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“If you bring forth what is within you,
What you bring forth will save you.
If you do not bring forth what is within you,
What you do not bring forth will destroy you.”
~ The Gospel of Thomas

 

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  • Upgrading the fantasy of my husband to reality is humbling.

    “I adored my husband. He was my knight in shining armor: the one who protected and spoiled me the way my father never did. I hoisted him onto a pedestal, ignoring his human qualities on full display. Until life, through series of unexpected events, revealed my husband as a traumatized messy human just like me. […]

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  • Learning to Love my Husband is Unexpectedly Hard.

    I cannot say I missed my husband when I was away. There was nothing missing. I was with my mother – where I wanted to be. My needs were met. It wasn’t a sacrifice to leave home for 3 weeks, it was a choice. I enjoyed being where I was. When time came to return […]

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  • My Mother’s Love is Unconditional. I see that now.

    Three weeks with my mother flew by. And yet, there was ENOUGH time. I left my mom yesterday morning with a feeling of satisfaction and peace. I am filled with gratitude, because although it wasn’t always perfect – it somehow ended up perfect just the way it was. The most pronounced feeling that I left […]

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  • Spending Time with my Mama is So Bittersweet.

    Spending time with my mama is so bittersweet. There’s sadness and there’s sweetness weaved together all the time. I keep trying to have a conversation to get to a depth I need, but it gets interrupted by some banality every time. Then there are occasions when spontaneously we get to a depth I seek and […]

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  • Relating to my Mother is an Exercise in Letting Her Be.

    When relating to my mom, it’s better when I remember that I’m not only her child, but a grown up, too. I’m more gentle and compassionnate when I remember that I’m a mother, too. And that sometimes I’m not ready for a conversation that is difficult in the moment when one of my daughters needs […]

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  • The Love for my Mother was Hiding under a Thick Layer of Anger

    Traveling tomorrow to be with my mom. Three weeks. I wanted it to be a good chunk of time. Last time we properly connected was 5 years ago, when we spent 6 weeks together. We shared a lot. I felt seen, understood then. I cried with sadness when she left, really felt the separation. Since […]

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  • Let’s normalize the full range of human behavior

    At 55 I still allow myself to dream! The way I live my life now it seems strange to even focus on my age and dreaming, like it’s something exceptional or out of the norm. I now spend a great majority of my time dreaming, setting intentions about all the things that I still want […]

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  • Being Safe to Be Me starts with self-compassion

    Most of the people whom I have confronted about the pain I felt they’ve caused me, were either in denial of the event or its impact (my parents) or perceived it as something completely different (my partner, friends). I learned that in most cases what caused me the pain was my own interpretation of events […]

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  • Without self-compassion, there can be no healing

    Our craving to be loved is often confused with our capacity to love. The greater is our need to be loved, the more it reveals that we are still fearful, anxious, and dependent on others. Viewing others as love deliverers dehumanizes them. We are not really taking them in or seeing them for a sovereign […]

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  • "Just read your article, Love from Another is Unsustainable, in Elephant Journal. Wish this was taught in high school, it’s what I’ve tried telling people for years. But you said it so very clearly. Thanks for your work."

    - Mel S

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  • "Galina’s words have resonated with me since the first time I found her writings. I feel that she is a beautiful soul that has a lot of wisdom and insight to share."

    - Dawn L

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  • "First as a reader only and after as a client, I felt Galina is real and raw about her struggles, her healing and her growth. By allowing us to see her brave practices of authenticity, vulnerability and self-responsibility, she reveals her strength and inspires us to stay true to ourselves, while paving our own path to inner fulfillment"

    - Eroica van Langen

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  • "Galina, I must tell you I had tears running down my face while editing your article. Your writing really does cut to the heart of womanhood and motherhood."

    - Khara-Jade Warren

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    This is a 30-minute conversation I offer to prospective coaching clients. It is an opportunity for us to meet and see if working together feels like a good fit.

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  • "Safe To Be Me
    Group Coaching Program"

    A 6-month online group program for women who want to feel safe, in love, and free within or without relationships.

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  • "One-on-One
    Coaching Programs"

    People who work with Galina experience a paradigm shift, transforming their relationships with themselves, with life and everything and everyone in it.

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  • "30 days 1-1 experience:
    Break a recurring pattern that prevents fulfilment in your relationships"

    It usually takes 21 days to break a habit. We'll have 30 days to go through your relating challenges and the very specific pattern you wish to break.

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  • "Free To Be Me
    Group Coaching for Men"

    A journey for men toward clarity, confidence & real relationships.

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  • "Be Your #1:
    A Self-love Intensive"

    This 4-week online group coaching program is for individuals who are ready to stop begging for love, fed up with trying to earn love through sacrifice, self-censorship and people pleasing.

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  • "Galina is an extremely articulate speaker who courageously brings a wealth of personal life experience to the stage. Speaking from her own lived experience she creates rapport and engagement with the audience while providing valuable life lessons in carving our own path."

    - Miroslav Petrovic, Embodied Speaking Training

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  • "Interviewing Galina is an exploration of themes that we struggle to put words to. Her compassionate approach to life and relationships is expressed succinctly through a deep expertise, born of personal and professional experience. It has been my pleasure to connect my community with Galina’s wise words."

    - Monika Carless, Author, Intuitive Coach, Spiritual Midwife

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  • "Galina’s voice is strikingly unique, particularly in the feminist space. Her words carry the weight of deep self-enquiry and hard-won truth. She offers the reader a bracingly fresh perspective on relationships, femininity, empowerment, and self-responsibility. The revelations she unearths are often profoundly uncomfortable in their clarity but strangely comforting to finally hear spoken out loud. She cuts right through our layers of conditioning to the heart of the female experience."

    - Khara-Jade Warren, Editor

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