Dedicated to my dad Wally. Love you pops!

In this deeply personal bonus episode, Shumba Guru explores the powerful and often painful dynamics between fathers and sons. Through intimate reflections and spiritual insight, he uncovers how a father’s love—or lack thereof—can shape a boy’s identity, self-worth, and emotional world well into adulthood.

This episode is a heartfelt journey into grief, forgiveness, generational trauma, and ultimately, healing. If you’ve ever longed for a father's validation or struggled with emotional wounds left unspoken, this is an invitation to begin your own path toward understanding and breaking the cycle.

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CELESTIAL by @ScottBuckley

Shores of Avalon by Kevin MacLeod

Rites by Kevin MacLeod

Gregorian Chant by Kevin MacLeod

Supernatural by Kevin MacLeod

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When I first started my spiritual journey, I never thought that my past would play a significant role. I figured spirituality was all about focusing on the present. Living in the NOW as the say. But there’s also that old saying ‘In order to know where you’re going, you need to know where you came from!”

So please join me on this Episode of How I Met My Soul, as I take a journey back to my past, to find answers.

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A spiritual journey can be a very challenging one. If you can imagine that for the most part, there is no set manual or a convenient spiritual mentor/guru/shaman at hand to help guide you as you try and figure things out. And so we are exposed bare, to a world full of mystery. The question then becomes "how do I know that I'm on the right path?". The answer is out there, I'd like to believe!

How I met my SOUL Podcast is hosted by Shumba Guru, a descendant of the African Lion Clan, join him as he delves his personal spiritual experiences as well as topics that will hopefully help you to find meaning in your spiritual experiences and lead you towards your ultimate connection with your divine soul and life purpose.

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RESOLUTIONS by @ScottBuckley

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We all carry some form of generational trauma and pain. But its important for you to know that you are not your trauma. The pain you’ve carried, the scars you bear - they are not the sum of who you are.

It's easy to believe that the past has the final word, but the truth is, you have always been enough.

You have always been worthy of love, compassion, and kindness, simply because you exist.

Healing begins when you realise that you’re not broken, only shaped by experiences that never had the power to define you.

You are a whole, radiant being, far greater than any hardship you've endured.

How I met my SOUL Podcast is hosted by Shumba Guru, a descendant of the African Lion Clan, join him as he delves his personal spiritual experiences as well as topics that will hopefully help you to find meaning in your spiritual experiences and lead you towards your ultimate connection with your divine soul and life purpose.

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RESOLUTIONS by @ScottBuckley

Future Renaissance by We Free Music

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Going through an existential crisis is like being caught in a storm of uncertainty, where you look around you, at the life you’ve lived and you ask yourself, if that’s all there is, where the essence of who you thought you were has begun to feel fragmented.

Questions about purpose, identity, and the meaning of life flood your mind, leaving a sense of disconnection from everything you’ve known and built. It's as if the foundation that once anchored you, begins to crumble, and you're forced to confront the uncomfortable reality that maybe your sense of self has always been more of an illusion than a concrete truth.

In this moment of vulnerability, you start to search for answers, but often, all you end up finding, are more questions.

A spiritual journey can be a very challenging one. If you can imagine that for the most part, there is no set manual or a convenient spiritual mentor/guru/shaman at hand to help guide you as you try and figure things out. And so we are exposed bare, to a world full of mystery. The question then becomes "how do I know that I'm on the right path?". The answer is out there, I'd like to believe!

How I met my SOUL Podcast is hosted by Shumba Guru, a descendant of the African Lion Clan, join him as he delves his personal spiritual experiences as well as topics that will hopefully help you to find meaning in your spiritual experiences and lead you towards your ultimate connection with your divine soul and life purpose.

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Have you ever had an experience that was so emotional and visceral, that it shook you to the core, and made you question everything about your life purpose?

A spiritual journey can be a very challenging one. If you can imagine that for the most part, there is no set manual or a convenient spiritual mentor/guru/shaman at hand to help guide you as you try and figure things out. And so we are exposed bare, to a world full of mystery. The question then becomes "how do I know that I'm on the right path?". The answer is out there, I'd like to believe!

How I met my SOUL Podcast is hosted by Shumba Guru, a descendant of the African Lion Clan, join him as he delves his personal spiritual experiences as well as topics that will hopefully help you to find meaning in your spiritual experiences and lead you towards your ultimate connection with your divine soul and life purpose.

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In this opening episode of “How I Met My Soul,” host Shumba Guru of the Great Lion Clan shares a vulnerable, soul-stirring reflection on the start of his spiritual journey. Born from personal pain, awakening, and deep introspection, this prologue lays the groundwork for a series that explores trauma, healing, and the divine thread that connects us all. This isn’t just a podcast—it’s a sacred space for seekers of truth, peace, and purpose. Begin your journey within!

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"Beneath those layers of expectation, conditioning, fear, and identity, lies a deeper truth—the essence of who we are. And yet, that truth cannot be read in a book or handed down from someone else. It must be lived, uncovered one step at a time through experience, reflection, and often, solitude.

The spiritual implications of this journey are so profound. To seek oneself is, in a way, to seek the divine—whether one names it God, the Universe, Consciousness, or simply Truth.

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World of Magic by @ScottBuckley

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How I Met My SOUL© is a podcast for those who are walking this journey of spiritual awakening, a journey that can be scary and daunting. With so many questions it can be hard to know where to begin or where you're going.

Join host Shumba Guru, a descendant of the African Lion Clan, as he delves into topics that will hopefully help you to find meaning in your spiritual experiences and lead you towards your ultimate connection with your divine soul and life purpose.

With captivating stories of his own and inspiring conversations with guests from all walks of life, Shumba shines a light on the spiritual experiences of everyday men and women who face a new reality…that the unseen is real!

Each episode will explore the world of spirituality, and what it really means to us on a day to day basis, with all its challenges and unending questions, that ultimately will lead us to great wisdom, upliftment, expanded consciousness and true transformation.

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Signal To Noise by @ScottBuckley

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