Shots of Serenity

Jasmine St John

Shots of Serenity Podcast, hosted by Jasmine St John, is a weekly podcast that explores self-improvement and holistic well-being through mindfulness, reflection, soul-care, and meditation. The intentions of this show is to create a safe space for black and brown communities to explore themselves with grace and intention, so that they can evolve, walk in love, and foster holistic wellness. Shots of Serenity Podcast was established to provide a different perspective on various topics that influence and effect our everyday lives. Get ready to have dope conversations and a peace of mind!

  1. 4D AGO

    Why Thought Awareness Is Essential for Emotional Regulation

    In this solo episode of Shots of Serenity, we explore the quiet but powerful influence our thoughts have on the way we experience life. What happens when we become overly attached to the thoughts that pass through our minds? And how can that attachment shape our emotions, behaviors, and overall well-being? In this conversation, I revisit the important relationship between thoughts, feelings, emotions, and behaviors, breaking down how these internal processes interact and influence one another. Many of us assume our thoughts are facts, but learning to observe them rather than fuse with them can transform the way we move through the world. This episode highlights the lifelong practice of catching our thoughts, responding to them with curiosity rather than judgment, and strengthening our ability to return to emotional balance more quickly when we’re thrown off center. If you’ve ever felt stuck in a loop of overthinking, self-criticism, or intrusive thoughts, this episode offers grounding insights and compassionate reminders that your thoughts are not your identity, and that change is always possible. This is an invitation to slow down, observe your mind, and practice thinking in ways that support your healing, growth, and peace. ✨ Stay Connected with Shots of Serenity ✨ Thank you so much for tuning in! If today’s episode resonated, please share it with someone you love and subscribe on your favorite platform — iTunes, SoundCloud, Spotify, or Google Play. 💛 Support the Podcast If Shots of Serenity has supported you on your journey, please take a moment to leave a rating or review. Your feedback helps our community grow and allows more souls to discover this space. 🌿 Join Our Community Email List: Stay updated on new episodes, events, and offerings → Sign up hereSerenity Score Card: Start tracking your peace-centered rituals → Download here🌙 Upcoming Events & Announcements Stay tuned for upcoming Soft Landing experiences, sound baths, live sessions, and seasonal offerings.  Visit our website for the latest updates → https://shotsofserenity.square.site/ ✨ Connect with Us on Socials Instagram: @shotsofserenity_ • @thejasminestjohnYouTube: Subscribe for meditations, sound baths, and more → https://www.youtube.com/@jasmine.stjohn Want to be featured?  Screenshot the episode you're listening to, share it on IG, and tag @shotsofserenity_. 🔖 Community Hashtags Use these when sharing your reflections or favorite episodes:  #ShotsOfSerenity #SerenitySpace #SoftLandingSessions Music rights belong to Dar’rell Banks → https://darrellbanksmusic.com/

    24 min
  2. MAR 1

    The Wanderer: Awakening, Identity & Coming Home to Yourself w/ Amanda Carter

    What does it mean to identify as a wanderer in a world that constantly asks you to define yourself by productivity, presence, and performance? In this intimate and expansive conversation, I sit down with Amanda Carter, who describes herself as a wanderer, not just in movement, but in consciousness, identity, and becoming. Together, we explore what it means to know yourself beyond what you do or share online, and how self-awareness deepens over time through both awakening and discomfort. We talk honestly about the tension of holding space for others while the world feels heavy, navigating collective grief, overstimulation, and the quiet shame that can arise when you need to disconnect from the news or step away from social media for your own mental health. We also discuss the reality of phone addiction, digital overwhelm, and the courage it takes to unplug in order to come home to yourself. If you’ve ever felt uncertain, in-between, evolving, or like you don’t quite fit into one fixed identity , this conversation will feel like permission. Permission to wander. Permission to disconnect. Permission to become. Share this episode with someone who’s navigating a season of becoming 🤍 Connect with Amanda: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wanderwithworthiii/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@worthiii Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@wanderwithworthiii Substack: https://substack.com/@worthiii?r=7hkxj4&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=profile&shareImageVariant=light ✨ Stay Connected with Shots of Serenity ✨ Thank you so much for tuning in! If today’s episode resonated, please share it with someone you love and subscribe on your favorite platform — iTunes, SoundCloud, Spotify, or Google Play. 💛 Support the Podcast If Shots of Serenity has supported you on your journey, please take a moment to leave a rating or review. Your feedback helps our community grow and allows more souls to discover this space. 🌿 Join Our Community Email List: Stay updated on new episodes, events, and offerings → Sign up hereSerenity Score Card: Start tracking your peace-centered rituals → Download here 🌙 Upcoming Events & Announcements Stay tuned for upcoming Soft Landing experiences, sound baths, live sessions, and seasonal offerings. Visit our website for the latest updates → https://shotsofserenity.square.site/ ✨ Connect with Us on Socials Instagram: @shotsofserenity_ • @thejasminestjohnYouTube: Subscribe for meditations, sound baths, and more → https://www.youtube.com/@jasmine.stjohnWant to be featured?  Screenshot the episode you're listening to, share it on IG, and tag @shotsofserenity_. 🔖 Community Hashtags Use these when sharing your reflections or favorite episodes:  #ShotsOfSerenity #SerenitySpace #SoftLandingSessions Music rights belong to Dar’rell Banks → https://darrellbanksmusic.com/

    1h 8m
  3. FEB 22

    Intellectualizing vs Feeling: Learning to Embody Your Emotions

    In this episode of Shots of Serenity, we explore the concept of intellectualizing—what it is, why many of us do it, and how it can quietly disconnect us from our emotional world. If you’ve ever found yourself overthinking instead of feeling, analyzing instead of experiencing, or explaining your pain rather than embodying it, this conversation is for you. Together, we gently unpack the difference between a thought, feeling, emotion, and behavior, creating clarity around how these inner experiences shape our patterns, relationships, and self-awareness. I also share practical, real-life examples and a therapeutic technique I often use with clients to help expand emotional awareness and move from cognitive understanding into embodied presence. This episode invites you to soften out of analysis and into awareness—because healing isn’t just something we understand intellectually, it’s something we learn to feel, notice, and live. In this episode: What intellectualizing is and how it shows up in everyday lifeThe difference between thoughts, feelings, emotions, and behaviorsWhy emotional awareness matters for healing and self-connectionA practical technique to deepen emotional awarenessExamples of moving from thinking about feelings → actually feeling themIf you’re learning to reconnect with your inner experience, regulate your nervous system, or cultivate deeper self-understanding, this episode offers a gentle place to begin. ✨ Stay Connected with Shots of Serenity ✨ Thank you so much for tuning in! If today’s episode resonated, please share it with someone you love and subscribe on your favorite platform — iTunes, SoundCloud, Spotify, or Google Play. 💛 Support the Podcast If Shots of Serenity has supported you on your journey, please take a moment to leave a rating or review. Your feedback helps our community grow and allows more souls to discover this space. 🌿 Join Our Community Email List: Stay updated on new episodes, events, and offerings → Sign up hereSerenity Score Card: Start tracking your peace-centered rituals → Download here🌙 Upcoming Events & Announcements Stay tuned for upcoming Soft Landing experiences, sound baths, live sessions, and seasonal offerings. Visit our website for the latest updates → https://shotsofserenity.square.site/ ✨ Connect with Us on Socials Instagram: @shotsofserenity_ • @thejasminestjohnYouTube: Subscribe for meditations, sound baths, and more → https://www.youtube.com/@jasmine.stjohn Want to be featured?  Screenshot the episode you're listening to, share it on IG, and tag @shotsofserenity_. 🔖 Community Hashtags Use these when sharing your reflections or favorite episodes:  #ShotsOfSerenity #SerenitySpace #SoftLandingSessions Music rights belong to Dar’rell Banks → https://darrellbanksmusic.com/

    20 min
  4. FEB 16

    4 Ways I’m Learning to Love Myself

    What does loving yourself actually mean, beyond bubble baths and affirmations? In this heartfelt episode of Shots of Serenity, we explore the deeper layers of self-relationship by unpacking the differences between self-love, self-care, confidence, and self-esteem, and why understanding each one can transform how you show up in your life, relationships, and healing journey. As we move through the month of love and Black History Month, this conversation also honors the radical, restorative power of self-love, especially for those navigating identity, growth, and emotional healing in a world that doesn’t always mirror our worth back to us. I also share 4 gentle, real-life ways I’ve been learning to love myself , not from perfection, but from presence, compassion, and intentional self-connection. This episode is a soft space to reflect, reconnect, and redefine what loving yourself truly means. ✨ Perfect for listeners interested in: self-love, emotional healing, personal growth, mindfulness, mental health, identity, and inner work. ✨ Stay Connected with Shots of Serenity ✨ Thank you so much for tuning in! If today’s episode resonated, please share it with someone you love and subscribe on your favorite platform — iTunes, SoundCloud, Spotify, or Google Play. 💛 Support the Podcast If Shots of Serenity has supported you on your journey, please take a moment to leave a rating or review. Your feedback helps our community grow and allows more souls to discover this space. 🌿 Join Our Community Email List: Stay updated on new episodes, events, and offerings → Sign up hereSerenity Score Card: Start tracking your peace-centered rituals → Download here 🌙 Upcoming Events & Announcements Stay tuned for upcoming Soft Landing experiences, sound baths, live sessions, and seasonal offerings.  Visit our website for the latest updates → https://shotsofserenity.square.site/ ✨ Connect with Us on Socials Instagram: @shotsofserenity_ • @thejasminestjohn YouTube: Subscribe for meditations, sound baths, and more → https://www.youtube.com/@jasmine.stjohn Want to be featured?  Screenshot the episode you're listening to, share it on IG, and tag @shotsofserenity_. 🔖 Community Hashtags Use these when sharing your reflections or favorite episodes:  #ShotsOfSerenity #SerenitySpace #SoftLandingSessions Music rights belong to Dar’rell Banks → https://darrellbanksmusic.com/

    19 min
  5. FEB 8

    Word of the Year: Execution

    In this solo episode of Shots of Serenity, we explore the deeper layers of change and why uninformed optimism can often lead us to fall off our New Year intentions around this time. I reflect on the stages of change, how early motivation can fade without grounding, and what it really takes to stay connected to our intentions as the year unfolds. I also share my personal relationship with choosing a word of the year, why I’ve shifted away from vision boards, how my word is meeting me in real time, and what following through looks like when we lead with softness instead of pressure. This episode is an invitation to gently explore your own word of the year, clarify your intentions, and reconnect with what feels sustainable, meaningful, and true for you. ✨ Stay Connected with Shots of Serenity ✨ Thank you so much for tuning in! If today’s episode resonated, please share it with someone you love and subscribe on your favorite platform — iTunes, SoundCloud, Spotify, or Google Play. 💛 Support the Podcast If Shots of Serenity has supported you on your journey, please take a moment to leave a rating or review. Your feedback helps our community grow and allows more souls to discover this space. 🌿 Join Our Community Email List: Stay updated on new episodes, events, and offerings → Sign up here Serenity Score Card: Start tracking your peace-centered rituals → Download here 🌙 Upcoming Events & Announcements Stay tuned for upcoming Soft Landing experiences, sound baths, live sessions, and seasonal offerings.  Visit our website for the latest updates → https://shotsofserenity.square.site/ ✨ Connect with Us on Socials Instagram: @shotsofserenity_ • @thejasminestjohn YouTube: Subscribe for meditations, sound baths, and more → https://www.youtube.com/@jasmine.stjohn Want to be featured?  Screenshot the episode you're listening to, share it on IG, and tag @shotsofserenity_. 🔖 Community Hashtags Use these when sharing your reflections or favorite episodes:  #ShotsOfSerenity #SerenitySpace #SoftLandingSessions 🎶 Music Credit Music rights belong to Dar’rell Banks → https://darrellbanksmusic.com/

    28 min
  6. JAN 19

    Honoring Your Energy Flow: Working With Your Body, Not Against It

    In this solo episode of Shots of Serenity, we explore the importance of honoring your energy flow as a daily, sacred practice rather than something to fix, override, or force. I share my personal relationship with energy regulation through the lens of my dosha, my astrological big three, my empathetic and intuitive nature, and living with anemia—and how these pieces inform the way I move through the world. This conversation gently weaves together sacred wisdom, holistic theories, medical realities, cultural and familial upbringings, and nervous system awareness, highlighting the intersectionality of our experiences and how deeply they shape our capacity, rhythms, and needs. We talk about why honoring energy is not one-size-fits-all, and how language, both internal and external, can either support or disconnect us from our bodies. I offer friendly reminders, reflections from my own healing journey, and an invitation for listeners to explore the archetypes, frameworks, and wisdom systems that resonate most with them, without spiritual bypassing or self-abandonment. This episode is an exploration of learning to work with your energy instead of against it, building trust with your body, and allowing your flow to be informed by compassion, context, and curiosity. Whether you’re navigating chronic fatigue, emotional sensitivity, burnout, or simply longing to live more in alignment, this episode offers a grounded, soulful space to reconnect with your natural rhythm and reclaim rest, clarity, and self-honor. ✨ Stay Connected with Shots of Serenity ✨ Thank you so much for tuning in! If today’s episode resonated, please share it with someone you love and subscribe on your favorite platform — iTunes, SoundCloud, Spotify, or Google Play. 💛 Support the Podcast If Shots of Serenity has supported you on your journey, please take a moment to leave a rating or review. Your feedback helps our community grow and allows more souls to discover this space. 🌿 Join Our Community Email List: Stay updated on new episodes, events, and offerings → Sign up hereSerenity Score Card: Start tracking your peace-centered rituals → Download here 🌙 Upcoming Events & Announcements Stay tuned for upcoming Soft Landing experiences, sound baths, live sessions, and seasonal offerings.  Visit our website for the latest updates → https://shotsofserenity.square.site/ ✨ Connect with Us on Socials Instagram: @shotsofserenity_ • @thejasminestjohnYouTube: Subscribe for meditations, sound baths, and more → https://www.youtube.com/@jasmine.stjohn Want to be featured?  Screenshot the episode you're listening to, share it on IG, and tag @shotsofserenity_. 🔖 Community Hashtags Use these when sharing your reflections or favorite episodes:  #ShotsOfSerenity #SerenitySpace #SoftLandingSessions 🎶 Music Credit Music rights belong to Dar’rell Banks → https://darrellbanksmusic.com/

    35 min
  7. JAN 12

    The Soft Landing: Creating a Sanctuary for Change, Rest, and Becoming

    In this intimate solo episode of Shots of Serenity, I open the door to the heart of The Soft Landing, the offering, the intention, and the season of transition it’s being born from. This episode was created to gently clarify what The Soft Landing truly is, what it is not, and why naming that distinction matters in a world that often rushes healing, performance, and productivity. I speak candidly about the deeper intention behind this space, how it’s meant to be experienced, and who it’s for. For the first time, I’m also sharing something exclusively with my podcast listeners. This episode isn’t an announcement for social media; it’s a quiet truth shared here, in a space that feels safe enough to hold it.  This episode is for anyone who is navigating change, craving softness, or learning how to land gently in the middle of becoming. You don’t need to have it all figured out—you’re allowed to arrive as you are. Take a breath. There’s nothing you need to prove here. This is your soft landing. ✨ Stay Connected with Shots of Serenity ✨ Thank you so much for tuning in! If today’s episode resonated, please share it with someone you love and subscribe on your favorite platform — iTunes, SoundCloud, Spotify, or Google Play. 💛 Support the Podcast If Shots of Serenity has supported you on your journey, please take a moment to leave a rating or review. Your feedback helps our community grow and allows more souls to discover this space. 🌿 Join Our Community Email List: Stay updated on new episodes, events, and offerings → Sign up here Serenity Score Card: Start tracking your peace-centered rituals → Download here🌙 Upcoming Events & Announcements Stay tuned for upcoming Soft Landing experiences, sound baths, live sessions, and seasonal offerings.  Visit our website for the latest updates → https://shotsofserenity.square.site/ ✨ Connect with Us on Socials Instagram: @shotsofserenity_ • @thejasminestjohn YouTube: Subscribe for meditations, sound baths, and more → https://www.youtube.com/@jasmine.stjohnWant to be featured?  Screenshot the episode you're listening to, share it on IG, and tag @shotsofserenity_. 🔖 Community Hashtags Use these when sharing your reflections or favorite episodes:  #ShotsOfSerenity #SerenitySpace #SoftLandingSessions 🎶 Music Credit Music rights belong to Dar’rell Banks → https://darrellbanksmusic.com/

    24 min
  8. JAN 5

    A Letter to Time

    In this solo episode of Shots of Serenity, I take you outside with me, grounded in nature, to explore the sacred, nuanced relationship we have with time. Inspired by a question poll I shared on Instagram about lessons learned through time, this episode weaves together your collective reflections with my own lived experiences, insights, and gentle truths. We explore how time can feel like pressure and permission at once, how it teaches through both waiting and movement, and how it becomes a quiet blessing when we learn to listen instead of rush. This conversation invites you to soften your grip on timelines, productivity, and urgency, and instead attune to divine timing, inner seasons, and the wisdom that unfolds when we allow life to meet us where we are. Toward the end of the episode, I offer a prayer and a personal letter written to time itself—an intimate reflection meant to support your own process of surrender, patience, and trust. The YouTube version of this episode includes a mini vlog to a cabin, capturing moments of stillness, nature, and transition that mirror the themes of the conversation. 🎧 Listen when you need permission to slow down, trust the unfolding, and remember that nothing is late. 📺 Watch the full episode + cabin vlog on YouTube ✨ Stay Connected with Shots of Serenity ✨ Thank you so much for tuning in! If today’s episode resonated, please share it with someone you love and subscribe on your favorite platform — iTunes, SoundCloud, Spotify, or Google Play. 💛 Support the Podcast If Shots of Serenity has supported you on your journey, please take a moment to leave a rating or review. Your feedback helps our community grow and allows more souls to discover this space. 🌿 Join Our Community Email List: Stay updated on new episodes, events, and offerings → Sign up here Serenity Score Card: Start tracking your peace-centered rituals → Download here 🌙 Upcoming Events & Announcements Stay tuned for upcoming Soft Landing experiences, sound baths, live sessions, and seasonal offerings.  Visit our website for the latest updates → https://shotsofserenity.square.site/ ✨ Connect with Us on Socials Instagram: @shotsofserenity_ • @thejasminestjohn YouTube: Subscribe for meditations, sound baths, and more → https://www.youtube.com/@jasmine.stjohn Want to be featured?  Screenshot the episode you're listening to, share it on IG, and tag @shotsofserenity_. 🔖 Community Hashtags Use these when sharing your reflections or favorite episodes:  #ShotsOfSerenity #SerenitySpace #SoftLandingSessions 🎶 Music Credit Music rights belong to Dar’rell Banks → https://darrellbanksmusic.com/

    30 min
4.8
out of 5
16 Ratings

About

Shots of Serenity Podcast, hosted by Jasmine St John, is a weekly podcast that explores self-improvement and holistic well-being through mindfulness, reflection, soul-care, and meditation. The intentions of this show is to create a safe space for black and brown communities to explore themselves with grace and intention, so that they can evolve, walk in love, and foster holistic wellness. Shots of Serenity Podcast was established to provide a different perspective on various topics that influence and effect our everyday lives. Get ready to have dope conversations and a peace of mind!