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002 | Jenna | Moving on From Eating Disorders and Numbing Methods, Gaining Powerful Habits for Building Self Love

Stories Of The Soul Podcast

Release Date: 10/02/2019

010 | Welcome Home | Najwa's Behind-the-Scenes show art 010 | Welcome Home | Najwa's Behind-the-Scenes

Stories Of The Soul Podcast

Join Najwa as she lets you in behind-the-scenes of the creation of Welcome Home. The director of her audiobook, Susan, turns the tables and asks her questions about her personal journey to living authentically and building her home within herself.

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009 | Vex King | We Can Keep Rebuilding Our Home Within show art 009 | Vex King | We Can Keep Rebuilding Our Home Within

Stories Of The Soul Podcast

Vex King is a social media influencer, writer, mind coach and lifestyle entrepreneur. He experienced many challenges when he was growing up but now, Vex has become a source of inspiration for thousands of young people. He started the Good Vibes Only #GVO movement to help others use the power of positivity to transform themselves and their lives into something greater. Join Najwa and Vex as they discuss self awareness, overcoming obstacles, and constantly rediscovering yourself.

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008 | Sam Effah| You Can't Rush Closure show art 008 | Sam Effah| You Can't Rush Closure

Stories Of The Soul Podcast

Sam has speed. He’s represented Canada at 3 World Championships, 3 World University Games and most recently – the 2018 Commonwealth Games. As a 2-time Canadian Champion in the 100m, Sam has an innate enthusiasm for sport, marketing, and the Olympic movement.

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007 | Alex Elle | You Are Your Own Liberation show art 007 | Alex Elle | You Are Your Own Liberation

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Alexandra Elle is an author, certified breathwork coach, and writing to heal facilitator living in Maryland with her husband and children.

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Stories Of The Soul Podcast

Jovanny Varela Ferreyra (Jova) is an artist, mental health strategist and motivational speaker. His unconventional use of vulnerably honest content through social media has organically developed into a global community of millions, making him a leading influencer in the mental health space.

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005 | Brittany Bird | What do we owe to ourselves? show art 005 | Brittany Bird | What do we owe to ourselves?

Stories Of The Soul Podcast

Defying the odds and the societal norms of healing, Brittany Bird has both heaps of personal and professional experience when it comes to overcoming health hurdles. Brittany is a Holistic Practitioner who believes in a wholistic approach to healing.

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Stories Of The Soul Podcast

Swish Goswami is a Canadian entrepreneur, author, speaker, and investor. After serving as a UN Youth Ambassador, Fortune 500 Consultant and working as a venture capitalist, Swish is now the founder and CEO of Trufan, a platform helping influencers and brands identify and reward their top fans.

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003 | Micheline Maalouf | Your Darkness Can Lead You to Yourself show art 003 | Micheline Maalouf | Your Darkness Can Lead You to Yourself

Stories Of The Soul Podcast

Micheline Maalouf is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Orlando Florida specializing in the treatment of Complex PTSD and Anxiety. She is also a Mental Health Social Media influencer, advocate, and speaker. 

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002 | Michaela Angemeer | Doing the 002 | Michaela Angemeer | Doing the "Heart" Work (Not Hard Work)

Stories Of The Soul Podcast

Michaela Angemeer is passionate about sharing her self love journey and inspiring readers to spend more time with their feelings. You can read her three books of poetry here: When He Leaves You, You'll Come Back to Yourself, and Please Love Me at My Worst.

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001 | Najwa | Who Are You, Really? show art 001 | Najwa | Who Are You, Really?

Stories Of The Soul Podcast

Who are you without all the labels you’ve been defining yourself with?

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In today’s show, Najwa interviews Jenna who shares her struggles with self-love and addiction. What are some of the negative consequences of a poor self-image? And, what are some effective ways of addressing these issues?

Jenna started grappling with self-image issues when she hit puberty at the age of 13. As her body started to change, she became obsessed with losing weight. Slowly but surely, this led to bulimia. How did this eating disorder have a ripple effect on all aspects of her life?

In the next segment of the show, listeners will learn how Jenna relied on drugs and alcohol to push herself through. What are the ill consequences of numbing your senses? Jenna shares how her approach fueled a need for instant gratification. This is what eventually pushed her towards a toxic and abusive relationship.

On realizing her follies, Jenna ultimately embarked on a painful but necessary journey of self-improvement, leaving behind love that she knew was true and pure but needed to be left behind. In the next segment of the show, Jenna has some excellent advice for those who wish to stop numbing and find the courage to face the realities of life once again.

To help listeners gain perspective, Jenna likens the self-improvement process to building a house. Like building a house, self-improvement requires patience and immense effort, especially when you are doing it for the first time.

This serves as a good segue to our next topic which is about building healthy relationships. Eventually, as Jenna cleaned herself up, she found healthy unconditional love – a love that is honest, transparent and without any agendas. Can you find true love if you do not love yourself? Was it a coincidence that Jenna transitioned to a healthy relationship once she sorted out her issues?

Finally, Jenna gives listeners a reality check and shares her concept of “building a home within yourself”. Even on finding true love, Jenna points out that you cannot lose yourself completely in a relationship. How do you ensure that the fine line between being grateful and being completely dependent is not crossed?  

If you are struggling with self-image issues, this is a show that you cannot miss.

Tune in for some excellent nuggets!

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