The Liberated Self Podcast
This podcast is about connection and communication birthed from the Heart. My desire really is to be in intimate conversation with you and by that, I mean have a dialogue with the deepest and truest parts of your Self. Maybe most importantly I wish to speak to your Soul as well as the parts of you that you’ve hidden away, denied, and repressed due to shame, fear, guilt or out of survival. They became forgotten or buried memories. I want you to question some patterns you’ve learnt, beliefs systems you’ve adopted as your own which became trauma responses and/or survival mechanism you think represent who you truly are.
In this space we unravel and allow ourselves to fully feel. We do so by weaving the threads of remembrance through self-exploration, deeper body awareness, sensual observations, mental curiosity, communication and connection to self and others. I’ve learnt over the years that people can move through feelings and emotions in a multitude of ways.
Ultimately, I hope to hold space for you or anyone who is ever invited here to experience themselves deeply and, in the process, re-awaken the medicine stories that live deep inside our bellies, our womb space, for true freedom and liberation. I am here simply to hold space for however your soul wishes to express itself moments to moments and help you remember who you truly if you wish.
To learn more about me, please feel free to visit my website www.oliviaatsin.com. You are more than welcome to also reach out to me at hello@oliviaatsin.com
The Liberated Self Podcast
Learning to be present with grief
In this part two episode on grief, I am joined by my dear friend and sister Victoria Cernjak. Victoria and I's friendship started while we were both going through a massive spiritual transformation and we were on our own individual healing journey. We met purely by Divine providence when we both signed up for a year long program and it included a 5 days in person retreat in Halifax. We ended up being roommates and that first day we met, we talked non-stop. It felt like we've known each other many lifetimes before and we were finally being reunited in this one. We became very close friends ever since, chatting on the phone almost every day. Victoria and I talk about pretty much everything and we've had so many deep conversations over the years. Actually one of our intimate conversations inspired the start of this podcast, and that's why she had to be my first special guest.
During this particular episode, we start with an introduction of the guest, then talk a bit about our friendship before diving into our conversation on grief. And believe me, it is really just that, a conversation with a dear friend, where we explore her recent experience of loss and how she navigated her grief. We've talked for instance about her previous and current relationship to grief; what surprised her most about her grief this time around; how grief moves through her body; and what tools and rituals have been most supportive to her in expressing her grief.
I can't wait for you to discover this magical woman and I hope you enjoy listening to this episode as much as we've enjoyed recording it.