Sara Sessions: Soulful healing conversations

Change and shift of health often send us down unwanted spirals, but Ariane Kamba held strong and reconnected to cyclical living, tapping into inner wisdom and allowing intuition to guide towards better health, a new book and mission driven work for her country. Finding strength through trials is the best place to move up from. In this episode you will be taking a small ride into accidents, health tribulations and the building and r...

In this deeply grounding episode of SaraSessions, I sit down with Sylvie Lahaie — a neuroscientist turned yoga and breathwork guide — to explore how the brain and body work together to shape our emotional world. Sylvie opens up about her own burnout and the science that helped her understand it: how stress rewires the nervous system, how breath can shift brain states in real time, and why emotional regulation is less about “fixing ...

What if the moment you hit burnout is actually the moment your real life begins? In this deeply honest and uplifting conversation, Sara sits down with Daina to explore the kind of growth that doesn’t happen in the spotlight, but in the quiet, messy, transformative corners of everyday life.

Daina opens up about her journey from working in juvenile education to becoming a massage therapist and biohacking advocate — a shift sparked by ...

In this engaging conversation, Nadia Helal shares her inspiring journey from a sedentary lifestyle to completing her first triathlon, the San Francisco Escape from Alcatraz. She discusses her background in education, her transition to a healthier lifestyle, and the challenges she faced while training for the triathlon. Nadia emphasizes the importance of community support, nutrition, and maintaining a positive mindset throughout her...

In this episode Oana Stoian and Sara explore the transformative power of holistic healing. From personal journeys of self-discovery to the impact of nutrition, writing, and somatic practices, this episode delves into the art of balancing mind, body, and soul. Discover how embracing diverse therapies can lead to profound personal growth and healing. Get curious and inspired by how writing is an essential in your daily toolbox for re...

In this episode I sit down with the luminous Loann Vu (@loannphoenix, @giftedimpact) — coach, guide, and host of Luna Gatherings, a community based on safe & nourishing space for connection, reflection & intention . Together, we journey into what it means to break free from the “comfortable misery” of old patterns, stories, and narratives and awaken to a life rooted in awareness, gratitude, and presence.

From the transformat...

In this episode of the SaraSessions Podcast, Jean-Sebastien Dufresne and I explore the complex web of human connections and delve into the dynamics that shape our modern society. We discuss the various ways humans create norms, from lawmakers and politicians to civil society, and how these norms influence our lives.

The conversation touches upon the power of collective decision-making and the potential for civil society to addre...

On this episode I had the opportunity to talk with 2 great montreal coaches, however due to the majority win of language comfort, it is mostly in french with some frenglish sprinkled through. Emmanuel Houedakor, a fitness coach originally from Togo, uses a holistic approach that helps people attain not only physical health but overall mental and emotional health through lifestyle changes and practices.

You can find him at www.la...

Cultivating embodiment, the perfect quadfecta: hard work, soft grace, authentic presence and lots of heart.

This is what transpired through this wonderful conversation with Eliza Moore. She is a singer, song writer, artist, yoga and meditation teacher, personal trainer, workshop and retreat facilitator, host and leader as well as a mother of 2. Her particular path is combining her love of worlds that are now colliding in unison.

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Creativity is in everything, but how do you make your passion your everyday reality?

I invite you to listen with attention to detail as so much is covered. In this episode I chat with Lorena Garcia Giron, Creative director and designer, facilitator, host and workshop extraordinaire to talk to us about her journey into design. Delve into a world of self made opportunities, connecting passion and creativity to bring positive chang...

Nicole Webster is an ocean journalist and professional photographer that has credited her title to her passions. Inspired to share the incredible stories of the ocean,  she recalls her story of becoming so lucky, more accurately to listening to the next knock and choosing the next step one step at a time.

Tune in for an inspiring story of living through our passions, getting lost, finding fulfillment and how money has nothi...

South African waste water management engineer and world traveler, Maaike McIntyre talks with me about waste water and pollution management, the plastic endemic, choosing a new reality of priorities and changing concepts through travel and discovery.

Through connection, purpose, challenges, healing and inspiration we question whether we have become burned out or bored out as a society. The timing and the power of our choices impa...

We all have the possibility to lean in with curiosity to conversations that help us understand our surrounding world a little better. Conservation, more specifically marine conservation has become an increasingly hot topic and big business for a multitude of reasons.

In this episode I talk to Kaelyn Maehara, Marine biologist, wildlife filmmaker, nature enthusiast and world traveler that has worked on short films and series for N...

Ninja Reith, graphic designer, translator, world traveler and freediving instructor, has traveled over 40 countries thats till she stopped counting. She is a beautiful soul I had the privilege of getting to know on my training at Freedive center in Utila, Honduras. She has gone over 50 meters down on 1 breath and has trained with Sheena Macnally which is the first canadian woman that has surpassed the 100 meter mark in freediving a...

Garen Jemian, certified leadership Coach, key note speaker and facilitator, author of "Happy people work harder" and of concordia Ted talk 2017 "Motivation and beyond money", simply an inspiring soul that looks to elevate potential in all his interactions, blessed me with his presence to talk about a few key points regarding happiness, success, motivation, communication and fulfillment amongst other tangents discussed.

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Amongst the many roads we take, we meet people that we aspire to know as they give us inspiration of challenging the versions of ourselves we have come accustomed to identifying with.

On my road to Utila I met Fernanda Lima, a young 28 year old Doctor from Brazil, traveling Latin America with a backpack and desire for beauty and adventure. I must say it's a slow start to the episode because it was the end of long long days of tr...

There is a gap in our understanding of what healing entails. Healing from physical ailments all the way to healing our inner being consists of a combination of different practices and lots of personal work.

Today i discuss healing, health and happiness with Karl Notargiovanni. He is a beloved yoga teacher, acupuncturist and wellness practitioner  with a dance background that has traveled through the inner workings of his be...

I have had the privilege to know many entrepreneurs that have started wonderful initiatives. Anne-Marie Denault is the founder of Tripura, the 1st  artificial intelligence breathwork coach. An application that introduces the listener to breathwork practices through an avatar that have the capacity of changing the nervous system's response to increase, calm or help you gain the desired energy you are seeking to create within fo...