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The Creative Soul Podcast

The Creative Soul Podcast

Written by: Leya Van Doren
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The Creative Soul Podcast is a space to uncover your creative soul. We have conversations with inspiring creatives about the transformative magic of the creative process.

Your host, Leya Van Doren shares from the heart stories about her own personal journey, and will inspire you along your path where creativity and spirituality intersect.

We explore topics on healing, self-love, relationships, expression, travel, herbalism, astrology, ancestral healing, and tapping into your own unique creativity as a form of expressing your purpose and doing what lights you up.

Tune in to be inspired to pay attention to the callings from your creative soul.

Ready to embark on your own daily creative practice? Immerse yourself in The Creative Soul Practice, a 7-day guided writing meditation series, each session just 15 minutes long. Begin your journey here.

Connect with Leya:Instagram: @leyavandoren

www.leyavandoren.com

Cover art by Torrence Browne

Intro song "Surf" by Vlad Gluschenko

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Episodes
  • Ep 163: 13 Months Postpartum Update: Traveling to Morocco, Celebrating One Year, Book Updates!

    Ep 163: 13 Months Postpartum Update: Traveling to Morocco, Celebrating One Year, Book Updates!
    Apr 30 2026

    Hi loves! I'm back after a podcast pause to share a life update at 13 months postpartum. In this episode, I talk about:

    • 13 months postpartum reflections
    • Motherhood, identity + becoming more yourself
    • Grief, marriage shifts + changing relationships
    • Overwhelm, mental load + healing old patterns
    • Trusting intuition in parenting
    • Traveling to Morocco with a 1-year-old
    • Creativity in a full season of life
    • New book project: “10 things” from baby’s first year


    PRE ORDER MY NEW BOOK! I Collect Stories Like Seashells. Pre-order here.

    @leyavandoren
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    50 mins
  • Ep 162: Unhinged 8 Months Postpartum Update: Nourishment, Identity, Embodiment

    Ep 162: Unhinged 8 Months Postpartum Update: Nourishment, Identity, Embodiment
    Nov 13 2025

    In today's solo episode, I share what it feels like being 8 months postpartum.

    We talk about:

    • Postpartum nourishment
    • Navigating changing postpartum identities
    • Yoga & why the practice makes me feel held
    • SLEEP, caffeine, & my DC matcha tour
    • Herbal infusions
    • Postpartum hair loss and the spiritual reasons behind it
    • Making friends and finding community as a new mom
    • Travel anxiety
    • Planning mine and babies first international trip

    & lots more!

    PRE ORDER MY NEW BOOK! I Collect Stories Like Seashells. Pre-order here.

    The First Forty Days by Heng Ou

    @leyavandoren
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    49 mins
  • Ep 161: Loving Lately, Letting Go and Letting God, Mundane into Magic

    Ep 161: Loving Lately, Letting Go and Letting God, Mundane into Magic
    Oct 2 2025

    In this episode, I share what’s currently lighting up and inspiring my creative soul. We dive deep into synchronicities, creative inspiration, and gentle reminders that magic exists in the details of daily life.

    We talk about:

    • The lessons and magic from my September writing group, Mundane into Magic
    • How to build a simple, consistent creative practice
    • The power of a 5-minute brain dump and the “10 Things” daily writing ritual
    • Reflection from reading Elizabeth Gilbert’s memoir All the Way to the River
    • What it really means to let go and let God
    • How surrender is shaping my journey as a new mom
    • The process of writing and self-publishing my upcoming memoir, I Collect Stories Like Seashells
    • The reminder that your creative legacy can begin with your immediate community


    Creative Resources Mentioned:

    • Mundane into Magic
    • Create for Yourself, First on Substack
    • All the Way to the River by Elizabeth Gilbert
    • Emma Watson on On Purpose
    • Elizabeth Gilbert on Soul Boom


    Connect with Leya @leyavandoren

    Pre-Order I Collect Stories like Seashells: https://leyavandoren.com/book
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    36 mins
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