Embracing Enough

Gina Moffa, LCSW, is a licensed clinical social worker in private practice and feels wholeheartedly that the people who sit on her couch are courageous. She shares in her latest book, Moving on Doesn't Mean Letting Go that "some of them would shudder to hear me call them “brave,” but it’s true."

Grief may be one of our most universal emotional experiences, but that doesn’t erase how isolating, confusing, and profoundly painful it can be. It takes a lot to look at your pain head-on, to see what’s under it.

Currently residing in New York City, Gina has helped thousands of people seeking treatment for grief and trauma. She knows first hand how hard a time people have in expressing their emotions, struggling to access their vulnerability. In this episode, Gina takes us through that forbidding voice echoed in every person who has told someone going through grief to get over it or move on.

After hearing it so many times from so many different people, Gina shares that it makes perfect sense that so many people haven't figured out how to be where they are in their grief experience.

And Gina feels it has EVERYTHING to do with the fact that we are living between the shock of the loss and the expectations of others. I hope you leave inspired by this conversation with her and give yourself permission to disrupt your own patterned thinking of what you think grief should look like, and recognize that it gets to look exactly as you see it.

Follow Gina Moffa @ginamoffalcsw on Instagram and look for her book, Moving On Doesn't Mean Letting Go, wherever books are sold.

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What if the only person standing in your way was YOU?

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What happens when you tell and live your truth? You are in fact disrupting the status quo. And it's scary as hell.

In this solo episode, Dina reflects on what she has been reflecting on the hard truth of being a disrupter and what it takes to tell your truth.

She talks about why so many women who are disrupters - within their careers, to their families, to even in front of the mirror disrupting their own toxic thought patterns - can relate to how hard it can feel. Because to be a disrupter requires you to live by your truth.

She shares one of her favorite quotes by Muriel Rukeyser:

"What would happen if one woman told the truth about her life? The world would split open."

Our work as women is to name our fears of the world splitting open if we hsare our truth and help others and outselves to do it anyway. To see the ways in which we are silenced NOT as character flaws but as learned behaviors in a world that wants us quiet, compliant, and endlessly serving others’ needs before and instead of our own.

It is understandable, even to be expected — your fear of what might happen when/if you tell your truth. Still and always, it deserves to be spoken and lived — no matter what, all the time, endlessly, and in every single context and conversation possible.

In this episode, Dina shares three reminders to be aware of when you are leaning into the discomfort of telling your truth and disrupting the status quo. Because knowing/anticipating the “havoc” that will potentially result when you DO tell your truth is all the data you need to know this is EXACTLY what is required for you to be fully yourself.

What you fear serves you. It’s a powerful form of discernment AND it’s the evidence that you can trust yourselfandyour truth enough to speak and live it.

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What if the only person standing in your way was YOU?

Join The Unlearning Lab Community!

A signature group coaching membership program that will help you unlearn the toxic stories that you have had on repeat for far too long and have been holding you back.

Seats are open here: https://keap.page/jvg567/june-2023-the-unlearning-lab.html

In this episode, Dina sits down with Mandy Harvey, a leader in the field of trauma healing. She is an in-demand inspirational speaker and specializes as a healing guide for highly sensitive, chronically stressed and perfectionist leaders who are ready to transform their physical and emotional pain into purpose. 

Partnering with the largest corporations in the world, Mandy trains and coaches leaders to help them clear past trauma and stuck emotions from their body and respond to office triggers in a whole new way. She also shares a powerful process to replace chronic fatigue and stress with energy to show up more powerfully, personally and professionally, creating the impact they are meant to make.

Mandy’s extraordinary story of transforming her own life from devastating childhood trauma and a near death experience to courageously choosing to face the past, heal, own her impact, and design the life of her dreams, is the inspiration behind her bold mission to teach others that it is possible to do the same. 

What if the only person standing in your way was YOU?

Join The Unlearning Lab Community!

A signature group coaching membership program that will help you unlearn the toxic stories that you have had on repeat for far too long and have been holding you back.

Seats are open here: https://keap.page/jvg567/june-2023-the-unlearning-lab.html

In this episode, Dina sits down with long-time friend, Lina AbiRafeh to unpack what led her to pursue a career in women's rights and speaking up against violence against women.

In all honesty, when Dina met Lina over 20 years ago, she embodied disruption and being your own blueprint. Sitting across from Lina in London over coffee while she was pursuing her PhD, Dina looked up to Lina in so many ways - mostly for her brazen, tell it like it is way - that is just purely infectious.

In a word, Lina is committed to building a better world for women. ​She is a global women’s rights expert and gender equality advocate with decades of experience worldwide.

An activist, academic, and an aid worker with a 25-year track record in creating positive change for women in over 20 countries around the world - Afghanistan, Haiti, Central African Republic, Papua New Guinea, and more - Lina speaks and publishes frequently on a range of women’s issues – on global stages and in the international media.

Lina is a force to be reckoned with. She is someone who is integral to the very thinking and action in the field of woman's rights. Not only will she tell it like it is, she'll give you a healthy dose of wit. And if you're fortunate to be invited to her home, she'll put out a huge spread.

A feisty disrupter herself, Lina shows us in the episode what disruption has looked like over the course of a career spanning over two decades and what disruption looks like now.

She has the unique ability to pull together the right people, in the right place and time to make phenomenal change happen.

To learn more about Lina, head over to her website at www.linabirafeh.com or follow her on Instagram at @linaabirafeh

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What if the only person standing in your way was YOU?

Seats are available for you to join The Unlearning Lab Community - a signature group coaching membership program that will help you unlearn the toxic stories that you have had on repeat for far too long and have been holding you back. Membership is only $97/month for 6 months.

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In this solo episode, Dina unpacks 4 of the 8 stories she has found that women tend to tell themselves - the stories that hold them back from pursuing the dreams they have and keep them playing small.

If you are interested in learning how to rewrite your story by unlearning toxic thought patterns, jump into The Unlearning Lab Community here: https://keap.page/jvg567/june-2023-the-unlearning-lab.html

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In this week's episode, Dina sits down with Cristin Babb to unpack her take on disrupting systems, workplaces, and even the thoughts in your own mind. Cristin is a certified professional coach, operations consultant, and speaker. As Founder of Cristin and Co., a boutique consulting and coaching firm that leverages operational systems, self-coaching, and somatic awareness to help CEOs build businesses that align with their values, empower teams, and are built to stand the test of time. She has helped dozens of women build trust in themselves, their teams, and their systems. After working with Cristin, organizations prioritize documentation, owners can delegate, and team members can independently make decisions. In this conversation, we dive deep into what the younger versions of ourselves were doing when we were questioning things and calling them out, and what our current versions of ourselves would have to say about it. Learn more about Cristin's fabulous work at www.cristin.babb.com or follow her on Instagram at cristin.babb

Be sure to let us know what you loved about this episode!

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Identity can be a weird thing. The way we think of ourselves, how we define ourselves, the story we tell ourselves about who we are, all of that comes together to create our identity.

But what happens when we reach a crossroads where we are clear that we have to let go of a certain part of our identity - or pehaps all of it entirely?

In this solo episode, Dina unpacks a topic that doesn't get enough attention, and that's grief. But not in the sense you would think. We talk about grieving the loss of an identity we have let go of in order to move forward.

For many women, they have planted the seeds of courage to go after their truth and what truly matters to them. But it's not a process that is without its moments of uncertainty and doubt. It's a veritable rollercoaster of emotions. Mourning the loss of the person you used to be, the relationships that you built around that identity and the dreams that no longer serve you. And all the while, realizing that letting go is the only way to grow.

Dina shares how taking the time to reflect on your identity is not only necessary, it's a radical act of self-determination, acknowledging pieces that will never be the same and establishing new pieces of the self that are built on things that came before.

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If you are looking for a supportive community of like-minded women who are committed to unlearning the toxic thought patterns and negative stories on repeat, then look no further. Be the first to join The Unlearning Lab Community for $97/month for six months. More information is here: https://keap.page/jvg567/june-2023-the-unlearning-lab.html

In this week's episode, Dina sits down with Andrea Nakayama and unpacks her journey of starting the Functional Nutrition Alliance, arriving at this major pivot in her career in the most unique and unexpected of ways. After losing her young husband to a brain tumor in 2002, she discovered a passion for using food as personalized medicine and is now regularly consulted as the nutrition expert for the toughest clinical cases in the practices of many world-renowned doctors. She trains nearly four thousand practitioners each year in her methodologies so that they too can become the last stop for their clients and patients as well as a trusted referral partner for doctors in their area.

Andrea is a Functional Medicine Nutritionist and educator, who has led thousands of clients, and now teaches even more coaches and clinicians around the world in a revolution reclaiming ownership of both their own and their clients’ health. As the host of the 15-Minute Matrix Podcast and the founder and former CEO of Functional Nutrition Alliance, Andrea draws on systems biology, mental models, root cause methodology and the therapeutic partnership to offer long-awaited solutions for the rapidly growing chronic illness epidemic.

To follow Andrea's amazing work, follow her on Instagram at @functionalnutritionalliance or @andreanakayama and learn more about her amazing work at www.andreanakayama.com/

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Be sure to rate, review and subscribe to Embracing Enough and join the conversation with Enough Labs on Instagram @enoughlabs and via the website at www.enoughlabs.com and remember, never stop DISRUPTING!

In this week's episode, Dina sits down with friend, Michelle Madrid, an author, coach and motivational speaker. As an international adoptee herself, Michelle listens deeply to women and adoptees to help them get what they really want out of life, as they renew their joy and reignite their radiant light. In her own words, Michelle says: "I’m here to guide you to the abundance that you deserve, as you align yourself in mind, body, and spirit with your truest voice and identity."

Dina and Michelle talk about everything in this episode: from learning to love yourself, to getting off the hamster wheel of accomplishment and chasing what everyone expects you to chase, to letting go of the belief that "you should just be happy already", to being your most unapologetic self. We talk about what it took for Michelle to disrupt her own path to pursue her life's mission. 

Michelle will be releasing her new book in October 2023 through New World Library and more can be read about her on her website www.themichellemadrid.com

Follow Michelle on Instagram @themichellemadrid and on Facebook @letherbegreater

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Be sure to rate, review and subscribe to Embracing Enough and join the conversation with Enough Labs on Instagram @enoughlabs and via the website at www.enoughlabs.com and remember, never stop DISRUPTING!

In this week's episode, Dina sits down with friend, Michelle Madrid, an author, coach and motivational speaker. As an international adoptee herself, Michelle listens deeply to women and adoptees to help them get what they really want out of life, as they renew their joy and reignite their radiant light. In her own words, Michelle says: "I’m here to guide you to the abundance that you deserve, as you align yourself in mind, body, and spirit with your truest voice and identity."

Dina and Michelle talk about everything in this episode: from learning to love yourself, to getting off the hamster wheel of accomplishment and chasing what everyone expects you to chase, to letting go of the belief that "you should just be happy already", to being your most unapologetic self. We talk about what it took for Michelle to disrupt her own path to pursue her life's mission. 

Michelle will be releasing her new book in October 2023 through New World Library and more can be read about her on her website www.themichellemadrid.com

Follow Michelle on Instagram @themichellemadrid and on Facebook @letherbegreater

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Be sure to rate, review and subscribe to Embracing Enough and join the conversation with Enough Labs on Instagram @enoughlabs and via the website at www.enoughlabs.com and remember, never stop DISRUPTING!