The Wild Soul Rising Podcast

What if being spiritual has less to do with rising above your humanity, and more to do with fully living it?
In this episode, host Laurie Oakes gets honest about what it really takes to stay grounded on the spiritual path. She unpacks how to hold both light and shadow, feel your emotions all the way through to completion, and spot the spiritual ego before it takes the wheel.
Through candid personal stories and practical guidance, Laurie shares why humility, self-accountability, and getting comfortable with being wrong are the real markers of growth, and why nothing about being human sits outside the spiritual.
Tune in for tools that make your spiritual growth real, sustainable, and rooted in everyday life.

In this episode, Laurie sits down with Chintal Kakaya of The Sacred Haveli to explore the journey from burnout to embodied spiritual leadership. They discuss how cultural and generational programming disconnects women from their true identity, and why deep, practical inner work—beyond retreats and quick fixes—is essential.
Chintal shares grounded tools for reconnecting with the body, nervous system, and intuition, and introduces her Recode Method (Recognize, Expose, Clear, Orient, Develop, Embody) to help women build inner stability, heal relationships, and lead from their authentic truth without guilt.
 
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Host Laurie Oakes talks with naturopath Dr. Kara Petrunik about high-functioning anxiety in women, how it often hides behind competence, and how it affects the nervous system, hormones, gut health, sleep, and relationships.
The episode explores practical steps for healing, including nervous system regulation, future-self journaling, simplified wellness approaches, boundary-setting, and balancing social media and optimization culture.
Listeners will get compassionate, actionable guidance for recognizing hidden anxiety, supporting physical and emotional recovery, and making sustainable changes at home and in relationships.
 
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In this episode, Laurie Oakes sits down with Rebecca of The Risen Sisterhood for a raw, honest conversation about the crossroads so many women find themselves at: burnout, people-pleasing, and the question of whether to stay or leave a relationship that no longer fits who they're becoming.
Laurie and Rebecca dig into how intuitive coaching helps high-achieving women reconnect with their own identity after years of overfunctioning and self-abandonment. They talk about what it actually looks like to set boundaries without guilt, how to tell the difference between a season worth fighting for and a pattern that's run its course, and how to walk through that decision with clarity and self-respect rather than fear or obligation.
The conversation also traces the deeper roots of these patterns, exploring ancestral and societal conditioning, the messages women inherit about worth and sacrifice, and how those messages often show up differently in the way daughters and sons are raised. Laurie and Rebecca share practical, grounded steps for beginning to heal from that conditioning, so listeners can start showing up as their full, unapologetic selves.
Whether you're navigating burnout, standing at a relationship crossroads, or simply craving permission to put yourself first, this episode offers both the validation and the tools to help you rise into your highest potential.
In this episode:
Recognizing burnout and people-pleasing as protection patterns, not personality traits
How intuitive coaching supports women through major life decisions
Knowing whether to stay or leave: a framework for clarity
Ancestral and societal conditioning around women's worth
Raising daughters and sons differently, and why it matters
Practical first steps toward healing and self-trust
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In this episode of Wild Soul Rising, host Laurie Oakes sits down with psychotherapist Natalie Goerner to explore grief in its many forms:  sudden loss, anticipatory grief, and ambiguous loss, and why so many people rush through or suppress it.
They discuss societal and generational influences on how we handle loss, the impact of unclear communication around sickness or death (especially with children), and practical ways to support someone who is grieving, from showing up with concrete help to holding space without trying to fix things.
Through personal stories and therapeutic insights, Natalie and Laurie highlight the role of mindfulness, somatic practices, and community in healing and invite listeners to honour multiple truths on the journey toward integration and resilience.
 
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This week, we have Dana Maracle on the podcast, a former teacher who transitioned into energy healing and somatic practices after burnout and illness.
We discuss everything from flaws in the education system and how that impacts our emotional and mental development, conscious parenting, nervous system regulation, grief, intuition, and how energy work and accountability support real-life healing and transformation.
 
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In this episode, Laurie Oakes explores the pressure of trends and consumerism in wellness and spirituality, and invites listeners to go back to basics. She shares personal stories—cutting the grass, cooking, simplifying supplements, and prioritizing sleep—to show how small, mindful choices can reduce stress and restore balance.
This episode challenges comparisons, asks what a "good enough" life looks like for you, and encourages listeners to quiet the noise, embrace ordinary moments as sacred, and define wellbeing on their own terms.
 
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What if the reason you're exhausted, struggling with your weight, or can't sleep has nothing to do with your bloodwork and everything to do with the light you're exposed to, the water you drink, and the invisible forces around you?
In this episode, host Laurie Oakes sits down with Dr. Erica Mattia—a former chiropractor turned Quantum Biology Practitioner & financial advisor—who walked away from an $80,000 education because intuitively she felt like something was missing.
Dr. Erica breaks down what Quantum Biology actually is, shares nature-based bio-hacks for energy, sleep, skin, and hormones, and gets real about her personal journey through infertility and postpartum health.
But the conversation doesn't stop at the body. Dr. Erica also opens up about her second mission: helping families and health practitioners build real financial security through smart investing and retirement planning. She believes that physical health and financial health go hand in hand.
Whether you're a busy mom, a health professional, or just someone who wants to feel better and stress less about money, this episode will give you simple, actionable steps to take today.
 
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We've all said it. "This just isn't serving me anymore." But what if that phrase, as empowering as it sounds, is sometimes just a spiritual-sounding exit ramp from something we actually need to walk through?
In this episode, Laurie Oakes gets honest about the difference between wisdom and avoidance, and makes the case that everything you're experiencing right now is serving you, even the stuff you'd never choose. Especially that.
She breaks down how to tell the difference between a genuine lesson learned and a lesson you're still in the middle of, and offers a new question to replace "is this serving me?": What is this here to show me?
 
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Host Laurie Oakes explores the uncomfortable ‘void’ or messy middle of personal and spiritual growth, inviting listeners to trust divine timing rather than overworking themselves.
She offers a brief inward breathing exercise to help you discern whether to wait or take action, and encourages radical honesty with yourself about effort and accountability.
Laurie also shares her decision to shift back to using the term ‘mediumship’ in her business and reflects on entrepreneurship and surrender.
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