The art of slow creativity and taking the pressure off, the beauty of growing older and getting to know ourselves better. Flores gorgeous debut album “The Lives They Left” and her journey of being a mother whilst releasing music as an independent artist, protecting our right to be soft hearted creatives, finding ways to connect deeper with our roots and culture, honoring our ancestors and so much more.
Flores is a contemporary R&B artist. Her dedication to her art stems from her family's history as Mexican Americans in the border city of El Paso, Texas. Though living abroad in Western Europe for many years, she adopts the phrase “ni de aqui, ni de alla” that she’s from neither here nor there. She envisions a world without borders, a world in which we can travel to our homelands safely and abroad freely. We are global citizens and Flores finds it her duty to convey that message through the art of spoken word. Flores released her first debut album titled "The Lives They Left" in 2022, in which she honors her elders who were field workers in the United States. Through her journey as a musician, a writer, a mother and a woman, Flores has found the confidence to explore artistic freedom while remaining true to herself.

Flores debut album "The Lives They Left"

Flores Instagram

Ayelle's Instagram

Chavela Vargas

Lindsay Courelle

Lido Pimienta

Sevdaliza's Music Video for Shahmaran

Why being intentional in how we create and release our art matters, striking a balance between our creative pursuits and our mental health, weaving rest into our day to day lives, music as therapy as well as the pitfalls, developing a sense of feeling that we’re enough, celebrating our wins whether they seem small or big and getting creative with that process, taking time off social media to create more intentional impact and staying humble and kind.

Appleby is a quiet creative from Miami whose vulnerability lives on the surface of his artistry. although he finds it difficult to describe the genre of music he makes, it's fair to say it's nostalgia wrapped in honesty with a hint of glitter and hope. appleby is someone who chooses words carefully and has spent much of the last two years in silence. in the time away, he's been working to regain his sense of self-worth and reconnect with the inner child he felt was dying. In his mind, he's in the middle of becoming a butterfly.

Links:

Shadowselflove Limited Merch

The Purple Path Patreon

Appleby's Instagram

Appleby's Spotify

Appleby's song "Enough"

Rest: Why You Get More Done When You Work Less

Ayelle's Instagram

Music from my song "For Me" - produced by the one and only, Albin Tengblad

Natalie and I talk about spiritual awakenings and alignment, how to develop your intuitive gifts, dealing with negative thoughts, exploring astrology to understand ourselves, connecting with your spirit team and your ancestors, the concept of sacred rage, alchemy and ancestral healing.

Natalie Smith serves as an intuitive self-development coach specialising in guiding individuals on their path of inner discovery. She employs a blend of methods, such as harnessing the power of the universe whilst utilising Coaching and Neuro-Linguistic Programming techniques to optimise her clients' outcomes.

With her wealth of experience, Natalie has guided numerous clients on a one-on-one basis through challenging and significant life transitions. If you're embarking on a journey of inner exploration and development, she offers Spiritual Alignment sessions or long-term coaching to accompany you on your path of conscious evolution.

In addition to the free resources on her website, she also has a blog and a podcast. There she shares her creative writing and imparts wisdom and teachings on spirituality, healing, and other intriguing subjects.

Links:

The Purple Path Patreon

Natalie's Instagram

Freebies | Nataliesjsmith

Let's talk | Natalie | Substack

Ancestral Guidance Meditation

Explore your Birth Chart

The Astrology Podcast - YouTube

Adam Elenbaas - YouTube

Ayelle's Instagram

Music from my song "For Me" - produced by the one and only, Albin Tengblad

TW: SA. In this episode Reece and I talk about being on a healing journey these past few years, how to stay grounded in creating the music we want to despite the outside noise, our struggles with depression as well as our healing experiences with psilocybin, and the unfiltered reality of being an independent artist.

Reece is a queer artist based in Virginia. He’s been pursuing music professionally for 7 years, but has been an avid lover of music since early childhood, citing Imogen Heap as his biggest early influence. His fascination with the human experience and the darker parts of it are what inspires his art. Outside of creating, Reece enjoys learning about spirituality, cooking, and watching reality tv shows such as real housewives where his knowledge of each Franchise is alarmingly vast.

Links:

The Purple Path Patreon

Reece's Instagram

Reece's Spotify

Reece's song "Be Happy"

Reece's song "Last Time"

Reece's album "It Boy"

Ayelle's Instagram

Music from my song "For Me" - produced by the one and only, Albin Tengblad.

In this episode I talk to fellow artist and songwriter Alayna about her journey through music and in life, how softness is her super power, the ever evolving nature of this human experience, burn out and nurturing the spring of our creativity, navigating the in between space, Alayna's quest to know herself more deeply and the concept of being enough and feeling worthy.

Alayna is a musician, songwriter and artist from Aotearoa, New Zealand. After releasing two EP's 'Sweet Soul' and 'Tender' in 2018 and 2020 respectively, Alayna revealed her debut album 'Self Portrait of a Woman Unravelling' in July this year, where she continues to lean into her self exploration, self actualisation and vulnerability through her songwriting and life experiences that shape her. 

Links:

The Purple Path Patreon

Alayna's Instagram

Alayna's Website

Alayna's Debut Album "Self Portrait Of a Woman Unravelling"

Ayelle's Instagram

Alayna's beautiful song "Tender" which features my favourite lyric of hers - my softness is my super power.

Music For Psychedelic Therapy by John Hopkins

Sit Around The Fire by John Hopkins, East Forest and Ram Dass

Music to Die To by East Forest

Intro and Outro music from my song "For Me" - produced by the one and only, Albin Tengblad.

In this conversation, Amanda and I talk about what it's like to be a highly sensitive person in this world without letting it harden us, being human and messy and allowed to make mistakes, being introverted and finding the balance between putting ourselves out there and taking time to ourselves. We also talk about how Amanda started her own women's circle, her personal journey with chronic depression and the tools she has developed and sought out on her healing journey, as well as our experiences with psychedelics as a therapeutic tool and medicine.

Amanda Visger is an intuitive, soft-hearted creative based in Northern California. She works in the mental health field and has an educational background in clinical psychology. Alongside her passion for accessibility in psychological services, she takes great pleasure in viewing life through the lens of a mystic. Amanda hosts monthly women’s circles, where she creates intentional spaces to nurture innate, human connection through mindfulness, transparency, and mutual storytelling. Her spiritual path includes connecting with nature, fostering healing environments, and destigmatizing what it means to be a sensitive person.

Links:

The Purple Path Patreon

Amanda's Instagram

Ayelle's Instagram

Are you a Highly Sensitive Person? Take The Test

Medicine Stories Podcast

Mythic Medicine (Handcrafted, mythically-minded herbal medicine)

The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz

Your Illustrated Guide of Becoming One With The Universe by Yumi Sakugawa

Be Here Now by Ram Dass

Music from my song "For Me" - produced by the one and only, Albin Tengblad.

In this episode with Anjana Iyer we talk about how we can heal through connecting to the wild woman archetype, what it means to be an old soul, collective consciousness, using body oils and plants to come into deeper connection with ourselves, nature and spirit, ancestral healing, finding and calling in your soul family, the sisterhood wound and the concept of imperfect action.

Anjana Iyer is a wild feminine creatrix born into an ancestral lineage in need of healing, she honors her ancestors and uses their wisdom to help other souls on their journey through her intuitive gifts. Her life’s mission is to be a trailblazer and pave a path carved out of love, that allows other souls on a similar path to feel the ripples of her empowerment. Seeing one of us rise, allows others to stand in their power. 

Links:

The Purple Path Patreon

Anjana's TikTok

Anjana's Instagram

Ayelle's Instagram

My episode on Anjana's Podcast Journey Inward

Forest Bathing (Phytoncides)

The Millionth Circle: How to Change Ourselves and The World - The Essential Guide to Women’s Circles by Jean Shinoda Bolen

The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron

Kindling The Native Spirit by Denise Linn

Anima Mundi Herbals 

Shakira’s VMA performance 

The Sophia Code by Kaia Ra

Music from my song "For Me" - produced by the one and only, Albin Tengblad.

In this episode Cate and I talk about the art of becoming, multidimensional creativity, following your soul’s calling, connecting to your intuitive gifts, giving yourself permission to be you, belonging and opening up to receiving love, the intertwining of our creative forms of expression and healing our inner child, among many other things.

Catelynn Marie Brown is a multidimensional artist who aims to move, heal, change, teach, inspire, and bring light to the world. Inspired by many amazing self appointed mentors she lives by the code of authenticity and conforming to individuality, communicating and collaborating with Source energy to become her best self this lifetime. With love and positive intentions she shares her spiritual practice and creative soul speak in hopes that whomever she encounters feels the call of their own soul voice and takes steps toward joy, freedom, love, and wholeness.

Links:

The Purple Path Patreon

Cate's TikTok

Cate's Instagram

The Freedom Transmissions by Clarissa Schumacher

The Complete Notes From The Universe by Mike Dooley

Conversations With God by Neale Donald Walsch

Ayelle's Instagram

Music from my song "For Me" - produced by the one and only, Albin Tengblad.

TW: SA, suicidal ideation. In this episode I am hosting a listening session for my recent project Shadowselflove - an invitation to integrate our shadow aspects from a place of curiosity, acceptance and compassion.

I go into the meaning behind each song and the concept behind my two part debut album, Shadowselflove and Higherselflove.

Links:

Stream or Buy Shadowselflove

International Suicide Hotlines

Rape Crisis England & Wales (I received excellent help here whilst living in London)

International List of Sexual & Domestic Violence Agencies

TW: SA. In this conversation with the multi-talented Novaa, we explore the concept of safer space, loneliness and connection, creativity, our experiences in the music industry, the meaning of forgiveness and so much more.

Novaa is a music producer and artist based in Berlin. The center of their work is honesty and authenticity in feelings, as an artist as well as a music producer. This year she will release her fifth album titled “Supernovaa” that features artists like Lie Ning, Mulay, Red Moon, Keke and more. As a producer and writer she has worked with Alli Neumann, Amanda Tenfjord, Fløre, Mogli and more.

Links:

The Purple Path Patreon (+copy of my E-book "The 8 Paths of Radical Authenticity" when you sign up)

Poet Rainer Maria Rilke 

Rammstein Row Zero Scandal

Novaa’s song I’ll Quit Music

Forgiveness Made Easy by Barbara J. Hunt

Rape Crisis England & Wales (I received excellent help here whilst living in London)

International List of Sexual & Domestic Violence Agencies

Novaa's Instagram

Novaa's TikTok

Novaa's Spotify

Ayelle's Instagram

Music from my song "For Me" - produced by the one and only, Albin Tengblad