Episode 41 with Kayla MacDonald - How I Broke Free from Food Shame with Somatics and Storytelling This episode is bold, brilliant, and wildly honest.

Kayla MacDonald — Writer, Food Freedom Coach, and Dance Alchemist — shares how she left the health coaching industry and healed her relationship with food, body image, and self-worth through a fusion of somatics, creativity, and storytelling.

We talk about:

• Healing emotional and binge eating

• Reclaiming your body through movement

• Nervous-system healing through creativity

• Inner archetypes and re-parenting

• Liberating women from shame-based wellness

Kayla’s approach is unconventional, courageous, and deeply healing. Her story invites us to stop performing health and start inhabiting our lives.

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Episode 40: Guest Kelly Morgan, Wearing What Fits My Life, Not My Fear. This week, I’m joined by author and publisher Kelly Morgan, founder of Bright Headed Publishing, for a conversation about reclaiming your body, your voice, and your right to take up space.

Kelly shares the moment she realized she’d been trained to shrink — on the scale, in rooms, and in her own life — and what happened when she decided to stop performing “small” and start living aligned.

This is not a before-and-after story.

It’s a coming-home story.

We talk about:

• Body boundaries

• Releasing old rules about worth and size

• Measuring health from the inside out

• Choosing life over performance

• Standing unapologetically in your truth

Kelly offers practical wisdom and deep permission to stop shrinking and start inhabiting your life — fully and loudly.

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SheBreathes Soul Stories Podcast Episode 39: Motherhood, Business & Becoming with Calandra Martin of Magnetic Boss Studio.
In the newest episode of SheBreathes Soul Stories, I’m sitting down with my friend and collaborator, Calandra Martin — Intuitive Brand Designer and Founder of Magnetic Boss Studio. Calandra and I have worked closely together on my personal brand over the past year, and I can tell you… she is the real deal.
In this conversation, Calandra shares her journey of becoming a mother and a business owner at the same time, with no safety net — and how she learned to trust her voice, honor her capacity, and build a life and business that reflects her truth.
We talk about: • the pressure to “hold it all together” • women’s leadership rooted in real life, not perfection • how storytelling becomes a reclamation of power • trusting your evolution, even when it feels messy • choosing yourself again and again, especially when it’s hard
If you’ve ever found yourself in a season of becoming — this one will speak right to your heart.

SheBreathes Soul Stories – Episode #38
“Alive In Her: Reclaiming Your Voice After Narcissistic Abuse”
with Catalina Popoveniuc, Psychotherapist, Speaker, and Founder of the #AliveInHer Movement
In this deeply moving episode, host Jenn Gulbrand sits down with Catalina Popoveniuc, a psychotherapist, activist, and survivor who has transformed her own experience of narcissistic abuse into a global movement of healing and empowerment.
Catalina shares her courageous journey of breaking free, reclaiming her voice, and finding purpose on the other side of pain. As the founder of #AliveInHer, she now helps other survivors rediscover their strength and remember that life after abuse is not only possible — it can be powerful, joyful, and full of meaning.
✨ In this episode, you’ll hear:
    •    How Catalina found her voice after years of emotional abuse
    •    The inspiration behind the #AliveInHer movement
    •    What it means to transform survival into service
    •    Practical wisdom for anyone ready to take the first step toward healing
Catalina reminds us that courage isn’t the absence of fear — it’s the decision to rise, again and again, for ourselves and for others who need to see what’s possible.

SheBreathes Soul Stories Episode 37 – Choosing Joy After Loss with Julie Brennan
Listen into my conversation with Julie Brennan, Founder of We Do Care and Joy with Julie. Julie reveals her journey of resilience after losing her partner at age 34 while raising a toddler and expecting another child. She shares how she turned grief into purpose, launched a nonprofit from scratch, and now lives fully in joy.

SheBreathes Soul Stories Episode 36 – Follow the Call of Your Soul with Natalie Taylor
Meet my guest Priestess & Energetics Coach Natalie Taylor who shares how burnout and chasing someone else’s definition of success led her to the sacred feminine path. Discover how she rebuilt her life and business around ease, alignment, and truth — and why your story is your greatest connection point.

With over 27 years of leadership experience in male-dominated industries, Michele Reynolds knows what it means to face adversity, uncertainty, and transformation head-on. In this powerful episode of SheBreathes Soul Stories, Michele shares her courageous journey as a young entrepreneur navigating the world of electrical contracting, the immense challenges she faced as a woman in a male-dominated field, and the personal reckoning that followed when she made the difficult decision to close her company.
But Michele’s story doesn’t end there.
When her husband was diagnosed with cancer, Michele found herself at a life-altering crossroads—one that ultimately led her to write her transformative book, Pause Between the Years. Through grief, reflection, and radical self-honesty, she discovered the power of vulnerability and reclaimed her most authentic self.
This conversation is an invitation to anyone who’s been through uncertain times, suppressed their truth to survive, or is ready to awaken to their inner strength and deeper purpose.

🎙️ Episode 34: A Journey to Motherhood with Grace & Grit — Featuring Cynthia Conigliaro
In this heartfelt episode of SheBreathes Soul Stories, Jenn is joined by Cynthia Conigliaro, founder of Cynthia Wellness—a Wellness Coach, Resilience Trainer, and deeply compassionate presenter.
Cynthia opens up about her unique and powerful path to motherhood, sharing how she became a mom through the use of a gestational carrier (often referred to as a surrogate). With vulnerability and wisdom, she reflects on the emotional complexity, the surrender required, and the profound gratitude she feels for the journey that brought her son into the world.
This episode is an invitation to explore what it means to hold a vision for your life, even when the path looks different than expected. Cynthia’s story is one of unwavering hope, deep resilience, and the transformative power of trusting life’s unfolding.
✨ Tune in to hear how Cynthia’s personal experience shaped her calling to help others navigate change, uncertainty, and the tender terrain of becoming.

SheBreathes Soul Stories – Ep. 33 “Sugar, Strength, and Starting Over” with Katie Svoboda-Rini of Sweet.Skills Workshops.
This week’s episode is a beautiful blend of grit, grief, and growth.
I’m joined by Katie Svoboda Rini—Pastry Chef, Educator, Occasional Sugar Snob, and Perpetual Christmas Elf—who shares her powerful story of resilience and healing through creativity.
Raised in a turbulent environment, moving between Alaska and California she became a caretaker for her terminally ill mother at just 16. Grew up with deep body shame and limiting beliefs and a poor relationship with food that told her she wasn’t enough
And yet—she found her way back to joy, through sugar, self-compassion, and creative soul work.
Katie’s journey is one of reclaiming her voice, her body, and her power through baking. Now she helps others reconnect with their creativity and confidence in the kitchen.
You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, and you’ll be reminded that healing can be something to savor.

SheBreathes Soul Stories Episode 32:  Erica Anderson Rooney on Quitting Corporate & Going All in as ME
In this bold and inspiring episode, Jenn sits down with Erica Anderson Rooney—Founder of HER Collective, Executive Coach for Women in Leadership, Keynote Speaker, and Bestselling Author—who shares the pivotal moment she left behind the corporate climb and chose to go all in on herself.
Erica opens up about what it really took to walk away from the C-suite, the "sticky floors" that keep so many women stuck, and why she created HER—a movement designed to help ambitious women lead without limits and rewrite the rules of success on their own terms.
This is a conversation about liberation, leadership, and the power of listening to that inner voice that says: You were made for more.
If you've ever questioned your place in the corporate world or felt the pull to forge your own path—this episode is for you.
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