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🎙 Straightway Through with Gina — Helping you speak with clarity, courage, and connection.
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Episode Summary:
In this episode, I reflect on a teacher I trained with years ago — and the small, quiet things he said and did that stayed with me long after our time together.
He didn’t teach through intellect. He taught through presence. Through space. Through what happens when we step outside the thinking mind and into direct experience.
He helped people understand the body's way of communicating, what was happening in still moments, and what it truly means to witness and support another person’s experience without judgment or interruption.
One moment in particular has stayed with me — his insistence on not immediately handing someone a tissue when they cried.
In this episode, I explore what might live underneath our first impulse to be helpful… to fix… to make emotion more manageable.
And I invite you to consider what it would be like to simply pause.
To witness without fixing.
To allow another person’s experience to unfold without trying to contain it.
This isn’t about right or wrong behavior.
It’s about presence.
And what becomes possible when we let go of the need to manage what’s alive in front of us.
About Your Host:
Hi, I’m Gina — host of Straightway Through with Gina. I believe honest words guide us, and real conversations transform us into ourselves. In each episode, I explore the struggles and stories we don’t always say out loud, from the sting of being left on read to the courage it takes to speak up. My hope? That you leave each episode with more clarity, more courage, and a straight path forward.
✨ Connect with Me ✨
•Say It Straight to Yourself Journal Prompt Membership: https://kit.straightwaycoaching.com/sayitstraight
•LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/straightwaycoaching/
If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, like, and share — it helps others find the show and join the conversation. 💬
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By Gina Mongiello🎙 Straightway Through with Gina — Helping you speak with clarity, courage, and connection.
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Episode Summary:
In this episode, I reflect on a teacher I trained with years ago — and the small, quiet things he said and did that stayed with me long after our time together.
He didn’t teach through intellect. He taught through presence. Through space. Through what happens when we step outside the thinking mind and into direct experience.
He helped people understand the body's way of communicating, what was happening in still moments, and what it truly means to witness and support another person’s experience without judgment or interruption.
One moment in particular has stayed with me — his insistence on not immediately handing someone a tissue when they cried.
In this episode, I explore what might live underneath our first impulse to be helpful… to fix… to make emotion more manageable.
And I invite you to consider what it would be like to simply pause.
To witness without fixing.
To allow another person’s experience to unfold without trying to contain it.
This isn’t about right or wrong behavior.
It’s about presence.
And what becomes possible when we let go of the need to manage what’s alive in front of us.
About Your Host:
Hi, I’m Gina — host of Straightway Through with Gina. I believe honest words guide us, and real conversations transform us into ourselves. In each episode, I explore the struggles and stories we don’t always say out loud, from the sting of being left on read to the courage it takes to speak up. My hope? That you leave each episode with more clarity, more courage, and a straight path forward.
✨ Connect with Me ✨
•Say It Straight to Yourself Journal Prompt Membership: https://kit.straightwaycoaching.com/sayitstraight
•LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/straightwaycoaching/
If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, like, and share — it helps others find the show and join the conversation. 💬