Today we clean the fogged mirror.
With the beautiful mentor, writer and woman in love with life, Maia Ben, we dig into the exact moment you stop lying to yourself, stop postponing your life, and start keeping the tiny promises that remake your identity. From three years of procrastination to launching a studio in two bed-recorded days — Maia shares the truth of her sobering self-compassion and evolution journey.
This episode is for anyone who’s been waiting for clarity, for permission, or for the “perfect” moment. We talk messy action, inner children (multiples, yes), somatic micro-steps that build cellular self-trust, and how integration — not exile — heals the parts of you that scream the loudest.
Expect raw stories, practical witchy tools, and gentle but fierce truth-telling about momentum, embodiment, and why neutrality + respect > forced self-love.
If you’ve ever felt like an expert at excuses, this one’s your mirror-shattering, mercy-filled wake-up call.
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This episode is for anyone still haunted by who they used to be.
For the moments you remember something you said, or didn’t say. Something you did, or didn’t do. The version of yourself who hurt someone, disappeared, froze, lied, coped in messy ways—and the loop of shame that still whispers, “You’re a bad person because of it.”
Today, I want to offer a different perspective: you are not a terrible person for doing things you’re not proud of. You are a human being. A human who’s learning. A human who’s growing. A human who’s at a place where they're ready to lay down the weight of old guilt and are choosing to rewrite the narrative ...
This conversation is a reckoning and a release. We’ll talk about how to shift from self-punishment to self-responsibility.
From shame into sovereignty.
From “I was wrong, so I must be bad” to “I was human, and I’m learning how to love that version of me too.”
I share my own experiences with guilt, ghosting, and how I am learning to see those moments not as the end—but as the beginning of a deeper becoming. We’ll end with one grounded tip and shadow work journal prompt to help you interrupt the self-critical spiral and reclaim your story in real time.
You are not too far gone. You are not irredeemable. You are not a villain in your own life ...
You are the alchemist. ׂ𓈒⋆ ۪
In this episode, I sit with Trina to explore what it means to transform—not in theory, but in practice. From talk therapy and yoga to consensual touch and plant medicine, Trina shares how her healing journey unfolded slowly, through presence and intention, not perfection...
We talk about leaving the fashion world to follow a calling that didn’t make sense on paper, but made her feel alive. About doing things simply because they feel good—not because they need to lead somewhere. About redefining abundance, rebuilding our relationship with money, and allowing joy to be the reason.
This conversation is a reminder that healing is not about never having bad days—it’s about building the tools to meet yourself when they come. That luxury can be a slow morning. That purpose often reveals itself when you stop trying to chase it.
If you too are in a season of rediscovery, this one’s for you.
0:42 Trina’s journey into healing
4:10 the role of alternative healing methods
6:45 transitioning from design to healing
8:48 finding joy beyond career
10:46 exploring money mindset and abundance
16:43 reframing abundance: beyond money
18:44 building a practice: the journey of service
20:11 navigating bad days: building resilience
24:23 the intention behind healing work
28:44 integrating techniques: breathwork and hypnotherapy
31:56 the evolution of a healer: personal growth and client connection
36:03 healing through memory
37:39 power of small moments: saving your day
39:17 naming the good: recognizing daily joys
42:08 the impact of social media: connection and visibility
Find all of Trina's offerings on her website or stan store 𖦹 ׂ𓈒⋆ ۪
A bit more about Trina: Trina is a multifaceted facilitator guiding women from stress, burnout, and overwhelm into ease, presence, and joy. With roots in the fast-paced world of luxury fashion and Fortune 500 brands, she brings a rare authenticity born from lived experience.
As a breathwork facilitator, clinical hypnotherapist, reiki master teacher, RRT practitioner, yogi, and lifelong student, Trina blends evidence-based healing with energy-based practices. She holds formal training in Clarity Breathwork, yoga, hypnotherapy, reiki, and Rapid Resolution Therapy—and mentors others in the Clarity Breathwork community.
Trina believes true transformation is not about never having hard days, but about building resources to meet yourself through them. With her sessions, she helps clients regulate their nervous systems, release old patterns, and step into lives filled with balance, creativity, and expanded awareness.
In this episode, I sit down with Marley to talk about uncovering the inner call for something more. We explore what it means to hold space for the life you're creating, as it feels unclear and uncomfortable.
We dive into:
If you’ve ever felt stuck between the life you built and the life you know you’re meant to live, this episode is your reminder: you’re not alone, your practices will lead you, and the hardest part? Showing up.
I can’t wait for you to listen to this medicine. Love you, mean it.
Find more of Marz and her beautiful work on instagram @marzzovermind and tiktok @_.oruuu <3
Healing your inner child, embodying your evolution, and using fashion as a spiritual tool.
In this soul-nourishing conversation, we're diving deep into holistic (life)style with fashion fairy, Lea. She shares her journey of realizing that fashion is not just an aesthetic — it's a sacred tool for self-connection, healing, and creative freedom. In this episode, she helps spark listeners to do the same...
𖦹 Topics We Explore:
Trends as Portals: How trends can serve as doorways to discovering deeper layers of your personal style — when approached with curiosity and playfulness.
The Power of Music & Rituals: How music, mantras, and intentional rituals can alchemize the act of getting dressed into a devotional practice.
Clothes as Charged Energy: Tapping into the emotional memory woven into your favorite pieces to rekindle feelings of joy and self-love.
Living, Breathing Style: Why personal style must evolve alongside our ever-changing souls — and how embracing change with grace can be our greatest empowerment.
Healing Through Play: Allowing silliness, experimentation, and tenderness to be part of your styling journey, especially in moments of emotional turbulence.
The Textile Hug: How wrapping yourself in favorite pieces can be an act of self-affirmation and self-honoring.
The Power of Intention: How infusing your life — and your wardrobe — with clear, loving intention unlocks true wealth, worth, and deep-rooted joy.
Lea reminds us that style isn't about rules but love, and it's about creating from your authentic being: pure, radiant, divine love.
WHERE TO FIND FAIRY FASHIONISTA LEA: Instagram , Substack & Podcast
You can find and tag me on IG @yoursoftplace if anything resonated with you from this episode, I 'd love to hear your thoughts...
sending you so much love, see you Sunday for more softness.
This episode is a soft landing for anyone who’s ever drifted from themselves. When the noise of the world, the pull of another person, or the weight of self-inflicted expectations begins to blur your edges... It’s time to come back. To slow down. To remember the rituals that root you. This isn’t just about dating. It’s about how easy it is to hand over your focus, your time, your nervous system—to influences outside of yourself. I talk about what it looks like to reclaim your attention, not as an act of resistance, but as an act of reverence and offer different spicy witchy rituals that have helped me. To remember that your presence is sacred. That solitude is not a lack, but a return. That tending to yourself is not selfish—it’s survival. Share this with someone you think would appreciate the reminder and remember to follow along on instagram @yoursoftplace and @andsoitiswithmish 𖦹 ׂ𓈒⋆ ۪
In this episode, we’re joined by Lo — founder of Rising Rituals — for a soul-nourishing conversation about the true superpower of self-reflection. We dive deep into how journaling and slowing down to check in with yourself can radically shift not just your relationship with others, but most importantly, your relationship with you.
Lo shares her personal journey with journaling, from childhood to navigating the darkest nights of the soul during the pandemic. She opens up about how real-time self-reflection, through simple daily prompts, helped her rise from her own shadows — and how it can do the same for you.
We explore the art of gratitude beyond just listing what you’re thankful for, feeling into it with all your senses. Lo also offers four powerful prompts to begin your own morning practice, grounding yourself with acts of kindness, affirmations, and conscious presence.
Together, we reflect on the balance between deep introspection and living fully in the moment — reminding ourselves that life is meant to be lived, and that sometimes the most powerful thing you can do is play.
We also talk about Lo’s beautiful journal Rising Rituals (available on her Instagram @risingwithlo) and the importance of honoring your creative, multidimensional self every single day.
Remember: you’re living, you’re learning, and you’re allowed to take it slow. 🌱
In this vulnerable solo episode, I drop in to share what it’s really like to be in the muck — the messy, uncomfortable, deeply emotional parts of the cycle that don’t get glamorized.
Aligned with the Libra Full Moon and my own menstrual cycle, I explore the sacredness of feeling your feelings fully, turning pain into power, and honoring the bittersweet release that often comes with growth.
I chat:
Trusting divine timing when plans shift
Feeling like sh*t as a sacred portal
Emotional data + the importance of reflection
Syncing with your cycle + the moon
Using your shower as ritual
Giving yourself grace while letting go
This is your permission slip to not have it all together. To rest, reflect, and remember that growth still happens in stillness. I also share two full moon journal prompts to help you tune into what your body and spirit are asking for right now...
❀❃𑁍✿ Let yourself feel it all — because that’s where real change begins.𖧧
This isn’t a rebrand—it’s more of a homecoming. After pushing through burnout, chasing a version of success that no longer fit, and learning the hard way that my nervous system needed something softer, I’ve finally surrendered.
A Soft Place to Land is a space for the tenderhearted, the creatives, and the ones learning to hold themselves through it all. In this first episode, I share the story behind this shift, the fall (literally) that changed everything, and why I’m choosing peace over proving. Let’s begin again—together.
𓈒⋆ Tune in, take a deep breath, and let yourself land. ☁︎
Blossoming into a new season, a new evolution, a softer place.
Without judgment or pretending you're okay when you're not okay. You're allowed to be messy. You're allowed to begin again. If you too have been holding yourself tightly, I invite you to let go for a moment...
You're safe here, this is A Soft Place to Land.
Episodes on Sunday 𖦹 ׂ𓈒⋆ ۪
What if life isn’t as complicated as we make it out to be?
In this episode, Alex invites us to shift our perspective, embrace the magic in everyday life, and reconnect with our most unfiltered, creative selves. This episode is a reminder that you don’t have to take life so seriously. Laugh, create, and be present. You being your most authentic self is a magnet for the right people. We chat about how:
Perspective is Everything
There’s no one way to be spiritual
Discipline matters, but so does fluidity. Allow space for change.
Slowing down and enjoying life is a spiritual practice in itself.
The Power of Creativity & Play
The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron: A creative rebirth, not just for artists, but for everyone.
Creativity isn’t about mastery—it’s about the doing. Experiment. Explore. Play.
Embrace the uninhibited joy of your inner child, the one who made potions out of sticks and dirt.
Accepting Your Inner Child & Identity
Healing your younger self allows you to accept your parents’ inner child too. You're doing your best.
First-gen American struggles: Balancing cultures, breaking generational molds, and finding your true self outside of your familial dynamics.
Stepping Out of Your Comfort Zone
The magic happens outside your comfort zone. Just do it—don’t overthink.
Social media can be a tool for healing: Use it to share your story, unblock your throat chakra, and find your people. Flood the algorithm with hope.
Key Takeaway:
𖦹 Life is meant to be lived, not overthought. Play, create, and trust the process.
𖦹 You are meant for more magic than brain rot. Make art. Be bold. Be you.
𖦹 The world is changing—be part of the light.
A short guided meditation designed to help you ground your energy and open yourself to your limitless creativity. ∴᛬
Use these gentle affirmations to reconnect with your intuition, dissolve self-doubt, and remind yourself of your most inspired, authentic expression.᠅᛬
Tips for Affirmations:
HABIT STACKING HELPS WITH THIS (ie. while brushing teeth)
IF YOU HAVE TROUBLE BELIEVING YOURSELF, SAY IT IN A SILLY VOICE AND BREAK THE ICE WITH YOURSELF
IN THE MIRROR, REMIND YOURSELF YOU'RE THAT BITCH.
FAKE IT TILL YOU MAKE IT, YOUR PRACTICE BIRTHS "PERFECT."
For many women, menstruation has been a source of frustration, pain, and even shame. We’ve been conditioned to see it as an inconvenience, something to push through or even suppress with medication and other modalities. ✿ TW ✿
In this deeply personal and heartfelt conversation, Melissa shares her journey of losing her period after stopping birth control and the unexpected relief she felt—no longer being held back by her body, free to embrace the fast-paced world around her. But in that freedom, something was missing: connection. To her body. To her intuition. To her feminine energy.
This episode explores the powerful transformation that comes with healing your relationship with your cycle. Melissa opens up about how facing the discomfort, shame, and trauma surrounding her period led her back to herself. We discuss the deep wisdom held within the menstrual cycle, the way it mirrors the cycles of nature, and how syncing with its rhythm can help you reconnect with your intuition, your emotions, and your true essence.
Unlearning the shame around menstruation and embracing it as a source of strength.
The impact of birth control and how Melissa’s experience with amenorrhea led her to a deeper understanding of her body.
The link between feminine energy and intuition—your bleed is a portal to spiritual insight.
Cycle syncing and the four phases of menstruation—how to honor each phase rather than resist it.
The sacred role of menstruation in healing and transformation—your bleed is not just personal; it holds the power to cleanse and renew not only yourself but the world around you.
The importance of slowing down—why your period is a time to rest, reflect, and listen.
This conversation is an invitation to reclaim what has always been yours: your body, your intuition, and the wisdom of your cycle. Your period is not something to endure—it is something to embody.
Key Takeaway:
✿ The new earth is female—your intuition will guide you home.
✿ Reclaim your body, your cycle, your period.
✿ Your cycle is a sacred teacher—listen to what it has to say.
Start tracking your cycle using the app Stardust!
Okay— first and foremost. The world feels strange and crazy right now. And if you’ve been feeling anxious about traveling or flying, you are not alone. Fear is real, and so is trust.
In this episode, I sit down with Polina, an experienced solo traveler, to talk about moving through fear with faith—faith in yourself, in your intuition, and in the knowing that you are safe and protected.
We talk about everything from navigating social anxiety in coffee shops (because truly, nobody cares) to finding the best ways to travel on a budget while meeting incredible people—think hostels, couchsurfing, and volunteering.
More than anything, this episode is about trusting yourself. Polina shares how solo travel has been her greatest teacher in learning to listen to her gut, read energy, and say no when something feels off. Because that’s the thing—fear doesn’t have to paralyze you. It's there to sharpen you. It can make you more aware, more in tune, and more connected to the world in the most beautiful way.
If you’ve been waiting for a sign to finally book that trip, consider this it. You are held. You are protected. You are capable of more than you know.
Key Takeaways:
✮ How to push past the fear of traveling alone in today's world
✮ Moving through fear with faith and intuition
✮ The best ways to travel on a budget while meeting people
✮ Why solo travel makes you more resilient and confident
✮ The one piece of advice Polina gives to anyone dreaming of a nomadic lifestyle: Just go.
This episode is for the creatives who feel blocked, the overthinkers trying to outrun their own minds, and the ones who say they’re doing the work… but deep down, have been avoiding the real stuff.
I’ve been using The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron, the same workbook that Martin Scorsese, Alicia Keys, Elizabeth Gilbert, and, most recently, Doechii have credited as a pivotal change in their careers. And let me tell you...
It’s not about getting better at your craft. It’s about learning to trust yourself, to slow down, and to meet the parts of you that have been running the show behind the scenes. The ones that rush, that self-sabotage, that still hold onto old shame like a security blanket (myself included).
In this episode, I get into:
✧ Why rushing anything only makes you suffer
✧ Learning to sit with the part of you that just wants to get it done (even if it’s half-assed)
✧ Releasing control and trusting yourself—and the timing of your life
✧How Morning Pages ground me (and why I notice the difference when I don’t do them)
✧ How affirmations are rewiring my brain and exposing the shame I didn’t know and/or want to admit was there
✧ The real definition of self-love—beyond the facemasks and beautiful jewelry
✧ Facing the real reason we feel blocked—because we’re avoiding a part of ourselves we’re not ready to meet
✧ An exercise from The Artist’s Way that will completely shift your relationship with your own thoughts
This book is helping me see myself clearly for the first time, without that debilitating fear of being judged—for being the most me I’ve ever been. Ego, shame, shadows, and all.
We think we’re doing the work just because we talk about it. But are we? Or are we just reading another self-help book, giving great advice to our loved ones, and avoiding the deep, uncomfortable work that will actually set us free?
I asked myself that question. And my answer? Well… you’ll hear it in this episode. with so much love, mish
This week, your no-BS big sis Marizsa and I talk about the messy, non-linear process of self-trust—what it actually takes to evolve and how to not let past versions keep you stuck.
we chat:
At the end of the day, life is an experiment. The goal isn’t perfection, it’s curiosity—staying open, tuning into your inner voice, and taking the next small step forward.
✧ ✧ ✧ Follow Marizsa's words on Substack ✧ ✧
In the second half of this 2-part episode, Elsa and I unpack about what it really means to embrace your weirdness and how that can change everything—the way you move through the world, how you connect with people, and learn to stop holding yourself back from life...
We get into:
❀ How Elsa realized she didn’t care what people thought anymore and the way that shifted her anxiety.
❀ Focusing on small, daily changes instead of fixating on long-term progress and final results.
❀ How stepping outside your comfort zone—whether that’s dancing in your room or talking to strangers— always opens up more opportunities for connection and connecting to life.
❀ That injuries, setbacks, and challenges can be blessings in disguise that force you to slow down and listen to yourself.
This is an open conversation about showing up fully, taking up space, and letting go of the fear of being seen.
If you've ever held yourself back because of what others might think, this one's for you. ·ﾟ* ✧ ·ﾟ
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In the first half of this two part episode, I sit down with elsa— who just moved from the UK to Australia to chase the sun and live her soul’s desire. We talk about what it really means to live yourlil self’s dream and how to navigate the big emotions that come with taking a leap into the unknown.
What We Get Into:
☆Your old life willalways be there—so why not go after what you want?
☆ How solo time, journaling, and self-healing habits help you meet yourself deeper.
☆How to use your morning routine to ground yourself for the day.
☆ Mind dumps & journaling prompts to process your thoughts and fears.
☆ The real work of self-love: forgiving yourself over and over again.
☆ Owning your intuition, your inner voice, and your witchy magic.
Elsa reminds us that even when homesickness or self-doubt creep in, you’re still living the dream your younger self once wished for. Give yourself grace. Accept yourself where you are. And know that you arealways growing.
𓈒 ⋆ ۪ Listen in, and let’s get into it. 𓈒 ⋆ ۪
What if the key to unlocking your fullest potential was already written in your energetic DNA? This week, we’re diving intoHuman Design—a powerful system that reveals how you’re wired to move through life with less resistance and more ease.
Joining me is the goddessTessa, founder ofThe Social Alchemy Institute, where she teaches people how to embody their design in a way that feels natural, aligned, and deeply liberating. Together we explore:
✧What Human Design is & why it’s a game-changer for self-discovery
𖦹How understanding your chart can help you make better decisions & navigate challenges with confidence☆Why living in alignment makes you more magnetic, fulfilled & connected to your purpose
✹The power of experimenting with your design & embracing life as a flow state
𑁍How Human Design helps you work with your emotions, not against them
Think of Human Design as apermission slip to be exactly who you are meant to be—without forcing, overthinking, or trying to fit into a mold that was never yours to begin with.
In true goddess fashion, you can schedule your 𓈒 ⋆ ۪discounted𓈒 ⋆ ۪ 90-min session with Tessahere!
In this episode, Nicole of @_tiny_feelings reminds us that creativity isn’t reserved for the credentialed or elite—it’s innate, living right under your nose, waiting for you to embrace it. We dive into the courage it takes to create, how experimentation fuels self-discovery, and why tuning into your feelings and surroundings is the ultimate spark for inspiration. From embracing fear to breaking through self-doubt, this episode is your invitation to step into the driver’s seat of your curiosity, connect with nature, and live life with an open heart. Whether you’re starting drafts, finding your creative community, or learning to radically accept yourself, this conversation is your invitation that creativity is yours for the taking.