In this special solo episode, Tonya pulls back the curtain on the five-year journey to creating and launching Fungki, Rainbo’s new functional mushroom beverage line. She shares the inspiration behind both Fungki Coffee and Fungki (the caffeine-free version), the challenges and lessons learned in bringing a product to life without compromising on quality, and why mushrooms and ritual are at the heart of everything she creates. From navigating manufacturing mishaps to honouring divine timing, this is a behind-the-scenes look at building a product with integrity—and why it was worth every delay. Let this be a reminder that good things take time!

In this episode, you’ll hear:

• How Tonya’s tumultuous relationship with coffee led to the creation of Fungki.
• The difference between Fungki and Fungki Coffee (and why both are high-dose functional mushroom blends).
• Shocking behind-the-scenes manufacturing challenges and how integrity guided every decision.
• Why mushrooms are coffee’s “BFF” for supporting focus, energy, and nervous system health.
• The role of ritual in reducing stress and creating intentional daily practices.
• The biggest lessons Tonya learned from this five-year product journey.
• How to use Fungki to reduce caffeine intake—or quit coffee entirely.

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In this episode, Tonya is joined by clinical herbalist and holistic health educator Rachelle Robinett for a deep dive into herbal medicine, nervous system healing, and the real meaning of wellness. Together, they explore how plants can support our physiology and emotions, what it means to become truly resourced from within, and how we can shift our relationship with stress, regulation, and even capitalism. Rachelle shares her personal journey of rebuilding her system after burnout, her unique lens on herbalism as both art and science, and how self-awareness is the truest root medicine of all.

Topics Covered:

• Rachelle’s transition from burnout to body-based healing
• Herbs and adaptogens for nervous system support
• Reframing “healing” through self-regulation and resourcing
• The body as nature: plants, physiology, and emotional awareness
• When wellness becomes performance and how to return to truth
• Why healing is less about fixing and more about remembering

Guest Info:

• Instagram: instagram.com/rachellerobinett/
• Substack: rachellerobinett.substack.com/
• Website: rachellerobinett.com
• Rachelle’s favourite Kava products here: https://amzn.to/4mdDelA and https://amzn.to/4l3Pqo1
• Rachelle’s book, Naturally: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/753977/naturally-by-rachelle-robinett-rh-ahg/

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• Rainbo.com
• @rainbomushrooms

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1. Go to Spotify and search “The Rainbo Podcast”
2. Follow the Show and Rate the Show on Spotify, and take a screenshot
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5. Scroll down past a few episodes until you get to the “Write a Review” section
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In this solo episode, Tonya invites us to explore one of the most normalized psychoactive substances on the planet: caffeine. From the coffee shop boom of the 1600s to her own decade-long dependency, she traces the cultural, physiological, and emotional imprint of caffeine on our nervous systems, creativity, and energy. With insights from researchers like Terence McKenna and Michael Pollan, Tonya unpacks the history, science, and spiritual implications of our beloved morning ritual and offers questions to help you tune in more deeply to your own energy, intention, and rhythm. This is not an episode about quitting caffeine, but rather about waking up to how we use it.

Topics Covered:

• The history and cultural power of caffeine, coffeehouses, and rebellion
• Why caffeine is considered a psychoactive drug and how it affects the body
• How caffeine impacts sleep, stress, creativity, and emotional regulation
• Tonya’s personal story of dependency, anxiety, and healing through awareness
• How a plant medicine ceremony changed her relationship with coffee
• An invitation to explore your true energy without external stimulation

Resources:

Links: Michael Pollen article: https://www.theguardian.com/food/2021/jul/06/caffeine-coffee-tea-invisible-addiction-is-it-time-to-give-up

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• @rainbomushrooms

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1. Go to Spotify and search “The Rainbo Podcast”
2. Follow the Show and Rate the Show on Spotify, and take a screenshot
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4. Search “The Rainbo Podcast”
5. Scroll down past a few episodes until you get to the “Write a Review” section
6. Write your review and screenshot before you hit Submit, as Apple’s system can take a while to publish
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In this solo teaching, Tonya shares a powerful and poetic exploration of the nervous system—not just as physiology, but as the sacred bridge between spirit and biology. Drawing from ancient traditions and modern science, she traces the nervous system’s origin at conception, its energetic mapping through the chakras, and its role in breath, intuition, and life force. This episode weaves together embryology, mysticism, and somatic intelligence to offer a new way of seeing your body—as an antenna of light, a temple of consciousness, and a technology for vitality, magnetism, and healing.

Topics Covered:

• The nervous system as a spiritual interface between matter and consciousness
• Polyvagal theory and the three states of survival: safe, fight/flight, and freeze
• Embryology and the zinc spark of light at the moment of conception
• Chakras as psychosomatic portals linked to nerve plexuses and glands
• Ancient practices to regulate, energize, and awaken the nervous system
• Kundalini, breathwork, and the microcosmic orbit as tools for energetic sovereignty

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Instructions to Win a Bundle of Rainbo Products - Leave us Ratings and Reviews:

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1. Go to Spotify and search “The Rainbo Podcast”
2. Follow the Show and Rate the Show on Spotify, and take a screenshot
3. Go to Apple Podcasts
4. Search “The Rainbo Podcast”
5. Scroll down past a few episodes until you get to the “Write a Review” section
6. Write your review and screenshot before you hit Submit, as Apple’s system can take a while to publish
7. Send the Spotify screenshot and Apple review screenshot to [email protected]
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In this deeply moving episode, Tonya reconnects with returning guest and somatic guide MJ Renshaw for a heart-expanding conversation on emotions, grief, creativity, and the sacred art of crying. MJ shares the inspiration behind her new book, How to Cry, offering personal stories and research-backed insight into how emotional release opens the door to healing, intimacy, and freedom. Together, they explore how trauma lives in the body, the role of generational patterns, and why allowing ourselves to feel the full spectrum of emotions—rage, guilt, jealousy, grief—can transform our lives from the inside out.

Topics Covered:

• MJ’s journey writing How to Cry and redefining emotional expression
• The physiology and potency of different types of tears
• Crying as a sacred, somatic, and even spiritual practice
• How trauma is stored in the body across generations
• Why emotional suppression impacts physical health and relationships
• Parenting with emotional intelligence and reparenting your inner world

Guest Info:

• Instagram: @beingmethodbreathwork
• Join the waitlist for MJ’s upcoming book, How to Cry: beingmethod.myflodesk.com/howtocry

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Instructions to Win a Bundle of Rainbo Products - Leave us Ratings and Reviews:

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1. Go to Spotify and search “The Rainbo Podcast”
2. Follow the Show and Rate the Show on Spotify, and take a screenshot
3. Go to Apple Podcasts
4. Search “The Rainbo Podcast”
5. Scroll down past a few episodes until you get to the “Write a Review” section
6. Write your review and screenshot before you hit Submit, as Apple’s system can take a while to publish
7. Send the Spotify screenshot and Apple review screenshot to [email protected]
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10. We’ll contact you if you win so you can select your bundle of choice
11. Check out all our bundles at https://rainbo.com/pages/bundles. Thanks and good luck!

In this heart-opening episode, Tonya is joined by Jesse Israel, founder of The Big Quiet and leadership coach, for a deep dive into emotional mastery, somatic healing, and redefining success from the inside out. Jesse shares his journey from music industry burnout to guiding mass meditations with Oprah—and the powerful lessons he’s learned about navigating endings, identity shifts, and trusting what’s unfolding. Together, they explore the new wave of wellness that goes beyond mindfulness, the somatic practices that release stuck emotions, and why vulnerability and authenticity are the new markers of true leadership. This is an invitation to soften, unlearn, and expand into the next version of you.

Topics Covered:

• Jesse’s journey from MGMT’s record label to mass meditations & Oprah tours
• How somatic healing and emotional release deepened his leadership
• The shift from "Wellness 1.0" (mindfulness) to "Wellness 2.0" (deep emotional work)
• The identity grief that comes with ending a successful chapter
• Practices for managing anger, anxiety, and triggers in real-time
• Tech boundaries and phone habits that protect creativity & presence
• Why vulnerability (from the scar, not the wound) builds authentic connection

Guest Info:

• Instagram: instagram.com/jesseisrael
• LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/jesseisrael/
• Website: jesseisrael.com

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Resources:

• The Big Quiet
• Opal App

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1. Go to Spotify and search “The Rainbo Podcast”
2. Follow the Show and Rate the Show on Spotify, and take a screenshot
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4. Search “The Rainbo Podcast”
5. Scroll down past a few episodes until you get to the “Write a Review” section
6. Write your review and screenshot before you hit Submit, as Apple’s system can take a while to publish
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In this poetic and expansive episode, Tonya sits down with writer, meme philosopher, and creative guide James McCrae to explore the relationship between creativity, healing, and the unseen forces that shape our lives. From his early days as a teenage poet in Minnesota to going viral through memes that blend mysticism and modernity, James shares the winding path that led him from advertising boardrooms to open mic nights in Austin. Together, they talk about why so many people feel disconnected from their creative energy, how to reclaim it as a spiritual practice, and how ideas often find us when we’re finally willing to surrender. This conversation is a love letter to the inner artist and a reminder that your creativity is not only welcome - it’s medicine.

Topics Covered:

• The origins of James’s creativity and how poetry shaped his inner world
• Leaving the fast-paced world of advertising to reconnect with artistic purpose
• The power of memes as modern-day myth and healing modality
• How creativity, like emotion, needs to move through the body first
• Ways to overcome fear of being seen and redefine authenticity
• Why everyone is creative—and how we’ve been conditioned to forget
• The role of mysticism, spirituality, and mushrooms in James’s creative process

Guest Info:

• Instagram: @wordsarevibrations
• Website: jamesmccrae.com
• Books:
  • Sh#t Your Ego Says
  • How to Laugh in Ironic Amusement During Your Existential Crisis
  • The Art of You

Resources:

‘Howl’ by Allen Ginsberg https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/49303/howl

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1. Go to Spotify and search “The Rainbo Podcast”
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5. Scroll down past a few episodes until you get to the “Write a Review” section
6. Write your review and screenshot before you hit Submit, as Apple’s system can take a while to publish
7. Send the Spotify screenshot and Apple review screenshot to [email protected]
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Tonya recounts a night in Japan that transformed from a peaceful evening into an unforgettable—and initiatory experience. In this solo episode, she shares a “haunting” and transformative experience at the base of Mount Fuji that took her from fear to remembrance. What seems like a ghost story unravelled into a deep energetic initiation - one that reminded her of the power of sensitivity, the intelligence of the land, and the reality of unseen forces. Through her personal story, Tonya reflects on how sensitivity can be a gift rather than a flaw and why fear is often the very thing that fuels darkness.

Weaving together spirituality, science, consciousness studies, and animist worldviews, Tonya explores what it means to be a highly sensitive person in a world that doesn't always understand subtle perception. She offers frameworks to make sense of psychic experiences, shares lessons on how to protect your energy, and reminds us that we are never truly alone in the mystery. This episode is an invitation to trust your knowing, honor the wisdom of the land, and reconnect with the light that lives within us all.

Topics Covered:

• Tonya’s spiritual and energetic encounter in a haunted Japanese forest
• Learning to trust your sensitivity as a superpower, not a flaw
• How fear feeds darkness—and how light can reclaim our power
• Neurodivergence and heightened perception: why “too much” might actually be a gift
• The reality of psychic phenomena (or “psi”) - from clairvoyance to mediumship
• Animist worldviews and the sacred intelligence of land
• Honoring ritual, intention, and prayer as energetic technologies

Resources Mentioned:

• Rupert Sheldrake – British biologist and author known for his theory of morphic resonance
• Dean Radin – Parapsychologist and author exploring psychic phenomena and consciousness
• Frontiers in Psychology (2023 Study) – Research mentioned exploring neurodivergence and heightened perception
  • https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2018-24699-001

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• Learn about the Ethereal Reset R

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1. Go to Spotify and search “The Rainbo Podcast”
2. Follow the Show and Rate the Show on Spotify, and take a screenshot
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4. Search “The Rainbo Podcast”
5. Scroll down past a few episodes until you get to the “Write a Review” section
6. Write your review and screenshot before you hit Submit, as Apple’s system can take a while to publish
7. Send the Spotify screenshot and Apple review screenshot to [email protected]
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9. We’ll pull a winner at the end of the month once we verify that your ratings/review went through to win a bundle of tinctures!
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11. Check out all our bundles at https://rainbo.com/pages/bundles. Thanks and good luck!

What happens when love and business collide in a conscious, intentional way? In this special and intimate episode, Tonya sits down with her partner Simon Chantry—her husband who is an entrepreneur, musician, and engineer—to talk about their seven year journey as romantic partners and now also working side by side in the world of wellness entrepreneurship.

This episode dives into what it really looks like to build a business together while preserving the sacredness of a relationship. Tonya and Simon reflect on the challenges and gifts of sharing both boardrooms and bathtubs, blending spreadsheets with soul work, and maintaining emotional polarity and intimacy along the way.

From early meditations to bathtub therapy, from Simon’s digital currency background to the soulful vision of Rainbo, they open up about navigating boundaries, honoring each other's strengths, and fostering a culture of wholeness—both in their company and in their love. This episode is packed with golden insights on masculine and feminine energy, conscious relating, self-work, and co-creating a life of purpose.

Topics Covered:

• Tonya and Simon’s morning practices and meditations together
• Simon’s journey from engineer and crypto entrepreneur to conscious business builder
• Why they were cautious before working together and how they made it work
• Navigating polarity and intimacy in romantic and business partnerships
• Masculine and feminine energetics in work and love
• Conscious relationship tools: bathtub therapy, eye gazing, community support
• The importance of self-awareness and emotional regulation
• The sacred space between individuality and shared purpose
• Advice for couples considering building something together

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• Follow Tonya on IG: @tonyapapanikolove
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• Learn about the Ethereal Reset Retreat in Greece
• Rainbo IG: @rainbomushrooms
• rainbo.com

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1. Go to Spotify and search “The Rainbo Podcast”
2. Follow the Show and Rate the Show on Spotify, and take a screenshot
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4. Search “The Rainbo Podcast”
5. Scroll down past a few episodes until you get to the “Write a Review” section
6. Write your review and screenshot before you hit Submit, as Apple’s system can take a while to publish
7. Send the Spotify screenshot and Apple review screenshot to [email protected]
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9. We’ll pull a winner at the end of the month once we verify that your ratings/review went through to win a bundle of tinctures!
10. We’ll contact you if you win so you can select your bundle of choice
11. Check out all our bundles at https://rainbo.com/pages/bundles. Thanks and good luck!

What if the biggest transformation of your life comes from simply allowing yourself to be seen? In this episode, Lisa May Francisco takes us on a journey of deep self-inquiry, healing, and stepping into her most authentic self. From navigating the pressures of cultural expectations to embracing spirituality and feminine embodiment, Lisa shares how she found emotional freedom and reclaimed her self-worth.

If you’ve ever struggled with self-doubt, fear of being seen, or feeling disconnected from your true self, this conversation is a beautiful reminder that the path to freedom starts with embracing every part of your journey.

Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite podcast platform.

Topics Covered:

• Lisa’s journey from corporate to spiritual entrepreneurship
• The fear of being seen and how it keeps us playing small
• Understanding and breaking subconscious patterns of self-sabotage
• EFT tapping as a tool for emotional freedom and self-worth
• The interplay between masculine and feminine energy in healing
• Reclaiming the mother archetype and working with goddess energy
• The power of Kundalini yoga and breathwork in clearing blocks
• How to create space for reflection and self-inquiry in a busy life
• Embracing both the light and shadow aspects of transformation
• Shifting from "fixing" yourself to allowing and accepting your wholeness

Guest Info:

• Instagram: @sacredfemmealchemy 
•  Sacred Femme Alchemy Podcast 
• Free EFT tapping video to heal relationships
• Donation-based EFT link

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• Follow Tonya on Instagram: @tonyapapanikolove
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1. Go to Spotify and search “The Rainbo Podcast”
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4. Search “The Rainbo Podcast”
5. Scroll down past a few episodes until you get to the “Write a Review” section
6. Write your review and screenshot before you hit Submit, as Apple’s system can take a while to publish
7. Send the Spotify screenshot and Apple review screenshot to [email protected]
8. Be sure to go back to Apple Podcasts and hit submit on your review
9. We’ll pull a winner at the end of the month once we verify that your ratings/review went through to win a bundle of tinctures!
10. We’ll contact you if you win so you can select your bundle of choice
11. Check out all our bundles at https://rainbo.com/pages/bundles. Thanks and good luck!