The Wild Soul Rising Podcast

Host Laurie Oakes reframes purpose as the soul's work of being and growing through life's challenges, not as an external role or achievement. Using a cause-and-effect metaphor, she explains why chasing outcomes blocks true purpose and how letting go and embodying emotional growth opens the way.

The episode emphasizes radical responsibility, turning knowing into doing, and how becoming a student of life naturally makes you a teacher...

Host Laurie Oakes explores how over-functioning often hides as productivity—why it develops as a survival mechanism, how it stresses the nervous system, and why rest can feel unsafe.

She offers practical awareness-based steps to stop proving and start receiving, heal relationship dynamics, and reclaim sustainable, meaningful action.

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Welcome to the Wild Soul Rising podcast with Laurie Oakes. In this episode, Laurie takes a raw, honest dive into 2025's biggest lessons: letting go of control over how others see you, learning the paradox of perspective, and practicing surrender again and again. Laurie shares personal stories, ceremony insights, and how accountability, authenticity, and community shaped her path forward.

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Host Laurie Oakes invites listeners to reframe seasonal depression as a story we tell ourselves and a chance to sit with emotions, slow down, and create cozy rituals that support mental health.

She offers practical tips—movement, getting outside, making your space a sanctuary—and an invitation to a free 14-day mindfulness challenge to shift your relationship with winter and life’s seasons.

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In this masterclass episode, Laurie Oakes explores how control and overfunctioning stem from childhood survival patterns and attachment wounds, and how those patterns show up in one-sided relationships, work, and self-worth. She explains the roots of control as a safety mechanism and outlines practical steps to identify survival strategies, nervous system conditioning, and communication styles.

The episode emphasizes vulnerability,...

Host Laurie Oakes brings Wild Soul Rising back as a space that blends real-life spirituality with honest, embodied accountability.

This isn’t about bypassing or pretending we’re “above” our human experiences. It’s about meeting them head-on with clarity, compassion, and truth.

Laurie shares her signature “three boomerang rule” for recognizing repeating lessons, explores how to set boundaries without abandoning yourself, and teache...

Welcome to episode 18 of the Naked Soul podcast, where we explore the theme of 'what is wanting to die' in our lives. Through discussions, we unravel the spiritual significance behind the end of cycles, guided by the numerology of 2025 as a year of culmination. Together, we explore the universality of personal metamorphosis—the letting go of old self-concepts and life patterns to embrace fresh beginnings.

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In this episode, we explore how to recognize unhealthy dynamics and patterns of emotional abuse in relationships—whether you’re just beginning to date or you’re in a longer-term connection that doesn’t quite feel right.

Shawna shares a short but powerful experience from her life—a one-month relationship that opened her eyes to the subtle but harmful signs of emotional manipulation and abuse.

We explore:

• What emotional manipul...

In Part 2 of our conversation on Spiritual Bypassing, we go deeper into what it really means to walk a spiritual path rooted in wholeness, not avoidance.

We talk about the role of challenging emotions—like grief, anger, shame, sadness—not as blocks to spiritual growth, but as portals into deeper truth and presence. So often in spirituality, we’re taught to rise above, stay high-vibe, or “think positive.” But the truth? Real healing...

Welcome to episode 15 of the Naked Soul podcast, where we dive into the topic of spiritual bypassing. In this episode, we explain what spiritual bypassing is, signs that indicate spiritual bypassing and how we can sometimes use spirituality as a means to avoid confronting unresolved emotional issues, personal challenges, and messier parts of the human experience.

Throughout the conversation, the episode tackles common signs of spir...

Welcome to this episode of the Naked Soul Podcast, where we explore the power of play. Join us as we discuss the reasons we're disconnected from play as adults and how integrating more play can provide many shifts within your life. 

Our conversation shares personal stories and experiences, exploring the lighter side of spirituality and life, where silliness and play can be used for many thing such as: healing trauma, shifting belie...

Welcome to episode 13 of the Naked Soul podcast! This week, we dive into the transformative power of conscious communication. Join us as we discuss how this vital skill can enhance your relationships, whether they're romantic, familial, or professional. Dive deep into the art of speaking intentionally, empathetically, and clearly, while holding space for mutual understanding.

Discover how to shift from being reactionary to heart-le...

Welcome to episode 12 of the Naked Soul podcast, where we explore the topic of boundaries. We dive deep into understanding why boundaries are crucial for our well-being, how to effectively set them, and the challenges we face when our boundaries are not respected. This episode also celebrates the launch of our Naked Soul membership that offers a wealth of resources including guided meditation classes, breathwork, and live Q&A c...

Welcome to episode 11 of the Naked Soul podcast, where we explore tuning into, strengthening and following our intuition and how to connect with this inner compass. Join us as we discuss the importance of tuning into our soul's voice amidst the chaos of everyday life. Our conversation unravels how societal conditioning often mutes our intuitive abilities, but with practice and awareness, we can reclaim this vital aspect of our bein...

Welcome to Episode 10 of The Naked Soul podcast! In this episode, Shawna and Laurie dive into the critical topic of charging your worth as a wellness, holistic, or spiritual entrepreneur.

We begin by sharing our personal journeys of pricing our services and uncovering the lessons we’ve learned along the way. We also discuss key factors that many holistic entrepreneurs overlook when setting prices for their offerings.

From balancing...

In this episode, we wrap up the year 2024 by diving into the challenges, reflections and lessons we learned over the past year and what we're bringing into 2025.

Some topics we explore include: noticing when and how we fell into lack of personal power/giving away our power, tendencies of people pleasing, aversion to duality and challenge, allowing ourselves to be our true selves, sharing our gifts in a more empowered way and more. ...

Welcome back to the Naked Soul podcast! In this episode, we dive deep into the challenging topics of victimhood and powerlessness, exploring their traits and how they might be showing up within our lives. We explore what victim consciousness is and common patterns that keep us trapped in victimhood. 

We also explore what the victim triangle is and where in our lives we might be playing the role of the victim, hero and bully. The ep...

Welcome to episode seven of the Naked Soul podcast, where we explore the topic of detaching from outcomes and expectations. Hosts Shawna and Laurie explore the common ways we attach ourselves to desired outcomes and the pitfalls that come with it. They share personal stories and insights on how this attachment can lead to unnecessary suffering and hinder personal growth.

Through conversation, Shawna and Laurie discuss the importanc...

Welcome to episode six of the Naked Soul podcast, where we dive into the theme of perfectionism and its impact on our lives. We discuss how perfectionism can keep us stuck in procrastination, sharing personal anecdotes that highlight the struggles and the lessons learned. We also explore how perfectionism manifests in different areas of life, from entrepreneurship to daily tasks.

Join us as we uncover the roots of perfectionism, tr...