Soft Human Voice by Jessica Shepherd

What does it mean to stay deeply human in an age of rapidly accelerating technology? In this episode, I sit down with my dear friend and fellow Honolulu-based astrologer, life expert, and Happiness U founder Alice Inoue for a conversation that feels more like a long-overdue catch-up than a podcast — which is exactly how we like it. Alice and I are both early adopters of AI, and we come to this con...

Manifestation Coach Courtney Sprung joins Jessica for a conversation on Uranus entering Gemini, Neptune in Aries, AI, authenticity, boundaries, and staying centered in a rapidly changing world. Together, they explore the acceleration of technology, shifting creative landscapes, nervous system regulation, and the growing desire for what feels genuine and human. Jessica reflects on Uranus in Gemini...

Bestselling author and Joy School founder Lisa McCourt joins Jessica for a deeply compassionate conversation on self-trust, soul wisdom, and redefining joy beyond surface happiness. Together, they explore major life transitions, intuition versus logic, unconditional love, parenting, emotional healing, activism, and the practices that help us return to ourselves when life feels overwhelming. Lisa s...

Bonnie Buckner, PhD, founder of the International Institute for Dreaming and Imagery, guides us into dreaming as a living language rooted in the body and asks: What if your dreams weren’t random—but precise, intelligent messages leading you toward change? In this conversation, Jessica and Bonnie move beyond traditional dream interpretation and into a more dynamic, participatory approach—one where...

Jessica is joined by BACP-accredited psychotherapist Marina Lorenzato. If you’ve ever overgiven, over-accommodated, or lost your center in love—this is for you. What unfolds is an honest look at the subtle patterns that pull us away from ourselves, and how to begin returning, moment by moment. In this episode of Soft Human Voice , Jessica and Marina explore people-pleasing, attachment styles, and...

Debra Martin, intuitive healer and cancer survivor, joins me for an honest conversation about what healing actually asks of us. We begin with a grounding practice, then explore emotional permission, illness, and self-awareness. Debra shares how she moved through cancer by listening to her body rather than fighting it — blessing her medicine, releasing control, and shifting from fear-based thoughts...

Randy Spelling, life coach, author, and founder of Randy Spelling Coaching, joins me for a grounded conversation about sensitivity, survival patterns, and what real connection requires. Growing up in one of Hollywood’s most recognizable families, Randy learned early that external success does not create inner fulfillment. In this episode, we explore how sensitivity is often misunderstood, how peop...

In this episode of Soft Human Voice , Jessica sits down with author and intuitive storyteller Rebecca Barry for an open and heartfelt conversation about listening beyond the noise of culture and conditioning. Together they explore intuition, embodied awareness, creative guidance, and the delicate balance between imagination and grounded reality. The conversation moves through personal stories of g...

In this episode, Jessica speaks with naturopath, nutritionist, herbalist, and medical astrologer Kira Sutherland about using astrology as a practical lens for understanding health, stress, and self-care. They explore how the body reflects emotional and energetic patterns, why symptoms can be understood as meaningful signals, and how small shifts in nourishment, routine, and attention can support l...

Instead of adding something to your list, this episode is meant to take something off your plate. During the holidays, many of us are holding more — more people, more emotions, more expectations — while still trying to make everything feel smooth and magical. Sensitive bodies feel this deeply. In this short, grounding episode, I offer a simple recentering practice you can return to whenever you ne...

What really happens when consciousness goes beyond the brain? In this illuminating conversation, neurosurgeon and bestselling author Dr. Eben Alexander joins Jessica to explore what he discovered after a rare bacterial meningitis left him in a week-long coma—an experience that forever changed his understanding of life, death, and the mind itself. Together, they trace the bridge between science and...

What if healing the past could change your present reality? In this illuminating conversation, Jessica speaks with Rob Nelson , EFT and Matrix Re-Imprinting practitioner and author of Hacking Reality and Seven Secret Reasons . Together, they explore how Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) can help release old emotional loops, dissolve trauma at its root, and literally rewrite the energy story that...

In this spellbinding conversation, Jessica sits down with author and priestess Cerridwen Fallingstar , whose historical novels are crafted from remembered lifetimes—memoirs written through past-life regression. Together they explore memory beyond time, the necessity of civilized beauty during times of conflict, and the remembrance of the feminine as a source of timeless wisdom. Cerridwen also guid...

What happens when we move beyond fear and open to connection? In this episode of Soft Human Voice, Jessica talks with intuitive healer and near-death experiencer Debra Martin about miracles, grief, and the power of love. Full Show Description: In this heartfelt conversation, Jessica and Debra explore the mysteries of mediumship, the healing power of love, and how grief can open us to deeper presen...

What if manifestation isn’t something you do , but a way of being you return to—over and over again? In this practical and soulful conversation, Jessica is joined by award-winning author and life expert Alice Inoue to explore the mature art of co-creation. Alice and Jessica discuss why relaxing into your path matters more than forcing outcomes, the importance of soul-aligned timing, and how seemin...

In this heartfelt and luminous conversation, Jessica welcomes Veronika Robinson — funeral celebrant, astrologer, and author — for a deep, compassionate dialogue on death, grief, and the power of honoring life transitions with presence and care. Together, they explore:• what it means to be a celebrant• the emotional and energetic intricacies of holding space for grieving families• astrology’s role...

What if you stopped settling—not just in love, but in every energetic exchange in your life? In this raw and radiant conversation with intuitive coach Courtney Sprung and writer Hermione Flavia, we unpack what it means to alchemize your patterns, call off the search, and become a vibrational match for what you truly want. From dating apps and soulmates to shadow work, self-worth, and the energetic...

Welcome to a special expanded edition of Soft Human Voice ! I’m thrilled to introduce my co-host for this episode, Courtney Sprung —a gifted psychic and intuitive reader with a passion for co-creation. I absolutely adore her, and I know you will too. It feels especially fitting that we connected through A Love Alchemist’s Notebook on this love-centered day. (Courtney currently hosts a LAN book clu...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit jessicashepherd.substack.com Aloha Friends, Today’s weather was a sampler of all that’s wonderful about Hawaii, light showers -and the sun peaked out, too. Join me for this gentle and restorative holiday weekend Qigong session, where we will: * Warm up our joints and muscles, from the ground up * Connect to the joy of our hearts through...

Aloha, Friends. I just returned from a long weekend in LA, and yet I took Hawaii with me :-) In this guided session you will learn how to: * invite a beach in Hawaii into your practice -and your practice space * receive what you specifically need from Mother Earth * feel ease of Connection (perhaps more than you have in many Moons) …Plus you accrue the wellness benefits -clarity, relaxation, feeli...

A new season is upon us. As we collectively observe the majesty and the wonder of the Sun and the life-giving light that it offers us why not connect with your own Light? In this practice, we will: * move our energy from effort and force into co-creative flow * invite and allow golden honeyed light to drip from crown, down * engage the energies of Solstice so we can radiate from the inside-out If...

Dear Gods and Goddesses, What are you trying to get more of? Growth? Success? Are you being “told and sold” what it is you want and need? Likely. It’s the paradigm we live in! We are being told and sold so darn much. It gets into our heads. Maybe this is why we start to believe it. Ever wonder what could happen if you stopped trying to change anything? That’s a question I explored in my spiritual...

Being overly caught up in thought is a common complaint for those attempting any mindfulness practice. It can be challenging to simply arrive! But when your embodied awareness is central to your practice, you discover amazing resources in: Sensation, feeling, and the physical body, generally. This is so very helpful when having an “in my head” kind of day. In this guided energy session you will: *...

Happy Astrological New Year! Welcome the new season with your healthfulness, and energy intact. I created this practice to counterbalance expansive energy of this new (yang!) season with restorative (yin) energy. This session features: * Embodied energy clearing, and reconnection into your Divinity. * Guided breathwork/belly breathing specifically to: release excess energy (also helpful for releas...

Dear Friends, This practice is perfect for gliding into the weekend by letting all of the past week’s tension gooooo . If you have about thirty minutes, you will: * Soften and release tension in your energy body, and your physical body. * Receive a mini alignment lesson, mid-way, thank you very much (yes, that was a surprise for me, too! But it was exactly on point). * Drop underneath the mind (wh...