Presently Aqui with Claudia

How often do we abandon ourselves without even realizing we're doing it?

In this solo episode of Presently Aquí, I explore self-abandonment—the ways we disconnect from our needs, feelings, truth, boundaries, and intuition in order to preserve something outside of ourselves.

We talk about people-pleasing, saying yes when we mean no, ignoring our body's signals, overriding our intuition, and the ways we've learned to sacrifice pieces of ourselves in order to feel safe, accepted, or loved.

I also explore the connection between self-abandonment and self-trust, and why every time we listen to ourselves and honor what we hear, we begin rebuilding that trust.

This isn't about judging or shaming the ways we've abandoned ourselves in the past. It's about becoming aware of them with compassion so we can begin choosing differently.

Because coming home to yourself isn't only about finding yourself—it's learning not to leave yourself again.

If this conversation resonates with you, I'd love to have you join our growing community. Subscribe for weekly conversations on mindfulness, healing, spirituality, consciousness, emotional well-being, and personal transformation. https://chat.whatsapp.com/C5USvlnEwcT... ✨ Learn more about my mindfulness workshops for adults and children: https://PresentlyAqui.com 💛 Follow me: Instagram: @PresentlyAqui Facebook: @PresentlyAqui Threads: @PresentlyAqui Remember that the breath is the secret... and always do your best to lead with love!

What happens when healthy love arrives... but your body doesn't know how to receive it?

In this heartfelt episode of Presently Aquí, I sit down with Samantha Gilhooly, a confidence and intimacy coach trained in Somatic and EMDR who has spent over 13 years helping survivors of sexual violence come home to their bodies, reclaim their power, and create healthier relationships.

Together, we explore how trauma can shape our relationship with love, intimacy, safety, and self-worth—and why something healthy can sometimes feel unfamiliar to a nervous system that learned to survive. Samantha shares powerful insights on rebuilding safety within the body, recognizing self-sabotaging patterns, setting boundaries, shifting our internal dialogue, and creating a new identity beyond what happened to us.

We also dive into what it means to reclaim intimacy after trauma, the importance of emotional safety, and how we can begin opening ourselves to healthy, reciprocal love.

This conversation is a beautiful reminder that healing isn't only about understanding our past. It's also about coming home to ourselves, reclaiming what was always ours, and learning that it is safe to receive the love we deserve.

Samantha's Links:

Instagram: www.instagram.com/iam.samanthagilhooly

Website: https://stan.store/SamanthaGilhooly

Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/mx/podcast/devotional-with-samantha-gilhooly/id1801853336?l=en-GB Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2oGnASBjw25qgaHotfSLSD?si=49927e30ae0b4b95

YouTube: @samantha.gilhooly

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Claudia Torres

Intuitive Mindfulness & Meditation Guide

Founder of Presently Aquí

www.presentlyaqui.com

You have thoughts—but you are not your thoughts.

In this solo episode of Presently Aquí, Claudia explores how the thoughts and beliefs we carry can be shaped by childhood experiences, conditioning, relationships, and the world around us—and why learning to observe those thoughts is such an important part of knowing ourselves.

Through mindfulness and meditation, we can begin creating space between our thoughts and recognize that we don't have to believe or react to everything the mind tells us.

Instead of:

Thought → Emotion → Reaction

We can practice:

Thought → Awareness → Choice

Claudia also shares the meditation practice that first helped her discover the space between her own thoughts more than 20 years ago and offers a question for deeper reflection:

What thought have I been carrying as truth that may no longer belong to me?

Because the goal isn't to silence the mind.

It's to remember who is observing it.

If this conversation resonates with you, I'd love to have you join our growing community.

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Remember that the breath is the secret... and always do your best to lead with love.

What if the deepest healing isn't about becoming someone new... but remembering who you've always been?

In this heartfelt episode of Presently Aquí, I sit down with Ber-Henda Williams—a bilingual poet, storyteller, media producer, and founder of Culture Shift(Hers) Unite™—a womanist multimedia platform exploring storytelling, civic imagination, relational leadership, and communal care. Through her work, Ber-Henda creates spaces where people can reimagine more humane ways of living, leading, and belonging together.

Together, we explore what it means to move from survival to belonging, the wisdom of mindfulness, ancestral remembrance, identity, community, and the healing power of simply coming home to ourselves.

✨ In this episode, we explore:

• Why belonging begins within
• Mindfulness as a practice of remembrance
• The importance of community and relational healing
• Women's wisdom and the sacred feminine
• How storytelling shapes identity and healing
• Creativity, poetry, and imagination as pathways to transformation
• Living with greater intention, authenticity, and compassion

Ber-Henda's reflections remind us that before the world gave us labels, expectations, and identities... we already belonged. If you've ever felt disconnected from yourself, questioned where you belong, or longed to live more authentically, this conversation is an invitation to pause, breathe, and remember.

Ber-Henda's Links:

Website: www.ber-hendawilliams.com

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1fJlneD...

Instagram: www.instagram.com/berhenda

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Claudia Torres

Intuitive Mindfulness & Meditation Guide

Founder of Presently Aqui​

www.presentlyaqui.com

Who are you when emotions arise?

In this solo episode, Claudia Torres explores how emotions are not something to fear or suppress—they're invitations to know ourselves more deeply. From anger and grief to joy and peace, every emotion carries wisdom when we learn to observe it instead of becoming it.

Together, we'll explore trauma responses, mindfulness, self-compassion, and the transformative practice of validating yourself rather than abandoning yourself. Whether you're navigating difficult emotions or simply seeking a deeper understanding of who you are, this episode offers gentle guidance to help you reconnect with your authentic self.

Because the goal isn't to eliminate your emotions.

It's to remember that you are not your emotions—you are the awareness experiencing them.

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Remember that the breath is the secret... and always do your best to lead with love.

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Who are you when emotions arise?

In this solo episode, Claudia Torres explores how emotions are not something to fear or suppress—they're invitations to know ourselves more deeply. From anger and grief to joy and peace, every emotion carries wisdom when we learn to observe it instead of becoming it.

Together, we'll explore trauma responses, mindfulness, self-compassion, and the transformative practice of validating yourself rather than abandoning yourself. Whether you're navigating difficult emotions or simply seeking a deeper understanding of who you are, this episode offers gentle guidance to help you reconnect with your authentic self.

Because the goal isn't to eliminate your emotions.

It's to remember that you are not your emotions—you are the awareness experiencing them.

🌿 If this conversation resonates with you, I'd love to have you join our growing community. Subscribe for weekly conversations on mindfulness, healing, spirituality, consciousness, emotional well-being, and personal transformation.

Presently Aqui Whatsapp Community

✨ Learn more about my mindfulness workshops for adults and children:

https://PresentlyAqui.com

💛 Follow me:

Instagram: @PresentlyAqui

Facebook: @PresentlyAqui

Threads: @PresentlyAqui

Remember that the breath is the secret... and always do your best to lead with love.

#Mindfulness #SelfAwareness #Meditation #HealingJourney #PersonalGrowth #ConsciousLiving #EmotionalWellness #InnerPeace #PresentMoment #PresentlyAqui

Guest Nathaniel Gillis joins me for a thought-provoking conversation exploring consciousness, discernment, anomalous phenomena, and the hidden power of self-awareness.

Nathaniel is the founder of Necronetics, a research framework dedicated to studying anomalous intelligences, and the host of ParaSymposia. As an international lecturer and religious demonologist, his work examines possession accounts, contactee experiences, and abduction reports as Interface Events to be thoughtfully explored rather than simply believed or dismissed.

Together, we move beyond fear-based discussions of paranormal phenomena and into something far more universal: the importance of knowing ourselves.

What happens when mindfulness meets anomalous research? Can self-awareness deepen our discernment? And how do we begin to distinguish between our conditioning, our thoughts, and our authentic selves?

Rather than asking you what to believe, this conversation invites you to become more curious, more present, and more deeply connected with yourself.

My hope is that, by the end of this episode, you'll find yourself reflecting on one simple question:

Who am I when I truly know myself?

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Nathaniel's Links:

Website: https://parasymposia.com

YouTube: @nathanieljgillis

Instagram: www.instagram.com/thenathanielgillis

Threads: www.threads.com/@thenathanielgillis

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Claudia Torres

Intuitive Mindfulness & Meditation Guide

Founder of Presently Aqui​

www.presentlyaqui.com

In this solo episode of the Presently Aquí Podcast, I explore what mindfulness has truly come to mean in my own life: not as a technique, but as a journey back to yourself. Together we'll dive into:

✨ What mindfulness really is

✨ Why the breath is the doorway to self-awareness

✨ The difference between surviving and truly living

✨ Building a relationship with yourself through meditation

✨ Why presence is the greatest gift you can give yourself and others

✨ How mindfulness helps you reconnect with your heart and inner wisdom If you've been feeling overwhelmed, disconnected, or like you've lost touch with yourself, this episode is an invitation to slow down, breathe, and remember what has always been within you.

If this conversation resonates with you, I'd love to have you join our growing community. Subscribe for weekly conversations on mindfulness, healing, spirituality, consciousness, emotional well-being, and personal transformation.

✨ Learn more about my mindfulness workshops for adults and children: https://PresentlyAqui.com

💛 Follow me:

Instagram: @PresentlyAqui

Facebook: @PresentlyAqui

Threads: @PresentlyAqui

Remember that the breath is the secret... and always do your best to lead with love.

Guest Edit B Kiss shares how deep emotional healing can help us break free from limiting patterns and create lasting transformation. Through a blend of ancient healing practices, neuroscience, mindfulness, and subconscious reprogramming, she offers powerful insights on moving from survival mode into peace, purpose, and personal empowerment. Tune in for a conversation on healing emotional wounds, releasing ancestral patterns, and learning to trust the journey toward a more aligned and fulfilling life.

Edit B Kiss is a holistic mentor, success habit coach, #1 best-selling author, Humanitarian Award winner, and international speaker. She specializes in guiding individuals from misery to peace within 30 days by integrating ancient healing techniques with neuroscience. Her journey from a 15-year career in petroleum engineering to holistic healing exemplifies her commitment to transformation and personal growth.

Edit's Links:

Website: https://editbkiss.com

YouTube: www.youtube.com/@MagicalKarmaPriestess

Instagram: www.instagram.com/editbkiss

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Claudia Torres

Intuitive Mindfulness & Meditation Teacher

Founder of Presently Aqui​

www.presentlyaqui.com

Guest Ravi Walsh guides us through the HeartPath journey of healing, sustaining inner growth, and ultimately thriving from a place of authentic alignment. Together, we explore how awakening the heart's wisdom and connecting with transformative energy can create lasting change in every area of life.

Ravi Walsh is a Spiritual Life Coach and Reiki Master with over forty years of experience in personal and spiritual transformation. As the founder of the HeartPath Institute, he integrates deep spiritual wisdom with leadership development to help individuals heal, awaken their potential, and sustain meaningful growth. His signature HeartPath Method—Heal, Thrive, Sustain—guides clients into greater clarity, purpose, and inner freedom, supported by his teachings on Shakti, the transformative energy of the heart. Ravi is the author of The Contemplative Heart: A Path to Self-Mastery and a contributor to The Good Men Project, and he continues to share his insights through workshops, writings, and meditations on Insight Timer.

Ravi's Links:

Website: www.heartpath.institute

Facebook: www.facebook.com/RaviHeartPath

Instagram: www.instagram.com/heartpath_institute

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Claudia Torres

Intuitive Mindfulness & Meditation Teacher

Founder of Presently Aqui​

https://presentlyaqui.com