Active Ingredient Podcast

This week's episode is with Kira Jones and we're talking all about how to build your dream life, how to break into the wellness space, how to get a handle on your finances and let go of limiting labels. Kira is a wellness entrepreneur, creator, and founder of Cacti Wellness, an online Wellness Platform centered around what she has coined as Productive Wellness. On her platform she has content that ranges from 20 minute Workouts, breathwork and meditations to productivity tools like how to set smart goals, how to reverse engineer your goals, how to step into financial wellness, social media app must haves and so much more. On this episode we’re talking about working through our relationships to social media, how she worked through her anxiety and depression, not holding on to labels, creating a career in wellness, building your dream life that is personal to YOU and so much more. If you enjoyed this episode, I would really appreciate it if you could give the show a 5 star rating wherever you listen - it will help us grow to the next level! 

Some Questions I Ask:

• How did you start to separate yourself from the mental health issues you were struggling with? (13:38)
• What would you say to someone eager to create social media content but doesn't know where to start? (28:46)
• What is something you sure know that you wish everyone knew? (39:05)

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

• Kira's thoughts on labeling mental health issues (7:55)
• The tools Kira used to avoid giving space to negative thoughts (12:49)
• About Kira's relationship with social media and how she balances her time creating and consuming content (25:04)
• The difference between pulling and pushing, and the importance of pivoting in life (35:51)

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Connect with Kira on Instagram

Visit Cacti's website

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Resources mentioned:

• Expanded by To Be Magnetic podcast

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This week's solo is all about the practice of journaling and what it does for you. We talk about the power of journaling, common fears, helpful journal prompts, how to get started journaling, and how to effectively develop the daily habit of writing.

Moleskine Journal

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On this week's solo I'm sharing five questions I use to check in with myself before doing anything outside my comfort zone. Take what resonates and leave what doesn't!

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

• I see you, and I'm doing it anyway (3:42)
• Why checking in with joy essential (8:33)
• See the world through the lens of your values (9:35)
• Two people I always check in with before doing anything (11:11)
• Is the process worth it? Would you learn something from it? (13:38)
• If no one else cared, would you do it anyway? (14:55)

Sophie's Instagram: @sophieiweill

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This week’s episode is a part 2 with licensed marriage and family therapist, career clarity coach and a yoga teacher, Charlotte Haigh, on all things therapy - what it is, what to expect from it, common questions and hesitations, how to find the right therapist, the role that labels play on how we operate, body wisdom and so much more. 

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You can listen to the first part of my interview with Charlotte HERE.

Some Questions I Ask:

• Based on your experience, what can people expect from therapy sessions? How long until they might feel some significant change in their lives? (1:07)
• What is shadow work in therapy? What is your shadow, and how do you work with it in your sessions? (12:56)
• What would you say to someone curious about therapy and don't know what kind of therapist they should look for? (14:13)

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

• Healing is not a linear process (2:38)
• The scary, dark thoughts are just trying to help you come home (7:25)
• How to find the right therapist (14:20)
• There is nothing harder than living in fear, carrying heavy backpacks of guilt, shame, and not-worthiness (20:27)
• Charlotte's advice for the seekers (28:49)

Resources:

• Charlotte Haigh website
• Book: Mark Wolynn - It Didn't Start With You: How inherited family trauma shapes who we are and how to end the cycle

Connect with Charlotte:

• Instagram

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This week’s episode is a deep dive on a topic I am very passionate about which is all about: therapy. Therapy has been one of the tools in my life that has truly helped me get to the core of so many things that were holding me back before. If done with the right person and the right techniques, I believe it is an indispensable tool that can completely change the trajectory of your life for the better. 

With that said, the guest of the show this week is Charlotte Haigh, an incredibly kind and wise human who happens to be both a licensed marriage and family therapist, career clarity coach and a yoga teacher. In this first part of the two-part series interview, we talk about all things therapy, intergenerational trauma, tools to regulate the nervous system, how to identify anxiety, what is trauma (spoiler alert: we all have trauma) and she also shares a lot of her own journey going from working in communications to finding her way to her calling as a therapist. 

Mental health resources:

Psychology Today

Better Help

Some Questions I Ask:

• What were you like as a kid? (10:33)
• What is therapy, what can we expect from it, and what is trauma? (16:04)

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

• Therapy is a place to come home to yourself through exploration (18:24)
• The dark and the light within us can coexist (19:33)
• Intergenerational trauma and the events from our childhood that stick with us and leave a mark (23:04)
• We are all mirrors (28:12)
• Tips and tools to regulate the nervous system (35:57)
• How to realize we are clouded by anxiety (38:53)

Resources:

• Charlotte Haigh website
• Book: Mark Wolynn - It Didn't Start With You: How inherited family trauma shapes who we are and how to end the cycle

Connect with Charlotte:

• Instagram

Follow us on Instagram: @sophieiweill @ActiveIngredient 

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Join us for the first-ever Active Ingredient event in Miami on Sunday, January 22nd! Link to sign up is here.  

Today, for our first interview of 2023, I decided to bring back the incredible Miami-based yoga instructor Mimi Ghandour. 

On her first time on the show, we learned about Mimi's upbringing story and how she used yoga to turn the poison of an abusive marriage into her own medicine and channel it into the light she shares with everyone on a daily basis. Today, we delve into all things yoga. What is yoga, what can you expect from practicing it constantly, and how can you apply its principles to your life, or what Mimi calls "yoga off the mat."  

You can listen to Mimi's first appearance on Active Ingredient here.

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Some Questions I Ask:

• How did you start becoming so real and raw? (14:04)
• When someone walks into your studio, what can they expect from practicing yoga with you? (21:48)
• What do you feel you had to unlearn and relearn in a resourceful way for you? (37:34)

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

• What makes people who step into the mat different from anybody else (19:14)
• When new levels of wellness become your new baseline (27:31)
• You cannot force yourself to be happy all the time (39:12)
• If you don't learn from your mistakes, they'll keep showing up until you learn them (45:46)
• The power of surrounding yourself with the right people (53:42)

Connect with Sophie on Instagram

Connect with Mimi on Instagram

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The Active Ingredient podcast is a destination for all things growth hosted by Sophie Weill. Sophie is a deeply curious human on her own journey of coming home to herself. She is the host and creator of Active Ingredient, a seasoned brand builder, and founder of intentional tableware brand, Piano Piano. Sophie's mission with the podcast is to remind us all that we all have our own unique ingredient within us at our core beneath all the layers of conditioning and programming and that in order to live truly aligned and fulfilled lives, our job is to uncover and activate that ingredient. On this podcast you can expect a mix of interviews with people who have chosen to live in their Active Ingredient, experts that can speak to how to come home to yourself through different modalities and solo episodes where Sophie will be covering specific topics that are ringing true for her and the AI community.

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I can't believe this is the last Active Ingredient episode of the year!! Thank you so much for being here and for supporting the show - I am beyond excited for what is to come.

In today's solo I'm talking about the importance of letting go in order to let in, building our trust muscle and the energy I want to bring into the new year.

This episode is brought to you by Seed - my go to probiotic that I take every single day. If you want to try it out, use code ACTIVE for 15% off your first month's subscription of the DS-01™ Daily Synbiotic or go to

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In This Episode, You Will Learn:

• This podcast is a destination for growth (6:25)
• Everything is a mirror (8:40)
• Why we must learn to let go lovingly (11:06)
• Why it feels so hard to trust ourselves (13:48)
• What is your body telling you when you feel the urge to numb yourself (18:12)

Let's connect!

• Active Ingredient Instagram
• Sophie Weill Instagram
• Join the Active Ingredient Geneva Community

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This week's episode is with the one and only Jaclyn Johnson who is the definition of multi hyphenate. She is most widely known for being the founder of Create and Cultivate which is a media destination and conference focused on giving women all the tools necessary to excel in life and business. This is Jaclyn's second time coming on the podcast and if you are not familiar with her and her story, I highly recommend you go back and listen to that episode that was recorded in 2020 where she talks all about her background and how she built Create and Cultivate. Since having her on the show back then, Jaclyn sold Create & Cultivate, launched a Venture Fund that invests in female founded companies and just recently launched a single serve wine company called Maie. I literally do not know how she does it but she is someone I respect the hell out of from a brand and life building perspective, her execution and her commitment to her growth and evolution. 

• Listen to Jaclyn's first appearance on Active Ingredient

This episode is brought to you by Seed - my favorite favorite pre and probiotic company - I've been taking it for years (3+). Use code ACTIVE for 15% off your first month of Seed's DS-01™ Daily Synbiotic https://seed.com/daily-synbiotic?utm_source=active_ingredient&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=15p

Some Questions I Ask:

• What do you do to step into every new version of yourself? (10:24)
• How do you create stickiness within your new brand, Maie? (22:57)
• How has your identity shifted? (25:22)

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

• A bit about the new hats Jaclyn is wearing nowadays (5:11)
• How to create bullet-proof confidence (13:07)
• Jaclyn's technique to identify good ideas and execute them (24:03)
• How coaching has helped Jaclyn step into a new mentality (29:53)
• PR new landscape. How to be more strategic with partnerships (37:10)

Resources:

• Maie website
• New Money Ventures website
• Create & Cultivate website
• WorkParty Podcast
• 
  

Connect with Jaclyn:

• Instagram

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This we have Monique Meneses who is the founder of this amazing and recently launched bodycare brand that currently offers bodywashes and body serums and is truly disrupting the space called iota that is rooted in protecting and nourishing our skin microbiome. In case you’re wondering what the skin microbiome is - think of it like a collection of ecosystems that are the home to trillions of microorganisms essential for not only skin but our overall comprehensive health. 

Monique has spent her entire career working in the beauty space and has done everything from working in beauty editorial to helping grow brands like Peach & Lily and Gisou. In this episode we get into the health scare that started her skin microbiome journey, her whole reason for creating this product, the importance of protecting and nourishing your skin and why your overall skin should be considered just as you consider healthy food choices or clean face products. 

Iota is giving all Active Ingredient listeners 15% off your first order with code ACTIVE at checkout!

This episode is brought to you by Seed - my favorite favorite pre and probiotic company - I've been taking it for years (3+). Use code ACTIVE for 15% off your first month of Seed's DS-01™ Daily Synbiotic https://seed.com/daily-synbiotic?utm_source=active_ingredient&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=15p

Some Questions I Ask:

• How did you land in New York? How did you know you wanted to move here? (8:28)
• I'm curious about your take on beauty as it pertains to making changes in the world. And what you witnessed in these 10 years of being in beauty (13:03)
• What did you find in your research on what the average person puts on their body? (21:38)

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

• Monique's editorial career (10:13)
• About Monique's fertility journey (16:42)
• Why taking care of the skin microbiome is so important (20:47)
• The difference between pro, pre, and post-biotics (34:09)
• What every entrepreneur should bring to the table when joining an industry (39:38)

Resources:

• iota website

Connect with Monique:

• LinkedIn

Let's connect!

• Active Ingredient Instagram
• Sophie Weill Instagram
• Join the Active Ingredient Geneva Community

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