Join Courtney McKenna - musician, marketer and community builder - as she shares her personal experience with music and wellness. Along the way she is joined by experts in the fields of Music, Science, Religion, and Spirituality. This podcast provides inspirational stories of transformation and practical tools to help you improve your life and achieve your goals.
Music Is My Mantra
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Join Courtney McKenna - musician, marketer and community builder - as she shares her personal experience with music and wellness. Along the way she is joined by experts in the fields of Music, Science, Religion, and Spirituality. This podcast provides inspirational stories of transformation and practical tools to help you improve your life and achieve your goals.
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Recent Episodes
November 10, 2025
Susanah Stokes - From Millitary to Mindfulness Teacher
<p>🎙️ New episode of Music Is My Mantra is here — Episode #44 is a journey from the battlefield to embodied healing. I’m joined by Susanna Stokes — former Marine Corps officer, Afghanistan veteran, and now mindfulness teacher and energy priestess guiding others through transformation.</p><p>Susanna shares how music was a lifeline during deployments, how moments of disillusionment cracked open her path to deeper truth, and how plant medicine, ceremony, and song became tools for healing and service. Today, she blends her military discipline with spiritual wisdom to help others reclaim peace, purpose, and connection.</p><p><br></p><p>🎙️ Episode Highlights:</p><p>🔹 Growing up in a military family and serving two tours in Afghanistan</p><p>🔹 Finding medicine in song and music during deployment</p><p>🔹 The breaking point that shifted her perspective on war and service</p><p>🔹 From Facebook corporate life to spiritual awakening in the Bay Area</p><p>🔹 Guiding others through psychedelics, ceremony, and conscious embodiment</p><p><br></p><p>💡 Takeaways:</p><p>🌱 Healing begins when you reclaim your voice and spirit</p><p>🎶 Music carries us through survival, faith, and freedom</p><p>💫 Transformation often comes from breaking open</p><p>🔥 True service is guiding others into wholeness</p><p><br></p><p>🎧 Listen now to Episode #44 — From Military to Mindfulness Teacher with Susanna Stokes:</p><p>🌐 Website: https://courtneymckenna.rocks/podcast</p><p><br></p><p>📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/courtneymckenna/</p><p><br></p><p>🎥 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@courtneymckenarocks</p><p><br></p><p>P.S. If you’ve ever wondered how to turn pain into profound purpose, Susanna’s story is proof that healing is possible. ✨</p>
November 3, 2025
Tim Thomas - Breathwork In Bed
<p>🎙️ New episode of Music Is My Mantra is here — Episode 43 takes us from the battlefield to the breath. I’m joined by Tim Thomas, former Australian Special Forces commando turned breathwork teacher, who discovered in the silence of combat that the breath is life’s hidden rhythm.</p><p>After facing PTSD, adrenal fatigue, and near-death exhaustion, Tim transformed his pain into purpose — creating the Breathwork in Bed app to help others reclaim rest, energy, and peace. His story is raw, real, and a powerful reminder that the simplest tool we have — our breath — can unlock the resilience and restoration we’ve been searching for.</p><p><br></p><p>🎙️ Episode Highlights:</p><p>🔹 Lessons from combat: the human spirit under extreme pressure</p><p>🔹 Why mental health is often a physical disconnect problem</p><p>🔹 The link between poor sleep, burnout, and self-worth</p><p>🔹 Simple breathwork tools to reset stress and unlock energy</p><p>🔹 How breath becomes the soil for our dormant gifts to flourish</p><p><br></p><p>💡 Takeaways:</p><p>🌱 Sleep is the foundation of creativity, connection, and healing</p><p>💨 Breath is a chemical override that restores balance instantly</p><p>🔥 Rest isn’t weakness — it’s the real performance edge</p><p>💫 We all carry ancestral strength waiting to be awakened</p><p><br></p><p>🎧 Listen now to Episode #43 — “Breathwork In Bed with Tim Thomas”:</p><p>🌐 Website: courtneymckenna.rocks/podcast</p><p><br></p><p>📸 Instagram: @courtneymckenna</p><p><br></p><p>🎥 TikTok: @courtneymckenarocks</p><p><br></p><p>P.S. If you’ve ever thought rest was optional or felt trapped in burnout, Tim’s story will show you how breath can be your greatest ally. ✨</p>
October 27, 2025
Mendeleyev - An Improved Life & Circle Singing
<p>🎙️ New Podcast Episode of Music Is My Mantra – Episode #42, and it’s a deep dive into music, community, and creative freedom. I’m joined by Mendeleyev — baritone singer-songwriter, producer, and voice improvisation facilitator — whose career has taken him from The Voice (Team John Legend) to opening for Ben Harper, Jackson Browne, and Madison Cunningham, to leading circle singing communities in Los Angeles</p><p>Trained by Bobby McFerrin, Mendeleyev blends improvisation, folk, funk, and electronic sounds into storytelling that’s raw, playful, and transformative. In this conversation, we explore how communal singing opens doors to healing, why vulnerability is essential to artistry, and how experimenting with formats (like his album In Waves) can reshape how we experience music</p><p><br></p><p>🎙️ Episode Highlights:</p><p>🔹 The power of circle singing and carrying forward Bobby McFerrin’s legacy</p><p>🔹 How community singing breaks down barriers and invites play</p><p>🔹 Stories from Harmonize, his LA-based vocal improv collective</p><p>🔹 The making of In Waves and reimagining one song across 15+ styles</p><p>🔹 Lessons from collaboration, improvisation, and living in creative “flow”</p><p><br></p><p>💡 Takeaways:</p><p>🌱 Music is a playground — improvisation reconnects us with joy</p><p>🎶 Community and call-and-response can heal self-consciousness</p><p>💫 Innovation in format creates deeper listening experiences</p><p>🔥 Authentic expression transcends genre and expectation</p><p><br></p><p>🎧 Listen now to Episode #42 — “An Improved Life & Circle Singing” with Mendeleyev:</p><p>🌐 Website: courtneymckenna.rocks/podcast</p><p><br></p><p>📸 Instagram: @courtneymckenna</p><p><br></p><p>🎥 TikTok: @courtneymckenarocks</p><p><br></p><p>P.S. If you’ve ever wondered what happens when music, play, and community collide — this episode will inspire you to step into the circle. ✨</p>
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