Soul + Systems™ with Jenn Fix

What happens when you spend so much time loving somebody else that you forget who the hell you are? I've lived that question. And I know I'm not alone. Kristina Gibbons is back with me on Soul + Systems™ for a powerful conversation about codependency, unhealthy relationship patterns, boundaries, and learning to trust yourself again. We talk about why setting boundaries can feel selfish, wh...

How do you find yourself again after spending decades in a marriage that changed who you were? This week on Soul + Systems™, I'm joined by CF Mickey, founder of Cultivating Freedom, for a conversation about starting over, rebuilding your identity, and finding the courage to create a different life. CF shares her experience of navigating a difficult marriage, the emotional challenges of divorce...

What if the hardest part of surviving trauma isn't getting through it—but learning how to live afterward? On this episode of Soul + Systems™, Jenn Fix welcomes Mica Louise, founder of Phases Bloom, for an honest conversation about trauma recovery, addiction, nervous system regulation, boundaries, and rebuilding a relationship with yourself. After years of addiction, abusive relationships, and...

What happens when life forces you to start over? How do you rebuild your confidence, rediscover your purpose, and move forward when everything you've worked for suddenly changes? In this episode of Soul + Systems™ with Jenn Fix, Pete, founder of Dreams Alive, shares his powerful journey through chronic pain, career changes, burnout, major surgery, and personal reinvention. After years as an athlet...

You can outgrow your life and still wake up in it every morning. Same bills. Same surroundings. And you’re thinking: how the hell do I get from here to there? In this solo episode of Soul + Systems™, I’m talking about taking my life back at 48—building financial freedom, protecting my time, and dating without abandoning my standards. We get into staying too damn long, confusing a promising convers...

Who checks on the person everyone else leans on? Jenn Fix sits down with Gareth, creator of The Avocado Philosophy, to explore the masks we wear, the cost of keeping everything inside, and what meaningful support can look like. Gareth shares his experience of coming to terms with his sexuality, receiving an autism diagnosis in his 50s, and rebuilding his life. Together, they discuss how humor, sto...

What happens when a 32-year relationship ends and you have just 86 cents in savings? Marnie Benny shares how she moved through emotional and financial abuse, rediscovered her identity, and rebuilt trust in herself. In this conversation with Jenn Fix, Marnie explores the survival patterns that keep women silent, the guilt that can come with setting boundaries, and the small daily choices that make...

Sean Jimmo spent 20 years helping build someone else’s company. When that chapter ended, he faced a harder question than what to do next: Who was he without the job? Sean joins Jenn Fix to talk about becoming an entrepreneur, releasing the need for external approval, and rebuilding his life around faith, integrity, and a compelling vision. They also discuss genuine influence, the fear that comes w...

Stephen returns to Soul + Systems™ — but his story has entered an entirely new chapter. In his first conversation with Jenn, Stephen shared his experience with addiction, recovery, asking for help, and becoming a certified addictions counselor. Now, he's helping people through some of their hardest moments as part of the Care Team, a pilot non-emergency crisis response program supporting peopl...

Working harder isn't always the answer. Sometimes entrepreneurs and creators don't need another strategy, platform, or piece of content—they need to look at the evidence and decide what still deserves their time. In the Season 7 premiere of Soul + Systems™, Jenn Fix explores persistence vs. discernment, attention without conversion, business failure, burnout from constant creation, and kno...

Your content is getting views, your audience is growing, and you’re showing up consistently—so why isn’t that attention turning into sales? In the Season 6 finale of Soul + Systems™ , Jenn Fix exposes the difference between creating content and operating a content business. She breaks down why more followers, more posts, and more visibility cannot repair an unclear offer or a disconnected customer...

Are you building your business—or hiding inside the work that feels safe? In this solo episode of Soul + Systems™, Jenn Fix examines the difference between being busy and taking actions that can actually produce revenue. You’ll hear why creating more content is not always the answer, how preparation becomes procrastination, why clear selling is not manipulation, and how to identify the next action...

What happens when the life that looks right from the outside no longer feels right within? Jenn Fix sits down with bestselling author and creator Elaine Martini to explore intuition, purpose, grief, creativity, and the deeply personal promise that led Elaine to walk the Camino de Santiago. Elaine shares what the journey taught her about self-trust, simplicity, listening to her soul’s whispers, and...

Artist Anita Nevar returns to Soul + Systems™ for an honest conversation about censorship, queer voices, creative freedom, self-worth, and the power of living without outside permission. Anita shares why the current push against authentic and sex-positive expression has lit a new fire in her creative work. She also introduces her upcoming series exploring men’s identity, desire, vulnerability, and...

Transformation is not something you wait to feel ready for. It is built through repetition, self-awareness, and the systems you practice every day. Carly Alyssa Thorne is an educator, speaker, wellness and fitness expert, consultant, producer, and founder of Transformations Life Center and Transformations Life Productions. After living through chronic illness and 67 surgeries, Carly turned her exp...

For 22 years, retired Army and Navy veteran Danny Lampkin knew how to keep moving. What he didn’t know was how to stop long enough to feel everything he had survived. Months before retirement, a therapist asked Danny one simple question—and the emotional armor finally broke. In this episode, Danny and Jenn talk candidly about military PTSD, men carrying pain in silence, identity after service, dam...

Some conversations are not meant to be won. Sometimes, the strongest thing you can do is drop the rope. Jenn Fix sits down with communication expert, author, retired Air Force officer, and brain-tumor survivor Dr. Renea Skelton to unpack the communication tug-of-wars that drain our peace, damage our relationships, and quietly weaken our businesses. Dr. Renea explains why we listen to react instead...

Returning guest Irene Vaksberg joins Jenn Fix for an honest conversation about entrepreneurship, organic visibility, chronic pain, and building trust without pressuring people to buy. Irene shares how her YouTube channel grew to approximately 500,000 views—even though she originally treated it like video storage—and why authenticity, encouragement, and consistency have become the foundation of her...

For years, Janessa Neighbors carried responsibilities that were never truly hers. As the oldest daughter, she became a second mother, managed other people’s needs, and learned to earn love by always saying yes. Then she made a different choice: she chose herself. In this deeply relatable conversation, Janessa joins Jenn Fix to discuss recovering from people-pleasing, healing from parentification,...

What if the patterns you keep repeating aren’t personality flaws—but survival responses rooted in pain that was never fully addressed? In this episode of Soul + Systems™ , Jenn Fix sits down with pastoral counselor, mindset coach, speaker, author, and Acts Church Enterprises founder Kristina Gibbons for a powerful conversation about healing at the root. Kristina shares how her husband’s incarcerat...

After surviving childhood abuse and neglect—and spending 23 years in a narcissistic marriage—Regina Hiremath had to rebuild more than her life. She had to rediscover who she was. In Season 6, Episode 2 of Soul + Systems™, Jenn Fix sits down with Regina—author, speaker, entrepreneur, and founder of Alimonia Life and Onesome Journey—for an honest conversation about leaving a toxic relationship, heal...

What if you woke up... and realized you weren't building a podcast? You were building yourself. Season 6 of Soul + Systems begins with the most cinematic episode yet. Jenn awakens alongside the Mythos—Sol, Lilith, Vox, Zoorah—and meets the mysterious Neo, whose arrival changes everything. This isn't just a conversation about consistency. It's about identity. It's about the promises...

Season 5 comes to a close with a look back at the journey, the lessons, the community, and the vision that continues to grow. In this finale, Jenn Fix reflects on consistency, resilience, entrepreneurship, and why Soul + Systems became something much bigger than a podcast. If you've been here from the beginning, thank you. If you're just finding the show, welcome. Season 6 launches July 15...

Season 5 has been about more than great conversations—it has been about building. In this solo episode, Jenn Fix reflects on the biggest lessons learned from this season's guests, the continued growth of Soul + Systems, the launch of the Rainbow Pride July Digital Magazine, and why a two-week break after Episode 12 is actually the beginning of something much bigger. Jenn also shares what she&#...

What if the miracle you've been praying for has already arrived... but you didn't recognize it because it didn't look the way you expected? In this heartfelt conversation, Irene shares how faith, openness, and surrender transformed the way she sees life's biggest moments. Her message is a reminder that miracles don't always come through the front door—they often arrive in unexp...