Soul Loom

Michelle Wollaston

Soul Loom Stories and reflections for sensitive souls navigating change, healing, and self-reconnection. Each episode gently weaves together insight, intuition, and spiritual grounding — creating a space to pause, reflect, and come home to yourself. Whether you're unraveling old patterns, awakening to your truth, or rebuilding after burnout, Soul Loom is here to support your becoming. Hosted by spiritual mentor and guide, Michelle Wollaston.

  1. 4 DAYS AGO

    Lead From Within: Reclaiming Your Rythm as a Leader - Jess Garay

    What happens when leadership stops being about pushing harder and starts coming from within? In this episode of Soul Loom, Michelle speaks with leadership mentor and speaker Jess Garay, whose work sits at the intersection of authorship, sovereignty, and capacity — supporting visionary women to return to their own rhythm and lead from within. With nearly two decades as a Registered Nurse working in cancer care and long-term care, Jess spent years in environments where life and death sat side by side. Those experiences shaped the way she now understands leadership, responsibility, and the importance of staying connected to your own inner compass. Today Jess blends Human Design, nervous system awareness, and practical leadership mentoring to help women reclaim authorship over their voice, vision, and capacity so they can lead with clarity and trust in their own timing. In this conversation we explore: • How Jess’s nursing career shaped her understanding of leadership and responsibility • What it means to lead from within instead of pushing through • The role of Human Design in decision making and leadership alignment • Why understanding your energetic rhythm changes the way you work and lead • How trusting your inner knowing can shift both your business and your life If you’ve ever felt like the way you’re expected to lead doesn’t quite fit who you are, this conversation offers a different perspective — one rooted in rhythm, resonance, and self-trust. Website https://jessgaray.com Free Business Clarity Blueprint https://jessgaray.com Human Design Map https://jessgaray.com Resonance Rising Podcast (Search Resonance Rising on your favourite podcast platform) Follow the podcast so new conversations land in your feed. If this episode resonated, share it with someone who might need to hear it. Until next time, keep weaving your own threads of becoming. Connect with Jess GarayListen to Soul Loom

    46 min
  2. 28 FEB

    Survival Mode Isn’t Strength — A Nervous System Conversation with Dr. Julie Merriman

    There are seasons in life where nothing looks wrong from the outside. You’re still capable. Still functioning. Still holding everything together. But internally, something has shifted. In this episode of Soul Loom, I’m joined by Dr. Julie Merriman — PhD, licensed professional counsellor, author, and speaker — whose work focuses on high-achieving professional women over 50 experiencing burnout, nervous system depletion, emotional numbness, and loss of desire. We explore: • What happens when your nervous system operates in survival mode for decades• Why burnout isn’t mindset failure — but physiology• The link between menopause, oestrogen loss, and tolerance shifts• Emotional numbness, resentment, and “floating head competence”• Somatic practices to reconnect with your body• Why pleasure and desire go offline in chronic stress• The power of the pause — a micro-rebellion for women who always say yes Dr. Merriman is the author of In the Pursuit of Soul Joy: A 12-Week Guide to Overcoming Burnout and Compassion Fatigue and the forthcoming Are We Gonna Have Sex or What?, a nervous-system-informed guide to desire and intimacy after 50. This is a conversation about capacity, identity, menopause, embodiment, and what it means to come back online — not as who you were, but as who you are now. If you’ve been functioning on the outside but quietly disconnected on the inside, this episode will resonate. Dr. Julie Merriman Podcasts Compassion Fatigue Cure Sexy After 5067 Days to Change a Habit - Phillippa Lally

    43 min
  3. 24 FEB

    From Pulpit to Presence: Redefining Faith and Freedom with David Trotter

    In this episode of Soul Loom, Michelle Wollaston speaks with David Trotter — founder of Awakened Magazine and curator of the Awakened Hearts anthology series — about what happens when the structure that shaped your identity no longer fits. After spending a decade in full-time Christian ministry, David experienced burnout, spiritual deconstruction, and a profound shift in belief. What followed was not rebellion, but inquiry. Not collapse, but expansion. Together, they explore: • Leaving organised religion and redefining faith• Spiritual awakening after evangelical Christianity• Deconstruction, doubt, and the courage to question• New age spirituality vs structured religion• Mediumship, channelling, breathwork and altered states• The tension between certainty and freedom• Why storytelling is essential for healing and transformation• How to recognise when your life phase is changing This is a conversation about spiritual transition, identity shifts, and what it means to move from inherited belief into embodied truth. If you are questioning your faith, navigating religious deconstruction, exploring spirituality beyond dogma, or sensing that your old story no longer fits — this episode offers perspective, grounding, and permission. Michelle is a Life Directionist who helps people recognise their life phase and timing so they can move with clarity instead of uncertainty. Connect with David Trotter and explore Awakened Magazine in the links below. If this conversation resonates, follow Soul Loom and share it with someone who may be quietly questioning their own next chapter. Awakened Magazine David's Book and other information Love Wins by Rob Bell

    49 min
  4. 07/12/2025

    Animals Mirror Our Energy: Understanding the Messages Behind Their Behaviour - Lisa Aston Michael

    Our animals feel our energy long before we do. Their behaviour shifts, their emotions change, and their bodies respond to what’s happening in our inner world — often becoming the first external sign that something in our life needs attention. In this episode, I’m joined by psychic-medium and animal communicator Lisa Aston Michael, who explains how animals mirror our emotional and energetic state, why sudden behaviour changes are rarely random, and how our pets often act as intuitive messengers for what we’re not yet seeing in ourselves. Lisa shares her experience of connecting with an animal’s consciousness — both living and in spirit — and how their behaviour can reveal stress, conflict, grief, unspoken tension, or emotional overwhelm within the home. She also explains why animals take on our energy, what they’re trying to communicate through discomfort or disruption, and how we can learn to recognise these signs as part of our own wellbeing. If you’ve ever wondered why your animal suddenly hides, becomes reactive, withdraws, or clings more tightly to you, this conversation will help you understand the deeper energetic story behind it. In this episode:• How animals mirror our energy and emotional state• What behaviour changes can reveal about your internal world• Why animals sense discomfort before we do• How intuitive communication with pets works• The role animals play as healers, guardians, and energetic guides A powerful reminder that our animals are not just companions — they are part of our intuitive landscape, reflecting what needs attention, healing, or change. Follow Soul Loom for more conversations on intuition, energy, and the lived experience of reconnection. Animal Communication and Psychic Development course

    39 min

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Soul Loom Stories and reflections for sensitive souls navigating change, healing, and self-reconnection. Each episode gently weaves together insight, intuition, and spiritual grounding — creating a space to pause, reflect, and come home to yourself. Whether you're unraveling old patterns, awakening to your truth, or rebuilding after burnout, Soul Loom is here to support your becoming. Hosted by spiritual mentor and guide, Michelle Wollaston.