Emerge with Fini Cooper

About Emerge with 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.

Publisher

Fini Cooper

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

17 Nov 2025

Latest episode

14 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

33 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   14 Sept 2026

   EP 33: Stuck in the Life You Thought You Wanted: How to Calm the Urgency, Listen to Your Body, and Let Your Path Find You

   What happens when you’ve done everything you were "supposed" to do, you’ve analyzed every childhood wound with different therapists, and you still feel completely joyless, contracted, and terrified to even walk to the tube? In this raw, unfiltered solo episode, I share the messy backstory of reaching an absolute breaking point in my early thirties. From crumbling under the weight of corporate psychology and bailing on a PhD to taking a bare-minimum admin gig just to survive the day, I was completely lost—and carrying the quiet heartbreak of watching my mum slip away into dementia. Then, one weekend, something finally snapped. I booked a one-way ticket to Bali not to "find myself," but because my soul simply couldn't tolerate my old reality for one more day. I also dive into why a decade of traditional talk therapy left me understanding all my patterns without actually changing a thing, the heart-shattering breathwork session that brought me back into my body, and why frantically scribbling your "strengths and weaknesses" on a lunch break will never uncover what your soul actually longs for. I also walk you through how to shift your stuck energy, listen to what's underneath that frantic urgency to have your life figured out right now, and finally stop chasing. Because you don’t need to outsource your answers to another expert or another life template. The answers aren’t coming from your head—they're waiting in your body. DOWNLOAD YOUR FREE 16-MINUTE GUIDED BREATHWORK AUDIO HERE (https://thebreathway.com/podcast) Connect with Fini Cooper: Instagram: @thebreathway (https://www.instagram.com/thebreathway/) & @emerge.podcast (https://www.instagram.com/emerge.podcast/) Website: thebreathway.com (http://thebreathway.com) In this episode, we explore: Hitting rock bottom in my early 30s, leaving a psychology PhD, and having zero idea what I was put on this earth to do The heartbreak of my mum’s dementia, carrying the guilt of leaving, and the moment I finally gave myself permission to heal Why you can have seven brilliant therapists who help you understand your story, yet still remain completely emotionally stuck The first breathwork session in Bali that cracked open my heart and revealed the massive missing piece: the body Why frantically listing your strengths and weaknesses on a piece of paper won't give you the calling your heart is actually craving Shifting just one single input in your daily routine to shock your nervous system out of autopilot Getting curious about the desperate inner urgency to "know now," and meeting the wounded part underneath that just wants safety and love Dismantling the sneaky stories running your life, like “I’ve left it too late” or “I’m not the kind of person who gets to do what they love” For more somatic practices to help you soften that inner urgency, shift out of autopilot, and reconnect with what your body already knows, join my newsletter and download my free 16-minute guided breathwork practice: https://thebreathway.com/podcast (https://thebreathway.com/podcast) A gift for podcast listeners: I’m still offering complimentary 75-minute Desire Discovery Sessions exclusively for my listeners—drop me a DM on Instagram (@thebreathway) or shoot me an email at fini@thebreathway.com to claim yours.

2. 

   7 Sept 2026

   EP 32: What Your Body Knows That Your Mind Doesn’t: Why We Numb, Resist and Struggle to Change with Megan Ashton

   What happens when you’ve tried everything to heal, and you’re starting to wonder if maybe you’re the problem? This week, I’m joined by breathwork facilitator and teacher Megan Ashton, whose own journey with breathwork began after years of searching for something that would finally make a difference. We talk about the experience that completely changed her relationship with healing, why breathwork can reach places that thinking and willpower sometimes can’t, and the importance of knowing when to move through resistance and when to listen to your body. We also get into some of the more nuanced questions around deeper breathwork, nervous system safety, emotional release, and why healing isn’t always about trying harder. Because sometimes the thing you’ve been trying so hard to fix might need something entirely different. In this episode, we explore: Megan’s years-long search for healing and the breathwork session in Bali that finally shifted something Why some calming breath practices can actually feel difficult when your nervous system is highly activated What conscious connected breathwork is and why it can create such a different experience from everyday breathing practices The difference between pushing through ordinary resistance and listening when your body is genuinely saying no Why coping mechanisms and addictive behaviours can be attempts to numb emotions we don’t know how to process Why trying to create change through willpower alone can leave us blaming ourselves when the pattern keeps returning How breathwork can help us reconnect with emotions, memories and parts of ourselves we’ve learned to suppress A simple breath-awareness practice you can bring into everyday moments of stress Megan’s story is a reminder that struggling to change something doesn’t automatically mean you’re lazy, undisciplined or somehow failing at healing. Sometimes the part of you repeating the pattern is trying to cope in the only way it knows how. And sometimes change begins not by fighting that part harder, but by creating enough safety to finally feel what has been underneath it. For more practices to help you reconnect with your body, regulate your nervous system and explore breathwork for yourself, download my free guided breathwork audio and join my newsletter: https://thebreathway.com/podcast (https://thebreathway.com/podcast) DOWNLOAD YOUR FREE 16-MINUTE GUIDED BREATHWORK AUDIO HERE (https://thebreathway.com/podcast) Where to Find Megan Ashton: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unitybreathwork/ (https://www.instagram.com/unitybreathwork/) Website: https://unitybreathwork.com/ (https://unitybreathwork.com/) Free Breathwork: https://unitybreathwork.com/free-breathwork-online/ (https://unitybreathwork.com/free-breathwork-online/) Connect with Fini Cooper: Instagram: @thebreathway (https://www.instagram.com/thebreathway/) & @emerge.podcast (https://www.instagram.com/emerge.podcast/) Website: thebreathway.com (http://thebreathway.com)

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   31 Aug 2026

   EP 31: Choosing a Life That’s Actually Yours with Charlotte Holmes

   What happens when you stop following the life you were taught to want, and start asking what you actually want instead? In this episode of Emerge, I sit down with Charlotte Holmes, yoga teacher and founder of Insight Out Yoga, for a conversation about questioning the paths we inherit, trusting what feels true for us, and learning to meet life with a little more openness. Charlotte has built a life that doesn't necessarily follow the traditional script. We talk about her decision not to have children and the question that helped her look at that choice differently: rather than simply asking “Do I want children?”, what happens when you ask “How would I live my life if I chose not to?” That question opens up a much bigger conversation about purpose, identity and the assumptions we rarely stop to question. We also explore Charlotte's relationship with India, how her understanding of yoga has evolved far beyond what happens on a mat, and why she believes spirituality isn't necessarily something we need to find. Sometimes it might be more about unlearning everything that took us away from it in the first place. And we talk about what these practices look like when life actually gets difficult. Charlotte shares what heartbreak taught her about staying open, choosing how we respond to pain, and why the practices aren't really for the moments when everything is going well. In this episode, we explore: Questioning the life path you've been taught to follow Charlotte's decision not to have children and the freedom she found in asking a different question Why yoga is much more than something you do on a mat Spirituality, embodiment and coming out of the thinking mind Staying open through heartbreak and difficult seasons The difference between pain and suffering Why the end of something doesn't mean the time was wasted A guided Breath of Light practice to reconnect with yourself There is a lot in this conversation about choice. Choosing what kind of life you want. Choosing how you meet the difficult parts of it. And perhaps most importantly, giving yourself permission to question whether the things you've always assumed you should want are actually yours. For more grounding practices to help you work with your nervous system rather than immediately believing every thought it throws at you, join my newsletter and download my free 16-minute guided breathwork practice: https://thebreathway.com/podcast (https://thebreathway.com/podcast) DOWNLOAD YOUR FREE 16-MINUTE GUIDED BREATHWORK AUDIO HERE (https://thebreathway.com/podcast) Where to Find Charlotte Holmes: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/misscharholmes/?hl=en (https://www.instagram.com/misscharholmes/?hl=en) Website: https://www.insightout.yoga/ (https://www.insightout.yoga/) App: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=breakthroughapps.com.insightoutyoga&hl=en (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=breakthroughapps.com.insightoutyoga&hl=en) Connect with Fini Cooper: Instagram: @thebreathway (https://www.instagram.com/thebreathway/) & @emerge.podcast (https://www.instagram.com/emerge.podcast/) Website: thebreathway.com (http://thebreathway.com)

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