The Body's Compass

Matt Sorensen
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Real conversations about what it actually takes to live well and perform at your best. Hosted by Matt Sorensen, this podcast explores spirituality, personal growth, health, fitness, and metaphysics through raw, honest discussions you can apply in real life. Matt is a CHEK Institute Faculty member, Barral Institute Teaching Assistant, Medical Massage Therapist, Counsellor, and Strength Coach—blending deep expertise with lived experience to explore life from both sides of the coin.

  1. EP 106 - A Road From Reinvention to Regulation and Reframing with Kim von Loewe

    3 DAYS AGO

    EP 106 - A Road From Reinvention to Regulation and Reframing with Kim von Loewe

    Did you ever get a soul calling to reinvent yourself? Kim had a fear of being alone so she moved to the other side of the world for exactly that. Moving from Germany to Australia 10 years ago, and the personal upheavals that led her to breath work and coaching. Kim describes discovering breath work in early 2023 through an ice bath event, how different breathing styles (including coherence breathing and faster mouth breathing) affect the nervous system and mental state, and how she uses breath to manage anxiety in situations like flying, the dentist, and ice baths. She also explains the DeMartini Method as a question-based tool to reframe perception, balance emotions like guilt, and stop taking events personally. Kim discusses grounding practices such as nature, coaching, weight training for posture and jaw clenching, contrasts German vs Australian culture, and shares her current focus on integrating breath work insights with mindset reframing through 1:1 work and upcoming online breath work events. 01:08 Reinvention Trigger 01:49 Moving to Australia 02:48 Farm Work Visa Reality 03:25 Patterns and Accountability 04:13 Finding Breath work 05:52 Ice Bath Breakthrough 09:05 Personal Growth Trap 10:02 Breath work Basics Spectrum 11:34 Coherence Breathing Calm 12:57 Fast Breathing Safety 14:08 Inside a Breath work Session 17:10 Using Breath Daily 21:13 Always Learning as Coach 22:45 DeMartini Method Intro 23:53 Filters Stories Perception 24:54 Seeing the Full Picture 25:51 Reframing Shock Responses 27:00 From Quotes to Tools 29:27 Staying Grounded Abroad 31:09 Breath work and Coaching Support 31:59 Strength Training for Posture 34:22 German Sauna Culture 38:28 Bringing Saunas to Australia 40:41 Integration Coaching Vision Resources: IG @yourlifeuplifted https://lifeuplifted.carrd.co

    49 min
  2. EP 105 - Reviving The Land to Revive Ourselves with Stuart McWilliam

    30 MAR

    EP 105 - Reviving The Land to Revive Ourselves with Stuart McWilliam

    Have you ever noticed how unnatural most farms look? Well, there’s a reason! Matt interviews Stuart McWilliam about his unconventional path from leaving school early into plumbing, entrepreneurship, and eventually farming, leading to his work implementing Natural Sequence Farming across Australia. Stuart describes learning agriculture from scratch through podcasts and YouTube, training with and focusing on “reading the landscape” through plant diversity, soil compaction, water movement, and “weeds” as signals—paralleling how Matt reads the human body. He explains practical interventions like level contours, spillways, leaky weirs, and gully ponds to slow runoff, retain fertility, and rehydrate land, and discusses connections between soil health, animal stress, and human nutrition, emphasising grass-fed and grass-finished meat and buying direct from farmers. They touch on agricultural politics, consumer power, farmer wellbeing initiatives, and the Rehydrate Australia documentary. 00:38 Stuart’s Early Life 01:25 Entrepreneurial Hustle 03:39 First Steps in Farming 04:28 Learning the Hard Way 06:30 Courses and New Farm 08:31 Health and Burnout 10:57 Reading Land Like Bodies 14:26 Weeds as Soil Signals 23:42 Contours and Water Repair 26:44 Food Quality and Grass Fed Truths 28:28 Food System Secrets 28:55 Feedlot Stress Explained 31:10 Home Kill Reality 32:29 Politics and Big Ag 34:52 Can We Farm Naturally 37:12 Vote With Your Dollar 39:48 Is It Too Expensive 43:51 Community and Feedback 46:20 Modern Agriculture Forgot 48:29 Rehydrate Australia Film 52:07 Helping New Farmers Resouces: IG: @blackbirdandbeast Website - https://www.nofarmofood.com.au

    59 min
  3. EP 104 - Remember Your Inner Power: Cord Cutting and Akashic Records with Kamila Ataman

    23 MAR

    EP 104 - Remember Your Inner Power: Cord Cutting and Akashic Records with Kamila Ataman

    Have you ever found yourself attached to something or someone and can’t quite shake it? Matt interviews Kamila Atman, an energy healer and Akashic Records reader born in Poland who moved to Australia eight years ago, where her spiritual awakening deepened after reading Joseph Murphy’s The Power of Your Subconscious Mind and practicing manifestation. Kamila explains that everything is energy and that psychic abilities are accessible through practice via higher senses (clairsentience, clairaudience, clairvoyance, claircognisance), emphasising not everyone receives information visually. She defines Akashic Records discusses star seeds, soul contracts, and why she avoids fixed future prediction. The conversation covers trauma repetition, integrating psychology with energy work, cord cutting and chakra impacts, aura and energetic protection for empaths, past-life healing and karma balancing, and cautions about psychedelics as shortcuts without grounding and integration.  00:39 Awakening in Australia 01:54 Manifestation Breakthrough 04:21 Energy Work Explained 07:45 Higher Senses Guide 15:11 Healing Starts Within 20:05 Akashic Records Basics 21:02 Starseeds and Soul Origins 23:11 Why Future Predictions Mislead 30:23 Karma Loops and Repeating Lessons 31:24 Trauma Patterns and Cord Cutting 39:09 Anatomy of Trauma in the Body 42:53 Mind Can’t See It 43:22 Energy Healing Beyond Reiki 45:08 Akashic Records Flow State 47:03 Empaths Need Boundaries 51:56 Clearing Lower Chakras 55:14 What Auras Really Are 57:43 Types of Empathy Gifts 59:26 Past Lives and Karma 01:06:31 Psychedelics and Integration 01:14:37 Grounding and Safety Warnings Resources: https://www.kamilaataman.com IG: Kamila.ataman The Power of Your Subconscious Mind https://www.amazon.com.au/Power-Your-Subconscious-Mind/dp/160459201X/ref=sr_1_6?crid=20DVFL4JRQM0K&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.HnE_a2z8wPWkcJccacOB6_zAV6vN_zYMOMYrNq3TxAjOJ39A1agn0k84h-G2yjCK9CDL-vu-XjgAD6piWVRQfkAE3xzW33A3FAKXYMG7wWmb5BW1dPK7_SIFGIiIjicp_jqrNAbO8Ta7JHVR3OImZJjVvihMsBthq9fNiruf6K_7MjL8qNpq3DTMJRWJyQ9R-X1VuEauUxU_JepO6Ag1LTrXSNm0Q_bx5sDs_O7_CfvexV-qWAZp0PE01jrSmnqzARUz7jZdCdCUmV6vbNrgU8DEM8kehVGZDPJJah7Bl54.5nigaZKRYUEbEKisz-POsf_wfe56RQfa3eHNlgP5u34&dib_tag=se&keywords=the+power+of+your+subconscious+mind&qid=1773642321&sprefix=subconscious+mind%2Caps%2C293&sr=8-6 healhub.net

    1hr 23min
  4. EP 103 - Germ Theory Vs. Terrain and Why Symptoms are Signals with Rian Smith

    16 MAR

    EP 103 - Germ Theory Vs. Terrain and Why Symptoms are Signals with Rian Smith

    This week, Matt interviews Naturopath Rian Smith about how chronic ear problems, years of antibiotics, and multiple surgeries led her to study naturopathy and question mainstream “disease management.” They discuss the historical shift toward a reductionist, allopathic model, claims about funding influences on medical and naturopathic education, and critiques of virology and virus “isolation.” Rian argues the body has innate healing intelligence, symptoms are signals rather than diseases, and fear-based messaging increases dependence on external experts. They contrast germ/contagion theory with terrain theory, describing microbes as responders that help break down toxicity and debris rather than attackers. Rian also challenges supplement culture, arguing “vitamins” are not truly isolated, many products are synthetic, and health can’t be replaced by quick fixes. She outlines pleomorphism as microbes changing form with environmental conditions and shares her clinical tips. 00:38 Health Journey Begins 01:47 Ear Surgeries and Antibiotics 03:40 Naturopathy Calling 04:50 Disease Management Critique 06:14 Holistic vs Reductionist Medicine 09:05 Rockefeller Era Shift 10:49 Questioning Virology 13:48 Innate Healing Intelligence 20:27 Germs Fear and Nature 24:05 Vitamins Will Save Me 26:47 Quick Fix vs Responsibility 31:11 Supplements Are Synthetic 37:40 Rethinking Vitamin D Tests 41:15 Symptoms as Body Language 42:46 Health as Spectrum 44:40 Symptoms as Messages 47:15 Stop Chasing Fixes 48:29 Contagion vs Terrain 53:35 Detox and Fever Logic 56:34 Ear Infection Story 59:17 Fear and Immune Myth 01:01:56 Cell Biology Critique 01:06:21 Pleomorphism Explained 01:11:03 Microbes as Recyclers 01:16:09 One Myth to Expel 01:18:09 Final Paradigm Shift Resources: https://www.healthexpression.com.au

    1hr 24min
  5. EP 102 - Healing Autoimmune and Regenerative Farming with John Manins

    9 MAR

    EP 102 - Healing Autoimmune and Regenerative Farming with John Manins

    Host Matt interviews John, a New Zealand–born entrepreneur and farmer, about the experiences that shaped his skeptical worldview, including a rural barefoot childhood, his parents’ early cancer deaths, and a youth spent around agricultural chemicals. John recounts leaving school, working in sales, earning a marketing degree, and pursuing competitive running until an injury ended his Olympic hopes. He describes a colon cancer scare during intense work stress, rejecting recommended chemotherapy due to limited benefit, and adopting an ancestral lifestyle. After developing severe spondyloarthritis, he stopped methotrexate and prednisone, used breath work, meditation, cold exposure, visualisation, and emotional work with Matt’s guidance, and defined “healed” as being able to run again. John also explains founding Fair Traders, launching his bone broth brand Starkers, practicing chemical-free regenerative and natural sequence farming on his property, and promoting the Rehydrate Australia documentary about restoring landscape hydrology. 00:39 Kiwi Roots 01:46 Faith and Loss 03:37 School to Chemicals 06:26 Running Dream Ends 08:04 Cancer Wake Up 11:00 Autoimmune Crash 13:47 Healing Without Drugs 19:55 Emotions as Medicine 22:28 Fair Traders Origin 28:25 Buying the Farm 33:49 Starkers Brand Story 35:56 Simple Bone Broth Pitch 36:44 Regenerative Farming Mindset 38:06 Weeds Roundup and Soil Life 44:41 Organic vs Regenerative Methods 46:38 Plants Mycelium and Monocropping 48:04 Cows Methane and Feedlots 51:41 Veganism and Real Food 54:09 Supplements and Gut Reset 59:09 Rehydrate Australia Documentary 01:09:13 Topsoil Crisis  Resources: IG - @get.starkers @tallaganda_farm Rehydrate Australia: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TsNsf_B1HkK0XE2IDjyAd3Nl7N7FUS3D/view?usp=drivesdk

    1hr 9min
  6. EP 101 - From Brain Cancer to Soil Cultivation with Hampus Dargren

    2 MAR

    EP 101 - From Brain Cancer to Soil Cultivation with Hampus Dargren

    In this episode Matt sits down with Hampus Dargren, a man with an extraordinary journey. They discuss Hampers' early life in Sweden, his career playing Floorball, and his subsequent move to Australia. Hampers opens up about meeting his partner Nuala, working in sports marketing, and the challenges he faced, including being made redundant in 2022. Their conversation delves deep into Hampers' battle with brain cancer, his decision to pursue alternative treatments, and his transformative experience with permaculture. Hampers shares insights on the benefits of organic gardening, soil health, and sustainable living. This episode is an inspiring testament to resilience and the pursuit of a passion that fosters both personal growth and environmental well-being. 00:27 Early Life and Sports Career 01:37 Moving to Australia and Career Changes 05:41 Facing Health Challenges 06:32 Alternative Healing Journey 10:45 Life After Diagnosis 15:52 Personal Growth and Reflections 22:18 Discovering Permaculture 25:05 The Problem with Monocropping 25:41 Introduction to Permaculture and Companion Planting 26:49 The Dangers of Glyphosate and Roundup 29:34 Gardening Tips for Apartment Living 32:06 Gardening Tips for Suburban Backyards 34:22 Gardening Tips for Larger Properties 36:19 Water Management Techniques 39:14 Debunking Myths About Modern Farming 42:35 The Joy and Benefits of Growing Your Own Food Resources: IG: @hampustheorganicgardener https://www.www.hampustheorganicgardener.com

    50 min
  7. EP 100 - Finding and Chasing Your Dream with Matt Sorensen

    23 FEB

    EP 100 - Finding and Chasing Your Dream with Matt Sorensen

    Join Matt as he celebrates the 100th episode of Body's Compass by diving deep into the importance of finding and pursuing your dream. Reflecting on the journey so far, Matt explores the common obstacles that prevent people from identifying and chasing their dreams including societal conditioning and self-doubt. He shares practical advice on gaining clarity, building courage, and taking actionable steps towards your goals. Additionally, Matt discusses powerful concepts like the 'Staircase of Stuck' and provides insights from Simon Squibb, along with explaining the various creation laws. This episode is all about encouraging self-reflection, breaking mental barriers, and motivating you to take that crucial first step towards a fulfilling life. Don't wait for the perfect moment, act now and start discovering your dream! 00:46 Discovering Your Dream 03:13 Overcoming Mental Barriers 06:21 Finding Clarity and Taking Action 07:30 Personal Reflections and Examples 11:06 The Power of Support and Mentorship 12:29 Embracing Failure and Learning 13:32 The Evolution of Dreams 22:11 The Role of Energetic Laws Resources: https://www.healhub.net IG: thebodyscompass

    45 min
  8. EP 99 - How to Ride The Horse into The Lunar New Year with Nuala Walker

    16 FEB

    EP 99 - How to Ride The Horse into The Lunar New Year with Nuala Walker

    In this episode of The Body's Compass Podcast, Matt is joined by Nuala Walker, aka The Priestess, to delve into the significance of the Yang Fire Horse year as it coincides with the Lunar New Year. They discuss the transition from the Yin Wood Snake to the Yang Fire Horse, exploring its implications for personal growth, family, and collective dynamics. The conversation also touches on themes of emotional fulfillment, letting go of old belief systems, and embracing new cycles with joy and action. This episode combines insights from Chinese astrology, numerology, and tarot to provide a comprehensive understanding of the year's energetics. 00:32 Exploring the Lunar New Year 01:10 Yin Wood Snake to Yang Fire Horse 02:49 The Symbolism of the Horse 07:08 Heart-Centered Movement and Joy 16:34 Personal and Collective Impacts 22:41 Navigating the Yang Fire Horse Year 28:48 Ego vs. Heart-Centered Actions 32:00 Social Media and Heart-Centered Trends 33:04 Finding Your Own Path 34:22 The Journey from Head to Heart 35:06 Peeling Back the Layers 36:37 Personal Interior vs. Collective Impact 37:35 Tarot Concepts and TCM Equivalents 38:08 The Significance of the Number 10 in Tarot 39:13 Momentum and Personal Choice 42:46 The Role of Masculine and Feminine Energies 47:15 The Elements and Their Interplay 53:50 Embracing the Year Ahead

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Real conversations about what it actually takes to live well and perform at your best. Hosted by Matt Sorensen, this podcast explores spirituality, personal growth, health, fitness, and metaphysics through raw, honest discussions you can apply in real life. Matt is a CHEK Institute Faculty member, Barral Institute Teaching Assistant, Medical Massage Therapist, Counsellor, and Strength Coach—blending deep expertise with lived experience to explore life from both sides of the coin.

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  • Creator
    Matt Sorensen
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    113
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Matt Sorensen
  • Show Website
    The Body's Compass

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