Your favorite soft corner of the internet. Hosted by Sunshine, a soulful storyteller and gentle voice of encouragement, this podcast is your weekly reminder to slow down, breathe deeply, and reconnect with the light within. Through heart-opening reflections, guided check-ins, soulful affirmations, and real conversations, we explore emotional wellness, inner peace, boundaries, rest, joy, and everything in between. Whether you’re healing, growing, or simply catching your breath — this space is for you. ✨ Because you don’t have to chase the light… You are the light.
Welcome back to Checking In With Sunshine — the place where your healing has a rhythm and your peace has a voice.
After a much-needed pause, this episode is a soft and honest return. I want to begin by saying:
I’ve missed you.
And if you’ve stayed subscribed, stayed hopeful, or just pressed play today — thank you.
This episode is especially for yo...
Welcome to another gentle episode of Checking In With Sunshine — the podcast where your healing has a rhythm, and your peace has a voice.
Today’s episode is for the hearts quietly whispering:
“I know I need to heal… but I don’t even know where to start.”
If you’ve been feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or unsure how to begin your healing journey — this episode is your soft place to ...
Welcome back to Season 2 of Checking In With Sunshine — where your healing has a rhythm, and your peace has a voice.
This season opens with a soft, honest, and emotional check-in for the strong friend — the one who’s always showing up, holding space for others, and keeping everything together… even when they’re falling apart inside.
If you’re the one who gets the “you’re so strong” texts bu...
Welcome to another gentle and grounding episode of Checking In With Sunshine — the podcast where your healing has a rhythm, and your peace has a voice.
In today’s conversation, we’re getting real about something so many of us struggle with silently: the pressure to do it all and be it all — perfectly. If you’ve ever felt like you’re failing at balancing work, relationships, parenthood, friendships, or ev...
In a world obsessed with perfection, we often feel the pressure to hide our flaws, cover up our mistakes, and pretend we’ve got it all figured out. But what if the very thing we’re running from—our vulnerability—is actually the gateway to deeper connection, true confidence, and authentic living?
Welcome to another heart-centered episode of Checking In With Sunshine, where today, we’re peeling back the la...
In a world filled with curated feeds, filtered lives, and endless noise, it’s easy to lose sight of who you really are. Between social media comparison traps, external expectations, and the pressure to “perform” instead of just be, many of us feel like we’re shouting into the void, unsure if our true voice even matters anymore.
But here’s the truth:
Your authenticity is your superpower.
We all face moments that knock the wind out of us — a rejection, a loss, a misstep, or just the sheer exhaustion of being human. In this soul-nourishing episode of Checking In With Sunshine, we take a compassionate look at resilience — not the loud, performative kind, but the soft, powerful kind that grows in quiet moments.
🎧 In “Bouncing Back: The Quiet Power of Resilience,” we unpack w...
✨ “You don’t need to explain your ‘no’ to everyone. Your peace is reason enough.”
Welcome back to another gentle, grounding episode of Checking In With Sunshine, where we’re diving deep into one of the most underrated self-care tools: boundaries — and specifically, the art of saying no with grace.
So many of us carry guilt around the word “no.”
We want to be av...
In a world where everyone is “building a brand,” how often do we pause and ask: Is my brand aligned with my purpose?
Welcome back to another soul-nourishing episode of Checking In With Sunshine, where today we’re unpacking a powerful and often overlooked distinction — Personal Brand vs. Personal Purpose.
🌿 Your personal brand is how the world sees you.
🌱 Your...
Hey beautiful soul,
Welcome (or welcome back) to The Checking In With Sunshine Podcast — your safe space for honesty, healing, and soulful self-reflection.
Today’s episode is a heart-to-heart about something we’ve all wrestled with:
Are you being nice… or are you being good?
There’s a quiet but powerful difference.
In...
In this episode, we lean into something we all experience but don’t always talk about: how music becomes the background, the lifeline, and the language of our healing journey.
Whether it’s a childhood lullaby, a heartbreak anthem, or a playlist that cradled you through your most uncertain days — music is more than just sound. It’s memory. It’s emotion. It’s therapy.
Have you ever found yourself scrolling endlessly, feeling like everyone else has it all figured out — the perfect body, the dream relationship, the fulfilling career, the aesthetic home, the well-balanced life?
Welcome to The Highlight Reel Trap — the digital illusion that what we see on social media is the full truth. Spoiler: it’s not.
In this episode of Ch...
In this heartfelt episode, we explore why Checking In With Sunshine isn’t just a title—it’s a whole vibe. Discover the emotional, scientific, and spiritual symbolism of sunshine and how it connects to your healing, your wholeness, and your light. Tune in for warmth, wisdom, and a gentle reminder: checking in with sunshine is really checking in with you.
In this heartfelt episode of Checking In With Sunshine, we explore the quiet conflict between your inner critic and your inner child. With warmth and compassion, Sunshine guides you to soften harsh self-talk, listen to your younger self, and begin healing with grace. This is your invitation to speak kindly to the parts of you still learning, still hurting, and still growing. You are worthy of love — exactly as you are...
In this episode of Checking In With Sunshine, we explore the power of protecting your peace—without guilt or apology. It’s a heartfelt reminder that setting boundaries is an act of self-love, not selfishness. Whether you’re learning to say no, creating space for yourself, or navigating relationships that don’t understand your growth, this episode gently affirms: your peace is worth preserving. Always.
In this heartfelt episode, Sunshine invites you to pause, reflect, and write a love letter to the version of you still becoming. It’s a tender space to offer encouragement, set gentle intentions, and hold your future self with compassion. Whether you’re healing, growing, or just surviving — this is your moment to speak hope into tomorrow.
Standing at a life crossroads? This episode of CheckingInWithSunshine gently guides you back to your inner wisdom. Together, we explore how to quiet external noise, trust your intuition, and make soul-aligned decisions without guilt or pressure. This is your reminder: You don’t need a map — your compass is within. Tune in, breathe, and realign with the path that feels like peace.
In this heartfelt episode of Checking In With Sunshine, we explore what it means to hold space in friendships where support feels one-sided. Are we truly listening, or just waiting to speak? Sunshine invites you to reflect on emotional reciprocity, the art of presence over advice, and how to honor both your voice and your friends’. A warm, gentle reminder that real support is rooted in softness, not solutions.
In Episode 5 of Checking In With Sunshine, we gently unpack the pressure to “keep up” and remind you that you are not behind. Through soft reflection and soulful reminders, Sunshine invites you to trust your pace, release comparison, and embrace your unique timeline. If you’ve ever felt like you’re late to your life — this is your moment to pause, breathe, and remember: you’re right on time.
📧 checkingi...
🌿 In this heartfelt episode, Sunshine invites you to unlearn hustle culture and embrace the power of guilt-free rest. Together, we explore how stillness can be healing, not lazy. If you’ve ever felt bad for slowing down, this one’s for you. Breathe deep, soften your shoulders, and let this episode remind you: rest is productive too. 💛
📩 Email: checkinginwithsunshine@gmail.com
If you've ever wanted to know about champagne, satanism, the Stonewall Uprising, chaos theory, LSD, El Nino, true crime and Rosa Parks, then look no further. Josh and Chuck have you covered.
The latest news in 4 minutes updated every hour, every day.
Current and classic episodes, featuring compelling true-crime mysteries, powerful documentaries and in-depth investigations. Follow now to get the latest episodes of Dateline NBC completely free, or subscribe to Dateline Premium for ad-free listening and exclusive bonus content: DatelinePremium.com
The World's Most Dangerous Morning Show, The Breakfast Club, With DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, And Charlamagne Tha God!
I’m Jay Shetty host of On Purpose the worlds #1 Mental Health podcast and I’m so grateful you found us. I started this podcast 5 years ago to invite you into conversations and workshops that are designed to help make you happier, healthier and more healed. I believe that when you (yes you) feel seen, heard and understood you’re able to deal with relationship struggles, work challenges and life’s ups and downs with more ease and grace. I interview experts, celebrities, thought leaders and athletes so that we can grow our mindset, build better habits and uncover a side of them we’ve never seen before. New episodes every Monday and Friday. Your support means the world to me and I don’t take it for granted — click the follow button and leave a review to help us spread the love with On Purpose. I can’t wait for you to listen to your first or 500th episode!