In this solo episode, Julie Ann invites you on a journey of soul mapping—a transformative process she has developed over 15 years of guiding authors and visionaries to uncover the deeper meaning behind their life stories. Through reflective storytelling and personal examples from her seven “lifetimes” and travels around the world, Julie Ann explores how our environments, beliefs, and life experiences shape who we become.

She explains how to use simple tools—like colored pens and large sheets of paper—to access the wisdom of your soul, not just your mind. Whether you’re beginning a memoir or seeking clarity on your life’s purpose, this episode offers a soulful practice for reconnecting with your truth and transforming your story into a portal of purpose.

Key Takeaways

1. Soul Mapping is more than reflection—it’s reclamation: It’s a process of revisiting your life events not just to remember them, but to reclaim how they shaped your values, beliefs, and soul essence.
2. Our beliefs begin as borrowed: As children, we inherit beliefs from family, culture, and environment. True awakening happens when we explore which ones are ours and which ones are inherited.
3. Travel is the fastest teacher of perspective: Stepping outside your original environment allows you to form your own value system and see how others live, love, and define meaning.
4. The tools are simple—but sacred: Large white paper, colorful pens, and quiet time create space for both sides of your brain to collaborate—the logical mind and the intuitive soul.
5. Your emotions are your compass: Soul mapping invites you to ask: How did this event make me feel?—so you can discern what experiences truly shaped your inner truth.
6. Your story is your portal: Each mapped experience becomes a doorway to your purpose. When you connect the dots, you reveal the map your soul has been quietly drawing all along.

Julie Ann is a publishing oracle and storytelling midwife who helps soul-led leaders birth books that awaken, heal, and transform.

With over 17 years in the publishing industry, she has guided more than 300 authors to write and publish nonfiction works that shift paradigms and reclaim truth. She is the founder of Influence Publishing, now evolved into The House of Story Medicine — Her gift is sacred listening — not just to words, but to what lives beneath them. She perceives the deeper current beneath your story, attuned to the moments where your voice trembles with truth. She is the eye of soul — the one who sees the unseen, holds the unspoken, and midwifes your message into clarity

Julie Ann is the host of the podcast Your Story is Your Portal, a sacred container for storytellers, seekers, and soul-led leaders ready to speak the story they were born to tell.

These are not interviews. These are activations.

Each episode is a portal — a moment of recognition, a mirror of becoming, a reclamation of voice and Soul Purpose.

Her TEDx talk has reached over 100,000 viewers, and she’s been featured on international television, radio, and in major press for her visionary work in authorship, voice activation, and transformational publishing.

She is also the author of Around the World in Seven Years, a bestselling memoir chronicling her global pilgrimage of personal awakening and soul-led leadership.

Connect with the Host:

Website: www.influencepublishing.com/

Facebook: facebook.com/InfluencePublishing

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/julieannpv

Instagram: instagram.com/julieinspires

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