Welcome to Deeper Threads, a podcast exploring what lies beneath the surface - in ourselves and in the world. I’m Lara Charles, author of Joy, Regardless. Alongside wise and inspiring guests, I explore life’s big questions, the inner landscapes we often overlook and the outdated scripts that shape our lives - all in service of returning to our wholeness. Because wholeness is where real change begins. Episodes drop the 10th of every month (except Jan and Feb - I'm on summer holidays!). <br/><br/><a href="https://laracharles.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast">laracharles.substack.com</a>
Podcast Overview
Welcome to Deeper Threads, a podcast exploring what lies beneath the surface - in ourselves and in the world. I’m Lara Charles, author of Joy, Regardless. Alongside wise and inspiring guests, I explore life’s big questions, the inner landscapes we often overlook and the outdated scripts that shape our lives - all in service of returning to our wholeness. Because wholeness is where real change begins. Episodes drop the 10th of every month (except Jan and Feb - I'm on summer holidays!). <br/><br/><a href="https://laracharles.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast">laracharles.substack.com</a>
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June 9, 2026
What If Your Period Was Trying to Tell You Something (and you just weren't taught to listen) with Astrid Serpentine
<p>This episode is centred around the menstrual cycle, but please don’t let that stop you if that’s not where you are in life. Because at its core, this conversation is about something much bigger. It’s about how we orient our lives. And when we’ve spent decades orienting ourselves around everyone and everything else (our work, our families, what the world expects of us) we can lose the thread back to ourselves entirely. So that question of how we orient our lives becomes inseparable from the deeper one - who am I, really?</p><p>I’m joined by Astrid Serpentine, a menstrual educator who offers workshops and women’s circles to help women embody the fullness of themselves. Astrid trained at the School of Shamanic Womancraft and brings a rare combination of wisdom, warmth and radical honesty to everything she shares. She is also a writer, singer and actress and at the end of our conversation we talk about how all of that is coming together in her upcoming musical, Blood.</p><p>Astrid introduces us to the idea of the menstrual map, the way our cycle mirrors the four seasons, and how living in rhythm with that map can bring us back to ourselves in the most profound and unexpected ways.</p><p>In this episode, we discuss:</p><p>* The four phases of the menstrual cycle and what each season is asking of us emotionally, physically and spiritually</p><p>* Why the linear model of life as we know it goes against our very nature</p><p>* How our period is a readout of how we treat ourselves and how we allow others to treat us</p><p>* What perimenopause is here to teach us</p><p>* How honoring our cycle within our families creates a ripple effect of respect and compassion</p><p>* The maiden, mother, crown and crone, and how the cycle of womanhood mirrors the monthly cycle</p><p>This conversation cracked something open in me. I actually practiced what Astrid taught and followed my own cycle with intention, and what came up genuinely surprised me. I share that in the outro, so please stay until the end.</p><p>My hope is that this conversation opens up the possibility that when we begin to live in harmony with our cycle, we aren’t just syncing with nature, we are actually starting to reclaim ourselves. To come home to who we truly are.</p><p>This is a conversation for any woman who has ever felt lost, depleted or disconnected from herself and wondered why. It’s for any man who suspects the world we’ve built isn’t working, and wonders if there’s another way. The answer, it turns out, might be closer than we think.</p><p>Love Lara x</p><p>🔗 Subscribe to Deeper Threads for more conversations, reflections and to ask questions: <a target="_blank" href="https://laracharles.substack.com/">laracharles.substack.com</a></p><p>🔗 Follow Astrid on socials: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/astrid.serpentine">Instragram</a></p><p>🔗 Get my memoir, Joy, Regardless: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.com.au/Joy-Regardless-Memoir-Real-truths/dp/1763814319">https://laracharles.com/joy-regardless/</a></p> <br/><br/>Get full access to Deeper Threads at <a href="https://laracharles.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4">laracharles.substack.com/subscribe</a>
May 10, 2026
Everyone Talks About Launching a Book. Nobody Talks About the Post-Publication Crash
<p>Almost one year to the day since publishing Joy, Regardless, I’m sitting down alone with the microphone to share what this year has actually been. This episode may just be the most honest thing I’ve said out loud!</p><p>Everyone talks about launching a book, but nobody talks about what comes after. In this episode I name the post-publication crash - the disorienting gap between the dream and the reality - and trace it back to something I didn’t expect to find: a lifelong fear of disappointment so deeply buried I had simply mistaken it for drive and ambition.</p><p>In this episode I cover:</p><p>* The elation of publishing, and the crash that followed</p><p>* The pattern I thought I’d evolved past, but hadn’t</p><p>* The fear of disappointment that had been running my life from behind a curtain</p><p>* What happened when I finally said out loud: I am disappointed</p><p>* The difference between knowing the path and walking it</p><p>* Where wholeness actually lives</p><p>* The tools that have helped me this year</p><p>This one is for anyone who has done the brave thing - published something, started something, risked something - and then found themselves wondering why it didn’t look the way they imagined. It’s about the groove we wear into ourselves through years of running from feeling. The sirens of the mind calling us back to control. And what happens when we finally stop running and agree to feel it instead.</p><p>I also read the moment in the book when the part of me that is already enough begins, for the first time, to stir.</p><p>It’s an honest and deep reflection so i’d love to know if it resonates, please let me know in the comments.</p><p>Happy first birthday, Joy, Regardless! And if you’re listening on the 10th from down under - Happy Mother’s Day to all the women and mamas here! I see you. The ache you carry, the love you pour, and the quiet wondering if there is more to you than all of this. There is. There always was. And my greatest hope is that this podcast and this book walk alongside you on the journey home to yourself.</p><p>I am still walking that path home. But one thing is for sure - I am very glad you’re walking it with me.</p><p>🔗 Subscribe to Deeper Threads for more conversations, reflections and to ask questions: <a target="_blank" href="http://laracharles.substack.com">laracharles.substack.com</a></p><p>🔗 Follow me on socials: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/laracharleswrites">https://www.instagram.com/laracharleswrites</a></p><p>🔗 Get my memoir, Joy, Regardless: <a target="_blank" href="https://laracharles.com/joy-regardless/">https://laracharles.com/joy-regardless/</a></p><p>🔗 My favourite podcast this month: Gangaji - listen on <a target="_blank" href="https://open.spotify.com/show/50KoM9v92yPnQfA5GSsL5J">Spotify</a> or <a target="_blank" href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gangaji-podcasts/id569185235">Apple Podcasts</a></p><p></p> <br/><br/>Get full access to Deeper Threads at <a href="https://laracharles.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4">laracharles.substack.com/subscribe</a>
April 10, 2026
What Pulls a Good Man into the Manosphere? with Patrick Valero
<p>What pulls a good man into the manosphere, and what helps him find his way back?</p><p>After <a target="_blank" href="https://www.netflix.com/nz/title/81920687">Louis Theroux’s documentary</a>, I’ve been sitting with that question a lot. And if I’m honest, there was a time I would have rolled my eyes at it.</p><p>But that, my judging, only built a wall.</p><p>This conversation is a bridge.</p><p>I sit down with my cousin Patrick - a bodybuilder, an ex-soldier - who shares his experience of being drawn into the manosphere and, more importantly, what helped him step away.</p><p>In this episode, we talk about:</p><p>* How the voices of the manosphere can become appealing to good men</p><p>* How blame and feminism can be a pathway in</p><p>* The role of tech platforms and patriarchal systems in shaping behaviour</p><p>* How parenting and role models influence young boys and men</p><p>* Inner reckoning and therapy as tools for change</p><p>* How we help our young men choose a different path</p><p>* What healthier, more grounded masculinity can look like</p><p>Pat speaks so openly about his willingness to face the parts of himself that needed to change. And in doing so, he offers something powerful: an alternative to the manosphere, a masculinity rooted in both strength and humility.</p><p>If you’re raising boys, supporting young men, or simply trying to make sense of the world we’re living in, I think this conversation will speak to you. And if you’re grappling with the same question I have - what pulls a good man into the manosphere - this one’s for you.</p><p>More than anything, this conversation reminded me how important it is that we hear each other. And, yes, I consider myself a feminist, so there were a few moments where I could feel the part of me that judges wanting to perk up. But I put her aside so I could hear, truly hear, the humanity behind Pat’s story. And in setting aside my judgement, I felt nothing but compassion.</p><p>That’s why I really admire my cousin Pat for sharing his story, especially knowing it may be heard by people who may judge him.</p><p>But this is what he said: “If it helps even one man or young boy choose a different path, then I’m all in.”</p><p>So let’s jump in and build a bridge.</p><p>Heads-up: we do drop an F-bomb or two, so headphones are recommended if you’re listening near kids.</p><p>🔗 Subscribe to Deeper Threads for more conversations, reflections and to ask questions: <a target="_blank" href="https://laracharles.substack.com/">laracharles.substack.com</a></p><p>🔗 Follow Patrick on socials: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/patrick.valero_">Instragram</a></p><p>🔗 Get my memoir, Joy, Regardless: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.com.au/Joy-Regardless-Memoir-Real-truths/dp/1763814319">https://laracharles.com/joy-regardless/</a></p> <br/><br/>Get full access to Deeper Threads at <a href="https://laracharles.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4">laracharles.substack.com/subscribe</a>
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