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Sara Sessions: Soulful healing conversationsFrom Discomfort to Discovery: Navigating Authentic Conversations and Global Change with Jean-Sebastien DufresneIn this episode of the SaraSessions Podcast, Jean-Sebastien Dufresne and I explore the complex web of human connections and delve into the dynamics that shape our modern society. We discuss the various ways humans create norms, from lawmakers and politicians to civil society, and how these norms influence our lives.
The conversation touches upon the power of collective decision-making and the potential for civil society to address complex issues where politicians might fall short. We share our experiences and insights into fostering authentic, courageous conversations and emphasize the importance of pushing boundaries and embracing...2023-10-2958 minSara Sessions: Soulful healing conversationsTransition, Changement, Adaptation: Les pilliers de notre developpement avec Emmanuel Houedakor et Jean-Sebastien DufresneOn this episode I had the opportunity to talk with 2 great montreal coaches, however due to the majority win of language comfort, it is mostly in french with some frenglish sprinkled through.
Emmanuel Houedakor, a fitness coach originally from Togo, uses a holistic approach that helps people attain not only physical health but overall mental and emotional health through lifestyle changes and practices.
You can find him at
www.lafitnesserie.com or on instagram @lafitnesserie
Jean-Sebastien Dufresne a mediator, executive coach and founder of Iciela, a non profit organization encouraging citizen engagement...2023-09-251h 06Sara Sessions: Soulful healing conversationsEmbodiment, the Quadfecta: Hard Work, Soft Grace, Authentic Presence and Lots of Heart with Eliza MooreCultivating embodiment, the perfect quadfecta: hard work, soft grace, authentic presence and lots of heart.
This is what transpired through this wonderful conversation with Eliza Moore. She is a singer, song writer, artist, yoga and meditation teacher, personal trainer, workshop and retreat facilitator, host and leader as well as a mother of 2. Her particular path is combining her love of worlds that are now colliding in unison.
This conversation reminds us of how to allow music, movement, mindfulness, and connection to inspire us to keep keeping on for more...2023-09-1546 minSara Sessions: Soulful healing conversationsCreativity at the Foreground: Making your Passion your Reality with Lorena Garcia GironCreativity is in everything, but how do you make your passion your everyday reality?
I invite you to listen with attention to detail as so much is covered. In this episode I chat with Lorena Garcia Giron, Creative director and designer, facilitator, host and workshop extraordinaire to talk to us about her journey into design. Delve into a world of self made opportunities, connecting passion and creativity to bring positive change to the world. We explore passion, creation, skills (not the type you think), momentum, mountains and valleys, inertia and what it takes to...2023-08-2355 minSara Sessions: Soulful healing conversationsLove, Loss & Truth: Conquering the Self with Nicole WebsterNicole Webster is an ocean journalist and professional photographer that has credited her title to her passions. Inspired to share the incredible stories of the ocean, she recalls her story of becoming so lucky, more accurately to listening to the next knock and choosing the next step one step at a time.
Tune in for an inspiring story of living through our passions, getting lost, finding fulfillment and how money has nothing to do with it. What we think we need is often already right there, just needs some dusting. Let situations and inner gu...2022-02-2253 minSara Sessions: Soulful healing conversationsCreation, Connections and Conversations Towards Change & Growth with Maaike McIntyreSouth African waste water management engineer and world traveler, Maaike McIntyre talks with me about waste water and pollution management, the plastic endemic, choosing a new reality of priorities and changing concepts through travel and discovery.
Through connection, purpose, challenges, healing and inspiration we question whether we have become burned out or bored out as a society. The timing and the power of our choices impact and help to create change. Change what? Yes please... A conversation filled with gold nuggets to peek your curiosity and help conversations that can hold space, heal minds...2022-02-1144 minSara Sessions: Soulful healing conversationsMarine Conservation, Diversity Inclusion and Humanity with Kaelyn MaeharaWe all have the possibility to lean in with curiosity to conversations that help us understand our surrounding world a little better. Conservation, more specifically marine conservation has become an increasingly hot topic and big business for a multitude of reasons.
In this episode I talk to Kaelyn Maehara, Marine biologist, wildlife filmmaker, nature enthusiast and world traveler that has worked on short films and series for Netflix, Animal Planet, National Geographic, SeaShepperd conservation society and has been an active contributor to only one: A platform for stories, solutions, and community action to protect...2021-12-1750 minSara Sessions: Soulful healing conversationsFreediving with Ninja ReithNinja Reith, graphic designer, translator, world traveler and freediving instructor, has traveled over 40 countries thats till she stopped counting. She is a beautiful soul I had the privilege of getting to know on my training at Freedive center in Utila, Honduras. She has gone over 50 meters down on 1 breath and has trained with Sheena Macnally which is the first canadian woman that has surpassed the 100 meter mark in freediving and shares some of her passions, struggles, insights and wisdom gained through travel, training and breath.
Moral of the story? Decisions are made one breath at a time...2021-11-2850 min
Sara Sessions: Soulful healing conversationsHappiness or Success with Garen JemianGaren Jemian, certified leadership Coach, key note speaker and facilitator, author of "Happy people work harder" and of concordia Ted talk 2017 "Motivation and beyond money", simply an inspiring soul that looks to elevate potential in all his interactions, blessed me with his presence to talk about a few key points regarding happiness, success, motivation, communication and fulfillment amongst other tangents discussed.
This episode is a little longer than previous Sara Sessions, but covers insights and golden nuggets that are essential to anyone's road to betterment to tap into their potential, whether individuals or corporations...2021-11-201h 02Sara Sessions: Soulful healing conversationsOn Travel & Intuition, Doctor's Orders with Dr Fernanda LimaAmongst the many roads we take, we meet people that we aspire to know as they give us inspiration of challenging the versions of ourselves we have come accustomed to identifying with.
On my road to Utila I met Fernanda Lima, a young 28 year old Doctor from Brazil, traveling Latin America with a backpack and desire for beauty and adventure. I must say it's a slow start to the episode because it was the end of long long days of travel for both of us.
We talk intuition, travel...2021-11-1329 minSara Sessions: Soulful healing conversationsHealing, Health & Happiness with Karl NotargiovanniThere is a gap in our understanding of what healing entails. Healing from physical ailments all the way to healing our inner being consists of a combination of different practices and lots of personal work.
Today i discuss healing, health and happiness with Karl Notargiovanni. He is a beloved yoga teacher, acupuncturist and wellness practitioner with a dance background that has traveled through the inner workings of his being to come out a soul full of light, promoting wellness practices to unravel the complicated process of so many people are seeking. Acceptance, learning, growth, i...2021-10-3044 minSara Sessions: Soulful healing conversationsBreath is the Key with Tripura founder Anne-Marie DenaultI have had the privilege to know many entrepreneurs that have started wonderful initiatives. Anne-Marie Denault is the founder of Tripura, the 1st artificial intelligence breathwork coach. An application that introduces the listener to breathwork practices through an avatar that have the capacity of changing the nervous system's response to increase, calm or help you gain the desired energy you are seeking to create within for a better morning, day or night.
Breathwork is the number one self help practice that I know can help contribute to our personal and collective healing. And it's fr...2021-10-3040 minSara Sessions: Soulful healing conversationsIntro Session: Ad libWhen inspiration hits, not losing momentum is crucial. Finally, long awaited Sara sessions intro to what you can expect in the unfolding of my adventures, journey, insights and so much more coming up. Bear with me as i learn to make better shows and share what i find inspiring heart and soul nourishing conversations to educate and elevate.2021-10-3005 min