Shadow work around numbing, not caring, and giving zero f*cks explores the self-protective side of emotional shutdown — and how to gently reawaken the parts of us that care an awful lot.
In this episode of Wholehearted Loving, Georgianna and Steph unpack how avoidance, denial, and numbness often began as brilliant childhood survival strategies. Georgianna shares a deeply moving story about her son’s “I don’t care” — and how meeting his shutdown with compassion revealed a tender sensitivity beneath the surface. Steph reflects on her own years of “not caring” and how that numbness was actually proof of how deeply she cared, without tools to manage the feelings that come with caring.
Together, they explore how to create inner spaciousness without shutting down, and how to reclaim the part of us that still longs for connection, safety, and care — for ourselves and others.
Discover how:
“I don’t care” can signal care that’s gone underground
Spaciousness builds capacity for love, not distance from it
Feeling is the bridge back to passion and aliveness
"Like finding gold." – Alma W.
"The best therapy I've ever done for myself." – Sanjeev B.
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With love,
Georgianna & Steph
Shadow work around truth-telling digs into our communication blocks in relationship — and in this context, explores why speaking the obvious truths — the ones we assume people already know — can profoundly shift relationships.
In this episode of Wholehearted Loving, Georgianna and Steph unpack why saying things out loud matters for safety, love, and connection. Georgianna shares how she teaches parents to “bridge the discipline” by reminding kids they’re loved even during conflict, and how those same principles repair adult relationships. Steph reflects on how noticing beauty, grief, and mixed emotions in her surroundings helped her reframe what truth feels like in the body — simple, honest, and regulating.
Together, they explore why so many of us hesitate to express the obvious (“you matter,” “we’re still good,” “I care”) and how this hesitation roots in childhood fear of vulnerability. They show how practicing with objects, photos, or pets builds the muscle to say what’s true — and how those small moments change everything.
Discover how:
Saying the obvious can calm the nervous system
Words like “you matter” repair disconnection instantly
Speaking care out loud turns love into felt safety
"Like finding gold." – Alma W.
"The best therapy I've ever done for myself." – Sanjeev B.
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Georgianna & Steph
Shadow work around performing for connection explores how the roles we learned to play as children — to stay safe, liked, or needed — become the performances we carry into adult relationships.
In this episode of Wholehearted Loving, Georgianna and Steph talk about Conscious Relationship Training, and how it helped them unpack their own performing for connection. Steph shares how comfort in discomfort became her norm, and how she learned to stop creating pain as a form of control. Georgianna opens up about how “being nice” was really about avoiding her own discomfort when others felt bad — and how shadow work helped her find real freedom.
Together, they explore what authenticity actually feels like in the body, how to track “just-right” sensations before things tip into overwhelm, and why performing kindness is never the same as living it.
Discover how:
Performances for love and safety begin as clever coping and can end as chronic disconnection
Awareness of your body’s subtle cues can prevent emotional over-stretching
Real compassion includes yourself — not just everyone else
"Like finding gold." – Alma W.
"The best therapy I've ever done for myself." – Sanjeev B.
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Georgianna & Steph
Shadow work is a great way to explore what happens when our need to be liked keeps us from being real.
In this episode of Wholehearted Loving, Georgianna and Steph begin with a literal light-and-shadow practice and move into the deeper truth of emotional shadow work: what we hide to stay safe. Georgianna shares a powerful story about her son saying he wanted to “saw his brother in half” — and how meeting that truth with compassion revealed what all humans need when we’re at our most raw. Steph reflects on her own learned “niceness” and how she used intellectual kindness to cover frustration and fear, creating emotional dissonance and disconnection.
Together, they explore how people-pleasing and palatability develop as protective strategies, how they block intimacy, and how self-awareness turns those patterns into power. From relationships to parenting to personal growth, they show what it really means to be fully human — not just polite.
Discover how:
Niceness can become a mask that hides our needs
Shadow work reveals the light we’ve hidden to stay safe
Real connection grows when we stop performing “fine”
"Like finding gold." – Alma W.
"The best therapy I've ever done for myself." – Sanjeev B.
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With love,
Georgianna & Steph
Fault-finding is a typical — and unhelpful — way to bring our critical energy into relationships.
In this episode of Wholehearted Loving, Georgianna and Steph explore the tension between seeing what’s wrong and allowing what’s right. Georgianna shares the moment she caught herself ready to correct her partner mid-kindness and realized her old habit of “quality control” was blocking closeness. Steph reflects on her childhood training to “help by fixing,” how she swung to the other extreme of never offering input, and what balance feels like now.
Together they reveal how nitpicking acts as low-grade fight energy, how compassion turns critique into connection, and how letting people win with you makes relationships feel safe again — for both sides.
Discover how:
Awareness turns criticism into choice and trust
Nitpicking reveals unspoken fight energy ready to move
Ease and connection grow when you practice seeing what’s working
"Like finding gold." – Alma W.
"The best therapy I've ever done for myself." – Sanjeev B.
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With love,
Georgianna & Steph
Boundaries begin in the body — it sounds simple, but when you say it out loud with your whole self, everything changes.
In this episode of Wholehearted Loving, Georgianna and Steph share a powerful practice for clarity and boundaries. Georgianna tells the story of how she rediscovered her playful “wiggle” — a part of herself she had long shut down to seem proper — and how reclaiming it brought joy and authenticity back into her body. Steph reflects on finding mental peace in dangerous chaos (like speeding through highway traffic) and how she learned safer ways to quiet her mind through embodied focus.
Together, they guide you through an easy practice to explore how declarations land differently when spoken out loud, why embodied no’s don’t need fight energy, and how this simple movement can rewire your sense of self-trust and connection.
Discover how:
Speaking needs and boundaries out loud clarifies them in seconds
Your body reveals what’s true more reliably than your thoughts
Simple movement paired with words can shift long-held patterns
"Like finding gold." – Alma W.
"The best therapy I've ever done for myself." – Sanjeev B.
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Georgianna & Steph
Your Energy Is Contagious — and most of us underestimate just how much impact we have in everyday moments.
In this episode of Wholehearted Loving, Georgianna shares the story of Bella — a grocery store clerk whose genuine warmth became a community-wide treasure, showing how even a 30-second exchange can shift someone’s whole day. Steph reflects on how a simple awareness of “frowny face” energy changed the dynamic in her past relationship, and how noticing what we transmit opens space for intentional choice.
Together, they explore the spectrum of energy from “love hubs” to protective blockers, why both are human and valid, and how practices like Metta (loving kindness) let us extend care to others even when we’re alone. They also share how their own patterns — from Steph’s life-of-the-party mask to Georgianna’s childhood role as family mediator — shaped the energies they learned to embody, and how they’ve reclaimed freedom to be real, human, and intentional in what they share now.
Discover how:
Everyday moments ripple into big emotional impact
Awareness of your “default energy” gives you back choice
Loving kindness practices expand your presence beyond the room
"Like finding gold." – Alma W.
"The best therapy I've ever done for myself." – Sanjeev B.
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Georgianna & Steph
The Threshold Moments Recipe is a simple, playful way to move from stress mode to presence mode — in less than a minute.
In this episode of Wholehearted Loving, Georgianna and Steph share a body-based “recipe” for threshold moments: the times when we move from one swirl of life into another. Georgianna tells stories of running errands, picking up her kids, and walking into a chaotic house — and how skipping her reset always escalated tension. Steph reflects on her need to add sensory ingredients (like squeezing her hands and feeling her feet) to truly land in the moment, and how these micro-practices keep her from spiraling into reactivity.
Together, they guide you through a sequence of seat awareness, shoulder rolls, thumping, and a simple acupressure point — and show how to adapt it for your own wiring, your family, or even your kids. This isn’t about performing calm. It’s about creating a pause so you can enter the next space with more steadiness and choice.
Discover how:
Threshold moments shape the energy you bring into relationships
A one-minute “recipe” can prevent stress from escalating at home
Simple practices can be playful, adaptable, and even fun to teach others
"Like finding gold." – Alma W.
"The best therapy I've ever done for myself." – Sanjeev B.
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With love,
Georgianna & Steph
"My Energy Is Not For ___" isn’t just a catchy phrase — it’s a powerful practice for protecting your peace.
In this episode of Wholehearted Loving, Georgianna and Steph reflect on Taylor Swift’s viral clip about treating your energy like gold, and how it stirred up deep insights about purpose, boundaries, and choice. Steph shares candid reflections on disappointing others, codependency, and her need to conserve energy for work that truly matters. Georgianna opens up about years spent ruminating after heartbreak — and how she learned to protect the hard-won peace she built through nervous system work and self-compassion.
Together, they explore how to identify what your energy is not for, what it is for, and how to bring that awareness into the next five minutes — not just the next decade.
Discover how:
Naming “my energy is not for…” can clarify boundaries in seconds
Rumination drains precious energy — and how to shift out of it
Small energy audits help align your daily choices with your deeper purpose
"Like finding gold." – Alma W."The best therapy I've ever done for myself." – Sanjeev B.
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With love,
Georgianna & Steph
And What Else isn’t just a question — it’s a powerful nervous system tool for shifting how we experience our world.
In this episode of Wholehearted Loving, Georgianna and Steph share stories of using this simple practice to interrupt old patterns of compounding pain and avoiding discomfort. Georgianna tells the story of a gym session where she asked for deep pressure support to create a nervous system reset. Steph reflects on how numbing and spiraling kept her from actually feeling her feelings, and how “and what else” builds real capacity to sit with what’s hard — without being swallowed by it.
Together, they explore how to notice neutral or pleasant sensations alongside the difficult ones, why this practice grows awe for what’s possible, and how to reclaim even a single breath of relief as a victory.
Discover how:
“And what else” interrupts spirals and creates new options
Pleasant sensations expand your capacity for the hard ones
Growing micro-moments of ease rewires your nervous system for resilience
"Like finding gold." – Alma W.
"The best therapy I've ever done for myself." – Sanjeev B.
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With love,
Georgianna & Steph
The feeling that you're bad, wrong, caught out or in trouble can show up anywhere — even just from a notification popping up on your phone. In this episode of Wholehearted Loving, Georgianna and Steph explore why so many of us feel instantly “in trouble” when we get a message or hear the words we need to talk.
They share personal stories of how these shame-laced body memories form — from Georgianna’s childhood in a home where criticism felt like love, to her later reparative experiences that changed her entire response to messages from friends. Steph reflects on how her own patterns of only reaching out when something was wrong created a dynamic she later had to unlearn — and how even her father, in his seventies, still admitted to feeling “like a five-year-old in trouble” when criticized at work.
Together, they explore how these reflexes get passed down in families, why noticing “what’s the same and what’s different” is such a powerful tool for nervous system repair, and how practicing contrast (pleasant vs. unpleasant sensations) can slowly rewire us toward safety, neutrality, and even joy.
Discover how:
Childhood shame patterns wire us to expect trouble
Reparative experiences can gently change old body memories
Family patterns shape what we expect in connection
Simple contrasts can open the door to freedom and choice
"Like finding gold." – Alma W.
"The best therapy I've ever done for myself." – Sanjeev B.
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Georgianna & Steph
The Attachment Dance is more than a metaphor — it’s a playful practice that reveals some of the deepest patterns in how we relate.
In this episode of Wholehearted Loving, Georgianna and Steph share personal stories about mothers, partners, and friendships that highlight the subtle ways we each handle togetherness and separation — from long lingering goodbyes to quick “good day to you, sir” exits. They explore how childhood imprints show up in adult relationships, why hellos and goodbyes matter so much to our nervous systems, and how even the smallest rituals of connection can repair and rewire intimacy.
Discover how:
A simple movement practice can reveal your attachment patterns
Autonomy and closeness can both be honored without blame
Small rituals of hello and goodbye can soothe old wounds and grow connection
"Like finding gold." – Alma W."The best therapy I've ever done for myself." – Sanjeev B.
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Georgianna & Steph
In this episode of Wholehearted Loving, Georgianna and Steph explore how to stop a bad day from taking over — starting with the moment you notice yourself getting “crunchy.”
Georgianna shares two stories: discovering how a simple Heart 7 acupressure point helped her recover her breath and calm her system on a hot uphill bike ride, and how asking for a hug on a noisy Vancouver sidewalk shifted an entire day from irritable to connected. Steph reflects on her own history of craving anxious caretaking and how learning to receive undramatic presence has changed her relationships.
Together, they break down the skills of noticing, naming, and resetting — including how co-regulation works best when you know what’s regulating for you and your people.
Discover how:
Noticing early “crunchy” signals can keep them from escalating
Co-regulation can deepen connection instead of fueling drama
Tiny tools like breath cycles or acupressure can shift your whole day
"Like finding gold." – Alma W."The best therapy I've ever done for myself." – Sanjeev B.
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Georgianna & Steph
In this episode of Wholehearted Loving, Georgianna and Steph explore how urgency often masks discomfort — and how building the capacity to pause can transform your relationships and self-connection.
Georgianna shares a story about resisting the pull to resolve relationship tension in the middle of the night, choosing instead to stay with her own sensations until the moment felt right. Steph reflects on her past patterns of relational urgency, codependency, and drama-fueled timing, and how she’s learning to embrace the pause as a tool for genuine connection.
Together, they walk through everyday ways to grow this capacity — from breathing through physical tension, to sitting with emotional discomfort, to choosing intention over impulse when it matters most.
Discover how:
Urgency often serves anxiety, not connection
Simple body-based practices can build your “pause muscle”
Staying with discomfort creates more choice in how you respond
"Like finding gold." – Alma W.
"The best therapy I've ever done for myself." – Sanjeev B.
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In this episode of Wholehearted Loving, Georgianna and Steph offer one of their favorite tools for seeing life and relationships with more clarity: the “same/different” practice.
They share personal stories — from Steph’s spiral into self-doubt over a stack of missing business cards, to Georgianna’s longing to be emotionally met in relationships — and walk through how this deceptively simple tool helped them get out of their heads and into the present moment. Whether you’re struggling with internal narratives, relational disappointments, or emotional overreaction, this episode helps you pause and look again.
Discover how:
Same/different helps you spot progress you’d otherwise miss
This practice reveals new information in old emotional patterns
Seeing clearly invites more generosity, curiosity, and choice
"Like finding gold." – Alma W.
"The best therapy I've ever done for myself." – Sanjeev B.
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00:00 — Intro
00:41 — Finding your sweet spot: today’s body connection practice
03:27 — Familiar vs. good: how posture reveals hidden patterns
05:23 — Steph’s story: chop-chop culture and the pressure to lean in
07:30 — Georgianna’s story: people-pleasing posture and leaning forward to mediate
08:23 — Playing with over- and under-functioning dynamics in relationships
10:48 — Posture as a tool to disrupt old survival strategies
13:52 — How leaning back changed Steph’s conversation energy
15:29 — Closing practice: one hand, two hands, or no hands on your body
In this episode of Wholehearted Loving, Georgianna and Steph guide you through a playful, body-based practice for discovering your inner “sweet spot” — both physically and emotionally.
Through real-life stories of people-pleasing, over-functioning, and survival habits, they unpack how even the simplest posture shifts can reveal old wiring — and offer an invitation to soften, reset, and reconnect. Whether you tend to collapse backward or lean too far forward, this episode offers gentle tools to reclaim your center.
Discover how:
Small posture shifts can reveal hidden emotional patterns
Habit isn’t the same as genuine ease
Embodied awareness can bring more clarity to your relationships
"Like finding gold." – Alma W.
"The best therapy I've ever done for myself." – Sanjeev B.
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00:00 — Intro
01:20 — Spiky balls & rubber bands: today’s body connection practice
04:30 — Sensory tools that keep you present without overwhelm
07:30 — From numbing to feeling: finding what actually helps
09:50 — Steph’s story of reactivity and preparing for charged conversations
13:50 — Parenting through sensory behaviors with curiosity instead of shame
16:30 — What’s your current inner work — and who helps you practice it?
18:30 — Taking advantage of easy relationships to grow new skills
23:00 — Receiving someone’s gentle presence — and not pushing it away
26:00 — Practicing preference-setting in low-stakes relationships
30:00 — Challenging assumptions about who can hold your truth
35:00 — Projecting vs. reality: who actually wants to support you
38:00 — Letting people inspire possibility and identity
48:00 — Showing up in your identity can liberate others, too
51:45 — Subtle spine play: today’s closing embodiment practice
In this episode of Wholehearted Loving, Georgianna and Steph explore how to use the people around you as gentle catalysts for your inner work.
Steph shares how she learned to prepare for difficult conversations by practicing honesty with people who feel emotionally safe — and how, even in easeful relationships, reactivity can still show up. Georgianna tells stories of parenting her son through sensory regulation, processing cultural identity, and letting her friends model what’s possible — from professional change to playful expression.
Together, they reflect on how curiosity and presence help turn everyday relationships into spaces for experimentation, skill-building, and healing.
Discover how:
Practicing skills in safe relationships builds confidence for harder ones
Sensory tools like spiky balls or rubber bands can help you stay regulated
Real-life people offer more opportunities than you think for embodied growth
"Like finding gold." – Alma W."The best therapy I've ever done for myself." – Sanjeev B.
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Georgianna & Steph
00:00 — Intro
00:41 — Silly arms & pigeons: today’s body connection practice
04:30 — Letting movement interrupt the mental spiral
07:00 — How someone else’s self-care revealed a hidden need
09:00 — Why some people panic when asked “what do you need?”
12:00 — Copycatting as survival vs. self-discovery
15:00 — Georgianna’s parenting overwhelm & how she found her way
19:00 — “Shopping” for traits in group work — trying on new ways of being
22:00 — Procrastination, perfectionism & putting the plate in the kitchen
25:30 — Steph’s story of learning that ideas don’t always mean action
28:00 — How we learn each other and build more spacious friendships
30:00 — Consciousness in a mountain: creative closing embodiment
In this episode of Wholehearted Loving, Georgianna and Steph explore how we discover more of ourselves by observing others — not to perform or conform, but to get curious.
Steph tells the story of a simple jaw massage on a group call that became a catalyst for someone else’s self-awareness; Georgianna opens up about the early overwhelm of parenting and how "trying on" traits from others helped her build a way of being that actually worked for her; together, they reflect on their own friendship and the many micro-habits they’ve picked up from each other — from putting dishes away to softening into self-expression.
With play, story, and body-based insight, they share how imitation can become a tool of self-discovery — especially when done with gentleness, choice, and a sense of humor.
Discover how:
Copycatting can be healing — when it’s done with curiosity
Trying things on can help you figure out what’s actually yours
Friendships become richer when we stop comparing and start co-regulating
"Like finding gold." – Alma W."The best therapy I've ever done for myself." – Sanjeev B.
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00:00 — Body-based arrival practice: noticing the signals your body is sending
04:30 — Recognizing reactivity: when your body’s already loaded
09:10 — The “trigger” isn’t always what you think
13:45 — Steph’s story: when an innocent question lights a fuse
17:50 — Georgianna on preparing for rupture that hasn’t happened
22:40 — What’s yours, what’s theirs: how to tell the difference
27:20 — Physical cues of old pain showing up in the now
31:05 — Regulating before reacting: what to do instead of spiraling
36:50 — Real-life tools for relational repair and nervous system care
42:00 — Why awareness matters more than perfection
45:20 — Closing practice: softening the activation loop
In this episode of Wholehearted Loving, Georgianna and Steph unpack the real nature of triggers — and how owning what we bring into a moment can shift everything.
Steph shares a story about catching herself mid-spiral during a conversation with a friend, while Georgianna opens up about a subtle moment in a therapy session that helped her realize how often her body was bracing for impact before anyone even said a word. Together, they explore how unspoken tension, unfinished emotion, and even the way we sit in a chair can shape the outcomes of our conversations.
Drawing inspiration from Dr. Gabor Maté’s “loaded weapon” analogy, they break down the difference between blame and embodied ownership — and why nervous system awareness is the path to more honest, healing interactions.
Discover how:
- To separate what’s yours from what’s theirs in conflict
- Triggers can be invitations, not accusations
- Real body-based awareness changes how you show up
"Like finding gold." – Alma W."The best therapy I've ever done for myself." – Sanjeev B.
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Georgianna & Steph
In this episode of Wholehearted Loving, Georgianna and Steph explore one of the most transformative (and surprisingly simple) tools in relational healing: saying things out loud.
They share personal stories of how naming the truth — even clumsily, even late — creates clarity, soothes conflict, and deepens connection. From stories of oversharing to boundary-finding and parenting with presence, they walk through how narrating your inner world can change how you relate to everything around you (and how everything around you relates back).
Discover how:
Naming your feelings helps you feel less alone
Narrating your day helps you build better boundaries
To express your truth without blaming or performing
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"The best therapy I've ever done for myself." – Sanjeev B.
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Every episode begins and ends with a body-based self-connection practice, so you can grow your capacity to be with all that life brings. We also include self-reflection and journaling prompts each week, posted on our Instagram @wholeheartedloving. New episodes every Sunday at 10am PT.
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With love,
Georgianna & Steph