Women Awakening with Cynthia James
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About
Women Awakening is a sacred space curated by Cynthia James to inspire, uplift, and empower women to step fully into their power. This podcast features heart-centered conversations with women from all walks of life—authors, entrepreneurs, healers, and thought leaders—who are committed to growth and making a meaningful impact. Through audio and video episodes, Cynthia shares powerful stories and insights that encourage self-awareness, self-acceptance, and aligned living. The content is designed to remind women that they are a gift—and that their awakening has the power to shift lives and create change. Come back often for fresh interviews and soulful guidance. These are stories of ordinary women doing extraordinary things. Let them inspire your own awakening.
Episodes
- From Self-Loathing to Self-Love — Geneen Roth's 40-Year Journey with Geneen Roth
Geneen Roth, author of multiple books, shares her personal journey from decades of self-loathing and eating disorders to healing and self-acceptance with host Cynthia James on Women Awakening. The discussion explores how childhood wounds i…
- Reclaim Your Voice: How Women Take Back Their Power and Rewrite Their Story with Yolanda Martinez
In this episode of Women Awakening, Yolanda Martinez and Cynthia James discuss how a woman's voice becomes her power. Yolanda shares her journey of rewriting her story after being raised as a migrant worker, and they explore cultural condi…
- How Women Become Top Performers and Build Massive Success in Business
In this episode of Women Awakening, host Cynthia James speaks with Olenka Cullinan, Founder and CEO of iStartFirst. Cullinan discusses how women can become top performers and build massive business success by shifting from striving to alig…
- Finding Your Voice
In this episode of Women Awakening, host Cynthia James shares her personal journey of reclaiming her voice, discussing how difficult life experiences can lead to truth, healing, and self-worth. The episode explores choosing oneself without…
- How to Escape a Narcissistic Relationship and Reclaim Your Power as a Woman
In this episode of Women Awakening, host Cynthia James speaks with Sabrina Victoria, who shares her experience of surviving a 13-year narcissistic relationship. Victoria details her journey of rebuilding her life and reclaiming her power t…
- From Trauma to Transformation: Leading With Heart in a High-Impact World
In this episode of Women Awakening, host Cynthia James and guest Natalie Hunter, a master transformation coach, explore how trauma, loss, and uncertainty can lead to purpose and self-awareness. They discuss heart-centered leadership, the r…
- How Unconscious Beliefs Are Quietly Shaping Your Life (And How to Break Free)
In this episode of Women Awakening, host Cynthia James talks with Shelly Lefkoe, co-founder of the Lefkoe Institute, about identifying and overcoming unconscious beliefs that influence emotions and behaviors. The discussion aims to help li…
- Caught Between Two Worlds: Education, Identity & Revolution
In this episode of Women Awakening, host Cynthia James interviews author and educator Pardis Mahdavi about her experiences growing up Iranian-American and the role of education in liberation. The conversation touches on identity, challengi…
- How Conscious Leaders Use AI Without Losing Purpose Or Humanity
In this episode of Women Awakening, host Cynthia James speaks with AI strategist Lauren Vriens about conscious leadership in the age of AI. They discuss leveraging AI as a tool for clarity and decision-making while maintaining purpose and…
- How to Trust Your Inner Voice (Even When It Sounds Crazy)
In this episode of Women Awakening, host Cynthia James talks with psychic leader Carrie Cardozo about trusting one's inner voice, even when it seems illogical. They discuss the journey of embracing intuitive abilities, the challenges and d…
- How to Leverage Your Podcast to Attract Clients on YouTube
On Women Awakening, Cynthia James talks with Tamara Thompson about using YouTube podcasting as a client attraction strategy. They discuss expanding visibility, building authority, and turning podcast conversations into clients, touching on…
- Women, Wealth & Exit Strategy: How to Scale Your Business and Lead From Your True Self
In this episode of Women Awakening, host Cynthia James speaks with Juliet Peters, founding partner of Framework Legal, about how women can build sustainable wealth, scale their businesses, and practice conscious leadership. The conversatio…
- Unlocking Healing: How Medical Intuition Transforms Mind, Body & Spirit
On Women Awakening, Cynthia James talks with Dr. Mary Sanders, a medical intuitive and chiropractor, about a holistic healing approach. They explore what medical intuition is, why trusting inner knowing can be difficult, and how healing oc…
- From Trauma to Intuition: Healing the Inner Child & Reclaiming Feminine Power
In this episode of Women Awakening, host Cynthia James and guest Lisa Campion discuss intuition, healing the inner child, and reclaiming feminine power. Campion shares her personal journey of growing up with psychic awareness and how trust…
- Parenting Tomorrow’s Leaders: Why Your Child Is Your Greatest Teacher
In this episode of Women Awakening, host Cynthia James and guest Micheline Green discuss conscious parenting. Green, an Integral Master Coach, reframes parenting as a growth opportunity, emphasizing presence and observation as key to raisi…
- How AI & Mindfulness Are Transforming Creative Leadership
In this episode of Women Awakening, host Cynthia James talks with Rubina Chadha, a mindfulness-based creative educator, about the intersection of AI, creativity, and conscious leadership. They discuss how technology can support self-expres…
- Healing Isn’t Enough How Women Transform Their Identity to Create the Love & Life They Desire
Katherine Woodward Thomas discusses with Cynthia James on Women Awakening why healing alone is insufficient for lasting change, emphasizing identity transformation for creating desired love and life. Thomas shares her journey and introduce…
- Authentic Leadership for Women: Building Influence, Confidence, and Career Success
On Women Awakening, host Cynthia James speaks with leadership coach Jessica Rogers about authentic leadership for women. They discuss building influence, confidence, and career success by aligning actions with personal values and integrity…
- From Music to Mysticism: How Science, Psychology, and Spirituality Converge
Laura Chandler shares her journey from music and psychology to mysticism with Cynthia James on Women Awakening, exploring how creativity, consciousness, and ancient wisdom intersect to support healing and spiritual evolution.
- A Workplace Sexual Harassment Lawyer on Silence, Power & Women’s Rights
In this episode of Women Awakening, host Cynthia James speaks with workplace sexual harassment attorney Brittany A. Stevens about the silence surrounding workplace power imbalances and women's rights. They discuss the fear women face when…
- The Depth Hypnosis Method Explained
In this episode of Women Awakening, host Cynthia James talks with Isa Gucciardi, Ph.D., creator of Depth Hypnosis™. They discuss the origins and principles of Depth Hypnosis™, which integrates shamanic and Buddhist perspectives with clinic…
- Trauma, Grief & Psychedelic Therapy: A Deep Journey Into Healing
In this episode of Women Awakening, host Cynthia James speaks with psychotherapist Darci Meyers about her work at the intersection of trauma, grief, and expanded consciousness. Meyers shares her experiences with personal grief, hospice car…
- The Power of Love In Action and Conscious Entrepreneurship
Jane Pinto, creator of RoseCircle, shares her journey as a spiritual entrepreneur. She discusses divine guidance, building sacred circles for women, and the principles of unconditional love, forgiveness, and equality.
- Healing Through Stillness: Get Quiet, Transform Your Life
In this episode of Women Awakening, host Cynthia James speaks with personal coach and author Elaine Glass. Glass shares her journey of healing and self-discovery through nature and stillness following a divorce and health diagnosis, offeri…
- How Embracing Light and Darkness Awakens Your True Self
In this episode of Women Awakening, host Cynthia James speaks with author Simran Singh about awakening through embracing both the light and the darkness in life. Singh shares her personal journey and insights on using pain, uncertainty, an…
- From Surviving to Shining Nancy Harkins on Healing & Empowerment
Nancy Harkins discusses her journey from survival to self-empowerment, detailing her experiences rebuilding her life and pursuing higher education. Her story, sparked by a pivotal question, led to a 40-year career focused on resilience and…
- The Power of Creative Healing: Awakening Your True Self Through Art
Cynthia James interviews Helen Bradley, a creative life coach and founder of Playful Art Studio. They discuss how art, through painting, journaling, and movement, can facilitate inner healing, silence the inner critic, process emotions, an…
- Why ‘Good Girls’ Stay Stuck: Breaking the Cycle of People-Pleasing and Self-Betrayal
In this episode of Women Awakening, host Cynthia James and guest Margarita Kogan discuss how societal conditioning teaches women to be people-pleasers at their own expense. They explore how releasing this "good girl" mentality, healing emo…
- Maternal Resilience & Healing: Self-Care Practices for Modern Motherhood
In this episode of Women Awakening, host Cynthia James talks with Susana Jones, a yoga therapist and founder of Shakti Urbana, about maternal resilience. They discuss how motherhood can be a spiritual practice and explore self-care rituals…
- Sacred Spaces: Empowering Women Through Real Estate & Energy
In this episode of Women Awakening, host Cynthia James talks with realtor Edith Espinola about how the spaces women inhabit reflect their energy and dreams. Espinola shares insights on transforming real estate transactions into acts of sel…
- Empowered by Words: Healing & Self-Discovery Through Writing
In this episode of Women Awakening, host Cynthia James features Diane Hartman, discussing how writing and travel have been instrumental in processing childhood trauma, navigating life transitions, and fostering creativity for personal grow…
- The Silent Killer: How Stress and Racism Harm Women’s Health
Dr. Andrea Sullivan discusses with host Cynthia James how stress, sexism, and racism harm women's health. She explains the links between stress hormones, inflammation, the immune system, and chronic diseases, emphasizing the role of racism…
- Women’s Health Secrets: Natural Remedies for a Better Life
In this episode of Women Awakening, host Cynthia James talks with Dr. Andrea Sullivan, a Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine, about women's health. They discuss how factors like sexism, racism, and stress affect women's bodies, the importance…
- Soul Healing & Energy Flow: Reconnect with Your True Self
Sarah Brown Haté shares her journey into soul healing, prompted by childhood sensitivities and a health crisis. The episode explores the meaning of "soul-based healing," the wisdom of intimate circles, and awakening energy flow, offering g…
- Empty Nest Women: Reclaiming Confidence and Purpose
In this episode of Women Awakening, host Cynthia James talks with Cindee Williams about her personal experience with the empty nest transition. Cindee shares how she rediscovered her purpose and now helps other women do the same using tool…
- Owning Your Power: Amplifying Presence, Purpose, and Heart
In this episode of Women Awakening, host Cynthia James talks with Racheryl McCrary about her transition from performing artist to spiritual director and executive coach. They explore how theater skills influence executive presence, the imp…
- The Power Within Stephanie James on Healing, Self-Discovery, and Purpose
On Women Awakening, Cynthia James and Stephanie James discuss living a fulfilling life, inner guidance, and the power of storytelling in healing. Stephanie shares insights from her journey through heartbreak and her daughter's influence on…
- The Love Messenger: From Mess to Message, Embodying the Sacred Now
Ann Jonas, known as The Love Messenger, shares on Women Awakening with Cynthia James how the loss of her mother led to her spiritual awakening and a life dedicated to healing. She guides women through her Lotus Path to deepen self-connecti…
- Reclaiming Power After Trauma Through Healing, Advocacy & Owning Your Voice
Heidi Yewman shares her journey of advocacy and healing after the Columbine High School tragedy, where she lost her coach. She discusses turning her trauma into advocacy, writing books like "Beyond the Bullet," directing "Behind the Bullet…
- The Power of Self-Sovereignty: How Women Are Redefining Success on Their Own Terms
In this episode, Cynthia James and leadership coach Busisiwe Hlatswayo explore self-sovereignty, which involves owning one's authority and releasing patterns like people-pleasing and burnout. Hlatswayo shares her journey and how she assist…
- Success Blueprint For Working Moms
Kym Insana, founder of AlwaysOn Digital, discusses her experience building a multi-million dollar business, emphasizing flexibility and balance for working parents. She aims to empower parents to integrate career success with family life.
- Being Present: Self Coaching Tools Sheila Carmichael
Sheila Carmichael, author of Presence: Self-Coaching Strategies to Ignite Your Authentic Leadership, shares her journey and expertise on authentic leadership and self-coaching with host Cynthia James on Women Awakening. They discuss how up…
- Healing Through Color: How Artist Heather Eck Uses Synesthesia to Transform Emotion into Art
In this episode of Women Awakening, host Cynthia James speaks with multimedia artist Heather Eck about her experience with synesthesia. Eck explains how she interprets emotions and energy through color, using her art, guided by the chakra…
- Discovering Me: The Adult Autism Journey
Sylvia Moore Myers, founder of Gold Scars, LLC, shares her experience as an adult diagnosed with autism. With extensive certifications in mental health and grief recovery, she utilizes her S.C.A.R. framework and 7 to Heal Method to guide o…
- Building Collaborations in Africa
Cindy Dibete shares her experience as a Corporate Governance Strategist and Non-Executive Director. She founded a Foundation for Divine Conversations and leverages her global travel experience to assemble Advisory Boards for her consultanc…
- Get Balanced and Happy
Dr. Marissa, an Organizational Psychologist, Inspirational Speaker, and author, joins Cynthia James on Women Awakening to discuss happiness and balance.
- World Schooling: Raising Global Children
Andi Almond, a global communications leader and author, shares insights on worldschooling and raising global children. She advocates for expanding travel and learning opportunities, drawing from her family's experiences and her book, "The…
- Cynthia with Founder and Director of the Therapeutic Yoga Training Program Cheri Clampett
Cheri Clampett, founder of the Therapeutic Yoga Training Program, shares her extensive experience in teaching yoga for healing and recovery. She has presented Therapeutic Yoga at medical centers and initiated a yoga program at a cancer cen…
- Intuitive Strategy: Where Purpose Meets Prosperity
This episode features an Intuitive Business Architect with over 25 years of experience. She discusses aligning life purpose with business genius to overcome limitations and achieve prosperity, drawing on her work with thousands of clients…
- Shatter Self Emposed Limitations: Elevate Succes
Grace Redman, an entrepreneur and success coach, joins Cynthia James on Women Awakening to discuss overcoming self-imposed limitations. Redman shares how her experiences, including economic downturns, a pandemic, and personal health challe…