Windows to the Soul

By Shannon TomascakSociety & Culture

Windows to the Soul episodes

August 21, 2024How Breathwork Healed My PTSD with Jo Davis
In this episode, we're diving deep into the realms of astrology, breathwork, and somatics with our incredible guest, Jo. Jo grew up with a deep fascination for astrology and she’s traveled the world, immersing herself in practices that connect the mind, body, and soul.
After experiencing PTSD from a traumatic home invasion, Jo found her way back to herself through breathwork, which became her gateway to freedom, emotional liberation, and a deeper connection to her life’s purpose.

We covered:
Jo’s connection to spirituality from a young age and then traveling around the world

the remembrance of self in finding inner peace

how the pressures of the corporate world led to dissociation and a search for freedom

experiencing PTSD and ultimately overcoming it through breathwork

the scientific benefits of breathwork (such as enhancing creativity, emotional awareness, and physical health)

how to work with astrology on a deeper level

planning your work and life around the energy of the moon for greater alignment

Connect with Jo on Instagram 👉 @jo.davis__
Visit Jo's Offerings Here
My Instagram:@soulflowwithshannon
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52 min
August 14, 2024Wealth Isn't Just Money with Jordan Pendleton
Jordan talks money with me on this episode! Abundance, wealth, debt, and shame, as well as diving deep into her journey of seeking self-worth through achievement, financial success, and the pitfalls of chasing external validation. Jordan shared her personal story of navigating the pressures of the corporate world, the wake-up call that led her to reevaluate her relationship with money, and the transformative practices that helped her break free from the cycles of debt and shame.
We covered:
feeling the pressure to follow the "practical path" and get a corporate job but felt deeply unfulfilled

realizing that wealth isn't just money

going $60k into debt and seeing how debt became a tangible representation of feeling "not enough" or "too much

exploring the motivation behind money and how it influences our behaviors and decisions

allowing yourself to RECEIVE and breaking down that pride

how shame and avoidance through alcohol and debt can serve as wake-up calls, and the importance of listening to your body's signals

operating from a place of lack and impatience, and how this mentality can sabotage your progress

Join us as we explore how to move from a mindset of scarcity to one of abundance, and learn how to create a more balanced, fulfilling relationship with money.
Connect with Jordan on Instagram 👉 @jordantalksmoney
Visit Jordan's Website Here
My Instagram:@soulflowwithshannon
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get ready for a 5 day transformational experience where you leave behind anxiety, fear, and limitations to explore the magic you’ve shamed yourself into thinking you don’t deserve
Free Inner Flow Guided Movement Session 💃
→ If you find value in Windows to the Soul and want to make sure you’re updated with every new episode, hit the 'Subscribe' button wherever you're listening!
Lastly, I'd love to hear your feedback on the show! Please leave a rating/review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, sharing what you love about the show and what inspires you, so I know how to keep supporting you through future episodes! 🫶
1 hr 3 min
August 07, 2024Let's Get Kinky with Julieta Chiara
In this episode I'm joined by Julieta, a sex and BDSM coach who focuses on rope play. It was really cool to hear her journey to now, where sex has always been a part of her life just now she's working to support others in having the most pleasurable, liberating, and free life. We dive deep into the world of self-discovery, kink, ropes, and entrepreneurship and Julieta truly gives women the permission to be their authentic selves.
We covered:
growing up in a sexually open family in a Mormon area

the power of sexual confidence, how it transforms energy and presence

why we both didn't end up in the traditional therapy world

understanding kinky dynamics and the non-kinky dominant/submissive roles in society

the perception and negative stereotypes about BDSM

the art of shibari and rope bondage; how rope play fosters intimacy, trust, and presence

finding kinky spaces and where to start

Connect with Julieta on Instagram 👉 @julietachiara
Visit Julieta's Resources Here
Coaching with Julieta
My Instagram:@soulflowwithshannon
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Sound healing, sisterhood, transformational workshops, visualizations, somatic movement + yoga, emotional regulation, connecting with your purpose, and so much more!
Free Inner Flow Guided Movement Session 💃
→ If you find value in Windows to the Soul and want to make sure you’re updated with every new episode, hit the 'Subscribe' button wherever you're listening!
Lastly, I'd love to hear your feedback on the show! Please leave a rating/review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, sharing what you love about the show and what inspires you, so I know how to keep supporting you through future episodes! 🫶
1 hr 4 min
July 31, 2024Sound Healing and Raves as Ceremony with Rhythmic Metamorphosis
Welcome Evagelia Kapatos and Lisa Parente, the innovative minds behind Rhythmic Metamorphosis—a science-backed method that blends sound healing, somatic movement, breathwork, and embodiment practices.
Also known as Alchimia Euphoria on stage, they bring a unique and transformative approach to emotional healing. Coming from a raver background, I was really excited to talk with them about the power of music and sound and how healing does not have to look like silence on a yoga mat!
We covered:
the development of the Rhythmic Metamorphosis (RM) method, born from curiosity, exploration and personal healing experiences

the unique benefits of yoga and dance floors

empowering individuals to connect with their own sources of healing

embracing life as a ceremony

substances and sober raving

the importance of forgiveness, both of oneself and others

their process for creating intentional music that incorporates solfeggio sounds and frequencies

why you should never stop "playing" in life

Connect with Alchimia Euphoria on Instagram 👉 @alchimiaeuphoria
Check Out The RM Method
Listen to Thank You Universe
My Instagram:@soulflowwithshannon
👉 JOIN US IN UPSTATE NY FOR THE FOREST OF DREAMS RETREAT 🌲👯‍♀️
Sound healing, sisterhood, transformational workshops, visualizations, somatic movement + yoga, emotional regulation, connecting with your purpose, and so much more!
Free Inner Flow Guided Movement Session 💃
→ If you find value in Windows to the Soul and want to make sure you’re updated with every new episode, hit the 'Subscribe' button wherever you're listening!
Lastly, I'd love to hear your feedback on the show! Please leave a rating/review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, sharing what you love about the show and what inspires you, so I know how to keep supporting you through future episodes! 🫶
1 hr 6 min
July 17, 2024The Game is Always Winnable: Dating, Sex, and Sales with Tristan Yoder
In this episode, I’m joined by Tristan Yoder dating and introduction coach. He shared his story from addiction cycles and pleasure chasing in places that left him feeling more empty to now becoming the man who inspires himself and countless others. After a street video he was interviewed on went viral, he became seen publicly overnight in a big way. Now he’s using that attention to help people better themselves, navigate life with a game plane, learn how to self-express, and create deeper conversations and connections.

Tristan's foundational dating advice: build yourself to someone that you like.

We covered:
developing addictions after his mother's passing and releasing that shame through men's groups

going viral online and the associated cyberbullying

treating life like a game that is always winnable

how to overcome the fear of rejection in dating and sales

self-expression and becoming someone that YOU like

mindset shifts as an entrepreneur

delayed gratification, social media dopamine hits, and how to separate yourself to be more successful

game tips for how to have better conversations and connections

Connect with Tristan on Instagram 👉 @tristansocial
My Instagram:@soulflowwithshannon
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Limited spaces available, and save $300 now on early bird!
Free Inner Flow Guided Movement Session 💃
→ If you find value in Windows to the Soul and want to make sure you’re updated with every new episode, hit the 'Subscribe' button wherever you're listening!
Lastly, I'd love to hear your feedback on the show! Please leave a rating/review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, sharing what you love about the show and what inspires you, so I know how to keep supporting you through future episodes! 🫶
1 hr 8 min
July 10, 2024How to Get Out of Survival Mode with Hannah Westphal
Welcome Hannah, neuroscientist, felt-sense practitioner, and therapeutic photographer who uses different experiential modalities to help humans feel safe to be themselves and process their trauma. She came on to share where her journey began as a teenager going through a really dark and isolating time, not having the words to express herself and then finding photography as a vehicle of self-expression and finding the safe place to truly be herself.

We talked about what neuroscience says about the brain and the body, including some ethereal concepts. I love connecting the woo woo with the science and Hannah shares just that!

We covered:
developing emetophobia at 14, leading to isolation and profound anxiety

finding photography as an outlet of self-expression and healing

the right brain hemisphere being key to our reality's expansion

working in international rehabs in Thailand, reshaping her understanding of addiction

why we need to change the definition of trauma, as not just what happens to us but how our body experiences it

the importance of nervous system regulation and creating safety in the body

what exactly is survival mode and how to tell if you're in it

Connect with Hannah on Instagram 👉 @hannahjharvest_
My Instagram:@soulflowwithshannon
FOREST OF DREAMS RETREAT (save $300 now on early bird!)
Cambridge, NY Oct 23-27
👉 https://soulflowwithshannon.com/forest-of-dreams-retreat
Free Inner Flow Guided Movement Session 💃
→ If you find value in Windows to the Soul and want to make sure you’re updated with every new episode, hit the 'Subscribe' button wherever you're listening!
Lastly, I'd love to hear your feedback on the show! Please leave a rating/review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, sharing what you love about the show and what inspires you, so I know how to keep supporting you through future episodes! 🫶
1 hr
July 03, 2024I am God with Jordan River
My jaw was on the floor interviewing Jordan River, hearing the profound life experiences he's had. From multiple near death incidents to psychedelic awakenings, what's very clear is that Jordan has used these experiences as evidence for unconditional love and motivation to make the world a brighter place.

He's an NLP mindset and life coach here to help you become more loving and connect with your dharma, regardless of what you've experienced in life. Even with all of the mess and all of the sh*t, as Jordan would say: "it's all perfect" AND we are all God, simultaneously creating all of our own individual realities.

We covered:
a near-death experience (NDE) as a child swimmer, connecting to the feeling of pure awareness

leaving behind an acting career and identity to become a taxi driver

having the hardest year of his life and simultaneously awakening to another perspective — feeling like everything happened for a reason

psychedelic experiences that shifted his reality, including another NDE where he was almost a victim of a gun violence

walking the path of love, in service to others

how to work with shame (Jordan gives a great visualization of this)

making a conscious effort not to identify with limiting ideals

Connect with Jordan on Instagram 👉 @iamjordanrvr
My Instagram: @soulflowwithshannon
FOREST OF DREAMS RETREAT
Cambridge, NY Oct 23-27
get on the waitlist 👉 https://soulflowwithshannon.com/retreat-waitlist
→ If you find value in Windows to the Soul and want to make sure you’re updated with every new episode, hit the 'Subscribe' button wherever you're listening!
Lastly, I'd love to hear your feedback on the show! Please leave a rating/review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, sharing what you love about the show and what inspires you, so I know how to keep supporting you through future episodes! 🫶
1 hr 2 min
June 26, 2024Health and Wellness, Inside and Out with Claire Young
In this episode, I'm joined by Claire who is a fitness, nutrition, and female transformation coach. She recently moved to Bali with her partner and is building a community of connection at her new cafe, Open House. We chatted about her story from beginning her business as a personal trainer at 18 to body building and restrictive dieting to balance and building a healthy lifestyle that feels good on the outside and the inside.
We covered:
becoming a body builder, struggling with body dysmorphia

creating a community-based cafe

her flexible dieting approach and why more calories might actually be the solution to losing weight

why we NEED sleep (hint: it's not what you think)

not setting unrealistic expectations and feeling like a "failure" in the process

creating a balanced lifestyle in Bali

overcoming the fear of talking to strangers to create connections

Connect with Claire on Instagram 👉 @heatwithclaire
My Instagram: @soulflowwithshannon
Empower Your Story with Personalized 1:1 Coaching:
https://soulflowwithshannon.com/1-1-coaching
→ If you find value in Windows to the Soul and want to make sure you’re updated with every new episode, hit the 'Subscribe' button wherever you're listening!
Lastly, if you REALLY want to support the show, you can leave a rating/review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. By leaving an honest review, it helps me better understand you and how I can support you through future episodes! 🫶
50 min
June 19, 2024Burnout, Reality TV, and True Crime with Juulia Raivio
Welcome Juulia, a former reality TV contestant from Finland who overcame burnout and an ED to recreate her whole life and find fulfillment. Juulia shared about the importance of addressing mental health and balance to live a happy, healthy, and sustainable lifestyle.
Through her honest story, we explored the pivotal moments that led her to rediscover her passion for storytelling and ultimately become a successful true crime podcast host. True crime fans - we also got into it about her conversation with a murderer!

We covered:
burnout as the best thing that could have happened for her

being on a weight loss reality TV show

when she started actually listening to her body

empowerment through vulnerability

how she started her true crime podcast as a hobby and it becoming her full time job

the question of: are people inherently evil?

mental health and trauma of criminal offenders

Connect with Juulia on Instagram 👉 @juuliae
Listen to Juulia's Podcast on Spotify here (in Finnish)
My Instagram: @soulflowwithshannon
Empower Your Story with Personalized 1:1 Coaching:
https://soulflowwithshannon.com/1-1-coaching
→ If you find value in Windows to the Soul and want to make sure you’re updated with every new episode, hit the 'Subscribe' button wherever you're listening!
Lastly, if you REALLY want to support the show, you can leave a rating/review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. By leaving an honest review, it helps me better understand you and how I can support you through future episodes! 🫶
58 min
June 12, 2024Pets are People Too with Sarah Lea
Welcome Sarah Lea, professional animal communicator 🐴🐱🐕 and founder of Heel, a pet wellness brand. She's helped animals from celebrities to all sorts of abusive backgrounds and is proud to carry out her mission of making this world a better place for animals and people (though she's had her fair share of struggles doing so which she shares in this episode).

Through that mission she trains humans how to connect more deeply to animals while letting go of their ego and expectations. All around a super intriguing episode to listen to if you love animals and are curious on how to carry out your purpose in the world!

We covered:
her existential view of life which led to her following her purpose

what animal communication is and how animals are a product of their environment

how human beings have instincts too

empowering people to not be a victim to their story

creating financial abundance through purpose-driven careers

how breed and evolution creates certain imprints in animals

the different types of animal anxieties and what to do about them

Connect with Sarah Lea on Instagram 👉 @thesarahlea
Shop her brand Heel here
Take her dog anxiety quiz here
My Instagram: @soulflowwithshannon
Empower Your Story with Personalized 1:1 Coaching:
https://soulflowwithshannon.com/1-1-coaching
→ If you find value in Windows to the Soul and want to make sure you’re updated with every new episode, hit the 'Subscribe' button wherever you're listening!
Lastly, if you REALLY want to support the show, you can leave a rating/review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. By leaving an honest review, it helps me better understand you and how I can support you through future episodes! 🫶
1 hr 1 min

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