Dr Francis Valloor on the roots of awareness

In this episode, we sit down with Dr Francis Valloor, a clinical psychologist and international speaker who brings over 40 years of experience into a powerful conversation about awareness, healing, and inner freedom. He shares the early influences that shaped his path, including the profound impact of Anthony DeMello and J. Krishnamurti. These mentors taught him the core message that personal transformation begins with awareness, not ideology or dogma.

The path Francis Valloor walked

Dr Valloor reflects on his own healing journey, emphasizing that no one can guide others without first doing the work on themselves. He dives into how he was inspired to pursue clinical psychology in the United States and how early personal experiences of trauma helped him develop true compassion for those he serves. The link between inner healing and helping others is a recurring theme, brought to life with real examples from his practice.

Understanding awareness with Dr Valloor

We explore the difference between mindfulness and awareness and why Dr Valloor sees awareness as the more complete path. Mindfulness is active. Awareness goes deeper and connects us to love, compassion, and the heart. This conversation breaks down how awareness, presence, and self-compassion are interlinked, and why self-love is the foundation for helping others.

Why Dr Francis Valloor avoids labels

He discusses why he avoids using terms like "spirituality" or diagnostic labels in his work. Instead, he focuses on resonance, frequency, and coherence—concepts that transcend clinical categories. This makes healing more accessible for people who resist traditional psychological or spiritual language.

Francis Valloor on the healing power of love

Dr Valloor shares the importance of self-compassion and how real healing doesn’t always come from understanding our past, but from shifting our energy. Love, not technique, is what truly heals. He explains how clients often feel that love during sessions, which creates the safety and connection needed for transformation.

EMDR and embodied practices in Valloor’s work

We also dive into practical methods including EMDR and body-based modalities that he uses to address trauma stored in the nervous system. Dr Valloor explains how trauma lives in the body and how releasing it can lead to deep and lasting changes. He’s trained in many methods but chooses the right one based on each person’s needs.

Inside-out transformation with Dr Valloor

We discuss what happens when people resist healing and how often the breakthrough comes when they simply start to believe they deserve love. Once people begin to imagine themselves as free and happy, change becomes possible. He emphasizes that healing doesn’t have to take forever and sometimes can be fast, deep, and permanent.

Heart-brain coherence and internal shifts

Dr Valloor explains heart-brain coherence and how aligning internal states can rapidly transform how we feel and live. He references research from the HeartMath Institute and shares how this ancient principle now has modern scientific backing. Coherence connects awareness with physiological balance and emotional healing.

Making awareness part of everyday life

We close the conversation with practical ideas for living awareness each day. Dr Valloor reminds us that meditation is not the goal. Life is. He challenges listeners to bring awareness into relationships, work, and everyday interactions. That’s where the real practice begins. Healing starts when we stop trying to fix ourselves and begin to see clearly who we already are.

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Breaking the Good Girl Pattern

In this episode, we explore how Myrto Mangrioti went from burnout and overwork to finding a grounded, authentic way of living. Myrto shares how decades of people pleasing, perfectionism, and chasing external validation led her to a panic attack that changed her life. At 49, she asked the question that sparked her awakening. From there, she began rebuilding her life from the inside out.

How Myrto Mangrioti Learned to Say No

Myrto opens up about how she started reclaiming her identity. She explains the deep fear many people pleasers face around setting boundaries and being judged. For her, it wasn’t just about feeling selfish. It was about feeling unworthy and invisible. She shares how learning to say no, step by step, helped her gain confidence and build trust in herself.

Facing the Cost of Inauthentic Relationships

We also talk about what happens when you start standing up for yourself and others don’t like it. Myrto reflects on relationships that changed or ended as she chose herself. While some of these moments were painful, they also revealed which connections were truly rooted in love and understanding.

Burnout, Presence, and Rediscovering Joy

Myrto explains how burnout often stems from losing touch with ourselves. She breaks down how societal and personal expectations push women into chronic stress and overwhelm. We discuss the connection between authenticity and energy, and how denying your true self slowly drains your vitality.

Myrto Mangrioti’s Rituals for Reconnection

From morning coffee in silence to mirror exercises and daily gratitude, Myrto walks us through small but powerful rituals that helped her rewire her habits. She emphasizes progress through conscious, consistent action rather than quick fixes. Her story proves that small shifts lead to real transformation over time.

Inner Critics, Negative Thinking, and Letting Go

We dive into tools for managing negative thoughts without judgment. Myrto shares how naming her inner critic helped her see unhelpful patterns without identifying with them. She highlights the power of observation, curiosity, and self-compassion in moving forward.

Tools and Frameworks Myrto Mangrioti Uses

Myrto explains how she integrates the Canfield Success Principles and RIM Essentials into her coaching. She breaks down how these methods help people release past blocks, clarify what they want, and move toward it step by step. Her work focuses on teaching people how to access joy and alignment through presence.

The Heart Behind As I Am

Myrto’s upcoming book As I Am offers personal stories, reflective exercises, and practical tools for anyone trying to stop overthinking and start living more fully. She makes it clear that she doesn’t claim to have it all figured out. Instead, she invites readers to walk beside her and explore what it really means to live in alignment.

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Katja Manthey on the Cost of Dimming JoyKatja shares how small moments in her life—being told to stop laughing, quiet down, and be more serious—pushed her away from expressing her full self. These moments planted the seed for her belief that joyful, authentic self-expression and leadership should not be mutually exclusive. She reflects on her time in corporate roles where control, performance, and competition were the norm, and how it led her to pursue a very different path.Finding Radiant Leadership with Katja MantheyKatja introduces her concept of radiant leadership, which moves away from control-based structures and toward energy-driven, value-aligned workplaces. She talks about how authentic self-expression, emotional awareness, and personal sovereignty can transform teams. Her goal is to help people lead with joy and presence, which in turn inspires collaboration and innovation.Why Katja Manthey Stepped Away from EverythingShe explains why she left corporate life, downsized her belongings to just over one cubic meter, and disconnected from digital noise. This radical simplification helped her reconnect to her own energy, clear space for reflection, and live in alignment with her values. Katja shares the difficult but liberating process of removing emotional, physical, and social clutter.The Eight Shifts Katja Manthey IdentifiedKatja outlines the eight key shifts she made, starting with understanding identity and values. These shifts include embodiment, emotional awareness, belief transformation, and authentic communication. She describes how integrating these elements helps leaders become more grounded, aware, and impactful. These principles form the foundation of her radiant leadership model.Expression and Co-Creation in Katja Manthey's PracticeA key piece of Katja’s philosophy is shifting from performance to co-creation. She encourages using language intentionally, leading with transparency, and removing hierarchical barriers. She shares examples from her experience working across cultures, showing how shared understanding and curiosity create more effective teams and inclusive workplaces.Katja Manthey on Energy, Flow, and Leadership in the AI EraKatja highlights the importance of flow and energy management in modern leadership, especially as AI changes how work gets done. She emphasizes the need to become more human as technology takes over repetitive tasks. This means being mindful about how data is used and remaining connected to ethics, values, and human interaction.Quantum Flow and Daily Alignment with Katja MantheyShe dives into the tools she uses to help people shift emotionally and energetically, including quantum flow and quantum activations. These practices focus on body-based movement, voice work, grounding, and energy alignment. Katja explains how tuning into personal energy rhythms can help people make better decisions and show up more fully at work and in life.More From Katja Mantheyhttps://www.instagram.com/katjamantheyExplore more of my work:Take the 7 Day Awakening Challenge: https://www.samanthasavvy.com/7-daysWebsite: https://www.samanthasavvy.comShop SAvvy: https://www.samanthasavvy.com/browse/

Exploring the Subconscious with Maryna

In this episode, Maryna Bilousova shares how subconscious beliefs shape our lives and how to break free from old patterns. As a certified hypnotherapist and coach, she explains how most beliefs are formed before the age of seven, often without our awareness. These early experiences lay the groundwork for how we view ourselves and the world.

Maryna walks us through how hypnotherapy helps access the subconscious directly, making it easier to reframe and replace outdated beliefs. She also highlights the influence of collective conditioning—how media and culture program us in subtle but powerful ways.

Rewiring Childhood Stories with Maryna

Maryna explains how many of our adult behaviors stem from childhood interpretations of events. She gives examples of how innocent moments—like being yelled at for safety—can be misinterpreted by children as proof of unworthiness. Through regression techniques, Maryna helps clients revisit these early memories to reinterpret them from a more mature perspective.

The episode explores how inner child work supports this process by offering compassion and reassurance to younger versions of ourselves. Maryna stresses the importance of staying curious and patient during this healing journey.

Maryna on Trusting the Process

The conversation turns to what hypnosis actually feels like, challenging the Hollywood version of total unconsciousness. Maryna explains that a hypnotic state often feels like a focused, deeply relaxed awareness, not like being asleep.

She details how brainwave states shift during hypnosis and why theta waves are key to accessing deeper parts of the mind. There’s also discussion on how to trust what surfaces in sessions—even if it feels imagined—because the emotional truth is what matters most in transformation.

Practical Tools from Maryna

Maryna offers tools for integrating hypnotherapy into everyday life. She encourages tracking small wins to stay motivated and to reframe limiting beliefs by collecting real-world evidence that supports new stories. She emphasizes that consistency is more important than intensity when building a new mindset.

We also talk about letting go of emotional attachment to old pain, and how identifying with trauma can prevent healing. Maryna outlines practices for building resilience and maintaining emotional clarity through self-inquiry, visualization, and intention setting.

Maryna’s Take on Inner Work

The episode ends with a conversation about how real growth involves becoming the kind of person who can hold the life you’re building. Whether it's love, career, or self-trust, Maryna reminds us that rushing the process usually delays results.

She encourages slowing down, tuning in, and letting life unfold without grasping. This episode is for anyone curious about the subconscious, healing childhood wounds, or how to live more intentionally from the inside out.

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In this episode, we’re joined by certified feng shui coach and modern-day matchmaker Amy Kee, who’s widely known online as Ask Auntie Amy. With a background rooted in Chinese metaphysics and a practical, Western-aligned approach, Amy guides people in using feng shui, astrology, and destiny decoding to shift energy in their spaces and relationships. The result is greater alignment in their homes, relationships, and careers.We start by breaking down what feng shui really means beyond the common idea of furniture placement. Amy explains how it's about aligning energy within our homes and ourselves by working with natural features like rivers and mountains, the structure of our spaces, and symbolic areas within them. She offers real-world examples of how intentional placement and decluttering can directly impact life momentum, emotional balance, and even relationships. She also shares why microwaves and lighting matter more than you think when it comes to daily energy.From there, the conversation explores how personal charts—built using the Chinese system of BaZi—can help decode deeper layers of identity, relationships, and even career paths. Amy walks us through how our elemental makeup and animal signs aren’t just personality types—they reveal timing, compatibility, and hidden emotional patterns that might be running under the surface without us knowing. This leads into a powerful discussion about subconscious blocks and how they hold us back when left unexamined.We talk about the difference between Chinese and Western astrology, and Amy walks the host through parts of her own personal chart—showing how birth year, month, day, and even hour all play a role in understanding your life blueprint.Later in the episode, Amy shares how she uses this ancient wisdom in modern matchmaking. She’s currently working on an app that combines Chinese astrology with relationship matching, helping people find partners who are energetically compatible, not just algorithmically aligned. She also shares how she helps her clients identify their energetic patterns and turn that insight into real-life dating success.This episode also touches on how content creation can feel energetically draining, especially for entrepreneurs and creatives. Amy and the host talk through strategies to simplify content production, maintain momentum without burning out, and create content that actually resonates.Whether you’re interested in transforming your space, realigning your energy, improving your relationships, or simply understanding yourself on a deeper level, this episode offers a grounded but expansive look into the tools Amy uses to help others create the life they’re meant to live.More From Amy Keewww.askauntieamy.comExplore more of my work:Take the 7 Day Awakening Challenge: https://www.samanthasavvy.com/7-daysWebsite: www.samanthasavvy.comShop SAvvy: www.samanthasavvy.com/browse/

In this episode, I sit down with Tom Scott — CIO, CEO, author, and expert in neuroscience-informed leadership — to explore how understanding your brain changes the way you lead and communicate.We dive into:Why the brain defaults to survival over growthHow “memory frames” shape behavior and hold you backPractical tools to interrupt unhelpful patterns and lead with clarityIf you’re ready to communicate with more confidence, reduce defensiveness in tough conversations, and take intentional action toward your goals, this episode is for you.🔗 Learn more about Tom’s book: Going Beyond Business as Usual👉 https://mybook.to/goingbeyond✨ Explore more of my work:🌐 Website: www.samanthasavvy.com🛍 Shop SAvvy: www.samanthasavvy.com/browse/

In this episode, we sit down with Steven Maxted to talk about what it really means to fail forward and how that concept has played out in both his career and his life. Steve shares the story of losing his job during a corporate merger and the surprising opportunities that followed once he allowed himself to embrace uncertainty. He talks about the mental rollercoaster of being laid off, the panic that followed, and why that moment ultimately became the push he needed to build something of his own.

We explore how resilience plays a key role in both entrepreneurship and endurance sports, two areas Steve is deeply committed to. He reflects on how marathon and triathlon training helps him stay grounded and build mental toughness that directly translates into his approach to business. Whether it’s getting through a brutal swim during a race or navigating a failed startup, Steve shares the tools and habits he uses to keep showing up, even when things don’t go to plan.

The conversation also covers his transition from corporate agriculture to starting multiple ventures under the Type A brand. We unpack how Steve’s mindset shifted as he began building a company that reflected both his identity and values. From launching a bike rental business to starting a podcast, Steve shares how each experiment—successful or not—taught him something that shaped the next move.

We also dig into the importance of instinct in spotting business opportunities. Steve shares how trusting his gut has helped him make high-impact decisions, like flying to Vegas on a few days' notice to meet a potential client. That choice led to lasting business relationships and validated his belief that being proactive and showing up matters more than having a perfect plan.

Later, we talk about data, reflection, and learning to zoom out. Steve discusses the importance of taking time each month to assess what’s working, what’s not, and how to pivot. He emphasizes how vital it is to check in with your own risk tolerance, ignore outside pressure, and trust your own judgment when you’re building something from scratch.

We wrap up the episode talking about what it means to grow something in a place like Winnipeg. Steve reflects on the strong sense of community that makes the city feel more like a big village. He shares how growing up there shaped his worldview, and how his brand continues to be proudly Canadian in its voice and values.

Whether you’re a new entrepreneur, a seasoned founder, or someone navigating a big life transition, this conversation offers an honest look at what it takes to build something meaningful and keep moving forward.

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