Ep 42: Breathing back to life with Tricia Thompson

Ep 42: Breathing back to life with Tricia Thompson

I’m sure many of you are feeling that you’re on the cusp of something big. That things need to change, or you might collapse or disappear? That’s why the timing of this podcast with Tricia Thompson feels divine. Not only did the invite to be on the podcast roll off my tongue as we caught up on the phone, but she was also arriving in London for a wedding of our dear friend Michelle Dite, and so we had space and time to meet in Barnes for coffee, podcast and lunch. She arrived sparkling in pink. I was sporting a yellow fluffy coat, as you will hear, it was to be passed over to her at the end of the episode. Another symbolism of the flowing energy. I believe some of us go through the pain of life, to lead the way. To guide others through theirs. This feels even more obvious listening to Tricia. Our conversation shines a light on what we’ve been programmed to believe is vital to our existence, and yet, the very foundation of these systems such as education, job roles, titles, partnerships is not always built on love. How can that be solid ground? Tricia shares very intimately her experience of infidelity, and how she threw in her ‘ seemingly perfect life’ to go ‘shovel s**t’. We talk about what she’s learnt from senior roles in global sports roles, from Sky to Earthshot, and how life in the wild, and returning to her mind and body guided her through tough times. Now as Breathwork Guide, she’s encouraging everyone to get curious abut the power of their breath to make better choices. Captivatingly passionate about sharing this profound and yet simple ‘new work’ with athletes, teams, parents, leaders and kids - every day humans who want to feel more grounded in a world that never stops moving. If you’re intrigued, please do grab a cuppa, and join us as we start with some gentle breathing (not your usual podcast opener) and feel the depth of feelings and space between the words that we hope will leave you feeling lighter and more expansive. To find out more about her work - Breathe with T [http://www.breathewitht.co.uk] and her Insta [https://www.instagram.com/breathewitht_?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==] Soulhubbers Podcast Sponsorship~ Supporting a soulful, human-centred movement “Sponsorship” can sound a bit grand. What we’re really inviting is conscious support. If you listen to the Soulhubbers Podcast and find that it informs, lightens, or inspires something in you and you feel others would benefit too. This is an invitation to help us grow. Your support allows us to keep developing the podcast: refining our presenting skills, improving recording and production quality, expanding our reach, and ultimately making inspirational and transformational stories accessible to more people around the world. Rather than pursuing large corporate sponsors, we’re choosing a more aligned path. In true Soulhub style, we want to collaborate with individuals and small independent businesses. our “Community Sponsors”, who share similar values and would genuinely appreciate meaningful exposure and connection, not just advertising space. Sponsorship options We currently offer two simple, affordable ways to support the podcast while gaining long-term visibility to a growing global audience. As listeners continue to discover both new and archived episodes, your support continues to be heard. * £99 per episode * £999 for a block of 10 episodes This won’t be a corny or scripted promotion. Instead, we’ll acknowledge and honour you in a way that feels authentic and aligned. That might be a spoken mention, a well-wishing, inclusion in episode graphics, or even dedicating an episode to someone special. If this resonates for you or your business, please email Carmen to explore sponsorship. And if you’re not in a position to sponsor, we would just deeply appreciate you sharing the episodes that inspired you. We’ve reached over 7k downloads so far, and every listen fuels our motivation to keep creating for the benefit of all. Get full access to Sole to Soul Inspiration by Soulhub at soulhub.substack.com/subscribe [https://soulhub.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

Ep 41: 'Unbounding' self with Sarah Fyson

The West Country girls unite to discuss, not just accents, but life, Catholicism, movement, sensuality, sea swimming, acting school, parenting….and yes, even more than that! It’s a conversation full of very personal experiences, and how Sarah’s life has led her to a place today, where she’s observing her emotions through her body and tuning into life through the eyes of a child. Sarah Fyson, a somatic coach and yoga teacher, as you’ll hear, was drawn to music, movement and creativity from a young age. Dance was her first love, playing the piano and sea swimming and went on to pursue performing arts and acting. Photo Credit: Lizzie Churchill [https://www.lizziechurchill.com/] On exploring parenting Sarah shares how this has been one of her biggest teachers 'it’s probably been my biggest learning, is to not berate myself' and on acting Phaedra in Sarah Kane’s Phaedra’s Love it evoked a part of Sarah she hadn’t explored. 'It was to really bring out my kind of sensual, sexual side. And for me, that was quite unsafe.' We think you’ll leave this conversation understanding how somatics, and being in the body can inform our growth and healing, but also how we all find our way through life, by listening and responding to what presents itself. If, after listening, you’re interested in ‘Unbound [https://events.humanitix.com/unbound-with-sarah-fyson]’ her 9 month somatic transformation for women course, where you get to rewire fear into confidence, self worth and decisive action, you can book a call with her directly. Soulhubbers Podcast Sponsorship~ Supporting a soulful, human-centred movement “Sponsorship” can sound a bit grand. What we’re really inviting is conscious support. If you listen to the Soulhubbers Podcast and find that it informs, lightens, or inspires something in you and you feel others would benefit too. This is an invitation to help us grow. Your support allows us to keep developing the podcast: refining our presenting skills, improving recording and production quality, expanding our reach, and ultimately making inspirational and transformational stories accessible to more people around the world. Rather than pursuing large corporate sponsors, we’re choosing a more aligned path. In true Soulhub style, we want to collaborate with individuals and small independent businesses. our “Community Sponsors”, who share similar values and would genuinely appreciate meaningful exposure and connection, not just advertising space. Sponsorship options We currently offer two simple, affordable ways to support the podcast while gaining long-term visibility to a growing global audience. As listeners continue to discover both new and archived episodes, your support continues to be heard. * £99 per episode * £999 for a block of 10 episodes This won’t be a corny or scripted promotion. Instead, we’ll acknowledge and honour you in a way that feels authentic and aligned. That might be a spoken mention, a well-wishing, inclusion in episode graphics, or even dedicating an episode to someone special. If this resonates for you or your business, please email Carmen to explore sponsorship. And if you’re not in a position to sponsor, we would just deeply appreciate you sharing the episodes that inspired you. We’ve reached over 6,250 downloads so far, and every listen fuels our motivation to keep creating for the benefit of all. Get full access to Sole to Soul Inspiration by Soulhub at soulhub.substack.com/subscribe [https://soulhub.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

Ep 40 : Navigating cyclones, night crossings, and sea-based relationships with Julia Heubeck

Julia and her family are currently in Thailand awaiting a flight to Cyprus to reconnect with their catamaran “Numa” as she is skippered across from Ko Lanta to Europe. We’ve known Julia for a few years in London, where she’s often joined us for Soulwalks in Richmond Park, for coffee and conversation, and it’s this foundation of sharing intimate experiences which leads us to re-connect across the airwaves. As you’ll hear, they left their London Richmond life, to take on a new venture and way of living on the sea, and exploring many parts of the world. Now after almost a year, they’ve travelled the Gulf of Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, big tourist spots like Phuket and Krabi as well as tiny island and communities. What have they learnt? Together we jump right in to understand the drivers, but also the complexities of life at sea. The considerations, starting with how to keep themselves safe. It sounds very much like it’s a true balance of freedom and familiarity, with tasks that need to be completed, food accessed, wind and tide patterns understood, and amongst all of that the uncontrollable elements of the family dynamics. What do we learn about ourselves and relationships? Julia shares the challenges of navigating this with her partner and son. We wish the family safe travels across to Europe, and look forward to sharing stories somewhere else in the world. Soulhubbers Podcast Sponsorship~ Supporting a soulful, human-centred movement “Sponsorship” can sound a bit grand. What we’re really inviting is conscious support. If you listen to the Soulhubbers Podcast and find that it informs, lightens, or inspires something in you and you feel others would benefit too. This is an invitation to help us grow. Your support allows us to keep developing the podcast: refining our presenting skills, improving recording and production quality, expanding our reach, and ultimately making inspirational and transformational stories accessible to more people around the world. Rather than pursuing large corporate sponsors, we’re choosing a more aligned path. In true Soulhub style, we want to collaborate with individuals and small independent businesses. our “Community Sponsors”, who share similar values and would genuinely appreciate meaningful exposure and connection, not just advertising space. Sponsorship options We currently offer two simple, affordable ways to support the podcast while gaining long-term visibility to a growing global audience. As listeners continue to discover both new and archived episodes, your support continues to be heard. * £99 per episode. * £999 for a block of 10 episodes This won’t be a corny or scripted promotion. Instead, we’ll acknowledge and honour you in a way that feels authentic and aligned. That might be a spoken mention, a well-wishing, inclusion in episode graphics, or even dedicating an episode to someone special. If this resonates for you or your business, please email Carmen to explore sponsorship. And if you’re not in a position to sponsor, we would just deeply appreciate you sharing the episodes that inspired you. We’ve reached over 5,400 downloads so far, and every listen fuels our motivation to keep creating for the benefit of all. Get full access to Sole to Soul Inspiration by Soulhub at soulhub.substack.com/subscribe [https://soulhub.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

Ep 39: Embracing Uncertainty with Carmen & Andrew

It can be an incredibly painful philosophical pill to swallow and believe that life is actually, despite appearances, happen for and through us. But if you are able and willing to reflect a little…it is a pill of empowerment. An opportunity to find, appreciate and utilise the positives from any situation. Even if it is just to know more accurately what it is we don’t prefer as apposed to what we do prefer. For every day is “Judgment Day” and never before in human history have we been so acutely aware of the scope and depth of human potential for “good and evil”. We are going through foretold apocalyptic times where everything is being revealed and nothing can be hidden for long. So it is on both a global and individual level we are being squeezed to reveal what we are truly made of. A great purge of toxicity coming to the surface to be faced and healed. A strong invitation to reflect and act upon who we truly are and what we truly love, value and trust when gentle push comes to aggressive shove. We too are facing of our own strong squeeze or invitation. Early February we were served a letter of unaffordable rent increase or 2 month ‘break-clause’ to leave our home. We decided that it was our own Universal Letter, to choose a path that in all honesty we’d been discussing and toying with for a long while. A path of travel, adventure and the search for our own real home. We love much of our life. The people in it, the work we do, time with family and friends and everything we’ve created here over the last 20-50 years. It’s not a case of ‘this is wrong’ - move, but more a, something isn’t quite flowing and we are being called elsewhere. We have an abundance of skills, experience, love and connections, however for some reason finances have been incredibly challenging since the pandemic and we have not quite find our true alignment and flow. Therefore, with our quest for adventure, for beauty, for diversity, we are heading off on our own adventure. In a way it is not the start of our adventure but just the next chapter of us practicing finding our joyful moment to moment momentum. Our rough dream is to take ‘Soulhub on Tour’ and create ‘Restoration Hubs’ around the world for those who feel overwhelmed by the world, to come and find rest and restoration with us. As yet we are unsure of where the wind will take us…but we hope that you will follow our journey and perhaps be inspired to invite a little adventure into your own lives. We’ll be out of our flat from 19 May, and hope to remain near Richmond with friend/housesitting until mid-late summer. Whilst we honour our commitments here including Dance Al Fresco. In the meantime we’ll be selling off our belongings, [https://www.dropbox.com/home/Carmen/HOME] so if you can help share those, buy them then please do give them new homes. TO TRUST IN LIFE ITSELF In today’s podcast conversation we start as we mean to carry on… sharing openly and honestly about what it’s been like, and how we are with things right here and now. Our plan is to stay open, present and trusting what is calling us. So please we kindly ask that you dance with us between the known and the unknown. As always, we’d love to see and hear from you along the way. Hear about your Soul Places, Soul People, Soul Food. There are ways you can be involved if you’d care to be, otherwise, enjoy the observations… HOW TO GET INVOLVED: * Share our Soulhubbers Podcasts (eg. This episode) * Support us and our work via GoFundMe [https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-soulhub-create-joyful-communities] * Share and connect us with your ideas of things/people/places you think we’d love and are worth sharing with the world. * Come join us at our WalkIn…DanceOut Retreats [https://www.soulhub.co.uk/walk-in-dance-out-retreats] https://www.soulhub.co.uk/walk-in-dance-out-retreats(Ireland 13-16 Oct. Or Northumberland 26-29 Nov 2026) or tell others about it * Book Therapeutic Coaching sessions with us online. * Express an interest in our Restoration Hubs (Likely to be Spain in Sept, Costa Rica in Winter, and South Africa early 2027). * HOME SALE - Buy or share our homely goods from upholstered armchairs, wardrobes to mugs and soaps - Link to photos here [https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/enncb7jav2ls6csuoa5li/AFt286-GOIaeRw9ftiSPUUA?rlkey=alxbt5uq0xk2ewq2orbs7m51o&st=koboe3sv&dl=0]. Please do message us if something catches your eye. We’ll be updating it as a live library as we put more on, and remove the sold items. We’re open to donations of all sizes to our GoFundMe for the goods. All to go before 10 May. With much love Carmen and Andrew Get full access to Sole to Soul Inspiration by Soulhub at soulhub.substack.com/subscribe [https://soulhub.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

Ep 38: Finding and funding human empowerment through tech with William McCoy.

Welcome to episode 38. Today’s guest is William McCoy, an American tech entrepreneur who has spent over 17 years leading business ventures in real estate, fintech, app development and clean energy. He also supports Fortune 500 clients in enterprise software and hardware services, through scaling global Electric Vehicles and solar energy operations. William’s most recent business called Kurudy which means Return in Swahili. It is a reward based crowd funding platform using the power of regtech, fintech, and AI. One that aims to raise capital, align incentives, protect backers, and empower creators specifically in Africa. We were randomly connected to William by a rather clever little bit of tech...that normally we would ignore but for some reason on this occasion we didn’t. And as result Carmen and I landed up having a really interesting conversation with William that would have made a great podcast. So we came back to hopefully create and capture another exciting and enlightening conversation about empowerment, community and how tech and humans can harmoniously co-exist. As you know Carmen and I are by no means global economic specialists however we did our best to discuss how people all around the world are trying to survive and how different cultures face different challenges. We also touch on many other universal topics such as therapy, parenthood, strength through diversity. We apologise the sound quality is not great on this episode, but there are some great nuggets of insight within the story. William stressed how black Americans have to go way above and beyond their white counterparts efforts in order to succeed. And how this need to be overly strong is sometimes a block to discussing mental health issues and can often mean they walk away from big projects. We discussed the importance of both countries, and individuals, becoming self reliant rather than being beholden to global powers and employers. As global powers benefit from keeping developing countries poor so that they can be exploited for cheap labour and minerals. “But I’ve been like this as a little kid. I’ve sold everything from candy to shovelling snow to cutting grass. I’ve always been. We didn’t have very much money. I wanted things. I wanted independence.” Find out more about Kurudy - https://www.kurudy.com William's Podcast - https://www.returnus.com Get full access to Sole to Soul Inspiration by Soulhub at soulhub.substack.com/subscribe [https://soulhub.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]