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The Creative Soul Podcast

The Creative Soul Podcast is a space to uncover your creative soul. We have conversations with inspiring creatives about the transformative magic of the creative process.

Your host, Leya Van Doren shares from the heart stories about her own personal journey, and will inspire you along your path where creativity and spirituality intersect.

We explore topics on healing, self-love, relationships, expression, travel, herbalism, astrology, ancestral healing, and tapping into your own unique creativity as a form of expressing your purpose and doing what lights you up.

Tune in to be inspired to pay attention to the callings from your creative soul.

Ready to embark on your own daily creative practice? Immerse yourself in The Creative Soul Practice, a 7-day guided writing meditation series, each session just 15 minutes long. Begin your journey here.

Connect with Leya:Instagram: @leyavandoren

www.leyavandoren.com

Cover art by Torrence Browne

Intro song "Surf" by Vlad Gluschenko

Spirituality Religion & Spirituality Arts Society & Culture Places & Travel Personal Journals Education Performing Arts Self-Improvement
Update frequency
every 11 days
Average duration
50 minutes
Episodes
160
Years Active
2020 - 2025
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Ep 80: On Remote Living, Nature, and Community with Hilary Messer-Barrow

Ep 80: On Remote Living, Nature, and Community with Hilary Messer-Barrow

Hilary Messer-Barrow moved from a big Canadian city to a remote northern Yukon community of 90 residents in 2019. Hilary shares her life-changing move, new perspectives, and experiences with her Inst…

01:14:30  |   Thu 21 Apr 2022
Ep 79: Stress Management & Psychedelic Therapy with Marina Kay

Ep 79: Stress Management & Psychedelic Therapy with Marina Kay

Marina Kay is a Stress Buster, Joy Finder, and a Holistic Wellness Coach focusing on stress and burnout prevention in high achievers and entrepreneurs. She left a successful career in HR Technology t…

00:57:27  |   Thu 14 Apr 2022
Ep 78: Seasonal Reflection & Loving Lately

Ep 78: Seasonal Reflection & Loving Lately

In this solo episode, Leya reflects on the winter season and the lessons and gifts it gave her.

We talk about:

  • How to honor your seasons
  • What reflecting and processing allows us
  • Her recent move to Michig…
00:51:49  |   Thu 31 Mar 2022
Ep 77: ft. Emily Nachazel on Finding the Career that Serves Your Soul

Ep 77: ft. Emily Nachazel on Finding the Career that Serves Your Soul

Emily Nachazel is an intuitive career coach who believes we all deserve to spend more time doing what we love. She supports entrepreneurs & conscious corporate individuals who want work that better s…

01:13:14  |   Thu 24 Mar 2022
Ep 76: Writing Practice & Guided Writing Meditation

Ep 76: Writing Practice & Guided Writing Meditation

Tune into this special episode where Leya breaks down writing practice and shares the practice with you to do anytime, anywhere.

We explore:

  • What is writing practice?
  • What writing practice means to Leya…
00:50:08  |   Thu 17 Mar 2022
Ep 75: ft. Shannon Keating on Cultivating Female Friendships

Ep 75: ft. Shannon Keating on Cultivating Female Friendships

Shannon Keating is a Holistic Life Coach for Women, Teen Girls in Middle/High School, & Young Adult Women in College. She supports women with self empowerment, self love, and gaining the tools to cul…

01:21:09  |   Thu 10 Mar 2022
Ep 74: Is Social Media Helping or Hurting Us?

Ep 74: Is Social Media Helping or Hurting Us?

Tune into this candid conversation with Leya as she shares her decision to go off social media.


With social media being so embedded in our daily life, how do we connect with our communities now that …

00:38:36  |   Thu 03 Mar 2022
Ep 73: Engagement Story and Relationship Q&A

Ep 73: Engagement Story and Relationship Q&A

In this special episode, Leya shares the story of her recent engagement to her fianceé, Paxton on 1/08/2022. She shares the story of how they met, their decision to get married, how the engagement ha…

01:12:13  |   Thu 24 Feb 2022
Ep 72: ft. Kat Norton aka Miss Excel on Using Manifestation to go Viral

Ep 72: ft. Kat Norton aka Miss Excel on Using Manifestation to go Viral

Kat Norton energetically teaches Microsoft Excel to individuals, businesses and educational institutions. Since launching Miss Excel in June 2020, she has grown a community of over 1 million people o…

00:43:31  |   Thu 10 Feb 2022
Ep 71: ft. Vienda Maria on Intuition, Feminine Business, and Being

Ep 71: ft. Vienda Maria on Intuition, Feminine Business, and Being

Vienda Maria is a writer & creative who teaches women how to redefine every aspect of life through the lens of psychology blended with spirituality and psychosomatic practices in online courses, clas…

00:51:45  |   Thu 03 Feb 2022
Ep 70: ft. Cara Wodka on Life on the Road as a Traveling Musician

Ep 70: ft. Cara Wodka on Life on the Road as a Traveling Musician

Cara has had a love for music and adventure since her toddler years. Her mom discovered she could sing well and hold a harmony at age 4 and the rest is history. She studied theater at UC Irvine and m…

00:53:01  |   Thu 27 Jan 2022
Ep 69: ft. Liliana Herrera on Andean Cosmovision and Being Your Own Healer

Ep 69: ft. Liliana Herrera on Andean Cosmovision and Being Your Own Healer

Liliana Herrera is originally from Cusco, Peru and was born in a high Andean community. She is an Andean Therapist, facilitator for retreats of sacred plants and offers energetic alignments and oracl…

01:00:19  |   Thu 06 Jan 2022
Ep 68: 2021 Year in Review

Ep 68: 2021 Year in Review

In this episode, Leya shares the process of her year and the lessons she learned. She talks about seeking truth, how her definition of truth has shifted, internal vs external experience, feeling lost…

00:35:48  |   Thu 30 Dec 2021
Ep 67: ft Alejandra Diaz on Illustration and Drawing Everyday Moments

Ep 67: ft Alejandra Diaz on Illustration and Drawing Everyday Moments

Alejandra Diaz aka Ale is an illustrator and designer from Mexico City. She has a degree in Industrial Design, but soon discovered a passion for graphic design and went to Shillington for illustratio…

00:47:59  |   Thu 23 Dec 2021
Ep 66: Energy Cleansing for Highly Sensitive People

Ep 66: Energy Cleansing for Highly Sensitive People

Leya is back from a 3 week hiatus and is sharing where she's been at as she completes her 3 month solo trip throughout Latin America. We talk about:

  • Why taking breaks as a content creator is important…
00:26:50  |   Thu 16 Dec 2021
Ep 65: She Rests to Create

Ep 65: She Rests to Create

Leya shares a mini message from her heart sharing the truth of where she's at on her 3 month journey through Latin America. She gives an update from Peru, invites you to tune into the truth of this m…

00:21:55  |   Thu 18 Nov 2021
Ep 64: ft. Eleri Ward on Songwriting Magic and Sondheim

Ep 64: ft. Eleri Ward on Songwriting Magic and Sondheim

Eleri Ward is an actor, singer, musician, and songwriter originally from Chicago. She studied Songwriting at Berklee College of Music before transferring and graduating from The Boston Conservatory w…

00:56:24  |   Thu 11 Nov 2021
Ep 63: My Relationship with Cannabis and Creativity

Ep 63: My Relationship with Cannabis and Creativity

In this episode, Leya tunes in from Peru and shares about her personal relationship to plant medicine and how cannabis has been a tool to support her creative and spiritual practice. She shares how h…

00:44:20  |   Thu 04 Nov 2021
Ep 62: ft. Sarah Van Doren on Motherhood and Mental Health

Ep 62: ft. Sarah Van Doren on Motherhood and Mental Health

In this episode, I get to talk with my sister, Sarah Van Doren. Sarah is the mother to two beautiful boys and lives in New York City. We talk about what it was like growing up in a huge, unique, arti…

00:52:31  |   Thu 28 Oct 2021
Ep 61: Healing Yourself and Your Past Through Creativity

Ep 61: Healing Yourself and Your Past Through Creativity

In this episode, Leya shares how creativity has been a healing act for her while doing deep, inner work in therapy. She shares what she's been learning and working on in therapy and how she has been …

00:32:11  |   Thu 21 Oct 2021
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