#45 - Sophie Vo: Building Bridges Between Business and Consciousness

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 publicGuest bioSophie 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 Vo01:30 Joy as a daily practice03:28 Women, retreats and returning to yourself08:16 Dance, voice and creative expression10:31 Safety, healing and going deeper than the mind14:27 Conscious business and founders’ responsibility25:45 Bridging business with the invisible world30:08 Human Design, Enneagram and self-understanding39:11 Multidimensionality, vulnerability and being fully yourselfExplore further:Book a Lab: https://naturalgenius.com.auLearn more about Sam: https://samanthabell.com.auSubscribe 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