Dopamine Dialogues: Sarika Richard

Step into a shield of calm and clarity with the grounding power of Black Tourmaline. This session is designed to help you release negativity, restore balance, and strengthen your energetic boundaries. Allow the protective frequency of this crystal to guide you into a space of peace, resilience, and inner strength. Perfect for meditation, energy work, or simply creating a safe and harmonious atmosp...

Money as a reflection of your energy. In this episode, Sarika Richard explores the deeper currents of prosperity: how money carries both feminine and masculine qualities, how our nervous system and subconscious beliefs shape our ability to receive, and why rejecting wealth is really rejecting our own capacity to hold abundance. Through intuitive insight and practical reflection, Sarika invites you...

Yoga Nidra, often called yogic sleep, is a practice of conscious deep rest where the body surrenders while the mind remains awake and receptive. This allows a powerful state of consciousness where manifestations of your choice are embedded in the subconscious mind. Rooted in the teachings of Swami Satyananda Saraswati, this practice is more than relaxation, it is a doorway into healing, clarity, a...

In this Guided Meditation series, I invite you to experience Love as a sanctuary within, an inner refuge that nurtures, protects, and restores. In this first episode, we journey into Your self-created Inner Sanctuary, a sacred space inside the psyche where you can feel safe, grounded, and connected to your Higher Self. Here, guides, ancestors, and power animals may appear with messages of love and...

If you would like to support / donate please visit https://techmyschool.org/donate/ or contact TechMySchool info@techmyschool.org Instagram: TechMySchool https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertcobbs/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/kyle-sumrow-869516183/ In this episode, I sit down with Robby Cobbs and Kyle Sumrow from TechMySchool, two humanitarian entrepreneurs whose lives are defined by service, sacrifi...

Breaking moulds, building mountains of courage. In the Spirit of honouring the African women that are Building, I could not have run the series without doing this episode with my Mum, Mama, Mamzo. She has and continues to Build a Legacy of Grace & Strength and is not afraid to challenge the perceptions, templates and conditioning that many women continue to face. I am proud to be her daughter....

In this episode, we sit with Lungile Maile—Nubian Smarts founder, EdTech innovator, and fierce advocate for Africa’s children as tech creators, not just consumers. Lungile’s work through Nubian Smarts is reshaping how under-served communities engage with STEAM (A for Art yay) education, from culinary coding and VR classrooms to AI hackathons, and AI-powered WhatsApp tools for teachers, parents and...

She Builds Mnandi is a series honouring and showcasing African female entrepreneurs My first guest for the series is Carmen Ely, Founder of of  Play With Me ZA. Carmen created her boutique intimacy shop in Johannesburg to empower women through sensual self-awareness—born from her own journey of reclaiming pleasure after a few painful and healing life experiences. Play With Me ZA isn’t just a sex s...

Lynda Williams founded the  Evolved Woman Program —a 12-week coaching journey designed to help professional women reconnect with their feminine energy, build emotional resilience, and create soul-aligned lives.  She works with emotional and energetic alignment, clearing subconscious blocks like imposter syndrome and burnout, reclaiming self-worth and alignment that goes beyond external definitions...

The perfect way to close out Women's month in South Africa. Today’s guest is someone whose presence arrived not through algorithms or marketing funnels, but through resonance. Nancy Griffin, founder of  Women Worth Wellness , reached out to me via email—unsolicited, unexpected, and at first, I’ll admit, a little suspicious. I’ve had my fair share of strange requests lately, so I asked for a Zoom m...

Shahd Alasaly is a living dedication and prayer for healing community through collective resonance and recovery. Her team, namely Katie, found Dopamine Dialogues and wrote this email to me... which is why we now have this episode. Thank you Katie for introducing us. "Hi Sarika,  The stories stitched into every garment can sometimes say more than words, and no one embodies that philosophy better th...

In this raw and soulful conversation, I sit with sacred intimacy coach Tamara Carter, to explore the sacred power of the yoni—our portal of creation, pleasure, and emotional truth. With courage and compassion, Tamara shares her journey of healing from sexual abuse, shining light on how deep-rooted shame can fracture our connection to sensuality and self-worth. Together we unpack how both women and...

Calling all entrepreneurs and brave souls. This episode is a love letter to those building slowly, with care.  I am joined by Tina, a powerhouse of note—entrepreneur, counsellor, and creative force—for a conversation that pulses with authenticity, ritual, and renewal. Tina shares her journey of building a business that’s woven from healing work, lifelong learning, and a fierce devotion to showing...

If you're thinking of pursuing a life in the arts and what this means as a career.... Prof. David Andrew shares his thoughts on the necessity of creativity in today's world, the evolving nature of artistry and the importance of embracing artistic sensibilities, even in non artistic professions. David reflects on the shifting definition of art in the next 5 to 10 years, exploring his concept of "cr...

Im this episode we continue exploring the profound depths of emotional courage in artistry and expression - how confronting truth within oneself creates work that resonates deeply with others. Prof. David Andrew shares his philosophy on honesty in art, encouraging his students to bring their full, unfiltered selves to their creative process. Prof reflects on how Ishkar did this with intensity, an...

My brother, Ishkar Richard, 13 years younger than I was one of Prof. David's students. He passed by suicide on August 1st, 2014, just after graduating with a degree in Fine Arts and 2 years after ny brother Bivash Richard passed in the same way. You will notice thay I dont use the phrase "committed suicide" because mental health is just as important as physical and emotional health and is not a cr...

Prof. David describes how when an artwork keeps coming back and he is not even aware of the title, its like reuniting with an old friend. The artistry never gets old whenever you look at it and from whatever angle. He explains, from his perspective, how being honest about your work shows up, and evokes emotion and inspiration in others. If and when you are authentic in your expression and willing...

Prof. David explains who his favourite artists are and why they intrigue him...including Pablo Picasso...

I love that the conclusion to this episode was that organic art is timeless. David shares his insights on how the artistic and educational landscape is shifting with the rise of AI. Rather than resisting change, he embraces the idea that in 5 to 10 years, artists will integrate AI tools into their individual expression in ways we can't yet fully imagine. We explore the conversation between technol...

I am very honoured to publish this series of episodes with David Andrew, Associate Professor of Fine Arts at the University of the Witwatersrand School of Arts (South Africa). In this first episode Prof. David reflects on the profound influences that shaped his path -his childhood, parents, various mentors and role models. Prof. talks about the role of art in his life's meaning, social justice and...

This episode had no topic. I wanted the conversation to just flow with women and Souls that I deeply Trust in my vulnerability. Life is a messy business that we are all trying to navigate and in the mess we find our peace, our purpose and our Divine medicine. What medicine do you have to offer the world? Sending with love ❤️ please share your comments, views, experiences#trust #vulnerability #purp...

The last episode in our series talking about Healing the Masculine wound in each of us. It Starts and It Ends with us. We are the reason that we are here. Finding that wholeness in ourselves is one of the most beautiful things that we can experience. We can heal the world one person at a time, one conversation at a time, one realisation at a time, as we continuously evolve. Thank you for listening...

In this episode we touch on the feminine wound in men that can begin in childhood and how this shapes the way that they are able to express themselves and penetrate their world. We further explore how the denial of the masculine in the mother can affect how we allow our sons to experience what true feminine energy feels and looks like. To be able to embrace that his energy is what sparks creation....

This World is full of Kings, we just havent been ready for them. Masculine energy is the seed, the energy that penetrates the world. The Feminine energy is what is meant to amplify and grow this seed into life and creation. When women are unable to receive love and surrender into that, the masculine force and seed has nowhere to go, it is blocked and therefore a deep sense of purpose and placement...

The impact of denying masculine energy on self-integration for women