In this episode of Sound of Breaking Glass, host Hristina Vaceva speaks with Mayra Hurtado – co-founder of Prelude Health – about the connection between our hormonal health, our identity, and the transitions that shape our lives.

After spending nearly two decades in the world of commercial strategy and marketing, Mayra’s personal health struggles became the catalyst for something much deeper: a journey into hormonal wellbeing and women’s health that changed the course of her life and career.

Together, we talk about the power of pausing, the hidden cost of pushing through, and what it really means to take your health into your own hands. Mayra brings warmth, wisdom, and genuine care to this conversation -and in a rare twist, turns the microphone around!

Key Topics:

• Hormonal Health 101: What every woman deserves to know - but probably wasn’t taught.
• Listening to Your Body: How to spot the early signs of perimenopause - and why we need to talk about this.
• Career Change from the Inside Out: How looking for answers can spark a powerful professional change.
• FemTech from Lived Experience: The story of Prelude Health and how to build a business that serves real needs
• Returning to Yourself: How purpose and identity evolve when we stop overriding the signs.

This is more than a conversation about careers or wellness - it’s about reclaiming agency over our health and choices. A fitting end to a season rooted in inner change, embodied wisdom, and the courage to do things differently.

🎙️ Learn more about Hormony:

https://findhormony.com/

or follow Mayra on LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mghurtado/

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In this episode of Sound of Breaking Glass, host Hristina Vaceva speaks with Dr. Leah Murray - a former emergency physician turned integrative health practitioner - about what it means to stop overriding your body’s signals and begin a deeper journey back to balance.

After facing a personal health crisis and burnout on the frontlines of traditional medicine, Leah began to question the systems she was taught to believe in. Her own healing journey became the foundation for a new way of working — one that blends scientific knowledge with deep inner awareness.

Together, we explore how burnout can become a powerful invitation to change, why slowing down is sometimes the most radical act of leadership, and how listening to the body can lead us back to the life that truly fits.

Key Topics:

• Listening to the Body’s Wisdom: How illness and fatigue can guide career and life decisions.
• Redefining Success: Letting go of the titles and expectations that no longer serve.
• Healing as Leadership: What it means to hold space for others after doing the work yourself.
• Integrative Medicine: How Leah blends clinical training with a deep commitment to integrative, trauma-informed care.
• Finding Purpose in Life and at Work: A raw, hopeful look at what’s possible when we honour our own wellbeing first.

This conversation is for anyone standing at a career crossroad, wondering if there’s another way. Leah’s story is a beautiful reminder that the end one path can be the fresh new beginning you needed - just what the doctor ordered!

🔗 Learn more about Leah’s work:

https://drleahmurray.co.za/

https://backtobalancehealth.co.uk/

Instagram: @drleahmurray

🔗 Join Hristina's community:

Instagram: @lifewelllived.by.hv

LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/company/sound-of-breaking-glass

Welcome to One Bite — a short monthly voice note to help you slow down, reflect, and realign before your next big jump.

Can doing work you love ever get too much?

This month’s check-in is a gentle reflection on that exact lesson.

I went for a break, thinking I’d rest and finish my Substack, record content, edit posts… but my body had other plans.

Back pain. Fatigue. Resistance to even the things I love the most.

So I paused. And what came through surprised me: Even the work we adore can sometimes keep us stuck in a cycle of output.

True rest isn’t just time off — it’s time in. A moment to remember who we are underneath the doing.

And sometimes, stepping back doesn’t mean you’re off-track. It means you’re finally in rhythm with yourself.

This episode is for anyone who’s been feeling tired for no reason, questioning their pace, or needing permission to unplug — even from what brings them joy.

And it pairs beautifully with my last month's conversation with Katie Mantwa George on career transitions and how to feel in your body if you're ready.

Tune in to this 5-min voice note for a soft reset. And let me know…

Have you been doing too much of what you love lately?

You can find me on IG @lifewelllived.by.hv for more daily musings and insights!

In this episode of Sound of Breaking Glass, host Hristina Vaceva sits down with meditation guide, empathy teacher, and author Katie Mantwa George to explore the beauty of starting before you feel ready.

Katie’s journey hasn’t always been linear — but it’s one marked by grace, resilience, and a quiet trust in life’s nudges. Whether in the boardroom or a meditation circle, Katie has made it her mission to bring softness into high-pressure spaces and to help others reconnect with what’s true.

Together, we explore how personal breakdowns can spark professional breakthroughs, why clarity often comes after the leap — not before — and how we can honour the mystery of becoming while staying grounded in daily life.

Key themes include:

• How the Universe guides us — even when we resist
• Reclaiming calm in a culture obsessed with speed
• Making space for poetry, stillness, and feminine wisdom at work
• The power of presence in both healing and leadership
• Starting from where you are — even if you’re scared

If you’ve been looking for a sign to slow down, drop in, and trust your timing — this is it.

🔗 Where to find Katie:

Check out her website: https://www.beinghumanwell.com or subscribe to her newsletter: https://www.beinghumanwell.com/newsletter-wellnessguide

Instagram: @beinghumanwell

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katie-mantwa-george/

🔗 Connect with Hristina:

Instagram: @lifewelllived.by.hv

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In this soulful episode of Sound of Breaking Glass, host Hristina Vaceva sits down with Jane Marle — modern-day healer, founder of House of Jiriki, and host of the Heart.listic podcast — to explore the power of energy work, sacred rituals, and listening to the wisdom of the body.

Jane shares her journey from burnout in the fashion industry to finding alignment as a Reiki master, sound healer, and intuitive guide. Together, we unravel the deeper meaning of “ease,” what it truly feels like to live in flow, and how to build a life and business rooted in resonance — not resistance.

Key themes include:

• What burnout is really trying to tell you
• The difference between forced action and aligned momentum
• How to reconnect with your body’s intuitive guidance
• Building a soul-led business (and life) without losing yourself
• The magic of surrender, silence, and spiritual creativity

Whether you’re navigating a transition, craving inner clarity, or simply curious about the unseen layers of yourself — this episode is a gentle invitation to return to your own rhythm.

Explore more of Jane’s work:

🌐 Website: www.houseofjiriki.com

📸 Instagram: @houseofjiriki

👉 Download Jane's “7 Steps to Connect to Your Akashic Records and Manifest Your Desires” guide here:

https://houseofjiriki.com/product/7-simple-steps-to-connect-to-your-akashic-records-manifest-your-desires

Follow Sound of Breaking Glass for more conversations at the intersection of energy, creativity, and personal transformation.

✨ Instagram: @lifewelllived.by.hv

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Welcome to One Bite — a short monthly voice note to help you slow down, reflect, and realign before your next big jump.

When was the last time you did something just because?

In this short and soulful solo episode, I take you with me on a spontaneous journey to Barcelona — but not the kind you might expect. This trip turned into an unexpected invitation to reconnect with my inner child, break my own rules, and say yes to play, presence, and the joy of not planning everything in advance.

I reflect on what it means to soften the edges of our overly structured lives, why we often resist joy, and how one walk-in wine bar reminded me of a powerful truth: we don’t always need a reason. We just need to be willing to listen.

This episode is a gentle nudge back to spontaneity, nervous system repair, and the wild, wise part of you that’s always been there — waiting for permission to come out and play.

✨ It pairs beautifully with my last conversation with Dr. Malvina Bartmanski on healing, nature, and finding your way back home to your body.

If you’ve been craving permission to rest, rebel, or roll in the mud — this one’s for you

What if your body’s symptoms weren’t something to fight — but an invitation to pause?

In this episode of Sound of Breaking Glass, host Hristina Vaceva sits down with Dr. Malvina Bartmanski — a clinical psychologist, author, and safari guide — to explore the deep connection between autoimmune conditions, emotional trauma, and the healing wisdom of nature.

Malvina shares her own experience of living with an autoimmune condition and how it led her to radically shift how she worked, lived, and cared for herself. Together, we explore what it means to unravel identity, surrender to stillness, and find clarity not through force, but through softness.

🌿 Key themes include:

• Autoimmunity as a message, not a malfunction
• How trauma shows up in the body (and what to do about it)
• Regulating the nervous system through nature and ritual
• Resting as resistance in a world obsessed with doing
• Finding your true self when all the roles fall away

Whether you’re navigating chronic illness, burnout, or a period of transition — this episode is gentle, expansive, and full of quiet truths that will stay with you long after it ends.

🎧 Don’t miss the follow-up One Bite mini episode, where Hristina shares how she uses “reading weeks” to reset, receive, and birth new ideas from a place of flow.

Find out more about Malvina's bespoke wellness safaris: https://www.lalapalmsafari.com/

Or grab a copy of her "Autoimmune Survival Guide" on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Autoimmune-Survival-Guide-autoimmune-trauma-driven/dp/177995011X

✨Follow my wellness journey on Instagram @lifewelllived.by.hv

And join our community on LinkedIn to be the first to hear of updates: https://uk.linkedin.com/company/sound-of-breaking-glass

Welcome to One Bite — a short monthly voice note to help you slow down, reflect, and realign before your next big jump.

What happened after?

In this follow-up mini-episode, host Hristina Vaceva reconnects with certified nutritionist and founder of Feel Human, Dorota Cloke, 9 months after recording their first conversation.

But this time, the focus is what’s happened since: the business breakthroughs, personal growth, unexpected challenges—and what it actually looks like to build something aligned, sustainable, and real.

From launching a new corporate wellbeing programme, to scaling her snack brand Brain Bombs, to grounding her work in trauma healing and energy alignment—Dorota shares what expansion looks like when it’s guided from within, not dictated by external noise.

This bite-size episode is part of a new format for Sound of Breaking Glass, where we revisit guests to go beyond their stories and into the process—the messy, beautiful middle—and what it takes to build a purpose-driven business that doesn’t burn you out.

We're launching Season 3 of Sound of Breaking Glass with a guest who embodies what this podcast is all about: purpose, transformation, and the courage to build something real.

Dorota Cloke is a certified nutritionist, fasting guide, and founder of Feel Human. In this episode, she shares her powerful journey from corporate life to running a business rooted in healing — and how personal loss, deep listening, and a few bold decisions changed everything.

We explore the complex world of women’s hormone health, the emotional layers behind fasting, and what it really takes to grow a purpose-driven business that still honours your energy and intuition.

In this episode:

• Why so many women feel “off” — and how to reconnect with your body
• The most common mistakes women make with fasting
• Navigating grief and big identity shifts as an entrepreneur
• How to trust your timing and stop rushing your growth
• What it actually means to build a business from a place of authenticity and joy

Hit play, breathe deep, and feel human again.

Find more of Dorota's biohacking tips: https://feel-human.com/ and the ultimate 3pm snack: https://www.brain-bombs.com/

Join the community on IG: @lifewelllived.by.hv

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In this episode of Sound of Breaking Glass, host Hristina Vaceva speaks with Uche Enemchukwu, a former corporate lawyer who has shifted her expertise into founding an innovative employee benefits consultancy. Uche shares her inspiring transition from corporate law to leading her own firm, emphasizing the importance of creating tailored benefits solutions that truly meet the diverse needs of all employees. This conversation is not just about professional transitions though - Uche’s story is a profound reminder that no obstacle is too great when we are driven by a clear vision of whom we serve and the difference we are here to make.

Key Takeaways:

Culturally Sensitive Benefits Planning: Uche illustrates how traditional employee benefits often overlook the varied needs of a diverse workforce, proposing more inclusive planning techniques.

Empowerment Through Employee Benefits: Uche advocates for benefits that empower employees, emphasizing how tailored solutions can enhance both their personal and professional lives.

Challenges in Entrepreneurship: Reflecting on her journey as a female entrepreneur, Uche discusses the hurdles of raising capital and navigating a niche market.

Personal Development and Leadership: Uche shares how personal setbacks and professional challenges have refined her approach to leadership and building a community of likeminded leaders.

Tune in to learn how Uche Enemchukwu is revolutionizing access to employee benefits and how they can be a powerful tool for equity and empowerment.

Find out more about Nelu Solutions: https://www.nelusolutions.com/

Join our community on IG: @lifewelllived.by.hv

Follow the show on LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/company/sound-of-breaking-glass