Active Ingredient Podcast

I am smiling from ear to ear writing this show note because this week's episode is with my SISTER (Kiki) and my BEST FRIEND (Pardo) and we are talking about all of our takeaways from the Netflix show, Nobody Wants This, created by Erin Foster hence the title of the episode. In this episode we're recapping the show and talking about all the reasons we are so grateful this exists especially at this moment in time and get into relationship dynamics in general, religion/spirituality, familial dynamics, knowing yourself in order to deeply connect with another person, embodied men and so much more. FINGERS CROSSED this is the first of many together.Also this is your SPOLER ALERT on the show if you haven't watch it yet <3First 11 minutes of the show is intros/background on Kiki and Pardo11 minute onward is the Nobody Wants This takeawaysCheck out Autobiographer and use code ACTIVE20 at checkout for 20% off your subscription: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/autobiographer/id6469733133

Hellooo! This week we have a solo all about stepping into energetically aligned and mutually beneficial opportunities, what to look/feel for and what to look out for, questions to ask yourself, as well as some examples of past experiences that led me to these learnings. Google Form for yoga + coffee session sign ups: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1RHabcCI4CnMV2NgtxvStMf6vvLJgFYiTb5ZlKbhWgBo/editLink to Autobiographer (use code ACTIVE20 for 20% off your subscription): https://apps.apple.com/us/app/autobiographer/id6469733133

This week's conversation is one of the most profound conversations I have honestly ever had in my life on or off the podcast. I'm joined by my friend and my yoga teacher Mimi Ghandour who is truly one of the strongest people I have ever known. Late last year on December 11th 2023, Mimi lost her beautiful 12 year daughter, Hala, who was born with a muscular disease that came with a life expectancy of 2 years old. While Hala's story is one of deep pain and grief it is also a story of unconditional and transcendent love. It's about unwavering faith, resilience and choice. It's about living with grief and allowing it to transform into even more purpose. And it's about showing up even when we have every excuse not to.For any of you listening that are going through/living with grief I am sending you so so much love. Mimi's first Active Ingredient Episode: Making hard choices for an easier lifeMimi's second Active Ingredient Episode: Stepping on your mat and into your powerConnect with Mimi Connect with Sophie

We have a solo today and the theme of this week's show is about something that I think a lot of us can relate to, which is about the fear of being seen. It's a fear that is so deeply embedded in our systems and is one that takes bringing it to the surface, facing it and understanding it head on in order to move with/through it with the intent of no longer letting it stop us from being fully seen and fully known which turns out is actually the safest place to be in. Link to Federer speech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqWUuYTcG-oLink to Autobiographer App: Link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/autobiographer/id6469733133Autobiographer is the first-of-its-kind app that uses an AI guide to help you capture and preserve your life story. The app encourages self-reflection and personal growth by prompting you to record meaningful moments and insights of your daily life which could not be more aligned to the mission of this show! They are giving all AI listeners 20% off your subscription with code ACTIVE20 at checkout.

I cannot tell you how excited I am to share this week's episode with you. I've been dying to release it from the moment we finished the conversation.The guest of the show this week is Ann-Marie Duchêne who is my body worker who specializes in structural integration via fascial release (her specific schooling is called Hellerwork which we get into in the show). She spent the first 10 years of her career traveling the world for Cirque du Soleil as their first-ever Dance Specialist Artistic Talent Scout - scouting the globe for the best dance/vocal/music/clowning talent on the planet before embarking on her unprecedented career pivot into structural integration work and has been practicing and perfecting her craft for the past 20 years. In this episode we're getting into what processing in and through the body actually even means, what structural integration work is exactly, how to tune into our bodily cues, how everything in the body (and beyond) is interconnected and the role that fascia, which is our connective tissue that is the layer right beneath our skin, plays in the communication within the body. How to get in contact with Anne-Marie: artofalignmentacademy.com/contact/People/tools references:Ida Rolf: rolf.orgGil Hedley: gilhedley.comMelt Method/Sue Hitzmann: meltmethod.comLo Roxburgh: laurenroxburgh.comAmy Colesby California Practitioner: aimeekolsby.comHow to connect with me: IG: @sophieiweill Autobiographer App (use code: ACTIVE20 for 20% off your subscription): https://apps.apple.com/us/app/autobiographer/id6469733133

Ahhhhh Active Ingredient is officially back! I MISSED YOU and doing this so much. Truly. Today's solo is an update on what's been going on with me since taking space from the pod, what to expect from the show moving forward, some big fat learnings I've had during this time, the importance of actually applying the the things that you're learning and experimenting with them, giving yourself (and myself) permission to begin again (and again and again and again), remembering why we do any of this work to begin with and doubling down on the things that feel TRUE/continuing to shed anything that no longer fits. ALSO - at the end of the episode I'm introducing our new presenting sponsor, Autobiographer (!!!) Autobiographer is the first-of-its-kind app that uses an AI guide to help you capture and preserve your life story. The app encourages self-reflection and personal growth by prompting you to record meaningful moments and insights of your daily life which could not be more aligned to the mission of this show! They are giving all AI listeners 20% off your subscription with code ACTIVE20 at checkout. Link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/autobiographer/id6469733133