherapy, spiritual response therapy (SRT), energy healing and intuitive guidance from tarot and astrology, Jennifer is able to help women create sustainable growth by helping them move conscious and subconscious blockages. 

Jennifer shares her journey with us and how a desire to discover her life's purpose has lead her to this soul fulfilling career of helping other women. She explains what SRT is and how this treatment is used to help move soul blocks in order to relieve unexplained phobias and even allergies! We talk about our astrological signs and how it relates to our lives today. Jennifer also shares her passion of working with both the conscious and subconscious mind, and how using clinical suggestive hypnotherapy can aid in shifting behavioural and thought processing, thus allowing her clients to find peace and clarity to move forward and be happy in life. 

On today's episode of the Soul Connection Duo Podcast, Alexa and Sydney connect with certified Grief Coach, Laura Kay! Laura came to realize that life was far too short following the loss of her brother in 2014 and her mother in 2018. She decided to start leveraging her grief experience, and completely transformed her life by fulfilling her life's mission of helping others navigate life after loss and experience true growth through grief.

Laura shares some of the tools she uses to help her clients navigate through the messy (not linear) grieving process, including how to alleviate the awkward scenarios that we so often experience following the loss of someone close to us. We chat about the importance of setting boundaries, creating rituals and game plans in grief, as well as preparing for anniversaries, deathversaries, and holidays. Laura's process includes having different plans in place ahead of time, so that if Plan A doesn't work, Plan B or C are ready as backup! This can assist anyone who is grieving to be able to manage interactions in a way that feels right for them.

On today's episode of the Soul Connection Duo Podcast, Alexa and Sydney chat with fellow Canadian, Meli Guidance, a past life psychic and certified advanced Akashic Records reader. Meli so eloquently describes her work and how the Akashic Records can help people connect with their spirit guides, loved ones on the other side, past lives, and more!

Meli explains her spiritual awakening journey and how this discovery truly transformed her life and allowed her to overcome persistent fears and challenges. She refers to the Akashic Records as a vibratory space, it is a library of all our past incarnations. Accessing the Records can help people to move forward in this incarnation; through having an awareness of our phobias and physical ailments that are often linked to unresolved issues or traumas from past lives, we can better heal ourselves and generations to come. People may also seek out a session with Meli in order to simply discover their life's purpose/mission, or to receive the answers for other curiosities and questions about future aspirations.

On today's episode of the Soul Connection Duo Podcast, Alexa and Sydney speak with Laurel Denise, an internationally acclaimed psychic medium and energy channel. Laurel repressed her gifts for many years, until the loss of her son lead her to a spiritual awakening. Since then, her intuitive gifts have inspired many people to open their hearts, and step into the highest version of themselves. She has been referred to as a “True Guiding Light,” as she supports people to move through the many of the challenges and uncertainties of life. 

Laurel brings a compassionate, uplifting and light-hearted approach to her work, while using the gift of humour to help bring people into the present moment where they can fearlessly find their voice to speak their truths. Laurel is an inspirational speaker whose major influence revolves around the Laws of Attraction, and she will show you how to manifest the life you want. Her new offerings include courses on creating vision boards to help you step into your highest version of reality. She focuses on living life in gratitude and provides us and our listeners with some helpful tips for keeping a high vibration in order to attract desires and abundance.  

On today's episode of the Soul Connection Duo Podcast, Alexa and Sydney speak with EFT Tapping Practitioner and former Social Worker, Laura Parkinson! Laura is a self-love advocate, Conscious Business Coach, Quantum Numerologist and Universal Laws Coach, who is on a mission to support the elevation of humanity. She is also the founder of Self-Love Rebel, a light-filled community of highly-sensitive women with a call in their hearts to create visionary businesses and lives that are aligned with their own unique purposes in ways that create healing, impact, and income, while feeling blissfully fulfilled.

In this episode, Laura shares what EFT tapping is and how it can help people in their everyday lives, as well as some of the conditions it is commonly used for. Laura describes the main tapping points on the body that she uses during sessions with clients, and further explains how this technique can be beneficial to anyone who is looking to transmute energy in their body. We touch on some of the other work that Laura does, specifically as a business coach; she explains how as women, we can work with the masculine and feminine energies in our own work or business to see better results when we show up as our authentic selves. We also chat about some of the universal laws and how this shows up in our day-to-day lives. We discuss loss, grief and ways that traumas can shape our stories, which oftentimes will lead us to new opportunities and experiences throughout our healing journey. 

Happy 420 everyone!! To celebrate this unofficial holiday, Alexa and Sydney chat with the lovely Sydney & Kizziah, who share some of their extensive knowledge on cannabis during this episode. They both discuss their personal experiences with cannabis and how it has helped them to alleviate different health conditions, as well as how these positive experiences in their own lives have translated into their growing careers. By working in the cannabis industry, both Sydney and Kizziah have been able to help others that are seeking different experiences through use of this incredible plant. These ladies have played a huge role in people's healing journeys, by guiding customers and recommending the most beneficial products to suit their needs - including use for health or medicinal purposes, or for just recreational use! 

We dive into all things cannabis, from terpenes to endocannabinoids, and CBD to THC. These ladies share some incredible information about the health benefits of cannabis, physiological properties, choosing a strain that’s right for each individual, and reducing the stigma associated with cannabis use in today's society, despite its legalization in Canada.  

This week on the Soul Connection Duo Podcast, we share a special reading that we received from last week's guest, Jazmine the Medium. She channels Spenny and provides us with some incredible messages from him. Today marks three years since we tragically lost Spenny and we're so excited to be able to share this episode in honour of him this year 🧡

On today's episode of the Soul Connection Duo Podcast, Alexa and Sydney speak with Jazmine Escobar! Jazmine is a talented psychic, medium, intuitive empath, and spiritual coach. Her work helps individuals recognize their own light, intuition, and connection to the Divine. 

Jazmine speaks about how life has been her greatest teacher and how a difficult journey through trauma, loss and grief, has shaped her into the person she is today and lead her to this career. Jazmine has been professionally reading for clients for the past five years, using her psychic abilities to help her clients heal, become empowered, and connect to loved ones on the other side.

Throughout this episode, we talk about the importance of connecting to nature as well as the benefits of exercise and practicing daily gratitude and affirmations. Jazmine reiterates the importance of trusting your gut and intuition, especially during the grieving process. She is a true testament to overcoming some of life's biggest challenges and still being able to create a beautiful life and career despite it all. Jazmine also provides insight for those who may be skeptical about mediumship, and explains how to find a psychic medium that is legit and truly has their client's best interest in mind.

"You'll never be who you were before grief, but that doesn't mean you still can't shine as bright after." ~Jazmine The Medium

On today's episode of the Soul Connection Duo Podcast, Alexa and Sydney speak with Phoebe Marie! Phoebe is a quantum energy healer, intuitive guide, womb healer and DNA activator. Years ago, Phoebe's spirit guides told her she would start doing DNA activations as part of her soul's mission; allowing people to heal and reconnect to themselves and the light within. As we ascend into New Earth, she is working with leaders to activate dormant DNA, heal from their wombs, activate the divine feminine, and repair their bodies. 

Phoebe begins by sharing her story and spiritual awakening following multiple losses, as well as a near-death experience which lead to the exacerbation of her chronic pain related to endometriosis. She was able to heal herself through deeply understanding and connecting to her body, especially by respecting her womb space and menstrual cycle. These challenging experiences lead her onto this truly incredible path of quantum energy work and womb healing. She has since been able to help other women heal from endometriosis, PCOS, infertility, and hormone imbalances, just to name a few.  

Her work is accomplished through astral projection, and the purpose of a DNA activation session is to reactivate dormant DNA, with the intention of releasing densities that may be stored the body and simply replacing it with light and energy. Alexa also shares her amazing experience from the DNA activation session she recently had with Phoebe.  

On today's episode of the Soul Connection Duo Podcast, Alexa and Sydney speak with Lisa Matthews! Lisa is a Craniosacral Therapist and Flower Essence Practitioner, who has been in the healing arts for over a decade with a background as a Registered Nurse. She is also the host of the Highly Sensitive Soul Podcast, and is passionate about helping others build a spacious, calm, and intuitively-led life. 

We chose to hone in on Lisa's extensive knowledge on flower essences, and their ability to facilitate insight, awareness, and healing. Lisa explains how she came to know, love, and work with this modality, as well as some of the ways that flower essences have positively impacted her own healing. Our listeners will learn what flower essences are and how they work, specifically in regards to their powerful life-force energy. Lisa shares some examples of the essences she commonly uses in her practice, and explains how they can improve the lives of other sensitive souls. Lisa works with hundreds of flower essences, however for this episode we chose to focus on a few specific ones that can assist with overwhelm and anxiety, since these feelings are a growing concern in our society today.

On today's episode of the Soul Connection Duo Podcast, Alexa and Sydney speak with Michelle Seminoff, their dear friend and talented energy worker. Michelle is a Reiki Master and Shaman, who also has extensive experience in Equine Assisted Psychotherapy as an Equine Specialist. In addition, she received her PLSR & BLSR training with Dr. Linda Backman of the Ravenheart Institute. 

Today's topic focuses on Reiki, which is one of the many healing modalities Michelle offers. She discovered the power of Reiki when she received this treatment as well as her first attunement, from her friend many years ago. This experience accelerated Michelle’s own healing journey, and allowed her to open a door she hadn't realize was closed, as a result of difficult experiences from her childhood. Through Reiki, Michelle has been able to reconnect with her spirit guides and heal many of the mental and physical health challenges she's experienced. She has also been able to help many clients (including our four-legged friends), to connect with their highest and truest selves, through the acceptance of gifts and the processing of traumatic experiences. She explains how trusting our intuition, as well as the guidance from spirit guides, can help us along our life paths remembering that we are never alone and are always supported by the universe.  

On this week's episode, Alexa and Sydney chat with talented psychic medium, Savannah Martin! Savannah believes that she was put on this earth to heal, and has been connecting her clients with loved ones on the other side since she was 20 years old. She is able to communicate with spirits, angels, and guides from the outside universe and also has the ability to read minds!! Her unique story of how she found her psychic gifts is truly amazing, and her energy is absolutely electric.  

On this Twosday, Alexa and Sydney speak with certified Numerologist and energy strategist, Jessica Cerato. Jessica describes numerology as her mission to help people prioritize intuition over intellect through the power of numbers. She loves new ideas and connecting the dots and patterns in the world.  Former corporate executive turned intuitive healer, she has always felt connected with her guides, and wants you to as well. Jessica's passion for this work is truly inspiring, and her positive energy is incredibly infectious. She incorporates the use of playing cards into her work, and refers to this deck of cards as the "Book of Life".