Jill Young sits down with her friend Sophia Qadri, a registered herbalist and Reiki master, for a rich conversation about coaching, healing, and the power of energy exchange. Together they explore how plants can support us as human beings, how coaches can think about themselves as healers, and why replenishing energy matters just as much as giving it.

Three Takeaways:

1. Coaching is an energy exchange

Sophia shares how she learned the hard way that giving too much without receiving back can lead to burnout. The conversation reframes coaching as something energetic, not just transactional, where support flows best when there is a healthy exchange.

2. Plants can teach us how to support and restore

Jill and Sophia connect herbalism to coaching by exploring how plants communicate, nourish, ground, and guide us. The episode highlights schisandra as a “five flavor berry” with qualities that support stress, focus, digestion, and overall resilience.

3. Healers come in many forms

One of the most expansive ideas in the episode is that healing does not have to look one way. A healer might be a coach, a herbalist, a shop owner, or even someone helping others feel better in a bank. The episode invites listeners to see support, care, and presence as part of everyday human work.

Meet Sophia!

Sophia Qadri is a registered herbalist, Reiki master, and the owner of Spring to Help Apothecary in Keller, Texas. She supports people through herbal medicine, energy work, and holistic practices that help mind, body, and soul. Sophia brings a grounded, intuitive, and expansive perspective to the conversation about healing and coaching.

Resources & Links

• Spring to Help Apothecary
• Caroline Myss books, including Anatomy of the Spirit and Why People Don’t Heal and How They Can

P.S. Remember, you are magic!

In this conversation, Jill Young talks with Jennifer Deroin about how EOS becomes more than a work framework—it becomes a way of life. Together, they explore long-term thinking, manifestation, gratitude, and the tension between creating a future vision and staying present in the moment. Jennifer also shares how her personal and professional worlds have blended over time, and how that blend has shaped the way she leads, lives, and dreams.

Key Themes:

1. EOS as a way of life
Jennifer shares how EOS permeates not just her work as an implementer, but also her home life, conversations, and the way she thinks about the world. The principles show up everywhere because they are rooted in values that apply beyond business.

2. Visioning with intention
The conversation explores the power of writing down what you want, visualizing it, and recognizing it when it appears. Jennifer describes how imagining her future helped her notice opportunities and move toward them with confidence.

3. Unattached to the outcome
Jennifer’s story about creating a version of her dream home shows how visioning can still lead to something even better than the original picture. The process matters, but the final form may look different than expected.

Presence, gratitude, and people
Jennifer and Jill reflect on gratitude as a grounding practice that brings people back to the present. Jennifer also notes that the people in our lives are often the clearest expression of EOS values in action.

Meet Jennifer!

Jennifer Deroin is an EOS Implementer who brings both practicality and heart to her work. She is known for her thoughtful approach to leadership, her belief in long-term thinking, and her ability to connect vision with real-life action. Jennifer also brings a strong personal perspective to the conversation, weaving together work, family, wellness, and intentional living.

Resources & Links

• Follow Jennifer on LinkedIn
• Learn more about her EOS practice

P.S. Remember, you are magic!

In this episode of Hunch for Lunch, Jess Stavem and Jill Young explore the art of building an intentional coaching session while also honoring the “agenda-less” spirit of Coaching Magic. Jill explains how strong coaching preparation begins well before the session starts, but the goal is not to control the conversation — it’s to create the conditions for insight, flow, and transformation.

Learn more at CoachingMagic.com

P.S. Remember, you are magic!