Sol Meets Heart

Chris Gibson — author of Acne Free in Three Days and America's Holistic Aesthetician, with over a million YouTube subscribers — joins Hugo to talk about the three-day fast that cleared his cystic acne, the sunscreen myths he still has to debunk, and why "things always work out."Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/sol-meets-heart--3691166/support.

Shannon Grace — the Graceful Healer, working in Reiki, bioenergy, sound healing, breathwork, and grief support — joins Hugo to talk about losing a corporate career built on patents and a Howard Stern feature, the trauma she didn't know her body was holding, and what she's learned sitting with people at the end of their lives.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/sol-meets-heart--3691166/support.

Ria Gibson — co-author of It's Just Fat Baby, a book and journal on body image, red flags, and self-love written with her best friend Dominique — joins Hugo to talk about the relationship she stayed in five years too long, the difference between self-care and self-love, and why "you can be the perfect gift at the wrong doorstep."Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/sol-meets-heart--3691166/support.

Kati Peterman — operator, integrator, and founder of FRX, which places fractional executives into growing companies — joins Hugo to talk about the difference between ego and fear in leadership, spotting a "victim mindset" before it costs your team, and why she's fired clients to protect her own people.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/sol-meets-heart--3691166/support.

Shannon Donohoe-Simpson — keynote speaker, TEDx speaker, and the voice behind Toolbox Tuesdays — joins Hugo to talk about surviving breast cancer at 34, raising autistic twins, learning to ask for help, and why her TEDx talk argues we were never afraid of failure — just the discomfort that comes with it.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/sol-meets-heart--3691166/support.

Scarlett Feltrin — holistic coach, trauma coach, and breathwork facilitator behind Scarlett Coaching in Lake Cowichan, BC — joins Hugo to talk about the hospital hallway moment that got her sober on October 5, 2019, why she spent decades not feeling "safe to feel," and what really happens in a breathwork trauma-release session.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/sol-meets-heart--3691166/support.

Rick Hoppe spent 33 years in Army infantry, counterintelligence, and the Defense Intelligence Agency — including a stint on General Petraeus's staff during the Iraq surge — before turning that same pattern-reading eye inward as a memoirist, novelist, and creator of the “Eight Stages” framework for how revolutions form. In this episode, Rick and Hugo talk prediction, PTSD, veteran suicide and the “tribe” theory behind it, and his rule for living: it's okay to die, it's not okay to lose.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/sol-meets-heart--3691166/support.

Sam Mitchell was diagnosed with autism at four and turned a junior high media class assignment into Autism Rocks and Rolls — a 200+ episode nonprofit podcast that's hosted Dr. Temple Grandin, Mick Foley, and a dozen pro wrestlers. In this episode, Sam and Hugo talk stigma, structure, AI's double-edged role in the autism community, media representation, and why he says he's “not broken” and doesn't need to be fixed.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/sol-meets-heart--3691166/support.

Dr. Amber Murphy — biomechanist, CEO of CompuSport, and former Florida Gator hurdler — breaks down the science behind elite speed: the hurdling technique she says is flat-out wrong, the one mechanical flaw even pros can't fix, and why nourishing your body matters more than any stopwatch. She also shares what it's like being one of the only women in a male-dominated field, and leaves us with a message on trust.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/sol-meets-heart--3691166/support.

Heidi Dunstan is a certified grief educator, four-time bestselling co-author, and international speaker who's brought her work on grief and legacy to Harvard and Oxford — all after losing her husband Mike suddenly and performing CPR on him herself. She joins Hugo to talk about why "I'm sorry for your loss" doesn't work, what to say instead, and how grief and love end up being the same thing.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/sol-meets-heart--3691166/support.