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If you’re craving a well-being hangout where both your light AND your shadows are cool to pull up, Glo In The Dark is for you. Hosted by Sway In The Morning’s very own Tracy G. along with her confidante of 20 years, Guerdley Cajus, the two make space for enlightening, hilarious and uncomfortable reflections from their own lives as well as eye-opening interviews. Tracy and Guerdley speak to those who are curious about the deeper messages within everyday and not so everyday life… while also not taking this sh*t too seriously. 
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If you’re craving a well-being hangout where both your light AND your shadows are cool to pull up, Glo In The Dark is for you. Hosted by Sway In The Morning’s very own Tracy G. along with her confidante of 20 years, Guerdley Cajus, the two make space for enlightening, hilarious and uncomfortable reflections from their own lives as well as eye-opening interviews. Tracy and Guerdley speak to those who are curious about the deeper messages within everyday and not so everyday life… while also not taking this sh*t too seriously. 
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    047 | Life Hacks for Making Peace With Tech, Aging, Capitalism + More

    047 | Life Hacks for Making Peace With Tech, Aging, Capitalism + More

    Before we take a holiday break, we’re gifting you with a list of easy to implement life hacks for making peace with the everyday challenges of contemporary adulting. From birthday overwhelm, to hyper-consumerism, to body count b******t, and so much more.
    Join us as we get into:
    (03:00) What we’ve been affirming in therapy lately
    (08:00) So what exactly is a life hack?
    (11:00) Life hacks for content creators & phone addicts
    (29:30) Life hacks for connecting deeper with the humans we love
    (43:00) Life hacks for dealing with humans who annoy or hurt us
    (51:15) “When is the best time for me to follow up with you?”
    (55:00) Life hacks for surviving capitalism
    (61:00) What’s good with this holiday pause for the podcast
    (65:00) Life hacks for saving time and embracing aging
    LINKS
    📲 @ITSTRACYG
    📲 @GUERDLEY
    📲 @GLOINTHEDARK
    💻 GLO IN THE DARK
    RESOURCES
    The Age Game: When Getting Older Feels Like A Loss
    Meditation For Surrendering To The Present | Tracy G.

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    • 1 hr 15 min
    046 | Am I Losing My Best Friend To Motherhood?

    046 | Am I Losing My Best Friend To Motherhood?

    What happens when your best friend’s pregnancy causes you to feel both happy and horrified? Well on this episode, Tracy’s sharing her experience to answer just that.
    Guerdley’s becoming a first time mom (!!!) and while the journey is an incredible blessing it also sparks unexpected fears, childhood sore spots and quiet tension amongst friends.
    Join us as we get into:
    (6:00) Tracy’s fears around Guerdley becoming a mom
    (10:30) The negatives stories we can tell ourselves around friendship and parenthood
    (23:00) Shadow work
    (35:30) Exploring your new role after your friends have kids
    (43:00) How to approach conflict with your friends
    (55:00) Taking space to understand discomfort during a time of joy
    (1:00:10) How grief and celebration can coexist
    (1:08:00) Practicing empathy for oneself and others
    LINKS
    📲 @ITSTRACYG
    📲 @GUERDLEY
    📲 @GLOINTHEDARK
    💻 GLO IN THE DARK

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    • 1 hr 11 min
    045 | Emotional Constipation: Addressing Trauma In Our Body

    045 | Emotional Constipation: Addressing Trauma In Our Body

    Transparently, a lot of us are emotionally constipated. Our unprocessed stories, feelings and traumas are locked in our bodies, impacting us in both insidious and intense ways.
    But there’s always another option for us. Guerdley is an SEL (Social + Emotional Learning) educator, doula, dancer, certified yoga instructor, somatic practitioner and the ideal person to explore this topic with. So let’s talk about it.
    Join us for a big ole hug as we get into:
    (3:00) Reintroducing ourselves
    (12:00) Defining trauma
    (15:00) The difference between trauma & unprocessed emotions
    (22:20) Somatic healing practices
    (26:00) Identifying where feelings live in our bodies
    (35:45) What part social media plays in triggering us & healing us
    (42:10) Cultivating the resilience to endure discomfort
    (47:40) Changing your story through the power of touch
    (51:00) Limbic imprinting & disassociation
    (56:30) 📚 Recommended Reading: The Body Keeps the Score, My Grandmother’s Hands & The Emotion Code
    LINKS
    📲 @ITSTRACYG
    📲 @GUERDLEY
    📲 @GLOINTHEDARK
    💻 GLO IN THE DARK
    💻 BODY WORK SYSTEM

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    • 1 hr 6 min
    044 | Lessons From Our Twenties: The Good, The Bad, The Overrated

    044 | Lessons From Our Twenties: The Good, The Bad, The Overrated

    Transparently, Guerdley and I are now closer in age to forty than thirty… Which is mind-boggling because it feels like time is speeding by with no regard for our feelings, yet it also feels like we’ve lived so many lives, we should probably be in our eighties?!
    So in this episode we’re in the mood for throwing it back to that one-of-a-kind period known as our twenties. A unique decade full of important and overrated moments that shaped us for the better. Let’s get into some reflection shall we?
    Pull up for conversation on:
    (2:00) How we’re currently feeling — finding the sweet spot between ease & effort
    (8:30) The astrology of your twenties
    (11:00) Honoring our past selves as ancestors
    (17:00) The most overrated parts of our twenties
    (18:00) Why we will never get a Brazilian wax ever again
    (24:30) Why living & working in Manhattan is overrated
    (35:00) When Tracy had to drop a college class due to a particular someone’s presence lol
    (39:10) The time Guerdley thought hoteps were so sexy
    (43:50) The yummiest Thai restaurant in Brooklyn
    LINKS
    📲 @ITSTRACYG
    📲 @GUERDLEY
    📲 @GLOINTHEDARK
    💻 GLO IN THE DARK

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    • 47 min
    043 | All These Damn Beauty Standards: The Lies, Pressures And Truths

    043 | All These Damn Beauty Standards: The Lies, Pressures And Truths

    This week, Guerdley and I are unpacking our ever-shifting body and beauty “standards.” We’re talking about being bullied into loving our bodies, pinpointing where our obsession with appearance even came from, and so much more.
    We get into:
    (3:00) Hair as a tool of hierarchy
    (12:10) Tracy + Guerdley’s personal definitions of beauty
    (15:00) Social media’s role in pretty privilege
    (34:45) Embracing aging + challenging the pressure to look young forever
    (43:30) Toxic positivity + being bullied into self-love
    (49:15) Embracing filters for self-expression
    (55:45) The ebbs and flows of body image
    LINKS
    📲 @ITSTRACYG
    📲 @GUERDLEY
    📲 @GLOINTHEDARK
    💻 GLO IN THE DARK

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    • 1 hr 1 min
    042 | Unpacking The Evolution And Romance Of Adult Friendships

    042 | Unpacking The Evolution And Romance Of Adult Friendships

    Welcome to Glo in the Dark! It’s been a while since Guerdley and I have been on the mic so not only is this episode a cute (re)introduction to us as individuals and friends…. WE ALSO explore sh*t like how our view of friendship has shifted from middle school to now, what our parents didn’t teach us about friendships, forming a friendship with ourselves etc.
    Join us for some platonic PDA, as we get into:
    (4:30) Loving your friends like a significant other
    (12:30) Me + Guerdley’s definitions of friendship
    (19:40) Friendship pre-requisites
    (27:10) How to become friends with yourself first
    (39:20) Finding your voice + understanding your needs
    (46:30) Social media + what to do when friendship feels transactional
    (52:45) Navigating friendships as you get older
    LINKS
    📲 @ITSTRACYG
    📲 @GUERDLEY
    📲 @GLOINTHEDARK
    💻 GLO IN THE DARK

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    • 1 hr 4 min

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