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Ep. 105 – Want More Peace In The World? Try Unconditional Love

On this powerful episode, I speak to Adam Guzman-Puell about how to unconditionally love ourselves, others and even our enemies. We talk about how we have to consciously choose love every day and some of the struggles I have faced living up to those ideals.

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Ep. 104 – How helping others can help us become happy when we are struggling

Podcast, Season 7

What does it take to become truly happy, joyful and at peace? we have heard that happiness is an inside job, but how often do we depend on external circumstances to to determine how happy we are. On this episode I chat with Karen Olson, who despite having an accident where she lost her ability to walk, she is one of the happiest people you will meet. She shares why she has always cared about others and how despite her inability to walk, she lives a full life.

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Ep. 100 – Choosing Love After the Unthinkable

Podcast, Season 7

Would you be able to forgive your child’s murderer after a school shooting? would you be able to have compassion for the person who took your son away? In this powerful conversation, I speak to Scarlett Lewis, founder of the Choose Love Movement, whose son Jesse was killed at the Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting. Scarlett talks about why hatred doesn’t work, why forgiveness is so essential for healing, and why caring for her son’s killer and choosing love, is the only way we may finally be able to address school shootings.

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Ep. 86 – Loving All Aspects of Ourselves with Rashi Nayar

Podcast, Season 7

What does it mean to love our shadow selves and those who have hurt us? In this heartfelt conversation, Rashi Nayar and I explore spirituality, God, healing, and self-discovery, offering deep insights into compassion, awareness, and inner transformation.

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Ep. 81 – Why We Feel “Not Good Enough” with Sabrina Trobak

Podcast, Season 6

In this episode, author Sabrina Trobak joins Gissele to explore the hidden ways the belief of “not feeling good enough” shows up in our lives. Together, they discuss how to recognize the subtle signs of low self-worth and the importance of acknowledging and feeling difficult emotions. This gentle conversation invites listeners to slow down, get curious, and bring compassion to the parts of themselves that struggle with not being enough.

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Ep. 76- Addressing Infidelity with Compassion: Part 1 of a chat with Carolee and Britton

Podcast, Season 6

Listen to PART 1 of this podcast episode with Britton and Carolee as they share their struggles in dealing with infidelity with compassion for themselves and their partners. They share how their childhood and upbringing lead them to having issues within their relationship and how a “BIG” decision changed their entire lives and the lives of their children.

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Ep.63- Choosing Love in a Time of Great Division with Scott Stabile

Podcast, Season 6

We are living in a time of great division. Where rights are being eliminated, and people are struggling more than ever finding common ground. Additionally, people seem to be struggling more internally. They are feeling more burnt out. Many spiritual traditions claim that love is the answer. But how? Listen to my chat with Scott Stabile, on the power of love. We will discuss why choosing love is always the better choice and the connection between self-love and love for others. A must listen if you are interested in understanding how love can help us heal.

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Ep.61- Creating True Intimacy with Lyuba Venable

Podcast, Season 6

Are you craving true intimacy? do you have difficulties expressing your needs for intimacy, connection, touch and sex? Then tune into this episode of the love and compassion podcast with Gissele. Today, we talk to Luyba Venable who is a sex coach focusing on the needs of men and women for greater connection, unity, communication, and love.

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Ep.43- With Georgie Holbrook On Love and Healings

Podcast, Season 4

Listen to this inspiring story of healing from Georgie, who shares her experiences with rosacea and how by addressing her most complex inner feelings, she was able to heal herself. In this episode she shares how her thoughts and feelings created illness in her body and how she was able to find healing from something doctors labelled “incurable”. If you are looking for inspiration, do not miss this conversation.

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Ep.38- Tony McAleer: Addression Hate with Compassion

Podcast, Season 4

Do love and compassion truly have the power to positively impact hate? Listen to this inspiring conversation between former White Supremacist, Tony McAleer and Gissele, about the power of love in transmuting hate into compassion. Tony McAleer, author of the book The Cure for Hate, shares his amazing story of leaving violent extremism to work on ending racism and discrimination.

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Ep.36- Conversation with Scott Goyette: The Power of Surrender

Podcast, Season 3

Join me for this amazing conversation with Scott Goyette on the power of surrendering and letting go. Scott Goyette and he is, former chairperson for educators for the National Speakers Association. He’s also a podcast host, author, college professor, and personal development coach. He empowers his audiences through memorable stories, impactful lessons and tools that help you become more mindful and more deeply tuned into your senses. He’s also the founder of the Go Love movement

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Ep.34- Amy Joy: Let Go of Fear and Live your Dreams

Podcast, Season 3

Can we live extraordinary lives after trauma? How do we find the gifts in the chaos? In this conversation, Amy Joy shares her experiences being a missionary child, escaping an abusive relationship, and fleeing to Mexico to start a new life with her children. She shares the mindset shift which helped her find freedom and live her best life. Tune in to find out how self-love and self-compassion helped her finally forgive those who hurt her and see everything in her past with a new perspective.

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