Finding Harmony Podcast

Harmony Slater
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Finding Harmony is your guide to spiritual awakening, consciousness expansion, and energy healing. Host Harmony Slater, certified Ashtanga yoga teacher turned spiritual wellness expert, brings you honest conversations about spinal energetics, spiritual growth, and creating an authentic life aligned with your soul's purpose. Each episode combines practical wisdom with deep spiritual insight, featuring experts in consciousness work, energy healing, somatic practices, and holistic transformation. Whether you're experiencing a spiritual awakening, exploring alternative healing modalities like spinal energetics, or navigating the evolution beyond traditional yoga practice, this podcast offers grounded guidance for your journey. From the yoga mat to spiritual entrepreneurship, from energy work to emotional healing, discover actionable tools and authentic conversations that support your transformation.

  1. 5d ago

    The Performance Trap: Chad Herst on Success, Grief, and Coming Home to Himself

    What happens when the thing that saved your life becomes the thing you have to heal from? Chad Herst has been practicing Ashtanga yoga since his twenties — authorized to teach by Sri K. Pattabhi Jois himself in 2003 — and coaching high-performing founders and executives since 2008. From the outside, he'd figured it out. From the inside, he was running the exact pattern he now helps his clients name: the drive that builds something real, and then keeps running long after it stops feeling like enough.   Harmony and Russell sit down with their old friend from the Mysore years to talk about what actually broke that pattern open — a body that finally refused to cooperate, a decade of sitting with ayahuasca, and a grief from his brother's death in 1991 that he didn't let himself fully feel until he turned 50. It's a conversation about achievement, identity, family patterns, and what it costs to keep proving you're enough — and what's on the other side of finally stopping. Chad's new book, The Performance Trap: The Ache No Success Will Ever Fix, launches October 1, 2026 Get the first chapter, read in his voice, at herstwellness.com/chapter-one.   Guest bio: Chad Herst is a mind/body coach and licensed acupuncturist who has coached founders, executives, and high performers since 2008 — the kind of people who look, from the outside, like they've figured it out. Most of his life, he was one of them, which turned out to be the part the work was about. He spent years training in Ashtanga yoga and was authorized to teach by Sri K. Pattabhi Jois in 2003 [VERIFY]. His new book, The Performance Trap: The Ache No Success Will Ever Fix, names the pattern he kept finding underneath the success in his clients, and in himself: the drive that builds something real, then keeps running long after it stops feeling like enough. He lives in Northern California with his wife, Melissa.   Connect with Chad: Website: herstwellness.com Free first chapter (read in his voice): herstwellness.com/chapter-one    Key takeaways: Achievement can be a coping mechanism as much as a calling — and the two can look identical from the outside A pattern that starts as protection (being "the good kid," never a problem) can quietly become an identity you can't set down Practices like Ashtanga, meditation, and ceremony don't create your patterns — they reveal and can magnify them Sometimes the body has to break down before old grief finally has somewhere to go Integration — bringing an insight into ordinary daily life — is harder, and more important, than the peak moment that produced it Telling the truth about your own story, even imperfectly and even when family disagrees with how you tell it, can itself be a form of healing   Content Advisory: This episode includes a personal conversation about grief after a suicide loss, a family member's mental illness, and the complicated emotions that can follow. Please take care while listening, and feel free to skip this one if it isn't the right time. If you or someone you know is struggling or in crisis, help is available: United States: Call or text 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline), or chat at 988lifeline.org. Available 24/7. Canada: Call or text 9-8-8 (Suicide Crisis Helpline). Available 24/7, in English and French. Outside the US and Canada: Find a helpline in your country at findahelpline.com. If you're in immediate danger, please call your local emergency number (911 in the US and Canada).   Leave a review: If this episode resonated, a 5-star review and a note on your biggest takeaway helps other seekers find these conversations.   Subscribe: Apple Podcasts · Spotify · YouTube · or wherever you listen.   Ancient Breathing 2.0 Master Class OUTRO - https://harmonyslater.com/free-90-minute-pranayama-masterclass FIND Harmony online: https://harmonyslater.com/ Harmony on IG: https://www.instagram.com/harmonyslaterofficial/ Finding Harmony Podcast on IG: https://www.instagram.com/findingharmonypodcast/ FREE Manifestation Activation: https://harmonyslater.kit.com/manifestation-activation

    The Performance Trap: Chad Herst on Success, Grief, and Coming Home to Himself

  2. 5d ago ·  Video

    The Performance Trap: Chad Herst on Success, Grief, and Coming Home to Himself [VIDEO]

    What happens when the thing that saved your life becomes the thing you have to heal from? Chad Herst has been practicing Ashtanga yoga since his twenties — authorized to teach by Sri K. Pattabhi Jois himself in 2003 — and coaching high-performing founders and executives since 2008. From the outside, he'd figured it out. From the inside, he was running the exact pattern he now helps his clients name: the drive that builds something real, and then keeps running long after it stops feeling like enough.   Harmony and Russell sit down with their old friend from the Mysore years to talk about what actually broke that pattern open — a body that finally refused to cooperate, a decade of sitting with ayahuasca, and a grief from his brother's death in 1991 that he didn't let himself fully feel until he turned 50. It's a conversation about achievement, identity, family patterns, and what it costs to keep proving you're enough — and what's on the other side of finally stopping. Chad's new book, The Performance Trap: The Ache No Success Will Ever Fix, launches October 1, 2026 Get the first chapter, read in his voice, at herstwellness.com/chapter-one.   Guest bio: Chad Herst is a mind/body coach and licensed acupuncturist who has coached founders, executives, and high performers since 2008 — the kind of people who look, from the outside, like they've figured it out. Most of his life, he was one of them, which turned out to be the part the work was about. He spent years training in Ashtanga yoga and was authorized to teach by Sri K. Pattabhi Jois in 2003 [VERIFY]. His new book, The Performance Trap: The Ache No Success Will Ever Fix, names the pattern he kept finding underneath the success in his clients, and in himself: the drive that builds something real, then keeps running long after it stops feeling like enough. He lives in Northern California with his wife, Melissa.   Connect with Chad: Website: herstwellness.com Free first chapter (read in his voice): herstwellness.com/chapter-one    Key takeaways: Achievement can be a coping mechanism as much as a calling — and the two can look identical from the outside A pattern that starts as protection (being "the good kid," never a problem) can quietly become an identity you can't set down Practices like Ashtanga, meditation, and ceremony don't create your patterns — they reveal and can magnify them Sometimes the body has to break down before old grief finally has somewhere to go Integration — bringing an insight into ordinary daily life — is harder, and more important, than the peak moment that produced it Telling the truth about your own story, even imperfectly and even when family disagrees with how you tell it, can itself be a form of healing   Content Advisory: This episode includes a personal conversation about grief after a suicide loss, a family member's mental illness, and the complicated emotions that can follow. Please take care while listening, and feel free to skip this one if it isn't the right time. If you or someone you know is struggling or in crisis, help is available: United States: Call or text 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline), or chat at 988lifeline.org. Available 24/7. Canada: Call or text 9-8-8 (Suicide Crisis Helpline). Available 24/7, in English and French. Outside the US and Canada: Find a helpline in your country at findahelpline.com. If you're in immediate danger, please call your local emergency number (911 in the US and Canada). Leave a review: If this episode resonated, a 5-star review and a note on your biggest takeaway helps other seekers find these conversations.   Ancient Breathing 2.0 Master Class OUTRO - https://harmonyslater.com/free-90-minute-pranayama-masterclass FIND Harmony online: https://harmonyslater.com/ Harmony on IG: https://www.instagram.com/harmonyslaterofficial/ Finding Harmony Podcast on IG: https://www.instagram.com/findingharmonypodcast/ FREE Manifestation Activation: https://harmonyslater.kit.com/manifestation-activation

    The Performance Trap: Chad Herst on Success, Grief, and Coming Home to Himself [VIDEO]

  3. Sep 22 ·  Video

    Marie Manuchehri on Intuition, Joy & What the Dying Know [VIDEO]

    Marie Manuchehri was a thirty-seven-year-old oncology nurse when, mid-task at a patient's bedside, her clairvoyance switched on — and never switched off. Thirty years later, she has spent more time than most of us at the edge between living and dying. In this conversation with Harmony Slater and Russell Case, Marie explains why joy is the condition that opens intuition rather than the reward for it, how to tell a genuine knowing from ordinary fear, and what she has noticed in the rooms of people who were about to cross over. She also shares the moment she told her nursing supervisor what was happening to her — certain it would end her career.   Key takeaways: Joy isn't a reward for doing the work — in Marie's model it's the condition that makes intuition possible Intuition is a high-frequency state, which is why it goes quiet in fight-or-flight, where most people live Fear is not intuition. If a message arrives with a story attached, it's coming from the mind Her technique: deliberately move your energy down out of the brain and into the pelvis, so the third eye has room Her abilities opened at 37, on a day shift she hadn't chosen, in a hospital she loved She doesn't remember her sessions afterward, which she considers a mercy "You can only love your neighbour as much as you love yourself" For empaths: stay in your own lane, stay in your own joy, stop carrying the world   Marie Manuchehri is an intuitive, healer, and medium who began her healing career while working as an oncology nurse in a Seattle-area hospital. Her perceptions and her ability to move energy have assisted many people in healing their bodies. Marie loves to educate those who are also on the healer's path, and teaches many courses focused on intuition and the awareness of energy — tools for recognising and understanding your own intuition, and for offering new perceptions to those seeking healing. She's devoted to teaching people about the real, positive impact their own psychic abilities can have on transforming their lives and their psychology, as well as the lives of others. In her private practice, Marie cares for clients around the world, providing insight into their health concerns as well as mediumship to help them connect with loved ones on the Other Side. She hosts the bi-monthly Joyful Intuitive Podcast and is the author of Intuitive Self-Healing and How to Communicate with Your Spirit Guides. Connect with Marie Website: energyintuitive.com Instagram: @MarieManuchehri Facebook: @MarieManuchehri YouTube: @MarieManuchehri — youtube.com/user/mariemanuchehri Podcast: The Joyful Intuitive Podcast Books: Intuitive Self-Healing · How to Communicate with Your Spirit Guides   Free masterclass — Sunday 27 September. Three pranayama techniques, taught live. If this conversation made you want to slow down enough to actually hear yourself, this is the practice.  Free 90-Minute Pranayama Masterclass: https://harmonyslater.com/free-90-minute-pranayama-masterclass   DISCLAIMER: This conversation is shared for educational and inspirational purposes and is not medical advice. Nothing discussed here is a substitute for diagnosis or treatment by a qualified healthcare provider. Please don't change a treatment plan without talking to your doctor.   Ancient Breathing 2.0 Master Class OUTRO - https://harmonyslater.com/free-90-minute-pranayama-masterclass FIND Harmony online: https://harmonyslater.com/ Harmony on IG: https://www.instagram.com/harmonyslaterofficial/ Finding Harmony Podcast on IG: https://www.instagram.com/findingharmonypodcast/ FREE Manifestation Activation: https://harmonyslater.kit.com/manifestation-activation

  4. Sep 22

    Marie Manuchehri on Intuition, Joy & What the Dying Know

    Marie Manuchehri was a thirty-seven-year-old oncology nurse when, mid-task at a patient's bedside, her clairvoyance switched on — and never switched off. Thirty years later, she has spent more time than most of us at the edge between living and dying. In this conversation with Harmony Slater and Russell Case, Marie explains why joy is the condition that opens intuition rather than the reward for it, how to tell a genuine knowing from ordinary fear, and what she has noticed in the rooms of people who were about to cross over. She also shares the moment she told her nursing supervisor what was happening to her — certain it would end her career. Key takeaways: Joy isn't a reward for doing the work — in Marie's model it's the condition that makes intuition possible Intuition is a high-frequency state, which is why it goes quiet in fight-or-flight, where most people live Fear is not intuition. If a message arrives with a story attached, it's coming from the mind Her technique: deliberately move your energy down out of the brain and into the pelvis, so the third eye has room Her abilities opened at 37, on a day shift she hadn't chosen, in a hospital she loved She doesn't remember her sessions afterward, which she considers a mercy "You can only love your neighbour as much as you love yourself" For empaths: stay in your own lane, stay in your own joy, stop carrying the world Marie Manuchehri is an intuitive, healer, and medium who began her healing career while working as an oncology nurse in a Seattle-area hospital. Her perceptions and her ability to move energy have assisted many people in healing their bodies. Marie loves to educate those who are also on the healer's path, and teaches many courses focused on intuition and the awareness of energy — tools for recognising and understanding your own intuition, and for offering new perceptions to those seeking healing. She's devoted to teaching people about the real, positive impact their own psychic abilities can have on transforming their lives and their psychology, as well as the lives of others. In her private practice, Marie cares for clients around the world, providing insight into their health concerns as well as mediumship to help them connect with loved ones on the Other Side. She hosts the bi-monthly Joyful Intuitive Podcast and is the author of Intuitive Self-Healing and How to Communicate with Your Spirit Guides. Connect with Marie Website: energyintuitive.com Instagram: @MarieManuchehri Facebook: @MarieManuchehri YouTube: @MarieManuchehri — youtube.com/user/mariemanuchehri Podcast: The Joyful Intuitive Podcast Books: Intuitive Self-Healing · How to Communicate with Your Spirit Guides   Free masterclass — Sunday 27 September. Three pranayama techniques, taught live. If this conversation made you want to slow down enough to actually hear yourself, this is the practice.  Free 90-Minute Pranayama Masterclass: https://harmonyslater.com/free-90-minute-pranayama-masterclass   DISCLAIMER: This conversation is shared for educational and inspirational purposes and is not medical advice. Nothing discussed here is a substitute for diagnosis or treatment by a qualified healthcare provider. Please don't change a treatment plan without talking to your doctor.   Ancient Breathing 2.0 Master Class OUTRO - https://harmonyslater.com/free-90-minute-pranayama-masterclass FIND Harmony online: https://harmonyslater.com/ Harmony on IG: https://www.instagram.com/harmonyslaterofficial/ Finding Harmony Podcast on IG: https://www.instagram.com/findingharmonypodcast/ FREE Manifestation Activation: https://harmonyslater.kit.com/manifestation-activation

  5. Sep 15

    Public Speaking Without the Terror: Aristotle, Authenticity & Audience Connection | with Denise Stewart

    Harmony Slater and co-host Russell Case sit down with executive coach, theater artist, and University of Virginia lecturer Denise Stewart for a conversation about story, voice, and confidence. With more than three decades of experience as an actor, playwright, and director, Denise now coaches CEOs, physicians, scientists, entrepreneurs, and university students on how to access their own stories — not a polished script, but the real, specific, unglamorous truth that actually connects. Topics covered: Why code-switching and accent shame shape how we show up to speak The difference between a "vulnerable moment" and a "weak performance" Why vague stories ("it was a hard time") lose an audience, and how to dig for the moment underneath Aristotle's six elements of story — plot, character, spectacle, diction, music, and theme — as an entry point into your own history "Story pulling" instead of storytelling: how to help someone else open up without interrogating them Why some audiences need vulnerability and others need authority, and how to tell the difference Protecting the stories you haven't "earned" the right to tell yet How Denise coaches Tibetan entrepreneurs, neurosurgeons, and early-stage founders to pitch from story instead of platitude About Denise Stewart: Denise Stewart is an executive coach and lecturer at the University of Virginia's Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, where she teaches public speaking, improv, and storytelling. She holds an MFA in Playwriting from UVA and has spent over 15,000 hours in public speaking and theatrical performance, including touring her one-woman show Dirty Barbie and Other Girlhood Tales to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Her clients include entrepreneurs, physicians, scientists, and Fortune 500 teams. Connect with Denise: denisestewartstudio.com | Instagram @swamphatchedbutterfly | Substack: The Last Nerve Connect with Finding Harmony: Instagram @findingharmonypodcast | Host @harmonyslaterofficial | community-harmonyslater.com If this episode moved you, leave a review and share it with someone who needs to trust their voice a little more today.   Ancient Breathing 2.0 Master Class OUTRO - https://harmonyslater.com/free-90-minute-pranayama-masterclass FIND Harmony online: https://harmonyslater.com/ Harmony on IG: https://www.instagram.com/harmonyslaterofficial/ Finding Harmony Podcast on IG: https://www.instagram.com/findingharmonypodcast/ FREE Manifestation Activation: https://harmonyslater.kit.com/manifestation-activation

    Public Speaking Without the Terror: Aristotle, Authenticity & Audience Connection | with Denise Stewart

  6. Sep 15 ·  Video

    Public Speaking Without the Terror: Aristotle, Authenticity & Audience Connection | with Denise Stewart [VIDEO]

    Harmony Slater and co-host Russell Case sit down with executive coach, theater artist, and University of Virginia lecturer Denise Stewart for a conversation about story, voice, and confidence. With more than three decades of experience as an actor, playwright, and director, Denise now coaches CEOs, physicians, scientists, entrepreneurs, and university students on how to access their own stories — not a polished script, but the real, specific, unglamorous truth that actually connects. Topics covered: Why code-switching and accent shame shape how we show up to speak The difference between a "vulnerable moment" and a "weak performance" Why vague stories ("it was a hard time") lose an audience, and how to dig for the moment underneath Aristotle's six elements of story — plot, character, spectacle, diction, music, and theme — as an entry point into your own history "Story pulling" instead of storytelling: how to help someone else open up without interrogating them Why some audiences need vulnerability and others need authority, and how to tell the difference Protecting the stories you haven't "earned" the right to tell yet How Denise coaches Tibetan entrepreneurs, neurosurgeons, and early-stage founders to pitch from story instead of platitude About Denise Stewart: Denise Stewart is an executive coach and lecturer at the University of Virginia's Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, where she teaches public speaking, improv, and storytelling. She holds an MFA in Playwriting from UVA and has spent over 15,000 hours in public speaking and theatrical performance, including touring her one-woman show Dirty Barbie and Other Girlhood Tales to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Her clients include entrepreneurs, physicians, scientists, and Fortune 500 teams. Connect with Denise: denisestewartstudio.com | Instagram @swamphatchedbutterfly | Substack: The Last Nerve Connect with Finding Harmony: Instagram @findingharmonypodcast | Host @harmonyslaterofficial | community-harmonyslater.com If this episode moved you, leave a review and share it with someone who needs to trust their voice a little more today.   Ancient Breathing 2.0 Master Class OUTRO - https://harmonyslater.com/free-90-minute-pranayama-masterclass FIND Harmony online: https://harmonyslater.com/ Harmony on IG: https://www.instagram.com/harmonyslaterofficial/ Finding Harmony Podcast on IG: https://www.instagram.com/findingharmonypodcast/ FREE Manifestation Activation: https://harmonyslater.kit.com/manifestation-activation

    Public Speaking Without the Terror: Aristotle, Authenticity & Audience Connection | with Denise Stewart [VIDEO]

  7. Sep 8

    Inside a Real Vision Quest: 4 Days, No Food, No Phone, No Escape

    What happens when four days alone in the desert — no food, no phone, just water and a sleeping bag — bring you face to face with your own unconscious? Filmmaker Jan Becker joins Harmony and Russell to talk about Vision Quest, his documentary chronicling one of humanity's oldest rites of passage, and how a project that began with his friend Christian Oliver became something far more personal after Christian's sudden death. Guest Bio Jan Becker is a German-born filmmaker based in Los Angeles. After years working as a cinematographer, he turned to directing documentaries shaped by his long-standing interest in meditation, Jungian psychology, and trauma and recovery work. Vision Quest, his latest film, follows a small group — including his close friend, actor and filmmaker Christian Oliver [VERIFY] — through a traditional four-day, four-night fasting ritual in the high desert. What began as a passion project between friends became, after Christian's sudden death, a tribute to his memory and an exploration of grief, healing, and the questions that outlast us. Connect with Jan Website: visionquestfilm.com Instagram: @vision_quest_movie Watch: Vision Quest — pay-per-view on Amazon Prime & Google Play Key Takeaways A vision quest is four days and nights alone in nature with only water — an ancient rite of passage most modern people never experience. Jan describes nature as communicating in images rather than words — a Jungian lens on the unconscious. Grief can reshape a creative project's purpose without erasing its original intention. Confidence and clarity often come after the discomfort, not before it. Fear in isolation is usually the mind, not the environment, doing the talking. Leave a Review & Subscribe If this episode resonated, a 5-star review helps other seekers find these conversations. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, or wherever you listen.   Ancient Breathing 2.0 Master Class OUTRO - https://harmonyslater.com/free-90-minute-pranayama-masterclass FIND Harmony online: https://harmonyslater.com/ Harmony on IG: https://www.instagram.com/harmonyslaterofficial/ Finding Harmony Podcast on IG: https://www.instagram.com/findingharmonypodcast/ FREE Manifestation Activation: https://harmonyslater.kit.com/manifestation-activation

    Inside a Real Vision Quest: 4 Days, No Food, No Phone, No Escape

  8. Sep 8 ·  Video

    Inside a Real Vision Quest: 4 Days, No Food, No Phone, No Escape [VIDEO]

    What happens when four days alone in the desert — no food, no phone, just water and a sleeping bag — bring you face to face with your own unconscious? Filmmaker Jan Becker joins Harmony and Russell to talk about Vision Quest, his documentary chronicling one of humanity's oldest rites of passage, and how a project that began with his friend Christian Oliver became something far more personal after Christian's sudden death. Guest Bio Jan Becker is a German-born filmmaker based in Los Angeles. After years working as a cinematographer, he turned to directing documentaries shaped by his long-standing interest in meditation, Jungian psychology, and trauma and recovery work. Vision Quest, his latest film, follows a small group — including his close friend, actor and filmmaker Christian Oliver [VERIFY] — through a traditional four-day, four-night fasting ritual in the high desert. What began as a passion project between friends became, after Christian's sudden death, a tribute to his memory and an exploration of grief, healing, and the questions that outlast us. Connect with Jan Website: visionquestfilm.com Instagram: @vision_quest_movie Watch: Vision Quest — pay-per-view on Amazon Prime & Google Play Key Takeaways A vision quest is four days and nights alone in nature with only water — an ancient rite of passage most modern people never experience. Jan describes nature as communicating in images rather than words — a Jungian lens on the unconscious. Grief can reshape a creative project's purpose without erasing its original intention. Confidence and clarity often come after the discomfort, not before it. Fear in isolation is usually the mind, not the environment, doing the talking. Leave a Review & Subscribe If this episode resonated, a 5-star review helps other seekers find these conversations. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, or wherever you listen.   Ancient Breathing 2.0 Master Class OUTRO - https://harmonyslater.com/free-90-minute-pranayama-masterclass FIND Harmony online: https://harmonyslater.com/ Harmony on IG: https://www.instagram.com/harmonyslaterofficial/ Finding Harmony Podcast on IG: https://www.instagram.com/findingharmonypodcast/ FREE Manifestation Activation: https://harmonyslater.kit.com/manifestation-activation

    Inside a Real Vision Quest: 4 Days, No Food, No Phone, No Escape [VIDEO]
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Finding Harmony is your guide to spiritual awakening, consciousness expansion, and energy healing. Host Harmony Slater, certified Ashtanga yoga teacher turned spiritual wellness expert, brings you honest conversations about spinal energetics, spiritual growth, and creating an authentic life aligned with your soul's purpose. Each episode combines practical wisdom with deep spiritual insight, featuring experts in consciousness work, energy healing, somatic practices, and holistic transformation. Whether you're experiencing a spiritual awakening, exploring alternative healing modalities like spinal energetics, or navigating the evolution beyond traditional yoga practice, this podcast offers grounded guidance for your journey. From the yoga mat to spiritual entrepreneurship, from energy work to emotional healing, discover actionable tools and authentic conversations that support your transformation.

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  • Creator
    Harmony Slater
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
  • Episodes
    360
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Harmony Slater
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    Finding Harmony Podcast

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