Understanding PMDD with Rachel Bertenshaw | The Souls Podcast

Julia Gavin on Ashtanga, Discipline, and Building the Liverpool Yoga Academy | The Souls Podcast

✨The host welcomes Julia Gavin, owner of the Liverpool Yoga Academy and a yoga resort in Goa, and they discuss Julia’s path from retail management and high school maths teaching to full-time yoga after discovering a teacher training in Patnem, Goa around 2012. Julia describes falling in love with Ashtanga, working for eight years running 200- and 300-hour trainings and yoga holidays, and how the physical practice supports stilling the mind, building discipline, and improving daily focus. 🌙They compare immersive three-week trainings in Goa with weekend trainings in Liverpool, and Julia explains how Liverpool teacher training began during lockdown. The conversation also covers yoga’s history, westernisation, community, chanting, ego and thought patterns, and upcoming Liverpool courses 🎧 About The Souls Podcast The Souls Podcast is a space for deep conversations on spirituality, healing, consciousness, manifestation, and personal growth — hosted by Claire and Nic. Chapters: 00:00 Meet Julia Gavin 01:14 From Teacher to Yogi 01:43 Goa Training Breakthrough 05:20 Yoga Then vs Now 05:51 Ashtanga Mindset 09:09 Discipline Off the Mat 13:06 Origins of Ashtanga 15:45 Yoga Goes West 19:55 India vs Liverpool Trainings 23:37 Central America Detour 28:19 Liverpool Training in Lockdown 29:15 Yoga Academy Begins 30:37 Never Too Late 31:21 Teacher Training Reality 32:58 Posture Labs Deep Dive 34:32 Mobility and Mindset 35:19 Thoughts and Detachment 39:45 Quiet Morning Tradition 42:05 Ashtanga Versus Modern Flow 44:12 Training Options and Goa 47:53 Workshops and Where to Find

Psychic Business Coach Katie Helliwell on Soul Purpose & Success Without Burnout | The Souls Podcast

✨ Claire and Nic welcome psychic medium and business psychic coach Katie Helliwell, who shares how she’s been gifted since childhood and now helps clients go beyond readings by seeing their “2.0” potential and practical pathways for growth. We discuss burnout, rushing, and how slowing down can reveal true soul purpose, shifting from “prove it” energy and scarcity into alignment, presence, and trust. 🌙 Katie explains surrender as stillness, acceptance, and boundaries, and suggests pausing when obstacles repeatedly appear, asking the body what it needs, and working with spirit guides through specific, purpose-led requests. The conversation covers money as neutral energy, intention-setting across businesses, seasons of change, home-life boundaries, and keeping loved ones’ presence close, with Katie advising that purpose can’t be found in chaos and may require resetting life first. 🎧 About The Souls Podcast The Souls Podcast is a space for deep conversations on spirituality, healing, consciousness, manifestation, and personal growth — hosted by Claire and Nic. Chapters: 00:00 Meet the Psychic Coach 01:05 Gifts Since Childhood 02:09 Seeing Your 2.0 Path 03:05 Rush Culture Burnout 05:41 Purpose Over Proving 09:02 What Surrender Means 11:04 Scarcity and Comparison 13:58 How to Actually Stop 18:50 Boss Girl Pressure 20:52 Wrong Industry Nudge 26:32 Money as Energy 29:14 Roulette Win Story 30:38 Desire Versus Desperation 30:59 Money Mindset Shift 32:19 Intentions In Business 34:26 Ask Your Guides Daily 35:26 Purpose Driven Success 36:21 Podcast Growth Surrender 39:13 Loved Ones As Guides 43:01 Kids And Spiritual Openness 46:21 Client Work Strip Back 50:09 Home Boundaries First 55:07 Healing Meets Aesthetics 56:33 Where To Find Katie

Gut Health, Functional Medicine & Food as Medicine with Sarah Griffiths | The Souls Podcast

✨In this episode, Sarah Griffiths discusses functional medicine as a whole-body, root-cause approach that looks beyond basic nutrition to the gut microbiome, inflammation, organ function, and nutrient deficiencies before building a plan. The conversation covers how gut health can affect mood, sleep, skin, hormones, and chronic issues, and critiques overreliance on medications, unregulated supplements, influencer advice, and non-evidence-based testing. 🌙 Sarah explains her lab-accredited stool microbiome and blood-based food intolerance testing, the importance of scientific backing and practitioner support, and why generic elimination diets can be harmful without proper replacements. She shares examples involving eczema/TSW, antibiotics reducing beneficial bacteria, fasting and detox protocols, and emphasises simple, fiber-rich eating, full-fat choices over added sugar, and realistic consistency over perfection. 🎧 About The Souls Podcast The Souls Podcast is a space for deep conversations on spirituality, healing, consciousness, manifestation, and personal growth — hosted by Claire and Nic. 00:00 Meet Sarah Griffiths 00:22 Functional Medicine Basics 01:43 Root Cause Over Pills 04:15 Mood Gut Connection 12:15 Testing Versus Guesswork 13:27 Lab Backed Pricing 17:42 Influencers And Misinformation 19:12 Pathogens Detox Protocols 22:40 Old School Eating 24:17 Simple Gut Friendly Diet 29:43 Oils Sugar And Full Fat 32:24 Personalised Plans 34:07 Client Support And Reports 34:53 Skinny Pens And Gut Damage 38:17 Bodybuilding And Starvation Lessons 39:09 Healing Timeline And 80 20 Rule 43:22 Food Intolerance Pitfalls 45:44 Fasting And Parasite Cleanses 48:30 Caffeine And Sugar Addictions 51:53 Late Night Cravings And Insulin 56:08 Collaboration And Influencer Drama 01:01:24 Online Trolling And Wrap Up

Understanding PMDD with Rachel Bertenshaw | The Souls Podcast

✨In this episode, Rachel Bertenshaw shares her lived experience of PMDD (premenstrual dysphoric disorder) and explains why she created a peer-led PMDD community in the UK Northwest to address the lack of post-diagnostic support. She describes PMDD as a cyclical mood disorder and disability that can severely disrupt work, relationships, and daily functioning, often worsening from ovulation to menstruation, and details symptoms including rage, agitation, brain fog, overstimulation, swelling, bowel issues, heavy periods, and suicidal thoughts. 🌙Rachel discusses frequent misdiagnosis (e.g., bipolar disorder), underfunding and limited research in women’s health, possible sensitivity to hormone fluctuations, and links with ADHD. She outlines diagnostic tracking over three months and treatment options ranging from contraception and SSRIs to hysterectomy, and directs listeners to “PMDD Northwest” on Instagram for events and peer support. 🎧 About The Souls Podcast The Souls Podcast is a space for deep conversations on spirituality, healing, consciousness, manifestation, and personal growth — hosted by Claire and Nic. Chapters: 00:00 Meet Rachel 00:31 Building a Peer Support Community 01:22 What PMDD Really Is 02:19 Cycle Timing and Hormone Sensitivity 04:45 Years to Diagnosis Story 06:10 Symptoms Rage and Brain Fog 08:54 Awareness and Self Forgiveness 09:25 PMDD and ADHD Connection 10:37 Physical Symptoms and Genetics 13:20 Cyclical Living and Research Gaps 15:12 Coping Tools Diet and Acceptance 17:16 Women Misdiagnosed Historically 18:10 Cycles Perimenopause and ADHD 19:13 Work Life and Partner Support 22:06 Fertility Questions and Body Awareness 22:47 Diagnosis Tracking and Treatments 25:32 Suicidality and Monthly Crisis 26:39 Young Girls and Mental Health Services 27:48 Diet Hormones and Social Inequality 30:36 Community Support and Finding Help 32:40 How to Reach Out and Final Thanks

Somatic Therapy for Grief & Burnout with Phoebe Greenacre | The Souls Podcast

✨ This episode we interview Phoebe Greenacre, a Bali-based somatic therapist and nervous system coach, about her path from 10 years in corporate marketing and repeated burnout to yoga teaching, entrepreneurship, and supporting women (especially mothers) with nervous system regulation and generational trauma healing. We discuss grief after losing a parent, how it reshapes identity, and how grief can ebb and flow through everyday moments, alongside the added complexity of reparenting while parenting. 🌙Phoebe explains somatics as a bottom-up mind body approach that locates emotions as sensations in the body, contrasts it with talk therapy, and describes how layered, unprocessed emotions can surface as anger or anxiety. She shares practical strategies like scheduling rest first, “micro-mum moments,” and using yin yoga and conscious connected breathwork to access deeper release, including how yin targets fascia and meridians linked to emotions. 🎧 About The Souls Podcast The Souls Podcast is a space for deep conversations on spirituality, healing, consciousness, manifestation, and personal growth — hosted by Claire and Nic. Chapters: 00:00 Welcome and Guest Intro 00:58 Phoebe’s Burnout to Bali Story 01:39 Motherhood and Generational Healing 02:49 Personal Grief and Identity Shift 08:00 What Somatic Therapy Means 10:06 Layers of Emotion in the Body 14:06 Breathwork and Emotional Release 15:42 Business Burnout and Micro Rest 18:10 Yin Yoga and Daily Self Care 19:19 Self Love Isn’t Selfish 20:07 Breaking Family Patterns 21:32 Layered Grief and Rewiring 22:14 Tools for Emotional Awareness 23:01 Letting Grief Be Messy 23:59 Helping Someone Start 25:35 Talking About Death Openly 28:06 Yin Yoga Explained 33:37 Retreats Chakras and Meridians 35:44 Stillness Introspection and Journaling 37:50 Where to Find Phoebe