In this episode of Hot Flushes & Higher Self, I’m joined by the deeply intuitive and grounding healer Katy Sophia — meditation guide, energy worker and transformational facilitator.

Together, we explore what it really means to come back home to yourself during seasons of overwhelm, transition and emotional intensity. Katy shares her approach to grounding meditation, nervous system regulation, and how women can soften their energy when life feels heavy or chaotic.

This conversation is a gentle and powerful reminder that healing often begins with slowing down, reconnecting to the body, and creating space for your inner wisdom to rise.

In this episode, Katy and I discuss:

✨ Grounding as a pathway to healing — why slowing down helps the nervous system unwind and allows deeper emotional clarity.
✨ Energy work & meditation — how subtle energy practices help women feel centred, calm and safe in their bodies.
✨ Overwhelm & midlife transitions — understanding how emotional pressure accumulates and how to release it gently.
✨ The importance of sacred space — why creating intentional moments for rest and reflection is essential for women today.
✨ Returning to your centre — Katy’s practical steps to reconnect to your inner voice when you’ve been running on empty.

Katy offers a warm, grounded presence and brings deep insight into how women can regulate their nervous systems, clear energetic blocks and reconnect with their natural inner steadiness.


✨ Katy will also be joining the Renew & Rise Retreat on the 29th November, holding a beautiful space for reflection, release and reconnection.

🎧 Listen now and return to the wisdom within.

Reserve your place: https://reconnect-and-reset-retreat.com/november-2025

🌿 Resources & Links:

Connect with Katy (Katy Sophia)
🌐 www.katykeel.com
📱 Instagram: @katysophiasoul

Connect with Soraya

🌀 Learn more or work with me 1:1:
🌐 https://linktr.ee/limitlessself
📩 Email: soraya@ls-therapy.com
📱 Instagram: @limitlessselftherapy
📅 Book a 30-minute clarity call:
https://calendly.com/limitless-self/30min

In this nourishing and soul-led episode, I'm joined by Nimi from Infinite Essence — an intuitive healer and spiritual life coach who guides women to reconnect with their inner voice, dissolve energetic blocks, and rise into deeper alignment with their feminine power.

We explore the journey of intuition, emotional healing, subconscious patterns, and reclaiming confidence, especially during life transitions and midlife shifts.
Nimi shares her wisdom on how energy affects the body, why women lose touch with their inner voice, and how simple practices can reconnect us to clarity, self-trust and grounded feminine strength.

This conversation is filled with softness, spiritual insight, and profound reminders about coming home to yourself.

🎧 Topics explored:
• Reconnecting with your intuition and higher self
• The emotional + energetic patterns women carry
• Healing self-doubt, people-pleasing and blocked expression
• Feminine energy, empowerment & spiritual awakening
• How journaling, reflection and Theta Healing shift your inner state
• Midlife transitions as portals for expansion
• Releasing what no longer serves you
• Cultivating peace, alignment and self-trust

✨ Nimi will also be joining the Renew & Rise Retreat on the 29th November, holding a beautiful space for reflection, release and reconnection.

🎧 Listen now and return to the wisdom within.

Reserve your place: https://reconnect-and-reset-retreat.com/november-2025

🌿 Resources & Links:

Connect with Nimi (Inner Essence)
📱 Instagram: infinite.essence.nimi

Connect with Soraya

🌀 Learn more or work with me 1:1:
🌐 https://linktr.ee/limitlessself
📩 Email: soraya@ls-therapy.com
📱 Instagram: @limitlessselftherapy
📅 Book a 30-minute clarity call:
https://calendly.com/limitless-self/30min

In this deeply nourishing episode, we welcome Surekha, founder of Whole Health Healing, to explore the powerful mind–body–energy connection and what it truly means to heal from the inside out.

Surekha shares her personal journey into whole-health work and how her unique approach supports women to reconnect with their bodies, balance their nervous system, and release emotional or energetic patterns that hold them back.
Through her integrative lens, we unpack how energy work, emotional processing, and holistic wellness can create transformational shifts—especially for women navigating midlife changes, stress, or a loss of clarity and confidence.

We explore:
• Surekha’s journey and what inspired her to create Whole Health Healing
• How whole-health approaches support emotional, physical, and energetic wellbeing
• The link between the nervous system, stuck emotions, and chronic life patterns
• Practical ways women can release self-doubt, limiting beliefs, and stored energy
• Why midlife is a powerful opportunity for reinvention and deeper self-connection
• How tuning into the body’s wisdom builds confidence, clarity, and inner strength
• Gentle tools women can use to regulate, restore, and realign daily

This conversation is for any woman seeking deeper healing, more self-trust, or a renewed sense of purpose. Surekha’s grounded, compassionate approach offers practical insights and transformational guidance for creating balance and wholeness at every stage of life.

Surekha will also be joining us at the Renew & Rise Women’s Retreat on 29 – 30 November in London. It will be a transformational weekend of healing, reconnection and expansion.

Reserve your place: https://reconnect-and-reset-retreat.com/november-2025

🌿 Resources & Links:

Connect with Surekha (Whole Health Healing)
🌐www.wholehealthhealing.co.uk/
📱 Instagram: @whole.healthhealing

Connect with Soraya

🌀 Learn more or work with me 1:1:
🌐 https://linktr.ee/limitlessself
📩 Email: soraya@ls-therapy.com
📱 Instagram: @limitlessselftherapy
📅 Book a 30-minute clarity call:
https://calendly.com/limitless-self/30min

Hot flushes are more than a physical symptom — they’re often the body’s way of signalling emotional release, deep energetic shifts and a call back to yourself.

In this episode, I’m joined by Sara from The Spiritual Realist, a sound healer and Reiki practitioner with over 20 years’ experience holding space for deep rest and inner harmony.

We explore:
✨ The energetic and emotional root of hot flushes
✨ Why many women experience emotional surges during perimenopause
✨ How sound healing and Reiki support regulation
✨ What your “higher self” is trying to tell you through physical symptoms
✨ How to reconnect with yourself during hormonal transitions

This is a soothing, grounding conversation for any woman moving through menopause, perimenopause or simply feeling overwhelmed by her body’s signals.

Sara will also be joining us at the Renew & Rise Women’s Retreat on 29 – 30 November in London, guiding a powerful sound healing session to help soothe the nervous system and invite deep rest. It will be a transformational weekend of healing, reconnection and expansion.

Reserve your place: https://reconnect-and-reset-retreat.com/november-2025

🌿 Resources & Links:

Learn more or work with Sara 1:1 or in groups:
🌐www.thespiritualrealist.co.uk
📱 Instagram: @TheSpiritualRealist

Connect with Soraya

🌀 Learn more or work with me 1:1:
🌐 https://linktr.ee/limitlessself
📩 Email: soraya@ls-therapy.com
📱 Instagram: @limitlessselftherapy
📅 Book a 30-minute clarity call:
https://calendly.com/limitless-self/30min

In this heartfelt and enlightening episode, Soraya is joined by Jacky Parker, founder of Body Wisdom Kinesiology, to explore how the body stores emotional memory and how unprocessed feelings can impact our physical and mental health.

Together they dive into the connection between repressed emotions, hormonal balance, and midlife transitions, and discuss how modalities like kinesiology can help women understand what their bodies are really trying to communicate.

Jacky shares her wisdom on working with the body’s innate intelligence, the emotional impact of HRT, and the power of releasing what’s been held inside — creating space for healing, clarity, and reconnection.

The books that Jacky and I discussed in this episode can be found below. Very powerful reads as they show how much repressed emotions can manifest in physical dis-ease:

Also- the guest on the Diary of the CEO with Steven Bartlett, that I couldn't quite remember (thank you brain fog!) is eminent Psychologist and Scientist Donald Hoffman. It's a fascinating interview whetre he reveals the mathematical proof we’re living in a virtual illusion, how space-time is just a headset, and why consciousness is the real code. Al lthe more reason to really embrace our midlife and lead life on our terms :)

💫 Jacky will also be joining the Renew & Rise Women’s Retreat on 29th November in London where she’ll hold space for women to reconnect, release, and realign.

🎧 Tune in for a nourishing conversation about listening inward, honouring your body’s wisdom, and embracing the journey of healing and transformation.

Ready to Renew & Rise?

Our next 2-day women’s retreat takes place 29th & 30th November in London — a transformational weekend of healing, reconnection and expansion.
Reserve your place: https://reconnect-and-reset-retreat.com/november-2025

🌿 Resources & Links:

Connect with Jacky

Learn more or work with Jacky 1:1:
🌐https://www.bodywisdomkinesiology.co.uk/new-page
📱 Instagram: @bodywisdomkinesiology

Connect with Soraya

🌀 Learn more or work with me 1:1:
🌐 https://linktr.ee/limitlessself
📩 Email: soraya@ls-therapy.com
📱 Instagram: @limitlessselftherapy
📅 Book a 30-minute clarity call:
https://calendly.com/limitless-self/30min

Welcome to Hot Flushes & Higher Self . The podcast where midlife becomes your awakening.

In this inspiring conversation, I sit down with Dhru, Ayurvedic practitioner and founder of Aroha Ayurveda, to explore how the ancient wisdom of Ayurveda can support women through perimenopause, hormonal shifts, hot flashes, fatigue, and emotional wellbeing.

Dhru shares practical tools for balancing body and mind, from nutrition and daily rituals to herbal support, helping women move through midlife with more ease, clarity, and vitality. Whether you’re experiencing perimenopause symptoms, seeking natural approaches to healing, or curious about the mind-body connection, this episode is full of insights to guide your journey.

✨ What you’ll learn in this episode:

• How Ayurveda views perimenopause and women’s hormonal health
• Simple Ayurvedic lifestyle practices to reduce stress, hot flashes, and insomnia
• The importance of digestion, balance, and emotional release in healing
• Dhru’s personal journey and how he supports clients through holistic care

This conversation is a reminder that midlife is not an ending but a powerful awakening and Ayurveda offers gentle, effective pathways to restore balance.

If you enjoyed this episode, please follow, rate, and share the podcast. It helps more women discover tools to navigate midlife with empowerment and grace.

✨ Book your place at the next 2-day retreat:
🧘‍♀️ Reconnect & Reset – September 20–21

🌿 Resources & Links:

Connect with Dhru

Learn more or work with Dhru 1:1:
🌐www.arohaayurveda.com
📱Instagram: @arohaayurveda

Connect with Soraya

🌀 Learn more or work with me 1:1:
🌐 ls-therapy.com
📩 Email: soraya@ls-therapy.com
📱 Instagram: @limitlessselftherapy
📅 Book a 30-minute clarity call:
https://calendly.com/limitless-self/30min

Welcome to Hot Flushes & Higher Self, the podcast where midlife becomes your awakening. I’m Soraya, a clinical hypnotherapist and transformational therapist, guiding women through perimenopause and beyond. Embracing transformation rather than just symptom management.

In this episode, I’m joined by Hedi, a London-based holistic coach and somatic practitioner, and founder of The Soul Works. Hedi weaves together coaching, nervous system regulation, mindfulness, and energetic practices to support deep healing and transformation.

What I love about Hedi is the way she bridges the practical and the mystical, offering women powerful tools to navigate midlife transitions with more ease, embodiment, and self-leadership. She’ll also be joining us as a practitioner at our upcoming retreat on 20th & 21st September at Reconnect Studio in Queen’s Park, London. We’re keeping it intimate with just 10 women, and there are still a few spaces left if you’d love to join us.

✨ In this episode, you’ll hear about:

• What somatics really means and how it helps release stuck emotions
• Why nervous system regulation is key during times of stress and transition
• How embodiment supports self-awareness and growth
• Practical + mystical tools for everyday life
• What to expect from Hedi’s work at the September retreat

If you enjoyed today’s episode, don’t forget to subscribe, share with a friend who’s navigating midlife, and leave a review. Your support helps spread the message that midlife can be an awakening, not a crisis. 💫

🌿 Resources & Links:

Connect with Hedi

Learn more or work with Hedi 1:1:
🌐TheSoulWorks
📱Instagram: @the.soul.works
Free workbook

✨ Book your place at the next 2-day retreat:
🧘‍♀️ Reconnect & Reset – September 20–21

🌀 Learn more or work with me 1:1:
🌐 ls-therapy.com
📩 Email: soraya@ls-therapy.com
📱 Instagram: @limitlessselftherapy
📅 Book a 30-minute clarity call:
https://calendly.com/limitless-self/30min

In this honest and empowering solo episode, Soraya pulls back the curtain on perimenopause — the stage before menopause that too many women aren’t prepared for.

With personal storytelling, body-based wisdom, and a clinical lens, Soraya shares what it was like to unknowingly enter perimenopause, the symptoms no one warned us about, and how hormonal changes affect not just our physical health — but our identity, emotions, and relationships.

You’ll also learn:

• What’s really going on with mood swings, brain fog, and anxiety
• The evolutionary reason behind menopause (and why whales are our sisters!)
• Why perimenopause is often the hidden breaking point in marriages
• How we can reframe this phase as a second spring — not a decline
• Supportive tools to begin reconnecting with your body and reclaiming your power

This isn’t just a medical milestone. It’s a spiritual threshold. And you're not alone in it.

🔗 Resources & Links

✨ Book your place at the next 2-day retreat:
🧘‍♀️ Reconnect & Reset – September 20–21

🌀 Learn more or work with me 1:1:
🌐 ls-therapy.com
📩 Email: soraya@ls-therapy.com
📱 Instagram: @limitlessselftherapy
📅 Book a 30-minute clarity call:
https://calendly.com/limitless-self/30min