Power and Purpose Podcast

Vanessa Soul
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Oct 30, 2025 • 45min

#122 Healing from Lyme Disease, Powerful Poetry & Strengthening Your Relationship with God w/ Kevin Crenshaw

🎙️ Welcome to the Power & Purpose PodcastVanessa Soul → ⁠⁠⁠https://vanessasoul.com/Sacredsoulenergetics⁠⁠⁠🎧 Power & Purpose Podcast (All Apps): ⁠⁠⁠https://pod.link/1713095352⁠⁠⁠📺 YouTube Channel: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@VanessaSoulWorkKevin Crenshaw, The Heart Guy, joins Vanessa Soul to talk near-death experiences, homelessness, addiction, Lyme disease, and the moment confidence stopped being willpower and started growing from a relationship with God. He also reads Chapter 10 (“Your Truth”) from his new poetry book Perspectives.Timestamps:00:00 Intro 05:56 Identity 10:32 Overdose story 13:27 Lyme journey 22:24 Hearing God 28:36 Change vs. spiritual evolution 33:30 Poetry reading 44:29 Practical toolsThis week on The Power & Purpose Podcast, The Heart Guy (Kevin Crenshaw) shares how near-death experiences, a Wachuma overdose, homelessness, addiction, and a recent Lyme diagnosis led him from white-knuckle willpower to confidence rooted in a relationship with God and from surface change to true spiritual evolution. He also reads “Your Truth” from his new poetry book Perspectives (chills). If you’re carrying a heavy load, this one’s for you.CONNECT WITH KEVIN HERE: 🌐 Website: https://heartguy.com📖 Book: https://heartguy.com/book📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/the.heart.guy
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Oct 27, 2025 • 50min

#121 Sacred Rebellion, Neurodivergence & Embracing Your Weird with Io Ash Misako

Episode 121 — Sacred Rebellion, Neurodivergence & Embracing Your Weird with Io Ash MisakoWelcome to the Power & Purpose PodcastVanessa Soul → ⁠⁠https://vanessasoul.com/Sacredsoulenergetics⁠⁠🎧 Power & Purpose Podcast (All Apps): ⁠⁠https://pod.link/1713095352⁠⁠📺 YouTube Channel: ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@VanessaSoulWork⁠⁠In this episode, we dive into Sacred Rebellion, Neurodivergence, and Embracing Your Weird — a raw and enlightening conversation with Io Ash Misako, a psychic channel, intuitive coach, and guide in the subtle realms.Together, we explore what it means to live as a sacred rebel in today’s world — to hold compassion amidst chaos, to see neurodivergence as divine design, and to reclaim the word weird as a badge of authenticity and spiritual truth.This is a journey through paradox, sensitivity, multidimensional awareness, and the freedom that comes when we stop masking our magic and start embodying it.00:00 Intro07:26 Who are you and who are you not?10:30 The dark night of the soul & awakening through chaos14:56 The true meaning of “weird” and why it’s sacred17:43 Sacred rebellion: holding compassion in a divided world26:10 Exploring the subtle realms & psychic sensitivity28:08 Io’s first past-life regression at age eight33:09 Neurodivergence as the next evolution of humanity40:15 A channeled message: accept everything, question everything41:26 Why being “different” is a superpower48:13 You’re not crazy—you’re awakening51:17 Developing intuitive gifts through her 1:1 mentorship54:41 Book recommendations & closing reflections🌙 Connect with Io Ash MisakoWebsite: https://ioashmisako.comInstagram: https://instagram.com/ioashmisakoFacebook: https://facebook.com/share/1GPbZBxMbU🌕 Connect with Vanessa SoulWebsite: ⁠⁠https://sacredsoulenergetics.com⁠⁠Instagram: ⁠⁠@vanessaasoul⁠⁠Facebook: ⁠Vanessa Spiva⁠Threads: ⁠⁠@vanessaasoul⁠⁠🎧 Power & Purpose PodcastTap Follow so you never miss an episodeLeave a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review if you love the showShare this episode with someone who’s ready to embrace their weird and reclaim their magicTIMESTAMPS:
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Oct 23, 2025 • 49min

#120 Psychedelics, Addiction, and IFS: Healing the Parts That Seek Escape with Clayton Ikes

Welcome to the Power & Purpose PodcastVanessa Soul → ⁠https://vanessasoul.com/Sacredsoulenergetics⁠🎧 Power & Purpose Podcast (All Apps): ⁠https://pod.link/1713095352⁠📺 YouTube Channel: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@VanessaSoulWork⁠Psychedelics, Addiction, and IFS: Healing the Parts That Seek Escape 🌿In this conversation, we explore how Internal Family Systems (IFS) and psychedelic-assisted therapy can illuminate the deeper roots of addiction—revealing not just what we run from, but what within us is asking to be seen, loved, and integrated.TIMESTAMPS:00:00 Intro05:13 Who we are beyond our roles (Sankalpa & identity)06:25 From addiction to alignment: psychedelics as catalysts for awakening12:04 What psychedelic-assisted therapy really is15:19 The risks of “treatment without therapy”16:24 Toxic individualism & the need for connection in healing22:10 Trauma vs. growth: difficult vs. bad trips25:20 Where science meets spirit — the “brackish waters” of therapy30:20 Mystical experiences and the measurable healing of addiction36:38 What integration truly means41:54 IFS, leadership, and parts in business and purpose44:13 Understanding IFS and the multiplicity of the mind46:05 Yoga Nidra, Vipassana, and daily practices for integration51:49 Rumi’s The Guest House – welcoming all parts home🌿 Connect with Clay IckesWebsite: https://www.kykeonwellness.comInstagram: @kykeonwellness🌕 Connect with Vanessa SoulWebsite: ⁠https://sacredsoulenergetics.com/⁠Instagram: ⁠@vanessaasoul⁠Facebook: ⁠Vanessa Spiva⁠Threads: ⁠@vanessaasoul⁠🎧 Power & Purpose PodcastTap Follow so you never miss an episodeLeave a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review if you love the showShare this episode with someone walking the path of healing and remembering who they are
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Oct 16, 2025 • 45min

#119 From Self-Hatred to Self-Love: Chris Eaton’s Path to Freedom

🎙️ Welcome to the Power & Purpose PodcastVanessa Soul → ⁠⁠https://vanessasoul.com/Sacredsoulenergetics⁠⁠🎧 Power & Purpose Podcast (All Apps): ⁠⁠https://pod.link/1713095352⁠⁠📺 YouTube Channel: ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@VanessaSoulWork⁠In this episode of The Power & Purpose Podcast, Vanessa Soul sits down with Chris Eaton — Death Doula, spiritual guide, veteran, and co-owner of Trinity Yoga Wellness Center — to explore what it truly means to face death in order to embrace life.Chris opens up about his journey through trauma, addiction, and a near-death experience that became the catalyst for profound awakening. Together, they dive into the intersections of theology, neuroscience, and ancient wisdom to uncover how acceptance, forgiveness, and breathwork can transform pain into peace.This conversation is a reminder that we are not here just to survive — we are here to awaken, to connect, and to live with purpose and love.Highlights: The Root of All PainTwenty-Four Therapists, No HealingDiscovering the Power of AcceptanceForgiveness as the Ultimate MedicineFreedom Beyond Self-Hatred and PTSDCONNECT WITH CHRIS EATON🌐 Website: Awakened Lifestyle Profile📘 Facebook: Chris Eaton📸 Instagram: ⁠@chriseaton83⁠
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Oct 13, 2025 • 47min

#118 From Breast Cancer to Whole-Body Healing: The Mind-Body-Spirit Approach with Carol Lourie

Welcome to the Power & Purpose PodcastVanessa Soul → ⁠https://vanessasoul.com/Sacredsoulenergetics⁠🎧 Power & Purpose Podcast (All Apps): ⁠https://pod.link/1713095352⁠📺 YouTube Channel: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@VanessaSoulWorkCONNECT WITH CAROL LOURIE Website: https://carollourie.comFacebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/pathofsupportYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HealingBeyondBreastCancerInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/carollouriehealing/In this episode of The Power & Purpose Podcast, Vanessa Soul sits down with Carol Lourie, a naturopath, acupuncturist, and homeopath with over 40 years of experience, to explore what it truly means to heal beyond breast cancer. Carol shares her integrative approach that blends mind, body, and spirit...helping women move from survival to wholeness. Together, they discuss emotional resilience, the missing pieces in conventional care, and how reclaiming purpose can become one of the most powerful medicines of all.
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Oct 6, 2025 • 45min

#117 Choose Yourself: Healing Love & Core Wounds with Megan Sherer

Welcome to the Power & Purpose PodcastVanessa Soul → https://vanessasoul.com/Sacredsoulenergetics🎧 Power & Purpose Podcast (All Apps): https://pod.link/1713095352📺 YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@VanessaSoulWorkLove isn’t something you earn, it’s who you are. In this conversation with somatic therapist, author, and speaker Megan Sherer, we unpack self-sourced love, the limits of talk therapy, attachment styles, core wounds, and practical somatic tools to ground, heal, and choose yourself.Why love must start within before it’s mirrored by othersHow trauma and unhealthy relationships catalyze awakeningThe ceiling of talk therapy & why the body is required for changeAttachment styles vs. earned secure attachmentSomatic + grounding practices (including Havening) you can use todayTIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Intro02:14 Guest intro (Somatic therapist, author, speaker)02:26 Signature Q: “Who are you and who are you not?”05:34 Self-sourced love & early attachment07:24 Back-to-back traumas as a catalyst for healing12:27 Why talk therapy isn’t enough on its own16:59 Breakups, PTSD, and retraining the brain/nervous system22:31 Attachment styles, labels, and earned secure attachment25:13 Core wounds (abandonment, betrayal & more)30:19 The many forms of love: romantic, platonic, familial, communal, higher, self36:12 Somatic work: feeling to heal39:10 Grounding practices + Havening41:35 Journal + somatic “sandwich” for integration43:28 Megan’s book: Choose Yourself46:06 Closing wisdom: “Love is who you are”Website: megansherer.comInstagram: @meganshererBook: Choose Yourself: How to Embrace Being Single, Heal Core Wounds, and Build a Life You Love🌕 Connect with Vanessa SoulWebsite: https://sacredsoulenergetics.com/Instagram: @vanessaasoulFacebook: Vanessa SpivaThreads: @vanessaasoul🎧 Power & Purpose PodcastTap Follow so you never miss an episodeLeave a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review if you love the showShare this with someone learning to choose themselves again✨ If this episode spoke to you
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Sep 29, 2025 • 50min

#116 From Shame to Freedom: Redefining Intimacy with Amaya Shiva

Welcome to the Power & Purpose Podcast Vanessa Soul: https://vanessasoul.com/SacredsoulenergeticsPower & Power Podcast All Apps: https://pod.link/1713095352 Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@VanessaSoulWorkABOUT AMAYA Amaya is a Sex and Relationship Coach who helps spiritual professionals rekindle passion, build happy relationships, and have great sex, and has supported hundreds of singles and couples from around the globe. She specializes in working with your attachment styles and uncovering your erotic blueprint so you can communicate with confidence and release shame and guilt around your sexuality so that you can finally start having the sex and intimacy you have always dreamed of. She is the host of “Your Sexual Revolution” the podcast, and founder of Siddha Labs Āyurvedic Supplements.CONNECT WITH AMAYA Website: amayashiva.comInstagram: instagram.com/amayashivaFacebook: facebook.com/sarahottocombsCONNECT W/ VANESSA SOUL https://sacredsoulenergetics.com/IG: https://www.instagram.com/vanessaasoul Facebook link https://www.facebook.com/vanessa.spiva.9/Threads: https://www.threads.com/@vanessaasoulPower & Power Episode Highlights: Amaya shares her journey from shame and disconnection to conscious intimacy and empowered self-expression.The truth about attachment styles and how they impact your relationships and desire.Breaking free from the “good girl” paradigm and releasing performance pressure.Why healing shame is the key to experiencing pleasure and authentic connection.How spiritual myths about love and “the one” can actually block intimacy and growth.
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Sep 25, 2025 • 31min

#115 Freedom, Focus, and Finding Your Path with Bill Widmer

Welcome to the Power & Purpose Podcast Connect with Vanessa Soul: https://vanessasoul.com/SacredsoulenergeticsPower & Power Podcast All Apps: https://pod.link/1713095352 Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@VanessaSoulWorkEpisode Highlights 1. Turning entrepreneurship into a game of freedom and play.2. Why community beats the lone-wolf grind.3. A simple ritual to build confidence and momentum.4. How “what you don’t want” can clarify purpose.5. The surprising simplicity of finding your life’s path.CONNECT WITH BILL WIDMER Website: billwidmer.comInstagram: instagram.com/billwidmerFacebook: facebook.com/share/1EK9CzjwAuFocus Founders: skool.com/focus-founders-free/about?ref=fbad3c9bcb0c4077bf7606cbefe1897aCONNECT W/ VANESSA SOUL https://sacredsoulenergetics.com/IG: https://www.instagram.com/vanessaasoul Facebook link https://www.facebook.com/vanessa.spiva.9/Threads: https://www.threads.com/@vanessaasoulPower & Power Podcast All Apps: https://pod.link/1713095352
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Sep 22, 2025 • 44min

#114 Money, AI & Consciousness with Brijesh Patel

Welcome to the Power & Purpose Podcast Connect with Vanessa Soul: https://vanessasoul.com/SacredsoulenergeticsPower & Power Podcast All Apps: https://pod.link/1713095352 Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@VanessaSoulWorkEpisode Highlights:Brijesh’s journey from Wall Street to purpose-driven entrepreneurship.The sacred flow of money through Lakshmi, Saraswati & energy.Crypto, decentralization & AI as paths to liberation.Entrepreneurship as a mirror for values, shadows & sovereignty.Tools to navigate rapid change through breath & attention.CONEECT WITH BRIJESH PATEL Website: www.brijesh.coInstagram: www.instagram.com/forces.at.playFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/Patel.brijCONNECT W/ VANESSA SOUL https://sacredsoulenergetics.com/IG: https://www.instagram.com/vanessaasoul Facebook link https://www.facebook.com/vanessa.spiva.9/Threads: https://www.threads.com/@vanessaasoulPower & Power Podcast All Apps: https://pod.link/1713095352
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Sep 18, 2025 • 34min

#113 Beauty as a Spiritual Practice with Rhianon Cote

Welcome to the Power & Purpose Podcast Connect with Vanessa Soul: https://vanessasoul.com/SacredsoulenergeticsPower & Power Podcast All Apps: https://pod.link/1713095352 Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@VanessaSoulWorkHighlights from this episode:Beauty as a spiritual practiceSelf-image, worthiness & energyMicro-focused ultrasound explainedFrom “midlife crisis” to upgradeAbundance, vibration, and flowABOUT Rhianon Cote A natural born healer & guide! The resliant Rhianon has risen from the ashes multiple times in her life. Born into poverty and deep ancestral trauma, Rhianon has never let her circumstances get the best of her..if anything she has risen higher in spite of them. In her most recent "phoenixing'' Rhianon dug deep into the world of aesthetics as part of her self care journey and discovered Ultherapy, a soundwave technology that is used for nonsurgical facelifts, skin tightening and hair restoration. Having had amazing results herself she felt compelled to join Ferrer Aesthetics and become a master technician of micro-focused ultrasound performing custom ultherapy treatments with the patented Ferrer Technique!CONEECT WITH HER: IG: soundwavebeautyWebsite: soundwavebeauty.comCONNECT W/ VANESSA SOUL https://sacredsoulenergetics.com/IG: https://www.instagram.com/vanessaasoul Facebook link https://www.facebook.com/vanessa.spiva.9/Threads: https://www.threads.com/@vanessaasoulPower & Power Podcast All Apps: https://pod.link/1713095352

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