The Soul Alchemist

This week Catherine offers the antidote for when the world or your life makes you feel heavy or overwhelmed.  She shares how to alchemise the heaviness by asking a simple question: "What's the best that could happen?" Catherine also shares a story about her grandfather in 1940s Ireland, demonstrating how a situation that can seem challenging may be an opportunity for new possibilities and opportun...

In this episode Catherine Maguire maps the four stages every relationship goes through - honeymoon, power struggle, dead zone, and true partnership - and explains how recognising these phases empowers you to do the inner work needed to transform conflict into connection. She offers practical insight on taking back projections, joining across divides, and creating ripples of true partnership in you...

Join Catherine Maguire in a short guided meditation that leads you into an ancient forest and a bonfire during Samhain to safely release what no longer serves you and create space for new possibility. Through breathwork, sensory exploration, and a meeting with a guide or power animal, you'll practice letting go, welcome the in-between, call in your heart's desires, and return grounded and present....

In this episode Catherine Maguire guides listeners through the autumnal energy of Samhain, exploring why letting go and entering the liminal "void" is essential for renewal. She connects natural cycles to modern life, showing how releasing what we no longer need creates space for new growth. She offers simple reflection prompts, a physical exercise to feel and release tension, and invites listener...

In this episode Catherine Maguire invites listeners to embrace the healing power of stillness, especially during the seasonal shift into autumn and winter. She explains how slowing down helps recalibrate the nervous system, deepen self-knowledge, and create space to hear the quiet voice of the soul. Welcome to the Soul Alchemist Podcast with Catherine Maguire. Weekly wisdom, inspiration and practi...

Are you open (fully open) to receiving?  Is there space in your heart so all the things you desire (all the good stuff) can get it? In this week’s episode we look at the relationship between giving and receiving.  How 'over giving' causes us to feel exhausted and resentful, and how an inability to receive robs us of our fulfilment and joy. I share 4 practical steps to expand your ability to receiv...

Why do we need a ‘bigger vision’ and why can it be difficult to connect to it?  In this episode I explain what a "bigger vision" actually is, why it matters and why we can feel disconnected from it.  We will explore: Your fight or flight response. Cultural blocks that may be prohibiting you from connecting with your inner King or Queen. The Rebels resistance to authority. Welcome to another rich e...

Join me for a guided journey to get a deeper understanding of your procrastination so you can release it and discover the practical actions steps  you need to take to move forward in the areas where you are feeling stuck.  You will meet your Magical Child, your Inner Warrior, and your Inner King / Queen to gain clarity and restore balance to the inner realm of your life.  This is a beautiful and p...

This episode is inspired by a question and a very honest sharing from Amanda about her procrastination. For many people procrastination is caused by fear; fear of failure or fear of success.  But Amanda had already explored her fear and still couldn’t get to the root of her procrastination.  When this is the case we need to go deeper and meet the archetype who is responsible for discipline, consis...

In this episode we explore the concept of "soul alchemy" from the perspective of a tree and examine where there might be rot in the roots which are stopping you from spreading your branches (and your authentic self) out into the world. Welcome to the Soul Alchemist Podcast with Catherine Maguire. Your weekly infusion of inspiration and wisdom to support you on your journey of personal and spiritua...

Are you holding back or playing small? This week I share how being told I was ‘out of tune’ as a child caused me to constrict and limit my voice and myself. And how by finding the right teacher I was able to free my voice and more importantly, free myself.  Welcome to the Soul Alchemist Podcast with Catherine Maguire. Your weekly infusion of inspiration and wisdom to support you on your journey of...

If you’re on a journey of personal growth and are looking for a weekly infusion of inspiration, you’re in the right place.  Welcome to the Soul Alchemist Podcast with Catherine Maguire. In this episode we are exploring how years of protective coping mechanisms become armour that keeps us small and stop us from having the life experiences we desire.  So we force, strive, push and hustle to prove we...

Celebration is medicine for your body, mind and soul.  It allows you to ground and integrate your experience and makes this whole personal / spiritual journey worth while. In this episode I discuss the importance of celebrating both large milestones and small personal shifts, and draw on Celtic seasonal rhythms to illustrate cycles of growth and rest.  I also invite you to pause to honour and cele...

Fitting in is exhausting.  It also causes you to disconnect from your gifts, your essence and your very sense of self.  This disconnection creates plenty of space for the inner critic and imposter syndrome to come in and run wild, confirming the core belief that you’re ‘not good enough’. In this episode we're going to explore how by embracing the unconventional nature of who you truly are, you can...

This week's episode invites you to embrace every moment, be it a high or a low, and accept the natural rhythm of life. It's inspired by the intensity of the Italian summer and its inevitable transition into the serene stillness of winter.  Welcome to the Soul Alchemist Podcast with Catherine Maguire. Weekly wisdom, inspiration and practical steps to help you alchemise where you are blocked, stuck...

Change is not transformation. And until you understand the difference, you'll keep changing your circumstances wondering why nothing feels different.   This week, the beautiful and courageous Nina sent in a question I know many of you will feel in your bones. She's in the mush. Standing between who she was and who she's becoming, navigating the loneliness of lost connections and the fear of choosi...

If you’re looking for a new place to call home, switching careers, want to change the dynamics of a relationship or are curious about our move to Italy, this episode is for you. Welcome to the Soul Alchemist Podcast with Catherine Maguire.  This week we are exploring the mechanics of change; why you need to be clear about your desires and why more importantly it’s not your desires but the underlyi...

What is guilt?  What is the core belief that drives it? And why is it so hard to release it? Welcome to the Soul Alchemist Podcast with Catherine Maguire. Weekly wisdom, inspiration and practical steps to help you alchemise where you are blocked, stuck or playing small so you can live a joyous and magical life. In this episode we take a deep dive into guilt to understand the 'guilt trap', why we s...

Your Magical Child is the part of you filled with innocence, creativity, curiosity and has a wonderful ability to problem solve.  Our connection to our Magical Child shapes our reality and influences our world.  In this episode we will explore the energy of the Magical Child and what happens when we are disconnected from it. I tell a personal story of magic and support, as a reminder that the Univ...

In this episode I share a personal story about being ‘tempered by the fire’ during my shamanic training when I travelled all the way to Canyon de Chelly in Arizona looking to connect with an ancient lineage.  Instead of having a spiritual awakening I clashed with my Navajo guide, had a nasty allergic reaction to an insect bite, followed by a horrendous case of thrush. Welcome to the Soul Alchemist...

I've a friend who's a goldsmith who shared with me the concept of 'Heat Tempers Gold’.  This alchemical process allows us to reframe any challenges we are facing as opportunities for personal purification, transformation and growth. I'll explain how a challenge can be a Rite of Passage if we understand the 6 steps of personal and spiritual transformation. Welcome to the Soul Alchemist podcast with...

Have you ever had that quiet feeling that there's more to you,  more to life, than what you're currently living? That somewhere along the way, a part of you got lost?   Welcome to the Soul Alchemist Podcast. I'm Catherine Maguire, mentor, guide, and fellow traveller on this path for over 25 years. This podcast exists because of a simple truth I've learned: you were never broken. Your gold is withi...