Soul & Soma Talk
Connect with your true self.
Welcome to Soul & Soma Talk. A podcast about healing, self discovery and the beautiful (and messy) journey of being human. I’m Barbara, a therapist based in Australia. My path into this work wasn’t straight or simple, it was shaped by my own experiences of feeling unseen, misunderstood, and out of place. The pain became my purpose and today I hold space for others to transform, reconnect, and step into who they truly are.
Why Soul and Soma? Because healing is never just in the mind. Soul speaks to your essence, your true self beneath the noise. Soma is the body, the vessel that remembers, feels and carries you. Together, they remind us that real change comes when we honour the whole of who we are: mind, body and soul.
On this podcast you’ll hear real talk, practical tools and honest stories from trauma, grief and relationships, to people pleasing, inner critics, hormones, and midlife shifts. Some episodes will be short reflections, others deeper conversations, always with honesty, compassion and the belief that even small steps can transform your life. This space is for you if you’ve ever felt tired of living for others, if you’re ready to stop settling and if you’re ready to reconnect with yourself.
Soul & Soma Talk
Stepping into your magic with Ruby | Zensi Retreat
In this episode I’m joined by Ruby Chapman, co founder of Zensi Retreat a woman who alchemises her life experiences into wisdom, presence and pure magic. We open with a beautiful grounding exercise led by Ruby inviting you to settle into your body before we explore the deeper conversation beneath the conversation.
Together we dive into:
🌿 Ruby’s Awakening
Ruby shares who she is, what pulled her into the world of energy, embodiment and ritual and the pivotal turning point that woke her up. She opens up about her own comfort zone breakthroughs and the moments that changed her life.
🔥 Pushing Past Your Comfort Zone
What does stepping out of your comfort zone actually feel like energetically?
Ruby and I explore the difference between discomfort and danger, fear as an invitation, the nervous system’s role, and how transformation happens through brave micro movements, not giant leaps.
🌙 Trust, Faith & Surrender
We talk control vs. flow, trusting timing and how surrender is a softening, not giving up. Ruby shares how energy responds when you finally let go and allow life to meet you.
✨ Living Life as Ritual
Ruby offers simple, powerful rituals you can weave into everyday life. These practices help you reconnect to yourself, your intuition and the magic in the mundane. This episode is an invitation to slow down, open up and step into the version of you that’s been waiting.
If you’re craving more trust, more alignment, more magic this one will land deeply.
