The Enlighten DXB Podcast

What if some of the struggles you face today didn’t start with you? In this episode, Katherine Barroeta—Family Constellation and Transgenerational Therapist, Reiki Master, and Holistic Therapist —joins the conversation to explore the hidden family dynamics that shape our lives, relationships, and sense of self. Katherine shares how Family Constellation Therapy helps uncover unconscious patterns, i...

This episode is a little different. Instead of our usual conversation, we invite you into a 30-minute sound healing journey with Jenny Dunsford, a sound and vibrational healing practitioner and Wim Hof Method instructor based in Dubai. Sound healing uses vibration and frequency to promote relaxation, calm the nervous system, and support deeper states of presence and awareness. While research conti...

What does it truly mean to become a man in today’s world? In this episode, Nic shares his experience with men’s work, men’s circles, vision quests, and the journey from adolescence into grounded manhood. Through years of facilitating transformational work for men — and attending the same men’s circle with the same group of men for 17 years — he reflects on the lessons that emerge through brotherho...

How much of your reality is shaped by conscious choice—and how much by unconscious conditioning? In this episode of the EnlightenDXB Podcast, Sam Daghash shares his approach to subconscious reprogramming, emotional healing, and inner alignment. Drawing from neuroscience, NLP, breathwork, and deeper awareness practices, this conversation explores how limiting beliefs are formed, why patterns repeat...

Step into the world of crystal healing and holistic wellness in this enlightening conversation with Holly, founder of Holly Holistic . What began as a personal journey of self-discovery and healing—eventually growing from a humble spare bedroom into a thriving wellness brand—has become a trusted space for those seeking balance, energy alignment, and deeper self-awareness. In this episode, Holly sh...

In this powerful episode of the Enlighten DXB Podcast, Erika Masako Welch sits down with Phil Quirk, world-renowned human performance coach, NLP practitioner, and hypnosis expert, to explore the mindset behind elite performance, resilience, and personal transformation. Phil has worked with Olympic champions, special forces operators, corporate leaders, and high-performing individuals across the wo...

What does it truly mean to be in the right relationship? And how do we move from ordinary partnership into Sacred Union? In this profound and illuminating conversation, Rita Hraiz — spiritual visionary and modern mystic — shares her deep insight into conscious love, Sacred Union, and the spiritual purpose of intimate relationship . Rita unpacks what it really means to be in the right relationship...

In this episode, we’re joined by Alice Hong, Embodied Feminine Leadership Coach and Tantra teacher, for a deep and grounded conversation about pleasure, feminine energy, leadership, and authentic living. Alice shares why pleasure isn’t a luxury, but a vital compass for a fully alive life — and how reconnecting with the wisdom of the body can transform the way we love, lead, and create. Together, w...

In this episode, we explore what happens when we begin truly listening to the body and stop accepting pain, fatigue, and disconnection as “normal.” Together with Anita and Peyman from Wellnest , we unpack how modern life pulls us out of body awareness, how emotions can become stored within the body, and why physical symptoms are often meaningful signals rather than problems to suppress. The conver...

In this episode, we explore cleansing as more than just a physical practice — it’s a conversation about how we care for our bodies, relate to our emotions, and reconnect with ourselves. Daniel shares his personal journey into fasting, fermentation, and enzyme-based cleansing, explaining how working with the body — rather than against it — can support physical health, emotional balance, and self-aw...

In this illuminating episode of Enlighten DXB, Erika sits down with May-Britt Searty —a naturopath, somatic therapist, and Author of “9 Letters to my Mother”, a book about conscious pregnancy and conscious motherhood. Drawing from 30 years of experience guiding women through emotional, physical, and spiritual transformation, May-Britt unpacks how our lives unfold in seven-year developmental stages...

In this episode of The Enlighten DXB Podcast , host Erika Welch sits down with relationship coach Riké John to explore how we can move from tension and misunderstandings into deeper intimacy, trust, and connection in our relationships. We dive into the loneliness epidemic and why, in a world that feels more polarized and disconnected than ever, so many of us are craving deeper bonds, richer memori...

In this powerful episode of The Enlighten DXB Podcast , Erika Masako Welch sits down with Janelle Houston—a Craniosacral Therapist and Energy Healer based in Dubai—to unpack the often-invisible layers of energetic health, nervous system regulation, and trauma healing. Together, they explore the science and soul of energy work, how craniosacral therapy supports emotional release, and why we carry e...

In this soul-deep episode of The Enlighten DXB Podcast , Erika Masako Welch is joined by transformational guide, psychotherapist, and ISTA faculty member Laura Deva to explore the healing path of descension — a journey into the underworld of the self, where true power and sovereignty are reclaimed. Laura shares her courageous personal story: from facing cancer and working in the criminal justice s...

Get comfy, for this extra special (meaning: extra long and extra deep) episode with Rita Hraiz (recorded at the end of 2024). We dive into the question: How do we deepen into our spiritual practice and connection, and come into alignment with our solar plexus and heart, based on ageless esoteric wisdom? When tragedy and atrocities strike, such as the wars scarring humanity in our present day, how...

In this episode, we get into the juicy topic of our beautiful vulvas. That’s right, this is about two powerful women talking about our beautiful, powerful, wise yonis. And who better to do that with, than Embodied Feminine Leadership Coach, Alice Hong. We speak into the sacred space and the life force that moves through them to help all women around the world give birth - not just to children and...

In this special episode, I had the privilege of sitting down with the extraordinary Daniel Li Ox—a QiGong Master, ordained Zen Buddhist monk, and the visionary founder of ZenCleanz, a line of powerful fermented detoxification enzymes designed to support fasting and healing. With over five decades of exploring life as a student of ancient wisdoms, Chinese medicine, and spirituality, Daniel brings a...

Nikola is a cultural transfiguration catalyst, who relishes in building values driven systems, organizations and communities at scale. In this episode, we speak into the nuances of collective trauma and ancestral trauma, and how these often intersect - especially where major societal upheavals existed, particularly in times of war. We speak into the four fundamental collective traumas - from (a) t...

Pythagoras used to prescribe song and music for various ailments like depression and anxiety. But of course, ancient wisdom would prescribe us song or movement as a healing modality, wouldn't it? Erika sits down with Fadi Rifaai in this episode, who is a Singer, Actor and Writer with a particular penchant for communing with God through singing Sufi Poetry. In this episode, you will witness th...

MayBritt Searty is a Family and Systemic Constellations Therapist, a Doctor of Natural Medicine, and a psychosomatic body worker in Dubai. She describes herself as a passionate life-long explorer of alternative ways to doing things, which has led her to becoming a long-time practitioner of cranial sacral therapy, osho therapy, homeopathy, and various other modalities that helped her explore the ps...

Here at the Enlighten DXB Podcast, we bring honest and vulnerable conversations about the Spiritual Warrior's path, which will help you create deeper intimacy in all areas of your life.  Send us Fan Mail === CONNECT WITH THE ENLIGHTEN DXB PODCAST COMMUNITY === Check out all the shownotes, bios, and background information at: Website:     www. EnlightenDXB.com Instagram:     @EnlightenDXB  Lis...

Liberty is a certified womb steam practitioner and devoted plant medicine womban. She is a passionate advocate for menstrual cycle awareness and is all about helping women reconnect with their wombs. Liberty is also a certified liquid flow practitioner, which brings transformative and healing experiences in water. In this episode, we talk about the intuitive power found in the womb, and different...

Erika sits down with one of her favorite IFS (Internal Family Systems) coaches that she's ever had the pleasure of working with, Riké John. In this episode, Erika and Riké speak into the power of walking the spiritual path and doing the work in sisterhood, shoulder to shoulder, while running a women's circle together in Dubai. They talk about the importance of empowering each other to be...

I sit down with Roos-Veerle Krijnen, a medicine woman and coach that uses the principles of nature as her ultimate guide. I’m so grateful to have one of my dearest sisters and friends that have walked this spiritual warrior path with me to talk about everything from the power of radical honesty and meeting each other in the depths, what it means to go through a process of purification, and the les...

Nathan Marcuzzi is an energy worker, bodyworker and breathwork facilitator. He travels the world to educate people on how to access and clear their energy bodies, particularly through de-armouring and what he calls full-body ecstatic experiences, which uses Kundalini energy to open the body up to greater joy and aliveness. In this episode, we speak about what it means to be a healer (and if anyone...