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Natural Genius is a podcast of thoughtful conversations with people shaping meaningful lives, useful work and uncommon paths.

Hosted by Sam Bell, the show listens for the hidden clever in each guest: the instinct, inner knowing, craft, courage and lived wisdom that shape how they build, lead, create, care and contribute.

Guests include founders, operators, makers, artists, elders, wisdom holders and people whose lives carry practical insight.

The conversations trace what becomes possible through close listening, trusted instinct, and a life organised around what matters.

Listen for the thread. Notice what feels true. Take what’s useful into your own life and work.

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  • #46 - Elvira Albaeva: Brave Dreams and Free Knowledge
    May 17 2026
    In this episode, Sam Bell speaks with Elvira Albaeva, a technologist from Kyrgyzstan, about free knowledge, finding what drives you, and the quiet courage of a new chapter.Elvira brings professional depth across software development, CRM automation and business process improvement, including CTO and banking technology roles. In her current transition year, she is using that practical capability in Tash Kumyr, teaching students how to understand and use AI more safely, including privacy, hallucinations, prompting and simple tech building.This conversation moves through Kyrgyzstan, Central Asian food and tea culture, the people who become mentors without knowing it, and the brave dreams we keep carrying until we are ready to touch them.This episode explores:• Knowledge shared freely and the mentors who shape us• Network School, friendship and being seen clearly• AI privacy, literacy, prompting and practical tech building• Central Asian tea culture and gathering people• Brave dreams, transition and following what drives youGuest bio:Elvira Albaeva is a technologist from Kyrgyzstan with experience across software development, CRM automation and business process improvement, including CTO and banking technology roles.Alongside her technology work, Elvira has consistently volunteered and contributed to education and mentoring initiatives, including Rails Girls, Technovation Girls and recent AI literacy and privacy workshops for students in Kyrgyzstan. She is currently in a transition year, exploring what comes next while continuing to share practical knowledge freely.She may become a film director in the future."All the useful knowledge I've ever gained came to me for free. Someone always shared what they knew, suggested something to look at, to read, to watch. They are my mentors without knowing they are my mentors. I'm sure I'm not the first person to put it this way, but it's true for me. That's why I believe in sharing knowledge and creating free resources for others.” Elvira AlbaevaGuest links:• Elvira Albaeva: https://www.linkedin.com/in/albaeva/ https://x.com/e_albaeva https://www.instagram.com/e.albaeva and https://www.facebook.com/elvira.albaeva• Elvira’s writing: https://open.substack.com/pub/elviraalbaeva• Elvira’s AI literacy post: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/albaeva_i-builtprobe-v1-a-mini-course-on-ai-basics-activity-7451244395665850368-RA1w/Conversation references:• AI Safety Book: https://www.aisafetybook.com• Bayram Annakov: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bayramannakov/• Alex Yao: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thealexyao/• Lovable: https://lovable.dev/• 3Blue1Brown: https://www.youtube.com/c/3blue1brown• Network School: https://ns.com/samanthaleebell/invite• Stephane Laurent Villedieu on Natural Genius: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wu0YGxJVdog• Rails Girls: https://railsgirls.com• Technovation Girls Kyrgyzstan: https://technovationchallenge.org/kyrgyzstan-events/Chapters:00:00 Welcome to Elvira Albaeva01:11 Kyrgyzstan, mountains, food and home05:01 Network School and feeling seen15:33 Teaching AI safety in Tash Kumyr24:32 Mentoring and paying knowledge forward26:20 Tea, culture and gathering people31:56 Brave dreams and transition38:04 Rails Girls and becoming a developerExplore further:Deepen your listening: https://naturalgenius.com.auLearn more about Sam: https://samanthabell.com.auSubscribe to hear future episodes.Credits:Hosted by Samantha (Sam) Bell in Kiama and Tash Kumyr, Kyrgyzstan, 26 April, 2026Produced at the Kiama office, 26 April - 17 May, 2026Natural Genius https://naturalgenius.com.au
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    44 Min.
  • #45 - Sophie Vo: Building Bridges Between Business and Consciousness
    May 14 2026

    In this episode, Sam Bell speaks with Sophie Vo about bringing more of the whole human into business: heart, healing, responsibility, joy, intuition and higher consciousness.

    Sophie has spent more than 20 years in technology, entrepreneurship, games and leadership. Now, through ORIN and her wider work, she supports leaders and women to come back to their own truth, voice and power. This conversation explores what becomes possible when business can hold more than strategy and execution. It can also hold healing, love, self-mastery, connection and the unseen dimensions that shape how people build.

    Content note: this conversation includes brief references to plant medicine.

    Thank you to Ludovic Bodin for introducing Sam and Sophie.

    This episode explores:
    • Joy as a daily practice
    • Women’s leadership, sisterhood and returning to yourself
    • Healing, safety and going deeper than the mind
    • Business as a responsibility, not only a vehicle for achievement
    • Bridging the physical business world with the more invisible world
    • Love in leadership, emotional self-mastery and conscious founders
    • Human Design, Enneagram, plant medicine and tools that help us understand ourselves
    • Vulnerability, multidimensionality and being more fully yourself in public

    Guest bio
    Sophie Vo is a leadership transformation coach, founder of ORIN, and former tech and gaming leader. She has over 20 years of experience as a tech leader and coach, and has guided more than 200 leaders through transformative journeys. Sophie has studied with teachers of transformation including Mezaelle, Satya, Quantum Soul Academy and Homaya.

    In 2024, Sophie made a complete transition to dedicate herself to bringing greater consciousness into leadership and business, restoring integrity, vitality and balance to the world.

    Guest links:
    • Sophie Vo: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sophie-vo-riseandplay/
    • ORIN: https://www.orinjourney.com/
    • About ORIN and Sophie: https://www.orinjourney.com/about
    • Rise and Play: https://riseandplay.substack.com/

    Conversation references:
    • Ludovic Bodin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ludovicbodin
    • Human Design: https://www.mybodygraph.com/
    • Enneagram Institute: https://www.enneagraminstitute.com/

    Chapters:
    00:00 Welcome to Sophie Vo
    01:30 Joy as a daily practice
    03:28 Women, retreats and returning to yourself
    08:16 Dance, voice and creative expression
    10:31 Safety, healing and going deeper than the mind
    14:27 Conscious business and founders’ responsibility
    25:45 Bridging business with the invisible world
    30:08 Human Design, Enneagram and self-understanding
    39:11 Multidimensionality, vulnerability and being fully yourself

    Explore further:
    Book a Lab: https://naturalgenius.com.au
    Learn more about Sam: https://samanthabell.com.au
    Subscribe to hear future episodes.

    Credits:
    Hosted by Samantha (Sam) Bell in Kiama and Berlin, 24 April, 2026.
    Produced at the Kiama office, 24 April - 14 May, 2026.

    Natural Genius Podcast https://naturalgenius.com.au

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    43 Min.
  • #44 - Tina Köstler: Tantra as a Practice of Presence
    May 12 2026

    In this episode, Sam Bell speaks with Tina Köstler about tantra as a practice of presence, coming back into the body, and restoring access to pleasure, intuition, connection and aliveness.

    Tina shares her shift from high-performing startup life into embodiment, intimacy coaching and tantric practice. Together, Sam and Tina explore what happens when success becomes tunnel vision, how the body carries wisdom, and why tantra is far less about sexuality than many people assume.

    This episode explores:
    • Breath, movement and sound as routes back into the body
    • Startup speed, tunnel vision and the cost of disconnection
    • Tantra as presence, polarity and integration
    • Masculine and feminine energy beyond gender
    • Embodiment as capacity to hold discomfort, anger, joy and aliveness
    • Womb wisdom, intuition and the body as an emotional archive
    • Finding your own path through deeper listening

    Important note:
    This conversation includes brief personal reflection on psychedelic experience. Laws and clinical frameworks vary by location. This episode is for general information only and is not medical, mental health or legal advice, or a recommendation to use any substance or treatment. Please seek qualified professional advice and follow the laws where you live.

    Guest bio:
    Tina Köstler is an intimacy and embodiment coach, tantra facilitator and founder of TinaKoestler.com. After years in high-performance startup environments, including senior operations roles at Choco, Tina now works with women, men and couples to support embodiment, intimacy, emotional release, and deeper connection with the body.

    Guest links:
    • Tina Köstler: https://tinakoestler.com
    • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tina-k%C3%B6stler-8a025880/
    • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tina.koestler

    Conversation reference:
    • David Stancel's Natural Genius: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yPy6_tYHYY
    Network School: https://ns.com/samanthaleebell/invite

    Chapters:
    00:00 Welcome to Tina Köstler
    01:00 Breath, movement and sound
    02:21 Startup speed, tunnel vision and listening to the body
    07:27 Embodiment, intimacy coaching and what tantra means
    12:20 Seeing potential and transmitting belief
    22:34 Masculine, feminine and the balance of polarity
    30:33 Embodiment, anger, discomfort and joy
    45:23 Tantra as presence and weaving opposites
    55:47 Endless ways of finding your path

    Explore further:
    Book a Lab: https://naturalgenius.com.au
    Learn more about Sam: https://samanthabell.com.au
    Subscribe to hear future episodes.

    Credits:
    Hosted by Samantha (Sam) Bell in Violet Town and Bratislava, Slovakia, 30 March, 2026
    Produced at the Violet Town and Kiama offices, 30 March - 12 May, 2026

    Natural Genius Podcast https://naturalgenius.com.au

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    57 Min.
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