Emerge

Fini Cooper
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Emerge is a podcast about the moments that break us open and the practices that help us put ourselves back together. Hosted by Fini Cooper, a breathwork teacher and somatic guide, each episode brings you unfiltered conversations with people who've turned challenge into transformation. Come for the stories, stay for the wisdom, and leave with practices to support your own healing, growth, and emergence.

Episodes

  1. 3 DAYS AGO

    EP 10: Healing Through Yoga, Self-Care, Discipline, & Daily Practice with Yogi Kaivalyananda

    Why is it so often a breakdown, injury, or crisis that finally makes us slow down and look inward? In this episode, I sit down with Yogi Kaivalyananda for a real conversation about pain, discipline, self-care, and what it actually takes to build a relationship with yourself over time. Yogi shares how chronic back pain in his early twenties led him to yoga, and how years of daily practice, sometimes for hours at a time, shaped not just his body but his mindset, humility, and sense of self. We talk about why many people resist inner work until they reach rock bottom, and how challenge often becomes the doorway to real change. We explore what discipline really means beyond rigid routines, how consistency builds self-trust, and why confidence grows through practice rather than positive thinking. We also talk about learning to sit with yourself, being alone without feeling lonely, and how simple daily rituals can become acts of self-love. DOWNLOAD YOUR FREE 16-MINUTE GUIDED BREATHWORK AUDIO HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Where to Find Yogi Kaivalyananda : Instagram: @kaivalyananda.lifeWebsite:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ www.kaivalyananda.life Connect with Fini: Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@thebreathway ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠& ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@emerge.podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Website:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠thebreathway.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠

    47 min

  2. 2 FEB

    EP 9: Spirituality, Mental Health, and the Line Between Madness and Brilliance with Angel Drake

    What if the parts of us we’re most afraid of are also where our deepest wisdom lives? In this episode of Emerge, I sit down with Angel Drake for a conversation that moves gently and honestly through some of life’s most complex terrain, spirituality, mental health, love, and what it really means to stay open in a world that often asks us to shut down. Angel shares her personal journey, from early spiritual experiences in childhood to growing up alongside severe mental health challenges within her family. We talk about how those experiences shaped her relationship to spirituality, fear, and compassion, and how they continue to inform the way she lives and works today. A central theme of this episode is the space between madness and brilliance. We explore how spiritual sensitivity and extraordinary perception can so easily be misunderstood or pathologised, and what becomes possible when fear is met with dignity and presence instead. Angel speaks openly about witnessing psychosis up close, and about moments where love and human connection created coherence in places that felt fractured. We also talk about sisterhood, boundaries, and the wounded healer archetype, what it means to care deeply without disappearing, and how self inquiry becomes essential when giving turns into over giving. Motherhood and identity naturally weave into the conversation too, especially how becoming a parent reshapes our relationship to responsibility, support, and receiving. Throughout the episode, we return again and again to love and truth, not as concepts, but as lived, embodied practices. We speak about letting our hearts be broken without closing them, about feeling deeply without getting lost, and about remembering our shared humanity even in moments of fear. This episode is an invitation to slow down, to listen, and to feel. It’s for anyone navigating spirituality, mental health, healing, or simply longing for conversations that are real, spacious, and alive. ⁠⁠DOWNLOAD YOUR FREE 16-MINUTE GUIDED BREATHWORK AUDIO HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠ Where to Find Angel: Instagram: @angelikaalanaWebsite:⁠⁠⁠ www.angeldrake.comRetreat: Holy Longing Silent Retreat: A 7-Day Silent Retreat into the Wild Unknown of the Feminine PsychePodcast: Awakened Love Connect with Fini: Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠@thebreathway ⁠⁠⁠⁠& ⁠⁠⁠⁠@emerge.podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠Website:⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠thebreathway.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠

    1h 6m

  3. 26 JAN

    EP 8: Inner Child Healing: Breathwork, Family Wounds, and Coming Home to Yourself with Liza Al Sady

    In today’s episode, I’m joined by Liza Al Sady, founder of We the Conscious, London’s first breath-led multidisciplinary studio, and someone I deeply admire for the way she holds space for real healing. This conversation is powerful, honest, and incredibly human. We talk about inner child healing, the long-term impact of a difficult childhood, and how our early experiences can shape everything from our self-worth to the relationships we choose as adults. Liza shares her story of growing up through instability, family trauma, and survival mode, and how those experiences later showed up in her adult life through perfectionism, anger, external validation, and repeatedly attracting emotionally unavailable partners. What started as a personal lifeline became her purpose, and eventually the foundation of her work guiding conscious connected breathwork, somatic healing, and neo-emotional release across the UK and internationally. We also dive into the Hoffman Process, what it’s like to truly meet your inner child, and why healing isn’t about “fixing yourself”, it’s about building the awareness and capacity to be with what comes up, without letting it run your life. This episode is for you if you’ve ever felt stuck in old patterns, struggled with family dynamics, or found yourself thinking: why do I keep repeating the same relationship cycles? ⁠DOWNLOAD YOUR FREE 16-MINUTE GUIDED BREATHWORK AUDIO HERE⁠⁠⁠ Where to Find Liza: Instagram: @wetheconscious.studio⁠Website:⁠ wetheconscious.studio Connect with Fini: Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠@thebreathway ⁠⁠⁠& ⁠⁠⁠@emerge.podcast⁠⁠⁠Website:⁠⁠⁠ ⁠thebreathway.com/⁠⁠⁠

    1h 1m

  4. 13 JAN

    EP 7: Before You Set Your New Year’s Resolutions This 2026, Try This Instead

    So… it’s a new year. And I don’t know if you feel this too, but there’s something about January that can feel a bit… loud. Like suddenly everyone’s moving at full speed again. New goals, new plans, new routines, and this unspoken expectation that you should be feeling refreshed, motivated, and ready to reinvent your whole life overnight. And honestly… I’m just not doing that this year. In this episode of Emerge, I’m sharing what I’m choosing instead, not the big resolutions, not the endless to-do lists, not the pressure to become a completely different person just because the calendar’s changed. And it’s not because I don’t love growth, I really do. I love reflecting, I love learning, I love those moments where something clicks and you can feel yourself shifting. But I want it to be gentle. I want it to be honest. And I want it to be something I can actually sustain, not something that feels good for a week and then turns into another way to feel like I’m failing. So this is a different kind of reset. One that’s less about pushing and proving, and more about coming back to yourself, quietly, steadily, in a way that actually supports you. ⁠DOWNLOAD YOUR FREE 16-MINUTE GUIDED BREATHWORK AUDIO HERE⁠⁠⁠ Connect with Fini: Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠@thebreathway ⁠⁠⁠& ⁠⁠⁠@emerge.podcast⁠⁠⁠Website:⁠⁠⁠ ⁠thebreathway.com/⁠⁠⁠

    36 min

  5. 23/12/2025

    EP 6: Why You Can’t Relax, Burnout, Suppressed Emotions, and Women’s Nervous System with Farzana Ali

    Why do so many women feel constantly tired, wired, and unable to truly relax, even when they are “doing all the right things”? In this episode, I’m joined by Farzana, a sound therapist and author, for a grounded conversation about women’s wellness, burnout, and nervous system regulation. Together, we unpack what actually happens in the body when women suppress emotion, push through exhaustion, and try to force calm in a world that rewards over-functioning. Farzana shares her perspective on sound as a nervous system tool, explaining how sound and silence can support regulation without adding more effort, discipline, or pressure. We talk honestly about hustle culture, toxic positivity, and why the goal of wellness is not to be calm all the time, but to learn how to return to baseline after stress, anger, or overwhelm. This episode also explores the link between suppressed emotions, particularly anger, and women’s physical health, and why internalising stress can quietly show up as chronic fatigue, illness, or burnout. Rather than bypassing difficult emotions, we discuss why allowing them to be felt and processed is essential for real healing. This conversation is for women who feel overwhelmed by wellness advice, exhausted by self-care routines that do not work, and ready for a more realistic, body-led approach to healing. DOWNLOAD YOUR FREE 16-MINUTE GUIDED BREATHWORK AUDIO HERE⁠⁠ Where to Find Farzana: Instagram - @thesoundtherapistFarzana's Book - Sound Healing: How to Use Sound to Beat Stress and Anxiety Connect with Fini: Instagram: ⁠⁠@thebreathway ⁠⁠& ⁠⁠@emerge.podcast⁠⁠Website:⁠⁠ ⁠thebreathway.com/⁠⁠

    50 min

  6. 15/12/2025

    EP 5: What to Do When You’ve Never Felt Like You Fit In & Why Being Different Is Your Strength with Bex Lowe

    Have you ever felt like you did not quite fit in, no matter where you were or what you were doing? In this episode, we talk about what that feeling can really mean, and why feeling different is not something that needs fixing. I’m joined by my good friend Bex Lowe, founder of the League of Your Own movement. Bex shares her story of growing up in a small town, always knowing she wanted more from life, and following paths that did not always make sense to other people. She talks about learning to trust her intuition and how choosing what felt alive shaped her journey We also go into the harder parts. Bex speaks honestly about grief, losing her mum, and how those years quietly changed her. She reflects on how you can look like you are doing well on the outside while feeling disconnected or dimmed on the inside, and what it takes to slowly find your way back to yourself. Throughout the conversation, we come back to the idea that not fitting in is not a flaw. The parts of you that have felt too much, too deep, or out of place are often the very things that matter most. This episode invites you to look at those parts with more compassion and curiosity, rather than trying to change them. We talk about trusting your intuition, working with fear, and what it really means to build a life that feels aligned, meaningful, and true to you. This is not about becoming someone else. It is about becoming more of who you already are. So if you have ever felt different, struggled to fit in, or wondered whether there is another way to live and work, this episode is for you. DOWNLOAD YOUR FREE 16-MINUTE GUIDED BREATHWORK AUDIO HERE⁠ Where to Find Bex: Instagram - @risingsoulful_ceoWebsite - www.houseofwearesoulful.com Connect with Fini: Instagram: ⁠@thebreathway ⁠& ⁠@emerge.podcast⁠Website:⁠ ⁠thebreathway.com/⁠⁠⁠

    55 min

  7. 08/12/2025

    EP 4: Breaking Free from Societal Expectations with Jules Wright

    What happens when you stop following society’s rules for success and start trusting yourself instead? In this episode, I sit down with Jules, a mindset coach who helps women in their 30s break free from social conditioning, comparison, and rigid life timelines. We talk about living outside the conventional path, the pressure many women feel in their late 20s and 30s, and how self doubt can creep in when your life doesn’t look like everyone else’s. Jules shares her experience of a major late-20s identity crisis, questioning career success, relationships, money, and worth, and how mindset work, self trust, and redefining success completely changed her direction. We explore limiting beliefs, fear based thinking, comparison culture, and the impact this has on your nervous system, confidence, and decision making. This episode dives into practical mindset tools including journaling, building a trusting mindset, manifesting with aligned action, and learning to reconnect with your intuition when external voices get louder than your own. If you’re navigating a quarter life or early midlife crisis, feeling behind on life milestones, or searching for clarity, confidence, and alignment, this conversation is for you. DOWNLOAD YOUR FREE 16-MINUTE GUIDED BREATHWORK AUDIO HERE Where to Find Jules: Instagram - @juleskwrightWebsite - ⁠juleskwright.com Connect with Fini: Instagram: @thebreathway & @emerge.podcastWebsite: ⁠thebreathway.com/⁠

    47 min

  8. 01/12/2025

    EP 3: Why A Life That Looks Right Can Feel So Wrong Inside, with Georgie Clarke

    You can build a life that looks successful, stable and sensible, and still feel flat, exhausted or quietly miserable inside. In this episode, Georgie Clarke and I explore what happens when the life you’re living no longer matches who you are beneath the conditioning. We move through many themes in this conversation, including burnout, sensitivity, nervous system healing, relationships, embodiment and self-development culture. But at the core of it all is one central truth: when you ignore what truly lights you up, your body eventually forces you to pay attention. Georgie shares how burning out in an impressive early career became a turning point, not because she wasn’t capable, but because the path she was on was deeply misaligned with her values, sensitivity and nervous system. What followed wasn’t a neat “find your passion” storyline, but a slower, more honest process of learning how to listen to her body, reclaim her energy and stop outsourcing aliveness to work, intensity or other people. In this episode, we cover Why doing everything you’re “supposed” to do can still leave you burnt outHow misalignment, not failure, often sits at the root of exhaustionSensitivity, nervous system overload and emotional collapsePeople-pleasing, over-responsibility and losing connection to your own needsThe hidden ways self-development can become another form of avoidanceWhy disconnection from yourself shows up in work and in relationshipsThe difference between intensity, chemistry and real intimacyEmbodiment and body awareness as a path back to alivenessWhat it actually means to build a life that feels right, not just looks right This episode is for you if: You feel drained or disconnected despite having a “good” lifeYou’re questioning your career, direction or sense of purposeYou know something is off but can’t explain it logicallyYou want your life to feel as good on the inside as it looks on the outside DOWNLOAD YOUR FREE 16-MINUTE GUIDED BREATHWORK AUDIO HERE Where to Find Georgie: Instagram - @georgieclarkecoachWebsite - ⁠https://georgie-clarke.com Connect with Fini: Instagram: @thebreathway & @emerge.podcastWebsite: ⁠https://thebreathway.com/⁠

    1h 4m

  9. 24/11/2025

    EP 2: Awakening Your Feminine Power & Becoming Who You Truly Are with Sarah Hyde

    There are conversations that hit deeper than expected, the kind that make you pause, breathe and realise how long you’ve been living disconnected from yourself. This is one of those conversations. This is one of them. In this episode, I sit down with Sarah Hyde, a breathwork guide, somatic practitioner and women’s transformation coach whose work goes straight to the root of who you are. Sarah is one of those rare people who carries both strength and softness in the same breath. She helps women wake up their feminine power, reconnect with their intuition and remember the parts of themselves they’ve abandoned along the way. She shares the moment her life cracked open, when burnout, anxiety and emotional overwhelm forced her to stop running and finally face what was happening inside her. And I truly believe that this conversation matters because so many women live their lives half themselves. Balancing expectations, swallowing emotions, performing confidence, holding it all together. Sarah’s story is a reminder that you can return to yourself, that your body never stopped guiding you, and that feminine power isn’t something you create, it is something you remember. So if you’ve felt disconnected, drained, burnt out or simply aware that there is a deeper version of you waiting underneath the noise, this episode is for you. Where to Find Sarah: If you want to step deeper into Sarah’s world, you can find her here. Her work is powerful, honest and rooted in real transformation. And if this conversation spoke to you, you’ll feel right at home in her spaces Instagram - @iamsarahhydeWebsite - https://www.iamsarahhyde.com Connect with Fini: Instagram: @thebreathway & @emerge.podcastWebsite: https://thebreathway.com/

    57 min

  10. 17/11/2025

    EP 1: Where It All Starts

    Fear and doubt have a way of talking us out of the things we want most. I have done that more times than I can count. For years I kept telling myself I would start a podcast one day, but I never let myself cross the line. Eventually I realised that holding back was costing me more than trying ever could. So this episode is a meaningful marker of growth - the moment I finally allowed myself to do the thing I kept avoiding. In this short intro I share what Emerge is here to explore. And because I want every episode to offer something you can actually use, I close with a simple breathwork practice to help you settle, soften and reconnect. Consider it a small gift and a first step into what this podcast will feel like. This is where it all starts and I am so glad you're here.

    22 min
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Emerge is a podcast about the moments that break us open and the practices that help us put ourselves back together. Hosted by Fini Cooper, a breathwork teacher and somatic guide, each episode brings you unfiltered conversations with people who've turned challenge into transformation. Come for the stories, stay for the wisdom, and leave with practices to support your own healing, growth, and emergence.

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  • Creator
    Fini Cooper
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    10
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Fini Cooper
  • Show Website
    Emerge