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The Soulshine Therapist (Sian)
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Back To Self is a psycho-spiritual podcast for those who are self-aware, spiritually curious, and seeking deeper alignment within. If you feel quietly disconnected or unfulfilled, this space is for you. Blending therapeutic insight, accessible spirituality, real conversation and seasonal astrology, each episode invites you to slow down, reconnect, and return to yourself with more compassion, clarity, and self-trust.

  1. Can AI Be My Therapist?

    1일 전

    Can AI Be My Therapist?

    As more people turn to ChatGPT and other AI chatbots for mental health support, emotional reassurance and self-reflection, it raises an important question: where can AIgenuinely help, and where might it get in the way of human connection, self-trust and therapeutic support? In this episode of Back To Self, Sian explores the growing use of AI for emotional wellbeing with curiosity, nuance and care. We look at why AI can feel so appealing when we’re anxious, overwhelmed, lonely or unsure what to say, while alsoconsidering the risks — including misinformation, constant validation, emotional dependency, privacy concerns and the limits of AI when it comes to spirituality, intuition and embodied self-knowledge. This episode is an invitation to use AI with more discernment, boundaries and intention. AI can support reflection, but it cannot replace your own inner wisdom, your relationships, or the depth of human therapeutic connection. * If you feel like your usage of AI chatbots for mentalhealth support is becoming dependent- I would encourage you to seek professional support with a therapist or counsellor. 🔗Download your FREE AI Guide – Created by Sian https://the-soulshine-therapist-uoqzuz.subscribepage.io  Links for further reading https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aec8352 https://mental.jmir.org/2025/1/e77951 https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3715275.3732039  https://www.apa.org/topics/artificial-intelligence-machine-learning/guide-navigating-ai https://mentalhealth-uk.org/news-and-insights/over-one-in-three-using-ai-chatbots-for-mental-health-support-as-charity-calls-for-urgent-safeguards/ https://neurosciencenews.com/ai-chatgpt-mental-health-30266/ How to talk to AI by Jamie Bartlett (Penguin Random House, 2026) Thanks for listening 🙏🏽🩷  🗓️New episodes every Thursday 🎙️Follow now to join the conversation   🩷Connect with me 📸 Instagram: @the.soulshine.therapist 👩🏽‍💻Website: ⁠www.thesoulshinetherapist.co.uk⁠ 📧 Email: ⁠sian@thesoulshinetherapist.co.uk⁠ Disclaimer: Just to say, this podcast isn’t therapy or a replacement for professional support. Although I am a therapist, I show up here as myself- sharing ideas and experiences. If you are struggling, I’d encourage you to seek support with a registered mental health professional.

    48분
  2. Returning to Yourself Whilst on Holiday

    7월 2일

    Returning to Yourself Whilst on Holiday

    In this gentle and reflective episode of Back To Self, Sian explores how holidays can become more than a chance to escape everyday life — they can become a meaningful opportunity to reconnect with yourself. When the usual routines, roles, responsibilities and noise of daily life fall away, we may begin to notice what we have been carrying, what we truly need, and which parts of ourselves have been patiently waiting for attention. Drawing from her recent trip to Montenegro, Sian shares five simple ways to return to yourself whilst on holiday. This episode is for anyone who feels stretched, disconnected, or caught in autopilot, and wants to use their next holiday, staycation, or time away from everyday life as a space for emotional reconnection, self-trust and inner alignment. You’ll be invited to reflect on questions such as: What do I need from this time away? Who am I when I’m not working, organising, achieving or caring for everyone else? How can I soften back into the version of me that feels most true? A grounding listen for spiritually curious, self-aware people who want to reconnect with themselves, their body, their joy, and their inner world — wherever they are. Thanks for listening 🙏🏽🩷   🗓️New episodes every Thursday 🎙️Follow now to join the conversation   🩷Connect with me 📸 Instagram: @the.soulshine.therapist 👩🏽‍💻Website: ⁠www.thesoulshinetherapist.co.uk⁠ 📧 Email: ⁠sian@thesoulshinetherapist.co.uk⁠ Disclaimer: Just to say, this podcast isn’t therapy or a replacement for professional support. Although I am a therapist, I show up here as myself- sharing ideas and experiences. If you are struggling, I’d encourage you to seek support with a registered mental health professional.

    34분
  3. The Spiritual Law of Compassion: Staying Soft Without Losing Yourself

    6월 25일 ·  보너스

    The Spiritual Law of Compassion: Staying Soft Without Losing Yourself

    How do we practise compassion in a world that can feel sodivided, reactive and overwhelming — without losing ourselves in the process?  In this episode of Back To Self, we explore the spiritual law of compassion and what it means to meet ourselves and others with more understanding, tenderness and humanity. Inspired by The Laws of Spirit by Dan Millman andreleased during Cancer season, this conversation looks at compassion as both a spiritual practice and a grounded way of living.   We explore why compassion is not about excusing harm,abandoning boundaries, tolerating disrespect or forcing forgiveness before we are ready. Instead, compassion asks us to stay connected to our own heart and values while recognising that every human being is carrying their own unseen story. This episode also looks at the difference between sympathy,empathy and compassion; how fear, shame, people pleasing and the inner critic can block compassion; and why self-compassion is often the first doorway into offering genuine compassion to others. You’ll also hear practical ways to begin cultivatingcompassion in daily life, including loving kindness practice, community connection and the invisible backpack practice.   A gentle, thoughtful episode for anyone seeking to stayopen-hearted, spiritually grounded and connected to their humanity in a world that often encourages us to shut down.   Thanks for listening 🙏🏽🩷 🗓️New episodes every Thursday 🎙️Follow now to join the conversation   🩷Connect with me 📸 Instagram: @the.soulshine.therapist 👩🏽‍💻Website: ⁠www.thesoulshinetherapist.co.uk⁠ 📧 Email: ⁠sian@thesoulshinetherapist.co.uk⁠ Disclaimer: Just to say, this podcast isn’t therapy or areplacement for professional support. Although I am a therapist, I show up here as myself- sharing ideas and experiences. If you are struggling, I’d encourage you to seek support with a registered mental health professional.

    37분
  4. Back To Self in Cancer Season

    6월 25일

    Back To Self in Cancer Season

    In this episode of Back To Self, Sian explores the soft,nurturing and emotionally attuned energy of Cancer season. Through a psycho-spiritual lens, this episode looks at the astrological sign Cancer as the archetype of home, belonging, emotional safety, family roots, care, protection, the mother archetype, and the divine feminine. Rather than using astrology to predict external events,Sian invites you to use Cancer season as a mirror for your inner world, your emotional needs, and your relationship with giving and receiving care. You’ll hear about the empowered and shadow expressions ofCancer energy, including sensitivity, compassion, intuition, over-giving, emotional dependency, ancestral patterns, nostalgia, and the longing to feel truly held. Sian also shares reflective journal prompts and gentlepractices for working with Cancer season, including self-care, moon tracking, home tending, mother wound healing, ancestral reflection, and womb or sacral energy work. This is a soulful episode for anyone wanting to feel moreemotionally connected, spiritually grounded, and at home within themselves. Thanks for listening 🙏🏽🩷   🗓️New episodes every Thursday 🎙️Follow now to join the conversation   🩷Connect with me 📸 Instagram: @the.soulshine.therapist 👩🏽‍💻Website: ⁠www.thesoulshinetherapist.co.uk⁠ 📧 Email: ⁠sian@thesoulshinetherapist.co.uk⁠ Disclaimer: Just to say, this podcast isn’t therapy or a replacement for professional support. Although I am a therapist, I show up here as myself- sharing ideas and experiences. If you are struggling, I’d encourage you to seek support with a registered mental health professional.

    49분
  5. Summer Solstice Reflection: You Don’t Have to Shine Brighter

    6월 21일

    Summer Solstice Reflection: You Don’t Have to Shine Brighter

    What if the summer solstice isn’t asking you to shine brighter, but to meet yourself more honestly? In this short impromptu episode of Back To Self, Sian offers a gentle summer solstice reflection practice for anyone who feels the pressure of summer as much as the beauty of it. While the solstice is often associated with light, abundance, vitality and growth, summer can also bring pressure: pressure to be social, happy, spontaneous, body-confident, available, and constantly making the most of things. But just because the days are brighter doesn’t mean our inner world automatically feels brighter too. This episode invites you to soften the expectation to feel bright on demand and instead use the light of the solstice as a moment of awareness, compassion and return. Through a short guided reflection, you’ll be invited to explore what is being illuminated within you, where you may need warmth rather than pressure, and how you want to experience the summer season in a way that truly supports you. A grounding listen for anyone who finds summer beautiful, but also a little overwhelming. Thanks for listening 🙏🏽🩷 🗓️New episodes every Thursday 🎙️Follow now to join the conversation   🩷Connect with me 📸 Instagram: @the.soulshine.therapist 👩🏽‍💻Website: ⁠www.thesoulshinetherapist.co.uk⁠ 📧 Email: ⁠sian@thesoulshinetherapist.co.uk⁠ Disclaimer: Just to say, this podcast isn’t therapy or areplacement for professional support. Although I am a therapist, I show up here as myself- sharing ideas and experiences. If you are struggling, I’d encourage you to seek support with a registered mental health professional.

    24분
  6. A Moment of Gratitude: Thank You for Listening to Back To Self

    6월 18일

    A Moment of Gratitude: Thank You for Listening to Back To Self

    In this short episode of Back To Self, Sian pauses to say thank you to everyone who has listened, shared, or reflected and been part of the Back To Self story so far. After 15 episodes, Sian reflects honestly on the creative wobbles, inner critic moments, and quiet courage involved in showing up, recording, and sharing psycho-spiritual reflections with the world. She also shares how listener messages have affirmed the heart of this podcast: creating a calm, grounded space to slow down, reconnect, and come back to yourself. This episode is also an invitation to co-create future conversations. Sian shares some of the topics listeners have requested so far, and encourages listeners to send in any questions or topic suggestions you’d love to hear explored on future episodes. Thanks for listening 🙏🏽🩷 🗓️New episodes every Thursday 🎙️Follow now to join the conversation   🩷Connect with me 📸 Instagram: @the.soulshine.therapist 👩🏽‍💻Website: www.thesoulshinetherapist.co.uk⁠ 📧 Email: ⁠sian@thesoulshinetherapist.co.uk⁠ Disclaimer: Just to say, this podcast isn’t therapy or a replacement for professional support. Although I am a therapist, I show up here as myself- sharing ideas and experiences. If you are struggling, I’d encourage you to seek support with a registered mental health professional.

    12분
  7. How to Build a Relationship with Spirit

    6월 11일

    How to Build a Relationship with Spirit

    In this week's episode of Back To Self, Sian continues the conversation from episode 12, Wanting Without Relating: Moving Beyond Transactional Spirituality, and explores how to begin building a more mutual, consistent relationship with spirit, the universe, God, the divine — or whatever language feels most true for you. This is a gentle, practical episode for anyone who feels spiritually curious but unsure where to begin. You do not need to be psychic, gifted, or deeply intuitive to connect with spirit. In fact, cultivating a relationship with the divine can be one of the ways your intuitive self begins to grow. Sian shares reflections on how our relationship with spirit may mirror our attachment patterns, why intention matters, and how spiritual practice can support us before life feels overwhelming — like a kind of emotional and spiritual fire prevention. This episode is an invitation to stop seeing spirituality as another thing to perfect, and instead approach it as a relationship: one that grows through presence, consistency, curiosity, and gentle returning. Listen if you are exploring: spiritual practice, connecting with spirit, divine connection, everyday spirituality, intuitive development, prayer, meditation, altars, devotion, nature, spirituality, and building a deeper relationship with yourself. Thanks for listening 🙏🏽🩷 🗓️New episodes every Thursday 🎙️Follow now to join the conversation   🩷Connect with me 📸Instagram: @the.soulshine.therapist 👩🏽‍💻Website: www.thesoulshinetherapist.co.uk⁠ 📧 Email: ⁠sian@thesoulshinetherapist.co.uk⁠ Disclaimer: Just to say, this podcast isn’t therapy or a replacement for professional support. Although I am a therapist, I show up here as myself- sharing ideas and experiences. If you are struggling, I’d encourage you to seek support with a registered mental health professional.

    41분
  8. Numerology as a Tool for Self-Discovery and Spiritual Growth with Sukhi Sian

    6월 4일

    Numerology as a Tool for Self-Discovery and Spiritual Growth with Sukhi Sian

    In this episode of Back To Self, Sian is joined by psycho-spiritual therapist and numerologist Sukhi Sian for a warm, soulful conversation about numerology as a tool for self-discovery, acceptance, and spiritual alignment. Together, they explore what numerology is, how numbers can act as a soul map, and why understanding your life path number can offer insight into your gifts, challenges, patterns, and purpose. Sukhi shares how numerology first entered her life through angel numbers and Reiki, and how it supported her through a period of deep transition and personal awakening. This conversation also explores the energy of the currentuniversal year, the meaning of the nine-year numerology cycle, and how looking back at previous cycles can help us better understand who we are becoming. This episode is for you if you are curious about numerology,keep seeing repeating numbers, want to understand your life path number, or are seeking a deeper sense of alignment with your soul’s path. In this episode, we explore: What numerology is and how it supports self-discoveryThe meaning of life path numbers and soulpurpose Angel numbers, synchronicities, and spiritualawakening The nine-year numerology cycle and what it canteach us The energy of a universal one year and newbeginnings How numerology can support self-acceptance,compassion, and inner guidanceThe connection between numerology, astrology,therapy, and spirituality Sukhi also shares how you can begin exploring your ownnumerology and how a numerology reading can offer deeper insight into your personal soul map. 🙏🏽 Thanks for listening 🗓️New episodes every Thursday 🎙️Follow now to join the conversation 🩷Connect with me 📸 Instagram: @the.soulshine.therapist 👩🏽‍💻Website: ⁠www.thesoulshinetherapist.co.uk⁠ 📧 Email: ⁠ sian@thesoulshinetherapist.co.uk⁠ 🩷 Connect with Sukh 📸 Instagram: @enlightwithsukhi and @numerologywithsukhi 👩🏽‍💻 Website: www.sukhisian.com 📧  Email: sukhi@enlightcounselling.co.uk Disclaimer: Just to say, this podcast isn’t therapy or areplacement for professional support. Although I am a therapist, I show up here as myself- sharing ideas and experiences. If you are struggling, I’d encourage you to seek support with a registered mental health professional.

    56분
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Back To Self is a psycho-spiritual podcast for those who are self-aware, spiritually curious, and seeking deeper alignment within. If you feel quietly disconnected or unfulfilled, this space is for you. Blending therapeutic insight, accessible spirituality, real conversation and seasonal astrology, each episode invites you to slow down, reconnect, and return to yourself with more compassion, clarity, and self-trust.

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    The Soulshine Therapist (Sian)
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