Travel & Transformation

What do you want?Most women can't answer this question. And it costs them everything.I sent an email asking my community one simple thing: what do you want? From life. From your future. Who is your future self? Not everyone answered. And that silence told me everything.In this solo episode, I'm exploring why women struggle to voice what they want, and why that matters especially if you're single, child-free, or over 40. We dive into the expectations society placed on you before you had a say. The shame that shows up when your life doesn't match the plan. The weight of legacy when no one taught you to think about it. And what happens when you finally stop doing and start being.If you've ever wondered what you actually want underneath all the roles you play, felt guilt for wanting something different, or sensed that someone needs to ask you what YOU want — this one's for you.TOPICS DISCUSSED:Why asking women what they want reveals what's been withheldProfessional vs. high-achieving: why labels matter and who they're really excludingChild-free and childless women over 40 — the group nobody's really talking toShame and guilt when your life doesn't match the prescribed pathThe legacy question: what are you leaving when you have no childrenWhat to do with everything you carry alone as a single income householdThe journaling practice that changes everything: What I want is…How talking to your future self unlocks what you already knowFrom doing to being: the pause that resets your entire lifeBEST MOMENTS:"Knowing yourself and knowing what you want, you can stand unshakable. You can be unapologetically you. You can be unstoppable.""Future self is here, right? She's living the life that we want, so she knows what you want.""Not create the life somebody else wanted for us, but to create life our way."YOUR JOURNAL PROMPT:What I want is…Then start listing. Big things. Little things. Let them be huge. When you're finished, close it. Come back to it later. Read all the things. That's where your real life begins.Connect with SophiaWebsite |  www.thereikihealingcoach.com Instagram | @sophia_i_got_igInstagram | @createlifeyourwayFacebook | www.facebook.com/sophia.e.754LinkedIn | Sophia Elcock

You're doing what worked in your 30s. Nothing's changing. Your metabolism slowed. Your body's storing fat differently. And nobody warned you this was coming.In this episode, I talk with Dominika Asare, founder of Dominion Fitness and women's health expert, about why traditional weight loss advice fails women over 40 and what actually works when your hormones shift.With a background in biology and pharmacology, Dominika spent years watching women prescribed medication for conditions that could be managed with better nutrition and movement. She left pharma to build something different: a practice and app designed specifically for the hormonal reality of perimenopause and postmenopause.We break down why your metabolism isn't broken, why cortisol matters more than you think, and the small daily shifts that actually move the needle when you're in this phase of life.If you've felt anxious for the first time ever, walked into a room and completely forgot why, or watched your body change no matter what you do—this one's for you.DM Cortisol on Instagram to receive their free copy of our Cortisol Guide.TOPICS DISCUSSED:Why the pill affects so much more than just pregnancy preventionBrain fog and weight gain: the most common symptoms Dominika seesHow hormonal changes slow your metabolism and change where you store fatThe two big rocks: building muscle and reducing cortisolWhy strength training alone won't build muscle without the right nutritionProtein strategies for non-meat eaters and plant-based womenNatural vs. hormonal creams for vaginal dryness in menopauseThe cortisol guide and app beta testing (launching July)Why your body's stress response is different nowDaily cortisol reduction: eating breakfast within 30 minutes of wakingThe importance of eating regularly and getting 6+ hours of sleepEvening wind-down routines and why "the clapper" approach actually worksWhy existing weight loss apps don't account for perimenopauseConnect with on Dominika:Instagram | www.instagram.com/dominika.asareDominion Fitness | DM Cortisol on Instagram to receive their free copy of our Cortisol Guide.Luna App Beta Test – Menopausal Health dominionfitness.co.uk/luna-beta-surveyBEST MOMENTS:"The biggest thing that changes is metabolism because we lose muscle mass. The biggest thing we do is working to optimize their metabolism and reduce their cortisol.""Your metabolism is faster the more muscle mass you carry around your frame. You burn more calories at rest.""It's about increasing your protein levels within what you're currently eating and how you already eat, because that's the only way to make it stick.""If you're someone running on no breakfast and start eating at 12, you've got cortisol running free for the first part of the day.""Have breakfast within the first 30 minutes after you wake up. It doesn't have to be a full English breakfast. You can just have a banana."Connect with SophiaWebsite |  www.thereikihealingcoach.com Instagram | @sophia_i_got_igInstagram | @createlifeyourwayFacebook | www.facebook.com/sophia.e.754LinkedIn | Sophia Elcock

Kidney disease. Failed transplant. Twenty years as an end-stage renal patient while pursuing her medical career. Dr. Kathryn Tapper, is a Wellness Leadership Speaker and Coach and survived what was supposed to break her. And in the process, she learned that healing and leadership aren't about doing more, they're about becoming different from within.We dive into identity, language, and why the words you use to describe yourself either empower you or lock you in a box. We talk about nervous system regulation, why desire feels dangerous, and how high-achieving women unconsciously give away their power. If you've been grinding and achieving while feeling increasingly empty, this one's for you.TOPICS DISCUSSED:Why identifying as your diagnosis quietly locks you into a smaller lifeThe power of language: Why saying "I'm anxious" vs. "I feel anxious right now" changes everythingHow high-achieving women unconsciously give their power away and don't even realize itThe nervous system regulation secret no productivity guru will tell you aboutWhy desire feels dangerous and the generations of feminine conditioning behind itThe difference between control and surrender, and why surrendering is an act of strengthHow coaches and mentors hold you differently than friends ever canStepping into your future identity through small, aligned choicesThe grain of sand metaphor: How remembering you're part of something bigger changes everythingConnect with onLinkedIn | Dr. Kathryn TapperInstagram | @drkktapEmail | info@drkktap.comFree Guide Coming Soon | The 5-Minute Stress Reset (check email or socials for link)BEST MOMENTS:"We operate from the identity and the beliefs that we have about ourselves. I'm experiencing chronic kidney disease, not a chronic kidney disease patient. Because the first separates who I truly am from the disease.""Just because you can doesn't mean you should. What is it costing us? Our peace? Our presence? Our health?""There's a lesson in everything. There's a message in the message."Connect with SophiaWebsite |  www.thereikihealingcoach.com Instagram | @sophia_i_got_igInstagram | @createlifeyourwayFacebook | www.facebook.com/sophia.e.754LinkedIn | Sophia Elcock

Living a full life on the outside while feeling absolutely nothing on the inside isn't strength. It's survival. And there's a difference.Rachelle Luv Raku knew that difference intimately. Successful podiatrist. Mother of five. Holding everything together. And feeling none of it. Her wake-up call wasn't a breakdown, it was scrolling through her own photos and having zero memory of the joy she was looking at.In this episode, I talk with Rachelle about what it really takes to stop surviving and start actually living. We get into the nervous system, desire, pleasure, and why safety isn't something you find out there. It's something you build within.If you've ever numbed out just to keep going, felt guilty for wanting more, or wondered who you even are underneath all the roles you play — this one is for you.TOPICS DISCUSSED:Why numbing out the pain also means numbing out the joyThe shift that changes everything: you're not broken, you just don't have the skill yetWhy desire feels dangerous and the generations of conditioning behind thatHow to find safety within yourself instead of searching for it externallyWhy getting what you want can feel just as threatening as losing itChoregasms — how to bring pleasure and presence into everyday life, not just the big momentsConnect with Rachelle onInstagram | www.instagram.com/rachelleluvrakuFacebook | www.facebook.com/rachelle.luv.rakuWant to learn more about Rachelle’s work? Visit her website HEREBEST MOMENTS:"Once you find safety within yourself, everything shifts. Because you know that no matter what situation you get into, you're going to know what to do.""Go today and spend a whole day flirting with your damn self."Connect with SophiaWebsite |  www.thereikihealingcoach.com Instagram | @sophia_i_got_igInstagram | @createlifeyourwayFacebook | www.facebook.com/sophia.e.754LinkedIn | Sophia Elcock

Your life looks great on paper. But something's missing and no amount of achievement is filling the gap. The problem isn't what you're doing. It's who you're being.This week I'm taking you inside my five-day identity workshop, the same work I do with single professional women over 40 who are accomplished, capable, and quietly unfulfilled. I walk you through the full framework we used over those five days, the patterns I see over and over again that keep high-achieving women stuck, and why the next version of you isn't waiting on a big decision. She's waiting on a small one.If you've ever felt like you're living someone else's life or a version of yours that no longer fits, this episode is for you.TOPICS DISCUSSED:Why your story — not something broken inside you — is what's keeping you stuck"Good girl syndrome" and the behaviors that quietly drain your power: perfectionism, people-pleasing, staying silentWhy desire can feel dangerous, and how to give yourself permission to want more without guiltWorthiness as your baseline and how early programming convinced you otherwiseHow to start stepping into your future self through small, compounding actions Why fear and excitement feel identical in the body and how to use that to your advantageBEST MOMENTS:"Nobody stays up at night thinking, 'I need a new identity.' But in fact, it's what's keeping you where you are.""You don't become yourself by yourself.""Fear and excitement are two sides of the same coin — they feel the same in the body. The difference is how you look at it."Connect with SophiaWebsite |  www.thereikihealingcoach.com Instagram | @sophia_i_got_igInstagram | @createlifeyourwayFacebook | www.facebook.com/sophia.e.754LinkedIn | Sophia Elcock

If your job disappeared tomorrow, would you know who you are without it? Work should not be your whole identity.In this episode of the Travel and Transformation podcast, I talk with Dawn M. Hunter — JD, MPH, workplace culture strategist, and host of the Work Is Third podcast. Dawn spent 20+ years as a public health lawyer in public service before leaving a toxic work environment and building her own consulting practice. We get into values alignment, leaving toxic workplaces, rediscovering who you are outside of your job, and why the small celebrations you're skipping are the ones that change everything.If you've ever tied your entire identity to your job, or stayed somewhere that no longer aligned with your values because leaving felt too risky — this conversation is for you.TOPICS DISCUSSED:Why work becoming your identity is a public health problemHow to figure out what you actually want Values alignment: how to know when your job — and your life — are out of syncWhat ethical leadership looks like when your company's culture doesn't match yoursWhy leaving a toxic job is good for your mental and physical healthThe small celebrations that compound into a completely different lifeConnect with Dawn onLinkedIn | www.linkedin.com/in/dawn-m-hunterInstagram | www.instagram.com/the_dawn_hunterTikTok | www.tiktok.com/@the_dawn_hunterFacebook | www.facebook.com/workisthirdYouTube | www.youtube.com/@the_dawn_hunterPodcast | Work Is Third — available on Apple, Spotify, and YouTubeWant to learn more about Dawn’s work? Visit her website at www.dawnmhunter.comBEST MOMENTS:"Family, friends, work. Either way — work is third.""The longer you stay somewhere that isn't aligned with your values, what you're saying is that job is more important than your values.""I've survived 100% of my worst days. I'm still here. I'm still kicking."Connect with SophiaWebsite |  www.thereikihealingcoach.com Instagram | @sophia_i_got_igInstagram | @createlifeyourwayFacebook | www.facebook.com/sophia.e.754LinkedIn | Sophia Elcock

What if the life you were supposed to build was never the one you actually wanted?In this episode of the Travel and Transformation podcast, I talk with Laura Ericson, group travel curator, content creator, and founder of a company built from nothing after divorce became the unexpected doorway to a completely different life.Laura didn't ease into this. She walked out of a 14-year career in higher education on a Friday and was her own boss by Monday with no email list, no website, no clients. What she built from that point, leading over 350 solo travelers across eight countries, came down to one thing: she didn't stop.If you've ever wondered whether the leap is worth it, felt the gap between the life you're living and the one you're curious about, or wanted to travel somewhere "scary" but talked yourself out of it this conversation is for you.TOPICS DISCUSSED:What nobody tells you before you quit your job to start a businessHow Laura got her first clientsWhy unknown doesn't mean dangerous and the real reason we fear certain destinationsWhat it takes to build a following when you hate being on cameraHow she curates trips that make travelers feel like insiders, not outsidersThe truth about "ethical" animal tourism Connect with Laura onInstagram | www.instagram.com/lolawhiskeyFacebook | www.facebook.com/thelauraericsonTikTok | www.tiktok.com/@thelauraericsonLinkedIn | www.linkedin.com/in/thelauraericsonWant to learn more about Laura’s work? Visit her website at www.lauraericson.comBEST MOMENTS:"The only reason I succeeded is because I didn't stop.""Unknown doesn't mean dangerous. Just because you're not familiar with a place doesn't automatically make it dangerous.""You reap what you sow in travel, in all of the ways. There's so much more good out there than there is bad."Connect with SophiaWebsite |  www.thereikihealingcoach.com Instagram | @sophia_i_got_igInstagram | @createlifeyourwayFacebook | www.facebook.com/sophia.e.754LinkedIn | Sophia Elcock

What happens when you finally stop doing everything for everyone else and ask what YOU actually want?In this episode of the Travel and Transformation podcast, I talk with Jo Rose, empowerment coach, keynote speaker, and women's authenticity guide about what it actually takes to stop repeating the same patterns, choose yourself, and build a life that is genuinely, unapologetically yours.Jo didn't just talk her way to this work. She lived it. From two marriages to the same controlling partner, to anxiety, depression, and fibromyalgia that showed up in her body before she could name what was wrong Jo's transformation was total. She walked away from her home, her marriage, and her career. Lived in a caravan. She traveled the world solo. And rebuilt herself from the inside out.If you've ever felt unseen, stuck in a pattern you can't seem to break, or afraid that choosing yourself will cost you everything — this conversation is for you.TOPICS DISCUSSED:Why women keep repeating the same patterns  and what finally breaks themHow "doing the right thing" for everyone else can quietly destroy youThe identity shift that changes everything What it means to live in your "yes" and how to feel it in your bodyDropping into your body: what it actually means and how to do itWhose voice is really running your decisions?How solo travel became part of Jo's path back to herselfConnect with Jo Rose onFacebook | www.facebook.com/joroseconsciouschange.co.ukInstagram | www.instagram.com/joblack_mindsetandhabitsWant to learn more about Jo Rose’s work? Visit her website at www.joroseconsciouschange.co.ukBEST MOMENTS:"The first person that needs to see you and hear you and give you your worth — is you.""When you show up authentically, the people not aligned for you can let go. That doesn't affect your worth.""It's just amazing when we take the scary steps. Good things happen.""When you're pleasing everybody, you're not attracting your tribe — you're attracting a version of you that doesn't exist.""We can change our lives. But we've got to choose it."Connect with SophiaWebsite |  www.thereikihealingcoach.com Instagram | @sophia_i_got_igInstagram | @createlifeyourwayFacebook | www.facebook.com/sophia.e.754LinkedIn | Sophia Elcock

You’re exhausted. You can’t focus. Your body feels off. And people keep telling you to stay positive.What if it’s not “just a phase”… what if it’s grief?In this episode of the Travel and Transformation podcast, I talk with certified grief educator and transformational coach Suzanne Jabbour about a truth most people miss: grief is not just about death.Grief can come from job loss, burnout, a breakup, a diagnosis, or any life change you didn’t choose. And when you don’t name it, you stay stuck.Suzanne shares her personal story after losing her son, Ben, and how that loss led her to help others understand what they’re really feeling and how to move through it.If something has felt off and you haven’t been able to explain why, this conversation might finally give it a name.TOPICS DISCUSSED:Why grief isn't just about death and why that misunderstanding is costing youThe backpack you're quietly filling with unprocessed lossWhy naming your emotion is the thing that makes it moveHow your body stores grief before your brain catches upWhy support disappears right when grievers need it mostThe difference between being sad and actually grievingConnect with Suzanne OnLinkedIn | linkedin.com/in/suzanne-jabourFacebook | www.facebook.com/suzannejabourInstagram | www.instagram.com/suzannejabourgriefeducationWant to learn more about Suzanne’s work? Visit her website at www.suzannejabour.comBEST MOMENTS:"Anytime there's change, there's loss. Anytime there's loss, there's grief.""The scary stuff is the stuff in the basement that we never want to look at.""Grief doesn't have to be rebuilt by accident. It can be rebuilt with intention."Connect with SophiaWebsite |  www.thereikihealingcoach.com Instagram | @sophia_i_got_igInstagram | @createlifeyourwayFacebook | www.facebook.com/sophia.e.754LinkedIn | Sophia Elcock