The Creative Soul Podcast

Happy winter solstice and happy 29th birthday to our host, Leya! In this episode, Leya shares what she's celebrating for her 29th birthday, including a celebration of this year and her favorite podcast episodes from the past year. Today is the LAST day to receive 10% off The Creative Soul Practice using code " CREATIVESOUL10 ". After today, the price will remain at $44.00. Leave a rati...

Nikki Novo is a Cuban-American, best-selling author and master intuitive reader with a waitlist exceeding 1,000 people, and the founder of the Soul Reading Method®, a certification program where she has taught more than 1,300 students how to activate their own intuitive abilities. Nikki is the go-to spiritual advisor for the biggest names in the wellness industry and a leader in the spiritual Lati...

The Creative Soul Practice is officially LIVE! It's a 7 day guided writing meditation series to help you reconnect back to your writing practice and your creative soul. Listen to this episode as I share the WHY behind creating The Creative Soul Practice and what you can expect inside +++PLUS a SNEAK PEEK of the practice - Get Day 4 completely free inside this episode, connecting you to your he...

Tune into this week’s solo episode as Leya explores the topic of self-care and how to support and take care of ourselves through the darker, colder seasons: What does it mean to really take care of ourselves? Why millennials are the “self care” generation and why it’s not a bad thing Who are examples in your life of women who take care of themselves? Allowing self-care to change with the seasons H...

In this episode, Leya shares about her soul sister retreat weekend in San Diego and talks about the lessons she learned from letting herself be seen in her most natural form in a photoshoot. We also talk about: How ancestral work deepens your sense of belonging Leya discovering her great great grandmother is from an indigenous tribe in Siberia The Taurus/Scorpio Eclipse cycle from November 2021 to...

Amikaeyla Gaston is a force for change. Proclaimed as one of the “purest contemporary voices” by National Public Radio (NPR), Amikaeyla is a public keynote speaker, performer, educator, and author. She travels the world serving as a Cultural Arts Ambassador for the State Department and is the Founder of the International Cultural Arts and Healing Sciences Institute and co- Executive Director for W...

Jamie Varon is a Writer, Course Creator, Branding Expert and Executive Producer. Her first book “ Radically Content” ( along with the companion journal Radically Content: The Journal ) was released in 2022 and her fiction book, Main Character Energy was released in 2023. She also created a course called Live With Intention and writes a newsletter on Substack called Plot Twist. In this episode, we...

In this episode, Leya shares about her bachelorette trip to Tulum, Mexico. We talk about: How to curate an intentional bachelorette trip and shift the focus from excessive drinking to conscious ceremony Mindful travel Navigating fears, self doubt, and low self worth when having an event celebrating the BRIDE! How to ACTUALLY support the brides in your life The full bachelorette itinerary in Tulum,...

Welcome to Season 2 of The Creative Soul Podcast! In this episode we talk about: Post wedding energy and the change Leya has felt since getting married! Navigating a dark night of the soul and making it to the other side Stories from our honeymoon ft. turtles, the full moon, and the sea Embracing change and new beginnings What you can expect for Season 2 of the podcast! Shares upcoming exciting cr...

In this episode, Leya and Paxton discuss their 5 year journey on the road to marriage, with their upcoming wedding in 2 weeks! They discuss: What brought them together as a couple The differences they had when they first met The growth they've experienced as a couple What Paxton is most excited for the wedding Their different perspectives on religion and spirituality Connect with Leya: @leyava...

Alexandra Franzen is a best-selling author, award-winning editor, and entrepreneur based in Hawaii. She has written seven books including two novels. She has written articles for Time, Forbes, Newsweek, The Huffington Post, and Lifehacker. Her work has been mentioned in The New York Times Small Business Blog, The Atlantic, The Los Angeles Times, Fast Company, BuzzFeed, Inc., in Tim Ferriss’ newsle...

Amy Green Smith is a certified and credentialed life coach and hypnotherapist, masterful speaker, and personal empowerment expert. Amy uses her roles as coach, writer, podcaster, and speaker to move individuals to a place of radical personal empowerment and self-worth. With acute focus on helping people “find their voice”, she is highly sought after for her uncommon style of irreverence, wisdom, a...

Joi is a multi-passionate, educator, community builder, and content creator. She believes having many passions is a gift, not a burden and she’s on a mission to rewrite the narrative around “choosing one thing” being the only path to success. Through her e-book, signature course, and podcast, Joi teaches creatives how to make friends with focus, overcome overwhelm, and step into their Multi-Passio...

Tune into this special episode to celebrate 100 episodes of The Creative Soul Podcast. Leya shares a prayer and offering from her heart and sings for the very first time on the podcast. Song begins at 5:25 Song: Please Prepare Me by Beautiful Chorus Take a moment to pause, integrate, and celebrate how far you've come. Leave a rating and review on the podcast and receive a free guided writing m...

Kat Daou is a Family Constellation Therapy Facilitator helping people clean up intergenerational trauma and support them back to their innate wholeness. She is trauma informed and utilizes parts work, inner child work, felt sense bodily awareness, and intuitive guidance to support clients in moving from "what's wrong with me" to "what happened to me". With a philosophy of one f...

Nadia is a Human Design teacher, spiritual mentor, and host of The Current podcast, a show unpacking the changing energetic tides of our collective consciousness. Nadia also assists psychedelic therapy retreats and is currently a therapist-in-training. In this episode we talk about: How to use your human design type to rest Navigating dark nights of the soul Growing up religious and finding spirit...

Megan Leatherman is a career coach, mother, writer, podcast host and amateur ecologist living in the Pacific Northwest. Through her nature-based and seasonal perspectives, she’s helped thousands of professionals reconnect to their strengths and to what deeply matters to them. She has a Master’s degree in conflict resolution, a background in Human Resources, and believes that our work can be a spir...

Can you believe it's already 2023? Tune into the first solo episode of 2023 where Leya share some of the lessons and learnings from the last year. We talk about: The themes of 2022: Home, Grounding, Grief Experiencing burnout and overwhelm Experiencing abuse at a personal and collective level Ways to practice self-care Why millennials need extra self-care right now Why truth is love + Leya sha...

The perfect solo episode to kick off Sagittarius season - this one's all about travel, new experiences, expansion, and joy. I share about my recent once in a lifetime trip going on a safari in South Africa and the stories and lessons it taught me. In this episode we talk about: Traveling solo vs traveling with friends - pros and cons! A scary close encounter with an elephant! The daily schedul...

Leya shares an update on why the podcast has been on a short break and returns with part 2 of what she is learning during the wedding planning process. She shares vulnerably about managing finances, feeling unsupported, feeling unworthy of love, and the body image issues that came up while shopping for her wedding dress. She also shares an update of how the vision of the wedding has changed and ev...

Natalie Calzadilla, MBA is a Cuban-American T1D mom, mystic, illustrator, 1/1 NFT artist, and podcaster born and raised in Miami, FL. She teaches women how to connect to their inner knowing, experience divinity, and connect to their child-like wonder so they can feel empowered to face all of life’s situations and have the courage to be themselves. In this episode we talk about: How she went from q...

In this episode, Leya shares what is currently fueling her creative soul in this season of life. She shares how taking a vacation showed her how to practice being, why she is questioning how we work and why we work, tying your worth and value to how much you can produce, feminism and capitalism, unlearning hustle culture, and how we can look to nature to teach us how to be truly creative and creat...

In this week's episode I am joined by Bria Zoe. Bria Zoe is an herbalist and owns Sacred Moon Apothecary where she offers the medicine of cacao to people all over the world. We talk about the medicine that lives within us and around us, how plants and herb can help support us in our healing process, how to start working with herbs, the wisdom of our bodies, metaphysical anatomy, and plant medi...

Albert Flynn DeSilver is an internationally published poet, writer, speaker, and workshop leader. His latest book is  Writing as a Path to Awakening  (based on his popular workshops by the same name) published by Sounds True. Albert served as Marin County, California’s very first Poet Laureate from 2008-2010. His work has appeared in more than 100 literary journals worldwide and is the author of t...

Corrie Legge is a multi-passionate artist and productivity coach for creatives. As an actor and voiceover artist, she has appeared in many independent films, national commercials, animation, video games, audiobooks, and more. She's also a filmmaker with several short films under her belt, and multiple feature scripts in the works! As a coach, Corrie hosts Your Creative Life, a creative communi...