Writing, witchcraft and reclaiming the wild self with Alex Galviz (aka AuthenticAlex) | Ep 199

In this episode, we’re joined by Alex Galviz, also known as Authentic Alex, a poet, storyteller, and self-described “corporate witch” whose journey has taken her from conventional success to deep self-authorship.Alex shares how writing became the doorway back to her true self, helping her move from living as a character shaped by expectation to becoming the author of her own life.We explore the therapeutic power of writing and poetry as tools for healing, grief processing, and soul retrieval. Drawing on Jungian archetypes, myth, and ancestral wisdom, Alex explains how creativity allows us to bypass the thinking mind and access what’s waiting beneath the surface.She speaks candidly about using poetry to alchemise grief after pregnancy loss, reminding us that when writing is for healing, you can’t do it wrong.A central thread of the conversation is integration - holding both worlds at once. Alex reflects on maintaining a 9–5 corporate role while embracing her intuitive, spiritual identity, challenging the idea that success and “woo” must sit on opposite sides.Through myth, ritual, and ceremony - including a powerful upcoming rite of passage - she invites us to honour life’s thresholds and reclaim the parts of ourselves we’ve learned to hide.This is a conversation about courage, creativity, and remembering who you are beneath the roles you play, and it closes with a poetic reminder: “But first, a spoonful of love.”Alex Galviz is a speaker who’s not afraid to say what an audience needs to hear. It is why thousands know her as Authentic Alex.A poet, storyteller, and strategist, she achieved a level of corporate success at 24 that many only dream of. Yet, the higher she climbed the corporate ladder, the further she drifted from her true self.Through grief and loss, Alex realised she was living her life as a character, not the author. So, she picked up the pen and rewrote her own story. Choosing courage over convention, she rebuilt her life into something truer.Today, Alex is twice-named a LinkedIn Top Voice UK, a LinkedIn Learning Instructor with over half a million learners, and a co-creator of the LinkedIn Local movement, reaching 100+ countries and 1,000 cities. Her impact is bigger than she ever imagined — because it’s hers. Alex helps people align their soul with strategy and career with connection through talks unlike any you've heard before. "Speaker" doesn’t capture it. Alex is a storyteller, unravelling your own story alongside hers. She creates space for healing and transformation through creativity, mythology, and ancestral wisdom. Together, she leads you to the most powerful place of all: Your heart.You can find Alex online at:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/imauthenticalex/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/authenticalex/And you can find her newsletter here: https://authenticalex.substack.com/