Curious With Sonia
Claim This Podcastby Sonia Houria Rivas
Podcast Overview
<p><b>Curious With Sonia is a long-form exploration of the human experience.</b><br />Hosted by <b>Sonia Houria Rivas</b>, integrative inner-work guide and cultural bridge between ancestral wisdom and modern life, the podcast brings together thinkers, healers, creators, athletes, and everyday people with extraordinary stories to explore how humans grow, adapt, connect, and heal.</p><p></p><p>Each episode dives into the deeper layers of mind, body, emotion, culture, and nature - the places where meaning, resilience, and identity are shaped.</p><p></p><p><b>We explore themes such as:</b><br />• emotional resilience and nervous-system intelligence<br />• breathwork, embodiment, and movement practices<br />• cultural identity, belonging, and ancestral wisdom<br />• nature connection and its impact on wellbeing<br />• spirituality, creativity, fear, and purpose<br />• relationships, community, and collective healing</p><p></p><p><b>The mission:</b><br />To help listeners understand themselves more deeply and navigate life with groundedness, clarity, and compassion.</p><p></p><p>This podcast invites you to remember your true nature; to reconnect with your inner intelligence, honour cultural and ecological wisdom, and rediscover the courage already alive within you.</p><p></p><p>No quick fixes.<br />Just honest, spacious conversations that honour complexity and inspire transformation.</p><p></p><p>If you’re seeking meaningful dialogue that reflects the depth of being human, <b>Curious With Sonia</b> is your place to slow down, listen, and explore what truly shapes us.</p>
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June 21, 2026
She Built a $30M Company, Then Walked Away Because Success Felt Like a Prison | Shiran Faast
<p>What if the life that looks successful from the outside is the exact thing keeping you stuck?</p><p>In this episode, Sonia sits down with Shiran Faast, author of <i>Unstoppable Business Growth</i>, business transformation speaker, who built a $30 million company with her husband, won awards, and quietly felt like she was living in "a little prison."</p><p>Shiran shares how she ignored every signal for nine years. The ways she made herself smaller, the disconnect she felt every time she described what she did, the sense of being choked by an environment she'd outgrown. This is a raw conversation about why we stay in situations that aren't right for us, the fear of change, failure, and loss that keeps us frozen, and what it takes to make the leap when everything in you is terrified.</p><p>It works on two levels. If you're an employee, it's a guide to reading your own path: how to tell whether a job is a stepping stone toward something bigger or a place of stability you've chosen, and why naming that changes how you show up and what you walk away with. </p><p>If you're an employer, it's a reframe: when you understand what your people truly want from their lives and careers, you stop losing them, you build trust that makes a team stay through a crisis, and you keep the business healthy instead of waiting for the cracks to show up in the numbers a year too late.</p><p>If you've been calling yourself comfortable when you're really just scared, this one will mirror exactly where you are.</p><p>In this episode, you'll learn:</p><ul><li>Why you stay stuck in a role that looks "fine" on paper</li><li>The early signs you're on the wrong path</li><li>Alignment vs misalignment: the difference between successful and unstoppable</li><li>How to tell if your job is a stepping stone or stability, and why it matters</li><li>What keeps a business alive</li><li>The cost of not changing<p></p></li></ul><p>Chapters<br />00:00 Shiran's Journey of Transformation<br />04:59 Recognizing Signs of Misalignment<br />12:11 The Importance of Alignment in Business: Successful vs Unstoppable<br />18:36 Employee Engagement and Values, or How to Build a Team That Champions Your Company<br />24:28 Listening to the Cues When You've Outgrown Your Life<br />27:34 The Importance of Values in Business<br />29:19 Learning and Growth Through Diverse Experiences<br />31:39 Understanding Why Your Employee Is There and What Their Exit Strategy Is<br />35:32 Trust and Communication in the Workplace<br />40:31 Creating a Healthy Business Environment<br />46:05 The Fear of Change and Its Implications</p><p>I'd love to hear from you. What change have you been wanting to make but haven't been able to? What signal have you been ignoring?</p><p>If you're navigating a big life or career change and want support, explore the Inner Power Mentorship at <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://womenmakewaves.com.au" target="_blank">http://womenmakewaves.com.au</a></p><p></p><p>Connect with Shiran<br />🔗 Website: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.shiranfaast.com/" target="_blank">https://www.shiranfaast.com/</a></p><p>🌊 Connect with Sonia<br /><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://www.womenmakewaves.com.au" target="_blank">http://www.womenmakewaves.com.au</a><br /><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://www.soniahouria.com" target="_blank">http://www.soniahouria.com</a><br />📱 Instagram: @womenmakewaves_</p><p>🔗 Useful Links & Listeners' Discounts<br />🍄 SuperFeast, 20% off with code WMWHEALTH 👉 <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.superfeast.com.au/" target="_blank">https://www.superfeast.com.au/</a><br />🍫 Australian Ceremonial Cacao, 20% off with link 👉 <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.australianceremonialcacao.com/?ref=WMWHEALTH" target="_blank">https://www.australianceremonialcacao.com/?ref=WMWHEALTH</a></p>
May 23, 2026
Why You Can't Take Action Even When You Know What to Do (Fun Fact: You're Not Lazy)
<p>What if you're not lazy, not broken, and not self-sabotaging, but frozen?</p><p></p><p>You know what you need to do. You've known for a while. But no matter how hard you try, you can't seem to take action. You feel stuck in life and you can't move forward. That's not weakness. That's your nervous system in survival mode.</p><p>In this solo episode, Sonia Houria Rivas shares the deeply personal story of buying a plane ticket to Australia and not getting on that plane for two years, all while functioning, going to work, and taking care of everyone around her, but slowly losing herself in the process.</p><p>From people pleasing and over-functioning to crashing so hard she slept for three months, this episode unpacks what the freeze response actually looks like when you're still showing up on the outside but completely shut down on the inside, and why "feel the fear and do it anyway" doesn't work when your nervous system doesn't feel safe.</p><p>This is not just a story. It's a powerful breakdown of why you can't take action even when you know what to do, and what actually helps you get unstuck.</p><p></p><p>In this episode, you'll learn:</p><ul><li>Why you feel stuck and can't take action even when you know exactly what you need to do</li><li>What the freeze response really is and why it gets mistaken for procrastination or self-sabotage</li><li>Why "feel the fear and do it anyway" backfires when your nervous system is dysregulated</li><li>How people pleasing and over-functioning lead to burnout, emotional exhaustion, and losing yourself</li><li>What functional freeze looks like, still going through the motions but feeling numb, disconnected, and empty inside</li><li>Why you can't think your way out of a freeze response and why willpower isn't enough</li><li>The practical tools that help, breathwork, nervous system regulation, grounding, and reconnecting with joy, so your body feels safe enough to move</li><li>Why making big life changes feels so scary, especially when it's tied to childhood patterns and fear of the unknown<p></p><p>If you feel stuck, if you've been calling yourself lazy or wondering what's wrong with you, if you're scared of making a big life change but you know you can't stay where you are, this episode will change how you see yourself. Your freeze is not the problem. It's information.</p></li></ul><p>You're not broken. You just need to feel safe enough to move.</p><hr /><p>Chapters</p><p>00:00 I Bought a Plane Ticket and Didn't Get On It for 2 Years </p><p>02:30 Why You Can't Take Action Even When You Know What to Do</p><p>05:00 Why "Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway" Doesn't Work 07:30 People Pleasing, Over-Functioning and Losing Yourself </p><p>14:00 What Functional Freeze and Burnout Actually Look Like </p><p>18:00 Your Freeze Response Is Not Weakness, It's Your Nervous System Protecting You </p><p>22:00 How Nervous System Regulation Helped My Client Get Unstuck </p><p>26:00 How to Get Out of Freeze: Breathwork, Grounding and Reconnecting with Joy </p><p>32:00 Making a Big Life Change from Desire, Not Survival</p><hr /><p>I'd love to hear what change you're navigating right now. What step have you been wanting to take but haven't been able to?</p><p>If you're navigating this and want support, explore the Inner Power Mentorship at <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://womenmakewaves.com.au" target="_blank">http://womenmakewaves.com.au</a></p><hr /><p>🔗 Useful Links & Listeners' Discounts</p><p>🍄 SuperFeast — 20% off all products with code WMWHEALTH 👉 <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.superfeast.com.au/" target="_blank">https://www.superfeast.com.au/</a></p><p>🍫 Australian Ceremonial Cacao — 20% off with link: 👉 <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.australianceremonialcacao.com/?ref=WMWHEALTH" target="_blank">https://www.australianceremonialcacao.com/?ref=WMWHEALTH</a></p>
March 28, 2026
From Car Accident to Competitive Surfer: Natalia Vindas on Reinventing Happiness
<p>In seconds, Natalia Vindas went from a 20-year-old civil engineer to a woman who couldn't move her legs. After two years of fighting to walk again, she made a different choice - she let go, moved to the ocean, and learned to surf from a wheelchair. </p><p></p><p>Now she's a competitive para surfer, accessibility consultant, and proof that the ocean doesn't care about your disability. In this conversation, we talk about what it really takes to reinvent your life, why asking for help changed everything, and the visualisation practice she uses before every surf session to leave her stress on the shore.</p><p></p><p><b>Connect with Natalia</b>: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://nataliavindas.com/" target="_blank">https://nataliavindas.com/</a></p><p></p><p><b>Connect with Sonia</b>🌊 Website: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://www.womenmakewaves.com.au" target="_blank">http://www.womenmakewaves.com.au</a> 📱 Instagram: @womenmakewaves_</p><p></p><p><b>Listeners' Discounts<br /></b>🍄 <i>SuperFeast</i> — 20% off all products with code <i>WMWHEALTH</i> 👉 <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://www.superfeast.com.au" target="_blank">http://www.superfeast.com.au</a><br />🍫 <i>Australian Ceremonial Cacao</i> — 20% off with link 👉 <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://www.australianceremonialcacao" target="_blank">http://www.australianceremonialcacao</a>....</p><hr /><p><i>Keywords:</i> adaptive surfing, para surfing, spinal cord injury recovery, wheelchair surfing, disability and travel, accessible travel Costa Rica, reinventing life after injury, women surfers, accessibility consultant, natural health, essential oils for healing, mindset and surfing, asking for help, Barcelona accessibility, nervous system, Women Make Waves, Natalia Vindas, Sonia Houria</p><p></p><p><b><i>Chapters</i> </b></p><p>00:00 Reinventing Life After Injury </p><p>05:33 Accessibility Challenges in Costa Rica </p><p>08:33 The Accident and Its Aftermath </p><p>11:33 Finding Freedom in the Ocean </p><p>14:17 Competitive Surfing and Achievements </p><p>17:24 Mindset and Competition </p><p>20:20 The Importance of Asking for Help </p><p>23:18 Traveling and Learning About Accessibility </p><p>26:16 Impact of Accessibility on Life </p><p>29:07 Conclusion and Future Aspirations </p><p>30:04 Redefining Design and Accessibility </p><p>33:16 Navigating Career Changes and New Paths </p><p>34:28 Health Challenges and Resilience </p><p>36:19 Embracing Natural Health Practices </p><p>38:14 Cultural Perspectives on Natural Remedies </p><p>41:43 Adventure and Accessibility in Costa Rica </p><p>46:17 Learning from Diverse Abilities </p><p>48:05 Life Lessons and Personal Growth</p>
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- What is Curious With Sonia?
<p><b>Curious With Sonia is a long-form exploration of the human experience.</b><br />Hosted by <b>Sonia Houria Rivas</b>, integrative inner-work guide and cultural bridge between ancestral wisdom and modern life, the podcast brings together thinkers, healers, creators, athletes, and everyday people with extraordinary stories to explore how humans grow, adapt, connect, and heal.</p><p></p><p>Each episode dives into the deeper layers of mind, body, emotion, culture, and nature - the places where meaning, resilience, and identity are shaped.</p><p></p><p><b>We explore themes such as:</b><br />• emotional resilience and nervous-system intelligence<br />• breathwork, embodiment, and movement practices<br />• cultural identity, belonging, and ancestral wisdom<br />• nature connection and its impact on wellbeing<br />• spirituality, creativity, fear, and purpose<br />• relationships, community, and collective healing</p><p></p><p><b>The mission:</b><br />To help listeners understand themselves more deeply and navigate life with groundedness, clarity, and compassion.</p><p></p><p>This podcast invites you to remember your true nature; to reconnect with your inner intelligence, honour cultural and ecological wisdom, and rediscover the courage already alive within you.</p><p></p><p>No quick fixes.<br />Just honest, spacious conversations that honour complexity and inspire transformation.</p><p></p><p>If you’re seeking meaningful dialogue that reflects the depth of being human, <b>Curious With Sonia</b> is your place to slow down, listen, and explore what truly shapes us.</p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
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