Sensitive Matters • Podcast

Sensitive Matters is the podcast that explores what we should have been taught but weren’t—unpacking the unspeakable, questioning societal myths, and shedding light on taboo topics around birth wisdom, women’s wisdom, mental health, and spirituality. Hosted by Christina Zipperlen—mom, somatic coach, jewelry designer, postpartum doula, and advocate for mental health and LGBTQIA+ rights—this show offers bold, nurturing conversations and practical tools, like nervous system-regulating meditations and Yoga Nidras, that guide you to deeper healing and understanding. From her home in Bali, Christina connects with truth-speakers, mystics, creatives, and visionaries who challenge outdated narratives and share soul-centered insights and mystical, witchy wisdom. Whether you’re seeking emotional healing, spiritual connection, or a safe space to feel seen, Sensitive Matters is your invitation to listen, feel, and grow.

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Episodes

Tuesday Mar 22, 2022

Enjoy the special episode Womb Healing Meditation with Kate Reardon.
Before you hit play, find a comfortable, quiet place to lie down. You might want to cover your body with a blanket. Enjoy!

Sunday Mar 20, 2022

It is superfluous to say that the last few years have been challenging for many of us. In a tumultuous time where so much is changing, fear and insecurity start to creep in. I find myself craving environments that offer nurturing, support, and stability.But we can find that nourishment within ourselves, too.
Today I bring you a guided meditation straight from me.
As someone with a sensitive system, I have spent many years studying and learning therapeutic approaches to ease and soothe the body. This meditation is my gift to you, a meditative practice that I hope will bring you comfort, nourishment, and grounding in this turbulent time.
I hope you will take just a few minutes today to pause, listen, and nurture yourself.

Friday Feb 11, 2022

Gina’s journey from being an international plus-size model to a Self-Love coach
Her spiritual calling for something greater in her life inspired by her father’s inspiring last words to her before he passed
A visualization tool for how to bring awareness to the love we can give to ourselves
An energy clearing exercise for keeping ourselves available to attract what we desire
The difference between Self-Love and Selfishness
The story behind Gina launching her book, P.S., I Love Me
What Ananda Soul pieces Gina wears as her “jewelry uniform”
What she’s got coming up next!
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.
Gina Swire is a self-love expert, mentor, and manifesting queen on a bold-hearted, global mission to help women fall madly in love with themselves. After struggling with her own self-worth and self-image issues, Gina quit her career as a plus-size model in order to embark on her own journey of transformation.
Today she travels the world leading live workshops, hosting retreats, coaching private clients, and speaking on stages from Burning Man to Bali. Her work has been featured in Vogue Magazine, Elephant Journal, Yoga Guide Magazine, and more.
Gina recently published her first book named ‘PS I love me’, which instantly became a bestseller. She is also the host of her own podcast under the very same name.
‘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.
We hope you enjoy this episode! Listen up and leave your feedback below!
Find out more about Gina Swire:
https://ginaswire.com
about our host Christina Zipperlen:
https://www.sensitivematters.com/
and about Ananda Soul jewelry:
https://anandasoul.com/

Wednesday Jan 05, 2022

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.
She gained her qualification in a leading health retreat on the Gold Coast Australia and has spent more recent years in Bali refining her art through collaboration with health revolutionist Tyler Tolman.
Cynthia Louise was raised in Papua New Guinea, she is the Author of her first cookbook ‘Plant-based love stories’, a bestselling author of 7 recipe books, the star of two cooking shows on Gaia TV and FMTV and an exciting and charismatic public speaker touring Australia, sharing her wisdom on how cooking can heal you from the inside out.
‘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.
We hope you enjoy this episode! Listen up and leave your feedback below!

Wednesday Dec 01, 2021

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 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. She is a teacher, author, mentor and thought leader whose work centers around the intersection of intimacy and embodiment with a method she created, named The Non-Linear Movement Method. She is also the author of the book ‘The Wild Woman’s Way’, a handbook for the high-achieving modern woman. Some of you might have heard about her in Netflix’ latest show ‘, love & goop’ alongside Gwyneth Paltrow.
‘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.
We hope you enjoy this episode! Listen up and leave your feedback below!

Tuesday Oct 19, 2021

We welcome you to a very special episode of our Sensitive Matters podcast this month!
We are super excited to announce that this month our founder and designer Christina Zipperlen will be the subject of this brand new episode of the Sensitive Matters podcast. We are excited for you to finally learn the whole story about Christina.
In the following 50 minutes, you will learn more about Christina’s path, how she 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 her current journey as a psychology student and towards becoming a Somatics and embodiment counselor.
‘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.
Enjoy the episode!
Check out Ananda Soul jewelry here: https://anandasoul.com/
Learn more about Christina in person on www.sensitivematters.com
Book a session with Christina https://www.sensitivematters.com/book-a-session

Wednesday Sep 01, 2021

Hello and welcome back to our Podcast – now called ‘Sensitive Matters’, a podcast that features gentle conversations on sensitive, important matters such as mental health, conscious consumerism, sexuality, spirituality, ethical business and more.
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.
Together with Marsha we’ve created two special bundles with her all time favorite pieces from Ananda Soul for you to shop at a special price.
As always, 10% of all proceeds go towards our Adopt a family project that currently supports Balinese communities in need that suffer greatly from the repercussions of the current global pandemic.
We hope you’ll love it. Listen up and leave your feedback below!
To Shop our pieces: https://anandasoul.com/collections/je...
Angel Whispers Necklace: https://anandasoul.com/products/angel...
More about Marsha: https://www.instagram.com/marshanda99/

Wednesday Sep 01, 2021

We're very excited to announce the rebrand from the Change the World a Little podcast to 'Sensitive Matters'. Here's a little clip sharing the 'why' behind the change.
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, 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.

Tuesday Jun 22, 2021

In the past decade, mental health has made the limelight amongst the world population. Recent studies show that anxiety and mood disorders are significantly high in today’s world which is no surprise during a time where daily hustle is celebrated and a pandemic is keeping people from living their lives to their fullest.
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.
Learn more about Yoga Nidra here

Monday May 03, 2021

She is a widely admired and sought-after yogini and yoga teacher, a yoga wear designer, an inspiring artist and musician, and an avid olive oil lover.
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.
"What if we were like seeds, so uniquely coded, and when nourished in certain ways, different aspects would grow. What if the different external circumstances we experience trigger new aspects to come to life, aspects of our intrinsic nature that were never expected. And what if we could trust in how we are growing, what we are creating, the journey we are being taken on, and trust that our inner urges are pulling us in all the right directions.
I believe urges are like an inner nudge to nourish some aspect of ourselves to life. And that when we nourish them, we stand in new terrain composed of possibility." – Meghan Currie
In this episode, I speak with Meghan about her yoga journey, 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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