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

Layered Prescriptions with Dr. Kavoosi, MD

My guest on this episode is my dear friend Gina Oades. 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/ginadaringgreatly Show notes: 3:25 - Origins of connection 5:05 - points of transformation - 6:15 - remembered for 7:05 7:30 - 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. 12:10 12:40 - something happens when Im not listening to the PINGS 13:55 14:00 - screams of the accident - 15:55 16:00 - people pleasing - no need to show up in the right groups’ - mirror of authenticity & trust - 18:30 18:30 - 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 - 26:10 26:20 - heroine’s journey - 27: 27:30 - **shit** - 29:10 - rock bottom - the end of coping 29:50 - 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 critic 36:00 - unconditional witnessing 36:40, profundity, get to work the next day! a reconnection of the highest order 37:20 37:25 - integration of transformation 39:30 - life is the ceremony, integration can take a lifetime. 41:30 42:30 - psychedelics used to recharge ego when unintegrated 43:10 44:00 the renaissance of perception 45:10 45:20 - new states of habituality 45:45 - callous renters during AirBNB, property wake up call. 46:50 - window into new ways of thinking and behaving The autobiography *** 48:30 49:50 - child autobiography 51:00 the victory human life 53:15 -Gina dance and play 54:10 - play, pleasure, reclamation 55:45 - disempower living 56:30 - the illusory belief When we are in play, we can Yang better. Yin fuels yang. Need balance. 59:00 children losing play, becoming adults 1:00:00 Canadian men’s soccer team 1:01:20 - invitation to play - 1:05:00 1:05:20 - availability to intimacy 1:08:10 1:08:00 male patriarchy 1:11:30 safe to merge and express needs in order to heal 1:13:00 1:13:00 sex is a psychedelic 1:14:00 sex as a drug 1:15:00 the phone and how it robs immersion 1:16:20 the intention 1:17:15 sex as a coping mechanism 1:18:30 sex as a distraction 1:19:00 - long term relationship so enmeshed 1:19:30 emotional rupture, emotional safety, emotional repair. 1:22:30 emotional repair 1:22:50 - therapy Get clear on my burdens and intimacy on every moment 1:25:52 1:25:55 - pleasure in yourself, distractions,,enrich life 1:26:40 - end of life play will ensue, love will ensue, connection 1:28:25 - we can have it all with layered prescriptions 1:29:30 - whole, perfect and complete shit 1:30:15 - cacophony and tangential, delayed reward 1:31:40 - outro *This episode was recorded in March of 2023. Technical issues brought on a delay that have finally been resolved*