Guest: Devorah Brinkerhoff, Creator of Soul Portraits

A powerful conversation about rebellion, creativity, and the journey from internal warfare to artistic healing.

Episode Overview

What happens when a lifelong fighter learns to stop battling herself? In this deeply moving conversation, Devorah Brinkerhoff shares her transformation from seeking validation through others to creating art that heals both herself and her clients. Through her unique Soul Portrait process, she's discovered how creativity can become our greatest witness and teacher.

Perfect for: Artists seeking deeper purpose, anyone struggling with internal conflict, creative souls looking to transform pain into beauty, and those curious about art as a healing modality.

Key Themes & Insights

🔥 The Rebel's Journey

• Breaking free from societal messaging and conditioning
• How rebellion can be both destructive and transformative
• The exhausting cycle of fighting against yourself
• Learning to channel rebellious energy into creative expression

🪞 From External Validation to Inner Knowing

• The trap of seeking identity through others' reflections
• Moving through the world with unconscious fear
• Recognizing when you've placed the burden of your joy on other people
• The journey to owning your authentic expression

🌑 Navigating the Dark Night of the Soul

• What to do when it feels like "there's no way out"
• The power of having a witness who holds space without trying to fix
• How creativity became Devorah's witness and salvation
• The truth that experiencing deep darkness opens you to exquisite light

🎨 Creativity as Medicine

• How art became a "release valve" for fanning the soul's ember
• The shift from gallery art to healing-focused creative work
• Soul Portraits as a process of self-discovery and transformation
• Working with clay and earth as spiritual practice

🌳 The Hero's Journey in Art

• The tension between having something huge to express and limited space
• How commissioned work can become personal transformation
• Art as a bridge between the seen and unseen worlds

Memorable Quotes

"Creativity was the release valve that allowed me to fan the ember of my soul. The act of creativity became my witness."

"If you experience the depths of your own darkness, you are capable of experiencing the opposite—exquisite beauty and light."

"It takes a witness to hold space without any kind of convincing."

About Soul Portraits

Soul Portraits are Devorah's unique artistic process that goes beyond traditional portraiture to capture the essence, energy, and spiritual nature of each person. Through personal artifacts, paint, and intuitive creation, these portraits become healing journeys for both creator and subject—transforming art from decoration into medicine.

Resources & Links

Connect with Devorah:

• Website: soulportrait.art
• Instagram: @devorahbrinkerhoff

Mentioned in Episode:

• The Rooted Summit (https://rootedsummit.love)

About The BEAM&Flow Podcast

Join host Chloé Cofresí for conversations that explore the intersection of body wisdom, energy awareness, and conscious living. Each episode offers practical tools and inspiring stories to help you live more authentically and consciously, creating a life that feels like Summer Camp.

Subscribe to never miss an episode and share with someone who needs to hear Devorah's powerful story of transformation through creativity.

What happens when you stop “shoulding” your life away and start following your embodied YES? In this powerful episode, I sit down with Erica Long—energy healer, bodyworker, and Rooted Summit Guide—to explore what it really means to get Rooted in your truth.

We talk about how the idea for the Rooted Summit came through us (not just from us), how Theta Healing differs from traditional meditation, and what it’s like to be led by the feminine and masculine voices of the body.

Erica shares:

Her journey of trusting divine timing and inner authority

Tangible tips for integrating Theta into your day-to-day life

The sacred (and messy) behind-the-scenes of building the Rooted Summit

✨ Whether you're deep in your own healing, or just curious about what "embodiment" actually means—this convo is grounding, expansive, and full of aha’s.

👉 Come get Rooted with us. The Summit opens June 22.

https://rootedsummit.love/

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You’re not stiff. You’re not lazy. You’re stuck—in patterns, tension, and survival mode.

In this 24-minute episode, I guide you into the world of movement as medicine—not to burn calories, but to return to yourself. We talk about the real reasons your body aches, resists, or shuts down—and how conscious movement unlocks healing, flow, and presence.

You’ll hear:

• 🌀 Why traditional workouts often miss the point (and what to do instead)
• 🧠 How movement shifts emotion, not just muscle
• 💃 The difference between mechanical movement and soul-led flow
• 🔑 What your body might be trying to say when it’s stiff, sore, or tired

This episode is a love note to your flesh. To your rhythm. To your need to move—not for the world’s approval, but for your own liberation.

🎧 Tune in and come back to your body—not through force, but through feeling.

💫 Who This Episode Is For

• Anyone feeling stuck, stiff, or disconnected from their body
• People healing from body shame, burnout, or emotional suppression
• Creatives, caregivers, and empaths craving reconnection
• Listeners who want to move not to perform, but to feel
• Women rediscovering pleasure and presence through embodied living

✨ Ready to move from stuck to sovereign? DM me “MOVEMENT” @beam.and.flow and I’ll send you a free somatic video practice to get started.

Are you actually living your life—or just going through the motions?

In this potent 14-minute solo drop, I’m guiding you into the radical power of awareness—not as a spiritual concept, but as a lived, moment-to-moment practice. No apps. No guru. Just you, your attention, and what’s real.

✨ You’ll learn:

• The #1 awareness shift that changed everything for me
• Why mindfulness often misses the point (and what to do instead)
• How to wake up from autopilot—right now, without needing a retreat
• A micro-practice you can use anywhere to reconnect with your body, your power, and your presence

This is a reset for anyone who’s been:
 — feeling disconnected
 — overwhelmed by routine
 — or just ready to live in high definition

🎧 Listen now and come home to your own awareness. You don’t need more time—you just need to see what’s already here.

💫 Who This Episode Is For

• People who feel like they’re stuck on autopilot
• Overthinkers, overworkers, and "functioning but numb" types
• Highly sensitive folks trying to stay present in a loud world
• Anyone craving a practice that feels real, not performative
• Listeners new to embodiment or ready for a body-led awakening

✨ Feeling the shift? DM me “AWARENESS” on Instagram @beam.and.flow and I’ll send you a free audio practice to go deeper.

Feeling burned out before the day even begins? You’re not lazy—you’re energy illiterate. In this 24‑minute solo episode, I expose the silent drains sapping your vitality and teach you how to reclaim your natural energy—without relying on caffeine, willpower, or guilt.

You’ll uncover:

• ⚠️ The top energy leaks most people ignore—but you don’t have to
• 🔋 Practical shifts to boost your daily energy baseline
• 🧘 Surface energy vs. deep vitality—why rest isn’t always the answer
• 🛡️ Simple boundary and protection tools for everyday life

Perfect for burnt‑out parents, high‑achievers, empaths, or anyone stuck in the “running on empty” cycle. These aren’t tips—they’re real energy management strategies you can start using today.

🔋 Ready to stop surviving and start thriving? Hit play and reclaim your power.

Episode Highlights & Key Concepts

🔋 Energy Fundamentals:

• Understanding your personal energy signature
• The difference between physical, emotional, and spiritual energy
• Common energy myths that keep you stuck

⚡ Energy Drains to Identify:

• People, places, and activities that deplete you
• Hidden energy leaks in daily routines
• Digital energy vampires and tech overwhelm

🌟 Energy Restoration Techniques:

• Quick energy reset practices
• Boundary setting for energy protection
• Natural energy amplifiers you can use anywhere

💡 Key Takeaways:

1. Energy management is a skill, not luck
2. What drains one person may energize another
3. Small energy shifts create massive life changes
4. Protection is as important as restoration
5. Your energy reflects your priorities and boundaries

💫 Who This Episode Is For

• Anyone chronically exhausted but not sure why
• High-achievers or empaths who feel drained by relationships
• Parents or professionals juggling too many demands
• Anyone who knows rest isn’t enough—and wants deeper energy solutions

✨ Did today’s episode refill your energy lens?
 Tag someone who needs this permission to protect their life force.

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💬 Drop a review telling me when you felt your energy shift.

Are you constantly battling racing thoughts and mental chatter? Your body holds the key to inner peace. In this transformative solo episode, wellness expert Chloé reveals how your body is constantly communicating with you—and most people completely miss these vital messages.

What You'll Discover: 

✨ The hidden meanings behind what your fingers are telling you 

✨ Simple techniques to quiet overthinking through body awareness

 ✨ How to decode your body's secret language for better decision-making 

✨ Practical exercises you can do anywhere to reconnect with your physical wisdom

Perfect for anyone feeling overwhelmed by mental noise, struggling with anxiety, or seeking a deeper mind-body connection. No meditation experience required—just 38 minutes to transform how you relate to yourself.

🎧 Listen now and start hearing what your body has been trying to tell you all along.

• [00:00] Intro – Why body-awareness matters now
• [02:15] Body vs. Mind – How the body processes before thoughts
• [06:40] Finger Messages – What your fingertips reveal about your state
• [12:20] Quieting Mental Noise – A step-by-step grounding exercise
• [18:05] Daily Body Listening – Easy routines to stay connected
• [24:30] Somatic Decision-Making – How to use body cues for clarity
• [30:00] Practical Applications – From anxiety relief to creative flow
• [35:00] Final Insight – The gift of reconnecting with your body's wisdom

💫 This episode is for you if...

• You’re stuck in loops of overthinking or anxiety
• You’re curious about somatic practices but don’t know where to start
• You want a practical, body-based way to feel more grounded
• You’re looking for non-meditation tools for clarity and calm

✨ Was this episode a reminder to treat yourself as sacred?
 Share it with a friend who needs permission to relax into their body.

Don’t miss more embodiment tools—subscribe, leave a review, and join the conversation around living inside your temple.

This episode could also be called “A Solo Ep Where Chloé Gets Down & Dirty with Her Divine Self.” In this solo transmission, Chloé reveals the 12 year journey she’s been on in learning to be with and honor the body. Topics of exploration include: why treat your body like a temple? Do we really need to be so bougie about water (YES!)? Celibacy as an act of self-love, and dismantling the phrase “Your body is a meat-suit.”

In this delightful conversation, PRI Expert Aleena Kanner explains why this approach to the body challenges almost every common belief about health and fitness. Are six packs really good for you? How about barefoot shoes? LASIK? Invisalign? Yoga??  Stretching?! Yup—-you’ll be seeing all these topics in a new light after this episode. Enjoy!

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“Move over Siddhartha!” This episode is a deep dive into the work of joy.  Artist and spiritual seeker, Candice Dmeza talks with Chloé about what liberation really means, the difficulty in choosing to express joy over trauma, Harriet Tubman as a Spiritual Guide, and the exploration of holding joy in your body and nervous system. 

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Drs. Erin O’Daniel and James Cardo have been working on Chloé’s body for seven years. This conversation touches on everything from what BioGeometric Integration (BGI Chiropractic) is, how different people respond to this type of chiropractic work, and how what we’re moving through in our personal lives gets translated through to the body. Also—does chiropractic work help you have better orgasms? Tune in to find out!

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Familia! We have been waiting to gift you this episode for over a year! Ayesha Ophelia sits down to discuss her new book, “The New Romantics.”

We talk about how this divination through music came as a way of connecting to her mom and expressing all that’s she’s learned in the past 10 years. 

We talk about:

Music as hypnosis and divination. 

How to move through chaos.

Community —-nothing in nature exists only for itself.

The great rememberance that we belong to each other.

What is romance? An evolutionary force bringing us forward through the strength of softness.

Romance as divine grace—-the divine moving us through  the hard times.

There’s a beauty to forgetting, because then you can remember.

Why are we running away from being human?

How Ayesha has connected back to her body through creating The New Romantics.

Balancing the dreamer with doer.

Embodiment practices build deep roots so we can bear the juiciest fruit, and not just paint it with wax to look beautiful.

What does romance mean for dating and love? Don’t wait to be romanced—-romance yourself.

Chloé sits down with PRI Practitioner Neal Hallinan to talk about what Postural Restoration is, and how the process of fully coming into your body actually works.

Topics include how trauma shows up in the body, what pain really is, and how important community is for individual embodiment. 

Neal shares the unique technique he discovered for clearing the body of traumatic holding patterns, once and for all. You may be able to see your therapist less after this episode….that’s how epic this technique is.

If you’d like to schedule a session either Neal, you can reach him at www.pritrainer.com, and his YouTube channel is  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOxBRPqI9A1kT9xZFWQfz1w

Chloé sits down with her madrina, spiritual Godmother, Vida Valdes, to explore how she created an inclusive spiritual community, while staying true to her ancestral religion.

They dive into the similarities in different religions, and the difference between religion and spiritual traditions.

This episode is for those who have felt like spiritual seekers, and longed for a place to call home. 

Follow Mama Vida on IG/TicTok @readingsbyvida. 

Chloé sits down with Christian Soberanis, the organizer of Home & Abroad dance parties. We talk about how this Afro-Caribbean drumming/DJ group began as a direct result of the isolation of the pandemic lockdowns, and how it has grown into a 19+ month residency at The Sultan Room. 

We get into what makes Home & Abroad parties so different, and how they really are a spiritual release. 

Christian reveals how Home & Abroad has changed the rest of his life, including the gifts it’s given him as a father.

For tickets to the next Home & Abroad party check out their IG page: 

@home_and_abroad.bk

In this second of two parts, Chloé and a former vedic astrologer explore the differences in Vedic and Tropical Astrology, along with the hidden reasons why you may not have heard of Vedic Astrology yet. Other big topics include how to strategically use Vedic astrology for your business, love life, and health.

In this first of two parts, Chloé and a former vedic astrologer explore the differences in Vedic and Tropical Astrology, along with the hidden reasons why you may not have heard of Vedic Astrology yet. Other big topics include how to strategically use Vedic astrology for your business, love life, and health.

Our guest, Millie, is navigating her first year post-divorce while also working as an entrepreneur. We talk through what's coming up emotionally and spiritually as she creates this new life for herself and her children, Chloé coaches Millie through using Robert Kiyosaki's Quadrant (also taught in this way by @official_jgriff), and we get to see an embodiment practice for tapping into your own fortitude. To connect with Nonso, Chloés CPA, please visit her Yelp page or call her at 661-495-8997 or 661-373-6885.

In this episode, Chloé coaches Sakinah Iman through the practical next steps of delegating and building a team to expand her business while embodying her richest self.

In this solo episode, Chloé dives deep into an exploration of the integration seasons of healing with plant medicine. She looks at the patterns that have become clarified in the weeks of her microdosing break, and how she will be moving forward with integrating the lessons of changing those patterns.

Baby Butta is Earthside fam!!! 

In this beautiful conversation Lynsey and I talk about her conscious use of cannabis and psilocybin during her pregnancy and as she currently breastfeeds, the fear black and brown mamas face when using these medicines during pregnancy, the indigenous traditions that celebrate the Mystery of Life through medicine ceremonies with pregnant mamas, the state of ethics in psychedelic therapy training today, and how we are the medicine.

You can follow Lynsey @breadxbutta 

We speak with Dr. Glatter about who would most benefit from Ketamine infusions, who it is NOT right for, the difference between “getting psychedelic” and getting the benefits of psychedelic medicine, ketamine addiction and the death of Matthew Perry, and the hard truths around access to treatment.

Robert Glatter, MD leads the NY Ketamine Infusions practice in Westchester and also works in our NYC location. Dr. Glatter has trained extensively with Dr. Brooks who is the nation’s leading practitioner of ketamine infusion therapy & is a recognized expert in the field. With over 20 years of experience administering ketamine as an Emergency Medicine physician at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City, Dr. Glatter brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise. Not only is Dr. Glatter an expert in his field, but he is also a sought-af

ter commentator on important breakthroughs in depression treatment and healthcare. He serves on the Editorial Board of Medscape Emergency Medicine and is a longstanding contributor to Forbes Healthcare and Innovation. He is frequently called upon by major media organizations, including CBS News, ABC News, NBC News, The Today Show, and WebMD, to provide medical commentary on a variety of topics.

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Chloé sits down with @chiquitabrujita to reflect on the 

history of @brooklynbrujeria and it’s expansion, how she stays accountable, moving through the trials that come with creating your vision, and committing to social responsibility through art.

On this week’s solo episode, Chloé explains how this season began as a response to some of the rhetoric in the red pill movement. She explores accountability to daily grounding, to faith, and to seeing and treating each other with the eyes and mouths of Love, even when we feel disrespected.

Chloé sits down with founder and owner of Alivio Wellness, Adriana Vargas. They explore accountability as a small business owner, as a new mother, and why children and grandchildren of immigrants often have a deeper sense of urgency attached to accountability.

Adriana starts off by sharing how having a baby has replaced looking for an accountability coach, and how having people depend on her helps keep her on track.

We talk about how Adriana went from managing someone else’s space to having two brick and mortar locations within three years.

Adriana never wanted to own a business, she wanted a 9-5 where she could clock out and go home.

When she started shifting to colonics, she researched and called every colonics studio in NY/NJ. 

Adriana came up with a business name first, so she would be able to rent a space.

Went to vitality as a client and then sought a job, and connected with the owner, who eventually asked her to come manage the space. 
(Mike, @everydaydetox)

“I never say no.” (11 mins)

“If you believe in yourself and you’re doing exactly what you’re put on this earth to do, the money will follow.” (12)

(15) “if anyone wants to start anything, the first thing you should do is talk about it.”

21:30- To stay accountable to her vision, Adriana got really good at saving, and was saving 45% of her paycheck at one point. 

Ask for help, and things flow. 

Adriana has always had a certain idea of who she envisioned herself to be, and she’s not afraid to sacrifice to get there. 

She makes vision boards at the beginning of every year.

Manifestation comes about by embodying these desired outcome. Act like you already have it, because you do.

Coming from an immigrant family, sacrificing and holding oneself accountable stems from honoring our ancestors and uplifting future generations. 

Our immigrant parents and grandparents didn’t have time to waste, and that sense of urgency has been passed down to us.

46:24- Chloé asks how it feels, being part of the generational saga that moved from surviving to thriving.

The juiciness of staying accountable is in visualizing and believing that you are put on this earth to do it. (50)

Give yourself time! (50:15)

“Things always work out for my benefit.” Say it until you believe it. Act like, and you will start to embody it. (50:20)

Link to book at alivio: https://dashboard.boulevard.io/booking/businesses/1c92363d-0f1c-4f65-b795-311b4a134147/widget#/locations

Chloé begins this season by exploring accountability with the Production Manager of La Pirata Productions, G.V. 

Topics include: accountability in the arts, being accountable to your highest self, how motherhood shifted G.V.’s relationship with accountability, and how a ritual or routine can help keep you accountable.

Check out G.V and Chloés work with La Pirata Productions:

https://youtu.be/uecV5KhgD3s?si=OvwazAntUUzTbOM3

https://youtu.be/Jn01ZhC2VzE?si=IjZsPUwG3U7NBmjv