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From the Green Velvet Couch | A Conversation with Dina Nesterenko What if overcoming anxiety through skydiving and music sounds like the most unlikely pairing you could imagine? What if the person who built her career on the concert stage also happens to be the person most afraid of malls, airplanes, and the thousand small […]

From the Green Velvet Couch | A Conversation with Kelsey Marie What happens when skincare, confidence, and wellness meet in the hands of someone who truly loves what she does? What does it look like when a young entrepreneur builds a thriving business from the ground up by treating every client like a friend and […]

From the Green Velvet Couch | A Conversation with Maestro Raffaele Livio Ponti What does the art and wellness of music have to teach us about resilience, community, and the way we move through life? What happens inside our bodies when we gather in a concert hall together, and why does a song bring people […]

From the Green Velvet Couch | A Conversation with Amy Hartmann What does podcasting, legacy, and wellness have in common? More than you might think. How do you build a business that amplifies other people’s voices without losing your own? And what happens when your body finally forces you to confront the stress you thought […]

From the Green Velvet Couch | A Conversation with Sara Horak What if building connection and fighting isolation could actually begin with something as simple as a deck of cards and a pizza around a kitchen table? What if one mom’s decision to solve a small problem for her own kids ended up helping students, […]

From the Green Velvet Couch | A Conversation with Adrienne Slaughter What does resilience and the power of a positive mindset actually look like when life strips away the very thing you thought defined you? What happens when a 14-year-old with a future in professional tennis hears the word “no” from a doctor and decides, […]

From the Green Velvet Couch | A Conversation with Dr. Tanner Evans What if one of the most powerful tools for regulating your body, calming your mind, and preventing injury is already built into you? What if the power of breathwork for mind and body really is as simple as lying on your back and […]

From the Green Velvet Couch | A Conversation with Heather Thompson What do boundaries, balance, and burnout prevention actually look like for a working mom juggling a high-pressure career and two kids in the middle of the busiest season of their lives? How do you protect your family time without feeling like you are falling […]

From the Green Velvet Couch |A Conversation with Haley Herndon What does a real digital detox for families actually look like in a world where screens are woven into almost every part of daily life? How do you know when screen time has crossed the line from helpful to harmful, and what can parents do […]

From the Green Velvet Couch | A Conversation with Jason and Kim Cates What does recovery and lifestyle wellness actually look like once the dust settles? What do the mornings feel like, the weekends, the hard conversations, the hobbies you used to love but were afraid you could not enjoy anymore? And what happens to […]

From the Green Velvet Couch | A Conversation with Danette Mahabeer-Turner What does mindfulness and healing after trauma actually look like when you are starting over from rock bottom? What small, free, everyday practices can help a person rebuild not just their routine, but their entire sense of self? On her podcast, From the Green […]

From the Green Velvet Couch | A Conversation with Dr. Raj What if the power of first love never really leaves us? What if every relationship we build afterward is shaped, in ways we rarely notice, by that first spark that once rearranged our entire inner world? On her podcast, From the Green Velvet Couch, […]

From the Green Velvet Couch | A Conversation with Lauren Reed Williams What if the hardest seasons of your life were actually the ones preparing you for your greatest growth and being a great leader meant letting your team see you cry?  Conscious leadership is knowing that being strong and vulnerable at the same time. […]

From the Green Velvet Couch | A Conversation with Sydney Dumler What if the gentlest workout in the room was also one of the most transformative? What if real strength came not from pushing harder, but from movement with intention, breath, and community? On her podcast, From the Green Velvet Couch, Shelly sat down with […]

From the Green Velvet Couch |A Conversation with Teresa Bailey What if the reason you keep putting off your financial planning has nothing to do with math? What if the real block is something much deeper, rooted in shame, history, and a nervous system that goes quiet every time the topic of money comes up? […]

From the Green Velvet Couch | A Conversation with Sonda Kunzi Behind every great behavioral health practice is an army of people most patients never meet. They are the ones who make sure a suicide loss survivor can keep her therapy sessions, that an intensive outpatient program gets reimbursed correctly, and that a clinician’s note […]

From the Green Velvet Couch |A Conversation with Liza Graves and Susan Griffin Can outward beauty support mental health, or does it chip away at it? Can a female-led business protect the women inside it from burning out? Can a marriage survive, and even thrive, when two spouses run a company together? On her podcast, […]

From the Green Velvet Couch | A Conversation with Briar Harvey What if the people quietly struggling in your workplace are also some of your greatest untapped talent? What if a few small accommodations could was all it took to build workplaces that work for every brain? On her podcast, From the Green Velvet Couch, […]

From the Green Velvet Couch | A Conversation with Maurie McGarvey What if the goal was never balance at all? What if the real work of building a meaningful life was learning to embrace work-life harmony? On her podcast, From the Green Velvet Couch, Shelly sat down with Maurie McGarvey, a longtime human resources leader […]

From the Green Velvet Couch |A Conversation with Anna-Vija McClain What if the secret to building a thriving company had less to do with hustle and more to do with happiness? Anna-Vija McClain has built a business around exactly that idea, and her story is a powerful reminder that healthy leaders create a positive work […]

From the Green Velvet Couch | A Conversation with Becca Cunningham We live in a culture that treats busyness like a badge of honor. If your calendar is packed and your phone never stops buzzing, you must be doing something right. Becca Cunningham would gently disagree, she believes there is real power in slowing down. […]

From the Green Velvet Couch | A Conversation with Dr. Laurie Ballew When someone walks into a psychiatrist’s office, they often arrive hoping for a prescription to support their mental health during the hardest parts of life. Dr. Laurie Ballew has spent decades gently explaining why that isn’t quite how it works, and why the […]

At SO Wellness, thriving is about more than ticking off goals or checking boxes, it’s about grounding your life in wellness that nurtures your mind, body, emotions, and purpose. That’s why the From the Green Velvet Couch podcast exists: to bring forward real conversations about resilience, wellbeing, and human growth that support both personal and […]