This week's conversation is one of the most profound conversations I have honestly ever had in my life on or off the podcast. I'm joined by my friend and my yoga teacher Mimi Ghandour who is truly one of the strongest people I have ever known. Late last year on December 11th 2023, Mimi lost her beautiful 12 year daughter, Hala, who was born with a muscular disease that came with a life expectancy of 2 years old. While Hala's story is one of deep pain and grief it is also a story of unconditional and transcendent love. It's about unwavering faith, resilience and choice. It's about living with grief and allowing it to transform into even more purpose. And it's about showing up even when we have every excuse not to.For any of you listening that are going through/living with grief I am sending you so so much love. Mimi's first Active Ingredient Episode: Making hard choices for an easier lifeMimi's second Active Ingredient Episode: Stepping on your mat and into your powerConnect with Mimi Connect with Sophie Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We have a solo today and the theme of this week's show is about something that I think a lot of us can relate to, which is about the fear of being seen. It's a fear that is so deeply embedded in our systems and is one that takes bringing it to the surface, facing it and understanding it head on in order to move with/through it with the intent of no longer letting it stop us from being fully seen and fully known which turns out is actually the safest place to be in. Link to Federer speech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqWUuYTcG-oLink to Autobiographer App: Link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/autobiographer/id6469733133Autobiographer is the first-of-its-kind app that uses an AI guide to help you capture and preserve your life story. The app encourages self-reflection and personal growth by prompting you to record meaningful moments and insights of your daily life which could not be more aligned to the mission of this show! They are giving all AI listeners 20% off your subscription with code ACTIVE20 at checkout. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I cannot tell you how excited I am to share this week's episode with you. I've been dying to release it from the moment we finished the conversation.The guest of the show this week is Ann-Marie Duchêne who is my body worker who specializes in structural integration via fascial release (her specific schooling is called Hellerwork which we get into in the show). She spent the first 10 years of her career traveling the world for Cirque du Soleil as their first-ever Dance Specialist Artistic Talent Scout - scouting the globe for the best dance/vocal/music/clowning talent on the planet before embarking on her unprecedented career pivot into structural integration work and has been practicing and perfecting her craft for the past 20 years. In this episode we're getting into what processing in and through the body actually even means, what structural integration work is exactly, how to tune into our bodily cues, how everything in the body (and beyond) is interconnected and the role that fascia, which is our connective tissue that is the layer right beneath our skin, plays in the communication within the body. How to get in contact with Anne-Marie: artofalignmentacademy.com/contact/People/tools references:Ida Rolf: rolf.orgGil Hedley: gilhedley.comMelt Method/Sue Hitzmann: meltmethod.comLo Roxburgh: laurenroxburgh.comAmy Colesby California Practitioner: aimeekolsby.comHow to connect with me: IG: @sophieiweill Autobiographer App (use code: ACTIVE20 for 20% off your subscription): https://apps.apple.com/us/app/autobiographer/id6469733133 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ahhhhh Active Ingredient is officially back! I MISSED YOU and doing this so much. Truly. Today's solo is an update on what's been going on with me since taking space from the pod, what to expect from the show moving forward, some big fat learnings I've had during this time, the importance of actually applying the the things that you're learning and experimenting with them, giving yourself (and myself) permission to begin again (and again and again and again), remembering why we do any of this work to begin with and doubling down on the things that feel TRUE/continuing to shed anything that no longer fits. ALSO - at the end of the episode I'm introducing our new presenting sponsor, Autobiographer (!!!) Autobiographer is the first-of-its-kind app that uses an AI guide to help you capture and preserve your life story. The app encourages self-reflection and personal growth by prompting you to record meaningful moments and insights of your daily life which could not be more aligned to the mission of this show! They are giving all AI listeners 20% off your subscription with code ACTIVE20 at checkout. Link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/autobiographer/id6469733133 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hiii!!! It has been a MINUTE but I am back with a little appetizer solo episode before fully bringing back the show in the fall (mid-September to be exact) and it just feels so good to be reconnected on here. I have seriously missed you/this and taking the space made it abundantly clear to me that this outlet is one I want to continue to pour into so THANK YOU for the space and for returning to listen. In this solo I'm getting into a little bit behind why I needed to take space to begin with, personal life transitions, slight energetic shifts that have felt like massive wins and what to expect from the show come September. Beyond grateful for you always. If you want to connect online - @activeingredient and @sophieiweill is where you can find me and if you ever want to move with me, I have some short yoga/body connection videos on my YouTube page here: https://www.youtube.com/@sophieiweillSENDING YOU SO MUCH LOVE and wishing you a beautiful rest of your summer!!! <3333xxSophie Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week's episode is short and bittersweet. I'm taking a little hiatus to reimagine how I want this show to feel in this new phase of my life and exactly how I want to show up / create meaningful and impactful conversations. If you want to stay connected I'm around on my IG at @sophieiweill and you can always shoot an email over at [email protected] Sending you so much love and I will see you soon! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week's interview is with the incredible Maria Marlowe also known as the Acne Nutritionist who is a certified holistic nutritionist and founder of my now go-to probiotic called Glow Biome. Her skin nourishing recipes and insights have been featured in the New York Times, Vogue and so many other outlets. I am just such a fan of Maria's, what she does and creates and how she educates in such a thoughtful way on a topic that most of us (including me) have felt very helpless on. In this episode we're getting into where acne is coming from, what our skin is trying to tell us/how we can listen to the inner communication going on, the connection between our gut health and our skin health, the pros/cons of medication and most importantly we get into the mindset shifts that we can all gently work towards to move from a place of being at war or at battle with our skin to a more loving, nurturing and patient place to ultimately listen and then act on what we hear.*GIVEAWAY* - if this episode resonates with you, post the episode to your stories on Instagram tagging me (@sophieiweill) and Maria (@mariamarlow) and we will be selecting 3 listeners to receive Glow Biome which is the best probiotic for acne prone skin on the market that I have been taking for the past few months. Link to Maria's IG: https://www.instagram.com/mariamarlowe/Link to Glow Biome: https://www.kumaglow.co/products/glow-biomeLink to Maria's 3 day plan: https://mariamarlowe.com/clear-skin-plan/Link to Sophie's IG: https://www.instagram.com/sophieiweill/Link to Active Ingredient YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZKo8SEpPpcGXCsf_F-Uo2QLink to Active Ingredient's IG: https://www.instagram.com/activeingredient/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today's solo is about taking the next best step towards where you want to go. So often when we're starting to get clear on where we want to be, the overwhelm sets in and paralyzes us to the point of not taking steps so I wanted to put together a little solo talking about the importance of self regulating, taking a breath and committing to the tiniest of steps. Link to YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZKo8SEpPpcGXCsf_F-Uo2QLink to Active Ingredient's IG: https://www.instagram.com/activeingredient/Link to Sophie's IG: https://www.instagram.com/sophieiweill/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

4 examples of people who have chosen to prioritize their creativity/child-like self at different ages/stages. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZKo8SEpPpcGXCsf_F-Uo2QSophie's IG: https://www.instagram.com/sophieiweill/Active Ingredient's IG: https://www.instagram.com/activeingredient/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week's episode is not about our presidents but instead it's about how we can start owning being our own presidents of our lives/decisions. Today's episode is a short reminder that we get to make executive decisions, big and small, every single day and vote with our dollars/attention on the kind of world we want to see. Link to YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZKo8SEpPpcGXCsf_F-Uo2QLink to Active Ingredient's IG: https://www.instagram.com/activeingredient/Link to Sophie's IG: https://www.instagram.com/sophieiweill/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.