Sensitive Matters is a podcast that features gentle conversations on sensitive, important matters such as mental health, conscious consumerism, sexuality, spirituality, ethical business, and more.

The conversations are hosted by Christina Zipperlen a highly sensitive person, somatic coach, the founder & designer of the Bali-based jewelry brand Ananda Soul, psychology student, and mental health & LGBTQAI+ advocate.

Join her as she brings other empaths, perceptive people, creatives, unique projects, and sensitive matters into the spotlight for these insightful conversations recorded from her home in Bali.

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Episode 10 | What it really means to love yourself with Gina Swire

From Model to Mentor – welcome to this truly inspiring episode of the Sensitive Matters podcast. Gina Swire shares her personal story as a former plus-size model that finds her own way in this world with the help of the most profound relationship there is the one with yourself.

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Episode 9 | All about nourishment of body and soul with Chef Cynthia Louise

Welcome to another yummy episode of the Sensitive Matters podcast. We are ringing in the New Year with my dear friend Chef Cynthia Louise, who is sharing with us all about her personal journey in life, with food and the healing impact it had on herself and others.

Cynthia Louise is a qualified whole food chef that is leading the whole food revolution with edible plant recipes offering real food that nourishes and heals you from the inside.

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Episode 8 | Michaela Boehm on connection, self-pleasure, love & relationships

This month’s episode is particularly delicious! With Michaela Boehm as this month’s special guest on the Sensitive Matters podcast, we dive deep into the sensual world of the wild woman and speak about sensuality, self-pleasure, good sex and relationships and what it means to rewild yourself.

Michaela Boehm is an expert in intimacy, relationship and sexuality and has been active in this field for over 20 years.

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Episode 7 | Christina Zipperlen her Journey to Self

I am super excited to announce that this month, I myself will be the subject of this brand new episode of the Sensitive Matters podcast.

In this episode, you will learn more about my path, how I came about creating Ananda Soul Jewelry, what it means to live in today’s world as a highly sensitive being, what Sensitive Matters is really all about, and about my current journey as a psychology student and towards becoming a Somatics and embodiment coach.

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Episode 6 | On Mental Health and Self Love

In our newest episode we speak with Andriani Marshanda, better known as Marsha. Marsha is an actress (with having acted in over 20 movies), a singer and songwriter in Indonesia.

Marsha has experienced an unbelievable journey around mental health. In this episode she shares with us what it means to grow up in the limelight, about mental health disorders and what it feels like to be under public pressure to appear perfect. This is the story of how she became a passionate advocate for mental health and spiritual wellbeing.

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Special Episode - Yoga Nidra for Mental Health with Emily Kuser

In this special episode, we will share a free Yoga Nidra meditation. Yoga Nidra, known as the 'Yogic sleep' is an ancient practice that invokes deep relaxation and calmness of the heart. We have teamed up with the beautiful Emily Kuser, a dear friend, a wonderful Yoga teacher in the fields of Classical Tantra, Hatha Yoga, Somatics and Integrated Sexuality and self-care. I have known Emily for over 12 years and she is one of my dearest and closest friends, working her magic throughout the entire world with her offerings and her fun and honest approach.

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Episode 5 | The Yoga of Life with Meghan Currie

Most people know her for her body and mind bending presence on social media where she shares on the art of breath, consciousness, meditation, flow and on how she navigates this world in our human form. Beyond a yoga teacher, however, she is a mental health advocate and designer of a sustainable yoga clothing label.

In this episode, I speak with Meghan Currie about her yoga journey, mental health, humbleness, the intricacies of life, on how to trust our individual ride when we understand that we get to collaborate with life at all times.

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Episode 4 | Beyond the stars with Paula Shaw

Episode 4 takes us beyond the stars. I am speaking with Paula Shaw, an intuitive psychic and astrologer who has offered over 15.000 sessions in 10 years, changing people’s lives through accompanying them on their journeys through healing, clarity and their highest potential. 

Paula has been a wonderful guide for me through our universe, ever since I met her in Bali 8 years ago.

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Episode 3 | Ayurveda – About the science of life with Dr. Sujatha

The 3rd episode of the #changetheworldalittlepodcast introduces Dr. Sujatha Kekada, an Ayurvedic doctor and the Co-founder of Amrtasiddhi, an Ayurvedic retreat space in Ubud, Bali, where I got to spend a week in the beginning of this year. In this episode we dive deep into the realm of Ayurveda, the science of life.

We tackle the history of Ayurveda, speak about her own, personal path with it and illuminate the connection point between body, mind and spirit and how imbalance can put the body into a state of ‘dis-ease’.

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Episode 2 | 'Unstuck, transform and grow' with Marina Kolaric

The 2nd episode of our #changetheworldalittlepodcast leads us to another dear person in my life: Marina Kolaric.

Marina is an inspiring therapist, psychologist and coach specialised on Mindfulness-Based Addiction Recovery (MBAR) and ‘Compassionate Inquiry’, a therapy approach by Gabor Mate. 

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EPISODE 1 | ‘The practice of presence’ with Kat Dawes

In this episode I sit with my dear friend Kat Dawes, Now-Ninja, Speaker and audacious promoter of the present moment. As the creator of 'Nowism' she promotes the NOW and teaches people to use their superpower and what it means to audaciously invest in the higher vibrations for the purpose of activating our inherent potential.

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