Here I am!

Unusually on a Wednesday, since I won't let any attachment to a specific timeline stop to post when I feel like it :)

In this episode, I talk about one of my biggest fears that I have been working on, and understanding why it was a fear in the first place.

And that was the fear of being misunderstood by others that occurred because, during my childhood, being misunderstood meant danger.

Now that I am aware of it and remembering more often who I am, actually being truly understood by everyone can only mean you are being fake. We are all unique, special beings that came from different backgrounds, and only the people who have had similar experiences and processes, and/or an open heart and willingness to take responsibility for their lives, and/or let curiosity be bigger than triggers can really understand us.

So if you are being misunderstood right now, congrats, it may mean you have the guts to be who you truly are!

Homework for these two weeks: Don't over-explain at all or make yourself small to comfort anyone.

Love,

Rayssa

Hi guys!!

I'm truly happy to be back. As scary as it can be, speaking your truth is always rewarding, whether it fulfills your expectations or not.

Interestingly, it's the 7th of September, and I am publishing episode 7! Just noticed that while editing, haha. It's also Brazil Independence Day and Labour Day in Canada- many things in one day. And even more interesting, number 7 is associated with the spiritual path, inner work, and wisdom. Well, I call that alignment.

This episode is more of a "hey, I'm still here" and a vulnerable share of my processing over the past 6 months, which I'm still somewhat going through. I'm back on the airplane! haha

If you are new here, welcome!! My name is Rayssa, and I share here my healing journey and insights through it. I believe this is the last stage of healing: sharing and cooperating with one another. So here I am.

See you soon with more details and intricacies of my journey.

Love,

Rayssa

Hi Everyone!

I know it's been a while since I posted here, but I'm back. Our frequencies might go to once a month for a while, but I'll be posting! :D

The episode today brings a little bit about integration and integrity. Two huge topics that have so much to talk about for sure, so consider this an initial on the theme, because both are essential to healing.

Happy February!

Happy to be here with one more episode.

Today, the topic is Cooperation vs competition and the impact of this on healing, especially in collective healing.

We are not here alone. We need more balance, we need more cooperation and less competition.

A further reflection to bring the idea also written:

Competition and the infinite search for status are so strong in society that they are the main reasons for wars.

We still need "feminine" and "masculine" (or yin and yang) working in balance, and healing is the integration of both, not exclusion.

But for now, as a collective, why don't we compete more with our old selves, with the parts of ourselves that we want to overcome and grow out of?

And let's cooperate more with one another!

I love and appreciate you.

Rayssa.

A few papers on the theme for those who want to go deeper:

1. Katz, L., Finestone, L., & Paskevich, D. M. (2021). Competition when cooperation is the means to success: Understanding context and recognizing mutually beneficial situations. Cogent Psychology, 8(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/23311908.2021.1878984
2. De Francesco, L., Mazza, A., Sorrenti, M., Murino, V., Battegazzorre, E., Strada, F., Bottino, A. G., & Dal Monte, O. (2024). Cooperation and competition have same benefits but different costs. Iscience, 27(7), 110292. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2024.110292 - The figure used for the show art was made with AI, inspired by the graphical abstract of this paper.
3. Van Ryzin MJ, Roseth CJ. The Cascading Effects of Reducing Student Stress: Cooperative Learning as a Means to Reduce Emotional Problems and Promote Academic Engagement. J Early Adolesc. 2021 May;41(5):700-724. doi: 10.1177/0272431620950474. Epub 2020 Aug 25. PMID: 37621735; PMCID: PMC10448952.
4. Knight EL, Morales PJ, Christian CB, Prasad S, Harbaugh WT, Mehta PH, Mayr U. The causal effect of testosterone on men's competitive behavior is moderated by basal cortisol and cues to an opponent's status: Evidence for a context-dependent dual-hormone hypothesis. J Pers Soc Psychol. 2022 Oct;123(4):693-716. doi: 10.1037/pspa0000305. Epub 2022 Feb 24. PMID: 35201818.
5. Mastromatteo, L. Y., & Scrimin, S. (2025). Cooperative Hearts: Perceived Stress and Cardiac Vagal Tone in Preadolescents’ Cooperative Behaviors. The Journal of Early Adolescence, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/02724316251376602

Hi beautiful souls!

Happy to finally be back after a turbulent end/beginning of the year.

Today, I wanted to bring up the episode where I talked a bit about trust (also directly correlated to faith), which is a topic that has been talking to me strongly lately.

I intend to delve a bit into it, so keep posted.

Thank you for being in this beautiful healing journey with me, and remember, all things work together for your own good, and when you start truly trusting, you see it clearly more and more every day.

So trust is a crucial part of healing, since we need to trust our feelings and where they are guiding us to gain perspective (go away from the elephant), to see that our feelings are guiding us, and we are not supposed to be dominated by them, but just feel them and have faith they are here to show us something about us.

Yeah, it seems like an episode about feelings is coming up! haha

Have a GREAT 2026, year of the horse in the Chinese calendar.

Love,

Rayssa

Hi again :D

I'm happy to bring you one more episode after being away for some time.

This one is about resilience, and this reflection came from a dream I had a few nights ago.

I hope you enjoy it, and don't forget, if for some reason you come back into old patterns, you don't want to come back anymore (mistakenly get off the plane), just get into the next one, you're already much closer to your destination! Whether it is who you wanna be or a specific goal, just stay vigilant, and you'll be there before you know it!

Have a wonderful week, and until next time~

Much love,

Rayssa

Hi again!

It's been two weeks since the first episode, and here I am again :)

I felt inspired to share a bit about alignment and how it has been important in my healing journey.

In this episode, I mention briefly the Abraham Hicks, which you can search up if you have never heard about them, which I totally recommend. It changed my life, helping me to embody my true self and take my power back.

Feel free to share and comment, and make this a beautiful healing community!

Thank you again for being here, love you all!

-Rayssa

Hi everyone.

Welcome to "The grass is greener on the other side... of healing" podcast!

My name is Rayssa, from Brazil, living in Canada. I am a 31-year-old research student (neuroscience and epigenetics are my main fields). I have been on a healing and conscious journey since 2020. After five years of processing, learning, and sharing with people close to me, I decided to share with more people, because I believe that the last stage of healing is communication, is experience, and to others, take their hand and show the way. In the same way many others showed me the way, there may be someone out there who wants to listen to the message the way I am putting it out there. It isn't that easy being here, but finally here I am. I have planned episodes and people to come talk to me here, and will try to be as raw as possible and post regularly, so please, share anything you want to listen to me talking about.

In this episode, I quickly mention Carl Jung, a Swiss psychiatrist who revolutionized psychotherapy, so if you wanna know a little more about him, I highly recommend you to go for it!

Never forget how loved and appreciated you are!

Love,

Rayssa.