The Soulful Catalyst Podcast

Joanna Ingram
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The Soulful Catalyst is a podcast for coaches, healers, and transformational practitioners who know they're doing powerful work and want the conversations to match. Each episode, I sit down with guests doing things differently...building aligned businesses, serving clients at depth, going beyond strategy into the energy and real stories behind the work. I'm Joanna Ingram, Messaging Strategist and podcast host, and I created this platform to amplify transformational voices, because the world needs more of them.

  1. 1d ago

    Louise Coyle: Managing the Anxiety That Lives Alongside a Serious Health Diagnosis

    What if the hardest part of a serious health diagnosis isn't the diagnosis itself, but the waiting, the uncertainty, and the overwhelming anxiety in between? In this episode of The Soulful Catalyst, I'm joined by Louise Coyle, Hypnotherapist and EFT Practitioner, and founder of Changing Times Hypnotherapy. Louise helps people manage stress and anxiety differently, giving them tools to feel calmer, challenge unhelpful thinking, and find their footing when the ground has shifted beneath them. Louise came to this work through lived experience. Her daughter has faced cancer twice, and Louise spent years in hospital waiting rooms, on the end of phone appointments that turned out to carry news she wasn't emotionally prepared for, and watching other patients and families visibly drowning in anxiety without access to anything that could help. She was using her own tools to stay grounded through all of it, and that's the moment her focus sharpened. She now works specifically with people going through a cancer diagnosis or serious health condition, and increasingly with their families too, who so often become invisible in that process while carrying their own enormous weight. What I found so compelling about this conversation is how clearly Louise understands both the clinical environment and the emotional reality of sitting inside it. The NHS is designed to inform, not to calm. Every consultation is legally required to outline what could go wrong. That's the system, and it's nobody's fault. But for a brain already in threat mode, it can send anxiety spiralling in ways that nobody in that building has time to address. In this episode we explore: ➤ How EFT tapping and hypnotherapy work as a combined toolkit, with tapping as the immediate first aid when anxiety is spiking and hypnotherapy for the longer-term shift in thinking and imagination ➤ Why "just be positive" is one of the least helpful things you can say to someone facing a health crisis, and what a genuinely useful alternative actually looks like ➤ The hidden toll on families and carers, and why supporting the people around a diagnosis matters as much as supporting the person living through it ➤ Louise's Tension Release Breathing technique, and why learning one reliable way to relax is more powerful than trying everything at once ➤ The myth about hypnosis, and why the reality, which is about directing your own imagination rather than surrendering control of your mind, makes it one of the most accessible tools available This episode is for anyone going through a cancer diagnosis, supporting someone who is, or simply recognising that anxiety has been running the show for too long without any tools to change it. Book a free call with Louise to explore how hypnotherapy and EFT could help you or someone you love: changingtimeshypnotherapy.simplybook.it Connect with Louise Coyle Website: changingtimeshypnotherapy.comInstagram: @changingtimeshypnotherapyFacebook: Changing Times Hypnotherapy Connect with Joanna Ingram Website: joannaingram.comInstagram: @iamjo.ingramLinkedIn: Joanna Ingram Messaging Impact Audit: Get a personalised review of your messaging using my six-pillar framework, plus a clear report with your scores, gaps, and the opportunities you're missing to attract higher-frequency clients. Book here: joannaingram.link/audit Want to be a guest on The Soulful Catalyst?If you're a coach, healer, or spiritual expert doing powerful work that transforms lives, and you'd love to share your story and methods with a global audience, I'd love to hear from you.👉 Apply here: go.joannaingram.com/soulfulcatalyst

  2. 1d ago

    Lucy Atkinson: Coaching, Hypnotherapy, and the Art of Coming Back to Yourself

    What if overwhelm isn't a problem to be fixed, but a signal that something needs to be understood? In this episode of The Soulful Catalyst, I'm joined by Lucy Atkinson, Life Coach and Hypnotherapist based in Hope in the Peak District. After 16 years in education supporting children and families, Lucy now combines coaching, hypnotherapy, and her Journey to Balance framework to help women move beyond overwhelm and create calmer, more grounded lives. Lucy's work is rooted in a distinction that matters: hypnotherapy goes deep into the subconscious to resolve a presenting issue, whether that's anxiety, insomnia, or a persistent phobia. Coaching, on the other hand, is where the longer-term sustainable change happens. The patterns of behaviour we've slipped into over years, the way we become whoever the people around us need us to be, the quiet accumulation of stress that eventually tips into overwhelm. That's where Lucy's particular blend of skills becomes genuinely powerful, especially for women navigating midlife, with all its hormonal shifts and mounting responsibilities. What I love about her approach is that she's not handing anyone a five-step plan. She's helping women understand themselves more deeply, so that when the overwhelm comes back (and it will), they already know what to do with it. In this episode we explore: ➤ The difference between coaching and hypnotherapy, and why knowing which tool to reach for first makes all the difference to lasting change ➤ Why overwhelmed women often make the worst clients for standard self-help, and what a different kind of support actually looks like in practice ➤ How small shifts create enormous ripples, from a client who went on to publish a book and head up a department, to women quietly transforming their relationships and boundaries years after working together This episode is for any woman who has read all the self-help books, tried all the strategies, and still feels like she's failing. Sometimes what's needed isn't more information. It's a different kind of support. Connect with Lucy Atkinson Website: lucyatkinson.org.ukLinkedIn: Lucy Atkinson Connect with Joanna Ingram Website: joannaingram.comInstagram: @iamjo.ingramLinkedIn: Joanna Ingram Messaging Impact Audit: Get a personalised review of your messaging using my six-pillar framework, plus a clear report with your scores, gaps, and the opportunities you're missing to attract higher-frequency clients. Book here: joannaingram.link/audit Want to be a guest on The Soulful Catalyst?If you're a coach, healer, or spiritual expert doing powerful work that transforms lives, and you'd love to share your story and methods with a global audience, I'd love to hear from you.👉 Apply here: go.joannaingram.com/soulfulcatalyst

  3. 2d ago

    Karen Cupp: The Old Money Tapes That Are Keeping Women Financially Stuck

    What if the reason so many women feel anxious about money has nothing to do with intelligence, and everything to do with what they were never taught? In this episode of The Soulful Catalyst, I'm joined by Karen Cupp, Financial Mastery Coach and Founder of Prosperous Women Thrive, a financial education and personal growth community dedicated to helping women gain genuine confidence with money through practical teaching, honest conversations, and faith-based encouragement. Karen's work is rooted in a simple but powerful observation: money has long been treated as a topic women shouldn't claim, understand, or pursue too assertively. The old tapes about generosity, softness, and not asking for your value run deep, and they quietly shape the financial decisions women make, or don't make, especially in moments of major life transition. Divorce, widowhood, an empty nest, redundancy. These are the moments that crack open the question of where am I, and how do I find my footing? What sets Karen's approach apart is that she doesn't run a course. She builds a community table. A space where women can journey together, say "I don't know where to begin," and be met with courage rather than judgement. Having navigated her own significant financial and personal reinvention, including a divorce and eventual remarriage to the same husband, Karen came to this work through lived experience, not just expertise. She also delivered a TED Talk titled "Don't Play Small," which pretty much tells you everything about her mission. In this episode we explore: ➤ Why women have been conditioned to stay silent about money, and how those inherited beliefs quietly sabotage financial confidence long into adulthood ➤ The life moments that tend to wake women up, from divorce and bereavement to the children leaving home, and why these transitions are often the catalyst for real financial change ➤ What it looks like when a woman fully steps into her financial power, through Karen's story of a client who built a passive income property portfolio that carried her through the unthinkable ➤ Why this work is a journey, not a curriculum, and how community, vulnerability, and taking action together changes everything ➤ Karen's TED Talk message distilled, and the one thing she wants every woman to hear: start where you are, the table is already set for you This episode is for any woman who's handed over the financial reins, avoided the hard conversations, or quietly wondered whether it's too late to build real security. It isn't. Connect with Karen Cupp Website: beacons.ai/cuppofwisdomInstagram: @coach.karencuppFacebook: Prosperous Women ThriveLinkedIn: Karen Cupp Connect with Joanna Ingram Website: joannaingram.comInstagram: @iamjo.ingramLinkedIn: Joanna Ingram Podcast Guest Era: If you love quality podcast interviews that actually work for your business, come and join me inside Podcast Guest Era, my new group programme for coaches and healers. We'll sharpen your interview technique, get your positioning clear, find shows full of your ideal clients, and pitch them in a way that gets a yes. Find out more at joannaingram.link/guest Want to be a guest on The Soulful Catalyst?If you're a coach, healer, or spiritual expert doing powerful work that transforms lives, and you'd love to share your story and methods with a global audience, I'd love to hear from you.👉 Apply here: go.joannaingram.com/soulfulcatalyst

  4. Aug 12

    Deborah Kevin: What Nobody Tells You About Getting Your Book Published

    What if getting published didn't have to feel like an escape room with no exit? In this episode of The Soulful Catalyst, I'm joined by Deborah Kevin, Chief Inspiration Officer and Founder of Highlander Press, bestselling author of Shelf Life: A Field Guide to Long-Term Author Success, and an unapologetic disruptor of the status quo. Deborah is on a mission to elevate women's voices and help changemakers share their stories with impact and heart. Deborah built Highlander Press after noticing that brilliant writers kept wandering into the publishing maze believing there was only one legitimate way in. Traditional publishing. The long road, full of gatekeepers, that hasn't changed much since the late 1800s. What she wanted to create was something that felt genuinely supportive, transparent, and collaborative, rather than leaving authors to figure it out alone. What struck me most in this conversation is how clearly Deborah sees the full spectrum of publishing options, and how honest she is about what each one actually means for an author's work, reputation, and bigger mission. If you've ever wondered whether your book could do something beyond just existing in the world, this episode is worth your time. In this episode we explore: ➤ The three main publishing paths and what nobody tells you about each one, including why traditional publishing hasn't really changed since the 1800s and what the "wild west" middle ground actually looks like ➤ What vanity presses are and why they matter, and the one question Deborah says every author should ask before signing with any publisher ➤ The kind of author Highlander Press is built for, and why curiosity and a bigger mission matter far more than genre when it comes to finding the right publishing fit ➤ How AI fits into the writing and editing process, and why Deborah believes no tool replaces the unique voice only you can bring to your story ➤ Why your book is an intellectual asset, not just a finished product, and how authors can use it to speak, teach, podcast, and expand their reach long after publication This episode is for anyone who's been sitting on a book idea and wondering whether publishing it is really worth the effort, or who's felt put off by how opaque and gatekeep-y the industry can seem. Connect with Deborah Kevin Website: highlanderpressbooks.comInstagram: @debbykevinwriter | @highlanderpressLinkedIn: Deborah KevinTikTok: @highlanderpressFacebook: Highlander PressSubstack: debbykevin.substack.com Connect with Joanna Ingram Website: joannaingram.comInstagram: @iamjo.ingramLinkedIn: Joanna Ingram Messaging Impact Audit: Get a personalised review of your messaging using my six-pillar framework, plus a clear report with your scores, gaps, and the opportunities you're missing to attract higher-frequency clients. Book here: joannaingram.link/audit Want to be a guest on The Soulful Catalyst?If you're a coach, healer, or spiritual expert doing powerful work that transforms lives, and you'd love to share your story and methods with a global audience, I'd love to hear from you.👉 Apply here: go.joannaingram.com/soulfulcatalyst

  5. Aug 11

    Roberta Ravella: The Joy Experiment and the Case for Creating From the Inside Out

    What if joy isn't the reward you get after you've built something successful, but the foundation you build it on? In this episode of The Soulful Catalyst, I'm joined by Roberta Ravella, speaker, author, podcast host, and Founder and Creator of The Joy Experiment™, a framework designed to help women align their energy, values, and business growth without sacrificing themselves in the process. Roberta spent 25 years in mortgage sales before stepping into coaching, then marketing, before eventually arriving at the work she does now. The Joy Experiment wasn't born from a business plan. It came from a moment of reckoning, living across the street from the beach in Florida with her retired husband, knowing she wasn't done, but realising that everything she was doing was oriented outward. The work on herself that followed became the foundation for everything she now teaches. What I find so refreshing about Roberta's approach is where it starts. Not with tactics, not with a rebrand, but with a core belief: that you are worthy of love and belonging, full stop. She describes that foundational shift as the thing that colours every decision a woman makes in her business, and in her life. When you're drawing from a place of scarcity and self-abandonment, she says, you can have all the right strategies and still feel like you're pushing uphill. When that internal orientation changes, things that felt impossible start to feel surprisingly easy. In this episode we explore: ➤ What The Joy Experiment actually is, and why creating from joy isn't a soft alternative to strategy but a more sustainable and effective foundation for growth ➤ How self-abandonment quietly shapes business decisions, and the moment women recognise they've been building from the outside in rather than the inside out ➤ Why the "I'll be happy when" cycle keeps so many women stuck, and what it looks like to break it without dismantling everything they've built ➤ The role of curiosity in transformation, and why Roberta looks for that quality above almost anything else in the women who are ready for this work This episode is for any woman who suspects that what she's building could feel a whole lot better than it currently does. Connect with Roberta RavellaWebsite: thejoyexperiment.liveLinkedIn: Roberta RavellaYouTube: The Joy Experiment LIVE Connect with Joanna IngramWebsite: joannaingram.comInstagram: @iamjo.ingramLinkedIn: Joanna Ingram Messaging Impact Audit: Get a personalised review of your messaging using my six-pillar framework, plus a clear report with your scores, gaps, and the opportunities you're missing to attract higher-frequency clients. Book here: joannaingram.link/audit. Want to be a guest on The Soulful Catalyst?If you're a coach, healer, or spiritual expert doing powerful work that transforms lives, and you'd love to share your story and methods with a global audience, I'd love to hear from you.👉 Apply here: go.joannaingram.com/soulfulcatalyst

  6. Aug 10

    Jacqueline Wales: Why Fear Is Data, Not the Enemy

    What if fear isn't the thing standing between you and the life you want, but the very thing pointing you toward it? In this episode of The Soulful Catalyst, I'm joined by Jacqueline Wales, TEDx and keynote speaker, author of several books including The Fearless Factor and Fear Intelligence, and the creator of the Fear Intelligence framework. Over 18 years, Jacqueline has developed an approach to fear that goes far beyond managing it, helping individuals and organisations understand what fear is actually communicating, and use it as a driver for real change. Jacqueline's authority on this subject comes from lived experience across decades. Growing up in Scotland in circumstances marked by violence, poverty, and dysfunction, fear wasn't a concept she studied. It was the air she breathed. That early reality, and the long journey of working through it, is what makes her perspective on fear so grounded and so distinct. She describes herself as the only expert in the world speaking specifically about fear intelligence, and having spent time with her thinking, it's easy to understand why. What she brings to executives in workshops, and to individuals doing the deeper inner work, is a framework built around four fundamental fears: inadequacy, rejection, uncertainty, and loss. Each one has its own signature, its own set of behaviours, and its own stories running quietly underneath. Her FEAR framework, face, explore, act, rise, gives people a practical way to work with those stories rather than simply being run by them. In this episode we explore: ➤ Why fear is information, not an obstacle, and what changes when you start treating it as data worth examining rather than a signal to avoid ➤ The four fundamental fears that show up in almost every high achiever, and the specific ways each one quietly shapes decisions, silences voices, and holds people back ➤ The difference between being fearless and being fear smart, and why Jacqueline moved away from the idea of fearlessness entirely ➤ What it actually looks like when someone does the work, through the story of an executive who had one conversation with his family that fear had blocked for 20 years ➤ Why changing one person isn't enough, and how fear intelligence needs to reach the culture of an organisation to create lasting change This episode is for anyone who suspects that what's standing between them and the next level isn't a lack of strategy, but a set of stories they've never stopped to question. Connect with Jacqueline WalesWebsite: fearintelligence.coLinkedIn: Jacqueline Wales Connect with Joanna IngramWebsite: joannaingram.comInstagram: @iamjo.ingramLinkedIn: Joanna Ingram Messaging Impact Audit: Get a personalised review of your messaging using my six-pillar framework, plus a clear report with your scores, gaps, and the opportunities you're missing to attract higher-frequency clients. Book here: joannaingram.link/audit. Want to be a guest on The Soulful Catalyst?If you're a coach, healer, or spiritual expert doing powerful work that transforms lives, and you'd love to share your story and methods with a global audience, I'd love to hear from you.👉 Apply here: go.joannaingram.com/soulfulcatalyst

  7. Aug 5

    Cindi Boesler: Creator Mode and the Art of Meeting Life From Your Deepest Self

    What if the shift you're looking for isn't out there at all, but in the orientation you bring to everything that's already here? In this episode of The Soulful Catalyst, I'm joined by Cindi Boesler, Creator Mode Guide and Certified Life Coach. Cindi blends decades of experience in personal development, neuroscience, and human behaviour to help people shift from surviving and striving into a more intentional, creative way of living. Cindi describes three operating modes that most of us cycle between without realising it. Survival mode, which kicks in when we're triggered and want to fight, flee, or fawn. Striving mode, the place so many high achievers live permanently, pushing hard and searching outside themselves for the thing that will finally make it feel better. And then creator mode, a different orientation entirely, one that draws on an inner source of clarity, curiosity, and confidence that each of us already carries. What I found compelling about this conversation is how grounded it is. Cindi shares the story of a client caught in a painful dynamic with a sibling, how the work wasn't about changing the other person or solving the situation, but about shifting where the client was placing her attention and energy. The relationship didn't disappear as a problem overnight. But the rumination stopped. The exhaustion lifted, capacity returned. And then, almost as a side effect, things between them began to change too. In this episode we explore: ➤ The three operating modes we all move between, and why understanding which one you're in changes everything about how you respond to life ➤ Why striving keeps so many high achievers stuck, and what it looks like to finally stop searching outside yourself for the answers ➤ How Creator Mode works as an internal guidance system, and the shift in orientation that makes challenges feel lighter and more navigable ➤ What changes in the real world when you reorient from the inside out, through the story of a client whose relationships, energy, and sense of aliveness all transformed This episode is for anyone who has worked hard, tried everything, and still feels like something essential is missing. Connect with Cindi BoeslerWebsite: cindiboesler.comLinkedIn: Cindi Boesler Connect with Joanna IngramWebsite: joannaingram.comInstagram: @iamjo.ingramLinkedIn: Joanna Ingram Messaging Impact Audit: Get a personalised review of your messaging using my six-pillar framework, plus a clear report with your scores, gaps, and the opportunities you're missing to attract higher-frequency clients. Book here: joannaingram.link/audit. Want to be a guest on The Soulful Catalyst?If you're a coach, healer, or spiritual expert doing powerful work that transforms lives, and you'd love to share your story and methods with a global audience, I'd love to hear from you.👉 Apply here: go.joannaingram.com/soulfulcatalyst

  8. Aug 4

    Dr. Mandy Marziaz: Why Less Is More When It Comes to Women's Health in Midlife

    What if the problem isn't that you're not doing enough, but that you've been doing too much for too long? In this episode of The Soulful Catalyst, I'm joined by Dr. Mandy Marziaz, Functional Medicine Practitioner, National Board-Certified Health and Wellness Coach, and Physiology-Informed Behavior Change Specialist, with more than 20 years of experience as a former chiropractor and biomedical researcher. Mandy helps high-achieving women navigating midlife hormone changes, burnout, Long COVID, ME/CFS, and other complex chronic symptoms stop overriding their bodies and build a sustainable path back to energy, clarity, and self-trust. Mandy's entry point into this work is her own story. Her hormones crashed in her late thirties while she was training for an Ironman and studying to become a chiropractor simultaneously. Years later, navigating mid-perimenopause during 2020, she lost sleep for the first time in her life. Then came two COVID infections, and eventually, Long COVID that stopped her in her tracks. What finally helped wasn't a more sophisticated protocol. It was doing less. Slowing down completely. Building back up from the foundations. That lived experience shapes everything about how she works with clients. Mandy describes her approach as physiology-led behaviour change. Because most of us already know what we should be doing, the question is why we're not doing it, and what stories, shaped over decades, are running quietly underneath. She doesn't start with expensive labs or a long list of supplements. She starts with the person in front of her, and the foundations that everything else depends on. In this episode we explore: ➤ Why high-achieving women in perimenopause often don't realise they're in it, and what the early signs actually look like before the obvious ones appear ➤ The difference between a protocol that's wrong and one that's right at the wrong time, and why your nervous system has to be on board before anything else can work ➤ How decades of stories and beliefs shape the way women respond to their own health, and why behaviour change has to be sustainable, not just scientifically sound ➤ The case for normalising rest, and why slowing down isn't a step backwards for high-functioning women, it's the thing that makes everything else possible This episode is for any high-achieving woman who has tried doing all the right things and still isn't feeling like herself, and is ready to understand why. Connect with Dr. Mandy MarziazWebsite: drmandymarziaz.comInstagram: @drmandymarziazFacebook: Mandy MarziazLinkedIn: Dr. Mandy Marziaz Connect with Joanna IngramWebsite: joannaingram.comInstagram: @iamjo.ingramLinkedIn: Joanna Ingram Messaging Impact Audit: Get a personalised review of your messaging using my six-pillar framework, plus a clear report with your scores, gaps, and the opportunities you're missing to attract higher-frequency clients. Book here: joannaingram.link/audit. Want to be a guest on The Soulful Catalyst?If you're a coach, healer, or spiritual expert doing powerful work that transforms lives, and you'd love to share your story and methods with a global audience, I'd love to hear from you.👉 Apply here: go.joannaingram.com/soulfulcatalyst

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The Soulful Catalyst is a podcast for coaches, healers, and transformational practitioners who know they're doing powerful work and want the conversations to match. Each episode, I sit down with guests doing things differently...building aligned businesses, serving clients at depth, going beyond strategy into the energy and real stories behind the work. I'm Joanna Ingram, Messaging Strategist and podcast host, and I created this platform to amplify transformational voices, because the world needs more of them.

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