Soul Essence
112 episodes - English - Latest episode: 10 months ago -Do you crave a deeper connection with your soul's essence? Are you seeking guidance on how to navigate the intensity of your sensitivity and empathy? Then you've come to the right place. I'm Xandra, a Buddhist-psychology therapist and psychic-medium. "Soul Essence" is where psychology and spirituality intersect to navigate life's complexities. This podcast caters to those who are sensitive and empathic, and who are eager to deepen their self-trust and intuition. Through a blend of personal stories, spiritual insights, and actionable practices, we delve into themes such as emotional resilience, self-trust, healing from trauma, cultivating inner peace, and discovering joy. Listeners gain unique perspectives and practical tools not commonly found elsewhere, empowering them to access and stay connected to their inner wisdom. Join me bi-weekly on Thursdays, and for more insights into therapy and courses, visit www.soulessencepsychotherapy.com.
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Empaths & Highly Sensitive People
June 02, 2021 13:00 - 38 minutes - 26.5 MBDo you identify as an empath or highly sensitive person (HSP)? More people than ever identify as empaths or HSPs, yet our society still doesn’t fully accept and embrace our sensitivity. So, what do we do about that? How can we embrace our sensitivity, turn it into a superpower, and make magic with it? Life becomes overwhelming when you feel so much of what goes around you. There aren’t many frameworks or road maps for living life as an empath or HSP. Xandra says the trick is to learn how to...
Make Magic: How to Be an Empowered Empath
June 02, 2021 13:00 - 38 minutes - 26.5 MBIn this episode, Xandra discusses how to find empowerment in your sensitivities, and connects empathy and sensitivity to the larger wheel of intuition. As a teenager, Xandra experienced a powerful catalyst when a spirit invaded her space, which sent her on a deep and windy healing path to understanding how her empathic nature could be channeled into deeper intuition and self-trust. Check out this episode to learn more!
How to Be an Empowered Empath
June 02, 2021 13:00 - 38 minutes - 26.5 MBIn this episode, Xandra discusses how to find empowerment in your sensitivities, and connects empathy and sensitivity to the larger wheel of intuition. As a teenager, Xandra experienced a powerful catalyst when a spirit invaded her space, which sent her on a deep and windy healing path to understanding how her empathic nature could be channeled into deeper intuition and self-trust. Check out this episode to learn more!
Episode #15 - Make Magic: How to Be an Empowered Empath
June 02, 2021 13:00 - 38 minutes - 26.5 MBIn this episode, Xandra discusses how to find empowerment in your sensitivities, and connects empathy and sensitivity to the larger wheel of intuition. As a teenager, Xandra experienced a powerful catalyst when a spirit invaded her space, which sent her on a deep and windy healing path to understanding how her empathic nature could be channeled into deeper intuition and self-trust. Check out this episode to learn more! Listen to the Soul Essence podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Po...
Episode #14 - Make Magic: Finding Balance in Masculine & Feminine Energies
May 19, 2021 13:00 - 35 minutes - 24.6 MBIn this episode, Xandra discusses how operating in masculine energy longterm can make accessing intuition and connection to spirit more difficult. Xandra discusses her perspective of masculine and feminine energy and the need to have a balanced embodiment of both to avoid burnout or dis-regulation. She also expands on this topic by focusing on how women in the US have been conditioned to operate as more masculine in order to be successful, and how this has cut off their divine feminine abili...
Make Magic: How the Overactive Masculine Blocks Intuition
May 19, 2021 13:00 - 35 minutes - 24.6 MBIn this episode, Xandra discusses how operating in masculine energy longterm can make accessing intuition and connection to spirit more difficult. Xandra discusses her perspective of masculine and feminine energy and the need to have a balanced embodiment of both to avoid burnout or dis-regulation. She also expands on this topic by focusing on how women in the US have been conditioned to operate as more masculine in order to be successful, and how this has cut off their divine feminine abili...
Episode #14 - Make Magic: How the Overactive Masculine Blocks Intuition
May 19, 2021 13:00 - 35 minutes - 24.6 MBIn this episode, Xandra discusses how operating in masculine energy longterm can make accessing intuition and connection to spirit more difficult. Xandra discusses her perspective of masculine and feminine energy and the need to have a balanced embodiment of both to avoid burnout or dis-regulation. She also expands on this topic by focusing on how women in the US have been conditioned to operate as more masculine in order to be successful, and how this has cut off their divine feminine abili...
Finding Balance in Masculine & Feminine Energies
May 19, 2021 13:00 - 35 minutes - 24.6 MBDo you feel a secret ache within you to let things go and to be held? Have you been “go, go, go” until you burn yourself out? Do you have a desire to surrender to life and let it nurture you? Your soul might be seeking a balance between your masculine and feminine energies… Women in the US have been conditioned to operate as more masculine in order to be successful and respected. This has cut off our divine feminine ability to receive information, which is often a big requirement for receiv...
Episode #14 - Make Magic: How the Overactive Masculine Blocks Intuition
May 19, 2021 13:00 - 35 minutes - 24.6 MBIn this episode, Xandra discusses how operating in masculine energy longterm can make accessing intuition and connection to spirit more difficult. Xandra discusses her perspective of masculine and feminine energy and the need to have a balanced embodiment of both to avoid burnout or dis-regulation. She also expands on this topic by focusing on how women in the US have been conditioned to operate as more masculine in order to be successful, and how this has cut off their divine feminine abili...
Episode #13 - Make Magic: Finding Freedom in Yourself
May 05, 2021 13:00 - 28 minutes - 19.6 MBIn this episode, Xandra invites listeners to question and uncover where their true freedom lies, and what internal and external structures might be blocking this sense of joyous flow. She also shares her personal experience using meditation and mindfulness practices to expose how the ego can sway us into believing untrue narratives about ourselves, which ultimately obscures our true soul essence and freedom. Listen to the Soul Essence podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or...
How to Find Freedom in Yourself
May 05, 2021 13:00 - 28 minutes - 19.6 MBWhat is true freedom? When do you feel the freest? Keep those questions in mind as you tune into this episode which is all about finding freedom in yourself. Having a strong sense of what freedom means to you and what prevents you from feeling free is medicinal knowledge. Knowing how to find freedom in yourself, instead of external sources, allows you to connect with your inner compass and your greater purpose. Finding freedom in yourself will open doors you didn’t even know existed. In th...
Make Magic: Finding Freedom in Yourself
May 05, 2021 13:00 - 28 minutes - 19.6 MBIn this episode, Xandra invites listeners to question and uncover where their true freedom lies, and what internal and external structures might be blocking this sense of joyous flow. She also shares her personal experience using meditation and mindfulness practices to expose how the ego can sway us into believing untrue narratives about ourselves, which ultimately obscures our true soul essence and freedom.
How to Gain Valuable Insights from Your Anger
April 22, 2021 14:00 - 32 minutes - 22.2 MBWe experience anger for a reason… we can learn a LOT from it. In fact, we can learn to use our anger as an insightful medicine. How? That’s exactly what you’ll learn in this episode. In this episode of Soul Essence, you’ll learn how to gain valuable insights from your anger so you can grow and thrive without anger holding you back. Xandra invites you to take a deeper look into your relationship to anger – how you see anger, your ability to connect with your anger, and how to manage it in he...
Episode #12 - Make Magic: Anger as Insight Medicine
April 22, 2021 14:00 - 32 minutes - 22.2 MBIn this episode, Xandra discusses how anger is an important messenger to help us identify what our body needs for healing and how to connect with this inner wisdom to have a better relationship with yourself, your emotions and other people. Listen to the Soul Essence podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or our website! SHARE this episode with a friend & leave us a RATING/REVIEW if you enjoyed it! Connect with us! Visit Xandra's website Follow Xandra on Instagram Co...
Make Magic: Anger as Insight Medicine
April 22, 2021 14:00 - 32 minutes - 22.2 MBIn this episode, Xandra discusses how anger is an important messenger to help us identify what our body needs for healing and how to connect with this inner wisdom to have a better relationship with yourself, your emotions and other people.
Grounding to Heal Yourself
April 07, 2021 15:00 - 27 minutes - 19 MBWhen you become more aware of your energy and the energy in your space that isn’t aligned with you, you become more aware of when you need to ground yourself. Grounding assists the body in releasing energy and preparing it for higher levels of spiritual development. If you’re not grounding your body and mind when they need it, you’re not giving yourself the opportunity to spiritually expand at the rate that you want it to. Luckily, there are easy and fun energy tools you can use to ground a...
Make Magic: Grounding to Heal Yourself
April 07, 2021 15:00 - 27 minutes - 19 MBXandra describes how grounding assists the body in releasing energy and preparing it for higher levels of spiritual development. She weaves together how grounding connects with the first chakra (the root chakra) and provides a unique metaphor for how to visualize this process. Xandra is a Psychotherapist, Soul Wellness Coach & Psychic-Medium that teaches dynamic energy healing medicine programs through Soul Essence Wellness Center.
Episode #11 - Make Magic: Grounding to Heal Yourself
April 07, 2021 15:00 - 27 minutes - 19 MBXandra describes how grounding assists the body in releasing energy and preparing it for higher levels of spiritual development. She weaves together how grounding connects with the first chakra (the root chakra) and provides a unique metaphor for how to visualize this process. Xandra is a Psychotherapist, Soul Wellness Coach & Psychic-Medium that teaches dynamic energy healing medicine programs through Soul Essence Wellness Center. Listen to the Soul Essence podcast on Spotify, Apple Podca...
Episode #10 - Make Magic: Giving Yourself Permission to Heal
March 24, 2021 14:00 - 30 minutes - 21.2 MBXandra connects the ability to forgive ourselves and to heal with allowing "permission energy" more fully into our lives. She describes permission energy as the way we can bring more openness, creativity and relaxation to our lives, while also manifesting what we want without rigidity. Check out Xandra's website to learn more about her healing center. Listen to the Soul Essence podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or our website! SHARE this episode with a friend & leave us ...
Make Magic: Giving Yourself Permission to Heal
March 24, 2021 14:00 - 30 minutes - 21.2 MBXandra connects the ability to forgive ourselves and to heal with allowing "permission energy" more fully into our lives. She describes permission energy as the way we can bring more openness, creativity and relaxation to our lives, while also manifesting what we want without rigidity. Check out Xandra's website to learn more about her healing center.
Giving Yourself Permission to Heal
March 24, 2021 14:00 - 30 minutes - 21.2 MBAs a spiritual being, you’ve probably heard the phrases “manifesting” and “allowing” and “holding space for” quite frequently… but have you heard of “permission energy”? Permission energy is something that, when embraced fully, gives you the ability to forgive and heal yourself. Xandra describes permission energy as the way we can bring more openness, creativity, and relaxation to our lives, while also manifesting what we want without rigidity. In this episode of Soul Essence, Xandra teach...
Episode #9 - Make Magic: Forgiveness as the Path to Freedom
March 10, 2021 16:00 - 29 minutes - 20.3 MBHave you ever heard of being "corded"? Or feel like your energy is still tied to someone else? In this episode, Xandra focuses on recognizing forgiveness as the true path to freeing yourself from any lasting energetic cords. Xandra explains what energetic cords are and offers her own life experience with how to work with cords that can have us feeling stuck to other people or past situations in our lives. Xandra also explains how to call your energy back from other people and to cut these co...
Forgiveness as the Path to Freedom
March 10, 2021 16:00 - 29 minutes - 20.3 MBDo you feel like your energy is tied to someone or something else? That’s something called an “energetic cord”. The solution? It’s simple… the solution is intentional forgiveness. Forgiveness isn’t just an opportunity to let things go. Forgiveness is the path to true freedom, where you can call parts of yourself back that you didn’t know you’ve been missing. In this episode of Soul Essence, you’ll learn how to harness the power of forgiveness and cut your energetic cords once and for all. ...
Make Magic: Forgiveness as the Path to Freedom
March 10, 2021 16:00 - 29 minutes - 20.3 MBHave you ever heard of being "corded"? Or feel like your energy is still tied to someone else? In this episode, Xandra focuses on recognizing forgiveness as the true path to freeing yourself from any lasting energetic cords. Xandra explains what energetic cords are and offers her own life experience with how to work with cords that can have us feeling stuck to other people or past situations in our lives. Xandra also explains how to call your energy back from other people and to cut these co...
Using Affirmations to Transform your Life
February 24, 2021 16:00 - 26 minutes - 18.2 MBAre you aware of what isn’t working in your life, but despite that awareness, things don’t change? Are you feeling frustrated, powerless, or stagnant and ready for real change? In this episode of Soul Essence, you’ll learn how to use affirmations to put a stop to this frustrating cycle of awareness without change and finally manifest transformations in your life. You’ll learn how affirmations work and how they affect the brain, along with some easy ways to practice affirmations daily. If y...
Episode #8 - Make Magic: How Affirmations Change Your Brain
February 24, 2021 16:00 - 26 minutes - 18.2 MBIn this episode, Xandra dives into a frustrating experience that most of us get stuck in: having awareness of what isn't working in our lives, but our lives still don't change. Xandra discusses how she dismantles this cycle with easy tools, and also how to gain more insight on where this difficult cycle comes from. She also discusses the neuroscience behind affirmations along with how tiny changes in your thinking result in huge life shifts. Listen to the Soul Essence podcast on Spotify, A...
Make Magic: How Affirmations Change Your Brain
February 24, 2021 16:00 - 26 minutes - 18.2 MBIn this episode, Xandra dives into a frustrating experience that most of us get stuck in: having awareness of what isn't working in our lives, but our lives still don't change. Xandra discusses how she dismantles this cycle with easy tools, and also how to gain more insight on where this difficult cycle comes from. She also discusses the neuroscience behind affirmations along with how tiny changes in your thinking result in huge life shifts.
Episode #7: Being Your Own Guide
February 10, 2021 22:00 - 33 minutes - 22.9 MBXandra shares her story of miraculously discovering how to heal past experiences in her life through being a spirit guide to her past self in the present. She discusses more in depth how you can connect with your past and future selves in order to receive guidance, clarity and healing. Xandra challenges the idea that time is linear, and believes that we can heal our past selves now, and receive insight from our future selves in the present.
Episode #7 - Make Magic: Being Your Own Guide
February 10, 2021 22:00 - 33 minutes - 22.9 MBXandra shares her story of miraculously discovering how to heal past experiences in her life through being a spirit guide to her past self in the present. She discusses more in depth how you can connect with your past and future selves in order to receive guidance, clarity and healing. Xandra challenges the idea that time is linear, and believes that we can heal our past selves now, and receive insight from our future selves in the present. Listen to the Soul Essence podcast on Spotify, Ap...
You Are Your Own Spirit Guide
February 10, 2021 22:00 - 33 minutes - 22.9 MBDid you know you can be your own spirit guide? It’s true! You have the power to connect with your past and future selves to receive guidance, clarity, and healing… and it’s not as difficult has you might think. Being your own spirit guide is being your own best friend. It’s immensely healing when you can ask for help from your future self and give love to yourself by sending messages to your past self. When you become your own spirit guide, you can shift your frequency and bring more abunda...
Make Magic: Being Your Own Guide
February 10, 2021 22:00 - 33 minutes - 22.9 MBXandra shares her story of miraculously discovering how to heal past experiences in her life through being a spirit guide to her past self in the present. She discusses more in depth how you can connect with your past and future selves in order to receive guidance, clarity and healing. Xandra challenges the idea that time is linear, and believes that we can heal our past selves now, and receive insight from our future selves in the present.
Make Magic: Undercover Codependency & Spiritual Certainty
February 03, 2021 14:00 - 24 minutes - 17 MBThis episode discusses Xandra's personal story about working with undercover codependency and the importance of aligning in your own self-worth and spiritual certainty. Xandra also introduces the psychic mentorship program she will be offering soon. If you are interested in learning more about her program, please contact Xandra at [email protected]. You can also learn more about Xandra and her offerings at soulessencewellnesscenter.com
Episode #6: Undercover Codependency & Spiritual Certainty
February 03, 2021 14:00 - 24 minutes - 17 MBThis episode discusses Xandra's personal story about working with undercover codependency and the importance of aligning in your own self-worth and spiritual certainty. Xandra also introduces the psychic mentorship program she will be offering soon. If you are interested in learning more about her program, please contact Xandra at [email protected]. You can also learn more about Xandra and her offerings at soulessencewellnesscenter.com
Episode #6 - Make Magic: Undercover Codependency & Spiritual Certainty
February 03, 2021 14:00 - 24 minutes - 17 MBThis episode discusses Xandra's personal story about working with undercover codependency and the importance of aligning in your own self-worth and spiritual certainty. Xandra also introduces the psychic mentorship program she will be offering soon. If you are interested in learning more about her program, please contact Xandra at [email protected]. You can also learn more about Xandra and her offerings at soulessencewellnesscenter.com Listen to the Soul Essence podcast on Spotify...
Undercover Codependency: How to Recognize & Heal It
February 03, 2021 14:00 - 24 minutes - 17 MBWe can’t help others if we can’t help ourselves. When we’re not embodying our truth and living life through love, we become codependent on other people to validate us. When we love ourselves freely, believe in our self-worth, and feel certain about our spirit, we can ditch the codependency for good. Only then will we begin to emit a frequency that naturally brings healing to others. Pretty magical, right? So, how do we overcome this undercover codependency and step into our spiritual certa...
Episode #5 - Connecting With Your Unique Soul Essence Energy
July 15, 2020 03:00 - 29 minutes - 20.5 MBThis is the final episode of the 5-series podcast that focuses on aligning in your self-love and also includes a guided healing meditation for you to connect with your unique soul essence frequency.
Self-Love Mini Series: Connecting With Your Unique Soul Essence Energy
July 15, 2020 03:00 - 29 minutes - 20.5 MBThis is the final episode of the 5-series podcast that focuses on aligning in your self-love and also includes a guided healing meditation for you to connect with your unique soul essence frequency.
Self-Love Mini Series: Your Unique Soul Essence
July 15, 2020 03:00 - 29 minutes - 20.6 MBOftentimes, what separates us from our soul essence, self-love, are memories of feeling hurt and abandoned. When we’re disconnected from self-love, we begin defining ourselves as unlovable, unworthy, or not enough. Do you resonate? Over the past 4 episodes of our Self-Love Mini Series, you’ve been given the tools to feel worthy of love, joy, and healing. Today, you’ll be given the tool to connect to your unique soul essence frequency. In this final episode of the Soul Essence Podcast’s Sel...
Episode #5 of 5 Part Mini-Series - Connecting With Your Unique Soul Essence Energy
July 15, 2020 03:00 - 29 minutes - 20.5 MBThis is the final episode of the 5-series podcast that focuses on aligning in your self-love and also includes a guided healing meditation for you to connect with your unique soul essence frequency.
Episode #5 - Self-Love Mini Series: Your Unique Soul Essence
July 15, 2020 03:00 - 29 minutes - 20.6 MBThis is the final episode of the 5-series podcast that focuses on aligning in your self-love and also includes a guided healing meditation for you to connect with your unique soul essence frequency. Listen to the Soul Essence podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or our website! SHARE this episode with a friend & leave us a RATING/REVIEW if you enjoyed it! Connect with us! Visit Xandra's website Follow Xandra on Instagram Connect with Soul Essence Wellness Center on...
Episode #4 - Self-Love Mini Series: How to Connect with Yourself
July 08, 2020 02:00 - 29 minutes - 20.3 MBIn Episode #4 we explore internal invalidation stories and how we can shift these stories to begin peeling away untrue narratives. This podcast includes a guided meditation to help you dive into your inner knowing and to connect with a part of yourself that needs your love and care. If you can see it, you can heal it.
Self-Love Mini Series: Internal Invalidaton & Connecting With Yourself
July 08, 2020 02:00 - 29 minutes - 20.3 MBIn Episode #4 we explore internal invalidation stories and how we can shift these stories to begin peeling away untrue narratives. This podcast includes a guided meditation to help you dive into your inner knowing and to connect with a part of yourself that needs your love and care. If you can see it, you can heal it.
Self-Love Mini Series: How to Love & Integrate Your Shadow
July 08, 2020 02:00 - 29 minutes - 20.4 MBIs there a story or narrative about yourself that keeps coming up despite you knowing it’s not helpful or true? We’ve spent the last few episodes tuning into the invalidation stories that have formed throughout our lives. Today, we’re going to look at how this has informed the way we view and love ourselves and how we can start shifting that. Hint: It all starts with awareness. In episode 4 of the Soul Essence Podcast’s Self-Love Mini Series, you’ll learn how to explore your shadow and you...
Episode #4 of 5 Part Mini-Series - Internal Invalidaton & Connecting With Yourself
July 08, 2020 02:00 - 29 minutes - 20.3 MBIn Episode #4 we explore internal invalidation stories and how we can shift these stories to begin peeling away untrue narratives. This podcast includes a guided meditation to help you dive into your inner knowing and to connect with a part of yourself that needs your love and care. If you can see it, you can heal it.
Episode #4 - Self-Love Mini Series: How to Love & Integrate Your Shadow
July 08, 2020 02:00 - 29 minutes - 20.4 MBIn Episode #4 we explore our shadow and internal invalidation stories and how we can shift these stories to begin peeling away untrue narratives. This podcast includes a guided meditation to help you dive into your inner knowing and to connect with a part of yourself that needs your love and care. If you can see it, you can heal it. Listen to the Soul Essence podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or our website! SHARE this episode with a friend & leave us a RATING/REVIEW if...
Episode #4 - Internal Invalidaton & Connecting With Yourself
July 08, 2020 02:00 - 29 minutes - 20.3 MBIn Episode #4 we explore internal invalidation stories and how we can shift these stories to begin peeling away untrue narratives. This podcast includes a guided meditation to help you dive into your inner knowing and to connect with a part of yourself that needs your love and care. If you can see it, you can heal it.
Episode #3 - Healing our Family Trauma Stories & Self-Rejection
July 01, 2020 02:00 - 36 minutes - 24.8 MBIn this episode, we take a step further into looking at where some of our first invalidation stories came from by focusing on our family systems. If we are unable to give love to ourselves consistently or we struggle often to feel enough, these difficulties are linked to old invalidation stories that have been told to us or modeled to us by our families. By looking at how our families have shaped us, we acknowledge what has happened with attention and care and we find ways to let these stori...
Self-Love Mini Series: Healing our Family Trauma
July 01, 2020 02:00 - 36 minutes - 24.8 MBMany of us are afraid to look at our family systems and the different traumas we’ve experienced throughout our lives. When we investigate our family trauma, we may see where we were missed, ignored, rejected, or abused as a child. While that can feel scary, let’s choose love instead of fear. “If we are unable to give love to ourselves consistently or we struggle often to feel enough, these difficulties are often linked to old invalidation stories that have been told to us or modeled to us b...
Self-Love Mini Series: Healing our Family Trauma Stories & Self-Rejection
July 01, 2020 02:00 - 36 minutes - 24.8 MBIn this episode, we take a step further into looking at where some of our first invalidation stories came from by focusing on our family systems. If we are unable to give love to ourselves consistently or we struggle often to feel enough, these difficulties are linked to old invalidation stories that have been told to us or modeled to us by our families. By looking at how our families have shaped us, we acknowledge what has happened with attention and care and we find ways to let these stori...
Episode #3 - Self-Love Mini Series: Healing our Family Trauma
July 01, 2020 02:00 - 36 minutes - 24.8 MBIn this episode, we take a step further into looking at where some of our first invalidation stories came from by focusing on our family systems. If we are unable to give love to ourselves consistently or we struggle often to feel enough, these difficulties are linked to old invalidation stories that have been told to us or modeled to us by our families. By looking at how our families have shaped us, we acknowledge what has happened with attention and care and we find ways to let these stori...