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Beyond the Label62. Embracing A Multicultural Identity and Building a Home Within with American Japanese Life Coach Nina GamellIn this interview with life coach Nina Gamell, she shares her journey through identity crises and the challenges of navigating multicultural identities being half Japanese and half American. She emphasizes the importance of building a sense of home and security within oneself, especially when external circumstances may feel fragmented. Nina discusses the transformative process of opening your heart and embracing the full spectrum of human emotions, encouraging listeners to redefine their identities on their own terms. With her insightful perspective, she inspires others to break free from societal expectations and embrace the richness of their diverse backgrounds, reminding us...2025-03-0438 min
The Light of Insight with Nina GamellEp. 31: Navigating Life transitions, Asking for Your Needs, Developing a Deeper Connection Within, and Japan Retreat Details with Mindset and Career Transition Coach - Kristy Ishii!I’m so excited to welcome back Kristy to the Light of Insight!!! Kristy is a dear friend who works virtually from Los Angeles, as a Holistic Career Transitions and Wellness (Mindset) Coach. She is most known for helping clients get in touch with their inner wisdom, joy, self care & wellness, while in a career transition phase. Kristy shares whats been new in her life while connecting her recent learnings to the retreat we will be leading together with Reiko Suzuki in Kugenuma Japan!!! Where you can connect with Kristy: @kristymariko htt...2024-04-1636 minThe Light of Insight with Nina GamellEp. 30: Living a Life Aligned with Your Values, Embodying Lightness, and Creating Change from the Inside Out with Impact Coach Reiko Suzuki!I’m so excited to share this conversation that I had with my dear friend, Reiko. Reiko is an Impact Coach dedicated to helping people create meaningful, authentic and lasting change starting from within, guiding them in a safe space for growth. She also serves as a Coach and Strategic Community Designer for WellC, a holistic wellness online community committed to cultivating the wellness habits of changemakers. Reiko shares her background growing up in Japan and her experiences in many unique cultures, transitions, and careers throughout her life. Reiko also shares what led her to beco...2024-04-1147 minThe Light of Insight with Nina GamellEp. 29: Guided Breathing Exercise & Body Scan MeditationFind your inner calm through this breathing exercise into a meditation. I like to start all my coaching sessions with this practice as a way to reconnect with our bodies, mind, and breath.2024-04-0814 minThe Light of Insight with Nina GamellEp. 28: Overcoming Self Doubt & Unlocking Your Creative Potential In this conversation, Nina & Nori (both coaches based in Tokyo) explore the topic of creativity + personal growth. Nori is a Japanese-British artist who is currently based in Japan. He is also a Creativity and Mindfulness coach who guides people to, not only unlock their creative potential, but also to practice the art of mindfulness through self expression. ✨ Episode highlights ✨ Nori’s background growing up Japanese-British in London Navigating bicultural identities and embracing who you are The connection between creativity and personal growth Common blocks that creatives encounter The impact of capitalism and hustle culture on creati...2024-02-291h 04The Light of Insight with Nina GamellEp. 27: Defying Asian Expectations, Finding Compassion for your Parents and Self, and Letting Yourself Be with Mindset Coach and Podcast Host - Leanne!I’m feeling so grateful and inspired after this conversation with Leanne who is a podcast host, mindset coach and founder of the Blu Journal. ❤️❤️❤️ Leanne and I were in the same coaching certification program and we were a part of the few trainees that come from an Asian background. Leanne grew up in a traditional Chinese family in Hong Kong. In the episode, she shares how dropping out of college because of mental health challenges ended up being one of the best decisions she has made for herself. Leanne also shares her holistic healing journey and th...2023-11-261h 08The Light of Insight with Nina GamellEp. 26: Dismantling Societal Expectations and Stepping into an Aligned and Heart-led Path with Yuka Arai!Loved this beautiful conversation I had with Yuka who works as a Life Purpose Coach and Human Design Analyst. We get into a discussion around cultural identity, self-growth, Vedic wisdom, human design and more! Episode highlights: Tips for how to cultivate self-awareness Ways to approach journal writing to develop a stronger connection with Self Yuka’s story transitioning from an unfulfilling job to a more aligned career path Challenges and lessons learned living a multicultural life Vedic wisdom and human design as tools to understand ourselves deeper Ways to tap into your intuition and heart space Und...2023-10-171h 01The Light of Insight with Nina GamellEp. 25: Conquering Self-doubt and Being Unapologetically Your Bad-Ass Self with Spiritual Life Coach - Julie!!!I absolutely loved having Julie on the Light of Insight! Julie and I met through the Dharma Coaching Institute, and we immediately connected over our multicultural backgrounds and identities. Julie has roots in the Philippines and was born and raised in Australia. She shares her story experiencing self-doubt, over thinking, and not feeling connected to her truth and big why. Through living in multiple countries and getting to know herself on a deeper level, Julie shares how important it is to build a supportive community, listen to your intuition and to show up unapologetically yourself. Here are t...2023-09-291h 01The Light of Insight with Nina GamellEp. 24: What your anger can teach you, how to process your anger in healthy ways, and the importance of sisterhood when healing with Somatic and Empowerment Coach - Rosa!Rosa is a Somatic and Empowerment Coach that has helped underprivileged Iranian women reclaim their truth and power. We were both trained under the same coaching institute, and it has been incredible connecting over the similar journey we experienced together. Rosa and I discuss the emotion of anger, and the importance of processing this intelligent emotion. This conversation is packed with tools to help you understand how to best process difficult emotions like anger and how to use your anger in positive and transformative ways. Episode highlights: Rosa’s background and what led her to bec...2023-08-1759 minThe Light of Insight with Nina GamellEp. 23: From Survival Mode to Living a Pleasure-Filled Life with Pleasure Coach Pia!It was an absolute PLEASURE having my beautiful friend and pleasure coach Pia on the Light of Insight!!! Pia and I get into a juicy topic, and that’s how pleasure can act as a pathway to healing if you allow it to. Recently, I’ve been making pleasure and joy a priority in my day-to-day life; whether eating a piece of chocolate slowly, or taking in a beautiful sunset while on my after work walk around the neighborhood, or touching my body to feel how soft my skin is. Incorporating more pleasure into life acts...2023-06-2755 minThe Light of Insight with Nina GamellEp. 22: Processing Difficult Emotions and an Embodied Approach to Healing with Spiritual Life Coach - Alvin!“What you resist persists.” - Carl Jung What do you usually do when uncomfortable emotions come up? Do you react? Do you numb? Do you process them? It was amazing having friend and spiritual life coach Alvin on this week where we dive deep into the topic of embodiment, emotional healing, and processing difficult emotions. We offer simple tools and frameworks that you can use to process heavy emotions and to feel those feelings: Episode highlights: What does embodied healing mean and look like? Why we resist uncomfortable emotions as humans The fear...2023-06-1156 minThe Light of Insight with Nina GamellEp. 21: Feeling like you're not enough? The lie that we are sold in societyThere is this big lie that we are sold in society and that is if you work really, really hard, sacrifice everything, hustle all day everyday, and make the safe, ‘logical’ or ‘rational’ decisions – you'll reach a point where you will finally become fulfilled and satisfied. But, do you ever reach this point of true fulfillment based on the job, house, or partner? Why do you feel like it is still not enough, you’re still not doing enough, making enough, or enough as a person? The cycle never seems to stop. The psychology of not enoughness has been rea...2023-06-0614 minThe Light of Insight with Nina GamellEp. 20: Alchemizing Fear into Love, Radical Honesty, and Claiming Your Truth with Fire Starter - Rebecca!I LOVED having Rebecca on the Light of Insight! Rebecca is a fire starter that activates the alchemical process in others. We get into alchemy and what this means and looks like in relation to personal growth. Both of us have lots of fire in our astrological charts, so this episode we get deep and passionate discussing the important stages of a healing journey which include radical honesty, self-acceptance, and compassion. Here are the episode highlights: Major realizations Rebecca had during the full moon in Scorpio Breaking down leadership and redefining what a leader m...2023-05-281h 07The Light of Insight with Nina GamellEp. 19: Decolonizing the Mind, Divorce, Turning Pain into Power, and Sharing Your Story with Purpose + Life Coach and Human Design Mentor - Desiree!When you’re confronted with challenges and rock bottoms in your life - what usually happens on the other side of it? I chat with purpose + life coach and human design mentor, Desiree, to discuss how the most painful moments in life can actually be turned into your greatest source of power and purpose. Absolutely loved this conversation, and I feel so inspired after hearing Desiree’s story. Here are the episode highlights: Finding the red thread in your life timeline Desiree’s decolonization journey and reconnecting with her roots and ancestral history in the Philip...2023-05-211h 07The Light of Insight with Nina GamellEp. 18: Unraveling my mixed race identity, in between Japan & America, healing wounds through radical self-acceptance & compassion"What are you?" or "No, but really where are you from?" These questions have followed me my entire life being mixed race. Growing up in Montana, I was insecure about my Japaneseness. When I moved to California for college and saw more diversity and an appreciation towards Japan as a country, I began to embrace my Japanese half more. The actual reclamation of my identity took place when I moved to Japan 5 years ago. Everyday, I'm confronted with my 'otherness' in Japan, and have learned that owning who you are comes with embracing the discomfort of not feeling enough...2023-04-1713 min
The Light of Insight with Nina GamellEp. 17: Reconciling with our Japanese identities., Soul-Searching and Growth while living in Japan, Entering the Coaching Space and Stepping into Your Calling with Mindset Coach Kristy Mariko!It was an absolute pleasure having mindset and career transition coach, Kristy Mariko, on the Light of Insight! When I entered the coaching space almost half a year ago, I wanted to find an expander who had a multicultural background, experience in Japan and the U.S., and was a female coach. Kristy checked all those boxes and so much more. In this conversation, we talk about our journeys reconciling with and reclaiming our Japanese identities and navigating life in two very different parts of the world. Kristy and I both grew up in the st...2023-03-131h 03
The Light of Insight with Nina GamellEp. 16: Compassionate Leadership, Self-Awareness, Acceptance, and Purpose with Mindfulness Coach, Facilitator, Author, and Entrepreneur - Chhunny NoemChhunny Noem is back on another episode of the Light of Insight! Chhunny is a mindfulness coach and entrepreneur that found the company VIPASSA which offers powerful training development programs for companies and organizations. He is also a former monk so we discuss the power of meditation and the stages of an inward growth journey: self awareness, self acceptance, compassion, and gratitude. We breakdown concepts such as change, letting go, temporality, and compassion through a Buddhist perspective while connecting this all to the modern world that we live in. Chhunny is a true...2023-03-0252 min
The Light of Insight with Nina GamellEp. 15: The Interplay between Healing and Business Growth, Feminine-led Businesses, and Aligning our Decisions based on what our Inner Child Wants with Business Doula & Coach - Carly Cheton!This conversation was SUCH A TREAT! Carly and I met in the Dharma Coaching Institute where we are training to become certified soul purpose coaches. Carly is also a business doula strategist and coach that helps spiritual fempreneurs remember the divinity of their desires & plug back into their infinite power for creation. I learned A LOT from this conversation and I know you will too - Enjoy! Episode Highlights: The link between healing and business growth The foundation of the Feminine-led Business Paradigm Tracking your intuition to build that trust muscle Human Design and understanding our u...2023-02-211h 06
The Light of Insight with Nina GamellEp. 14: Authentic Self-Expression, Holistic Approach to Healing, Finding What Lights You Up, Tarot Card Readings, and Dharma Talk with Mindset and Spiritual Life Coach - Dorsa!I’m still beaming from this beautiful conversation with Dorsa! Dorsa and I met through the Dharma Coaching Institute (DCI) where we are both training to become Dharma (Soul Purpose) coaches. Dorsa opens up about her healing journey, tools and practices that have led to more grounding and joy, and how she became a mindset and spiritual life coach. We talk about tarot card readings, yoga, and journal writing as well as what we’re learning in DCI such as the chakra system, doshas, and dharma archetypes! You won’t want to miss this conversation! :) Episod...2023-02-011h 01
The Light of Insight with Nina GamellEp. 13: Feeling Your Feelings, Sacred Anger Rituals, and Safe SpacesThis episode is all about how our emotions affect the body, and the importance of feeling our feelings! Have you ever felt afraid to fully express yourself because of the fear of judgement or feeling unsafe? Do you let other people around you vent, express their frustrations, but you don’t feel safe to? I go into a personal reflection of how being an empath and people pleaser created a wall for me to fully express my emotions. Specifically, the emotion of anger, an emotion I've always judged. We all need to feel and release st...2023-01-2617 min
The Light of Insight with Nina GamellEp. 12: New Years words, Learning to Let Go, and Tuning into the BodyHappy New Year Light of Insighters! I hope you had a lovely and restful New Years. This episode is all about the concept and energy of surrendering and letting go. I go through various scenarios where letting go could be needed, and a personal story. How has surrendering and letting go presented in your life? How do you let go? What does it feel like? Mark Nepo - “The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have”2023-01-1918 min
The Light of Insight with Nina GamellDon't let your inner critic hold you back from what you love to do!I started dancing again, and it has been so good for my mental health. Honestly, I was nervous to start again, and the inner critic/ego kept saying "oh you'll make a fool of yourself if you start again," or "you haven't danced in years, that was in your past!" So glad I didn't listen to that voice. I signed up, started going to a studio close to my apartment, and have been loving the aility to express myself through movement again. Also, I'm able to get out of the head and into the body which is...2022-12-0903 min
The Light of Insight with Nina GamellEp. 11: Stuck in a Rut, Shadow Work, and Restarting or Discovering your PassionHappy December to the Light of Insight Community! In this episode, I open up about the last couple of months. I was in a rut and doing shadow work. Shadow is the parts of self we reject, hide, and feel insecure about based on what we learn through family, peers, media, society, etc. Doing shadow work is at times an intense process because you’re confronting the parts of yourself you don’t like. While working through my shadows, I needed to balance this difficult inner work with something that would be joyful, so dance was...2022-12-0925 min
The Light of Insight with Nina GamellEp. 10: Life Tests, Being Triggered, Reflecting through Journaling, Identifying PatternsDo you feel like the universe has been testing you recently? How do tests usually show up in your life? In this episode, I discuss what tests and triggers are and some helpful journal prompts to use when working through them. Episode notes and highlights: What Tests and Triggers are and what they might look like Where have you been tested in life recently? Where have you been triggered in life recently? Why its important to track and be aware of our tests Useful journal prompts for when you’re tested and triggered Being our own pat...2022-10-3122 min
The Light of Insight with Nina GamellEp. 9: Self-care is in the little momentsI decided to do a solocast episode today all about getting lost in thoughts, the craziness in our world and lives, and the importance of self-care habits. I've been thinking a lot about whats been happening in Iran with the fearless girls and women fighting for major reformations throughout the country, as well as the struggle in the U.S. for women to have autonomy over their own bodies. There is a mix of emotions including fear, anger, sadness as well as inspiration and hope because of the protestors that are fighting for their freedom and basic human rights...2022-10-0718 min
The Light of Insight with Nina GamellEp. 8: Ling Jin on Rapid Transformational Therapy (RTT), Hypnotherapy, the Connection between Mind and Body, and having the Power to Heal OurselvesI was able to talk with certified Rapid Transformational Therapist and Coach - Ling Jin! Ling and I discuss what RTT and hypnotherapy is and the power behind these incredible healing methods. I am so passionate about healing therapeutic tools, so this conversation with Ling was a real treat. Episode notes and highlights: Ling’s personal story being Chinese Korean and moving to Japan for graduate school The importance of finding a home, and what that means to Ling Using movement, like dance or yoga, as a healing method What RTT (Rapid Transformational Therapy) is and how...2022-09-1553 min
The Light of Insight with Nina GamellEp. 7: My time in Montana, Canada, and New York this Summer! Hiking in Glacier National Park, the Beauty of Nature, Traveling Stress and Anxiety, and Lessons learned during the JourneyHello Light of Insight community! I am so happy to be back podcasting! I was in Montana, Canada, and New York visiting with friends and family for the past couple of months. What a joy it was to spend quality time with the people who mean so much to me. I talk about my time in America and Canada as well as some lessons and reflections I gained during the journey. Episode highlights and notes: - My dad Tony’s landscape and nature photography: https://www.anthonygamell.com/ - The hike we...2022-09-0919 min
The Light of Insight with Nina GamellEp. 6: David Curtis on Buddhism, the Tibetan Language and Culture, the Beauty of Impermanence, Cultivating Compassion, and the Flow of LifeI was able to chat with Montana native, Tibetan language and culture teacher, and Lama of the Shangpa-Kagyu School of Tibetan Buddhism - David Curtis! David has a wealth of experience and knowledge practicing and teaching Buddhism. He established the Tibetan Language Institute in 1996, an organization that is dedicated to preserving the Tibetan language and culture. In 2011, David founded Big Sky Mind which is a community dedicated to studying and learning Buddhist practices and philosophy. In this episode, David shares his story and the development of his interests and passion in studying, practicing, and teaching Buddhism. Episode h...2022-07-171h 39
The Light of Insight with Nina GamellEp. 5: Part of my story and healing journey: 10 Day Silent Vipassana Meditation Experience, Inner Child Healing, Neuroplasticity, and Journal WritingI share part of my background and the reason why I started the Light of Insight in this podcast episode. After finishing a 10 day silent meditation retreat in Japan, I started to go deeper into my own healing journey. The meditation experience taught me that there was a lot that I needed to process and heal. When you're in silence and stillness, you start to learn about the "monkey mind" - those jumpy voices and never-ending negative thought patterns in your head that bring you frustration and at times, shame. In Vipassana, we are trained to observe t...2022-07-0627 min
The Light of Insight with Nina GamellEp. 4: Life as a Buddhist Monk in Cambodia and Sri Lanka, Misconceptions of Meditation, & Personal Mantras with Master Bhikkhu KassapaI had the absolute pleasure talking with Master Bhikkhu Kassapa about his story growing up as a monk in Cambodia and Sri Lanka, and the incredible work he does as the director of the International Cambodian Buddhist Center. Master Kassapa and I discuss the purpose of meditation, cultivating a healthy mind, how to manage stress and emotions, and understanding ourselves clearly.2022-06-2149 min
The Light of Insight with Nina GamellEp. 3: (Part 2) Challenges and Lessons learned from the Pandemic, Understanding who you are through your Relationships with Others, and Expressing yourself VulnerablyHere is part 2 of my conversation with Max Capo. In part 2, Max really opens up about the challenges he faced during the pandemic and what major lessons he learned looking back on the past 2 years. Some episode highlights: - Challenges during the pandemic - Understanding who you are through your relationships and alone time - Not needing a reason to call a friend or family member - The difficulty in expressing yourself vulnerably - Growing through making YouTube videos and it acting as a personal journal 2022-06-1046 min
The Light of Insight with Nina GamellEp. 2: A conversation with Chhunny Noem: former monk, author, mindfulness facilitator, and entrepreneurIn this second episode of the Light of Insight, I have a conversation with Chhunny Noem. I met Chhunny about 3 years ago is Phnom Penh, Cambodia and was so gravitated towards his mindful and calm aura. Chhunny shares his story growing up in the temple as a monk, the importance of community, his company - VIPASSA, and meditation and mindfulness tools that anybody can use in their daily lives. Enjoy!2022-06-0356 min
The Light of Insight with Nina GamellEp. 1: Lessons from my Montana Grandma: a conversation about our family history, the importance of community & friendship, and practicing self-careIn this first episode of the Light of Insight, I have a conversation with my grandma from Montana, Carol. She is someone who is very special, and has taught me many lessons. We have a conversation about her background growing up in a small town in Montana, her experience learning about her family history, and the importance of community and friendship in times of uncertainty and crisis. I also express to her the 5 major lessons I've learned from her and we discuss each lesson individually. The lessons are: 1) gratitude 2) education and learning 3) self-care 4) forgiveness 5) t...2022-05-3157 min