Holistic Life Navigation

Dec 16 2024 276 ep. 48 mins 209
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This podcast explores holistic stress and trauma recovery. I am your host, Luis Mojica. My work, Holistic Life Navigation, was modeled after my own journey in healing myself from chronic illness and PTSD. I share this podcast with many brilliant minds who, like me, healed themselves through unique, unusual, and unorthodox ways. 

For more information, please visit: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com. 

Written, produced and recorded by Luis Mojica. Edited by Fredo Viola. Intro/outro song: "Witch Love" by Luis Mojica.

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[Ep. 227] The Relief Of Mystery, Aliens, and Humanizing The Other w/ Chion Wolf

Dec 16 2024 53 mins  
On today's episode, Luis is joined by fellow podcast host Chion Wolf, and they share an interesting and meandering conversation. While moving from topics including atheism, the existence of extraterrestrials, and manifestation, they highlight the deep and beautiful themes of being humbled, living with curiosity, and relating to difference. You can listen to Chion's podcast, "Audaci

[Ep. 226] Navigating Co-Dependency & Narcissism

Dec 08 2024 14 mins  
On today's episode, Luis shares more about his personal experience with social media, and how he approaches responses and comments that have anger or upset. He shares how you can incorporate this approach into your life if you have a public presence, or in any relational situation with strong disagreement.He discusses the role of fawning, co-dysregulation, co-dependence, and shame,

[Ep. 225] "My Body Is Female, I'm Not": Using Somatics To Explore Gender w/ Quinn Silverleaf

Dec 01 2024 51 mins  
On today's episode, Luis meets with Quinn Silverleaf, and they explore sexuality, sex, and gender through a somatic lens. They share their own unique lived experiences and viewpoints.They discuss:· ideology vs. somatic experience· integrating parts· the role context plays within our culture· separating male and female from masculinity and femininity · congruency with internal

[Ep. 224] How Am I Using My Freedom?

Nov 24 2024 16 mins  
On today's episode, Luis explores what it means to be free. Freedom is messy, and full of mistakes and hypocrisy. In the United States, the diversity of people, thought, and lifestyle creates a tapestry that can be either settling or activating to our bodies and nervous systems.Through personal and ancestral story, he discusses the role of agency, working with the discomfort of dif

[Ep. 223] Navigating Screens: How To Release Stress From Media

Nov 17 2024 17 mins  
In today’s episode, Luis explores somatic empathy and pendulation - swinging between two different sensations or experiences. He explains why we need to develop the skillset to regulate our somatic empathy to stay present while taking in media. When you watch someone in pain, this can create the sensation of "I feel pain your pain." Luis shares steps we can take to tend to that s

[Bonus Episode] Is Binge Watching Too Much For Your Body?

Nov 14 2024 14 mins  
How are screens - televisions, smartphones, iPads, and more - impacting our bodies? In today’s episode, Luis breaks down how our bodies react to the news, social media feeds, and other forms of online media.Today’s society has access to more experiences than ever before. Whether we know it or not, our bodies react to these experiences - whether painful, terrifying, or upsetting

[Ep. 222] How A Pet Rat & Punk Rock Turned My Wife Into An Herbalist w/ Aemen Bell

Nov 10 2024 46 mins  
In today’s episode, Luis sits down for a casual chat with herbalist Aemen Bell, who is also his wife. From sharing how she healed her lung condition as a teenager to spilling the tea on one of their first dates, Luis and Aemen touch on everything about food, herbs, and relating to the land. Join the couple as they speak about her origins with herbal medicine and the joy she finds

[Bonus Episode] The Origin Of Our Freeze Responses

Nov 07 2024 20 mins  
Do you know what the freeze response is? In today’s episode, Luis explains how this natural tension in the body happens when we’re scared, threatened, or nervous. He does so by looking at videos from the animal kingdom. When we need it, the freeze response is helpful. It can protect us from a physical threat. But, when it results in fatigue or procrastination, it’s not so use

[Ep. 221] Dissociation: Could It Be Useful? w/ The HLN Team

Nov 03 2024 54 mins  
Today’s episode is a casual conversation with the Holistic Life Navigation Team: Luis, Camille, Evan, and Marika. The team shares their personal experiences about dissociation and what happens during that trance-like state when we ‘zone out’. Looking at dissociation through a somatic lens, the team shares what happens to the body when we dissociate and how to attune to the se

[Bonus Episode] What Can A Possum Teach Us About Social Conflict?

Oct 31 2024 12 mins  
In today’s episode, Luis shares what a possum protecting itself from a coyote can teach us about the ‘freeze and collapse’ response. While it is essential to survival, our bodies can turn on that same response even when there’s not a life-threatening event happening. Allowing nature to be our teacher, Luis looks at the event through the lens of overcoupling disagreement wit