What if you stopped settling—not just in love, but in every energetic exchange in your life? In this raw and radiant conversation with intuitive coach Courtney Sprung and writer Hermione Flavia, we unpack what it means to alchemize your patterns, call off the search, and become a vibrational match for what you truly want.

From dating apps and soulmates to shadow work, self-worth, and the energetic long game, this episode is a love letter to anyone tired of swiping and ready to feel the yes in their bones.

Together, we talk about:

* What it really means to define your cheese (yes, we go there)

* The shadow work behind soulmate-level love

* Why your vibe—not your city or app—shapes your romantic reality

* How to stop settling, start alchemizing, and become your own best friend

* And the feminine wisdom hidden in cycles of death, rebirth, and real healing

Whether you’re single, partnered, healing, or reimagining what love could look like—you’re not alone. This episode is a reminder of your co-creative power, your worth, and the beauty of being in process.

ABOUT US:

Courtney Sprung is a seasoned tarot reader and intuitive guide who’s spent nearly a decade helping women come home to themselves. Her grounded, soulful sessions dissolve old blocks and awaken the deep knowing within. Find Courtney on IG @goodwitchxbadbitch and quartzdream.com.

Hermione Flavia is a writer, cinema historian, and award-winning screenwriter. She shares her love of storytelling on her YouTube channels, WildfireMovies and CravenWild—where classic films, new releases, and bookish gems all find a home. Find Hermione on IG @hermioneflavia .

Jessica Shepherd is an author, intuitive, and chi ball whose work centers on sensitivity, energy mastery, and inner wisdom. She’s the author of A Love Alchemist’s Notebook, a beloved guide to soulful relationships and self-worth, and the host of Soft Human Voice—a podcast devoted to the tender art of being human. Find Jessica on IG jessica.shepherd.author.healer and Facebook.

P.S. Please forgive the initial echo. Still learning ‘how-to’ podcast. Mahalo!

Welcome to a special expanded edition of Soft Human Voice!

I’m thrilled to introduce my co-host for this episode, Courtney Sprung—a gifted psychic and intuitive reader with a passion for co-creation. I absolutely adore her, and I know you will too.

It feels especially fitting that we connected through A Love Alchemist’s Notebook on this love-centered day. (Courtney currently hosts a LAN book club!) She first discovered my book over a decade ago and has been using its techniques ever since. Then, during October’s Libra Eclipse—a particularly challenging time for relationships—she felt called to reach out, declaring, “The Love Alchemist will save us all!”

We had so much fun sharing the story of our friendship and diving into some of our favorite topics: connection, self-love, life purpose (a question Courtney is often asked), and our first experiences with co-creating.

We close with a special Valentine’s Day invitation for you:What self-loving and self-caring thing can I do for myself, right now?

I also guide you through an embodied energy practice—because energy management and self-care are essential for tuning into your inner wisdom.

We hope you enjoy this conversation as much as we did! Let us know in the comments.

With love,Jessica & Courtney

P.S. This was our first time recording in this format, and we’re still fine-tuning the quality—thanks for sticking with us! Mahalo.

Aloha Friends,

Today’s weather was a sampler of all that’s wonderful about Hawaii, light showers -and the sun peaked out, too. Join me for this gentle and restorative holiday weekend Qigong session, where we will:

* Warm up our joints and muscles, from the ground up

* Connect to the joy of our hearts through our hands

* Nourish the nervous system with soothing re…

Aloha, Friends.

I just returned from a long weekend in LA, and yet I took Hawaii with me :-)

In this guided session you will learn how to:

* invite a beach in Hawaii into your practice -and your practice space

* receive what you specifically need from Mother Earth

* feel ease of Connection (perhaps more than you have in many Moons)

…Plus you accrue the wellness benefits -clarity, relaxation, feeling good, enhanced inner Connection, increased immunity- of an energy practice.

Join me! Then let me know your experience in the comments below.

A new season is upon us. As we collectively observe the majesty and the wonder of the Sun and the life-giving light that it offers us why not connect with your own Light? In this practice, we will:

* move our energy from effort and force into co-creative flow

* invite and allow golden honeyed light to drip from crown, down

* engage the energies of Solstice so we can radiate from the inside-out

If you’d like to do this in tune with the Solstice, this year it occurs (the Sun enters Cancer) on 6/20/24 at exactly 10:50 AM HAST.

p.s.: the practice -without intro and outro- begins at 4 mins. and ends at 26:30

p.p.s.: this is unedited. You may hear me cough, make minor mistakes, breathe heavy, etc. This is by design. Please contact me if there are glaring errors.

Dear Gods and Goddesses,

What are you trying to get more of? Growth? Success? Are you being “told and sold” what it is you want and need? Likely. It’s the paradigm we live in!

We are being told and sold so darn much.

It gets into our heads. Maybe this is why we start to believe it.

Ever wonder what could happen if you stopped trying to change anything?

That’s a question I explored in my spiritual practice when I was diligently “trying” to go deeper… and gee, that wasn’t working. :-)

What I discovered was this: When I stopped trying, and instead allowed what wanted to happen to emerge, it did. I experienced spontaneous healing- a freedom that I’d been wanting for myself for several years but hadn’t consciously realized was “up” for release. Not until it happened, anyhow.

It was so effortless, easy and so friggin’ natural…that it took me a couple of days to realize what had actually occurred. That’s some real MAGIC at work. No smoke and mirrors. No flying unicorns (though I love those, too). No psychedelics, or meditating for hours or lifetimes (I don’t even meditate).

This is the kind of Magic I frequently experience: magic so ordinary that you blink and go “wait…did that really just happen?” YES. Yes it just did.

Magic that is so… safe. Easy. Natural. Soft as a summer’s breeze.

(I often wonder this: would we experience the MAGIC we are capable of if we stopped believing that it should look different than it actually does???)

This is the origin story of this experimental practice I’m offering you today. I didn’t share this on the podcast because I wanted to give you the opportunity to experience your own practice. Now without further ado…

In this guided energy practice, let’s allow the breath to show us what it feels like to finally stop trying to change anything -breath, self, life.

You will also learn:

* the difference between sympathetic and parasympathetic breathing

* that striving aka trying to do a thing often sets you up for a struggle

* how intentionality (vs. effort) is a choice

* how natural breathing opens you up to spontaneous release and healing

P.S.- This is unedited. As with any live session, you will hear sounds- my breathing, dogs, the postman. Contact me if there are glaring errors.

Being overly caught up in thought is a common complaint for those attempting any mindfulness practice. It can be challenging to simply arrive! But when your embodied awareness is central to your practice, you discover amazing resources in: Sensation, feeling, and the physical body, generally. This is so very helpful when having an “in my head” kind of day.

In this guided energy session you will:

* learn 3 techniques for refocusing from mind into body

* use your intentionality and breath to soften

* anchor into the pleasurable results you’ve gained

P.S.- This is unedited. As with any live session, in this podcast you will hear the sounds of real life. Contact me if there are glaring errors.

Happy Astrological New Year! Welcome the new season with your healthfulness, and energy intact. I created this practice to counterbalance expansive energy of this new (yang!) season with restorative (yin) energy.

This session features:

* Embodied energy clearing, and reconnection into your Divinity.

* Guided breathwork/belly breathing specifically to: release excess energy (also helpful for releasing anxiety, panic) and discover your ease.

* Also: Grounding with the earth, a jellyfish, and a playful kitten.

P.S.- This is unedited. As with any live energy session, you will hear sounds- a cough, minor mistakes, breathing, kitten. Contact me if there are glaring errors.