The Soul Mirror Podcast

Why do we keep reacting in ways we promised ourselves we wouldn't? This episode of The Soul Mirror Podcast is for anyone who looks put-together on the outside but feels tired, pressured, or out of step on the inside. Transformational life coach Liz Coleman shares how noticing, rather than fixing, helps old patterns loosen, why a regulated nervous system gives you room to choose, and how changing y...

Why do we keep repeating the patterns we most want to change? This episode of The Soul Mirror Podcast is for anyone ready to look inward honestly, without shame or the pressure to fix everything. Doc Harmony shares how accountability, vulnerability, and grace quiet the ego, why metanoia means a change of mind rather than punishment, and how everyday kindness and faith can help you meet your true s...

What if the people who trigger us most are simply showing us where we still need to grow? The host talks with Grand Prix dressage rider and life coach Silvia Rizzo about why knowing your own values and principles matters more than chasing temporary motivation. Silvia shares why she separates facts from emotions before making a decision, the difference between reacting from ego-protection and respo...

What if the people who trigger you most are showing you something about yourself? Host Shreya talks with Sandy and Derek of Anamlíniú about the biggest misconception people carry about the soul mirror, and why the journey isn't always unicorns and rainbows. Sandy and Derek share why pausing before reacting is a muscle you build over time, how repeated patterns often trace back to unresolved trauma...

What if looking inward isn't about doing more, but doing less? Host Ria talks with author Karen Bentley about what she calls the ego robot, the automatic patterns that run our lives until pressure reveals them. Karen shares why life energy quietly drains away through what she calls harmfulness, a personal story about overriding jealousy with a daily decision to choose love, and why real change com...

What if the people and moments that frustrate you the most are the clearest mirror you have? Host Niharika talks with mindset coach Steve Barton about noticing the patterns we usually look past, and why judgment softens most when curiosity takes its place. Steve shares why self-criticism is a learned habit rather than a requirement, a weather metaphor for moving through fear, doubt, guilt, and sha...

What if the people who trigger you aren't judging you, but showing you something? Host Yusuf talks with quantum hypnosis practitioner Ali Christos about the soul mirror, and why self-reflection should never become self-blame. Ali shares how our outer world reflects our inner state, why the past can be forgiven rather than fixed, and a simple pause practice for turning a strong reaction into real s...

We spend so much time searching outside ourselves for answers. But what happens when the patterns keeping us stuck are operating much closer to home? In this episode of The Soul Mirror , Navya sits down with Dr. Joseph Drolshagen for a conversation about honest self-reflection, subconscious patterns, personal vision and the gap between knowing what we want and consistently acting toward it. Joseph...

Ever notice how the person who irritates you the most somehow keeps showing up in your life? Boundaries coach Barb Nangle joins host Yusuf to unpack the twelve-step recovery principle "you spot it, you got it," the idea that what bothers us most in others is often something unresolved in ourselves. Barb draws on her own recovery journey and sociology background to explain why we can't "carpet the...

What does it look like to take an ancient spiritual teaching and turn it into decades of real-world action? In this episode of The Soul Mirror, host Sana talks with David Gottfried, founder of the U.S. Green Building Council and World Green Building Council, about Tikkun Olam, a Jewish teaching about repairing a broken world, and how it quietly shaped his entire career. David shares why real chang...

What if the thing you're afraid to look at isn't a flaw, but a coping mechanism that once kept you safe? In this episode, Niharika talks with Helen Armstrong about the patterns we inherit, repeat, and rarely question, and what it actually takes to look at them with compassion instead of judgment. Helen walks through why fear of self-reflection isn't something to push past by force, and how fight,...

Have you ever approached self-reflection like a repair job, hunting for the broken part that finally needs fixing? This episode invites a different starting point. Host Sreemedha sits down with teacher and healer Zach Rehder to explore the soul mirror not as a tool for self-improvement, but as an invitation to meet yourself, exactly as you are, more fully. Zach shares why the mind's need to unders...

Have you ever called yourself busy and quietly meant something else entirely, like proof that you're needed, loved, or worthy? This episode is for anyone who has used a packed schedule to avoid sitting with harder questions. Host Swati sits down with business coach Louis Swart to explore what self-reflection actually looks like once you strip away the peaceful, journaling-on-a-mountain version of...

Ever notice how you keep meeting the same kind of person, the same kind of conflict, the same kind of disappointment, just wearing a different name? This episode is for anyone who has wondered why certain patterns won't let go. Host Shreya sits down with intuitive life coach Cindy Shaw to explore the idea of the soul mirror, the belief that what keeps showing up in our lives is reflecting somethin...

There's a moment, often late at night, when you catch your own reflection and realize you've been avoiding something. Host Swati talks with Olga Ramora, founder of the Moonly app, about why self-reflection isn't another self-improvement project, and why the goal was never to arrive somewhere and be finished. Olga shares her own path through panic and disconnection from her body, the unconventional...

If you have ever felt disconnected from your own life while everything looks fine on paper, this episode is for you. Host Shreya sits with author and intuitive guide JJ DiGeronimo to unpack the quiet difference between self-reflection and rumination, and why so many of us mistake one for the other. Together they explore the six phases of spiritual awakening from JJ's book Illuminate Your Path , wh...

We say "I'm fine" on autopilot, even when we're not. Master coach Alicia Dupree wants us to catch ourselves right there. Alicia joins host Shreya to explore why self-reflection isn't about hunting for flaws, why growth rarely moves in a straight line, and how three simple questions can stop a negative thought spiral. About the Guest: Alicia Dupree is a Master Certified Professional Coach and found...

This episode is for anyone who's caught a glimpse of their real self in a quiet moment and felt unsettled by it. Host Avik welcomes returning guest Eli Brackenbury for a conversation about the gap between who we perform as and who we actually are, and why that gap isn't a problem to fix so much as a pattern worth understanding. Eli reflects on fifty years of building an identity that didn't fit, t...

Meet Jihane Laraichi, energy coach and healer, who joins Soul Mirror to explore how the people in our lives often reflect patterns we haven't yet faced in ourselves. Listeners will hear her perspective on why we're drawn to certain relationship dynamics, and what it takes to shift a pattern once we notice it. About the Guest: Jihane Laraichi is a certified energy healer and transformational coach...

Why does the same kind of person keep showing up in your life? This episode sits with that question without turning it into blame. Victoria Shaw explains why life happens with you rather than to you, how repeating patterns point to older beliefs, and why intuition is the tool that tells you what to do next. You will leave with a softer way to read your own reactions. About the Guest: Victoria Shaw...

Some people irritate you for reasons you cannot name. This episode looks at what that friction is actually pointing to, and when it is asking you to grow rather than to stay. Jennifer Halls talks with host Niharika about reading tension in the body, telling a mirror apart from a boundary, and building trust in intuition through small, ordinary choices. Practical, unhurried, and free of any pressur...

We're taught that strength means pushing harder and never breaking, but 36 years inside some of the world's most demanding martial and meditative traditions taught Jeff Patterson something almost opposite. In this episode of The Soul Mirror, host Senna talks with Jeff, founder of Northwest Fighting Arts, Portland Tai Chi Academy, and The Yielding Warrior, about yielding as a path to strength rathe...

This episode is for anyone who's been hurt by the same kind of person more than once and started to wonder what they keep missing. Hypnotherapist and spiritual guide Kerie Logan joins The Soul Mirror to talk about why the people who trigger us most are often reflecting something we still need to clear in ourselves. Kerie shares how she works with generational trauma and family patterns, and why no...

Most of us want to live healthier, then drown in conflicting advice, endless product lists, and guilt. On The Soul Mirror, host Sayan sits with green living veteran Amy Hartshorn to cut through the noise. You will leave knowing a less toxic life is about progress, not perfection, and that small, conscious choices in your home, food, and body care put you back in control. About the Guest: Amy Harts...

When people hear soul mirror they brace for the worst, expecting the inner critic to be proved right. If looking inward has ever felt like an interrogation you would rather avoid, this conversation reframes it as something gentler and far more useful. Rosanne Nieboer, a yoga teacher of over twenty years, explains why the beliefs holding you back often live in the body rather than the mind, why thi...