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Episode 27: How to Regain Trust When Life Has Betrayed You

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In this episode Gia begins by sharing Something Positive: a program in an elementary school in Baltimore that teaches children breath work and meditation instead of sending them to detention. They send a misbehaving child to a “Mindful Moment” room for reflection and some calming meditation. This program has yielded very positive results for the school – well done!

Next Gia and Karen talk about how to regain trust after you’ve been betrayed by another person or by life itself. It’s important to learn some recovery skills so that betrayals don’t cause us to spiral down into victimhood or fear. The conversation includes:

  • betrayal is a normal part of life – everyone is just human, trying to do the best they can
  • ultimately our trust should be in ourselves and our own Divinity rather than in people or things outside of ourselves
  • if we truly trust ourselves and our higher power then we don’t need anyone else in our lives to be totally trustworthy
  • betrayal can cause us to contract in fear and make ourselves small for self-protection if we don’t learn how to cope with it
  • even if we’ve healed the past we have to be open to betrayal happening again – have equanimity and compassion for others who are just being human
  • be able to take the Galaxy view and recognize that life has no guarantees and offers us many different opportunities to learn our lessons
  • betrayal is one of the biggest lessons we each must learn – so accept from the outset that life is going to bring this experience
  • we can allow others to be who they are when we place our trust within – we don’t require others to be perfect for us
  • we can become bitter if we expect our God to always prevent “bad” things from happening to us – this is a misunderstanding of what life is all about
  • Tips for regaining trust:
    • turn to prayer and meditation when you feel hurt or betrayed
    • accept your feelings rather than judging them
    • trace your own life journey and recognize all of the unexpected things that have happened, both surprises and disappointments; look for patterns in the ups and downs and recognize how life is teaching you certain lessons
    • consider that your current betrayals may be pointing you toward old wounds that still need to be healed
    • focus on loving yourself even more, especially when you feel fear
    • know that you have the power to take care of yourself and to make the highest choices for yourself

Remember: It’s Just Life! with all its crazy ups and downs – the more your emotions rise to the surface the faster you are growing and evolving! Be a Spirit Warrior and a Change Pioneer – join our community and help us forge new territory in life!

Links for this episode:

Gia’s website: www.divinelygia.com

Gia’s YouTube channel (check out her awesome meditation videos): https://www.youtube.com/user/divinelyalign

Karen’s website: www.karenwyattmd.com

As always we love you and send you tons of joy! Thanks for sharing this journey with us! Leave us your comments and go to iTunes to post reviews for this podcast. See you next time!

Gia and Karen

xoxo

 

Episode 21: The Power of “The Pause” When the Unexpected Happens

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Today Gia shares her current personal situation in which life is “on pause” due to her roommate’s hospitalization after a bike accident. This unexpected event is the stimulus for a great conversation about the opportunities available when life’s tragic occurrences force us to take time out from our day-to-day busy schedules. The discussion includes:

  • why times of crisis are opportunities for transformation
  • reminders that we are not really in control over most of life – we are passengers, not the drivers of our “life vehicles”
  • how hospitals are sacred spaces
  • the process of healing from a conscious perspective: mind vs soul
  • the importance of being still and waiting to see what’s next
  • Take-home messages:
    • respond to every crisis with love, not fear
    • see the blessing in “the pause”
    • embrace whatever happens in your life

As always, we are here to share with you our own personal journeys through life’s ups and downs so that you will know that you are not alone and YOU ARE LOVED!

Take good care of yourself, spread love wherever you go, and remember that It’s Just Life!

Check out Karen’s books: What Really Matters and The Tao of Death on Amazon.

Gia’s website: www.divinelygia.com

Tune in every Friday for a new episode, share with your friends and leave reviews on iTunes!

Love,

Gia and Karen

xoxo

Episode 20: How to Manage Obstacles When They Arise

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Today Gia and Karen start off with Something Positive: the story of a dog who “adopted” an ultra-marathoner by running alongside him during an event in China.

Then they talk about the experience of having unexpected obstacles show up when following clear guidance. They offer their own best tips for coping with these sudden “stop signs” on the path of progress:

  • reframe the situation – see it as a need for better timing or an opportunity to learn more
  • let go of attachments to the outcome of your guidance
  • learn to trust the wisdom of the Universe
  • be curious about life’s mysteries
  • have patience and let life unfold with its own timing
  •  journal about obstacles and the feelings that are arising
  • choose a totem as a daily reminder of your Divine guidance
  • don’t take the obstacles personally

Karen shares this quote by Rumi:

A new moon teaches gradualness and deliberation and how one gives birth to oneself slowly. Patience with small details makes perfect a large work, like the universe. What nine months of attention does for an embryo forty early mornings will do for your gradually growing wholeness.

Link for this episode: Stray Dog Finds Her Human

We love, love, love you and are so glad you are joining us on this journey. Sending you positive energy to help you get through all your obstacles! Be sure to send us your comments and leave reviews on iTunes at this link.

Tune in every Friday for more It’s Just Life!

Gia and Karen

xoxo

Episode 15: Coping With Mistakes and Healing the Shadow

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Join Gia and Karen as they talk about mistakes and the purpose they play in our own lives and on a global scale. They’ll get into a serious discussion about recent tragic events and how to look at them from the Galaxy view. The conversation includes:

  • Why mistakes are necessary to allow synchronicity to occur
  • How to have compassion for our own mistakes that arise from being human
  • Why we should not judge others because as human beings we are all capable of any negative behavior
  • Some tragedies happen to call forth more love and compassion on the planet
  • “Things are not getting worse but they are being uncovered” so that we can heal the Shadow
  • Offering support to one group within our society (like Black Lives Matter) does not mean that we are excluding others from that support
  • We can all come together in our grief over all lives that have been lost
  • We are one creation and can accomplish anything if we work together and appreciate diversity
  • We are at a turning point in humanity where we can choose love or fear as we move into the future. Love will help us transcend while fear will lead to falling apart.
  • The Universe is neutral and desires to manifest as much diversity as possible – there is no good or bad according to the Universe
  • Healing and integrating the Shadow as we attempt to grow is the best way to become whole
  • We must each shine our light on our own Shadow first
  • Ho’oponopono is a perfect way to transform the energy around a tragedy:
    • I love you.
    • I’m sorry.
    • Please forgive me.
    • Thank you.
  • You can increase the awareness of the whole by being willing to make mistakes

Link for this episode: Ho’oponopono Handout

We love you and support you through any and every mistake you may make! Be sure to tune in every Friday and leave a review for us on iTunes by clicking here.

Gia and Karen

xoxo

Episode 10: How to Make Failure Your Best Teacher

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Today Gia and Karen get real and vulnerable with a discussion about failure. You’ll hear about an article that inspired this conversation called “What To Do When No One Shows Up To Your Reading” by Matthew Norman (see the link below.) This episode includes:

  • the entrepreneurial mindset about failure
  • how spiritual entrepreneurs may see failure differently
  • our personal story of “epic failure”
  • how we recovered from failure
  • how failure teaches us to love ourselves more
  • facing up to our fear of failure

Links in this episode:

Article: “What To Do When No One Shows Up To Your Reading” by Matthew Norman

Karen’s blog: Rising Above Failure

We hope you will love yourself even more the next time you are faced with failure! May it be your best teacher ever. We love you!

Gia and Karen

xxoo

Episode 6: Forgiving the Unforgivable: Finding Compassion For Those Who’ve Done Harm

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In this episode Gia and Karen explore the pain experienced by those who unintentionally harm others, through accidents or mistakes. This conversation is an offshoot from last week’s podcast, Episode 5 and you may want to listen to it if you haven’t heard it already. We talk about the challenge of forgiving others who have hurt us and the even greater challenge of forgiving ourselves when we’ve screwed up. This episode covers:

  • How good things can arise from the midst of tragedy
  • The remarkable story of Matthew Shephard, whose parents forgave his murderers and went on to found the Matthew Shephard Foundation for the purpose of erasing hatred
  • Why it’s hard for people to forgive others
  • The “Galaxy View” of tragedy and how it helps us to be more compassionate with ourselves and others
  • How practicing forgiveness helps us but doesn’t let the perpetrator “off the hook”
  • Steps for finding our way to forgiveness and compassion for others

We are sending tons of love to all who have been harmed by others and may struggle with whether or not forgiveness is a good idea. Know that you must find your own path to peace and joy but we’re here to cheer you on as you seek to live with compassion and forgiveness.

Get some great tips from Karen’s blog: How to Make 2016 the Year of Bold Forgiveness

Gia and Karen

xxoo

Episode 5: “Everything Doesn’t Happen for a Reason” – or Does It? How We Live With Grief

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In this episode Gia and Karen discuss an article about grief we recently read that was titled “Everything Doesn’t Happen for a Reason” by Tim Lawrence. We dissect the article and find plenty of statements to disagree with, to validate, and to further explain. The conversation covers these interesting points:

  • What “everything happens for a reason” means and doesn’t mean
  • Suffering is not a requirement for growth but can be a catalyst
  • Grief is a process and may look different to us at different stages in the process
  • We have to hold both perspectives: (1) Suffering is terrible AND (2) it is possible to grow and transform as a result of our suffering
  • Deep love makes us vulnerable to suffering and loss and can break our hearts open
  • How finding meaning in our suffering helps us carry the pain
  • Self-compassion is necessary to get through time of suffering
  • Why saying nothing can be the best thing to do during times of grief
  • What to do for a grieving friend

Here is a link to Karen’s blog for more suggestions: Grief: How to Help in Difficult Times

We know that grief is an individual process, unique to each person who experiences it. But it is also a universal experience–something we all share as part of life here on Planet Earth. We hope you find comfort and peace in knowing that we feel the pain of life, too, right along with you. Send us your comments! We are sending you our love!!

Gia and Karen

xxoo

 

Episode 2: How to Bounce Back From a Downturn

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Gia and Karen discuss the inevitable downturns of life and how they get through them. They reveal some of their own struggles with disappointment and emotional letdowns and their recognition that these events are a normal and necessary part of life. You will learn:

  • How to prepare for downturns so that you can experience more equanimity
  • What you can learn from times of darkness
  • Why  you need your own “toolkit” to help you raise your energy again after experiencing a downturn
  • Cool tips and tools for getting out of a slump and back to higher consciousness
  • Why life provides us with more questions than answers

Remember, you are not alone if your are currently struggling in a downturn of life–we are right there with you! Check out these resources mentioned in this podcast:

Karen’s book: What Really Matters

Gia’s Meditation Videos:   Two Steps to Hear Your Soul       Eyes Above the Storm

Jessica’s Daily Affirmation Video

Buddha on the Train Video

Click here to get a copy of the Rilke poem we read to you!

We love you! Join us for the next episode!

Episode 1: Meet Gia and Karen

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Get acquainted with yoga and meditation teacher and singer-songwriter Gia and her Mom, Karen, who is a doctor and author. Find out about their philosophy and how they both survive all the crazy ups and downs of life as creative entrepreneurs. In this episode you’ll hear about:

  • Life as a school where lessons are learned and love is the ultimate purpose
  • How to handle fear of failure
  • Recognizing that the higher wisdom of the Universe doesn’t always make sense to our rational minds
  • The Garden and Galaxy views of life
  • The amazing “Mural Dream” that shows how life is ultimately perfect, just as it is

Get inspired and enjoy the ride on this wild planet with Gia and Karen–we’ll share our best secrets for living joyfully with you!

Connect with Gia: www.divinelygia.com

Connect with Karen: www.karenwyattmd.com or www.eoluniversity.com