What happens when you retire from 22 years of cocktail waitressing, move to rural South Carolina, and realize you've never baked anything in your life? For Odette Ceriola Orola, it became the foundation of something extraordinary.

In this deeply authentic conversation, host Chloé sits down with Odette, the force behind Odette's Bakery & Wellness Supply Center in Seneca, South Carolina. From her first terrible blueberry muffin to building a thriving community destination that went from 28 followers to nearly 3,600 in less than a year, Odette's story is a masterclass in intentional transformation and trusting the process.

Key Moments

The Pivot Point - How one question from her partner Henry ("Why do you go to work and have to ask to be off?") sparked Odette to put in her two weeks notice without a plan

Building Anyway - Odette's philosophy: "Regardless of what's happening, whether you're angry, you're sad, you're not feeling well, you have no support, you feel like you've been defeated, build anyway"

The Power of Asking - "How can I turn my business into a tree?" - Odette's vision for creating something that benefits her entire community, not just herself

Learning at Any Age - From never having baked anything to selling out sourdough brownies every weekend, all while allowing ego to step aside

Manifesting Community - Opening with one table in 30-degree weather with no menu, no plan, just cinnamon rolls and trust

Quotable Moments

"Change always comes with chaos. So go with it. Go with it as much as you can."

"It's always your moment. Take a breath, get out of the back of your head and put it in the front, ground yourself."

"Ask good questions. Ask really, really good, detailed questions and be open to anything that comes to you that's gonna benefit you."

About the Guest

Odette Orola is the founder of Odette's Bakery & Wellness Supply Center in Seneca, South Carolina. After retiring from the cocktail industry, she taught herself to bake by watching The Great British Baking Show and built a thriving weekend destination known for sourdough baked goods (especially those famous brownies) and curated wellness products. She's also an avid poker player with her sights set on winning the World Series of Poker.

Find Odette's Bakery in Seneca, SC - open weekends, featuring rotating food vendors, dill pickle lemonade, and a community that feels like coming home.

Episode Theme: Perspective Shifts & Vision Season: Season [X] Guest: Odette Sirola Oola Location: Odette's Bakery & Wellness Supply Center, Seneca, SC

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In this deeply transformative conversation, Chloé sits down with healing facilitator Ana Pereira to explore the art and science of muscle testing, the nature of true healing, and what it means to become authentically yourself.

Key Topics Covered:

Muscle Testing Fundamentals

• The ARIRA framework: Ask, Receive, Interpret, Register, Apply
• Common mistakes beginners make and how to avoid them
• The importance of asking the right questions to the right "field"
• Why food is challenging to muscle test and how programming interferes

Redefining Healing

• Ana's definition of healing as deconstruction rather than fixing
• The concept of being "completely done with healing"
• Moving beyond victim consciousness while acknowledging real harm
• The surgical precision required for effective healing work

Algorithms & True Nature

• How detrimental "algorithms" and "selves" run automatically from childhood
• The difference between beneficial and harmful programming
• Changing congruencies to align with your authentic self
• Using statements as tools for integration

The Deep Work

• Why healing requires looking at "all the dark rooms" within yourself
• The relationship between love, truth, and authentic transformation
• Moving beyond spiritual bypassing toward genuine growth
• A live example of intuitive healing work in action

Connect with Ana: Email: ana@energywithanna.com Note: Ana's practice is currently full, but you can reach out as openings may become available.

This episode demonstrates how healing work can get "really deep, really fast" and offers practical tools for anyone interested in authentic self-discovery and precise healing methodologies.

Content Warning: This episode includes discussion of religious trauma and goes into deeper therapeutic territory toward the end.

In this season premiere, Chloé sits down with Dr. Samantha Slotnick, a behavioral optometrist who approaches vision care through the lens of trauma, safety, and whole-body integration. What started as a referral to address Chloé's persistent neck tension became a profound exploration of how our visual system reflects and reinforces our deepest patterns of protection and perception.

Dr. Slotnick shares her revolutionary approach that asks not "how clearly can you see?" but "how safe do you feel to see?" This conversation will challenge everything you thought you knew about eye care and open your eyes to the intricate connections between vision, trauma, and feeling safe in your own body.

In This Episode:

The Revolutionary Approach to Vision Care

• Why Dr. Slotnick considers herself a "medium" using optometric knowledge
• How behavioral optometry differs radically from traditional eye exams
• The concept of prescribing for potential rather than perfect clarity

Vision as a Safety System

• How trauma shapes our visual field and movement patterns
• Why some people unconsciously limit their peripheral vision
• The connection between high ACE scores and visual processing

The Sternocleidomastoid Connection

• How neck tension relates to visual engagement with the environment
• Why this muscle is crucial for survival and environmental scanning
• The link between head positioning and feeling safe to see

Beyond 20/20 Vision

• Why "perfect" prescriptions can sometimes cause more problems
• How weaker prescriptions can reduce headaches and eye strain
• The concept of visual "graph paper" between your two eyes

The Integration Journey

• How vision therapy works like "marriage counseling for wayward eyes"
• The connection to counter-strain therapy and somatic release
• Building networks of trauma-informed practitioners

Key Quotes

"The purpose of this lens for you—it's not to see more clearly. It's for you to feel safe so that you can see what you're ready to see."

"How we move through space is very much informed by the world we perceive, and how we manage our emotions in our inner world tends to inform whether we feel safe to move openly, or whether we are on alert."

"I cannot write the prescription that I measure for a person and expect them to make progress. If I want to move you towards a space in the future, I need to write a new potential for you."

Connect with Dr. Slotnick:

• Website: drslotnick.com

Resources Mentioned

• PRI (Postural Restoration Institute) - Mentioned as background for understanding body asymmetries
• Neil Hallinan - PRI practitioner who referred Chloé
• Dr. Miho Urasaka - Physical therapist specializing in counter-strain therapy

Takeaways for Your Journey

1. Question Your Vision Care: Traditional eye exams may not address how your visual system integrates with your whole-body experience
2. Consider Your Safety System: Notice how stress and hypervigilance might be affecting your visual field and peripheral awareness
3. Explore Body Connections: Persistent physical tension (like neck pain) might have visual or sensory components
4. Seek Integrated Care: Look for practitioners who consider trauma, nervous system regulation, and whole-body patterns
5. Trust Your Process: Sometimes "perfect" isn't the goal—feeling safe and integrated matters more than technical perfection

Stay tuned for upcoming episodes this season where we'll continue exploring the many ways we can shift our vision & persepctive.