With everything going on in the world, I wanted to talk more about the mental conflicts we encounter ourselves on a daily basis. Many of us are attached to our thoughts and we make decisions and take action based on our thoughts and beliefs. However, if we were to take a look at the landscape of our minds, we would immediately notice it is constantly in conflict. When you feel like it’s a yes, there is a no that follows. It’s like a shadow following you around constantly. Mental conflicts create internal fear which keeps us trapped and stuck. “Should I? Should I not? Is it right? Is it wrong? Do I ever change my beliefs? Do I keep switching my mind on what needs to be done and said?” This most certainly affects our wellbeing but it does not stop there. Our mental conflicts are reinforced when we relate to others. This is why it’s important to evaluate each and every single one of your relationships in your life. From intimate relationships to broader ones. Are you in conflict with a parent? A sibling? A friend? The more love you have in your relationships, the greater the impact of change will be on the world. We cannot expect nations to be at peace when we are not at peace with our immediate loved ones. In this episode, I’ve come to the conclusion that wars are just beliefs butting heads. They are ideologies pitted against each other. Whoever has the most power and capital wins and ends up writing history. In this episode, I’ll be discussing what it means to decolonise your mind, and how what we are seeing happen in Palestine and Israel is a reflection of the state of man’s mind. mariaamiouni.com @maria.amiouni
In this soulful episode of A Mystic in the City, I sit down with Dr. Nicole Nasr - therapist, speaker, and founder of Journey, a platform dedicated to connecting therapists to each other and to the clients who need them most.But this conversation is far from conventional.We explore what it really means to build something - not just from a business perspective, but from a deeply spiritual one.Nicole shares how creating Journey was less about structure and strategy, and more about surrender: trusting in the unknown, flowing with the twists and turns, and allowing the universe to guide the process.We also dive into the spiritual side of therapy and how Nicole helps her clients go beyond the surface and into deeper explorations of past lives, reincarnation, and soul evolution.For her, therapy is not just about healing the mind, but awakening the spirit.This episode is an invitation to trust, to surrender, and to see your path - whether as a founder, a healer, or a human - as a sacred journey.
In this tender and truth-filled episode, I sit down with my sweet sister Mariam to talk about the kind of grief that changes you forever.We explore the heartbreak of losing a loved one and also, the more invisible grief that comes with identity death.What happens when life as we knew it crumbles? When the person we thought we were no longer fits?Together, we speak about this liminal space as a kind of dark night of the soul which can be a sacred unraveling that invites deeper devotion.We also dive into:Mariam’s journey through personal loss and spiritual transformationMy pilgrimages to India and initiations through the goddess KaliWhat it means to step outside of societal expectations around marriage, success, and womanhoodThe power of living in devotion to something greater, especially in times of grief and uncertaintyThis conversation is an invitation to honor your losses, trust your becoming, and remember the divine thread that runs through it all.
In this episode, I’m joined by Natalie Kreidieh, mother, friend, yoga teacher, homeopath to be, and and advocate for natural medicine.Tune in for a grounded and illuminating conversation on the healing power of homeopathy.Natalie shares how her journey began with a deep desire to become the first line of defense for her family's health, especially her children.We explore what homeopathy truly is (beyond the misconceptions), how it supports the immune system, and why it's a profound tool for healing from the root cause rather than just managing symptoms.Together, we reflect on the intelligence of nature, the energetic language of the body, and what it means to reclaim sovereignty over our own health journeys.If you're curious about natural remedies, preventative care, or deep healing from within, this one’s for you.
In this heartfelt episode, I sit down with Imad Naassi for a raw and honest conversation about our personal healing journeys and the layers we’ve shed, the truths we’ve uncovered, and what it really means to hold space for others. Together, we explore:✨ How our own paths with plant medicine, human design, somatic breathwork have helped us come home to ourselves✨ What somatic breathwork actually is and how it can be a powerful tool to access deeper emotional release and clarity✨ The importance of embodiment in healing✨ What we’ve learned about presence, humility, and boundaries as space holders✨ The commercialization of spirituality and how to stay rooted in integrity Whether you're a seeker, a space holder, or simply curious about the deeper layers of transformation, this episode invites you into a grounded and open dialogue about healing in modern times. 🎧 Tune in to @amysticinthecity to learn about how to tune into the wisdom of your body, the power of your breath, and the beauty of authentic human connection. You can find us on @Maria.amiouni and @imadnaasi on IG as well as listen to the full episode and previous seasons on A Mystic in The City (on all podcast platforms)
I sat down with Rima Zanoun for a deep and insightful conversation on Family Constellations—a powerful modality that helps us break free from mind traps and reconnect with the wisdom of the body. A kindred sister, Rima and I explore the courage it takes to leap into the unknown and why this, in itself, is an act of love. We also discuss the profound importance of energy work in today’s world—where so much emphasis is placed on appearances, yet more and more people are seeking what is real, raw, and authentic. Join us for an open-hearted conversation on healing, trust, and the unseen forces that shape our lives. You can also find the full episode on "A Mystic in the City" on Youtube. Make sure you follow us on Instagram: @maria.amiouni & @RimaZanoun & @amysticinthecity
Welcome to Season 5 of my podcast, now called A Mystic in the City—formerly The Cosmic Channel. It's a reflection of where I am now and how much has shifted since I first started this journey back in 2020, right before the world changed. In this episode, I’m reflecting on the evolution—both personal and collective—that has taken place over the years. So much growth, so much shedding, so much remembering. And as this new season begins, it aligns perfectly with the Aries Solar Eclipse —a reminder to move with intention, to take sacred action, and to infuse the divine into the everyday. I go in depth in what is happening astrologically for you to work through these new energies together. This podcast has always been about devotion, about living in alignment, about deepening our relationship with life itself. And that’s exactly what this next chapter is about. I’m so excited to step into this new season with you.
In this empowering episode, I sit down with Sara Abiqwa, a passionate self-empowerment coach, to explore the true essence of empowerment and how it can transform your life. We dive deep into:– What it truly means to be a self-empowerment coach and why Sara is so dedicated to helping women reclaim their power. – The pivotal moment in Sara’s life when things stopped feeling exciting, and how that shifted her journey. – The first life-changing decision she made—choosing her partner – How to begin shifting from autopilot to empowered living. – And, of course, the magic of women’s circles—what they are and why they’re such a vital space for healing and growth. Speaking with Sara is like taking a deep breath of fresh air—her insights are refreshing, full of laughter, and deeply inspiring. If you’ve ever wondered what true empowerment looks like, this episode is for you!
In this heartfelt sister-to-sister conversation, I had the incredible opportunity to sit down with one of my Instagram inspirations, Sian and dive deep into some powerful topics.We talk openly about mental health, the vulnerability that comes with sharing our journeys on social media, and how it’s okay to show the struggles that many try to hide or repress.Sian shares her authentic truth with such ease and naturalness, making it feel like we're all just in a conversation with a close friend.We dive into how relationships—whether with others or with ourselves—can shape our sense of self-worth, and how acne has been one of the biggest teachers on our journey to self-acceptance.Together, we reflect on the moments when we realized we weren’t feeling our best, and more importantly, how we knew we were emerging from the darkness of depression.We also explore the healing tools that helped us find peace and clarity again, reminding ourselves that healing is not mystical or out of reach—it’s something we all have the key to unlocking.This conversation is raw, relatable, and packed with real talk about the challenges we all face, the vulnerabilities we share, and the beauty of finding simplicity and appreciation in life, even after the toughest times.
This might just be the most sacred episode I’ve ever recorded. In fact, it most definitely is.Speaking to Aude Barras, we discuss what it means to be a devotee to the Divine Mother, what sacred pilgrimages are, and what walking the path of beauty really means.There has never been a greater time to answer the Divine Mother’s call. Who is She and how do we return back home to Her? Who is Mary Magdalene and how was she a teacher of Love, and unity?I had the privilege to walk the magical forests with Aude back in May this year. It was by far one of the most transformational journeys of my life. From the prayers we made in Her caves, to the offerings we gave back to Her, the visit to Sainte Sara in Saintes-Maries de la Mer, the daily tea ceremonies, I left feeling more whole and integrated than ever before. Months later, I am still in awe of the experiences I had there.Aude Barras is a seeker of truth and a practitioner of beauty. She is deeply immersed in Śrī Vidyā, a Shakta Tantra lineage, and her life is devoted to the worship of Devī – the Goddess.Her life is in service guiding people into remembering their divine essence by allowing herself to be a channel for love and her vision is to preserve ancient wisdom by creating temples of beauty to celebrate and honour the arts of the divine feminine, spaces where pleasure is revered as sacred medicine – a safe haven for students and devotees of beauty.
It is a very rare occurrence to have two manifestor sisters (manifesisters) come together and share about the nature of a Manifestor in Human Design.If you are a Manifestor, or know a Manifestor, or want to understand this energy type better, this episode’s for you.As Manifestors only make up 9% of the world population, they are often the most misunderstood energy type. This is why Attia and I both felt called to dedicating the first half of the episode discussing all things authority, strategy, and aura.We also talk about the element of deconditioning in human design which is an important element of this system that is applicable to all energy types.In true manifestor style, we both share about why we stopped drinking alcohol, as well as our thoughts on light language, and what it means to be spiritually strong. The bolder the better, right?Attia is a trained Human Design reader and astrologer with a passion for helping others unlock their true potential through the stars since 2021. Using multiple modalities, her insights guide individuals and couples towards greater self awareness and growth.After using location astrology to move countries and for her own travels, she specialised in astrocartography, helping clients discover the most energetically aligned locations to live and work.
Given our many mini voice note marathons on Whatsapp, Julia and I finally sat down to speak at length about the topics we usually talk about in private. In this episode, I got to interview one of my closest, sweetest, sister and friend. It was so special having her on the show to share her message, mission and path.As a spiritual psychotherapist, she shares about why she has merged both spirituality and psychotherapy. Perhaps contrary to popular belief, these two modalities can act as a beautiful marriage giving you the tools and the language to heal more deeply.Together we open up the topics of victim consciousness and how that had stopped us both from going down the path our souls felt called to exploring, as well as womb wisdom, endometriosis, spirit babies and plant medicine.Julia is a psychotherapist working in private practice with clients both local to London and internationally. Formally trained at Oxford University, she cites her own (ongoing) journey into her mental, emotional, spiritual, physical energetic Self as her greatest teacher and guide to integrating multiple modalities and creating an adaptable language that will be most helpful to her clients and others.She is passionate about leading her clients back home to themselves, exploring where they are unconsciously restricted by internal narratives, playing out harmful attachment patterns and abandoning their intuition. Because of her own experiences, Julia is particularly interested in the topic of womb health and birth and its correlation with overall consciousness.Outside of private practice, Julia, together with a team of experts, have been devoted to bringing people together for transformative retreats featuring the ceremonial use of plant wisdom, Breathwork and combining her professional therapeutic skills to prepare, contain and help integrate her clients experiences.Contact:IG @spiritual.psychotherapy Private Practice juliams@spiritual-psychotherapy.comAntaras Retreat Portugal (October 2024)contact@antarasretreat.com
Many of us right now are being forced to see, in the most gruesome of ways, the dangerous outcome of bypassing the darkness. Many of us are bearing witness in real time what our society actually stands for. We are not only faced with all the ways we’ve abandoned parts of who we are but how our society’s systems have been poisoning the planet and its people.In this very special episode with Dina, we openly talk all things spiritual bypassing and decolonisation of the spiritual and wellness “industries”. As you may have noticed over the last few months, the spiritual community has had many differing opinions about what’s been taking place on the world stage. Is it low vibration to talk about the suffering of the world? Why are we all so obsessed with ascension? Why is shadow work important? Who are the teachers that we are learning from?Dina and I have both been very vocal about how these last few months have changed us and what it has been teaching us. We share these findings with you in hopes that you too can join the movement of active liberation and true embodiment of the spiritual teachings.Dina is a Palestinian healer and bodyworker based in Dubai, UAE. She is also Jivamukti Yoga certified and has been sharing her passion for yoga for almost 9 years through community classes and world-wide retreats.She's here to help women remember their strength, softness and resilience through nurturing sessions and experiences for all seasons of her life. Dina believes that yoga and healing are practices of liberation - of the self, in tandem with the liberation and elevation of suffering for all.Website: dinaghandour.comIG: @wellnesswithdina
If you’ve been following my journey for a while, you know just how much I love Human Design. Human Design is a spiritual system which allows each person to better understand their energetic essence. Think of it as a blueprint of how your soul chose to come experience and express itself in this lifetime.When two Human Design readers meet, you bet you’re going to receive SO much juicy information around how to understand your own unique design.In this very special episode, I got to interview Caline to share more about what this system is and how to come back into alignment with who you are meant to be.Caline is a bright brilliant light who loves this system just as much as I do. As a Manifesting Generator, she is very much a multi-passionate being who wears many different hats and reminds us of the power of and importance pivoting.If you’re curious to learn more about your own Human Design, but also understand other energy types better, this episode’s for you. Caline and I also explore how each energy centre can influence you and others. We dive more into how you’re meant to make your decision as well as understanding that it may be very different to another being.Based between Lisbon and Dubai, Caline has spent over 15 years in journalism, highlighting regional issues and advocating for positive change. A transformative encounter with an energy healer led her on a decade-long spiritual journey, exploring meditation, yoga, energy healing, hypnosis, and journaling.As a certified mindfulness coach and Human Design reader and coach, Caline conducts global readings and coaching sessions to unlock individuals' potential. She is also a certified Crystal Energy Healer, helping realign people’s chakras.Website: www.calinebynature.comInstagram: @calinebynature
Have you tried all kinds of diets but nothing seems to be working? Are you ready to say bye to the diet culture so you can be free in your own body?In this very special episode, Rola opens up to us by sharing what it looks like to trust her own intuition, with food but also with her life decisions.She shares the 5 stages of intuitive eating and how at first, intuitive eating is well, not intuitive.There’s always a transition phase when you’re moving away from diet culture into a more natural and cyclical way of eating.So much has changed and transpired since Rola and I last recorded a podcast together last back in 2020. Having both moved to Dubai around the same time, we spend a lot of time discussing how important it is to listen to our own bodies, while at the same time taking into account the information we receive from the external world.Rola is a US registered dietitian, a certified intuitive eating counselor and a yoga teacher with 11 years of experience. She founded the intuitive eating academy to spread this approach in the Middle East. She graduated over 100 dietitians and health experts who are now leading figures in the field. Rola helped over 1000 women reclaim the joy eating and reach genuine health without dieting.Get to know Rola:follow her to Instagram @rola_ghaddar•start listening to "MISH DIET" podcast
In this solo episode, I chose to speak about a controversial and perhaps taboo topic: beauty treatments and procedures.After going to a couple of clinics in Korea, and doing a few treatments myself, I felt it important to share my experiences with you.Completely unscripted, I wanted to remain as open and authentic about a topic I avoided bringing up for so long. In a world that tends to shame you for what you do or don’t do, I wanted to share with you how I’ve been dealing with the standards of beauty our society has created.There can be so many extreme thoughts and beliefs about what is right or wrong when it comes to beauty procedures, and what I hope to convey through this episode is that not everything is so black and white.Should we or should we not beauty treatments? What is the driving force behind doing them? How important is it to be honest with others about what we do? Is beauty a distraction? I ask many questions in this episode that I try to answer in order to start a conversation with you.What has your experience with beauty been like? How has it made you feel? You can share your thoughts and feelings in the comments below.
Tables have turned in this very special episode with Haya Yasmeen.As a presenter, she is usually the one doing the interviewing, but this time we have her in the guest seat. In this episode, we get to uncover more of Haya Yasmeen’s story.You know her as a world traveler and presenter, but what you may not have known is her love and curiosity for the healing and spiritual realms too. In this conversation, we discuss how her personal life stories shaped the person she is today and how healing has been integral to her growth and transformation.Over the last few years, Haya’s inner work has been around remembering her power and finding her authentic voice. This has led her to taking many leaps of faith and make big life decisions. Haya Yasmeen Nasser is a Palestinian actress, TV presenter and producer, with a drive to use the arts to provide a form of expression for those who don’t have that freedom.In 2016 Haya moved to Dubai where she began her international career at MBC TV, ultimately creating, curating and producing her own travel segment on Sabah Al Khair Ya Arab, MBC1’s morning show which broadcasts globally to over 50 million viewers daily. Through her travel segment Haya Yasmeen has traveled to over 45 countries showcasing different cultures and stories from around the world. Fostering international relationships and using her performance skills to tell the story of many different communities.
A beautiful, authentic and heart opening conversation with my sister, Mariam.Many people assume the spiritual path towards realizing oneself is all rainbows butterflies. However, what we both share in this conversation is that inner and external conflict are bound to arise when you choose to devote yourself to this journey.The discoveries one can make about themselves can many times be unpleasant, irritating, uncomfortable. However, recognizing them and working through them allows you to cleanse the mind, heart, body and spirit.Mariam is a fountain of wisdom, spiritual lessons love whose love for the Divine is one that inspires me daily. In this episode, we share how we met, how much we’ve grown over the last year our love for the inner work. I’m so grateful to share this episode with you which will most definitely open your heart, expand your mind nourish you deeply.Website: www.sindhudasi.comIG: @pacha_mamma
5 years later, Layla and I sit down again to discuss all the incredible changes and shifts that have taken place in her life. From motherhood, to nutrition and intuitive eating, Layla and I spoke about how important it is to eat according to the season of life that we are in.Last time her and I spoke at the end of 2019, she was pregnant with her first baby. Now, mother of two, Layla talks about the postpartum blues, how important it is to be disciplined at home when it comes to food and how she chooses to nourish her daughters.There’s so much information out there in terms of what foods to eat and not eat. However, one key thing Layla mentions in this episode is that we need to move beyond just labelling foods as good and bad.What works for one person will not work for another. What is healthy for one person might be poison for another.Understanding what your body needs is a journey in itself hopefully this conversation can shed light on what you need.Layla is a holistic nutritionist who went down this career path due to health issues of her own at a young age, she works one on one with women all over the world to better their overall health, well being and also healing their relationship with food.Check Layla’s website: laylaalnaif.com or IG: @Layla.alnaif to learn more about her different nutrition offerings.
It’s been over 2 years since my last podcast episode and so much has transpired since. Moving to Dubai, publishing a poetry book, feeling more at home within myself than ever before, I feel like I’m in a new season of my life.As someone that takes leaps of faith and likes to explores uncharted territories, I've become a lot more comfortable with the unknown. Digging deeper into the body, psyche emotions, there's so many gems and treasures that I feel called to sharing with you.In this season, I want to take you to places you might not want to explore on your own. We’ll be exploring patterns, belief systems, breaking free from our conditioning, reclaiming more of our worth and power, as well as shadow work and Human Design.As I’ve grown a lot these last 2 years, I’m sure you have too. There might have been moments of discomfort, uncertainty, chaos, doubt, and fear. To move from one way of being to another is not an easy process, but so worth it once you come out the other side.