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What does faith look like when your life feels like a matter of survival — and where can it take you?
In this episode of Contain Her Magic, Sonia sits down with Charity Owens — mother of six, entrepreneur, and former political candidate — for a grounded conversation about faith, grit, and self-trust.
Charity shares her journey through childhood trauma, homelessness, and moments that forced her inward — into silence, journaling, and the pivotal question: How can I add value to who I am right now?
What emerged wasn’t passive hope, but decisive action — making a plan, taking one step, and trusting she could build something better.
This episode is about strength born of adversity, faith expressed through action, and allowing something greater to move through you as you move forward.
👉Listen to the end for a guided practice to help you put your faith into action.
This episode includes discussion of childhood sexual abuse and homelessness. Please listen with care and take what feels supportive for you.
00:00 — Open: “It was a matter of life or death…”
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Part Two of Redefining Resilience is where this conversation comes together — where resilience is embodied as something that truly sustains us.
Sonia Baillon and resilience expert Karen Dean return to the question left open in Part One: how can women soften without losing their power?
As coaches and longtime friends, they explore resilience through the lens of choice, self-concept, and relationship — with ourselves and with others — reflecting on breath, movement, and nervous system regulation as foundations for lasting change.
Together, they examine how self-compassion and self-forgiveness can reshape identity, and how moving out of survival mode opens the door to sovereignty and inner authority.
This episode integrates mindset and embodiment, offering a new understanding of resilience as something cultivated from being rather than simply reacting.
A guided breathing practice at the end of this episode helps listeners reconnect with their bodies, their inner wisdom, and their capacity to choose differently.
If Part One helped you recognize yourself,
00:00 – Welcome & framing Part Two
If this episode spoke to you, here are a few ways to continue the journey:
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🌐 Website: Karen Dean - Resilience Expert, Inspiring Speaker, Bestselling Author
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In Part One of this two-part conversation, Sonia Baillon welcomes resilience expert, bestselling author and friend Karen Dean for an honest, deeply human exploration of what resilience really means for women who are strong, capable — and quietly exhausted.
Together, they reflect on early leadership experiences, feminism, entrepreneurship, and the lived hardships that shaped Karen’s identity, including single motherhood, abuse, and community leadership.
The conversation widens to examine burnout, boundaries, masculine and feminine energy, self-trust, and listening to gut wisdom. Karen speaks candidly about her desire to soften without losing her power, naming a tension many women feel but rarely articulate.
Part One ends with a powerful unanswered question: how can women reclaim their softness while still honoring their strength?
This episode sets the stage for Part Two, where resilience will be redefined in a way that truly sustains.
00:00 – Intro: redefining resilience and framing the two-part series
Continue the Journey | Links & Resources
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In this heartfelt solo episode, Sonia Baillon reflects on “falling into grace,” showing how gratitude in the midst of setbacks becomes a doorway to transformation.
After a literal fall down the stairs, she shares lessons from her body, mind, and heart, weaving in insights from past episodes on rest, stillness, and self-care.
Sonia also introduces tools for reclaiming your spark and reaching your goals this year — including her NEW Get Your Spark Back program and Contain Her Magic LIVE Experience!
The episode closes with a simple mind-body grounding practice and an invitation to remember that even when life knocks you down, gratitude is the way home to your magic.
0:00 – Opening: We all contain magic – the heart of this episode.
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Behind the myths, the fear, and the stories of witches lies a power older than time itself—ready to awaken in you.
In this winter solstice episode of Contain Her Magic, Sonia Baillon pulls back the veil on the true essence of witchcraft as an ancient path of self-trust, ritual, intuition, and embodied wisdom.
Recorded in the English countryside, Sonia is joined by Shelley Mayes, founder of the witch-owned spiritual shop Flange and Prong, for a grounded, illuminating conversation that dismantles myths and restores the deeper truth of the craft.
Together, they explore how the old ways—ritual, spellwork, nature connection, and inner listening—offer modern women a way to reclaim their energy, heal the witch wound, and live with intention without burning out.
0:00 – Welcome & Introduction: Sonia explores what it truly means to contain your magic and honor your energy.
Links & Resources:
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📖 Women Who Run With the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estés (deep dive into the witch archetype & Baba Yaga)
🔮 Flange & Prong (Shelley Mays’ witchcraft shop & school)
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What if the secret to joy isn’t doing more — but doing nothing at all?
In this episode of Contain Her Magic, Sonia travels to the Netherlands to uncover how one of the world’s happiest nations finds balance through niksen — the art of doing nothing.
Through candid street interviews and soulful reflections, she explores Dutch self-care rituals — from klagen (honest complaining) to body acceptance, nude spas, and mindful practices like shibari. Discover why freedom, simplicity, and community are at the heart of Dutch happiness — and how you can bring that same ease into your own life.
Stay until the end for a guided relaxation inspired by niksen and details on the 21-Day Starter Challenge 4 Embodied Joy, Sonia’s signature self-care journey to help you reconnect with your body, your breath, and your light.
✨ Listen now and remember: rest isn’t laziness — it’s liberation.
00:00 – Opening: Holding your magic — vitality, creativity & alchemy
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In this episode, we enter the season of the Crone — the archetype of wisdom, surrender, and renewal.
Sonia sits with 93-year-old Joan Matthews, yoga teacher, spiritual counselor, and founder of the Sutton Yoga Center, to explore what it means to age with grace, embody wisdom through experience, and serve from the heart.
Through laughter, candor, and humility, Joan shares stories from her extraordinary life — from meditating in India and teaching yoga in prisons, to channeling the spirit of “Black Bear,” the guide who led her to build the Sutton Yoga Center.
She emphasizes the importance of feeling over thinking, the power of collective energy, and the significance of simplicity and presence. Joan also reflects on her relationships, her spiritual journey, and her approach to life, highlighting the wisdom of the Crone in embracing change and letting go.
Together, Sonia and Joan uncover the deeper truth of the Crone:
00:00 – Opening Invocation:
01:45 – Entering the Season of the Crone:
03:10 – Symbols of the Crone:
05:00 – Introducing Joan Matthews:
07:15 – The Sutton Yoga Center as a Living Container:
09:00 – Joan’s Journey to India:
12:00 – From Shadow to Wisdom:
14:30 – Yoga as Healing and Self-Inquiry:
17:45 – Compassion in Action:
20:10 – “Don’t Believe Everything You Think”:
22:00 – Belief, Faith, and Simplicity:
25:15 – The Black Bear Vision:
29:30 – The Power of Relationship:
33:45 – Love, Loss, and Acceptance:
38:00 – Creativity, Legacy, and Light:
41:15 – Meditation as the Final Container:
44:00 – Becoming the Elder:
47:00 – Closing Reflection:
51:30 – Invitation:
53:00 – Closing Meditation:
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🎵Soundtrack for Contain Her Magic - Return To Me, by Scenic Kiss (Sonia Baillon & Mark Gibson)
In this first episode of Contain Her Magic, Sonia Baillon, mind-body transformational coach, invites you to rekindle your spark, embody your creative fire, and reclaim your light — without burning out. Through her own story of loss, rediscovery, and creative awakening, she explores what it truly means to contain your magic and create space for transformation.
0:00–1:50 — Opening reflection: “We all contain magic.” The meaning behind containment and why your magic is only as powerful as your ability to hold it.
1:50–6:00 — Sonia’s story: early love of creativity, the performing arts, and how losing her voice symbolized losing herself.
6:00–13:00 — Grief, resilience, and rediscovering her voice through yoga and teaching. The link between creativity, survival, and healing.
13:00–20:00 — How yoga and somatic practices reignited her spark and led to a new chapter of teaching, singing, and embodied expression.
20:00–28:00 — The philosophy of Contain Her Magic: cultivating awareness, creating a strong energetic container, and fixing the “leaks” that drain vitality.
28:00–36:00 — Beliefs, energy, and embodiment: how your thoughts shape your reality and why magic is love in motion.
36:00–44:00 — Mind–body practices for transformation: moving from survival to self-actualization and creating emotional, physical, and mental containers for energy.
44:00–53:00 — Coaching philosophy and sacred witnessing; the power of story, community, and lunar cycles. Closing with a crescent-moon manifestation practice and reminder to reclaim your light.
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Step into Contain Her Magic — a soulful space to rekindle your spark, embody your creative fire, and reclaim your light without burning out. Through stories and conversations that stir the soul, discover what it truly means to contain your magic.
Host: Sonia Baillon - Yoga educator, mind-body transformational coach, singer and embodied alchemist.
Soundtrack for Contain Her Magic - Return To Me, by Scenic Kiss (Sonia Baillon & Mark Gibson)
From the publisher's feed
Contain Her Magic is a podcast that inspires women to rekindle their spark and embody their creative fire without burning out.
Through the lens of the mind-body-soul connection, the podcast delves into somatic and energetic awareness, feminine wisdom and self-care as doorways for meaningful transformation and reconnection with your passions.
Through authentic conversations, soulful stories, and practical tools, each episode invites you to reclaim your light, honour your unique path and create a strong container for your vitality, self-expression, inner knowing and purpose.
Hosted by yoga educator, mind-body coach and creatrix Sonia Baillon, Contain Her Magic provides a supportive space where women can share their journeys, feel empowered, uplifted and remember their magic.