The GiGi Meier Podcast

✨ Rewrite. Reclaim. Reinvent.✨
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If you’ve ever woken up in a life that looks fine on the outside but feels like it no longer fits—you’re in the right place. Hosted by romance author and former C-Suite Executive, GiGi Meier, this podcast delivers raw, real, no-fluff episodes designed to help women at any age reimagine their next chapter. In ten minutes or less, GiGi guides you through the messy middle: the in-between of who you were and who you’re becoming. Whether you're burned out, bored, or just craving more, each episode will leave you with a spark—clarity, confidence, and a brave next step. No performative positivity. Just truth, tools, and the occasional loving kick in the ass. gigimeier.substack.com

  1. 6d ago

    S2 EP18: You’re Busy, But You’re Not Winning

    In this episode, I am getting into why waiting until January 1st to start over is costing you five months you still have. Prices went up, the job market tightened, plans got expensive, and none of that was on the vision board when you made it. Katy Milkman's research at The Wharton School shows that any meaningful marker works as a fresh start, not just the one the calendar hands us. August 1st counts. And what you do with these last five months is going to decide how December 31st feels. Key Takeaways: ✨ How to sort your untouched goals into Pending and Not now, so you end up with a curated list instead of another list that makes you feel like a failure ✨ Why the busiest season of the year has to shape the size of your goals, and how to build one that actually fits the gaps you really have ✨ What the monthly check-in on the 1st does for you, and why missing a week is data instead of proof that you failed ✨ Rewrite. Reclaim. Reinvent. ✨ Because that board you've been avoiding isn't a list of everything you failed to do. It's the map of what still matters. Get full access to GiGi Meier at gigimeier.substack.com/subscribe

    S2 EP18: You’re Busy, But You’re Not Winning

  2. Aug 6

    S2 EP17: Let's Talk Money

    In this episode, I am getting into why waiting until January 1st to start over is costing you five months you still have. Prices went up, the job market tightened, plans got expensive, and none of that was on the vision board when you made it. Katy Milkman's research at The Wharton School shows that any meaningful marker works as a fresh start, not just the one the calendar hands us. August 1st counts. And what you do with these last five months is going to decide how December 31st feels. Key Takeaways: ✨ How to sort your untouched goals into Pending and Not now, so you end up with a curated list instead of another list that makes you feel like a failure ✨ Why the busiest season of the year has to shape the size of your goals, and how to build one that actually fits the gaps you really have ✨ What the monthly check-in on the 1st does for you, and why missing a week is data instead of proof that you failed ✨ Rewrite. Reclaim. Reinvent. ✨ Because that board you've been avoiding isn't a list of everything you failed to do. It's the map of what still matters. Get full access to GiGi Meier at gigimeier.substack.com/subscribe

    S2 EP17: Let's Talk Money

  3. Jul 30

    S2 EP16: You Need a Midyear Reset

    In this episode, I am getting into why waiting until January 1st to start over is costing you five months you still have. Prices went up, the job market tightened, plans got expensive, and none of that was on the vision board when you made it. Katy Milkman's research at The Wharton School shows that any meaningful marker works as a fresh start, not just the one the calendar hands us. August 1st counts. And what you do with these last five months is going to decide how December 31st feels. Key Takeaways: ✨ How to sort your untouched goals into Pending and Not now, so you end up with a curated list instead of another list that makes you feel like a failure ✨ Why the busiest season of the year has to shape the size of your goals, and how to build one that actually fits the gaps you really have ✨ What the monthly check-in on the 1st does for you, and why missing a week is data instead of proof that you failed ✨ Rewrite. Reclaim. Reinvent. ✨ Because that board you've been avoiding isn't a list of everything you failed to do. It's the map of what still matters. Get full access to GiGi Meier at gigimeier.substack.com/subscribe

    S2 EP16: You Need a Midyear Reset

  4. Jul 25

    S2 EP15: Training While You Wait

    You are doing the work. Showing up, pushing through, keeping the promises you made to yourself. From the outside it looks like you have it handled. Underneath it, you are exhausted, quietly wondering if any of it is actually going anywhere. It started on a drive to a baseball tournament for my son. I watched hundreds of college recruiters and MLB scouts spend a full week grading every swing, every pitch, every rep, with no verdict handed out at the end of it. Angela Duckworth's research on grit shows there is always a lag between effort and outcome. Most people quit right in the middle of that lag, mistaking the silence for proof it is not working. It is not proof. It is just the lag. Key Takeaways:✨ Why tracking the process you control matters more than tracking the outcome you don't, and how to find your own version of a scout's radar gun✨ Why one person's feedback is never the whole verdict, and how building a small panel around you gives you a far more accurate read✨ How to decide your next move before the waiting wears you down, so exhaustion never gets the final vote ✨ Rewrite. Reclaim. Reinvent. ✨ Because the actions you take when no one is looking still matter even if the outcome hasn't arrived. Get full access to GiGi Meier at gigimeier.substack.com/subscribe

    S2 EP15: Training While You Wait

  5. Jun 24

    S2 EP14: Why Reinvention Feels Lonely Even When It's Right

    Reinvention is supposed to feel exciting. At least that's what we're told. But what happens when you've made the right decision and still feel lonely? In this episode, I explore the hidden loneliness that often comes with starting over. We talk about changing relationships, leaving behind certainty, grieving familiarity, navigating the identity gap, and why getting what you wanted can still feel surprisingly emotional. Key Takeaways: ✨ Why growth changes relationships and not everyone is meant to come with you ✨ How leaving certainty behind can make even the right decision feel lonely ✨ Why you may miss parts of your old life without actually wanting them back ✨ What the identity gap is and why becoming someone new can feel so isolating ✨ How grief can show up even after success, freedom, and positive change If you've been feeling lonely during a season of reinvention, maybe you're not lost. Maybe you're simply becoming. ✨ Rewrite. Reclaim. Reinvent. ✨ Because sometimes the loneliest part of reinvention is saying goodbye to a life that no longer fits, even when you know it's time to leave it behind. Get full access to GiGi Meier at gigimeier.substack.com/subscribe

    S2 EP14: Why Reinvention Feels Lonely Even When It's Right

  6. Jun 11

    S2 EP13 Learning How to Want Things Again

    Somewhere along the way, between the compromises and the caretaking and the years of putting everyone else first, a lot of us stopped keeping track of what we actually liked. And when someone finally asks what you want, you go completely blank. That is not a character flaw. That is a woman whose internal compass got overridden so many times it stopped pointing reliably. In this episode, I am getting into why desire goes quiet and exactly how you bring it back. Key Takeaways: ✨ The small signals you keep walking past, the farmer's market, the old playlist, the craft store detour, are your system trying to come back online and they are worth writing down ✨ The younger version of you did not lose her preferences, she just got quiet, and going back to excavate her is not nostalgia, it is raw material ✨ The overlap between who you were and what is calling to you right now is not a coincidence, it is a crossroads, and it deserves a spot on your calendar ✨ Rewrite. Reclaim. Reinvent. ✨ Because the woman who got buried under everyone else's needs is finally crawling out of the rubble. And honey, she has been waiting long enough. Get full access to GiGi Meier at gigimeier.substack.com/subscribe

    S2 EP13 Learning How to Want Things Again

  7. May 28

    S2 EP12: Late Bloomers and Why They Win

    You have been told your whole life that the window closes. That by 30 you should have it figured out, by 40 you should have arrived, and anything after that is just making peace with where you landed. But the science says something completely different. And so does the evidence. In this episode, I am getting into why late bloomers do not just catch up, they win. Forbes's CEO, Rich Karlgaard's research shows that the strengths most valued in real work and real life, curiosity, compassion, resilience, insight, wisdom, and equanimity, are not early-bloomer traits. They are built over time. And UCLA neuroscientist George Bartzokis found that brain integration, the kind that produces genuine judgment and expertise, peaks between ages forty and fifty. That is not a consolation prize. That is the peak of the climb. Key Takeaways: ✨ Quitting something on purpose is not giving up, it is freeing up the energy you have been pouring into the wrong thing so you can finally pour it into the right one ✨ You have a specific kind of problem only you can solve, and that is exactly where you need to be competing ✨ The one quiet behavior you keep mistaking for a personality trait is the thing that has been keeping you from starting ✨ Rewrite. Reclaim. Reinvent. ✨ Because the woman who took the long road did not fall behind. She built something the fast lane never could. Get full access to GiGi Meier at gigimeier.substack.com/subscribe

    S2 EP12: Late Bloomers and Why They Win

  8. May 14

    S2 EP11: Who Are You When Nobody's Watching?

    You are one person at work, another with your family, another with your friends, and a completely different one on social media. But who are you when the door is closed, the phone is down, and there is nobody watching? Most of us do not have a clean answer to that. Because we have been performing for so long, and so automatically, that we forgot there was an original version underneath it all. In this episode, I am getting into the performed self and the private self. What they are, how the gap between them forms, and what it is costing you to keep maintaining a version of yourself that was built for everyone else’s comfort. Dr. Kristin Neff’s research shows that daily performance is one of the primary drivers of chronic psychological exhaustion. Not the big hard things. The maintenance. And it is time to put some of it down. Key Takeaways: ✨ Why twenty minutes of unstructured, phone-free time every day is the first real introduction to the version of yourself you stopped making room for ✨ How to catch the edits you are making in real time, and what is actually underneath the fine when it is not fine ✨ What happens on the other side when you let one true, unpolished thing out to someone who has earned it ✨ Rewrite. Reclaim. Reinvent. ✨ Because who you are when nobody’s watching is actually who you are when everyone should be watching. Get full access to GiGi Meier at gigimeier.substack.com/subscribe

    S2 EP11: Who Are You When Nobody's Watching?
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If you’ve ever woken up in a life that looks fine on the outside but feels like it no longer fits—you’re in the right place. Hosted by romance author and former C-Suite Executive, GiGi Meier, this podcast delivers raw, real, no-fluff episodes designed to help women at any age reimagine their next chapter. In ten minutes or less, GiGi guides you through the messy middle: the in-between of who you were and who you’re becoming. Whether you're burned out, bored, or just craving more, each episode will leave you with a spark—clarity, confidence, and a brave next step. No performative positivity. Just truth, tools, and the occasional loving kick in the ass. gigimeier.substack.com

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    ✨ Rewrite. Reclaim. Reinvent.✨
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    56
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    © Live a Little!
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