What if your diagnosis wasn’t the end of your story, but the beginning of a new one? In this solo episode, Julie Ann reveals how she refused a life-altering surgery, chose a different path of healing, and discovered the power we each hold to rewrite our story.

What You’ll Hear:

• How a devastating spinal diagnosis became a turning point, not a life sentence
• The exact moment Julie Ann decided to change her story instead of surrendering to fear
• Healing practices and mindset shifts that guided her recovery without surgery
• Why your story is never fixed — and how you can choose a new narrative anytime
• A powerful reminder that your voice and choices shape the life you live

Meet the Host: Julie Ann

Julie Ann is a publishing oracle and storytelling midwife who helps soul-led leaders birth books that awaken, heal, and transform.

With over 17 years in the publishing industry, she has guided more than 300 authors to write and publish nonfiction works that shift paradigms and reclaim truth. She is the founder of Influence Publishing, now evolved into The House of Story Medicine — Her gift is sacred listening — not just to words, but to what lives beneath them. She perceives the deeper current beneath your story, attuned to the moments where your voice trembles with truth. She is the eye of soul — the one who sees the unseen, holds the unspoken, and midwifes your message into clarity

Julie Ann is the host of the podcast Your Story is Your Portal, a sacred container for storytellers, seekers, and soul-led leaders ready to speak the story they were born to tell.

These are not interviews. These are activations.

Each episode is a portal — a moment of recognition, a mirror of becoming, a reclamation of voice and Soul Purpose.

Her TEDx talk has reached over 100,000 viewers, and she’s been featured on international television, radio, and in major press for her visionary work in authorship, voice activation, and transformational publishing.

She is also the author of Around the World in Seven Years, a bestselling memoir chronicling her global pilgrimage of personal awakening and soul-led leadership.

Connect with the Host:

Website: www.influencepublishing.com/

Facebook: facebook.com/InfluencePublishing

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/julieannpv

Instagram: instagram.com/julieinspires

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In this soul-stirring episode, Julie Ann sits down with Megan, a seasoned ICU nurse turned transformational storyteller, to explore her powerful journey from medical burnout to reclaiming her voice through story. After 20 years in a system that no longer aligned with her integrity, Megan asked the question that changed everything:

"What else is there?"

What unfolded was a radical healing journey, an empowering book-in-the-making, and the birth of her true purpose as a health concierge and advocate for informed, soul-aligned care.

This episode is a portal—into remembering your power, your options, and the truth that your story might just save someone else's life.

What You’ll Hear:

• Your Story is Your Portal to Purpose - Megan’s journey from burnout in the medical field to writing a transformational book reveals how personal stories hold the map to deeper meaning and aligned mission.
• Disillusionment is a Catalyst, Not a Curse - Realizing she could no longer morally participate in a broken system, Megan’s inner conflict became the ignition for seeking truth, integrity, and new ways to serve.
• There Are Other Options - When offered an immune-suppressing drug, Megan's refusal led her to natural healing through nutrition and supplementation—a decision that changed her body and her beliefs.
• The Power of Asking the Right Questions - Whether using Google or AI, the quality of your question determines the scope of your answers. This episode uncovers how language shapes access to healing knowledge.
• Healing Happens When the Soul Leads - Megan’s retreat experience reveals how writing your story from the soul isn’t just therapy—it’s legacy. Her book is becoming a blueprint for others to reclaim agency in their healing.
• Your Brain is Your First Healer - From visualizing a pain-free life to inspiring patients with mental imagery, Megan demonstrates how belief, mindset, and narrative influence physical outcomes.

Featured Guest: Megan Timmins

Megan Timmins is a former ICU nurse turned soul-led storyteller, health concierge, and advocate for conscious, holistic healing. After two decades inside the walls of Western medicine, Megan experienced a profound awakening that changed everything. Realizing that the system she served was keeping people sick—not helping them heal—she made the courageous decision to walk a new path.

Through her own health crisis, she discovered the power of natural remedies, mindset medicine, and the body’s innate intelligence. Her story—once buried under burnout—is now a beacon for others seeking “the what else”: the other options, the deeper questions, the truth behind true healing.

Megan is currently writing her first book, birthed during a transformative Book in a Week retreat in Mexico, where she reclaimed her voice and purpose. She now supports others in becoming empowered stewards of their health—offering guidance, insight, and a compassionate presence to those ready to explore a more aligned way of healing.

Whether through her writing, speaking, or sacred listening, Megan’s mission is simple but powerful: To help others remember that they have a choice—and that their story holds the key.

Follow Megan:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/megan_timmins1985?

Meet the Host: Julie Ann

Julie Ann is a publishing oracle and storytelling midwife who helps soul-led leaders birth books that awaken, heal, and transform.

With over 17 years in the publishing industry, she has guided more than 300 authors to write...

In this episode of Your Story is Your Portal, Julie Ann reflects on the power of stillness, environment, and story as pathways to discovering your soul’s true purpose. Sharing stories of women on the move, lessons from nature in Mexico, and her own experiences of grief and healing, she explores why creating quiet time is not a luxury but a necessity. This is an invitation to stop running, step away from chaos, and listen to the whispers of your soul — because every life event, even the painful ones, is a portal leading you toward your higher calling.

6 Key Takeaways:

1. Quiet Time is Essential: In our busy, multitasking lives, the soul can’t be heard without intentional stillness. Creating space for reflection opens the doorway to clarity.
2. Your Environment Shapes Your Soul Voice: Changing your environment — whether walking on a beach, listening to the jungle, or journaling in stillness — makes it possible to hear the whispers of your soul.
3. Life is Not Random: Every experience, including grief and challenges, carries wisdom. They are portals guiding you toward your soul purpose.
4. From Chaos to Compass: Without slowing down, we repeat cycles and remain stuck. Retreats, ritual, and conscious pauses become compasses pointing you to your “true north.”
5. Your Story Holds Your Wisdom: Life lessons, both joyful and painful, are not meant to be hidden — they are tools to empower others. Writing, storytelling, or retreats help reveal those patterns.
6. Stop Waiting, Start Listening: Procrastination keeps you from your soul path. The whispers of your soul grow louder until you finally act. Your story is waiting to become your portal.

Meet the Host: Julie Ann

Julie Ann is a publishing oracle and storytelling midwife who helps soul-led leaders birth books that awaken, heal, and transform.

With over 17 years in the publishing industry, she has guided more than 300 authors to write and publish nonfiction works that shift paradigms and reclaim truth. She is the founder of Influence Publishing, now evolved into The House of Story Medicine — Her gift is sacred listening — not just to words, but to what lives beneath them. She perceives the deeper current beneath your story, attuned to the moments where your voice trembles with truth. She is the eye of soul — the one who sees the unseen, holds the unspoken, and midwifes your message into clarity

Julie Ann is the host of the podcast Your Story is Your Portal, a sacred container for storytellers, seekers, and soul-led leaders ready to speak the story they were born to tell.

These are not interviews. These are activations.

Each episode is a portal — a moment of recognition, a mirror of becoming, a reclamation of voice and Soul Purpose.

Her TEDx talk has reached over 100,000 viewers, and she’s been featured on international television, radio, and in major press for her visionary work in authorship, voice activation, and transformational publishing.

She is also the author of Around the World in Seven Years, a bestselling memoir chronicling her global pilgrimage of personal awakening and soul-led leadership.

Connect with the Host:

Website: www.influencepublishing.com/

Facebook: facebook.com/InfluencePublishing

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/julieannpv

Instagram:

In this powerful solo episode of Your Story is Your Portal, Julie Ann explores the mystery and paradox of manifesting. Do we need absolute clarity to bring our dreams to life—or is the real magic in surrendering to infinite possibilities?

Julie Ann shares her deeply personal journey of manifesting a retreat center in Puerto Vallarta—born from grief, clarity, and surrender—and contrasts it with the expansive way she has lived most of her life: open to whatever the universe had in store.

This episode leads you straight to the heart of why stepping away from your daily environment is essential. When you immerse yourself in the wild beauty of Mexico—fire ceremonies, ocean breezes, jungle stillness—you begin to access either the clarity or the surrender your soul is calling for.

And that’s exactly what the Soul Compass Retreat in Sayulita, Mexico offers: a space to uncover your true north, stop procrastinating, and finally listen to your soul’s calling.

If you’ve been waiting for a sign, this is it.

🔑 6 Key Takeaways:

• Clarity is power – Manifestation requires absolute clarity, focus, and embodiment of your vision.
• Surrender is magic – Sometimes the deepest manifestation comes from letting go and allowing the universe to reveal infinite possibilities.
• Environment shapes clarity – You cannot gain true clarity while stuck in your daily routine—you need to step out of your comfort zone.
• Manifestation is embodied living – Living “as if” (moving into the dream before it’s real) collapses possibilities into reality.
• The soul speaks in the second half of life – After years of proving ourselves, our soul begins to whisper its true calling—if we pause long enough to listen.
• Retreat is the portal – A Soul Compass Retreat offers both the clarity of manifestation and the surrender to possibility—helping you uncover your life purpose in a supportive, transformational environment.

👉 Ready to answer your soul’s call?

Join Julie Ann and Jennifer in Sayulita, Mexico:

7-Day Immersive Retreat (Sept 13–20)

3-Day Soul Compass Weekend (Sept 20–23)

Your story is your portal. Your soul is waiting.

Meet the Host: Julie Ann

Julie Ann is a publishing oracle and storytelling midwife who helps soul-led leaders birth books that awaken, heal, and transform.

With over 17 years in the publishing industry, she has guided more than 300 authors to write and publish nonfiction works that shift paradigms and reclaim truth. She is the founder of Influence Publishing, now evolved into The House of Story Medicine — Her gift is sacred listening — not just to words, but to what lives beneath them. She perceives the deeper current beneath your story, attuned to the moments where your voice trembles with truth. She is the eye of soul — the one who sees the unseen, holds the unspoken, and midwifes your message into clarity

Julie Ann is the host of the podcast Your Story is Your Portal, a sacred container for storytellers, seekers, and soul-led leaders ready to speak the story they were born to tell.

These are not interviews. These are activations.

Each episode is a portal — a moment of recognition, a mirror of becoming, a reclamation of voice and Soul Purpose.

Her TEDx talk has reached over 100,000 viewers, and she’s been featured on international television, radio, and in major press for her visionary work in authorship, voice activation, and transformational publishing.

She is also the author of Around the World in Seven Years, a bestselling memoir chronicling her global pilgrimage of personal awakening and soul-led...

In this heartfelt episode of Your Story is Your Portal, Julie Ann welcomes back Jennifer Nagel—therapist, author, and co-creator of the Soul Compass Retreats. Together, they explore how our life stories are not random, but instead guiding compasses pointing us toward soul alignment and purpose.

Jennifer shares her personal journey of navigating her husband’s cancer diagnosis, her own MS diagnosis, and how these pivotal experiences became beacons for resilience, grace, and transformation. Julie Ann opens up about her dyslexia and how revealing hidden stories can unlock new levels of freedom and connection.

They discuss why changing environments (like retreats in nature) helps us access deeper truths, how storytelling is medicine for the soul, and why vulnerability—not surface narratives—creates the real magic. This conversation lays the foundation for the transformational experiences at the upcoming Soul Compass Retreats in Sayulita, Mexico, where story becomes the portal to purpose.

Key Takeaways

• Your story is your compass—every experience, even the painful ones, is guiding you toward your soul’s true north.
• Trauma holds medicine—by safely exploring our past, we uncover resilience and wisdom we didn’t know we carried.
• The body remembers—our stories live in our cells; somatic work helps release what’s stuck and amplify joy and strength.
• Environment matters—stepping into nature and sacred space opens new possibilities for self-discovery.
• Vulnerability is power—surface stories don’t serve; true healing comes from courageously sharing our real story.
• Retreats create portals—safe containers and community amplify breakthroughs, opening doorways to life purpose.

Resources Mentioned

Retreat: www.tinyurl.com/soulcompassretreats

Episode 4

Featured Guest: Jennifer Nagel

Jennifer Nagel is a soul-centered counsellor, international facilitator, and best-selling author who has spent over two decades helping people navigate chaos, reconnect with their inner wisdom, and create meaningful, authentic lives. Deeply rooted in the Satir Model and experiential approaches to transformation, Jennifer brings a grounded presence, sharp insight, and a deep trust in the resources of the human spirit.

Her work spans continents and cultures — she has led programs and trainings in Canada, China, Kenya, Thailand, and Mexico, and currently serves as Director of Trainer Development with the Satir Institute of the Pacific. She is also senior faculty with the Banmen Satir China Management Centre.

Jennifer is the author of Magic in the Muck: Finding Grace in Chaos, co-author of Virginia Satir’s Evolving Legacy, and founder and co-author of the collaborative books Therapists Are Human Too and The Healing Journey to Authenticity, created through book-writing retreats she co-facilitated in Mexico.

Through her podcast, Magic in the Muck: A Soul’s Compass for Change, Jennifer offers honest, embodied conversations on healing, growth, and the soul’s journey — inviting you to navigate uncertainty with strength, purpose, and presence.

Follow Jennifer:

Website: http://www.jennifernagelcounselling.com

Retreat: www.tinyurl.com/soulcompassretreats

Meet the Host: Julie Ann

Julie Ann is a publishing oracle and storytelling midwife who helps soul-led leaders birth books that awaken, heal, and...

What happens when you step outside of fear — and into the unknown?

In this powerful and soul-stirring episode, Julie Ann is joined by Ellen Whiteside, a courageous storyteller whose journey across Europe — mostly by hitchhiking — became an unexpected path to healing, expansion, and personal sovereignty.

Ellen shares how her decision to travel alone as a woman, accepting rides from strangers and navigating foreign lands, helped her overcome depression and reconnect with joy. She speaks about the sacredness of spontaneous encounters and how every conversation with a stranger held a gift of perspective, wisdom, and belonging.

Julie Ann and Ellen explore the deeper truth behind fear — how we’re taught to fear the unknown, yet it's in the unknown where we meet our soul. They reflect on their shared experiences traveling solo as women, guided not by fear but by intuition, openness, and trust in their inner knowing.

This episode is an invitation to reimagine courage — not as force or fearlessness, but as presence, perception, and a willingness to be changed by what we meet on the road.

Whether you've traveled the world or never left your hometown, this conversation will stir something in you — a remembrance of the freedom that comes when you trust your story to guide you home.

✨ A must-listen for seekers, soul-led travelers, and those ready to reclaim their story beyond fear.

What You’ll Hear:

- Every journey is a story unfolding.

When we step into the unknown, we invite life to co-author our story. Travel becomes the blank page where truth writes itself through experience, encounter, and surprise.

- Your beliefs aren’t truly yours until you leave home.

It’s only by seeing through the eyes of another culture that we begin to question what we've inherited — and choose, consciously, what we want to carry forward.

- Conversations with strangers carry soul medicine.

Ellen reminded us that the most powerful wisdom doesn’t always come from books or teachers — it comes from chance encounters, shared stories, and being willing to listen without judgment.

- Intuition is your internal compass.

For women traveling alone, fear is often the narrative — but intuition is the true guide. When you trust your inner knowing, the world responds with alignment, insight, and protection.

- Fear limits your story — curiosity expands it.

Fear keeps us in familiar loops. But curiosity opens new timelines, new teachings, and new aspects of self we didn’t know existed. Your story begins where fear ends.

- Your life story is shaped by the cultures you witness.

The more we travel, the more we remember that there are infinite ways to live, love, worship, speak, and serve. This mosaic of perspectives refines our values — and from that place, purpose emerges.

Featured Guest: Ellen Whiteside

Ellen Whiteside owns Sacred Grove Retreat Center She also hosts a radio show, Mindset & Miracles on WDRBmedia.com and is a DreamBuilder Coach. Ellen has been studying metaphysical principles for over 50 years and empowers others to live with purpose, align with their vision, and turn their dreams into reality.

Follow Ellen:

Website: https://sacredgroveretreat.com/home

Meet the Host: Julie Ann

Julie Ann is a publishing oracle and storytelling midwife who helps soul-led leaders birth books that awaken, heal, and transform.

With over 17 years in the publishing industry, she has guided more than 300 authors to write and publish nonfiction works that...

We launch our first interview podcast with the concept that shared stories among like-minded women evolve into friendships rooted in curiosity and shared values. In this interview with Jennifer Nagel we trace a friendship that started with a writing retreat seven years ago and a best selling book, to a collaboration of two anthology books and now the evolution of co-creating transformational Soul Compass retreats. We reflect on the medicine of slowing down, the power of presence, and what becomes possible when women honor their unique voices and gifts.

What You’ll Hear:

• Our origin story—from soul-sparking conversations to sacred co-creation
• What makes our retreats different from “self-improvement” or “fixing” spaces
• The inner permission and external magic that arise when we allow vs push
• Why shared leadership and mutual reflection are core to our work
• A glimpse into our upcoming Soul Compass Retreats and what’s unfolding next

Resources Mentioned:

Story Activation Discovery Call: https://calendly.com/casadeinfluencia/story-activation-discovery-call

Magic in the Muck Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/magic-in-the-muck/id1825017913

Soul Compass Retreats: https://www.jennifernagelcounselling.com/landing-page

Featured Guest: Jennifer Nagel

Jennifer Nagel is a soul-centered counsellor, international facilitator, and best-selling author who has spent over two decades helping people navigate chaos, reconnect with their inner wisdom, and create meaningful, authentic lives. Deeply rooted in the Satir Model and experiential approaches to transformation, Jennifer brings a grounded presence, sharp insight, and a deep trust in the resources of the human spirit.

Her work spans continents and cultures — she has led programs and trainings in Canada, China, Kenya, Thailand, and Mexico, and currently serves as Director of Trainer Development with the Satir Institute of the Pacific. She is also senior faculty with the Banmen Satir China Management Centre.

Jennifer is the author of Magic in the Muck: Finding Grace in Chaos, co-author of Virginia Satir’s Evolving Legacy, and founder and co-author of the collaborative books Therapists Are Human Too and The Healing Journey to Authenticity, created through book-writing retreats she co-facilitated in Mexico.

Follow Jennifer:

Website: https://www.jennifernagelcounselling.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jennifernagel1/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jennifer.nagel.566

Podcast: https://network.highvibepodcastnetwork.com/podcast/magic-in-the-muck

Meet the Host: Julie Ann

Julie Ann is a publishing oracle and storytelling midwife who helps soul-led leaders birth books that awaken, heal, and transform.

With over 17 years in the publishing industry, she has guided more than 300 authors to write and publish nonfiction works that shift paradigms and reclaim truth. She is the founder of Influence Publishing, now evolved into The House...

In this heartfelt solo episode, Julie Ann peels back the layers on the biggest misconception in the publishing world: the idea that a book is a product.

With vulnerability and wisdom, she shares her own journey — from writing letters to her grandmother while sailing around the world, to discovering that those very stories held the key to her soul purpose. Along the way, she reveals how many aspiring authors hold themselves back with doubts like “I’m not a good writer” or “my story isn’t interesting enough.”

Julie Ann reframes it all.

A book isn’t just a calling card or a container for expertise. It’s a portal — a sacred mirror that reflects the meaning of your life and unlocks your divine assignment.

Whether you're an aspiring author or soul-led seeker, this episode will shift your perspective and invite you into a deeper conversation with your own story.

What You’ll Hear:

• Why most people never write their book (and how to move through that resistance)
• How Julie Ann’s letters to her grandmother became the seed for her first book
• The evolution from product development to soul storytelling
• The difference between a book as a product vs. a book as a soul contract
• How writing your story can lead you directly to your soul purpose
• What it means to be a sacred listener and see the story beneath the story
• The real reason we are here — and how your lived experience holds the clues

Meet the Host: Julie Ann

Julie Ann is a publishing oracle and storytelling midwife who helps soul-led leaders birth books that awaken, heal, and transform.

With over 17 years in the publishing industry, she has guided more than 300 authors to write and publish nonfiction works that shift paradigms and reclaim truth. She is the founder of Influence Publishing, now evolved into The House of Story Medicine — Her gift is sacred listening — not just to words, but to what lives beneath them. She perceives the deeper current beneath your story, attuned to the moments where your voice trembles with truth. She is the eye of soul — the one who sees the unseen, holds the unspoken, and midwifes your message into clarity

Julie Ann is the host of the podcast Your Story is Your Portal, a sacred container for storytellers, seekers, and soul-led leaders ready to speak the story they were born to tell.

These are not interviews. These are activations.

Each episode is a portal — a moment of recognition, a mirror of becoming, a reclamation of voice and Soul Purpose.

Her TEDx talk has reached over 100,000 viewers, and she’s been featured on international television, radio, and in major press for her visionary work in authorship, voice activation, and transformational publishing.

She is also the author of Around the World in Seven Years, a bestselling memoir chronicling her global pilgrimage of personal awakening and soul-led leadership.

Connect with the Host:

Website: www.influencepublishing.com/

Facebook: facebook.com/InfluencePublishing

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/julieannpv

Instagram: instagram.com/julieinspires

Story Activation Discovery Call

Book your 30 min complimentary Story Activation for Visionary Voices

For the visionary at the edge of clarity — you know there's a message in you, but you’re not quite sure how to shape it. This is a catalytic deep-dive to unlock your soul’s voice...