Soul Expansion Project
Soul Expansion Project is a documentary series exploring diverse pathways to transformation. Each episode follows three individuals who have forged their own path toward a more spiritual or peaceful existence through practices that connect them to meaning. Through immersive and intimate storytelling, we share in the experiences, rituals, and mindsets that help them rediscover their inner truth.
We are living in a time of unprecedented anxiety, loneliness, and burnout. As people search for ways to reconnect with themselves and each other, Soul Expansion Project shares stories that offer hope, perspective, and tools for living better lives.
The Team
Christine Johnson
With 25+ years spanning DreamWorks, HBO Max, Magnolia Network, NASA/JPL, Discovery, and National Geographic, Christine has helped launch some of television's most beloved series. She brings that institutional range to Soul Expansion Project because she believes the most important stories are the ones that change how people see themselves.
Brandy Echery
Brandy has spent 20+ years producing content for organizations ranging from the American Cancer Society and the 988 Mental Health Hotline to GM, Comcast, and the University of Colorado. She joined Soul Expansion Project because she knows firsthand that the right story, told with care, reaches people in moments when nothing else can.
Martina Maio
Martina has produced non-fiction content for CNN, PBS, Netflix, and HBO Max — including The Vote for PBS's American Experience— across a decade of documentary work. She is drawn to stories that treat their subjects with depth and dignity, and sees Soul Expansion Project as exactly the kind of film the world needs more of.
Rachel Farha
Rachel is an Emmy Award-winning filmmaker whose work — including Rebecoming Me on PBS12 and productions for Boeing, Kaiser Permanente, and Crocs — spans documentary, broadcast, and branded storytelling. She is creating the Soul Expansion Project because she believes film can do what therapy, books, and conversation sometimes cannot: make a person feel less alone in their own transformation.
Executive Producers
Christy Belz
Leadership coach, author, and fierce advocate for women's authentic voice, Christy is the president of Empowerment Coaching and Consulting, a 15-year-old practice dedicated to conscious transformation at the individual and organizational level. Her work guides clients toward their authentic selves using behavioral expertise, intuitive insight, and deep knowledge of human transformation—the same principles that fuel SEP. A TEDx speaker and coach to Fortune 500 companies, Christy has been recognized as one of Colorado's Top 25 Most Powerful Women in Business. Her 2022 book, Oh God of Second Chances, Here I am Again, evolved into the NEW You podcast, which amplifies women's stories of transformation and second chances—a natural precursor to her partnership with SEP. She holds a Master's of Social Work and serves on the advisory board for TEDxCherryCreekWomen.
Zoe Rodriquez
Bodywork practitioner, spiritual guide, and healing arts educator based in Denver, CO, and the originator of the Soul Expansion Project concept. With over 28 years of experience bridging movement, somatic healing, and spiritual exploration, Zoe began her career as a professional dancer with a BFA from the University of Missouri–Kansas City. Her deep study of massage therapy, Rolfing, and energy work catalyzed profound personal transformation and expanded her intuitive gifts, shaping a holistic approach to healing that integrates the physical, spiritual, energetic, and emotional dimensions of human experience. Through this work with clients and as a facilitator of international retreats and workshops, she has witnessed countless pathways to self-discovery and healing—insights that led her to conceive of SEP as a cinematic exploration of how people come to know themselves and their place in the world through embodied, nature-based, and spiritual practice.
fiscal sponsorship
Downtown Aurora Visual Arts (DAVA) — Fiscal sponsor and long-term community partner, providing nonprofit infrastructure and connecting SEP to Aurora’s culturally diverse neighborhoods through a shared commitment to arts access.