The Creative Soul Podcast
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Join Leya Van Doren every week as she sits down with multi-passionate creatives to talk about their creative process, routines & rituals, and explore the intersection of creativity, mindfulness, and spirituality. You'll hear from writers, actors, singers, dancers, painters, wellness professionals, and anyone else who considers themselves a creative soul.
The Creative Soul Podcast
5d ago
Tune into this week's solo episode where Leya shares a mini message on changing our mindsets on how we view success and how we can start creating for our future self, and creating our legacy.
We talk about:
Changing your definition of success
Creating for your legacy
The one question you can ask yourself today to create for your tomorrow
Being proud of how far you've come
Sending love to your future self
Leya's poetry book:
Mermaid Musings: Stories of Sea, Sex, and Spirituality
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The Creative Soul Podcast
3w ago
Val is an herbalist, gardener, writer, and artist. She is the owner of Woodspell Apothecary where she cultivates resources for folks to connect to the plant world around them.
In this episode we talk about:
The mythical nature of the forest
The connection between fairytales and the forest
Working with fear in nature
Connecting to ancestors through the land
Herbal bitters and how they affect the body
The ancestral gut connection to bitters
How to incorporate herbs into your daily wellness practice
Connect with Val:
Instagram: @woodspell.apothecary
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The Creative Soul Podcast
1M ago
Tune into this week's solo episode as Leya shares all the details behind the upcoming creative writing workshop, The Poetry of Plant Magic!
The Poetry Of Plant Magic
Connect To Your Writing Practice & Deepen Your Connection With Nature
When: April 9th-April 30th, 2024
Where: Anywhere in the world via Zoom
4 weekly creative writing sessions
Creative Writing and Journal Prompts
Learn about herbal medicine and how to incorporate herbs into your wellness practice
Write and read poetry in safe community
Develop a deep connection with nature
Herbal folklore and ancient uses of herbs
Learn mor ..read more
The Creative Soul Podcast
1M ago
Brooke Novick is a licensed psychotherapist and graduate of the Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies and Research program at the California Institute of Integral Studies. She has worked for a psilocybin retreat company, assisted a shaman during Ayahuasca ceremonies, and has years of experience working with individuals, couples, and groups.
In this episode, we talk about:
Integrating therapy and medicine work
Cultivating your intuition on when to work with plant medicine
Working through fear before and during a ceremony
Allowing integration to be part of the medicine experience
How to start an inten ..read more
The Creative Soul Podcast
1M ago
In this solo episode, Leya shares the two intentions she made for 2024 and how sticking to her habits has created more stability, structure, and safety.
We discuss:
The changing of the seasons
What Leya loved about winter this year
The hardest part about sticking to your habits
Writing as an act of embodiment
Feeling your feelings
Friendship breakups
Healing the sister wound
DM @leyavandoren or email me at leyavandoren@gmail.com with the word "RETREAT" for more info on The Soul Radiance Retreat May 17-20th, 2024. The deadline to sign up is March 17th.
Discover Your Creative Soul Playlist: L ..read more
The Creative Soul Podcast
2M ago
Britt is a certified health coach, spiritual life coach, podcast host, entrepreneur, energy healer, plant-based nutrition advocate, speaker, and integrative wellness enthusiast.
In this episode, we talk about:
How Britt hosted the MAGIC retreat in Puerto Rico and the gifts it gave us
Trusting your visions
Pausing your career for motherhood
Navigating parenthood and mental health with your partner
How to not self-abandon in motherhood
Listen to our first episode here:
Episode 55: ft. Britt Olson on Saturn Returns, Intuitive Eating, and the MAGIC Retreat
Connect with Britt: @thebrittolson
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The Creative Soul Podcast
2M ago
Ning is a published poet, grief guide, spiritual healer and dream yogi specializing in the intersection of the healing power of dreams, rituals, and spiritual constellations as potent tools for helping the bereaved evolve and continue their relationship with their dead loved one and find the light side of grief.
Her work as a grief guide is an integration of 10+ years of Tibetan dream yoga, 6+ years of Spiritual Healing and Constellations work, shamanic breathwork, African mourning and grief rituals, western grief models, sleep and dream science, a master’s degree in Spiritual Psychology from ..read more
The Creative Soul Podcast
3M ago
Leya announces the launch of The Soul Radiance Retreat - a sisterhood, creativity, and self-love focused retreat from May 17th-20th, 2024 near San Diego, California.
An invitation to slow down, connect with your true self, and experience the magic of sisterhood.
She invites her co-hosts for the retreat, Shannon Keating and Ashley Love to discuss:
All the details for the upcoming retreat, The Soul Radiance Retreat
What Shannon, Ashley, and Leya have all gained from attending various retreats (including how they met at a retreat!)
Our WHY for creating The Soul Radiance Retreat + what you can ex ..read more
The Creative Soul Podcast
3M ago
In this bonus episode, Leya shares some of her favorite books she read in 2023.
She talks about:
The importance of reading and why she's loved books and reading since childhood
Why this year she stopped reading as many self-help books and started reading more fiction!
How social media can be a window, but books can be a mirror
How books connect us to the collective unconsciousness
Some of the books mentioned:
Hidden Valley Road by Robert Kolker
Mother, Nature by Jedidiah Jenkins
Letting Magic In by Maia Toll
A Court of Thorns & Roses by Sarah J Maas
The Chronology of Water by Lidia Yuk ..read more
The Creative Soul Podcast
3M ago
Tune into this special solo episode where Leya reflects on the highs and lows of 2023, the lessons learned, and some of her hopes for 2024.
From spending the first six months of the year wedding planning, to hosting a bachelorette retreat trip in Tulum, to being a bridesmaid in a friends wedding, to getting married in June, to honeymooning in Mexico, to moving to D.C., to connecting with family and ancestors, and experiencing the contrasts of life, this year was one to remember!
Creative Resources Mentioned:
The Conscious Bride by Sheryl Paul
The Wisdom of Anxiety by Sheryl Paul
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