Soul Loom with Michelle Wollaston

Some questions you carry for months without ever saying them out loud, not because you don't know them, but because you're waiting for permission to ask.

In this episode of Soul Loom, I sit down with Katische Haberfield, direct transmission channeller and host of the Infinite Life podcast, and instead of talking about channelling, we do it live.

What comes through changes the conversation entirely, several presences speak through Katische, including a voice connected to a past life of mine, and one identifying as Archangel Zadkiel.

I was asked not to edit this session, and you'll hear that request within the episode itself. What you hear is shared as personal belief and lived spiritual experience, not as established fact, and not as prediction. What you take from it, and what you make of it, is entirely yours.

This one asks you to sit with something rather than solve it. Come listen.

From cardboard caskets to Viking funerals, this episode will make you laugh, think, and finally have the conversation you have been putting off.

You saw the words "you're exactly where you thought you wanted to be, but now you're second guessing yourself" and something in you landed. Not in your head. Somewhere lower than that.

This three-minute audio is for the woman who built something real, who has always been capable, and who is quietly wondering why everything feels heavier than it should right now. Not broken. Not behind. Not too late. But something has shifted and you can feel it.

What you're experiencing is not a personal failing. It's data. And when you understand what it's actually telling you, nothing is hard in the same way anymore.

The clarity assessment linked in the show notes will tell you more about why it feels the way it does than anything else you'll do today.

We plan our births. We plan our weddings. We plan everything — except the one thing that is guaranteed to happen to every single one of us.

In this episode I sit down with Melissa Warren, a Reiki Master, Seichem Master, animal communicator and End of Life Doula based on the Central Coast of NSW, to talk about the role most people have never heard of but almost everyone will eventually need.

We talk about what a death doula actually does, when you call one, and why having one in your corner can change everything — not just for the person dying, but for the family trying to hold it all together around them.

We also talk about the conversations nobody is having but everyone should be — advanced care directives, voluntary assisted dying, what happens to your body after you die, and why there is absolutely no rush.

This is not a morbid conversation. It is one of the most practical, compassionate and quietly revolutionary ones I have had on Soul Loom.

If you have ever sat at a bedside, managed a death, or quietly wondered what you would do when the time comes — this episode is for you.

CONTENT NOTE: This episode includes brief, non-graphic references to suicide, trauma, and sexual assault in the context of policing and healing work.How does a police detective investigating serious crimes become an intuitive somatic mentor? In this conversation, Stacey Webb shares her journey from law enforcement—working in sexual assault and coronial investigations—to helping people reconnect with their nervous system, inner wisdom, and capacity for healing.

Stacey explores what it means to be a "warrior of grace," holding space for others in their most vulnerable moments while learning to hold space for herself. She discusses how intuition guided her work as a detective, why somatic practices allow healing without retelling trauma, and how our nervous system responds to protect us—often in ways we don't consciously understand.

We talk about the difference between fight, flight, freeze, and fawn responses, why trusting intuition feels harder when the guidance is uncomfortable, and how embodied grace means accepting all parts of ourselves—not just the ones we're happy to show.

IN THIS EPISODE:

• What "embodied grace" means in real terms
• How intuition works in high-stakes policing situations
• Why your nervous system chooses freeze, fight, or flight before your brain registers danger
• Somatic healing without having to tell your trauma story
• Building self-trust when you don't know the next step
• Practising intuition like a muscle

ABOUT STACEY WEBB:Stacey Webb is an intuitive somatic mentor and author devoted to helping people reconnect with their inner wisdom and natural capacity for healing. Her work supports the nervous system through somatic awareness, intuitive guidance, and compassionate presence. With many years of experience in law enforcement as a detective in sexual assault and coronial investigations, Stacey brings a unique understanding of trauma and human vulnerability to her mentoring practice.

STACEY'S BOOKS:

• Embodied Grace: Trusting Yourself, Healing Deeply and Expanding Fully (with card deck) – Available for pre-order April 2025
• The Intuitive Detective
• Foundations of Tapping

What happens when leadership stops being about pushing harder and starts coming from within?

There are seasons in life where nothing looks wrong from the outside.

You’re still capable. Still functioning. Still holding everything together.

But internally, something has shifted.

In this episode of Soul Loom, I’m joined by Dr. Julie Merriman — PhD, licensed professional counsellor, author, and speaker — whose work focuses on high-achieving professional women over 50 experiencing burnout, nervous system depletion, emotional numbness, and loss of desire.

We explore:

• What happens when your nervous system operates in survival mode for decades
• Why burnout isn’t mindset failure — but physiology
• The link between menopause, oestrogen loss, and tolerance shifts
• Emotional numbness, resentment, and “floating head competence”
• Somatic practices to reconnect with your body
• Why pleasure and desire go offline in chronic stress
• The power of the pause — a micro-rebellion for women who always say yes

Dr. Merriman is the author of In the Pursuit of Soul Joy: A 12-Week Guide to Overcoming Burnout and Compassion Fatigue and the forthcoming Are We Gonna Have Sex or What?, a nervous-system-informed guide to desire and intimacy after 50.

This is a conversation about capacity, identity, menopause, embodiment, and what it means to come back online — not as who you were, but as who you are now.

If you’ve been functioning on the outside but quietly disconnected on the inside, this episode will resonate.

In this episode of Soul Loom, Michelle Wollaston speaks with David Trotter — founder of Awakened Magazine and curator of the Awakened Hearts anthology series — about what happens when the structure that shaped your identity no longer fits.

After spending a decade in full-time Christian ministry, David experienced burnout, spiritual deconstruction, and a profound shift in belief. What followed was not rebellion, but inquiry. Not collapse, but expansion.

Together, they explore:

• Leaving organised religion and redefining faith
• Spiritual awakening after evangelical Christianity
• Deconstruction, doubt, and the courage to question
• New age spirituality vs structured religion
• Mediumship, channelling, breathwork and altered states
• The tension between certainty and freedom
• Why storytelling is essential for healing and transformation
• How to recognise when your life phase is changing

This is a conversation about spiritual transition, identity shifts, and what it means to move from inherited belief into embodied truth.

If you are questioning your faith, navigating religious deconstruction, exploring spirituality beyond dogma, or sensing that your old story no longer fits — this episode offers perspective, grounding, and permission.

Michelle is a Life Directionist who helps people recognise their life phase and timing so they can move with clarity instead of uncertainty.

Connect with David Trotter and explore Awakened Magazine in the links below.

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In this episode of Soul Loom, Michelle Wollaston speaks with award-winning Australian spiritual teacher Linda Willow Roberts about the real work of Theta Healing, energetic clearing, and belief-level transformation.

What actually happens in a Theta Healing session?
How do subconscious blocks form?
And can shifting a core belief truly change your external reality?

With over 35 years in the spiritual space, Linda explains how Theta Healing works at the root level — accessing the subconscious mind, clearing inherited patterns, releasing karmic imprints, and restoring energetic alignment through unconditional love.

Together, they explore:

• What “clearing at the core” really means
• How subconscious beliefs shape relationships, money and health
• The difference between manifestation trends and genuine energetic work
• Why triggers are clues — not problems
• How to begin shifting your vibration today

If you’re curious about energy healing, subconscious reprogramming, belief clearing, or the science and spirituality behind transformation, this conversation offers grounded insight without hype.

Our animals feel our energy long before we do. Their behaviour shifts, their emotions change, and their bodies respond to what’s happening in our inner world — often becoming the first external sign that something in our life needs attention.

In this episode of Soul Loom, Michelle Wollaston is joined by Gene Keys guide and mindset coach Brenda Lee Mattausch for a grounded, insightful conversation about self-acceptance, shadow work, and the subtle energies that shape our lived experience.

Brenda explains the foundations of the Gene Keys, how Richard Rudd developed the system, and why the real transformation comes through contemplation rather than study. Together, we explore how recognising your shadow patterns can unlock your innate gifts, why you are “designed perfectly,” and how deeper self-awareness helps you move through life with more clarity, diplomacy, and confidence.

We also discuss the language many call the quantum field — not as a scientific concept, but as the intuitive, energetic dialogue that guides us through synchronicities, inner nudges, and subtle signs. Brenda shares how to recognise these cues in practical, grounded ways without losing yourself in spiritual jargon.

If you’re curious about the Gene Keys, navigating your shadow, or understanding your intuition in a more accessible way, this episode is rich with insight and permission to come home to yourself.

What if the patterns, fears, and emotions you’re carrying didn’t begin in this lifetime?

Michelle Wollaston speaks with Kylie King — hypnotherapist, author, publisher, and founder of the Australian Ladies in Business Initiative (ALIBI) — about the fascinating world of past-life regression and how exploring our soul’s history can reveal what’s ready to heal.

What if your soul chose the energy you carry before you were even born?
In this episode of Soul Loom, Michelle explores The Soul Map — a living blueprint woven through astrology, Human Design, the Gene Keys, and the Moon.

Discover how these ancient and modern systems reveal the unique patterns that shape your purpose, timing, and emotional rhythm.
It’s not prediction — it’s remembrance. The moment you recognise your design, life begins to feel like it’s finally moving in harmony with you.

What really happens in the sky during midlife — and how does it shape the changes we feel on Earth?

In this Soul Loom conversation, Michelle Wollaston and evolutionary astrologer Georgina Sierra explore the Pluto square, Neptune square, Uranus opposition, and Chiron return — the major transits that guide us from nurturer to matriarch.

Learn how understanding your midlife astrology can turn confusion into clarity, resistance into flow, and reveal why this stage of life is a sacred initiation rather than a crisis.

In this powerful episode of Soul Loom, Michelle Wollaston is joined by Jane Hardwicke Collings — grandmother, former midwife, teacher, and founder of the School of Shamanic Womancraft. Together they explore menopause not as a medical problem, but as a sacred rite of passage — a physiological and spiritual awakening that calls women back to themselves.

Jane explains how progesterone acts as a natural sedative through our fertile years, and what happens when that hormonal veil lifts. As the “sedation” fades, many women begin to see life with new clarity — no longer able to ignore what drains or diminishes them.

They discuss:
✨ The spiritual and physiological architecture of menopause
✨ Why symptoms are sacred signals, not flaws
✨ How the “Dark Goddess” rises in midlife to demand change
✨ The importance of cycles — lunar, life, and soul
✨ And how to step into your Sagescence — the wise woman phase of power and purpose

If you’re moving through perimenopause, supporting someone who is, or simply curious about the deeper meaning of change, this episode is a compass for coming home to your body and your wisdom.

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Ever feel like you've lost yourself in the chaos of caregiving, expectations, and midlife reinvention? In this soul-stirring episode, Victoria sits down with Michelle Wollaston—a spiritual mentor, coach, and woman who knows what it means to disappear into roles… and fight her way back to truth.

Michelle shares her deeply personal story of what it looked like to quietly unravel while trying to hold everything together, and how she rebuilt her life with clarity, confidence, and compassion. If you’ve ever felt like midlife was breaking you, Michelle’s here to remind you: you’re not broken—you’re remembering.

What You’ll Hear in This Episode:
✨ The hidden chaos of midlife identity loss
✨ How Michelle broke the cycle of self-abandonment
✨ The spiritual practices that helped her rebuild confidence
✨ Why discomfort is a sign you’re evolving, not failing
✨ A powerful reminder that it’s never too late to come home to yourself

Bonus Episode: From Silence to Strength — Women, Grief, and Reclaiming Power

This special bonus episode features my conversation with Christy Collard, Grief Counsellor and founder of The Grief Ocean.

Many people think astrology is about vague horoscopes or mystical predictions. But your natal chart is actually a practical map — an energetic architecture you were born with. In this episode of Soul Loom, Michelle Wollaston explores what your natal chart really shows: your Sun (core essence), Moon (emotional landscape), Rising sign (outer lens), personal planets, outer planets, nodes, and asteroids. We’ll trace how leaders, priestesses, and even financial markets have used astrology across history, and why your chart isn’t a cage — it’s a compass.

What is a spiritual awakening — and why does it so often happen in midlife?

Spiritual awakening isn’t about lightning bolts or magical powers. It’s the process of becoming conscious of who you are beneath roles and conditioning. Michelle unpacks the signs of awakening, why it often begins in discomfort, and how midlife cycles stir the call to remember yourself.

Is it Discomfort or a Sign? Understanding Your Inner Guidance System

The dark night of the soul is not depression — it’s a passage. Michelle explains this centuries-old idea, why it often arrives in midlife, and how what feels like emptiness can actually be the stripping away that makes space for truth.

Every awakening journey needs a foundation. In this episode, Michelle outlines four simple but powerful practices — grounding, cleansing, protection, and gratitude — that support you through the turbulence of midlife and the call to remember yourself.

Gratitude isn’t just a feel-good exercise — it’s medicine for the nervous system, the heart, and the spirit. Michelle shares why gratitude is more than a practice, and how it helps us anchor presence and heal the invisible wounds of midlife.

This episode is a little different. I was recently interviewed by David Trotter for the Awakened Podcast, part of my journey as an Executive Contributor for Awakened Magazine and an upcoming author in the second Awakened Hearts book, due out at the end of 2025.

We covered a lot in this conversation — what it really means to awaken (and how it often looks nothing like the love-and-light version we’re sold), the importance of living in spiritual integrity, and how to stay visible and rooted as a soul-led woman in a world that often misunderstands you.

If you've ever wrestled with your truth, felt unseen in your work, or questioned whether your voice really matters — this one’s for you.

Let it land where it needs to.

So many women in midlife quietly whisper the same thing: “I feel like I’m disappearing.” In this episode, Michelle explores the loss of self that creeps in through roles, expectations, and overgiving — and how awakening begins with noticing the quiet unraveling.

Welcome to Soul Loom: A Space to Remember Yourself

This is where Soul Loom begins. Michelle Wollaston shares why she created this space, the principles behind it, and the threads she’ll be weaving in every episode — presence, permission, and personal power. A short, powerful introduction to what’s ahead.