Highest Self Podcast® with Sahara Rose

Episode: How To Be More Magnetic So People Are Obsessed With Your Energy
Date: November 12, 2025

Episode Overview

In this vibrant and deeply personal solo episode, Sahara Rose explores the true essence of a “glow up,” revealing how magnetic beauty, energy, and confidence are spiritual practices rooted in the sacred feminine. With her signature warmth and candor, Sahara invites listeners to see beauty, love, and sensuality not as trivial pursuits, but as vital aspects of our path to embodiment and self-love. The conversation brings practical beauty rituals, style insights, body acceptance, and holistic wellness into a spiritual context, demonstrating that when you honor yourself as sacred, your entire reality uplifts to match.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Redefining Beauty as a Spiritual Path

• The Sacred vs. Divine Feminine ([02:00])

  • Sahara defines the “sacred feminine” as intentional, embodied, and rooted in the lower chakras, compared to the more ethereal “divine feminine.”
  • Quote: “To me, the sacred path is more around the path of embodiment. And embodiment is really the missing link I have found in, in most women's spiritual journeys.” ([04:00])

• Masculine vs. Feminine Spirituality ([05:10])

  • Masculine paths focus on detachment, renunciation, and emptiness (Shiva), while feminine paths embrace abundance, feeling, and embodiment (Shakti).
  • Listeners are prompted to ask themselves whether their happiest memories come from solitude ("nothingness") or overflowing experiences ("everythingness").

2. Energy, Self-Love & Adornment

• Self-Adoration Shifts Your Reality ([08:45])

  • Treating oneself as sacred transforms self-worth, relationships, and boundaries.
  • Quote: “When you adorn yourself and really embody the goddess that you are, people start showing up to you with that energy.” ([09:15])
  • Sahara offers a vivid example of how a small change in her own presentation (jewelry, makeup, henna) directly altered her interactions that day.

• Adorn, Don’t Conform: The Power of Playful Avatars ([13:45])

  • Rejects the idea of sticking to one ‘personal style’; instead, encourages embracing multiple “avatars”.
  • Quote: “Every single episode, I am a new avatar, and I love that, because to me, the goddess is everything.” ([14:05])

• Adorning As Ritual

  • Jewelry and embellishment are coded pleasure: “Our brains are actually wired to see glimmery and shiny and to be like, I want that.”
  • Wearing metals and jewelry can energetically uplift, grounding your goddess vibe in the everyday.

3. Quality over Quantity: Fashion Consciousness

• On Rejecting Fast Fashion ([19:50])

  • Avoid synthetic, low-vibration, and toxic fabrics—favor natural, high-quality materials, ideally from artisans.
  • Quote: “When you dress cheap, you look cheap... When you are wearing these synthetic polyesters from fast fashion, you are akin to wearing the vibration of a dead body on yours so energetically. Think of what that is doing.” ([20:30])

• Experiencing Style Transitions ([24:15])

  • Sahara shares her post-divorce style transformation: using clothing to express new phases of self, and urges listeners to wear what excites them, whether brights, neutrals, or bold new silhouettes.

4. Embodied Beauty & Body Acceptance

• Reframing the Body Ideal ([30:50])

  • Unpack the cultural emphasis on thinness and how her own glow up involved embracing softness, curves, and womb wisdom.
  • Quote: “It is sexy to have a little [pooch]—that means you have a womb. What a beautiful thing. We are meant to have a lower belly pooch.” ([32:35])
  • Drawing inspiration from global traditions (e.g., the curvaceous Venusian statues) and festivals like Trinidad Carnival (where all bodies are celebrated).

• Self-Compassion & Healing ([33:45])

  • Sahara describes learning to love her belly through daily self-massage and acceptance rituals, which unexpectedly resulted in better physical tone over time.

5. Nutrition & Movement “Glow Up” Insights

• Evolving Fitness and Diet ([41:20])

  • Previously adhered to restrictive “health” routines, now focuses on strength training (especially legs and glutes), pilates, higher protein intake, and seasonal/local eating.
  • Workouts: Incorporates strength, Mega Reformer Pilates, and follows her energy—sometimes feminine and flowy, other times intense and powerful.
  • Diet: Less snacking; prioritizes nutrient density, seasonal foods, plenty of protein, and rejects macro-counting for intuitive nourishment.

• Quote: “So much of beauty magic is actually really about confidence.” ([36:25])

• Tuning Food and Lifestyle to Location and Season ([51:40])

  • Dynamic nutrition—eating according to climate, environment, and intuition. For instance, fruit-heavy in tropical Bali, cooked and grounding foods in colder Amsterdam.

6. Beauty Rituals: Hair, Skin, and Non-Toxic Practices

• Hair Care & Ancient Rituals ([58:00])

  • Advocates for the “no poo” method: minimal shampoo, natural cleansing with vinegar or flowers, and ancient oiling practices.
  • Explains the spiritual and energetic significance of hair adornment, referencing Indian wedding customs and jewelry.

• Simple, Clean Skincare ([63:10])

  • Minimal foaming cleansers; focus on rose water, vitamin C, beef tallow, castor oil, and jojoba oil for skin.
  • Quote: “Probably the thing I'm complimented the most on is my skin... and it’s that I really try to do nothing.” ([64:30])
  • DIY product ideas: homemade balms with beeswax and mica, essential oils.

• Makeup: Clean Swaps & Sacred Adornment ([67:30])

  • Recommends talc-free, clean brands (e.g., Ilia), especially for lips and skin.
  • Shares favorite makeup tricks: simple concealer in place of foundation, using eyeshadow and eyeliner for a “cat-eye” look, eyebrow gels for a sculpted effect, and playful colored pencils for vibrance.

7. The Spirit of Adornment & Self-Honoring

• Treating Your Body as Sacred ([78:00])

  • See bathing, skin care, and even getting dressed as ritual acts of self-respect.
  • “Treat yourself the way that you would want to treat your baby… Give yourself that same level of love and cleanliness because you deserve that.”

• Energy, Confidence, and Magnetic Impact

  • Beauty and embodiment shift what you allow in life—what relationships you attract, how you are treated, even your own sense of possibility.
  • “Everything has evolved and up leveled really from taking care of myself, taking care of my beauty, seeing my beauty as sacred, seeing my body as an altar...”

Memorable Quotes

• On Energy and Self-Presentation:
  “When you adorn yourself and really embody the goddess that you are, people start showing up to you with that energy.”
  — Sahara Rose ([09:15])

• On “Glow Up” as Embodiment:
  “It's part of seeing yourself as a sacred site that will only be treated as such.”
  — Sahara Rose ([00:55])

• On Rejecting Fast Fashion & Toxic Products:
  “When you are wearing these synthetic polyesters from fast fashion, you are akin to wearing the vibration of a dead body on yours so energetically. Think of what that is doing.”
  — Sahara Rose ([20:30])

• On Embracing All of Yourself:
  “We are meant to have a lower belly pooch. It's not something you're supposed to get rid of. It is literally there to protect your womb.”
  — Sahara Rose ([32:35])

• On Style as Play:
  “The sacred feminine is playful as much as she is fierce, as much as she is wise, as much as she is sensual.”
  — Sahara Rose ([16:05])

Timestamps for Key Segments

• [02:00] — Defining the Sacred Feminine vs. Divine Feminine
• [04:00] — Embodiment as the missing link in women’s spirituality
• [09:15] — How self-adornment shifts your energy and interactions
• [14:05] — Embracing different style “avatars”; Goddess energy is ever-shifting
• [20:30] — Fast fashion, clothing quality, and vibrational impact
• [32:35] — Belly acceptance; ancient statues and body confidence
• [36:25] — The true magic of beauty is confidence
• [51:40] — Local/seasonal eating and nourishment
• [58:00] — Ancient and energy-aware hair rituals
• [64:30] — Skin: doing less, removing soaps and heaviness
• [67:30] — Makeup: clean, non-toxic, simple hacks
• [78:00] — Body as altar; self-care as a spiritual act

Final Takeaways

• Beauty and style are potent spiritual tools—expressions of intentional self-love that transform both inner state and outer world.
• A true “glow up” is energetic first: by working with adornment, nourishment, and embodied confidence, you become magnetically attractive to higher-vibration people and situations.
• Embrace the fullness of the sacred feminine: play, pleasure, adornment, and rest are as valuable as wisdom, power, and focus.

Host: Sahara Rose
Connect: @iamsahararose on Instagram
Resources Mentioned:

• Discover Your Dharma (Book)
• Rose Gold Goddesses (Mystery School)
• Speak With Soul (Course)

This summary captures Sahara’s passionate, humorous, and honest style, and encapsulates the generous practical and spiritual takeaways for anyone ready to glow up—inside and out.