Rich Souls

Saara
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Conversations with founders, creatives, and friends on what business a spiritual practice. New episodes + Substack newsletter weekly.

  1. 2d ago

    Getting Seen & Getting Paid: Building a Creator Business with Becca Flores

    Becca Flores is a creator, fractional influencer marketer, and founder of Florish. After being passed over for a promotion and watching her little brother survive a life-threatening accident, she began planning her exit from corporate and building a career around her skills and creativity. In this episode, Saara and Becca get into leaving the 9-5 world, the inner work behind being seen, and making money as a creator without a massive following. They talk about taking small steps before a big leap, attracting aligned brand partnerships, creating content that serves others, and staying rooted in yourself amidst the internet's opinions. Subscribe to the Rich Souls newsletter for more from guests: https://richsouls.substack.com/ Chapters01:29 Meet Becca02:37 The turning point that led her to leave corporate07:31 Getting your energy back08:52 Astrology and Human Design10:36 Crafting a corporate escape plan16:26 EMDR and somatic work19:27 Starting over and letting go22:12 Working on both sides of the creator economy23:37 Landing opportunities as a microcreator26:05 Finding a community that expands you30:04 Visibility maxing32:51 How to attract and pitch brand deals40:50 Audience trust and diversifying your income43:00 Creating content brands can see themselves in44:53 LinkedIn, Substack, and showing up across platforms47:15 Giving creators room to create49:18 Affiliate partnerships and other income streams51:25 Ten years of creating before it clicked55:03 Creating in service of others1:03:54 Going viral and handling criticism1:10:24 Fear of success and feeling safe being seen1:13:28 Entrepreneurship as a spiritual journey1:17:09 Following the breadcrumbs of purpose1:18:11 What’s making Becca’s life feel rich Saara Substack: https://richsouls.substack.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/saaralampwalla/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/saaralampwalla/ Becca Substack – Florish: https://substack.com/@thebeccafloresInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebeccaflores/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebecca-flores-rf/ Saara's Stack (foundational tools) To Be Magnetic (self-hypnosis, 8 years deep): https://login.tobemagnetic.com/a/2148196837/5CdqHxtbWaking Up (the intro course taught me to meditate): https://wakingup.sjv.io/qW6KAnMorning Pages (via The Artist's Way), magnesium bisglycinate, Moleskine journals, breathwork (via The Opening) Some links above are affiliate links. If you buy through them I may earn a commission, at no extra cost to you.

  2. Sep 25

    Is It Self-Awareness or Is It Overthinking?

    What happens when making sense of everything becomes the way we feel safe? In this solo episode, Saara shares what she’s learning about living less in her mind and more in her heart and body. She gets into how this shows up in everyday life, from talking fast and constantly problem-solving to feeling uncomfortable with silence, and the small shifts that are helping her slow down. She also explores finding comfort in spiritual systems, staying connected to ourselves while connecting with others, and the vulnerability of being present without knowing what comes next. An exploration of giving an overworked mind a break and making room for life to surprise us. Read the weekly newsletter and join the conversation on Substack: https://richsouls.substack.com/ Chapters 0:00 Spiritual systems and the comfort of knowing03:48 How we learn to find safety in the mind06:30 Recognizing a tendency to live in the mind08:13 Signs you’re living in your mind09:45 Giving an overworked mind a break10:53 How to bring awareness into the heart12:19 Everyday ways to slow down and feel more13:36 Staying connected to yourself around others14:12 Why being present can feel vulnerable15:04 Connecting without planning what to say next16:49 Exploring what works for you18:37 Interrupting patterns19:24 Making room for spontaneity20:35 Application to everyday life Saara Substack: ⁠⁠⁠https://richsouls.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/saaralampwalla/⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/saaralampwalla/⁠⁠⁠ Saara's Stack (foundational tools) To Be Magnetic (self-hypnosis, 8 years deep): ⁠https://login.tobemagnetic.com/a/2148196837/5CdqHxtb⁠Waking Up (the intro course taught me to meditate): ⁠https://wakingup.sjv.io/c/7778233/3958771/54965⁠Morning Pages (via The Artist's Way), magnesium bisglycinate, Moleskine journals, breathwork (via The Opening) Some links above are affiliate links. If you buy through them I may earn a commission, at no extra cost to you.

  3. Sep 18

    Befriending the Unknown to Build a Global Retreat Company with Kimberly Kennedy

    Kimberly Kennedy is the founder of Coherence Retreats, a global women's wellness retreat company. She's a meditation and breathwork facilitator, life coach, and women's circle facilitator. Three years in, Coherence has sold out every retreat across five continents and 14 countries. In this episode, Saara and Kim get into the ego deaths behind entrepreneurship–from a quarter-life crisis at a corporate job in NYC to a one-way ticket to Mexico. They talk about defining your no's, why travel is expansive, picking the right place for the season you're in, and befriending fear and the unknown instead of fighting it. Kim's non-negotiables are only in this week's newsletter–subscribe for insider info from every guest: https://richsouls.substack.com/ Chapters 00:00 Meet Kim 00:39 How Coherence began 02:03 The ego deaths of entrepreneurship 02:38 NYC corporate and the quarter-life crisis 05:13 Designing work around your life 06:58 Start with your no's 08:15 A one-way ticket to Mexico 12:32 From Collective Getaway to Coherence 16:37 Who the retreats are for 18:44 Travel as expansion 21:27 Choosing your land 23:31 South Africa and New Zealand 26:04 Putting fear in the backseat 27:24 Befriending the unknown 30:15 Your unknown is the opposite of your normal 33:14 Austin as home base 35:39 On Human Design 39:37 Visibility journey on social media 42:18 Detachment and iteration 47:36 What's next for Coherence 49:58 Purpose is play 52:08 What's making Kim's life feel rich Saara Substack: ⁠⁠https://richsouls.substack.com/⁠⁠Instagram: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/saaralampwalla/⁠⁠LinkedIn: ⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/saaralampwalla/⁠⁠Kim Website: ⁠https://www.coherenceretreats.com/Instagram: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/itskimberlykennedy/ Saara's Stack (foundational tools) To Be Magnetic (self-hypnosis, 8 years deep): https://login.tobemagnetic.com/a/2148196837/5CdqHxtbWaking Up (the intro course taught me to meditate): https://wakingup.sjv.io/c/7778233/3958771/54965Morning Pages (via The Artist's Way), magnesium bisglycinate, Moleskine journals, breathwork (via The Opening) Some links above are affiliate links. If you buy through them I may earn a commission, at no extra cost to you.

  4. Sep 11

    Giving It All Up: Navigating Career Shifts with Danny Miranda

    Danny Miranda is a hypnotherapist, coach, and former host of the Danny Miranda Podcast, where he's recorded over 470 episodes with some of the biggest names in business and personal development. After years of interviewing others, he walked away to go deeper into his own path and now helps people expand through one-on-one work. In this episode, Saara and Danny get into what it actually looks like to walk away from something good enough to follow an inner call with no guarantees. They talk about the projection that happens when someone has a following and the disconnection we create by putting people on a pedestal, how Danny realized he was seeking his father's approval through his podcast, and several practical tools he uses to stay grounded on his path. They also explore breathwork, meditating from the heart versus the mind, replacing the word "unknown" with "God," and the sacredness of void periods (no matter how painful). What Danny's non-negotiables, favorite reads, and creative obsessions are right now – only in this week's newsletter: ⁠https://richsouls.substack.com/p/upending-everything-to-choose-yourself Chapters 00:00 Saara's journey 05:00 Lessons in breathwork 10:45 Danny's journey and quitting his job 18:00 The people who change us 25:00 Projection and putting people on pedestals 35:40 Being seen as your online version 44:00 Accountability without absorbing it all 51:30 When to repair and when to walk away 57:00 Finding environments that match you 01:03:00 Podcasting and learning to be seen 01:15:20 Leaving stable and what comes next 01:19:00 Living in the void 01:25:20 Reframing "the unknown" as God 01:31:20 What the void can teach us 01:33:00 Training your mind to see possibility Saara Substack: ⁠https://richsouls.substack.com/⁠Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/saaralampwalla/⁠LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/saaralampwalla/⁠ Danny Website: https://dannymiranda.com/Substack: ⁠https://dannymiranda.substack.com/Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/heydannymiranda/

  5. Sep 4

    What New Age Spirituality Misses with Dani Beinstein

    Dani Beinstein is a psychological astrologer and writer whose work blends therapeutic guidance with astrological insight. With over 25 years studying astrology and a master's in spiritual psychology, she considers deeper existential questions often missing from the discourse on new age spirituality today. In this episode, Saara and Dani get into the sensationalism and fear-mongering that's become normalized in the spiritual community, why more information doesn't lead to more wisdom, and questions of morality. They talk about why falling and failing is an inescapable part of being human, the difference between higher consciousness and emotional depth, and the importance of expanding capacity for wider ranges of experience and emotion. They also touch on spiritual materialism, Nashville vs. Austin, and why humility is the truest marker of spiritual depth. Chapters 00:00 Introduction to Dani Beinstein 01:11 Nashville New Moon Circles 07:28 Prediction Culture 14:21 Pop Astrology as Empty Calories 17:35 Pop Spirituality and Human Nature 20:02 Humility as the Spiritual Path 24:19 Capacity for Shadow 30:09 The Soul's Journey 33:05 Increasing Emotional Capacity 34:30 The Taoist Farmer 39:31 Possibility Lives in the Present 43:02 Consciousness vs. Depth 47:02 Agency and Sovereignty 51:04 Spiritual Materialism 56:22 Nashville vs. Austin Saara Substack: https://richsouls.substack.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/saaralampwalla/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/saaralampwalla/ Dani Website: https://www.daniellebeinstein.com/Substack: https://danibeinstein.substack.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/danibeinstein/

  6. Aug 28

    40 Episodes In: What I've Learned Making a Podcast

    In this solo episode, Saara shares 10 lessons from 40 episodes of making Rich Souls. She gets into why starting with your MVP matters more than having the right equipment, how to choose distribution platforms that actually fit how you work, and why shooting your shot with guests you admire almost always pays off. She also talks about following intuitive nudges over growth strategy, why she's rethinking her goal, and the difference between creating from ego and creating from spirit. This one's for anyone making a podcast, thinking about starting one, or building any creative project that requires showing up consistently. Chapters 00:00 Welcome and 40 episodes01:12 Just start with your MVP02:04 Choose your platforms03:34 Distribution beyond Spotify and Apple05:25 Shoot your shot with guests07:49 Follow intuitive nudges over strategy09:03 Don't worry about equipment11:36 Quality comes from how you feel creating12:34 Define goals for your show14:07 Make sure it feels good15:25 Study others, then trust yourself17:02 Creating is the best feedback loop19:35 Using AI for descriptions and timestamps21:05 Booking infrastructure and guest communication23:02 Build a library of episodes24:32 Pacing solos and guest episodes25:00 Closing Saara Substack: https://richsouls.substack.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/saaralampwalla/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/saaralampwalla/

  7. Aug 21

    Your Creativity is Supposed to Scare People with Bari Sholom

    Bari Sholom⁠ is an artist, personal stylist, and embodiment guide whose work helps women access the deepest, most unfiltered version of themselves. From visual art and feminine embodiment to styling and mindset work, everything she does is rooted in creating from one's essence. In this episode, Saara and Bari go deep on what it means to create from the body rather than the mind, the difference between being perceived and being seen, and why self-expression dissolves the fear of judgment rather than inviting it. They talk about Bari's path from competitive dance to years of creative suppression to building a styling business that became an embodiment practice, and how she navigates being a polarizing figure without apology. They also get into trust-falling without evidence and accepting the death and rebirth cycle. Connect Bari: https://www.instagram.com/barisholom/Saara: https://www.instagram.com/saaralampwalla/

  8. Aug 14

    Your Quantum Leap Requires Radical Inner Stability

    In this solo episode recorded from London, Saara gets into what happens when you're calling in massive change but your nervous system can't keep up. After two months in a chronic flight state and practices (once again) falling away, a walk through Shoreditch at sunset brought a moment of clarity: the quantum leap you're calling may require inner stability first. She talks about what inner locus of control actually looks like in practice, why basic habits are the most revolutionary when everything around you is shifting, and how simple it can be to stay anchored while your life is mid-transformation. Connect Saara: https://www.instagram.com/saaralampwalla/

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Conversations with founders, creatives, and friends on what business a spiritual practice. New episodes + Substack newsletter weekly.

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  • Creator
    Saara
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    44
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Saara
  • Show Website
    Rich Souls

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