holy lordt this convo lit me the f*ck up
the other day, I sat down with Gazit Chaya Nkosi (they/m) on their birthday (!!!what an honor!) and what unfolded was one of those conversations that made me feel so grateful forcreating a podcast in the first place :)
I had a consult with them ~2 years ago, and they've stayed in my mind ever since. I felt affected by their presence - their radical acceptance, their openness, their depth.
Gazit Chaya is guided by the Rumi line: "out beyond rightdoing and wrongdoing there is a field -- I'll meet you there."
Their first 35 years were spent trying to be "good" while navigating chronic anxiety, suicidality, sensory sensitivity, and social communication mismatches.
Postpartum depression brought them to a rock bottom that became a portal to a place where "good" was no longer the goal.
This led to a new paradigm -- a life truly worth living, filled with special interests, plenty of free and unstructured time, and work that is truly aligned.
Gazit Chaya now sojourns with other souls interested in letting go of culture and coming back to Self, meeting one another in the field beyond right and wrong through somatic parts work, TheWork of Byron Katie, the Values Based Integration Process, and the Safe and Sound Protocol.
In this episode 190: Meet us in the field beyond right + wrong: a beautiful + multifaceted conversation with Gazit Chaya Nkosi --
We talked about what it's like to build a relationship with your suicidal ideation instead of white-knuckling it away.
We talked about how the entire hierarchy of "good" mental health presentation is rooted in white supremacy and dominance dynamics.
We even talked about ALIENS (actually we kinda started with this subject hehe). Gazit Chaya has had contact with ET's and it's awesome and trippy and beautiful.
We talked about why "regulated" doesn't mean calm -- it means your nervous system is working exactly as designed (nervous af lol)
We alsoooo talked about the magic and neuroscience of Byron Katie's Work.
If you've ever felt like you were the problem, like being here was something to apologize for, like you had to earn your place in your own life -- this episode is for you.
Gazit Chaya is extraordinarily special and we are having a PART 2 of this interview coming in April <3
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