In today’s solo episode, I recount the journey of recovering my voice—how I used to sing as a child and suddenly stopped, the emotional moment when I heard myself sing again, and how I realized I had to reintegrate the practice back into my life in order to truly reconnect with the healing power of my voice.

I also dive into the yogic paths, why singing mantras has become so important to me, and how healing and reconnecting with my own voice has been medicine for my work as a storyteller; one I’m now ready to share with others.

Corrections to this episode:

• While some sources say three, others say there are four yogic paths, or paths to self-realization: Karma (path of action), Jnana/Gyana (path of knowledge/wisdom), Bhakti (path of devotion), and Raja (“royal” path, path of self discipline; which is essentially the combination of all three previous paths).

Resources & sites mentioned in this episode:

• Listen to my episode with my voice coach & mantra teacher, Caro Pérez

• My yoga home in Mexico City, Atma Yoga & Energy Center

• A picture of the cenote where I really heard myself sing again for the first time

• Yoga Kul, a yoga studio in the south of Mexico City where I’ve attended kirtans

• Eddy Colibri, my very talented musician friend

• Ramon Basanta, my meditation teacher

• The episode of the podcast where I lead you in a loving light body scan (around the 13:00 minute mark)

• Jagadambika, one of my Bhakti teachers

• A picture of Gita, the beautiful harmonium that found me

• The Bhagavad Gita, one of my favorite books of all time

• My mantra playlist on YouTube Music

Today on the podcast I chat with my friend Tess Richardson, an Energy Optimization & Performance Coach. After training executives at various organizations, Tess discovered that many people (especially high performers) are systematically destroying their cellular energy through chronic stress, poor blood sugar management, and gut dysfunction.

In this episode, we discuss how Tess’s career in modeling destroyed her gut and her relationship with her body, and how that ultimately led her to her profession and passion: teaching others that health isn’t about weight or calories in, calories out, it’s about systems and cellular health. We also talk about leaky gut, opening up our detox pathways, how what we eat affects our brains, and the importance of listening to our bodies and understanding what our nervous systems are trying to say.

Resources & sites mentioned in this episode:

• Upgrade Labs, the Bulletproof-owned business where Tess kicked off her journey into gut health

• Tess’s recommended supplements: LMNT Zero Sugar Electrolytes, Bloom Colostrum & Collagen Peptides, Essential Stacks Gut L-Glutamine Powder, Enzymedica Digest Gold, and THORNE’s Methyl-Guard Plus (methylated B vitamin)

• Learn more about Vipassana

• Check out Tess’s website here

• Find Tess on Instagram (where you’ll find links to her free somatic exercise, symptom assessment, and more) and LinkedIn

This week on the podcast I sit down with my friend Tasha Prados, a Branding & Marketing Strategy Consultant, Freelance Strategist, and Digital Nomad. As you’ll hear in the episode, Tasha and I studied abroad in Madrid together back in 2009 and just reconnected last year in a Slack group!

Tasha went from working at one of the best advertising companies in the world to deciding to go into business for herself so she could be a digital nomad. She now helps other fellow freelancers find premium clients so they can work less and live more. In this episode, we chat about how to prevent scope creep with clients, why you need to start charging a “jerk tax,” and how to improve your relationship with control and productivity.

Resources & sites mentioned in this episode:

• IES Abroad, where Tasha and I met!

• Ogilvy, where Tasha used to work

• Duraca Strategic, Tasha’s consulting firm

• Tasha’s program for freelancers, Premium Clients Unlocked

• For aspiring digital nomads, check out Duraca Travels

• Find Tasha on Instagram and LinkedIn

Today on the podcast I host Nadine Abdallah, my good friend, a Growth & Operational Strategist, founder of Merge, and someone who seamlessly integrates her activism into both her personal and professional lives.

In this episode, we dive into how Nadine went from working 100-hour weeks for eight years in corporate, to working for a company AND building a business that are both aligned with her values. We also discuss identity, ethical income, the power of language when building a business, and what our relationship with money tells us about ourselves.

Resources & sites mentioned in this episode:

• Someone Somewhere, a lifestyle brand on a mission to lift millions of rural artisans out of poverty.

• Beitna, a Palestinian cultural space and community hub in Mexico.

• Chuffed, a crowdfunding platform for progressive non profits and activists.

• Merge, Nadine’s freshly-launched platform that helps every couple build the financial intimacy they deserve. Join the waitlist now!

• Money quizzes: Wealth Archetype, Money Personality

• Childhood movie faves: Black Stallion and Black Beauty

• Find & follow Nadine on LinkedIn and Instagram

In this episode, I chat with my dear friend Ashley Vaughan who you may have seen over on my Instagram! As a fellow female entrepreneur, Ashley and I have hosted a lot of IG Lives together talking about different aspects of being solo female business owners, and we do more of the same in this episode.

In addition to running Pithaya, a platform that helps women entrepreneurs gain economic power through community and entrepreneurship, Ashley also is an Operations, Strategy, & Growth Consultant. During our chat, we talk about the importance of community both personally and professionally, family of choice, the Friendship Recession, and more.

Resources & sites mentioned in this episode:

• Check out some of my Instagram lives with Ashley here, here & here.

• Alabama’s 30 year ban on yoga in school was just overturned in 2021.

• Harvard’s stats on the Friendship Recession

• Dazed: Is inconvenience the cost of community?

• Gates Philanthropy Partners: When we invest in women, everyone thrives

• Get more of Ashley and me in our Reclaim Your Life Webinar

• Ashley’s LinkedIn, Instagram & Pithaya’s Instagram

Today I sit down to chat with my good friend Chelsea Kane, who in the past few years has done a total 180 in her professional AND personal life, going from a Devil Wears Prada PR job to a mindfulness coaching business. I’ve seen this transformation happen in real time, and let me tell you, it’s been beautiful to witness.

Tune in as we talk about how meditation can completely change the way you operate in the world, how to constructively handle conflict, and the importance of having a growth mindset in all areas of your life. Chelsea also gives some quick tips on how to use breathwork to regulate yourself before walking into a stressful situation.

Resources & sites mentioned in this episode:

• Remote Year (RIP)

• Atma Yoga & Energy Center in Mexico City

• The Kula Collective (where Chelsea did her Yoga Teacher Training)

• Dr. Joe Dispenza’s website (Chelsea’s fave)

• Chelsea’s website, Instagram, and LinkedIn

Your Anger is Righteous. Now Harness It for Good.

In this episode I make a case for anger—an often ignored or outright condemned emotion in the spiritual and conscious communities. But if we believe the teaching that no emotion—anger, sadness, joy, elation—is inherently “good” or “bad,” then why does anger get such a bad rap?

I give some personal examples in my life of how I’ve harnessed anger for aligned action and making change, provide some recommendations on how to recognize and manage anger when it comes up, and share how to use this powerful emotion to start making positive change in your own life and the lives of others.

Resources & sites mentioned in this episode:

• Pageant of the Masters

• The now-shuttered Center for Gender, Sexuality & Activism (formerly the Women’s Center) at Boston University

• Rage Prayers by Elizabeth Ashman Riley

On this podcast I love exploring how different people write their own paths, and my friend Caro Griffin has an especially interesting story. From teaching herself to code at 12, to taking a sabbatical from the tech world in her 30s to follow her passion and become a mezcal sommelier, this is an episode you won’t want to miss!

Since Caro has experience being a badass queer business lady in not one, but TWO male-dominated fields, I thought she’d be the perfect person to talk to about the challenges and benefits of working in such environments. We also discuss everything from startups and fractional work to being a gringa leading mezcal tastings in Mexico City.

Resources & sites mentioned in this episode:

• Tech Ladies (where Caro used to work)

• Between Drinks podcast where Caro dives into the stories behind the drinks you love

• More about Caro’s upcoming group trip to Japan in May 2026

• Point School for all of your booking-flights-with-points needs

• Caro’s website

• Caro’s Instagram