Today I'm chatting with Ulrike Tooke, someone who has been on a long journey back to herself and she's sharing about some of that in this conversation.

When Ulrike lost her mother at seven, she made a quiet but life-altering decision: to be strong, to hold it together, to stop being a kid. What she uncovered decades later was that in doing so, she had left a part of herself behind entirely.

She shares what it means to finally grieve the self you abandoned, not just the people you've lost. We get into precognitive dreams, the ones that scared her enough to stop dreaming altogether for nearly a decade, and what it meant when they came back different.

We wander into Chinese medicine, heart rate variability, minerals, sleep, and the powerful intelligence of the body. And we land on discernment, how you build it, why it matters.

Ulrike is thoughtful, honest, and refreshingly unpolished in the best way.

Connect with Ulrike:
Instagram: @thelivingcompass_ | @redbirchriver
Website: luminawellnessco.ca

Connect with Darrel-Lynne:
Instagram: @dee_ogsoul
Website: ogsoul.ca

Today I'm chatting with Daniel Brunelle. Daniel and I met in an improv class this past winter semester.

Daniel came into this conversation with an openness that I really appreciated. We talked about what it actually feels like to walk into a room full of strangers and say yes to being seen and how that single act of showing up to an improv class became something much bigger than a fun weekend side-quest.

We got into anxiety and how it doesn't just disappear, and how anxiety is something he has lived with his whole life, but what he's doing to change how it appears in his life and how it can become something you learn to move alongside.

We touched on introversion, the tension of being someone who craves connection but also needs to retreat. Yoga came up too — a practice that has quite quickly shifted his understanding and listening to his body and feelings. We also weave in everyone's favourite word — authenticity, and talk about how it can be difficult to find that online when you're still figuring out who you are offline.

This conversation is about finding the courage it takes to grow in public and find meaningful connection through stepping into the discomfort.

Connect with Daniele Brunelle:
LinkedIn: @djbrunelle
Website: https://paridot.io/

Connect with Darrel-Lynne:
Instagram: @dee_ogsoul
Website: https://www.ogsoul.ca/

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction to Improv and Personal Growth

07:51 The Impact of Socializing on Mental Health

13:15 Understanding Anxiety and Its Effects

18:22 The Role of Authenticity in Self-Expression

23:52 The Challenge of Being Authentic Online

Today I’m chatting with Alana Joy Newton. Alana is psychotherapist, former nurse, and a deeply intuitive human with a beautifully grounded presence. This is deep but also playful conversation and Alana opens some personal pages.

We talk about Joy as a living part of her, Gene Keys, divine timing, and the ways grief lives in the body and extends far beyond how most generally understand it. Alana also shares about leading Living With Grief (Sovereign Acres) and what it means to name what’s been carried quietly for years, especially for sensitive humans.

This is a conversation about grief, sensitivity, healing, and returning to love without bypassing the human experience.

Connect with Alana:

@alana_joy_newton

www.alanajoynewton.com

Connect with Darrel-Lynne:

Instagram: @dee_ogsoul

Website: ogsoul.ca

Chapters:

00:00 The Essence of Joy: A Personal Connection

07:37 Transitioning from Nursing to Psychotherapy

13:00 Collective Grief and Personal Stories

18:18 Sensitivity as a Superpower

25:27 Validation and Healing: Acknowledging Our Truths

31:08 The Depths of Connection: Exploring Relationships

37:57 Navigating the Journey: Writing and Publishing Together

43:28 Navigating Grief and Transformation

49:13 Embracing Intuition and Patience