Warrior Heart Yarns with Aunty Shan
What does it take to be your bravest, boldest, most fully expressed self without apology? What does it take to stand in your power, be your truth and follow your heart in a world that wants you to play small, to be defined and stay in your lane? It takes a Warrior Heart. Come along and join me for some deep yarns, insights, lessons, wisdom and tough love on what it takes to create a life from your heart, without apology and a warrior spirit.
Episodes
82 episodes
Embracing the Done Good Enough Mindset
This yarning is for anyone who feels stuck between knowing what they want… and feeling overwhelmed by how to begin.In this episode, I explore the power of “done good enough” — not as settling, but as a radical act of self-trust, s...
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Season 6
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Episode 2
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19:25
A Gentle Release: Letting Go and Coming Back to Yourself
In this yarning, I sit with the question so many of us are quietly holding:What is actually mine to carry… and what am I ready to lay down?This episode is about letting go—not as abandonment, but as responsibility.&nb...
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Season 6
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Episode 1
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19:44
Become your own purpose. Activate your Warrior Heart
In this episode, Shantelle Thompson invites you into a powerful remembering: purpose is not something you chase — it is something you become.Speaking from lived experience, Indigenous matriarchal wisdom, and the Warrior Hea...
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Season 5
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Episode 13
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37:47
Own your Story, Before it Owns You
There comes a moment in life when avoiding your story costs more than facing it.In this episode, Shantelle Thompson — Barkindji Warrior, mother, athlete, and founder of the Warrior Heart movement — speaks to the quiet but powerful...
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Season 5
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Episode 12
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18:14
A Warrior Heart yarn on resilience, choice, and becoming
Survival was never meant to be the destination.In this episode, Shantelle Thompson — Barkindji Warrior, mother, world champion athlete, and founder of the Warrior Heart — sits in a real and reflective conversation about owning ...
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Season 5
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Episode 11
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23:36
S5: Survival to Sovereignty: Being With Myself: A Warrior Heart Morning Yarn
In this 5am yarn, recorded while the world was still dreaming, I sit with a question that has been rising in my spirit:What does it truly mean to know myself — and to be with myself?After speaking my truth publicly, I reali...
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Season 5
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Episode 10
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17:44
The Night Before — The Calling Back. The eve of the 100 days of embodiment Warrior Heart
Keywords: self-identity, personal growth, barriers, self-belief, change, vision, self-explorationOn the night before my 100-day ceremony begins, I sit in the quiet and return to myself. This episode is a grounding yarn — a calling...
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Season 5
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Episode 9
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43:33
The Warrior Heart Activation Workshop: Building Beyond Survival, Together in Real Time
Ngayi — come sit with me for a moment. This isn’t just another episode; this is the birthplace of the Warrior Heart Activation Workshop.I’m sharing this in real time — as I build, create, and walk through the process of bringing...
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Season 5
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Episode 8
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28:03
Survival to Sovereignty: EP 7 - When the Warrior Heart Meets Her Limits
In this episode, I open up about one of the real fights — the one within. From survival to sovereignty, I share the moments that tested me: navigating mental health struggles, personal crises, and the weight of trying to do more than I...
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Season 5
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Episode 7
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35:40
From Survival to Sovereignty Ep 6: Living the Dream You Once Prayed For
Living the Dream: A Journey to Sovereignty (From Survival to Empowerment – Warrior Heart Rising)In this heartfelt yarn, I open up about what it really means to live your dream life — not from fantasy, but from alignme...
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Season 5
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Episode 6
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22:45
Survival to Sovereignty: EP 4 - Documenting the Path: From Chaos to Sovereignty
In this Warrior Heart episode, I’m sharing the truth of where I’m at right now. I’m not even at survival yet — my starting point is crisis and chaos, swinging between feast and famine. And that’s okay. Because sovereignty isn’t a leap, it’s a b...
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Season 5
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Episode 5
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21:35
Special Episode - The Assignment with Arlan Hamilton, Shantelle Thompson — Ancestral Mandate, Global Movement
🌿 Episode SummaryIn this powerful conversation on The Assignment with Arlan Hamilton, Shantelle Thompson OAM — the Barkindji Warrior and founder of the Warrior Heart movement — shares the story of her Assignment: a calling roote...
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Season 5
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Episode 4
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37:07
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Survival to Sovereignty: EP 3 - From Crisis to Sovereignty: Embracing Radical Responsibility
In this powerful yarn, I share my personal journey of rising from the darkest years of my life and stepping into a season of sovereignty, self-determination, and radical responsibility.For too long, survival shaped my choices. But sovere...
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Season 5
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Episode 3
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22:21
Survival to Sovereignty: EP 2 - The Warrior Heart Movement: A Call to Action
In this conversation, I reflect on the power of self-discovery and empowerment in navigating both personal and global crises. The Warrior Heart is not just a concept — it’s a movement, a practice, and a way of living that calls us back to truth...
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Season 5
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Episode 2
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25:01
Season 5: Survival to Sovereignty: Warrior Heart Rising - ep:1 - From Darkness to Light: A Warrior’s Journey
⚠️ Trigger Warning: This episode includes honest yarns around mental health struggles and suicidal ideation. Please listen with care and honour where you are in your journey.Welcome to the new season of Warrior Heart Yarns
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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36:13
Weaving Love, Leadership and Purpose: Without Losing Ourselves - Weaving Warrior Heart series
What does it mean to love, lead, and walk with Dreaming — without abandoning yourself?In this powerful first episode of Weaving Warrior Heart series, the raw, real struggle that gave birth to this deep reckoning of how do...
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Season 4
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Episode 7
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41:22
Walking in Dreaming & Mana: The Difference Between Calling & Purpose
🌿 Your calling is the fire. Your purpose is the roots. Together, they guide the journey.In this episode of Warrior Heart Yarns, Shantelle Thompson, the Barkindji Warrior, explores the deep relationship between cal...
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Season 4
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Episode 6
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1:03:15
Embodying Your Dreaming: Courage, Responsibility & the Path to Action
Dreaming is more than vision—it is an act of becoming.In this episode of Warrior Heart Yarns, Shantelle Thompson, the Barkindji Warrior, explores the profound journey of embodying one's Dreaming and the responsibility th...
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Season 4
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Episode 5
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37:03
Sovereign & Unapologetic – Remembering Who I Am
In this episode of Warrior Heart Yarns, Shantelle Thompson, the Barkindji Warrior, shares her powerful journey of reclaiming sovereignty, cultural identity, and unapologetic living as a First Nations woman. Through personal storyt...
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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50:13
Beyond Titles: Reclaiming Identity, Truth, and Legacy
In this episode, I take you deep into the heart of self-discovery, empowerment, and reclaiming identity beyond the titles and expectations the world places on us. I share my personal journey—the battles, the healing, the lessons—a...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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34:09
Embodying the Warrior Heart
keywordsWarrior Heart, empowerment, resilience, truth, reclamation, Barkindji Warrior, self-determination, cultural identity, mental health, storytellingsummaryIn this episode of Warrior Heart ...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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33:05
Season 4: Embodying the Warrior Heart
Warrior Heart Yarns - Season 4 Intro 🔥 Season 4: Fighting for My Dreaming. Going All In. 🔥This is more than a podcast—it’s a movement. Warrior Heart Yarns is a space for truth-telling, reclamation, and ...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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3:31
Investing in Yourself - A Down Payment on Your Life's Purpose
Investing in Yourself – A Down Payment on Your Life's PurposeEpisode Description:In this episode of Warrior Heart Yarns, we explore what it really means to invest in yourself. We break down the myth that inve...
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Season 3
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Episode 23
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33:47
When You Reach a Crossroad: Awaken Your Warrior Heart or Quit on Your Dreaming
Episode Brief: In this episode, I share a pivotal moment from my journey—when I realized that staying stuck and playing small was no longer an option. Faced with a crossroads, I made the decision to awaken my Warrior Heart, knowing that ...
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Season 3
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Episode 22
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51:26
The dance of the in-between and how I am navigating from pain to purpose
In this special bonus episode of the Warrior Heart podcast, I open up about my current experience of being in the "in-between"—the space between pain and purpose. It’s a raw and honest look at the journey of healing, growth, and navigating unce...
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Season 3
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Episode 21
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27:39