I am excited to welcome Alixe Van Ogtrop to The Art of Listening Podcast. Last year, I took part in her Open Heart retreat, which was a very special experience for me. Alixe is a psychotherapist, space holder, retreat facilitator, mother, and overall an inspiring woman.

We talk about the voice of the heart, true desire, somatic healing, the untamed woman, and what it means to live from an open heart.

Alixe shares her own journey through PTSD, spirituality, motherhood, and the shift from living mostly in the spiritual realms to coming back into the body, the earth, and everyday life.

We speak about:
— the different voices inside of us
— learning to hear the voice of the heart
— somatic practices & nervous system healing
— manifestation & external validation
— the spiritual ego
— pleasure, presence & embodiment
— boundaries & uncomfortable conversations
— the untamed woman
— open-hearted living & devotion
— the upcoming Open Heart retreat this June

A conversation about becoming more true to yourself and learning to listen to what your heart already knows.

The Open Heart retreat is a heartfelt recommendation of mine.

June 25–29th in Tuscany, Italy.

If you feel the pull, you can find all details here.

Connect with Alixe:
Instagram: @alixevanogtrop
Podcast: Untamed One

In this episode, I sit down with Mona Esser Pennock, modern mystic, intuitive, and founder of Be-Shen.

Mona shares her personal journey, what brought her into the work she does today, and the key initiations along the way, from growing up between cultures to moving through the fashion world and into her spiritual path.

We speak about embodied sovereignty, allowing people to be held by their own body, and what it really means to know yourself. Mona shares how the body is the portal of truth and why the only way is inward.

We talk about slowing down, softening, devotion over discipline, and trusting your own rhythm, even when it feels uncomfortable. This is a conversation about feeling instead of thinking and staying connected to your essence.

An invitation to stop rushing, to listen inward, and to come home to yourself.

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Mona’s new KNOW THYSELF course is open now 🌹

More of mehr beautiful work: Be-Shen

Instagram: Be-Shen & Minettenvogue

If you have any questions feel free to comment or message one of us.

Thank you for being here! 

In this episode , I’m speaking with Eddie Stern, Yoga teacher, author, and researcher based in New York.

We spoke a few years ago, and I’m very grateful to have him back for this conversation.

Eddie shares his path, from a more spiritual beginning into years of physical practice, and then coming back to something more simple and internal.

We speak about yoga beyond the physical, the nervous system, and how this shapes the way we think and feel. And how calmness is not something we force, but something that comes when we begin to pay attention.

We also touch on simplicity, staying open, and listening to the signals from your body instead of holding on to things that don’t feel true anymore.

Towards the end, Eddie shares simple breathing practices that you can bring into your everyday life.

May this conversation inspire you.

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I am excited to have Eddie in Europe.

Here is an overview of this upcoming workshops and trainings.

The Breathing App

Eddie's book is called "One Simple Thing: A New Look at the Science of Yoga and How It Can Transform Your Life"

Thank you for listening and being here!

In this episode of The Art of Listening, I sit down with Margot De Broglie, founder of Your Juno, a financial education app for women, to explore our relationship with money.

We speak about money as an amplifier, why so many of us feel shame or avoidance around it, and how we can begin rewriting our relationship with abundance. Margot shares her journey from building a successful startup and raising millions to rediscovering a more soul-centered and feminine approach to wealth.

In our conversation we explore the connection between money and pleasure, the body, and nourishment, why wealth doesn’t have to be separate from spirituality, and how women can reclaim their financial power. We also talk about financial seasons, investing, and simple ways to start building a healthier relationship with money.

This episode is an invitation to look at money differently not as something purely transactional, but as something that can be in service of what we care about and the life we want to create.

May this conversation serve you well.

With love,

Marina

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I highly recommend joining Margot's upcoming money school, a six weeks online journey starting on April 13th.

When you apply feel free to add "Marina" or "The Art of Listening Podcast" in the referral.

CONNECT WITH MARGOT

@margotdebroglie

Margot's substack

A short guided practice to reconnect with yourself.
We gently tap over the heart and repeat: “I love you,” allowing the body to receive safety and warmth.

Perfect for moments whenever you want to return to yourself.

Sending love to you! Thank you for being here.

x Marina

In this solo episode I share my personal relationship with astrology and how it slowly shifted from curiosity into a language I use to understand myself and life.

This episode is a reflection on patterns, timing and the way we move through different phases in life.

I speak about my first reading, studying astrology more deeply and how I use it today less as a prediction tool and more as a mirror. A way to recognise certain tendencies, soften self-judgement and sometimes make different choices.

In the episode you’ll receive
– a gentle introduction into how astrology can be approached
– personal examples from my own chart and life
– thoughts on cycles, transits and change
– reflections you can sit with

You don’t need any prior knowledge to listen. 🤍

If listening to this makes you curious to explore your own chart, you can find information about personal readings here.

Thank you for listening & being here!

Much love,

Marina

In this episode of  The Art of Listening, I sit down with Kundalini Yoga teacher and Dharma scholar Harmanjot.

We talk about Kundalini Yoga, Kundalini energy, and how working with energy can support self regulation, emotional balance, and presence. We touch on the aura, on how small and consistent practices can create real shifts, and on why listening to your own rhythm matters on the spiritual path.

A big part of our conversation is about self love and blessing ourselves, noticing the patterns we carry, and understanding mastery as something that unfolds over time.

We also speak about staying present with what is happening in the world, not turning away, but building the inner strength to hold both beauty and difficulty at the same time.

Toward the end, Harmanjot shares her view on the year of the Radiant Body and the Fire Horse, and how this fast moving energy asks for more grounding and a steady nervous system, so we can move with what is without burning out.

We close by returning to gratitude, to the preciousness of being alive, and to practice as a way of staying connected to ourselves while remaining engaged with the world.

This is the Kundalini self-love meditation that Harmanjot shared.

I hope this conversation inspires you on your path.

Thank you for being here, sending so much love!

Marina

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CONNECT WITH HARMANJOT

https://studiohar.com

Instagram: @harmanjotkaur

A gentle evening meditation to pause, land, and soften after the day. A moment to breathe, ground your energy, and reconnect with yourself.

If you feel the wish to go a little deeper and be held through the last stretch of winter, I would to invite to my Soft Winter cocoon, a space to slow down, listen, and tend to yourself.

Soft Winter space awaits you here,

Connect here <3

Thank you for being here.

Marina

In this episode of The Art of Listening, I am talking to Stine Legarth, the founder and creator of the Hola Luna Moon Journal, Ella Business Consultants, a mother, a Kundalini teacher and overall a big lover for life (and the moon :)).

Stine shares her beautiful story behind the creation of the Moon Journal from a childhood connection with the moon, through leaving corporate life, to a powerful intuitive download that that helped her remember where she comes from.

We speak about cyclical living, feminine leadership, intuition versus linear success, and what it truly means to build a business and a life that honors your natural rhythm.

This conversation is listen deeper and reconnect with yourself through the wisdom of the moon.

In this episode, we explore:

• How working with the moon can guide your daily life and decisions
• Feminine cycles and rhythm
• Intuition, downloads, and trusting inner knowing
• Balancing structure and flow in business
• Motherhood, accepting timing, working smarter
• Redefining success 
• Why nourishing yourself first is not selfish but essential

I loved Stine’s simple reminder: you came here to this life, go for it. If you’ve lost your spark, find it again. “Small things, big changes.”

The Hola Luna Moon Journal 2026 begins with the new moon cycle on 18 January. This year’s journal is centered around feminine archetypes, I personally can’t wait to dive in. 

CONNECT WITH STINE 

@holaluna_moonjournal

@ella_businessconsulting

In this episode of The Art of Listening, I sit with Sarah, a mentor for women, mother and poet for a heart-opening conversation on the feminine path, motherhood and sacred union.

Sarah shares how years in the international modelling world, body criticism and disconnection from herself became the doorway into embodiment, psychotherapy, plant medicine and a deeper remembrance of the feminine.

We speak about:

• Moving from a more “surface” feminine into a grounded, embodied one
• How disordered eating, body pain and disconnection from herself became a turning point
• The practices she keeps returning to: inner child work, breath, sound and movement
• What feminine receptivity really is 
• Letting life itself become the practice
• Motherhood as initiation, the tenderness, power and vulnerability it opens
• What sacred union means for her, devotion and conscious yes to walking a path together

It is always a gift to speak to Sarah. I loved what she said in our conversation: life is your path. 

If you feel called to work with Sarah her 9-month journey Temple of the Feminine Flame starts soon. 

CONNECT WITH SARAH 

https://www.sarahwarnaar.com

Instagram: @sarahwarnaar