S2 - Ep 2 with Gina Marie- The Heroine's Journey, Intimacy, Challenges & Play

My guest on this episode is my dear friend Gina. The show notes are shared below. This conversation touched on deeply important subjects I wish the world would reflect upon! I know I needed it.Gina's love for life and commitment to being in service of others while dancing, singing & playing all the way through.connect with her: instagram.com/ginadaringgreatlyShow notes:3:25 - Origins of connection5:05 - points of transformation - 6:15 - remembered for 7:057:30 - affirming groups - 9:05 9:05 - connection to community, connection to self 10:10 - transform challenge to triumph. Inauthenticity & ego, with humility to name it herself. 12:1012:40 - something happens when Im not listening to the PINGS 13:5514:00 - screams of the accident - 15:5516:00 - people pleasing - no need to show up in the right groups’ - mirror of authenticity & trust - 18:3018:30 - conditional worth - seen in ER 19:55 what does reclaimed unconditional love look and feel like? - 21:15 - the polarization of the ‘people pleaser ‘ ** 23:15 - wounding patterns - until it’s reclaimed - look at those patterns, there’s a little child inside of you. Reclaiming connection with that inner child.25:20 - self love is loving all of your shadows - 26:1026:20 - heroine’s journey - 27:27:30 - **shit** - 29:10 - rock bottom - the end of coping29:50 - relational rock bottom, medicine space, at the core of emotions, shame, and there, too is love. 33:45 - grieving few who have the opportunity to put the guards down. 34:30 - addressing the inner critic36:00 - unconditional witnessing 36:40, profundity, get to work the next day! a reconnection of the highest order 37:2037:25 - integration of transformation 39:30 - life is the ceremony, integration can take a lifetime. 41:3042:30 - psychedelics used to recharge ego when unintegrated 43:10 44:00 the renaissance of perception 45:10 45:20 - new states of habituality45:45 - callous renters during AirBNB, property wake up call.46:50 - window into new ways of thinking and behavingThe autobiography *** 48:3049:50 - child autobiography 51:00 the victory human life 53:15 -Gina dance and play54:10 - play, pleasure, reclamation55:45 - disempower living56:30 - the illusory beliefWhen we are in play, we can Yang better. Yin fuels yang. Need balance. 59:00 children losing play, becoming adults1:00:00 Canadian men’s soccer team1:01:20 - invitation to play - 1:05:001:05:20 - availability to intimacy 1:08:101:08:00 male patriarchy 1:11:30 safe to merge and express needs in order to heal 1:13:001:13:00 sex is a psychedelic1:14:00 sex as a drug1:15:00 the phone and how it robs immersion1:16:20 the intention1:17:15 sex as a coping mechanism 1:18:30 sex as a distraction 1:19:00 - long term relationship so enmeshed1:19:30 emotional rupture, emotional safety, emotional repair. 1:22:30 emotional repair1:22:50 - therapy Get clear on my burdens and intimacy on every moment 1:25:521:25:55 - pleasure in yourself, distractions,,enrich life1:26:40 - end of life play will ensue, love will ensue, connection1:28:25 - we can have it all with layered prescriptions 1:29:30 - whole, perfect and complete shit1:30:15 - cacophony and tangential, delayed reward1:31:40 - outro*This episode was recorded in March of 2023. Technical issues brought on a delay that have finally been resolved*