In this powerful solo episode of Your Story is Your Portal, Julie Ann explores the mystery and paradox of manifesting. Do we need absolute clarity to bring our dreams to life—or is the real magic in surrendering to infinite possibilities?
Julie Ann shares her deeply personal journey of manifesting a retreat center in Puerto Vallarta—born from grief, clarity, and surrender—and contrasts it with the expansive way she has lived most of her life: open to whatever the universe had in store.
This episode leads you straight to the heart of why stepping away from your daily environment is essential. When you immerse yourself in the wild beauty of Mexico—fire ceremonies, ocean breezes, jungle stillness—you begin to access either the clarity or the surrender your soul is calling for.
And that’s exactly what the Soul Compass Retreat in Sayulita, Mexico offers: a space to uncover your true north, stop procrastinating, and finally listen to your soul’s calling.
If you’ve been waiting for a sign, this is it.
🔑 6 Key Takeaways:
- Clarity is power – Manifestation requires absolute clarity, focus, and embodiment of your vision.
- Surrender is magic – Sometimes the deepest manifestation comes from letting go and allowing the universe to reveal infinite possibilities.
- Environment shapes clarity – You cannot gain true clarity while stuck in your daily routine—you need to step out of your comfort zone.
- Manifestation is embodied living – Living “as if” (moving into the dream before it’s real) collapses possibilities into reality.
- The soul speaks in the second half of life – After years of proving ourselves, our soul begins to whisper its true calling—if we pause long enough to listen.
- Retreat is the portal – A Soul Compass Retreat offers both the clarity of manifestation and the surrender to possibility—helping you uncover your life purpose in a supportive, transformational environment.
👉 Ready to answer your soul’s call?
Join Julie Ann and Jennifer in Sayulita, Mexico:
7-Day Immersive Retreat (Sept 13–20)
3-Day Soul Compass Weekend (Sept 20–23)
Your story is your portal. Your soul is waiting.
Meet the Host: Julie Ann
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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