Your Story is Your Portal

In this powerful conversation, Julie Ann and guest co-creator Megan announce their new collaborative book project: The A to Z of Healing—a collection of real-life stories from people who chose a different path with their health.

Megan brings 20 years of experience as a nurse inside the Western medical system, and shares how her own arthritis diagnosis during the pandemic became a turning point. Faced with the offer of methotrexate (a chemo-adjacent drug that wipes out the immune system), she drew a hard line and said, “No—that’s not an option.” That decision led her to naturopathic support, supplements, brain retraining, and a completely different relationship with her body.

Julie Ann shares how she was told she would never walk without radical spinal surgery—removing vertebrae and inserting rods—and how one Feldenkrais session opened a completely new healing trajectory. From there, she reframed what’s possible when we lean into stories, not just statistics.

Together, they explore healing modalities like Feldenkrais, Reiki, plant medicine, hypnosis, timeline therapy, nutrition, movement, and the power of imagination—and why informed choice must mean more than a single pill or protocol.

This episode is also a call for contributors: if you have healed (or are actively healing) through a “non-standard” approach, they want to hear your story for The A to Z of Healing collaborative book.

In This Episode, You’ll Hear About

• How the A–Z of Healing collaborative book was born and why it may become multiple volumes
• Megan’s journey from ICU nurse to integrative healing advocate after saying no to methotrexate
• Julie Ann’s scoliosis/spine story and how Feldenkrais helped her avoid major surgery
• Real-life examples of people healing with modalities like Reiki, hypnosis, plant medicine, and timeline therapy
• Why nutrition, movement, and brain health are foundational “fuels” for the body
• The story of their friend with MS who challenged her prognosis through intense strength training
• How imagination and a “perfect day” visualization helped a patient go from lying flat to sitting up after weeks
• A heartfelt invitation for listeners to share their own healing stories and join the book project

6 Key Takeaways

• Stories expand what we think is possible: Hearing real people’s healing journeys—like Julie Ann avoiding spinal surgery or Megan navigating arthritis without chemo-adjacent drugs—opens portals in our minds: if they did it, maybe I can too.
• “That’s not an option” is a powerful turning point: Both Julie Ann and Megan reached a moment where the proposed medical solution felt impossible for their lives. Saying “no” became the doorway to exploring other modalities and reclaiming agency over their bodies.
• Healing is bigger than one system or one pill: This is not an anti–Western medicine conversation; it’s a pro-full-picture conversation. Surgery, pharmaceuticals, and hospitals can save lives, and they are not the only tools available for healing.
• Your body is a high-performance vehicle—fuel and use it accordingly: Anti-inflammatory foods, supplements like turmeric and ginger, regular movement, and brain engagement (not just zoning out in front of a screen) all signal to the body that it’s worth maintaining at a high level.
• The brain is a healing partner, not just a bystander: From a patient who could suddenly sit up after visualizing her perfect day, to people refusing to be defined by their diagnosis, this episode underscores how belief, imagination, and intention influence the body’s healing trajectory.
• The A–Z of Healing is a collaborative map, not a prescription: The upcoming book will feature only modalities that Megan and Julie Ann (or their contributors) have personally experienced. It’s designed as a story-driven “menu” of 26+ options so no one is left thinking they only have one path or no hope.

If you’d like to share your own healing story or explore joining The A to Z of Healing collaborative book, you can follow the contact details and links Julie Ann has placed in the show notes.

Featured Guest: Megan Timmins

Megan Timmins is a former ICU nurse turned soul-led storyteller, health concierge, and advocate for conscious, holistic healing. After two decades inside the walls of Western medicine, Megan experienced a profound awakening that changed everything. Realizing that the system she served was keeping people sick—not helping them heal—she made the courageous decision to walk a new path.

Through her own health crisis, she discovered the power of natural remedies, mindset medicine, and the body’s innate intelligence. Her story—once buried under burnout—is now a beacon for others seeking “the what else”: the other options, the deeper questions, the truth behind true healing.

Megan is currently writing her first book, birthed during a transformative Book in a Week retreat in Mexico, where she reclaimed her voice and purpose. She now supports others in becoming empowered stewards of their health—offering guidance, insight, and a compassionate presence to those ready to explore a more aligned way of healing.

Whether through her writing, speaking, or sacred listening, Megan’s mission is simple but powerful: To help others remember that they have a choice—and that their story holds the key.

Follow Megan:

Website: https://growtoday.ca/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/megan_timmins1985?

Meet the Host: Julie Ann

Julie Ann is a publishing oracle and storytelling midwife who helps soul-led leaders birth books that awaken, heal, and transform.

With over 17 years in the publishing industry, she has guided more than 300 authors to write and publish nonfiction works that shift paradigms and reclaim truth. She is the founder of Influence Publishing, now evolved into The House of Story Medicine — Her gift is sacred listening — not just to words, but to what lives beneath them. She perceives the deeper current beneath your story, attuned to the moments where your voice trembles with truth. She is the eye of soul — the one who sees the unseen, holds the unspoken, and midwifes your message into clarity

Julie Ann is the host of the podcast Your Story is Your Portal, a sacred container for storytellers, seekers, and soul-led leaders ready to speak the story they were born to tell.

These are not interviews. These are activations.

Each episode is a portal — a moment of recognition, a mirror of becoming, a reclamation of voice and Soul Purpose.

Her TEDx talk has reached over 100,000 viewers, and she’s been featured on international television, radio, and in major press for her visionary work in authorship, voice activation, and transformational publishing.

She is also the author of Around the World in Seven Years, a bestselling memoir chronicling her global pilgrimage of personal awakening and soul-led leadership.

Connect with the Host:

Website: www.influencepublishing.com/

Facebook: facebook.com/InfluencePublishing

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/julieannpv

Instagram: instagram.com/julieinspires

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If you’d like to share your own healing story or explore joining The A to Z of Healing collaborative book, you can follow the contact details and links Julie Ann has placed in the show notes.

In this solo episode of Your Story is Your Portal, Julie Ann explores the power and purpose behind collaborative books—projects where multiple authors unite around a shared theme to create a single, powerful collection of human experience.

From The Women of Worth and Family Tree series in Canada to the upcoming Sayulita Soul Writers projects in Mexico, Julie Ann shares inspiring examples of how these “books of many voices” become living communities—raising funds for causes, amplifying diverse perspectives, and sparking individual transformation.

She explains how collaborative anthologies offer an accessible and heart-centered entry point for emerging authors, often becoming the catalyst for their own solo books. This episode celebrates the magic that happens when stories intertwine—how co-creation deepens connection, accelerates healing, and brings shared purpose to life through the written word.

Key Takeaways

1. Collaboration Creates Connection: A shared book transforms storytelling into a communal act—every voice amplifying the message of the whole.

2. Diversity Deepens Relatability: When readers hear many perspectives, they’re more likely to find a story that resonates with their own journey.

3. Books Can Build Community Impact: Anthologies like Women of Worth show how collective storytelling can also serve as a force for fundraising and social change.

4. The Process Is Transformational: Writing alongside others—meeting weekly, sharing progress, witnessing each other’s vulnerability—creates a unique alchemy of growth.

5. Collaborative Books Inspire Solo Authors: Many first-time contributors gain the confidence and clarity to write their own full-length books after being part of a group project.

6. Sayulita Soul Writers Is the Next Chapter: Julie Ann invites new voices to join the Sayulita Soul Writers book series, celebrating the stories of locals, expats, and travelers who make this seaside town a hub of creative consciousness.

Meet the Host: Julie Ann

Julie Ann is a publishing oracle and storytelling midwife who helps soul-led leaders birth books that awaken, heal, and transform.

With over 17 years in the publishing industry, she has guided more than 300 authors to write and publish nonfiction works that shift paradigms and reclaim truth. She is the founder of Influence Publishing, now evolved into The House of Story Medicine —  Her  gift is sacred listening — not just to words, but to what lives beneath them. She perceives the deeper current beneath your story, attuned to the moments where your voice trembles with truth. She is the eye of soul — the one who sees the unseen, holds the unspoken, and midwifes your message into clarity

Julie Ann is the host of the podcast Your Story is Your Portal,  a sacred container for storytellers, seekers, and soul-led leaders ready to speak the story they were born to tell.

These are not interviews. These are activations.

Each episode is a portal — a moment of recognition, a mirror of becoming, a reclamation of voice and Soul Purpose.

Her TEDx talk has reached over 100,000 viewers, and she’s been featured on international television, radio, and in major press for her visionary work in authorship, voice activation, and transformational publishing.

She is also the author of Around the World in Seven Years, a bestselling memoir chronicling her global pilgrimage of personal awakening and soul-led leadership.

Connect with the Host:

Website: www.influencepublishing.com/

Facebook: facebook.com/InfluencePublishing

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/julieannpv

Instagram: instagram.com/julieinspires

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Book your 30 min complimentary Story Activation for Visionary Voices

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Your Story is Your Portal is proud to be on the HighVibePodcast Network Check out Julie Ann Gift in the Vault https://highvibepodcastnetwork.com/gifts

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In this solo episode, Julie Ann invites you on a journey of soul mapping—a transformative process she has developed over 15 years of guiding authors and visionaries to uncover the deeper meaning behind their life stories. Through reflective storytelling and personal examples from her seven “lifetimes” and travels around the world, Julie Ann explores how our environments, beliefs, and life experiences shape who we become.

She explains how to use simple tools—like colored pens and large sheets of paper—to access the wisdom of your soul, not just your mind. Whether you’re beginning a memoir or seeking clarity on your life’s purpose, this episode offers a soulful practice for reconnecting with your truth and transforming your story into a portal of purpose.

Key Takeaways

1. Soul Mapping is more than reflection—it’s reclamation: It’s a process of revisiting your life events not just to remember them, but to reclaim how they shaped your values, beliefs, and soul essence.
2. Our beliefs begin as borrowed: As children, we inherit beliefs from family, culture, and environment. True awakening happens when we explore which ones are ours and which ones are inherited.
3. Travel is the fastest teacher of perspective: Stepping outside your original environment allows you to form your own value system and see how others live, love, and define meaning.
4. The tools are simple—but sacred: Large white paper, colorful pens, and quiet time create space for both sides of your brain to collaborate—the logical mind and the intuitive soul.
5. Your emotions are your compass: Soul mapping invites you to ask: How did this event make me feel?—so you can discern what experiences truly shaped your inner truth.
6. Your story is your portal: Each mapped experience becomes a doorway to your purpose. When you connect the dots, you reveal the map your soul has been quietly drawing all along.

Meet the Host: Julie Ann

Julie Ann is a publishing oracle and storytelling midwife who helps soul-led leaders birth books that awaken, heal, and transform.

With over 17 years in the publishing industry, she has guided more than 300 authors to write and publish nonfiction works that shift paradigms and reclaim truth. She is the founder of Influence Publishing, now evolved into The House of Story Medicine —  Her  gift is sacred listening — not just to words, but to what lives beneath them. She perceives the deeper current beneath your story, attuned to the moments where your voice trembles with truth. She is the eye of soul — the one who sees the unseen, holds the unspoken, and midwifes your message into clarity

Julie Ann is the host of the podcast Your Story is Your Portal,  a sacred container for storytellers, seekers, and soul-led leaders ready to speak the story they were born to tell.

These are not interviews. These are activations.

Each episode is a portal — a moment of recognition, a mirror of becoming, a reclamation of voice and Soul Purpose.

Her TEDx talk has reached over 100,000 viewers, and she’s been featured on international television, radio, and in major press for her visionary work in authorship, voice activation, and transformational publishing.

She is also the author of Around the World in Seven Years, a bestselling memoir chronicling her global pilgrimage of personal awakening and soul-led leadership.

Connect with the Host:

Website: www.influencepublishing.com/

Facebook: facebook.com/InfluencePublishing

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/julieannpv

Instagram: instagram.com/julieinspires

Story Activation Discovery Call

Book your 30 min complimentary Story Activation for Visionary Voices

For the visionary at the edge of clarity — you know there's a message in you, but you’re not quite sure how to shape it. This is a catalytic deep-dive to unlock your soul’s voice and story architecture. Get started now and book your discovery session https://calendly.com/casadeinfluencia/story-activation-discovery-call

Your Story is Your Portal is proud to be on the HighVibePodcast Network Check out Julie Ann Gift in the Vault https://highvibepodcastnetwork.com/gifts

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This episode is a beautiful reminder that your intuition is not a whisper to ignore—it’s your soul’s navigation system. Cheryl Brewster joins Julie Ann to explore what it really means to live intuitively, release burnout, and open to the synchronicities that guide us toward self-mastery and joy.

What You’ll Hear:

• The ABCs of intuition—awareness, breathing, and connecting to the heart
• Why trusting your inner guidance can be the antidote to fear, burnout, and perfectionism
• How to shift from “caveman brain” to “bliss brain” and reprogram unconscious patterns
• Real-life stories of synchronicity that prove intuition and the unseen world are always collaborating with us
• The courage it takes to slow down, reflect, and make peace your greatest productivity tool
• How fun and joy can become your most powerful spiritual practices

Resources Mentioned

• The Intuitive Life Peace Process by Cheryl Brewster
• Carl Jung’s teachings on the unconscious mind
• Research on reflection and executive function in neuroscience

Featured Guest: Cheryl Brewster

Cheryl Brewster is an intuitive mentor, speaker, and founder of The Intuitive Life Peace Process. She helps thought leaders, entrepreneurs, and seekers translate inner knowing into measurable, joyful results—without the burnout. Blending neuroscience, spirituality, and practical tools for behavior change, Cheryl empowers others to trust their intuition and live from peace, not pressure.

Follow Cheryl:

Email: [email protected]

Website: TheIntuitiveLife.com

Facebook: TheIntuitiveLife

LinkedIn: cherylbrewster1

Instagram: cherylbrewster_intuitivementor/

Meet the Host: Julie Ann

Julie Ann is a publishing oracle and storytelling midwife who helps soul-led leaders birth books that awaken, heal, and transform.

With over 17 years in the publishing industry, she has guided more than 300 authors to write and publish nonfiction works that shift paradigms and reclaim truth. She is the founder of Influence Publishing, now evolved into The House of Story Medicine —  Her  gift is sacred listening — not just to words, but to what lives beneath them. She perceives the deeper current beneath your story, attuned to the moments where your voice trembles with truth. She is the eye of soul — the one who sees the unseen, holds the unspoken, and midwifes your message into clarity

Julie Ann is the host of the podcast Your Story is Your Portal,  a sacred container for storytellers, seekers, and soul-led leaders ready to speak the story they were born to tell.

These are not interviews. These are activations.

Each episode is a portal — a moment of recognition, a mirror of becoming, a reclamation of voice and Soul Purpose.

Her TEDx talk has reached over 100,000 viewers, and she’s been featured on international television, radio, and in major press for her visionary work in authorship, voice activation, and transformational publishing.

She is also the author of Around the World in Seven Years, a bestselling memoir chronicling her global pilgrimage of personal awakening and soul-led leadership.

Connect with the Host:

Website: www.influencepublishing.com/

Facebook: facebook.com/InfluencePublishing

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/julieannpv

Instagram: instagram.com/julieinspires

Story Activation Discovery Call

Book your 30 min complimentary Story Activation for Visionary Voices

For the visionary at the edge of clarity — you know there's a message in you, but you’re not quite sure how to shape it. This is a catalytic deep-dive to unlock your soul’s voice and story architecture. Get started now and book your discovery session https://calendly.com/casadeinfluencia/story-activation-discovery-call

Your Story is Your Portal is proud to be on the High Vibe Podcast Network. Check out Julie Ann Gift in the Vault https://highvibepodcastnetwork.com/gifts

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This conversation is a wake-up call for women navigating midlife changes who refuse to be told “you’re just getting old.” Diana shares practical, body-led tools—from movement to daily habits—that help you reconnect with yourself, ease symptoms, and feel powerful again.

What You’ll Hear:

• Why reconnecting to your body’s signals is the fastest path to energy, clarity, and confidence
• Simple movement principles (inspired by Argentine tango) that restore balance, posture, and presence
• How to navigate midlife symptoms without settling for “that’s aging”—and what to try instead
• The footwear and alignment basics that reduce pain and make everyday movement feel good
• A daily rhythm you can actually keep: small, consistent actions that compound into big results
• Diana’s personal turning point—and how getting “angry enough to figure it out” became fuel for healing

Featured Guest: Diana Devi

Diana Devi is a clinical pharmacist with over 35 years of experience and an Argentine tango dancer and instructor. Blending her deep scientific expertise with the art of movement, Diana helps women understand how their bodies evolve with age—and how to support those changes with mindset, lifestyle, and joyful motion. Her unique approach empowers midlife women to stay vibrant, strong, and confidently connected to themselves.

Follow Diana:

Website: http://anagelesslife.com

Facebook (Personal): facebook.com/diana.d.devi

Facebook Ageless Life:  facebook.com/anagelesslife

LinkedIn:  linkedin.com/in/dianadevi/

Instagram: instagram.com/anagelesslife/

Youtube:  youtube.com/channel/UC9RMEbTnK8ZltLQvhUpEsNQ

Tiktok:  tiktok.com/@anagelesslife

Meet the Host: Julie Ann

Julie Ann is a publishing oracle and storytelling midwife who helps soul-led leaders birth books that awaken, heal, and transform.

With over 17 years in the publishing industry, she has guided more than 300 authors to write and publish nonfiction works that shift paradigms and reclaim truth. She is the founder of Influence Publishing, now evolved into The House of Story Medicine —  Her  gift is sacred listening — not just to words, but to what lives beneath them. She perceives the deeper current beneath your story, attuned to the moments where your voice trembles with truth. She is the eye of soul — the one who sees the unseen, holds the unspoken, and midwifes your message into clarity

Julie Ann is the host of the podcast Your Story is Your Portal,  a sacred container for storytellers, seekers, and soul-led leaders ready to speak the story they were born to tell.

These are not interviews. These are activations.

Each episode is a portal — a moment of recognition, a mirror of becoming, a reclamation of voice and Soul Purpose.

Her TEDx talk has reached over 100,000 viewers, and she’s been featured on international television, radio, and in major press for her visionary work in authorship, voice activation, and transformational publishing.

She is also the author of Around the World in Seven Years, a bestselling memoir chronicling her global pilgrimage of personal awakening and soul-led leadership.

Connect with the Host:

Website: www.influencepublishing.com/

Facebook: facebook.com/InfluencePublishing

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/julieannpv

Instagram: instagram.com/julieinspires

Story Activation Discovery Call

Book your 30 min complimentary Story Activation for Visionary Voices

For the visionary at the edge of clarity — you know there's a message in you, but you’re not quite sure how to shape it. This is a catalytic deep-dive to unlock your soul’s voice and story architecture. Get started now and book your discovery session https://calendly.com/casadeinfluencia/story-activation-discovery-call

Your Story is Your Portal is proud to be on the High Vibe Podcast Network. Check out Julie Ann Gift in the Vault https://highvibepodcastnetwork.com/gifts

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In this solo episode, Julie Ann unpacks the industry’s obsession with the “New York Times Bestseller” label and invites authors to re-center on purpose, impact, and discoverability. She explains how bestseller status became an ego-driven proxy for success, contrasts that with a service-driven definition of success, and shares practical guidance on titling, subtitling, and launching so your book is actually found by the people it’s meant to help. You’ll also hear a powerful story from one of Julie Ann’s early authors—and a reminder that changing even one life is real success.

What We Cover

• The difference between validation-seeking and service-driven publishing
• How lists like the NYT are curated (not pure volume-based) and why chasing them can distort your choices
• Why Amazon category strategy and searchability matter for discoverability
• Titling/subtitling that clearly signals your promise to the reader
• A packaging mindset: cover, subtitle, back cover copy, categories, and keywords as “the window in the box”
• A values reset: define success by the lives your book changes

6 Key Takeaways

1. Impact > Labels: Real author success is measured by reader transformation, not a status tag.
2. NYT ≠ Pure Sales: Lists like the New York Times are curated and selective; they’re not a simple scoreboard of total copies sold.
3. Be Findable: Optimize your title, subtitle, description, and categories with the exact terms your ideal reader would search.
4. Amazon Strategy Matters: Hitting relevant Amazon categories (even briefly) boosts visibility so the right readers—and media—can find you.
5. Package the Promise: Treat your cover, subtitle, and back cover like packaging that clearly shows “what’s inside” and who it’s for.
6. Choose Yourself: Don’t contort your voice to win contests or gatekeepers; publish authentically and let your story be medicine for you and your readers

Memorable Story

Julie Ann recalls publishing Dr. Jerry Fewster’s Don’t Let Your Kids Be Normal. His metric for success? If even one parent says the book changed how they’ll raise their child, that ripple is success.

Practical Prompts for Authors

• Who exactly am I helping with this book?
• What would my ideal reader type into Google/Amazon on the hardest day of their journey?
• Do my title and subtitle use those words clearly?
• Which three Amazon categories best match my reader’s search path?
• Does my back cover copy state the problem, promise, and path?

If you’re ready to shape a findable book that serves your reader—and your purpose—join Julie Ann at the Book in a Week retreat in Sayulita, Mexico. Your story is your portal.

Meet the Host: Julie Ann

Julie Ann is a publishing oracle and storytelling midwife who helps soul-led leaders birth books that awaken, heal, and transform.

With over 17 years in the publishing industry, she has guided more than 300 authors to write and publish nonfiction works that shift paradigms and reclaim truth. She is the founder of Influence Publishing, now evolved into The House of Story Medicine —  Her  gift is sacred listening — not just to words, but to what lives beneath them. She perceives the deeper current beneath your story, attuned to the moments where your voice trembles with truth. She is the eye of soul — the one who sees the unseen, holds the unspoken, and midwifes your message into clarity

Julie Ann is the host of the podcast Your Story is Your Portal,  a sacred container for storytellers, seekers, and soul-led leaders ready to speak the story they were born to tell.

These are not interviews. These are activations.

Each episode is a portal — a moment of recognition, a mirror of becoming, a reclamation of voice and Soul Purpose.

Her TEDx talk has reached over 100,000 viewers, and she’s been featured on international television, radio, and in major press for her visionary work in authorship, voice activation, and transformational publishing.

She is also the author of Around the World in Seven Years, a bestselling memoir chronicling her global pilgrimage of personal awakening and soul-led leadership.

Connect with the Host:

Website: www.influencepublishing.com/

Facebook: facebook.com/InfluencePublishing

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/julieannpv

Instagram: instagram.com/julieinspires

Story Activation Discovery Call

Book your 30 min complimentary Story Activation for Visionary Voices

For the visionary at the edge of clarity — you know there's a message in you, but you’re not quite sure how to shape it. This is a catalytic deep-dive to unlock your soul’s voice and story architecture. Get started now and book your discovery session https://calendly.com/casadeinfluencia/story-activation-discovery-call

Your Story is Your Portal is proud to be on the HighVibePodcast Network Check out Julie Ann Gift in the Vault https://highvibepodcastnetwork.com/gifts

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When life feels “too much,” is it chaos—or your unconscious trying to get your attention? In this intimate solo episode, Julie Ann shares a raw, real-time season of upheaval—relationship rupture, a retreat venue destroyed by a storm, tech meltdowns—and the wild synchronicity that placed her face-to-face with Daniel at the exact moment she needed support.

Using the “Matrix” metaphor, she explores how unconscious stories quietly direct our choices, relationships, money patterns, and even our “chance” encounters. You’ll learn why awareness is the first key to stop repeating pain-loops and how reflective writing becomes a portal back to purpose.

Julie Ann also unveils a new jungle-kissed writers’ retreat space in Sayulita—six soulful casitas, ocean views, and a quiet that invites your story to speak. If you’ve been sensing it’s time to meet the part of you writing from the shadows, this episode is your nudge: your unconscious is directing the movie… until you pick up the pen.

What You'll Hear:

• Your unconscious is the director. Conscious goals matter—but background stories cue the scenes.
• Synchronicity isn’t random. “Chance” meetings often mirror what your deeper story is trying to resolve.
• Patterns point to purpose. Recurring relationship/money/career loops reveal lesson-lines you’re meant to learn.
• Awareness breaks the spell. Naming the pattern is step one to changing the script.
• Write to rewire. Reflective writing externalizes the story, creates choice, and opens the portal to soul purpose.
• Environment matters. Retreat space, silence, and nature amplify remembrance, clarity, and creative flow.

---- New Retreat Venue (Sayulita): 6 private Mexican casitas set in tropical gardens, ocean-view group space, jungle walk to a secluded beach.

• First Retreat Dates: November 8 (5 weeks away from recording).
• Accommodation: Private casitas; sharing option from $1497 USD

Join “Sayulita Soul Writers”: Explore your soul stories—whether for your own healing, a book chapter, or your full manuscript.

Episode themes: unconscious programming, synchronicity, pattern recognition, writing as medicine, destiny vs. choice.

Ready to explore your stories and stop repeating old loops? Come write with us in Mexico.

Meet the Host: Julie Ann

Julie Ann is a publishing oracle and storytelling midwife who helps soul-led leaders birth books that awaken, heal, and transform.

With over 17 years in the publishing industry, she has guided more than 300 authors to write and publish nonfiction works that shift paradigms and reclaim truth. She is the founder of Influence Publishing, now evolved into The House of Story Medicine —  Her  gift is sacred listening — not just to words, but to what lives beneath them. She perceives the deeper current beneath your story, attuned to the moments where your voice trembles with truth. She is the eye of soul — the one who sees the unseen, holds the unspoken, and midwifes your message into clarity

Julie Ann is the host of the podcast Your Story is Your Portal,  a sacred container for storytellers, seekers, and soul-led leaders ready to speak the story they were born to tell.

These are not interviews. These are activations.

Each episode is a portal — a moment of recognition, a mirror of becoming, a reclamation of voice and Soul Purpose.

Her TEDx talk has reached over 100,000 viewers, and she’s been featured on international television, radio, and in major press for her visionary work in authorship, voice activation, and transformational publishing.

She is also the author of Around the World in Seven Years, a bestselling memoir chronicling her global pilgrimage of personal awakening and soul-led leadership.

Connect with the Host:

Website: www.influencepublishing.com/

Facebook: facebook.com/InfluencePublishing

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/julieannpv

Instagram: instagram.com/julieinspires

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In this heartfelt conversation, Julie Ann sits down with Jennifer Nagel, counsellor, international facilitator, and host of Magic in the Muck: A Soul’s Compass for Change. Together they explore how life’s unexpected storms — both literal and metaphorical — can dismantle carefully laid plans and, at the same time, open portals to deeper wisdom, resilience, and new beginnings. From a tropical storm that shifted the foundation of her retreat space in Mexico to the greater theme of navigating chaos and transformation, Julie and Jennifer share how we can find meaning, healing, and even magic when life feels most uncertain.

Key Takeaways

• How sudden upheavals — like a storm or a collapsed retreat plan — can serve as “foreign elements” that initiate transformation.
• Why chaos, though uncomfortable, is an essential stage on the path of change and growth.
• The role of inner resources and soul-aligned practices in helping us find stability when the ground feels like it’s shifting beneath us.
• The importance of flexibility, creativity, and trust when vision meets disruption.
• How our personal stories, even the messy ones, can become portals to healing, connection, and collective wisdom.

About the Guest: Jennifer Nagel

Jennifer Nagel is a soul-centered counsellor, international facilitator, and best-selling author who has spent over two decades helping people navigate chaos, reconnect with their inner wisdom, and create meaningful, authentic lives. Deeply rooted in the Satir Model and experiential approaches to transformation, Jennifer brings a grounded presence, sharp insight, and a deep trust in the resources of the human spirit.

Her work spans continents and cultures — she has led programs and trainings in Canada, China, Kenya, Thailand, and Mexico, and currently serves as Director of Trainer Development with the Satir Institute of the Pacific. She is also senior faculty with the Banmen Satir China Management Centre.

Jennifer is the author of Magic in the Muck: Finding Grace in Chaos, co-author of Virginia Satir’s Evolving Legacy, and founder and co-author of the collaborative books Therapists Are Human Too and The Healing Journey to Authenticity, created through book-writing retreats she co-facilitated in Mexico.

Through her podcast, Magic in the Muck: A Soul’s Compass for Change, Jennifer offers honest, embodied conversations on healing, growth, and the soul’s journey — inviting you to navigate uncertainty with strength, purpose, and presence.

Learn more: http://www.jennifernagelcounselling.com

Meet the Host: Julie Ann

Julie Ann is a publishing oracle and storytelling midwife who helps soul-led leaders birth books that awaken, heal, and transform.

With over 17 years in the publishing industry, she has guided more than 300 authors to write and publish nonfiction works that shift paradigms and reclaim truth. She is the founder of Influence Publishing, now evolved into The House of Story Medicine —  Her  gift is sacred listening — not just to words, but to what lives beneath them. She perceives the deeper current beneath your story, attuned to the moments where your voice trembles with truth. She is the eye of soul — the one who sees the unseen, holds the unspoken, and midwifes your message into clarity

Julie Ann is the host of the podcast Your Story is Your Portal,  a sacred container for storytellers, seekers, and soul-led leaders ready to speak the story they were born to tell.

These are not interviews. These are activations.

Each episode is a portal — a moment of recognition, a mirror of becoming, a reclamation of voice and Soul Purpose.

Her TEDx talk has reached over 100,000 viewers, and she’s been featured on international television, radio, and in major press for her visionary work in authorship, voice activation, and transformational publishing.

She is also the author of Around the World in Seven Years, a bestselling memoir chronicling her global pilgrimage of personal awakening and soul-led leadership.

Connect with the Host:

Website: www.influencepublishing.com/

Facebook: facebook.com/InfluencePublishing

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/julieannpv

Instagram: instagram.com/julieinspires

Story Activation Discovery Call

Book your 30 min complimentary Story Activation for Visionary Voices

For the visionary at the edge of clarity — you know there's a message in you, but you’re not quite sure how to shape it. This is a catalytic deep-dive to unlock your soul’s voice and story architecture. Get started now and book your discovery session https://calendly.com/casadeinfluencia/story-activation-discovery-call

Your Story is Your Portal is proud to be on the HighVibePodcast Network Check out Julie Ann Gift in the Vault https://highvibepodcastnetwork.com/gifts

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What if your diagnosis wasn’t the end of your story, but the beginning of a new one? In this solo episode, Julie Ann reveals how she refused a life-altering surgery, chose a different path of healing, and discovered the power we each hold to rewrite our story.

What You’ll Hear:

• How a devastating spinal diagnosis became a turning point, not a life sentence
• The exact moment Julie Ann decided to change her story instead of surrendering to fear
• Healing practices and mindset shifts that guided her recovery without surgery
• Why your story is never fixed — and how you can choose a new narrative anytime
• A powerful reminder that your voice and choices shape the life you live

Meet the Host: Julie Ann

Julie Ann is a publishing oracle and storytelling midwife who helps soul-led leaders birth books that awaken, heal, and transform.

With over 17 years in the publishing industry, she has guided more than 300 authors to write and publish nonfiction works that shift paradigms and reclaim truth. She is the founder of Influence Publishing, now evolved into The House of Story Medicine —  Her  gift is sacred listening — not just to words, but to what lives beneath them. She perceives the deeper current beneath your story, attuned to the moments where your voice trembles with truth. She is the eye of soul — the one who sees the unseen, holds the unspoken, and midwifes your message into clarity

Julie Ann is the host of the podcast Your Story is Your Portal,  a sacred container for storytellers, seekers, and soul-led leaders ready to speak the story they were born to tell.

These are not interviews. These are activations.

Each episode is a portal — a moment of recognition, a mirror of becoming, a reclamation of voice and Soul Purpose.

Her TEDx talk has reached over 100,000 viewers, and she’s been featured on international television, radio, and in major press for her visionary work in authorship, voice activation, and transformational publishing.

She is also the author of Around the World in Seven Years, a bestselling memoir chronicling her global pilgrimage of personal awakening and soul-led leadership.

Connect with the Host:

Website: www.influencepublishing.com/

Facebook: facebook.com/InfluencePublishing

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/julieannpv

Instagram: instagram.com/julieinspires

Story Activation Discovery Call

Book your 30 min complimentary Story Activation for Visionary Voices

For the visionary at the edge of clarity — you know there's a message in you, but you’re not quite sure how to shape it. This is a catalytic deep-dive to unlock your soul’s voice and story architecture. Get started now and book your discovery session https://calendly.com/casadeinfluencia/story-activation-discovery-call

Your Story is Your Portal is proud to be on the HighVibePodcast Network Check out Julie Ann Gift in the Vault https://highvibepodcastnetwork.com/gifts

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In this soul-stirring episode, Julie Ann sits down with Megan, a seasoned ICU nurse turned transformational storyteller, to explore her powerful journey from medical burnout to reclaiming her voice through story. After 20 years in a system that no longer aligned with her integrity, Megan asked the question that changed everything:

"What else is there?"

What unfolded was a radical healing journey, an empowering book-in-the-making, and the birth of her true purpose as a health concierge and advocate for informed, soul-aligned care.

This episode is a portal—into remembering your power, your options, and the truth that your story might just save someone else's life.

What You’ll Hear:

• Your Story is Your Portal to Purpose - Megan’s journey from burnout in the medical field to writing a transformational book reveals how personal stories hold the map to deeper meaning and aligned mission.
• Disillusionment is a Catalyst, Not a Curse - Realizing she could no longer morally participate in a broken system, Megan’s inner conflict became the ignition for seeking truth, integrity, and new ways to serve.
• There Are Other Options - When offered an immune-suppressing drug, Megan's refusal led her to natural healing through nutrition and supplementation—a decision that changed her body and her beliefs.
• The Power of Asking the Right Questions - Whether using Google or AI, the quality of your question determines the scope of your answers. This episode uncovers how language shapes access to healing knowledge.
• Healing Happens When the Soul Leads - Megan’s retreat experience reveals how writing your story from the soul isn’t just therapy—it’s legacy. Her book is becoming a blueprint for others to reclaim agency in their healing.
• Your Brain is Your First Healer - From visualizing a pain-free life to inspiring patients with mental imagery, Megan demonstrates how belief, mindset, and narrative influence physical outcomes.

Featured Guest: Megan Timmins

Megan Timmins is a former ICU nurse turned soul-led storyteller, health concierge, and advocate for conscious, holistic healing. After two decades inside the walls of Western medicine, Megan experienced a profound awakening that changed everything. Realizing that the system she served was keeping people sick—not helping them heal—she made the courageous decision to walk a new path.

Through her own health crisis, she discovered the power of natural remedies, mindset medicine, and the body’s innate intelligence. Her story—once buried under burnout—is now a beacon for others seeking “the what else”: the other options, the deeper questions, the truth behind true healing.

Megan is currently writing her first book, birthed during a transformative Book in a Week retreat in Mexico, where she reclaimed her voice and purpose. She now supports others in becoming empowered stewards of their health—offering guidance, insight, and a compassionate presence to those ready to explore a more aligned way of healing.

Whether through her writing, speaking, or sacred listening, Megan’s mission is simple but powerful: To help others remember that they have a choice—and that their story holds the key.

Follow Megan:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/megan_timmins1985?

Meet the Host: Julie Ann

Julie Ann is a publishing oracle and storytelling midwife who helps soul-led leaders birth books that awaken, heal, and transform.

With over 17 years in the publishing industry, she has guided more than 300 authors to write and publish nonfiction works that shift paradigms and reclaim truth. She is the founder of Influence Publishing, now evolved into The House of Story Medicine —  Her  gift is sacred listening — not just to words, but to what lives beneath them. She perceives the deeper current beneath your story, attuned to the moments where your voice trembles with truth. She is the eye of soul — the one who sees the unseen, holds the unspoken, and midwifes your message into clarity

Julie Ann is the host of the podcast Your Story is Your Portal,  a sacred container for storytellers, seekers, and soul-led leaders ready to speak the story they were born to tell.

These are not interviews. These are activations.

Each episode is a portal — a moment of recognition, a mirror of becoming, a reclamation of voice and Soul Purpose.

Her TEDx talk has reached over 100,000 viewers, and she’s been featured on international television, radio, and in major press for her visionary work in authorship, voice activation, and transformational publishing.

She is also the author of Around the World in Seven Years, a bestselling memoir chronicling her global pilgrimage of personal awakening and soul-led leadership.

Connect with the Host:

Website: www.influencepublishing.com/

Facebook: facebook.com/InfluencePublishing

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/julieannpv

Instagram: instagram.com/julieinspires

Story Activation Discovery Call

Book your 30 min complimentary Story Activation for Visionary Voices

For the visionary at the edge of clarity — you know there's a message in you, but you’re not quite sure how to shape it. This is a catalytic deep-dive to unlock your soul’s voice and story architecture. Get started now and book your discovery session https://calendly.com/casadeinfluencia/story-activation-discovery-call

Your Story is Your Portal is proud to be on the High Vibe Podcast Network Check out Julie Ann Gift in the Vault https://highvibepodcastnetwork.com/gifts

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✨ If this episode lit something up in you… tag us on Instagram @HighVibeLeaders and let us know your biggest takeaway!

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