ILA Radio

Laura Alyn

ILA Radio explores how we come to know through the soul, mind, body, and spirit. Hosted by Laura Alyn, founder of the ILA Institute, each episode invites a guest to reflect on how they experience truth, connection, and growth across these four dimensions. ILA Radio isn’t about right answers. It’s about knowing yourself in more dimensions.

  1. 12/10/2025

    45. TRUSTING THE PATTERNS: SAMANTHA MANDELL ON INTUITION, PODCASTING, AND HEALING

    What if healing isn’t a single turning point—but a slow returning to yourself, moment by moment, breath by breath? In this deeply intimate episode of ILA Radio, host Laura Alyn sits down with Samantha Mandel—producer, creator, and co-host of Skirts Up—to explore how illness, intuition, and creativity reshaped her sense of identity. Samantha shares how functional seizures disrupted her life, how silence became its own teacher, and how the process of making a podcast with her best friend became a portal: a way to speak her truth, reclaim her agency, and meet herself anew. For more on this episode, Samantha, and Laura, please visit: https://theornelian.com/2025/12/08/45-trusting-the-patterns-samantha-mandell-on-intuition-podcasting-and-healing/

    49 min

  2. 12/03/2025

    43. TRUSTING YOUR VALUES: CYNTHIA GARCIA ON HEALTH, BIOENGINEERING, AND GROWTH

    What if the life you’re meant to live isn’t revealed through grand breakthroughs but through the smallest choices you make every day? In this expansive episode of ILA Radio, host Laura Alyn sits down with Cynthia Garcia, a bioengineer and project manager whose path shows how logic and intuition, structure and creativity, can coexist without contradiction. If you’ve ever felt pulled between who you are and who you want to become, this episode offers a fresh way to imagine that tension—not as conflict, but as collaboration. Tune in and discover how alignment, curiosity, and micro-choices can transform the shape of your entire life. For more on Cynthia, Laura, and the magic behind this episode, please visit: https://theornelian.com/2025/12/02/43-trusting-your-values-cynthia-garcia-on-forming-connections-health-and-engineering/

    1h 6m

  3. 11/29/2025

    42. TRUSTING THE RESEARCH: ALBERT BRAMANTE ON ACADEMIA, ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY, AND LIVE-LONG LEARNING

    What if knowing isn’t something you prove—but something you practice? And what if the clarity you’re searching for comes not from certainty, but from curiosity, courage, and the lived intelligence of experience? In this revelatory episode of ILA Radio, host Laura Alyn sits down with Albert Bramante, a multifaceted thinker, researcher, and actor/talent agent, to explore the unexpected intersections between academia, the entertainment industry, and lifelong learning. For more on this episode, on Albert, or on Laura, please visit: https://theornelian.com/2025/11/29/42-trusting-the-research-albert-bramante-on-academia-entertainment-industry-and-live-long-learning/

    58 min

  4. 11/26/2025

    41. TRUSTING THE SITUATION: WANAKO OBERHUBER ON ACADEMIC KNOWING, PLAYFUL KNOWING, AND INTUITIVE KNOWING

    What if knowing isn’t something you think—but something you recognize?And what if the deepest truths arrive not through study, but through play, trust, and the quiet intelligence of lived experience? In this revelatory episode of ILA Radio, host Laura Alyn sits down with Wanako Oberhuber—educator, researcher, and integrative thinker—to explore the three major pathways of human understanding: academic knowing, playful knowing, and intuitive knowing. For more on this episode and its participants: https://theornelian.com/2025/11/25/41-trusting-the-situation-wanako-oberhuber-on-academic-knowing-playful-knowing-and-intuitive-knowing/

    35 min

  5. 11/22/2025

    40. TRUSTING YOUR INSTINCTS: SCOTT TRUMPOLT ON MENTORSHIP, BUILDING SECURITY, AND FINDING JOY

    In this electric episode of ILA Radio, host Laura Alyn sits down with Scott Trumpolt—employee compensation expert, former corporate HR leader, and independent consultant—for a conversation that will permanently expand how you think about independence, career fulfillment, and mentoring. For more on this episode, the host, and guest, please visit: https://theornelian.com/2025/11/21/40-trusting-your-instincts-scott-trumpolt-on-mentorship-building-security-and-finding-joy/

    52 min

  6. 11/19/2025

    39. TRUSTING YOUR BODY: ALEXANDRA BELLER ON DANCE, INTUITION, AND EDUCATION

    In this electric episode of ILA Radio, host Laura Alyn sits down with Alexandra Beller—former professional dancer, choreographer, Certified Movement Analyst, teacher, and somatic innovator—for a conversation that will permanently expand how you think about intuition, embodiment, creativity, and learning. For more about the episode, Alexandra, and Laura: https://theornelian.com/2025/11/18/39-trusting-your-body-alexandra-beller-on-dance-intuition-and-education/

    57 min

  7. 11/15/2025

    38. TRUSTING YOUR PLANTNESS: TIGRILLA GARDENIA ON MUSIC, DEEP PATTERNS, AND INTUITION

    In this electric episode of ILA Radio, host Laura Alyn sits down with Tigrilla Gardenia—nature-inspired mentor, certified life coach, engineer, musician, and world ambassador for plant advocacy—for a conversation that will permanently expand how you think about intuition, embodiment, creativity, and purpose. For more on the episode: https://theornelian.com/2025/11/14/38-trusting-your-plantness-tigrilla-gardenia-on-music-deep-patterns-and-intuition/ For more on Tigrilla: https://tigrillagardenia.com/

    54 min

  8. 11/12/2025

    37. TRUSTING YOUR EMOTIONS: VIV STAN ON ART, COMMUNICATION, AND DISCERNMENT

    In this episode, Viv Stan shares how she’s learned to trust herself through art, observation, and deep self-reflection. From Aries’ experiential joy to Pisces’ spiritual intuition, she explores the many ways of knowing—how discernment begins in the body, how emotions guide decision-making, and how intuition whispers truths the mind cannot calculate. Viv Stan reflects on her journey of learning to honor her feelings, follow through on commitments, and stay centered even in moments of overwhelm. She discusses the transformative power of creativity, the lessons from nature, and the importance of listening to the heart over overthinking or overanalyzing. 🎧 Listen in and remember: honor your feelings, trust your instincts, and let your body and heart guide your next steps—thinking alone won’t get you there.

    45 min
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About

ILA Radio explores how we come to know through the soul, mind, body, and spirit. Hosted by Laura Alyn, founder of the ILA Institute, each episode invites a guest to reflect on how they experience truth, connection, and growth across these four dimensions. ILA Radio isn’t about right answers. It’s about knowing yourself in more dimensions.

Information

  • Creator
    Laura Alyn
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2025
  • Episodes
    46
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Laura Alyn
  • Show Website
    ILA Radio