Harmony Slater and Russell Case sit down with Tonya Ridings, a trauma therapist and Kundalini yoga teacher, to explore the often-overlooked dynamics of high-control groups, cult-like communities, and spiritual bypassing. Tonya shares her deep knowledge of somatic psychotherapy, religious trauma, and the subtle ways manipulation can creep into even well-meaning spiritual spaces.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

✅ How trauma leads people into high-control environments

✅ The subtle manipulation tactics used in spiritual communities

✅ The fine line between dedication and coercion

✅ Red flags that indicate a group may be controlling or cult-adjacent

✅ How to reclaim personal autonomy after leaving a high-control environment

✅ The role of somatic healing in processing trauma

About Our Guest:

Tonya Ridings is a therapist specializing in trauma healing, particularly in the context of high-control religious and spiritual environments. With over 35 years of experience, she integrates somatic therapy, psychology, and yoga to help individuals reclaim their autonomy and inner wisdom.

Connect with Tonya:

🌍 Website: TonyaRidings.com

📸 Instagram: @TonyaRidings

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Today, Harmony sits down with Shimrit Nativ, a transformational coach, mentor, and founder of Master Your Path Academy. Shimrit’s journey is one of bold transformation—leaving behind a thriving career in music to step into her true calling of helping others unlock their full potential.

Together, they explore:

✨ The subconscious programming that holds us back and how to shift it

✨ Why meditation alone isn’t always enough for deep transformation

✨ The role of energetics in personal and professional success

✨ How to avoid burnout while still achieving your biggest goals

✨ The 18-step process for reprogramming your beliefs and identity

Shimrit shares insights from working with thought leaders like Joe Dispenza, Bob Proctor, and Bruce Lipton and how their teachings influenced her own coaching methodology.

She also offers a free meditation and workshop to help listeners integrate these practices into their own lives. Be sure to check the links below!

Shimrit Nativ is a Success & Freedom Mentor, CEO and founder of Master Your Path Academy.

📩 Free Meditation & Workshop: https://www.shimritnativ.com

📲 Connect with Shimrit on Instagram: @ShimritNativ

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In this illuminating episode, hosts Harmony Slater welcome acclaimed author, tarot reader, and creativity coach, Lisa Kessler. Lisa shares her unique journey of blending intuitive tarot readings with creative writing, revealing how tarot can be a transformative tool for overcoming writer’s block, building self-confidence, and manifesting personal goals.

Lisa dives deep into the practical and spiritual dimensions of tarot, emphasizing how intuitive practices can strengthen your creative process. She opens up about her personal struggles with self-doubt, how tarot became integral to her path as a successful novelist, and provides actionable insights for listeners interested in exploring tarot themselves.

Whether you’re a writer searching for fresh inspiration, a tarot enthusiast eager to deepen your intuitive skills, or simply someone looking for practical tools to navigate life’s challenges, this conversation will empower you to find clarity, creativity, and renewed purpose.

In this episode, you’ll discover:

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In this powerful episode of Finding Harmony Podcast, we welcome back Kate Winter, a registered psychodynamic counselor, yoga teacher, and former police detective, to explore the deep patterns that shape our behavior—and how we can break free from them.

Kate shares her personal journey of moving through extremes—from marathon running and bodybuilding to Ashtanga yoga and psychotherapy—and how each phase of her life revealed deeper lessons about control, identity, and healing.

Trigger Warning

This episode discusses topics that may be sensitive for some listeners, including eating disorders, body image struggles, exercise addiction, trauma, and fertility challenges. If these topics are triggering for you, please listen with care or seek support from a trusted professional.

Key Topics Discussed:

self-awareness

This episode is a must-listen if you’ve ever struggled with perfectionism, discipline, or the fear of slowing down. Kate’s story is a beautiful reminder that true transformation often begins with letting go.

Kate Winter is a Psychodynamic Psychotherapist based in Brighton in the UK. 

As a former Police Officer and senior leader in a Rape Crisis Centre, Kate has spent the past twenty years working on the frontline of trauma. Moving away from the idea that trauma is something to be 'healed', Kate works on the premise that trauma can be used as a vehicle for individual and collective transformation. 

With additional experience as an Ashtanga yoga practitioner and Personal Trainer, Kate uses traditional psychoanalysis, yoga philosophy and movement practices to help clients bring about lasting change.

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“You can’t build a new life while telling yourself the same old story.”

If you’ve ever felt stuck, undervalued, or afraid to take up space, this episode is for you.

Harmony sits down with Dr. Julie Artis, career coach, sociologist, and advocate for women’s leadership. They get real about why so many women struggle with self-worth, how old societal patterns still shape our financial lives, and—most importantly—how we can rewrite the story and step fully into our power.

What’s Inside This Episode?

“We’re not meant to just survive—we’re meant to thrive. And when women thrive, entire communities transform.” — Harmony Slater

QUOTES TO REMEMBER:

How to Connect & Work with Julie Artis

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What if the key to success wasn’t about grinding harder but about aligning with what truly lights you up?

In this Finding Harmony Podcast solo episode, host Harmony Slater gets raw and real about the unconventional path that led her to energy healing, business coaching, and creating a purpose-driven life. From early transcendental experiences as a child to navigating burnout, business pivots, and deep transformational work, Harmony shares the power of following your aliveness.

She unpacks how saying yes to the right things (and no to the misaligned ones) shaped her journey—from banking to philosophy, from yoga teacher to international retreat leader, and from overworking to energy flow mastery.

 In this episode, you’ll discover:

This is the episode for you if you’re feeling stuck, drained, or out of sync with your purpose. Tune in and let’s get you realigned with your aliveness.

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What if the yoga practice you love isn’t actually working for you?

For years, women have molded themselves to fit the rigid structure of Ashtanga yoga—waking up at the crack of dawn, practicing through exhaustion, sidelining their intuition to follow the “correct” method. But what if we could embrace a softer, more fluid, more feminine approach to the practice without losing its power?

That’s exactly what The Ashtanga Women’s Project is all about, and in this episode, Harmony sits down with its founder, Carmen Yagüe, to unpack what it means to show up fully as a woman in Ashtanga yoga.

They dive deep into:

🔹 How the Ashtanga system, designed by men, doesn’t always serve women’s unique bodies and rhythms

🔹 Why pushing through practice can sometimes disconnect us rather than bring us home to ourselves

🔹 The power of intuition, self-inquiry, and giving yourself permission to do yoga your way

🔹 How we can build more supportive, collaborative communities instead of falling into competition and hierarchy

🔹 The bold, beautiful act of reclaiming personal agency in a practice that often feels prescriptive

Carmen shares her own journey of stepping away from the traditional Ashtanga model, closing her yoga studio, and creating a new space where women can move, breathe, and practice in a way that actually feels good.

If you’ve ever felt trapped in the rules of your yoga practice—or life—this episode will remind you that you have the power to make your own.

Resources & Links

✨ Learn More About Carmen Yagüe & The Ashtanga Woman – https://ashtangawoman.com/

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Have you ever heard a language that bypasses the mind and speaks directly to the heart? In this episode, Harmony Slater explores the fascinating world of light language with Debra Clark, founder of Mystic Heart Space. If you’ve ever experienced the deep vibrations of sound healing, channeled energy, or spontaneous intuitive messages, you’re already closer to understanding this universal form of communication than you might think.

Debra, a Certified Master Light Language Healer, shares her personal awakening—how she transitioned from mediumship to channeling interdimensional beings and discovered the profound healing power of sound frequencies. Together, she and Harmony dive into:

✨ The origins and purpose of light language—what it is, how it’s channeled, and why it resonates so deeply.

✨ How vibration, frequency, and energy affect healing, self-discovery, and spiritual activation.

✨ The role of starseeds, lightworkers, and cosmic consciousness in our collective evolution.

✨ Practical ways to transmute energy, clear emotional blocks, and reconnect with your higher self.

As Debra puts it, “The way out is in.” Whether you’re new to these ideas or already exploring multidimensional consciousness, this conversation offers a powerful invitation to listen, feel, and maybe even activate your own soul’s language.

🌟 Ready to explore? Listen now and let us know—did something awaken in you?

🔗 Connect with Debra Clark for light language activations and readings.

https://debraclark.podia.com/ 

https://www.mysticheartspace.com/ 

https://www.tiktok.com/@mysticheartspace

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The way we think about health is changing. It’s no longer a question of either science or intuition, either Western medicine or Eastern tradition. It’s about the way they inform and expand each other.

That’s exactly what today’s guest, Morgan Lee, has spent his career exploring. He started in the high-pressure world of emergency medicine—first as an EMT, then as a registered nurse—and over time, his focus shifted. He became an authorized Level 2 Ashtanga Yoga teacher, a Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) practitioner, and an acupuncturist—an evolution that followed his own personal healing journey.

In this conversation, we get into:

Morgan’s approach is refreshingly practical. He isn’t interested in mysticism for mysticism’s sake—he’s focused on what works, what’s real, and what can actually make a difference in how you feel.

Whether you’re here for the science or the subtlety, there’s something in this episode for you.

Connect with Morgan:

Find him on Instagram at @ashtanganurse or visit his website for consultations and upcoming workshops.

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In this profound and deeply personal episode of the Finding Harmony Podcast, Harmony and Russell are joined once again by Hector Marcel, president of the Three Jewels Tibetan Center in New York City, meditation teacher, and Buddhist practitioner. Together, they explore the transformative power of self-reflection, the inevitability of life’s challenges, and how death meditation can help us embrace life and loss with clarity and compassion.

Hector shares wisdom from his decades of Buddhist practice, offering a fresh perspective on grief, pre-grieving, and the spiritual tools that allow us to navigate the chaos of modern life with grace. From the files of our mind to the crabs-in-a-bucket metaphor, this conversation will encourage you to shift your perspective and plant the seeds of peace and resilience.

Topics discussed in this episode include:

Special Invitation:

Join Harmony and Russell in Gothenburg, Sweden, this March for a transformative 10-day yoga journey, blending traditional asana, meditation, and deep esoteric exploration. Spaces are limited, so visit harmonyslater.com or connect with Harmony on Instagram @harmonyslaterofficial to reserve your spot.

Connect wi Hector Marcel:

On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wakeupist/

Three Jewels: https://www.threejewels.org/

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