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The Healing Cocoon by Urban Ascension46. The Secrets of Aboriginal Healing with Medium and Author Robbie Holz
In today’s episode of the podcast, we’re chatting with Robbie Holz, internationally respected healer, medium, and author of three books, Secrets of Aboriginal Healing, Aboriginal Secrets of Awakening and Angels in Waiting. Our interview discusses both her and her husband’s incredible healing journeys utilizing the Aboriginal techniques they learned in the Australian outback, and also other related topics such as how pain can be a powerful catalyst for change, stepping out of victimhood, creating a love mindset, bridging the gap between 3D and 5D reality, releasing your triggers, connecting to higher frequencies for manifestation, and Robbie’s third...
2023-05-251h 16The Healing Cocoon by Urban Ascension45. Utilizing Healy to Support Energetic Coherence with Frequency Coach Kat Villain
In today’s episode of the podcast we welcome back Kat Villain, author of three books, yoga and breathwork teacher, founder of the organic skin care line Fumescent, and now, Healy enthusiast. Our interview discusses her discovery of this advanced frequency device for energetic coherence, the Healy, and how it works, what it can do for you, the business behind it, and the positive impact it’s had on her life and those around her.
Kat has been immersed in all things health and well-being since she was 21 years old. Constantly on the path of evolution, her work...
2023-05-0446 minThe Healing Cocoon by Urban Ascension44. Connecting to Your Spirit Baby with Energetic Fertility Method Founder Nancy Mae
In today’s episode of the podcast, we’re chatting with Nancy Mae, Spirit Baby Expert, Intuitive Fertility Educator, and Hay House award-winning author of “The Energetic Fertility Method™: Tools for a Healthy Conception and Beyond”. Our interview discusses what a spirit baby actually is, how they appear to Nancy, their karmic contracts, the new generation of spirit babies coming through since 2020, how they feel about IVF, miscarriages and abortion, the reverence they require their parents to have around the conception process, and so much more.
Nancy has appeared on Open to Hope TV, hosted her own in...
2023-04-191h 14The Healing Cocoon by Urban Ascension43. Balancing Business and Motherhood with YogaKoh Founder Jolie Manza
In today’s episode of the podcast, we’re chatting with Jolie Manza, yoga teacher, movement coach and the founder of YogaKoh, an International yoga and movement school that hosts teacher trainings, retreats, workshops and immersions in premier locations around the world. Our interview discusses the birth of YogaKoh, as well as the birth of her daughter Gia Hope, the evolution of both, and how she’s juggling motherhood with entrepreneurship. We also go into the nuts and bolts of 200 versus 300 hour teaching trainings, personal pain management through yoga and how Jolie has come to embody the spiritual concepts she wa...
2023-04-0543 minThe Healing Cocoon by Urban Ascension42. A New Global Paradigm of Mental Health with Spiritual Psychiatrist Dr. Samuel LeeIn today’s episode of the podcast, we’re chatting with Dr Samuel Lee, a board certified psychiatrist on a mission to help create a new global paradigm of mental health. One that is based on consciousness, energy and truth rather than labels, diagnoses, and symptoms. Our interview touches on Sam’s personal and professional mental health journey, how he treats anxiety, the creation of new neural pathways for healing, sitting in ceremony with Sam, the activation of our 12 stranded DNA through Eternal Life Wisdom, Morphogenetic Fields and so much more.
Sam is also a certified yoga teacher...
2023-03-221h 01The Healing Cocoon by Urban Ascension41. Metamorphosis Chat: Meet My Sperm Donor with Steven RookeIn today’s Metamorphosis Chat Jacobie introduces the sperm donor for her IVF process, long time friend, and professional actor Steve Rooke. Together they discuss how the universe conspired for them to be in the right place at the right time to make this decision, Steve’s donation process, their open line of communication around how everything is going to work, and what it’ll be like for them if the IVF fails.
Steve is an actor and acting coach with over twenty years in the industry. In that time he’s worked for many major Australian theatre...
2023-03-1749 minThe Healing Cocoon by Urban Ascension40. Mindful Eating with Nutrition Stripped Founder McKel KooiengaIn today’s episode of the podcast, we’re chatting with McKel Kooienga, founder of Nutrition Stripped, author of the Nutrition Stripped Cookbook, creator of the Mindful Nutrition Method, and a leading voice in mindful eating who was named “Top 20 Role Models” by Arianna Huffington. Our interview discusses the relationship between food and emotions, discovering a ‘balanced’ weight through nourishment, first steps to overcoming restricted eating, changing the narrative around food to encompass an abundant mindset, and her personal journey with mindful eating.
McKel’s Nutrition Stripped community has reached millions of people around the world, has an award-nomin...
2023-03-1544 minThe Healing Cocoon by Urban Ascension39. Healing Hands with Reiki Master and RTT Practitioner Thea Annya NathanIn today’s episode of the podcast, we’re chatting with Thea Annya Nathan, the Reiki Master and RRT Therapist who initiated Jacobie into her own Reiki practice. Thea shares how Reiki has not only healed and transformed her own life, but the lives of countless others, as a gentle healing modality that has become her life’s work. If you’ve ever been curious about what reiki is or how it works energetically, this insightful episode provides an understanding that will whet your appetite!
Thea Annya Nathan is a Certified Hypnotherapist, Rapid Transformational Therapist, and Support Coach. S...
2023-02-1553 minThe Healing Cocoon by Urban Ascension38. Rebirth Through Breathwork with Facilitator and Dance Healing Guide Karen NitscheIn today’s episode of the podcast, we are joined by Karen Nitsche, a breathwork facilitator and dance healing guide, as she describes the evolution of her spiritual awakening, from the magical astral dreams of her childhood, to ultimately stepping into her calling as a facilitator of guided breathwork and movement for others.
Karen lives in California and is a former actress and dancer. Her curious and seeking spirit, combined with a fascination for movement, took her from ballet, jazz and contact dance to Chinese martial arts, QiGong and yoga. She has been able to weave these pr...
2023-02-0856 minThe Healing Cocoon by Urban Ascension37. Holistic Beauty and Sacred Ritual with Ethical Entrepreneur Whitney WillisonIn today’s episode of the podcast, we welcome Whitney Willison, a multi-modality spiritual guide and ethical entrepreneur. She lets us in on her journey from a misunderstood childhood, through her path of awakening, to the uncovering of the gifts and passions she now shares with others.
Whitney is the founder of Of Beauty, a platform through which she brings together the worlds of healing and beauty. A holistic hair stylist, Usui Reiki master, and mother, she has melded her passions and channeled her own healing journey into helping others step into their divine right to know th...
2023-02-0152 minThe Healing Cocoon by Urban Ascension36. Metamorphosis Chat: Having a Baby on My Own Through IVFIn the first Metamorphosis Chat of 2023, Jacobie opens up about her decision to do IVF, and how she shifted from making the decision out of fear to stepping forward with empowerment. From a pregnancy scare during her initial egg retrieval in 2018 that activated her deep desire to be a mother, to dating a string of unavailable men in the hopes of meeting a partner to build a family with, to finding a donor in the form of one of her dear friends from university, and getting the ping from the universe that it was time to action the IVF...
2023-01-271h 04The Healing Cocoon by Urban Ascension35. Reprocessing Trauma with Micro-Current Neurofeedback and EMDR Clinician Stephanie KuehnIn today’s episode of the podcast, we’re joined by Stephanie Kuehn, a mental health counselor who is certified in EMDR and micro-current neurofeedback. Stephanie shares her journey of feeling disconnected from her cultural and personal identity growing up, and how she now uses her knowledge and experiences to help others integrate their own traumas to find greater peace in their lives.
Stephanie holds a Bachelor of Arts in Human Behavior and is working towards her Ph.D. She is on her way to becoming a licensed psychologist and has a deep understanding of how the brai...
2023-01-241h 01The Healing Cocoon by Urban Ascension34. Aura Transformation and Crystalline Consciousness with Barbara CanalsIn today’s episode of the podcast, we chat with multi-modality light worker, Barbara Canals, about generational shifts in energy consciousness. She delivers profound insights into how we are able to fully embody the frequencies that we are not only born into, but how we can adapt to the ones evolving on the planet as we step into the new world..
Barbara is an energy and consciousness activator, AuraMediator and energy intuitive. Her mission is to bring forth the new time energies to people that are ready to step into this Golden Age being fully responsible for th...
2023-01-1755 minThe Healing Cocoon by Urban Ascension33. Stepping Onto Your Soul Path with Attune to the Moon Founder Jana RoemerIn today’s episode of the podcast, we interview Jana Roemer, somewhat of a legend here at Urban Ascension. Jana has been a long-time guide, mentor, and star-child inspiration to Jacobie, as well her yoga teacher training, and yoga nidra, instructor. Today, Jana chats with us about her awakening to the astrological world and how her journey evolved into creating her own fusion of astrology and yoga practices.
Jana is a Libra Sun with a Virgo Stellium and written all over her chart are notes of being an orator, leader, gatherer of souls and devoted mystic, which is...
2023-01-1058 minThe Healing Cocoon by Urban Ascension32. Metamorphosis Chat: Wrapping Up 2022In this final Metamorphosis Chat closing out 2022, Jacobie reflects on her decision to move to Nashville, the serendipitous unfolding of her intercontinental transition, how she was surprisingly energetically blocked for three months after settling in, the actions that were required to shake it off and her decision to move forward with having a baby on her own. She closes out the episode by stating her 2023 intention to align with the divine feminine and become a vessel of receptivity for the highest and greatest good of all.
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2022-12-2336 minThe Healing Cocoon by Urban Ascension31. Healing Through Childbirth with Postpartum Doula and Motherhood Coach McLean McGownIn today’s episode of the podcast, we chat with McLean McGown. McLean is a motherhood coach, host of the “Mother the Mother” podcast, a prenatal & postnatal healing expert, postpartum doula, nutritionist, hypnotherapist, Pilates, yoga and meditation teacher, Lactation Educator Counselor, frequency healer, death doula, Reiki practitioner, wife and mother of two daughters, Jemima and Goldy Wolf. She and her family live in Los Angeles.
After the birth of her first daughter, McLean quickly realized that there was a great need for women to be supported on a deeper level, not only through pregnancy and birth but especi...
2022-12-2040 minThe Healing Cocoon by Urban Ascension30. Metamorphosis Chat: What is The Crown Chakra?In today’s Metamorphosis Chat Jacobie introduces us to the seventh chakra in our energy system, the crown chakra. She talks us through the three main attributes of the energy centre; intelligence, enlightenment and bliss. From the mental attachments we must shed to access universal consciousness, to the bliss we can experience when reconnecting with vibrational oneness, and the ultimate goal of remaining present while still pursuing our earthly lives, this chakra governs all things to do with the mind and our understanding of a higher power. This is the final episode in a seven part series exploring the ch...
2022-12-1628 minThe Healing Cocoon by Urban Ascension29. How Binaural Beats Can Transform Your Life with Sonic Mystic and Neuro-Acoustic Producer Asa IdoniIn this episode of the podcast, we are joined by Asa Idoni, a musician, artist, technologist, meditation teacher, mystic, and distinguished producer in the field of ambient music, sound medicine and neuro-acoustics. Today Asa lets us into his journey of healing from trauma through the art of sound healing and how he has been able to extend this same healing to others.
Combining his passions for music and spiritual evolution, Asa has developed a composition methodology that integrates principals from neuroscience, music theory, and the western mystery teachings, creating a library of audio products designed to promote...
2022-12-1357 minThe Healing Cocoon by Urban Ascension28. Metamorphosis Chat: What is The Third Eye Chakra?In today’s Metamorphosis Chat Jacobie introduces us to the sixth chakra in our energy system, the third eye chakra. She talks us through the three main attributes of the energy centre; intuition, inspiration and discernment. From listening to your higher self and opening up to the signs and synchronicities of the universe, to encouraging your imagination and being able to see new ideas in your mind’s eye, to lifting the veil on your own programs and patterns so you’re no longer ruled by them, this chakra is the energy behind the buzz word, ‘woke’. This is the sixth...
2022-12-0935 minThe Healing Cocoon by Urban Ascension27. How to Avoid Emotional Burnout with Frontliner Trauma Awareness Guide Jamie SmithIn today’s episode of the podcast, we are joined by Jamie Smith, a contemplative science educator and trauma-informed embodied awareness guide. In our chat, she shares her journey of becoming passionate about caring for those who care for others and how she teaches them that self-care is truly essential to prevent burnout in their professions.
Jamie was introduced to yoga and meditation 22 years ago at her secondary school in Sewanee, Tennessee, and completed her first yoga teacher training in 2010 before receiving her B.A. in Psychology. She has experience teaching survivors of domestic violence, people recovering fr...
2022-12-0650 minThe Healing Cocoon by Urban Ascension26. Metamorphosis Chat: What is The Throat Chakra?In today’s Metamorphosis Chat Jacobie introduces us to the fifth chakra in our energy system, the throat chakra. She talks us through the three main attributes of the energy centre; modulation, creative expression and integrity. Are you speaking clearly, interpreting correctly and responding appropriately? How constricted or expressed are you in your ability to ask for what you want and be heard? And how aligned is your communication with your soul purpose? These are some of the throat chakra questions Jacobie covers today. This is the fifth episode in a seven part series exploring the chakra system.
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2022-12-0230 minThe Healing Cocoon by Urban Ascension25. Transcendental Awakening with Conscious Entrepreneur Andrew McFarlaneIn today’s episode of the podcast, our guest, Andrew McFarlane, walks us through his lifelong journey of finding transcendental meaning and purpose.
An actor turned conscious entrepreneur, he started his career in Hollywood at the age of twelve, appearing on notable television shows such as The West Wing, King of Queens, and ER. He is most recognized for his role as Tony on the hit ABC sitcom, My Wife and Kids.
After his 15-year career as an actor, he changed direction to focus on developing socially conscious business ventures. In 2011, he launched a juice bu...
2022-11-2942 minThe Healing Cocoon by Urban Ascension24. Metamorphosis Chat: What is The Heart Chakra?In today’s Metamorphosis Chat Jacobie introduces us to the fourth chakra in our energy system, the heart chakra. She talks us through the three main attributes of the energy centre; healing, self-love and relationships. She discusses how the process of healing from the grief of abandonment, betrayal and lost relationships leads to compassion, how the love of self dissolves the need to win over or rescue someone in order to be validated by their love, and the highest frequency of the heart chakra which is the attainment of devotion and sacred union. This is the fourth episode in a...
2022-11-2633 minThe Healing Cocoon by Urban Ascension23. Heartbreak, Burnout and Rebirth with Revel Founder Kindy GirdleyIn today’s episode of the podcast, we are joined by Kindy Girdley, a Reiki practitioner and teacher, as she shares her journey of learning to listen to her body and becoming her own healer after living through the loss of her parents in her early twenties.
Kindy is an experienced holistic chef and wellness guide, studying vitalist herbalism, and has an herbal apothecary line. Having a deep passion for learning, she is also studying craniosacral biodynamics with Koa Kalish and Sacred Feminine Alchemy Breathwork with Sacred Breathwork Academy.
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2022-11-2241 minThe Healing Cocoon by Urban Ascension22. Metamorphosis Chat: What is The Solar Plexus Chakra?In today’s Metamorphosis Chat Jacobie introduces us to the third chakra in our energy system, the solar plexus chakra. She talks us through the three main attributes of the energy centre; self-esteem, transformation and energy itself. She explores what it means to have a healthy sense of ‘ego’, why the ability to make autonomous decisions is important, the inner fire it generates to fuel our willpower, and the vehicle for growth and change this chakra naturally becomes when we’re aligned with our soul purpose in life. This is the third episode in a seven part series exploring the chak...
2022-11-1832 minThe Healing Cocoon by Urban Ascension21. The Alchemizing Art of Tantra with Feminine Empowerment Coach Lillian LoveIn this week’s episode of the podcast, we chat with Lillian Love, a soul-purpose and feminine empowerment coach. She brings us through her soul-searching journey for healing after the death of her mother in her early twenties.
Lillian is now the CEO of Embodied Feminine Guide, a trauma-informed facilitator training for women who are ready to embody and share the medicine of alchemizing their pain into purpose. She is also the co-creator of Cosmic Touch, a documentary film exploring the transformational healing power of self-pleasure. Lillian wholly believes our healing comes when we become the empowered cr...
2022-11-1542 minThe Healing Cocoon by Urban Ascension20. Metamorphosis Chat: What is The Sacral Chakra?In today’s Metamorphosis Chat Jacobie introduces us to the second chakra in our energy system, the sacral chakra. She talks us through the three main attributes of the energy centre; emotions, sexuality and creativity. Being the chakra related to our ability to experience pleasure in life, and also to create life itself, this chat dives deep into the juicy aspects of how blockages in this chakra can affect our relationships, personal boundaries and capacity for inspiration. This is the second episode in a seven part series exploring the chakra system.
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2022-11-1127 minThe Healing Cocoon by Urban Ascension19. From Trauma to Dharma with Yoga Therapist Danielle KarunaOn today’s episode of the podcast, we speak with Danielle Karuna, a seasoned yoga and meditation teacher and yoga therapist, who splits her time working in New York and Los Angeles. In our chat, she shares how she overcome trauma and her determination to find a better path for her life.
Danielle teaches public and private classes and workshops. Her clients also include world-renowned Grammy and Oscar winning artists, tech CEOs, individuals with Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, and women struggling with fertility. She draws on years of dedicated study in Tibetan Buddhism and yoga philosophy to fin...
2022-11-0838 minThe Healing Cocoon by Urban Ascension18. Metamorphosis Chat: What is The Root Chakra?In today’s Metamorphosis Chat Jacobie introduces us to the first chakra in our energy system, the root chakra. She talks us through the three main attributes of the energy center; the roots themselves, meaning our connection to family, tribe, sense of belonging and social/cultural conditioning, our ability to survive or thrive, meaning our sense of trust in the world around us to support our basic needs and capacity to prosper abundantly, and finally, our bodies, meaning our physical health, relationship to food and nourishment, and our ability to manifest our goals, dreams and desires on the physical pl...
2022-11-0433 minThe Healing Cocoon by Urban Ascension17. The Healing Power of Sound with Sonic Being Founder Michelle BercIn this week’s episode of the podcast, we interview the founder of Sonic Being, Michelle Berc. Michelle shares with us the evolution of her journey from brush-and-canvas artist to vibration-sound artist and how she uses her gifts to offer healing experiences to others on their own journey.
Through her company, she offers sound baths and breathwork classes to individuals and groups, and also participates in corporate wellness programs. Michelle launched the Sonic Being Sound Healing Training Program in late 2018 and has been sharing sound healing across southern California for close to 15 years. She is certified in so...
2022-11-0143 minThe Healing Cocoon by Urban Ascension16. Metamorphosis Chat: How I Became an Energy Healer - Part 3In the third and final part of ‘How I Became an Energy Healer’ Jacobie explains how the spiritual adventures she went on after the break down of her marriage were the ultimate catalyst for her greatest healing and awakening. From throwing herself into all kinds of wild and wonderful experiences in Bali, to taking her yoga teacher training in Los Angeles, to saying ‘no’ to spirit and shutting everything off, to reconnecting with God and coming full circle with her ten year old self, to finally fully opening up to her psychic abilities during the 2020 pandemic, Jacobie gives a light-he...
2022-10-2839 minThe Healing Cocoon by Urban Ascension15. Partners in 'Shine' with Open Mind Space Founders Renee Wilkinson & Murray Smith - Part 2In this week’s episode of the podcast, we speak with Murray Smith. Murray and his wife, Renee´ (our guest on last week’s podcast), built The Open Mind Space studio in Newcastle NSW, as well as a newly-completed retreat space called The Dome. Today, Murray shares his journey from being a mixed-up youth with adult coping mechanisms to his enlightenment while facing a 13-year jail sentence. It is a beautiful story of redemption and self-empowerment.
Murray is extremely passionate about men’s mental wellness, connecting people to nature, aiding people in rediscovering their true selves, and cultiva...
2022-10-2540 minThe Healing Cocoon by Urban Ascension14. Metamorphosis Chat: 4 Steps to Overcome ResistanceFeeling like you don't want to do something you really have to do? We can relate. In this week's Metamorphosis Chat, Jacobie talks about the resistance sheexperienced recording last week's Metamorphosis Chat (hence why it's dropping on a Monday!) and the four steps she used to ultimately overcome it. Sheshares how she moved beyond her inital feelings of frustration by uncovering what was really going underneath, and how she then reframed it so she couldcreate an action plan to move forward. If you've ever felt those pent up feelings of anger at yourself for procrastinating, then this is the...
2022-10-2525 minThe Healing Cocoon by Urban Ascension13. Partners in 'Shine' with Open Mind Space Founders Renee Wilkinson & Murray Smith - Part 1In this episode of the podcast, we interview Renée Wilkinson, a multi-modality intuitive channel, who has found her purpose in helping others remember their purpose for incarnating and guiding them to defy all logic to create the impossible. She began her intuitive channeling journey at 11, studied alternative health therapies, diverted into a film and TV career for a time in an attempt to be “normal,” but was quickly returned to her purpose in her late 20s. She and her husband, Murray, have gone on to connect with an incredible community in Newcastle, Australia, building The Open Mind Space, a wel...
2022-10-1842 minThe Healing Cocoon by Urban Ascension12. Metamorphosis Chat: How I Became an Energy Healer - Part 2In part two of ‘How I Became an Energy Healer’ Jacobie leads us through the second phase of her awakening which was initiated by her move to Los Angeles in 2009. From juggling a career in the entertainment industry, to having an out of body experience that caused her to think she was losing her mind, to getting married and divorced, studying reiki and meeting an energy healer who became her soul sister, mentor and her ex-husband’s new wife, part two unravels the unconventional path Jacobie has traveled to discover her gifts.
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2022-10-0832 minThe Healing Cocoon by Urban Ascension11. Living a Lunar Inspired Life with Moon Body Soul Founder Kaitee TynerOn this week’s episode of the podcast, we chat with Kaitee Tyner, the founder of Moon Body Soul, a holistic self-care company offering all-natural, small-batch products, self-care tools, ethically mined crystals, and more. Her passion is to empower others to truly care for themselves through mindful movement, meditations and self-love practices, all inspired by the healing energy of the moon. She has more than ten years of experience guiding people into their bodies with yoga and meditation and has been leading women’s new moon circles for over five years. Kaitee is also an avid crystal miner and love...
2022-10-0439 minThe Healing Cocoon by Urban Ascension10. Metamorphosis Chat: How I Became an Energy Healer - Part 1Today marks the launch of our weekly metamorphosis chats. In this episode Jacobie walks us through the defining moments that ultimately led to her awakening and studies as an energy healer. From a traumatic event at age ten, to becoming a ‘self-help’ junkie in her teens, then exploring different healing modalities in her early twenties before finally studying them herself, part one of ‘How I Became an Energy Healer’ sets the scene for Jacobie’s full spiritual embodiment later in life, which she explores in part two next week.
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2022-09-2726 minThe Healing Cocoon by Urban Ascension9. Antidotes for Anxiety with Acupuncturist and Yogini Maria VillellaOn this week’s episode of the podcast, we talk with Maria Villella, a nationally board certified acupuncturist. A member of the American Board of Oriental Reproductive Medicine, Maria’s work primarily focuses on hormonal health and she works closely with patients hoping to conceive (with or without IVF), pregnant and postpartum women, and menopausal women. She has taught yoga for nearly twenty years with the highest level of national teacher certification, ERYT 500, and has been on the teaching team for Loyola Marymount University teacher training program for over ten years. She has also been on the cover of Yoga...
2022-09-2039 minThe Healing Cocoon by Urban Ascension8. Divine Orchestration Versus Free Will with Drunk Yoga Founder Eli WalkerIn this episode of the podcast, we interview Eli Walker, founder of Drunk Yoga®. After earning her BFA in Acting from NYU’s Tisch School of the Art and nearly a decade of experience training and teaching yoga across the globe, Eli developed a knack for making the wellness experience interactive and fun. In 2017, she wove together her lifelong passions of storytelling and mindful movement to establish her first claim to fame: Drunk Yoga®—“intoxicating” the traditional yogic convention by infusing it with the social ritual of a happy hour. Her passion is to teach leaders how to create authentic...
2022-09-1341 minThe Healing Cocoon by Urban Ascension7. Integrating the Inner and Outer Voice with Songstress Alicia OlatujaIn this episode of the podcast, we interview Alicia Olatuja, praised by the New York Times as “a singer with a strong and luscious tone and an amiably regal presence on stage.” Originally from St. Louis, MO, she graduated with a Master’s Degree in Classical Voice/Opera from the Manhattan School of Music, going on to work with such esteemed artists as Chaka Khan, BeBe Winans and Christian McBride. A pivotal moment in her journey, she performed as the featured soloist with the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir at President Barack Obama’s second inauguration.
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2022-09-0746 minThe Healing Cocoon by Urban Ascension6. Dimension Tripping and Conscious Business with Spiritual Channel Chelsea JeheberIn this episode of the podcast, we interview intuitive channel, business coach, and founder of She Makes Bank, Chelsea Jeheber. In our discussion, we talk through Chelsea’s healing journey from discovering her psychic gifts to her evolution into helping others become more in tune with these channels and use them as guides for their own lives.
Chelsea worked as a spiritual channel for several years, helping others on their spiritual path of growth and expansion. Eventually, she noticed a trend—most of her clients, who were in spiritually-based careers themselves, were struggling. It wasn’t so much s...
2022-08-3043 minThe Healing Cocoon by Urban Ascension5. Surrendering to the Divine Feminine with Womb Alchemist Ann Marie PaulAnn Marie Paul has cracked the code of female embodiment. Her deep knowing that the body holds ancient wisdom has led her on a powerful path toward purposeful, open-hearted living. As a women’s embodiment mentor, intuitive, tantrica and womb alchemist, her own journey of empowerment through listening to her womb voice has enabled her to share these ancient tantric priestess practices with others so they, too, can come into close relationship with their own exquisitely unique womb voices and heal the divine feminine within.
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2022-08-2343 minThe Healing Cocoon by Urban Ascension4. Redefining Life After Brain Trauma with Mobot Founder Lani CooperWhat would you do if something happened that made you forget who you are? How would you redefine yourself if you were suddenly existing without the limitations created from your childhood memories and experiences—if all the filters through which you saw the world were no longer there?
Lani Cooper, a renowned industry-leading expert in health, fitness and recovery, shares her inspiring but heart-wrenching journey of recovery and the process of recreating her reality after a traumatic brain injury that left her with no memory of who she was or how to exist in the world for th...
2022-08-1737 minThe Healing Cocoon by Urban Ascension3. The Wonder of Rewilding with Fumescent Founder Kat VillainKat is the author of “A Timeless Birth”, “Yoga as Origami”, and “The Wild Rhythms.” She's also the creator of a clean and fresh beauty line called Fumescent. Kat lives on the central coast of California with her husband, Charlie, and their daughter, Plum. Together they are creating a life of sustainability in their off-grid tiny house while practicing simple living and regenerating the Earth’s soils. Kat’s daily practices encompass yoga, meditation, herbal potions for health, and her natural body products for detoxification. She spends her days showing her daughter the value of self care and being an Earth steward...
2022-08-0942 minThe Healing Cocoon by Urban Ascension2. The Road Back From Rock Bottom with Wellness Queen Zoe NaylorFrom acting and coaching to production companies and a deeply impressive love of learning, Zoe has a knack for setting and achieving goals, constantly striving to better herself, stemming from the ultimate desire of helping others navigate their awakening journey. She has traversed addiction and codependent, drug-fueled relationships, divorce, birth trauma, and facing her own awakening and subsequent healing journey, through which her passion for service was ignited. She channels these life experiences into guiding others through her wellness company Kaftan Mama and production company, Eagle Rose Productions, for which she recently co-wrote, directed and produced the international award-winning do...
2022-08-0238 minThe Healing Cocoon by Urban Ascension1. Rewire Your Brain for More Joy with Neuroscience Ninja Alex NashtonAlex Nashton is a neuroscience ninja, coach, teacher, and teacher trainer. She's endlessly inspired by the human brains ability to change itself. Her love affair with the nervous system began when she realized she could use both an understanding of neuroscience and the tools of mindfulness to pull herself out of a long-time battle with anxiety and depression. Now she specializes in using both modern neuroscience and ancient mindfulness practices to help others unplug from patterns of the past, rewire themselves for less anxiety and create more joy. Most recently, Alex was based in in Santa Monica, California, where s...
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The Healing Cocoon by Urban AscensionOfficial Trailer: The Healing Cocoon by Urban Ascension, with your host Jacobie GrayWelcome to The Healing Cocoon! A podcast to enlighten, encourage and ensure a safe place for you to explore your personal healing journey through the shared stories and experiences of guests who’ve not only devoted their careers to inner growth, but who have also lived the processes they teach.
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The Short Film PodS2, Ep 18 - Anna Lawrence and Tai Hara: Web Series with a MessageColour Blind is a satirical web series created by producing partners Anna Lawrence and Tai Hara addressing race and diversity in the entertainment industry. Based on Hara's experiences as an actor, and also directed by him, the series aims to gently shed light on current inequalities and racial mindsets through it's hilarious mockumentary shooting style and cringe worthy situations. In this episode Hara and Lawrence talk us through the project; from initial conception to shooting with a skeleton crew to securing funding for post production and how they've adjusted their marketing strategy to better serve their audience. Hara is...
2021-06-1834 minThe Short Film PodS2, Ep 17 - Sharon Badal: Programming Shorts for Tribeca Film FestivalIn this exclusive episode celebrating the 20th year of Tribeca Film Festival we speak with industry veteran Sharon Badal about the 2021 program, the launch of Tribeca At Home and the 2020 program which will screen concurrently this year. Sharon has been with the festival since its inception in 2001 and, as Vice President of Filmmaker Relations and Shorts Programming, shares how she curates a program that reflects and inspires the audience, especially during these pandemic times. Prior to Tribeca Sharon spent ten years in distribution and marketing for three major studios and has authored a book called “Swimming Upstream – A Lifesaving Guid...
2021-06-0434 minThe Short Film PodS2, Ep 16 - Sky Davies: A DOP in Long and Short FormSky Davies is a very warm and considered cinematographer working across a slate of projects in Australia and internationally. Featured in Screen Australia's International Women’s Day Spotlight on 20 Talented Women in Screen 2021, she is passionate about gender equality in her camera crews and is very nurturing towards emerging talent; never ruling out working with a first time director if it's a match. We discuss her career trajectory - including lots of twists and turns, the importance of mental health, her 3 Pillars of Health and how she feels about short form projects now.
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2021-05-2134 minThe Short Film PodS2, Ep 15 - Guy Nattiv: Winning the Oscar for Best Live Action ShortIn this episode we have a fascinating chat with Guy Nattiv. Guy is an Academy Award® winning writer/director from Israel. His first American short film, SKIN, won the 2019 Oscar for Best Live Action Short, along with 350 festivals around the world and was acquired by FOX Searchlight. The feature version, also entitled SKIN, stars Jamie Bell, Vera Farmiga, Aussie Danielle Macdonald and premiered at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival to significant acclaim. The intriguing thing is; Guy actually wrote the short AFTER shooting the feature!
Before coming to the USA, Nattiv was a lauded filmmaker in Israel, wh...
2021-05-0635 minThe Short Film PodS2, Ep 11 - Thomas Wilson-White: Going from a Feature back to a ShortWe kick off our second season with the delightful Thomas Wilson-White. Thomas is an award-winning Australian director and screenwriter. His debut feature film THE GREENHOUSE premiered at BFI: Flare London LGBTIQ+ Film Festival (winning the Audience Choice Award at 2021 Mardi Gras Film Festival and Best Film at The Gold Coast Film Festival). He is a graduate of the VCA and AFTRS, where he completed his Masters of Screen Arts in 2017, specialising in queer theory. Our chat with Thomas is particularly interesting as he wrote what he thought would be his debut feature screenplay and ended up creating a short...
2021-04-2332 minThe Short Film PodS2, Ep 12 - Celine Roustan and Ivan Kander: Short of the Week SelectorsShort of the Week is a brilliant digital platform showcasing a wide curation of short films from around the world. It is the industry’s number one scouting ground for industry execs, producers, agents and distributors, and having your film selected can often lead to connections facilitated between filmmakers and the industry professionals who can take your career to the next level (think Netflix, Sundance, Fox, Warner, Warner, Disney, Hulu, WME, CAA, NY Times and more). In this episode we chat to two of the key selectors at Short of the Week, Celine Roustan (also a programmer for the Pa...
2021-04-2329 minThe Short Film PodS2, Ep 13 - Megan Riakos Part 1: Curating Multiple Shorts into a Feature Horror AnthologyMegan Riakos is a go-getter. A writer, director, producer, advocacy leader, lecturer and all round wonderful woman, Megan continues to bring a distinctive female lens to the world of genre filmmaking. Her debut feature as writer/director/producer of the thriller Crushed received strong reviews with The Australian calling it “a tense, bloody mystery thriller”, and The Hollywood Reporter labelling it “A solid debut.”
Megan’s next project was Australia’s first horror anthology feature film Dark Whispers – Volume 1 which is why we are chatting to her in this ep. Megan created an incredible opportunity for ten Australian wome...
2021-04-2330 minThe Short Film PodS2, Ep 14 - Part 2 Live Panel Event Dark Whispers Vol 1: Australia's First Women's Horror AnthologyIn this very special follow up episode (listen to Megan Riakos in Ep 3 first) we are thrilled to broadcast a live panel event created by Megan to celebrate the release of Dark Whispers Vol 1.
WHISPERING LOUDLY: FEMALE VOICES IN CONTEMPORARY GENRE FILMMAKING, SYDNEY MARCH 2021
Was an International Women’s Day panel and networking drinks event with the creative team behind Australia’s first all-women horror anthology Dark Whispers – Volume 1. Presented by Hemlock & Cedar Films in association with City of Sydney, Actors Centre Australia, Stranger with My Face International Film Festival, the NSW chapter of WIFT Australia, S...
2021-04-2349 minThe Short Film PodS1, Ep 10 - TJ Power: Trusting Your HODsFor our season finale actor turned writer/director TJ Power shows us the value in surrounding yourself with a strong team. Originally graduating from the drama degree at WAAPA, TJ has since appeared in TV shows such as 'Offspring' and 'Major Crimes' and on the big screen in films like 'Eat, Pray, Love' with Julia Roberts and Javier Bardem and 'The Sapphires' with Debra Mailman and Chris O’Dowd. He received an ACCTA nomination for his performance in Josh Lawson’s comedy, 'The Little Death'. Turning his hand to writing and directing, TJ’s first short film, 'Your Call Is Imp...
2019-06-1429 minThe Short Film PodS1, Ep 9 - Shideh Faramand and Kirsty Stark: How a Short Film can be a Proof of Concept for your FeatureShideh Faramand and Kirsty Stark are a dynamic writer/director and producer team who decided to collaborate when Shideh’s charming short film ‘A Reluctant Bride’ proved an irresistible proof of concept for a feature length exploration of the same story. The interview is a fascinating account of their experience navigating Australian funding bodies and the development process as well as their individual thoughts on filmmaking. It’s a bird’s eye look at how a short can serve a filmmaker’s career, accelerate them into long form and give them the opportunity to forge powerful partnerships in the process.
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2019-06-0732 minThe Short Film PodS1, Ep 8 - Gareth Davies: What IS a Production DesignerGareth Davies is an artist. He’s also a production designer, a director, a writer, a muser and a talker. In this episode he breaks down what production design actually is, what it means for a short film and how it adds to the audience’s experience. Gareth initially began his career in graphic design before transitioning into film as a tech advisor on Superman Returns. He’s since worked professionally in the industry for over ten years designing both features and shorts, including collaborating with Jacobie and Leonie on their last two films (The Aquarium and The Beehive). His ar...
2019-05-3137 minThe Short Film PodS1, Ep 7 - Brooke Goldfinch: How to Crowdfund Your Way to Film SchoolBrooke Goldfinch is a name you will all soon recognise. A journalist turned writer/director, Brooke created one of the first ‘crowdfunding campaigns’ - well before anyone had heard of Kickstarter – to fund her way through cinema studies at NYU’s prestigious School of the Arts, Tisch. Under the tutelage of legendary filmmakers such as Spike Lee, Todd Solondz and others, Brooke honed her craft and returned to her homeland of Australia with Red Rover – her critically acclaimed short film exploring the world’s end through the eyes of two teenagers. Now working on her debut feature, Brooke has several exci...
2019-05-2435 minThe Short Film PodS1, Ep 6 – Andy Carbone: Actor Decides to Write a ScreenplayAndy Carbone is a boy from the bush. Before training to be an actor at QUT he began his working life mustering and droving cattle. Those experiences inspired him to put pen to paper and write a short story set in the outback. That story eventually turned into Waiting for Rain, his directorial debut produced by Aquarius Films. In this episode, Andy is thoughtful and truthful; about taking your time, about creating projects that mean something to you, and about how important it is to listen to your gut.
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2019-05-1729 minThe Short Film PodS1, Ep 5 - Adrian Chiarella: Editor / Screenwriter Turned DirectorAdrian Chiarella is one of the most skilled filmmakers we’ve had the pleasure to interview! A graduate in both editing and screenwriting from AFTRS, Adrien decided to give directing a go and his recent short BLACK LIPS was commissioned to air on SBS as part of a special program celebrating the Mardi Gras 40th Anniversary. The film has screened at numerous festivals around the world and also earned him a nomination for Best Directing in a Short at the 2019 Australian Directors Guild Awards. Adrien is committed to diversity on screen and his unique voice beautifully balances a gentleness and a...
2019-05-0933 minThe Short Film PodS1, Ep 4 - Shelly Lauman: Directing with No MusicShelly Lauman is a prolific short filmmaker. Actor turned writer/director, Shelly attended the prestigious American Film Institute Conservatory which allowed her to explore her unique gift for storytelling. She rarely if ever uses music in her short films and is not afraid to push the art form. Now back in her hometown of Sydney Australia, Shelly is enjoying the success of her highly acclaimed ADG Metro Screen Fellowship short film Birdie and turning her attention to her debut feature.
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2019-05-0227 minThe Short Film PodS1, Ep 3 - Claudia Pickering: How DO They Select Shorts for Festivals?If you haven’t heard of Freshflix Film Festival then where have you been?! Today we talk through the back-end of a short film festival with Freshflix co-founder Claudia Pickering. We pick her brains on selection criteria, how they program and what to do when you get a rejection letter. A must listen for all short filmmakers.
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2019-04-1735 minThe Short Film PodS1, Ep 1 - Danielle Boesenberg and Jacobie Gray: How the Editor and the Director Work TogetherIn our very first episode, Jacobie and Leonie sit down with their award-winning editor Danielle Boesenberg to chat through the ideal working relationship between the director and editor. Danielle has cut over 30 shorts, so look out for all her nuggets of wisdom - she really knows her stuff!
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2019-04-1737 minThe Short Film PodS1, Ep 2 - Kevin Lim and Aaron McLisky: Collaborating With Your DOPKevin Lim (writer/director) and Aaron McLisky (cinematographer) truly know the definition of collaboration. They talks us through how they began making shorts together during their advertising days which ultimately led to their collective, Soda Honey Films.
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