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Bipolar✨ & Not Alone👫👫Never Give Up On YourselfA petite episode replete with honest quotes, reflection, & admiration for & solidarity with all of our brothers and sisters around the world who are suffering and fighting for their dignity, freedom, and humanity.2022-04-1513 min
Bipolar✨ & Not Alone👫👫E8 Drinking it in Nice & Slow MeditationWelcome to this moment. Perhaps take a little pause in your day and delve into this relaxing meditation written by the wonderful teacher Jeff Harris, aptly called, Drinking it in Nice & Slow.2022-02-1112 min
Bipolar✨ & Not Alone👫👫E7 Take the Time to Say Thank YouWelcome to to the present moment & this petite reminder to 1) take the time to express your gratitude today and 2) to remember the truth that we are all human & never alone.2022-01-2623 min
Bipolar✨ & Not Alone👫👫E6 Be kind, be kind, be kindBe kind to all, and be kind to yourself. A short meditative contemplation that you are invited to consider and perhaps implement in your life. Wishing you a beautiful one :)2022-01-1104 minBipolar✨ & Not Alone👫👫E5 There's just so much beauty in being authentic, whatever you are....Allow the Stoic philosopher Marcus Aurelius's words flow into you, "The happiness of your life depends on the quality of your thoughts...". Consider this reflection written by the wonderful team at Fabulous... optimism as a choice--as something which you can elect to weave into each part of your universe again and again. And finally inhale deeply as you listen to author Alice Walker's wise words, "There's just so much beauty in being authentic, whatever you are. All this unstoppable joy...to actually have joy in your life is a great victory, This ability to understand what true success is...true s...2021-12-2704 min
Bipolar✨ & Not Alone👫👫E4 Merry Christmas from our petite family to yours ❄️🎄🤗As Guiallame Apollinaire wisely wrote, “Now and then it is good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy” :) ....allow this reflection written by the wonderful team at Fabulous wash over you... Wishing you a warm, cozy christmas and an abundant new year✨💛2021-12-2504 minBipolar✨ & Not Alone👫👫E3 As you start to walk on the way, the way appears...Consider the Safi poet Rumi's words, "As you start to walk on the way, the way appears..." You simply take small steps forward, knowing that change and all that you envision is indeed possible for you. Yes, all that you envision is possible for you. Breathe in, start down your path and watch your way appear...2021-12-2203 minBipolar✨ & Not Alone👫👫E2 What if....?Sincerely consider your answers to the wise questions asked of us by uplifting London poet George Mpanga: What if? What if you listen? What if you smile just a bit? What if your dreams never take the back seat again? And then allow the words of this beautiful reflection written by the wonderful team at Fabulous wash over you...2021-12-2102 minBipolar✨ & Not Alone👫👫E1 Homebase MeditationWelcome to this grounding meditation, written by the wonderful teacher Jeff Harris. Listen to explore and choose a Homebase. A simple point or sensation that you focus your attention on and that you return to when your minds wanders off (which will happen and is completely normal!). Happy you are here to share in this journey.2021-12-2011 minBipolar✨ & Not Alone👫👫E38 Riding the waves of being humanWelcome to this final episode of season 1 about riding the waves of being human, and of surviving this brutal disease. The intense suffering and the intense beauty. The extremes that make it so debilitating. Being human, bipolar, human. Merci for joining on this journey. And merci beaucoup for being you.2021-11-1812 min
Bipolar✨ & Not Alone👫👫E37 To you, My Magical Fairy GodmotherThe relationships in our lives matter—they shape us and nourish us, they help us grow and rise and thrive. My godparents continue to be one of the most special relationships in my life. In this episode I offer my profound love and gratitude for my Nina Lin, whose presence and beautiful wish continues to uplift me to this day. You are indeed indeed my magical fairy godmother. I love you so much Nina💖2021-11-1725 min
Bipolar✨ & Not Alone👫👫E36 My Selfless Prayer, My Papa BearThis episode is a humble and deeply grateful offering of love to my extraordinary -yes extraordinary- Papa Bear. He is the most generous, intelligent, beautiful human being, and I am so proud & thankful to be his daughter. I love you Daddy D'Aguiar. Thank you for making our world better, and for inspiring me every single day.2021-06-261h 21
Bipolar✨ & Not Alone👫👫E20 The love of a Mama, of the Angelic voiceToday, March 17th, is the day my beautiful Mama Bear entered the world. This is an episode of deep gratitude and love for this magnificent woman, the Angelic and kind voice in my heart. It is interspersed with several lively Colombia Cumbia and a few sentimental tunes. Feliz cumpleaños, Happy 60th🎉😘 mi Mami. I am wishing you a day that is replete with rest, with rich moments , and with beauty. I love you so much.2021-04-1134 min
Bipolar✨ & Not Alone👫👫E19 Humble Medley of HaikusBienvenidos to a wee episode of beautiful Japanese haikus that flowed out in a effortless way in the morning hours of April 7th. A haiku is a short Japanese poem that consists of three lines with 5-7-5 syllables respectively. Profite bien :) Enjoy✨2021-04-0918 min
Bipolar✨ & Not Alone👫👫E18 Be where you are & Be gratefulA petite episode reflecting on the power of forging your own path, the wisdom in taking a path that has been paved by your ancestors, the beauty of being exactly where you are and the healing-ness of being grateful.2021-04-0818 minBipolar✨ & Not Alone👫👫E17 Your Words MatterAn episode considering the power of our words, of communicating from a place of love, and of being honest with kindness. We finish with the wise and beautiful words of one of my favorite poets, the inspiring Rumi.2021-04-0622 min
Bipolar✨ & Not Alone👫👫E16 The Sun Will Rise AgainA petite morning walk reflecting on how the dawn is always darkest before the sun rises, on how you are never alone, and how we might all be a bit kinder to ourselves and to our neighbor.2021-04-0511 min
Bipolar✨ & Not Alone👫👫E15 Living well, generosity, and the beauty of friendship💕An episode of thankfulness & love & magical memories with our beautiful friends Minna & Guillermo in Joroinen Finland. You will hear a few random musings about life, living well, an Ode to the Colorful Espíritu de Joroinen, and a final haiku honoring our nature filled week with two special souls.2021-04-0250 minBipolar✨ & Not Alone👫👫E14 Discovering our invincible summerIn this episode you accompany me on my first ice swimming adventure in the frigid Baltic Sea, are invited to ask yourself “how do I feel in this moment?”, and are left with the wisdom of Aristotle and Albert Camus.2021-03-301h 00Bipolar✨ & Not Alone👫👫E13 We are alive! Celebrate your you-ness 🙃An episode celebrating and missing and wishing my chères cousins Phil & Annmarie warm, beautiful birthdays! Celebrate all that you are and feel the love and hugs and gratitude being sent to you from Espoo Finland❄️💓2021-03-2641 min
Bipolar✨ & Not Alone👫👫E12 I love you & We are not aloneA very raw, heart exposed episode (warning water does pour out of my eyes in part 1), an ode to stranger beauty, an invitation to listen to what you need & honor that, and two quotes that encourage us to just go slow.2021-03-2638 minBipolar✨ & Not Alone👫👫E11 To that Tree & To Being HeldA petite episode about being held...and about my vulnerable, teary moment in the forest, with a grand mother like tree, that inspired this warm ode.2021-03-2409 minBipolar✨ & Not Alone👫👫E10 Let Us EmbraceA wee episode about the potential and power of embracing all that is and all that we are moment to moment. Inspired from my empowering Yin Yoga Training in Lahti Finland with Leta at YogaRocks, you shall hear a few musings, a little ode to embracing, and two quotes about simply embracing & being unutterably yourself.2021-03-2223 minBipolar✨ & Not Alone👫👫E9 Gratitude & Love for The Four FriendsIn this episode, I allow my heart to spillover with deep gratitude and amor for our two closest friends here in Finland, Vilma & Dan. I share how we bonded, read the odes I have written to each of them, and relay the beautiful Bhutanese fable of the four friends. A story of the delicious fruit born from the tree of friendship.2021-03-1827 min
Bipolar✨ & Not Alone👫👫E8 To you, My Uncle Ray Ray, Our Drop of Golden SunAn episode honoring, remembering, and celebrating my exceptional and beloved Uncle Ray. I pray you know how much you mean to me, to us Uncle Ray Ray. We love you and we miss you so.2021-03-1610 minBipolar✨ & Not Alone👫👫E7 The Why & Embracing my Super SlothIn this episode I reflect on the past few days, about launching (perhaps a wee bit too rapidly) this podcast, my self-doubt, my intention and hope of what this podcast might be and become, and my conscious decision to hug my giant super sloth and allow myself to just go slow in these magical, new endeavors.2021-03-1644 min
Bipolar✨ & Not Alone👫👫E6 To, two, powerful & enduring lovesToday, March 15th, I whirl around in, express gratitude for, and attempt to put into words the powerful loves celebrated on this day 69 years ago by my grandparents, Jorge Gonzalo & Subidia Ana Rodriguez and 4 years ago by me and my hubby cheri Éric. I read the odes of love written for my Lita & Lito, and the episode finishes with Éric and I reading our wedding vows together.2021-03-1546 minBipolar✨ & Not Alone👫👫E5 Beginning to define bi-polar disorder & a few other musings :)In this episode I begin to define bipolar disorder (based on my experience), challenge the existing language around mental health & use of the words “depression, manic, bipolar”, and remind us to heed and embrace the wisdom of nature...to respect our own rhythms and honor going at our own pace...because we deserve it. Because slowing down can be magical. Because we have just this, one, precious life.2021-03-1550 minBipolar✨ & Not Alone👫👫E4 Oh just breathe, and how your love shall flow!A warm bundle of odes fill this tranquil episode: 1) ode to you, missing my (bus) stop 2) ode to you, perdiendo track del tiempo (losing track of time :) 3) ode to you, madame stillness, 4) ode to you, being joyously lost, 5) ode to you, letting go....grab a cup of tea or lay on the earth or your comfy bed, let your eyes grow heavy and let the sounds of these odes wash over you.2021-03-1521 min
Bipolar✨ & Not Alone👫👫E3 Ode to Moi-même & Ode to ToiMy first two love odes...to who I am becoming and to Èric, my hubby cheri & eternal solicito☀️2021-03-1408 minBipolar✨ & Not Alone👫👫E2 Let’s Be Free TogetherA petite poem about being -together- utterly free. And another inspired by the plant, a hardy succulent, that I fully identify with— a. echno-cactus grussoni2021-03-1409 min
Bipolar✨ & Not Alone👫👫E1 I Am HomeThis poem is my homecoming. An attempt at capturing the sudden and beautiful arrival of my soul back into my body. An attempt at how this arctic oasis has allowed me to come back home, to accept being unabashedly me. This is my heart accepting my bipolar disorder, embracing my darkness, and honoring my resilience...2021-03-1408 minBipolar✨ & Not Alone👫👫Bipolar✨ & Not Alone👫👫 (Trailer)2021-03-1400 min