Serene Thoughts Sanctuary
A quiet space for emotional wellness, healing, and gentle growth. Join Ava Sol each week for storytelling, reflection, and guidance for the heart.
Episodes
For the ones who spoke up, stood alone, and chose peace anyway.
She handles everything with precision, her goals, her family, and her career. But, in love, she shrinks. This episode explores the haunting fear of outgrowing a partner, why strong woman often silence themselves in relationships, and the power of choosing to become even when its terrifying.
In this raw and unfiltered episode we sit with the weight of rejection, frustration, and feeling unseen. This is not about waiting for others to change; its about reclaiming yourself, finding joy within, and standing in your own worth.
This episode explores what it feels like to be the one who's pushed to be perfect, the one everyone watches, judges, and holds to impossible standards, and the moment you decide to stand alone.
There are moments when the Silence gets too loud and it threatens to swallow you whole. When everything feels too heavy, and the thought becomes to painful to hold. Join me as we open the pages of a story too many people carry quietly.
What do you do when the apology you've been waiting for never comes? Strap in while we explore the forgiveness you give yourself!!
Being the first to break a cycle is heavy, lonely, and often misunderstood. In this episode we explore what it means to say..."This ends with me!!".
In this raw unfiltered conversation, we're pulling back the curtain on relationship in-balance. The quiet, everyday ways weight of a partnership can start to tip. Humor woven in truth, nod along at the stories that feel familiar, and walk away with tools to recalim your balance!!
Outgrowing isn't always loud. Sometimes its silent. A slow drift you can't explain, until one day, the conversations feel different, the laughter doesn't land the same, and the person you used to tell everything to feels like a stranger. In this episode, Ava explores the quiet loneliness that comes when your growth takes you somewhere others cant follow.
He doesn't ask for attention, He doesn't ask for sympathy. He just keeps going, quietly, surviving a life most wouldn't believe if they really saw it.
In this episode, Ava Sol shares the true story of a man shes been quietly advocating for. He isnt a headline, or a hashtag. He's someone who shows up, even when life knocks him down. Join her for the journey!
Not every advocate uses a megaphone. Some carry the weight of change in whispered prayers, behind closed doors, in late night emails, and quiet interventions no one will ever know about. This episode is a tribute to the ones who fight for others without applause.
You’ve probably heard people say, “Just let it go.” But what if you did, and still remembered every moment that tried to break you? In this episode, Ava Sol returns with a voice full of warmth, power, and clarity. This isn't about pretending it never happened. It's about learning to smile anyway. To laugh deeply, not because it didn’t hurt, but because you healed with intention. Ava unpacks what it means to be healed, not h...
In this bold and soul-stirring episode of Serene Thoughts Sanctuary, Ava Sol explores what it means to reclaim your presence and stop playing small in a world that needs your voice. Through personal reflection and therapeutic insight, she invites listeners to step out of the shadows, release the fear of being seen, and embrace the truth that life itself is your stage and you've always been worthy of taking up space. Whether you...
Sometimes the peace you need won't come in the form of an apology, and that’s okay.
In this reflective episode, Ava Sol explores the moment you stop waiting for the perfect goodbye. The conversation that never happened. The explanation that never came. Because true closure isn’t about their words, it’s about your choice.
Just because that’s who you were… doesn’t mean that’s who you are.
In this liberating episode, Ava Sol explores the courage it takes to change your story, especially when others are still clinging to the old chapters. She reflects on the tension between growth and perception, and how easy it is to feel trapped in a version of yourself that no longer fits.
This is an invitation to choose your evolution over their comfort. To write in ...
There comes a moment when silence feels like betrayal. Not to others but to yourself. In this fiery and freeing episode, Ava Sol steps out of the shadows and speaks the truth she once held back. No more shrinking to keep the peace. No more editing her spirit to fit the room. This is a declaration raw, reflective, and real. Ava shares what it means to reclaim your voice after years of being quieted by fear, expectations, or survival...
Some songs don’t just play, they speak to the parts of us we’ve buried, forgotten, or outgrown. In this deeply personal episode, Ava Sol unpacks the emotional rhythm behind four powerful songs: “Surface Pressure,” “Know Who You Are,” “I Was Here,” and “Formation.” Each track becomes a mirror, revealing quiet truths about worth, identity, legacy, and the loudness of a voice once silenced.
In this episode, Ava Sol gently unpacks the shame tied to stillness, the pressure to always do, and the inner knowing that refuses to hustle for things that don’t feel right. She reflects on childhood labels, generational expectations, and the quiet rebellion of choosing ease, intuition, and flow over burnout.
There are moments in motherhood that catch you off guard not because they’re loud or dramatic, but because they’re true. In this episode, Ava Sol reflects on a quiet moment that left a lasting imprint: when her daughter looked at her, with full sincerity, and said, “You’re amazing.” This episode isn’t just about a compliment it’s about the ache, the weight, and the beauty of being seen by the very ones we love the hardest. For the ...
There comes a moment when you realize… you’ve quietly outgrown the version of yourself who once settled, shrank, or stayed silent just to keep the peace. This episode is a soft but powerful declaration: I am no longer her. We reflect on the quiet evolution that happens in seasons of survival, solitude, and self-honoring. When your healing speaks louder than your fear, you no longer owe explanations.you just move differently. If you...
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