by Fini Cooper
Emerge is a podcast about the moments that break us open and the practices that help us put ourselves back together. Hosted by Fini Cooper, a breathwork teacher and somatic guide, each episode brings you unfiltered conversations with people who've turned challenge into transformation. Come for the stories, stay for the wisdom, and leave with practices to support your own healing, growth, and emergence.
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August 3, 2026
<p>Most of what you think today, you already thought yesterday. The same fear, the same loop, circling back before you've even noticed it's happened again.</p><p>In this first solo episode of a new shorter series, I sit with something I come back to in my own life too: what if the goal was never to be free from fearful thoughts? I get into why your brain isn't actually built for your happiness (it's built to keep you alive), why you can't reason your way out of a fear, and what to do instead when you don't have an hour to sit with it properly.</p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://thebreathway.com/podcast"><u>DOWNLOAD YOUR FREE 16-MINUTE GUIDED BREATHWORK AUDIO HERE</u></a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Connect with Fini Cooper:</strong></p><p>Instagram:<a href="https://www.instagram.com/thebreathway/"> <u>@thebreathway</u></a> &<a href="https://www.instagram.com/emerge.podcast/"> <u>@emerge.podcast</u></a></p><p>Website:<a href="http://thebreathway.com"> <u>thebreathway.com</u></a></p><p><br></p><p>In this episode, you'll hear me unpack:</p><ul><li><p>Why fear isn't a flaw, it's an old survival system still running, unsupervised</p></li><li><p>How childhood shapes how hard your brain scans for danger, even years later, even with a "good enough" upbringing</p></li><li><p>Why reasoning and willpower don't work when your body is in the wrong state</p></li><li><p>The three things that actually build your state, and why your body comes before your thoughts, not after</p></li><li><p>What happens in your nervous system when you simply name what you're feeling</p></li><li><p>Why your heart has its own nervous system, over 40,000 neurons of it, and how it's constantly talking to your brain</p></li><li><p>A short practice you can do in the moment, using breath, gratitude, and awareness, to change your state and loosen a looping thought's grip on you</p></li></ul><p><br></p><p>If your mind tends to loop on the same fear over and over, this episode will help you understand why that's happening, and give you something to actually do about it, right there in the moment.</p><p>For more grounding practices and tools to help you come home to yourself, get on Fini's newsletter and download the free breathwork practice:<a href="https://thebreathway.com/podcast"> <u>https://thebreathway.com/podcast</u></a></p><p><br></p>
July 20, 2026
<p>You are not separate from what you're trying to call into your life. That's the truth Sophie Kish sits with in this episode, and it changes everything once you actually let it in.</p><p>Sophie spent a year and a half on Tony Robbins' team, working directly with surgeons, founders, and Fortune 100 executives, watching the same pattern show up again and again: it's never really about what we do. It's about who we believe we are underneath it.</p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://thebreathway.com/podcast"><strong>DOWNLOAD YOUR FREE 16-MINUTE GUIDED BREATHWORK AUDIO HERE</strong><u> </u></a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Connect with Sophie Kish:</strong></p><p>Website:<a href="https://www.sophierosekish.com"> <u>https://www.sophierosekish.com</u></a></p><p>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sophiekish/?hl=en"><u>@sophiekish</u></a></p><p>Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sophierosekish/"><u>@sophierosekish</u></a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Connect with Fini Cooper:</strong></p><p>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thebreathway/"><u>@thebreathway</u></a> & <a href="https://www.instagram.com/emerge.podcast/"><u>@emerge.podcast</u></a></p><p>Website: <a href="http://thebreathway.com"><u>thebreathway.com</u></a></p><p><br></p><p>In this conversation, you'll hear Sophie unpack:</p><p><br></p><ul><li><p>Why 80% of transformation is identity and only 20% is action, and what that means for the goals you're chasing</p></li><li><p>The difference between fixing yourself and expanding your capacity to hold all of who you are</p></li><li><p>Her practice "Dancing with the Darkness" and how shadow work becomes embodiment, not just insight</p></li><li><p>Why the fear of being fully seen is ancient, and how it quietly runs your relationships and your work</p></li><li><p>The shift from "boss babe" hustle to feminine power that doesn't burn you out</p></li><li><p>How to tell the difference between your comfort zone and your actual safety</p></li></ul><p><br></p><p>If you've ever felt like you keep circling the same lesson, this episode will help you understand why, and how to finally let it land in your body instead of just your head.</p><p>For more grounding practices and tools to help you come home to yourself, get on Fini's newsletter and download the free breathwork practice:<a href="https://thebreathway.com/podcast"> <u>https://thebreathway.com/podcast</u></a></p><p><br></p>
July 13, 2026
<p>What happens when the moments you can't explain are the ones that shape you the most?</p><p>In this episode of Emerge, I sit down with Lucy Shelby, a trained spiritual psychosomatic coach, clown, healer, and artist. She holds an MFA in ensemble-based physical theater, has certificates in various healing modalities, and has been teaching hot yoga for over 18 years. Lucy is also a writer, producer, and creator of many shows in New York City and beyond, and one of her proudest achievements was working with Clowns Without Borders, performing for over 10,000 children in Ecuador and Zimbabwe.</p><p>Lucy's connection to mysticism began not in adulthood, but as a young child. From an early age, she had experiences that had no explanation: a sister who saw what no one else could see, a hand that appeared out of nowhere to save someone from falling. And alongside those experiences, she was also learning, the hard way, what happens when openness isn't paired with boundaries.</p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://thebreathway.com/podcast"><strong>DOWNLOAD YOUR FREE 16-MINUTE GUIDED BREATHWORK AUDIO HERE</strong><u> </u></a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Where to Find Lucy Shelby:</strong></p><ul><li><p>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/the_clownwitch/"><u>@the_clownwitch</u></a></p></li><li><p>Website: <a href="http://lucyshelby.com"><u>lucyshelby.com</u></a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.lucyshelby.com/so/d8Pyps1Zw?languageTag=en"><u>Miss American Dreams Newsletter</u></a></p></li></ul><p><strong>Connect with Fini Cooper:</strong></p><ul><li><p>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thebreathway/"><u>@thebreathway</u></a> & <a href="https://www.instagram.com/emerge.podcast/"><u>@emerge.podcast</u></a></p></li><li><p>Website: <a href="http://thebreathway.com"><u>thebreathway.com</u></a></p></li></ul><p><br></p><p>This conversation is for you if you've ever had an experience you couldn't explain, and didn't know what to do with it.</p><p>Maybe you've felt something and had no language for it. Maybe you've been the "open" one, the one who says yes too easily, who struggles to set a boundary even when something feels off. Maybe you've confused being spiritual with being endlessly available, to people, to energy, to everything.</p><p>Lucy shares how her early mystical experiences sat alongside real chaos, including getting sober after years of using alcohol to stay wide open without discernment, and what it took to learn that being spiritual and having boundaries aren't opposites.</p><p>We talk about the difference between judgment and discernment, why some of the most outwardly "spiritual" people are the least embodied, the archetype of the sacred clown, the fool who turns out to be the wisest one in the room, and a reframe of suicidal ideation that stopped me in my tracks: not a desire to leave, but a soul that hadn't yet felt safe choosing to be here.</p><p>So if you're someone who feels things deeply, who's had experiences you've never quite known what to do with, this episode is an invitation to hold both: the mystery and the boundary, the openness and the safety.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>In this episode, we explore:</strong></p><p><br></p><ul><li><p>Lucy's mystical childhood experiences, and what it's like to grow up with a real connection to mysticism</p></li><li><p>The difference between judgment and discernment</p></li><li><p>Why openness without boundaries can lead to real danger</p></li><li><p>What getting sober taught Lucy about energetic boundaries</p></li><li><p>Why the most embodied people aren't always the ones who "look" spiritual</p></li><li><p>The archetype of the sacred clown, and what it teaches us about wisdom</p></li><li><p>A new way to understand suicidal ideation, as a soul seeking safety, not an exit</p></li><li><p>How to integrate spiritual practices into everyday life</p></li><li><p>A grounding practice to feel expanded and protected at the same time</p></li></ul><p><br></p>
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Emerge is a podcast about the moments that break us open and the practices that help us put ourselves back together. Hosted by Fini Cooper, a breathwork teacher and somatic guide, each episode brings you unfiltered conversations with people who've turned challenge into transformation.
Come for the stories, stay for the wisdom, and leave with practices to support your own healing, growth, and emergence.
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