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 From her home in Bali, Christina connects with truth-speakers, mystics, creatives, and visionaries who challenge outdated narratives and share soul-centered insights and mystical, witchy wisdom.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.
Episodes
In this episode, astrologer Virginia Rosenberg returns for a thoughtful and honest conversation with host Christina Zipperlen about the energy of 2025 and what is unfolding as we move toward 2026. If you have felt the emotional weight of the last few years or the growing tension between different versions of “truth,” this episode offers grounding and clarity. You can find her original 2024 interview here.
In this discussion, Virgin...
Discover how to drift gently into nourishing sleep with this calming Yoga Nidra practice designed to help your body, mind, and nervous system deeply restore.
In this guided Yoga Nidra session, Christina Zipperlen invites you into a state of conscious relaxation, often called Yogic Sleep. You’ll be led into stillness, softening, and surrender, allowing sleep to come naturally. This practice creates a safe, nurturing container where ...
What if coming of age wasn’t just for the child, but a sacred shift for the parent, too?
In this heartfelt continuation, Christina and ritualist Day Schildkret explore how ritual can support us through the challenges of parenting, puberty, and personal transformation. From nightly hand-cleansing practices to memory book ceremonies, they offer meaningful ways to honor change with clarity, creativity, and compassion.
For anyone navig...
What if grief wasn’t something to move through quickly, but a sacred space to honor, feel, and be transformed by?
In this episode, I’m joined by ritualist Day Schildkret to explore the healing power of ritual in times of loss, change, and uncertainty. From marking transitions to creating sacred moments in everyday life, they invite us to slow down, remember, and reconnect with what matters most.
For anyone navigating a life shift o...
When doubt, fear, or overwhelm arise, this guided affirmation practice offers a gentle return to what has always been true. Before words. Before stories.
Rooted in the wisdom of early imprints, those first cellular questions: Am I safe? Do I belong? This practice invites you to soften. To come home to yourself.
Let the affirmations support your nervous system, unwind old patterns, and gently reconnect you with the quie...
When life feels like the world is moving too fast, this guided yoga nidra practice is a soft invitation to rest, reflect, and reconnect with your body’s inner wisdom. Whether you're in transition, healing, or simply craving stillness, allow this gentle journey to ground you in presence and offer the deep restoration your soul is calling for.
You’ll move through grounding breathwork, gentle reflection, and soothing visualization, en...
What if postpartum wasn’t about “bouncing back” but about becoming someone new?
In this tender follow-up conversation, Christina and midwife Lianne Schwartz explore the sacred transformation that unfolds after birth. From emotional waves and identity shifts to breastfeeding truths and the power of rest, they honor postpartum as a time of deep healing and rebirth—for both mother and family.
For anyone walking the path of new motherh...
Christina often touches on the spiritual and emotional layers of motherhood, and in this episode, she and midwife Lianne Schwartz explore the unseen bond between mother and child—long before birth.
From spirit baby connection to ancestral healing, they discuss the emotional truths of conception, pregnancy, and birth. Together, they offer guidance for transforming fear, honoring trauma, and trusting the innate wisdom of the body.
Th...
Inspired by Nyepi, the Balinese Day of Silence, this meditation invites you to pause, breathe, and embrace deep stillness. Perfect for life’s transitions—whether stepping into a new season, a new year, or a new chapter within yourself—this practice helps you release the past like falling rain and plant seeds for clarity, renewal, and peace.
Find a cozy spot, let go of distractions, and allow yourself to be guided into deep relaxati...
Thank you for choosing a piece from our Unbroken Light collection, inspired by the wisdom of Goddess Akhilanda—She Who Is Never Not Broken.
As a heartfelt gift, we invite you to pause, breathe, and receive an exclusive guided meditation.
The Goddess Akhilanda teaches us that transformation is not something to fear but to embrace. The cracks in our lives are not flaws—they are openings for light to enter.
This meditation is a gentle...
A new episode of our Sensitive Matters Podcast is live and together with this week’s guest Fio Gede Parma. Christina takes us onto an exciting journey of witchcraft, spirituality, and our profound connection to nature.
In this conversation, Christina and Fio discuss the importance of acknowledging indigenous lands and the cultural significance of witchcraft, particularly in relation to marginalized voi...
- 01:31 Introduction to Astrology and Healing Arts
- 06:03 The Journey to Astrology: A Personal Path
- 10:52 Inner Sight and the Connection to Earth
- 15:42 Embodied Astrology: Integrating Body and Cosmos
- 21:31 Astrology's Role in Understanding Global Events
- 29:18 Reflections on 2024 and the Transition Ahead
- 31:12 The Shift in Power Dynamics
- 34:34 Spiritual Rebirth and Transformation
- 37:25 The Cal...
This is a meditation for deep nourishment and self-care. This practice has been recorded during our first Moon Gathering in October 2024.
As we all know this last coming stretch of the year can be a busy and overwhelming time with the holidays ahead, family and friends get togethers and more. Here is an invitation for you to pause and replenish your energy, so you may meet all that is to come with grace ...
A new episode of our Sensitive Matters Podcast has launched and this time we speak about the hot topic of Financial Empowerment and Wealth.
In this enlightening conversation, Christina Zipperlen and Mel Loh explore the multifaceted nature of wealth and financial empowerment. They discuss the importance of redefining wealth beyond mere monetary accumulation, emphasizing holistic well-being, personal finan...
After a long hiatus, or in other words – pregnancy, birth and new motherhood – our Sensitive Matters podcast is finally back!
We begin this new chapter with a unique episode: a heart-to-heart conversation with my best friend Emily Kuser. Emily is a yoga and embodiment teacher who currently lives in Bali and had a baby two months before my daughter Jaya Ariel was born.
In this podcast episode, we discuss...
Having existed in this world in the last few years meant having subscribed to wobbly, bumpy and often times weird tides of life, whether we wanted it or not. Collective changes, personal challenges, triggers and displaced nervous systems were felt and experienced on many levels. But there was also a lot of positive outcome. It is what life does. The good and the bad go hand in hand. And this gives us the power of choi...
In October we launched a new podcast mini series HER STORIES – Life in a female body. Our first episode was with Emily Kuser in which we explored the experience of living and growing a new life in a pregnant body. Our second episode featured 68 year old Soma Temple and her story of how she moved through the ages.
Bodies come in many shapes, sizes, ages and stages of health. As humans and almost on a dail...
I put this meditation together as a gift for those of you who wish to find ways to feel into their hearts, to live, speak and act from this place and to curiously explore the pathways within and around it.
The world can be a busy and hectic place. Especially shortly before the Holiday season, especially on Black Friday. Many seek to claim your attention right this moment in time and we are glad you lande...
Last week we launched our new podcast mini series HER STORIES – Life in a female body. Our first episode was with Emily Kuser in which we explored the experience of living and growing a new life in a pregnant body.
Bodies come in many shapes, sizes, ages and stages of health. As humans and almost on a daily basis, we are exposed to standardized perceptions of what a beautiful, strong and healthy body an...
Bodies come in many shapes, sizes, ages and stages of health. As humans and almost on a daily basis, we are exposed to standardized perceptions of what a beautiful, strong and healthy body and their features should look and feel like. We meet peer judgement, silent judgement and our own self-talk, oftentimes without even asking where these ways of thinking and believing are truly coming from.
In the following series ‘...
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