Burn It Down & Begin Again

Erica Gil
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Hosted by Erica, Burn It Down & Begin Again is a raw, soul-baring podcast about what happens when the life you built burns to the ground — and the woman who rises from the ashes stronger than ever. This is more than a story of survival. It’s a journey of truth-telling, healing, and radical reinvention. Erica opens with her own chapters of addiction, abuse, betrayal, and breakdowns — not to dwell on the past, but to light the way forward. From there, the podcast shifts into rebuilding and manifesting the life you want, surviving and healing from codependency and narcissism, reclaiming your voice, and learning how to stand in your power as the woman you were always meant to be. Each episode unpacks a piece of the path back to wholeness: untangling toxic relationships, setting boundaries, rewriting old narratives, and creating a life filled with strength, purpose, and joy. Erica doesn’t sugarcoat the pain — but she shows how to use it as fuel. If you’ve ever felt silenced, isolated, or like no one could possibly understand what you’ve been through — this podcast is for you. This is about remembering your worth. Reclaiming your voice. And rebuilding a life that feels like truth. Part of the Chickology™ podcast collective — real women telling real stories to break cycles, rise in power, and reclaim what was stolen.

  1. 3D AGO

    Chapter 14: A Sacred Pause Before the Next Beginning

    As the year comes to a close, this chapter of Burn It Down and Begin Again is a pause — a moment of honesty, gratitude, and self-compassion. In this heartfelt end-of-year episode, Erica reflects on the journey of healing, rebuilding, and reclaiming life after trauma, while also naming something many women feel but rarely admit: burnout. With the holidays in full swing and pressure coming from every direction, Erica opens up about anxiety, exhaustion, and the reality of carrying too much for too long — even when life is full of blessings. This episode isn’t about giving up. It’s about listening to your body, honoring your limits, and choosing to step back so you can move forward with intention. Erica shares why she’s taking a short hiatus until January 6th, what this year has taught her about resilience and reinvention, and how midlife can be the beginning of something entirely new — not the end. If you’re feeling overwhelmed, stretched thin, or quietly questioning how to keep going, this episode is a reminder that rest is not failure, reflection is not weakness, and healing doesn’t require perfection — only commitment to yourself. Burn It Down and Begin Again is part of the Chickology™ podcast collective — real women, real stories, and real transformation. You are not too broken, you are not too late, and you are never alone. 🌸 About Chickology™ Chickology™ is more than a podcast brand — it’s a collective of strong, real women telling real stories. Together, we’re reclaiming our narratives, breaking cycles, and lifting one another up through truth, laughter, and raw conversations. Every show under the Chickology™ umbrella is created by women, for women, with love. ✨ Join the Movement We’re always looking for bold voices and powerful stories. If you’re a woman ready to share your truth or host your own podcast with us, reach out! One honest truth at a time, we’re helping one isolated woman at a time feel less alone. 📍 Find Us Explore all Chickology™ podcasts at [Buzzsprout Podcast Directory link or Chickology website] Email us at: ChickologyPodcasts@gmail.com 💫 Because when women rise together, we change the world.

    8 min

  2. DEC 9

    Chapter 13: The Energy You Broadcast — How Your Inner World Shapes Your Outer Life

    Chapter 13: The Energy You Broadcast — How Your Inner World Shapes Your Outer Life Description: Welcome to Chapter 13 of Burn It Down and Begin Again — because sometimes the only way out is through the fire. This week, Erica gets honest in a way we don’t always allow ourselves to be. Exhaustion, overwhelm, resentment, holiday pressure — and the truth that even strong women get tired. But beneath all of that lies something deeper: the energy we carry, the energy we absorb, and the energy we unconsciously pour into the world. Your energy walks into every room before you do. It shapes your relationships, your opportunities, your emotional landscape, and your daily reality. And whether you realize it or not, you are broadcasting something every single moment. Today, Erica dives into the science, the soul, and the self-awareness behind that truth — and how to reclaim power when life feels like too much. Together we’ll explore: How exhaustion, resentment, and overwhelm subtly shift your energetic identityWhy your emotions broadcast before you speak — and how people feel you before they hear youThe neuroscience behind emotional contagion and why our brains mirror each other’s statesHow childhood trauma trains us to scan for danger and absorb energies that aren’t oursThe power of grounding, gratitude, and awareness to reset your internal frequencyReal-life tools to shift your energy when you’re drained, stretched thin, or simply humanThis chapter is not about pretending to be positive. It’s about being honest with yourself, reclaiming control of your internal world, and choosing the energy you want to lead with — even on the days when you feel worn down to the bone. 🔥 Your energy is a broadcast. When you shift what’s happening inside, you transform what becomes possible outside. Part of the Chickology™ podcast collective — real women telling real stories to break cycles, rise in power, and create lives built on truth, intention, and radical self-awareness. 🌸 About Chickology™ Chickology™ is more than a podcast brand — it’s a collective of strong, real women telling real stories. Together, we’re reclaiming our narratives, breaking cycles, and lifting one another up through truth, laughter, and raw conversations. Every show under the Chickology™ umbrella is created by women, for women, with love. ✨ Join the Movement We’re always looking for bold voices and powerful stories. If you’re a woman ready to share your truth or host your own podcast with us, reach out! One honest truth at a time, we’re helping one isolated woman at a time feel less alone. 📍 Find Us Explore all Chickology™ podcasts at [Buzzsprout Podcast Directory link or Chickology website] Email us at: ChickologyPodcasts@gmail.com 💫 Because when women rise together, we change the world.

    21 min

  3. DEC 2

    Chapter 12: From Victim to Survivor — Rewriting the Story That Tried to Break You

    Chapter 12: From Victim to Survivor — Rewriting the Story That Tried to Break You  Description: Welcome to Chapter 12 of Burn It Down and Begin Again — because sometimes the only way out is through the fire.  Victimhood may be where the pain began, but it doesn’t have to be where the story ends. In this powerful chapter, Erica explores the shift from “Why did this happen to me?” to “Look what I survived.” This isn’t just about perspective — it’s about power. And taking yours back.  With raw truth and soul-deep clarity, Erica unpacks how trauma imprints on the body and brain — and how we can rewrite those imprints through intention, belief, and a refusal to stay stuck in stories that never belonged to us.  Together we’ll explore:  The quiet ways victimhood hides in our language, choices, and identityThe science behind post-traumatic growth and neuroplasticityHow spiritual teachings and epigenetics point to the same truth: You can change your storyWhy reclaiming your voice is the first act of rewriting your lifeHow to alchemize pain into purpose, and survival into power This chapter is about burning down the belief that you’re powerless — and rising in the truth that you never were.   🔥 You survived what tried to break you. Now it’s time to become who you were always meant to be.   Part of the Chickology™ podcast collective — real women telling real stories to break cycles, rise in power, and reclaim what was stolen.   🌸 About Chickology™ Chickology™ is more than a podcast brand — it’s a collective of strong, real women telling real stories. Together, we’re reclaiming our narratives, breaking cycles, and lifting one another up through truth, laughter, and raw conversations. Every show under the Chickology™ umbrella is created by women, for women, with love. ✨ Join the Movement We’re always looking for bold voices and powerful stories. If you’re a woman ready to share your truth or host your own podcast with us, reach out! One honest truth at a time, we’re helping one isolated woman at a time feel less alone. 📍 Find Us Explore all Chickology™ podcasts at [Buzzsprout Podcast Directory link or Chickology website] Email us at: ChickologyPodcasts@gmail.com 💫 Because when women rise together, we change the world.

    34 min

  4. NOV 25

    Chapter 11: Manifestation & the Mind — Science, Spirit, and the Power to Rebuild

    🎙️ Episode Title: Chapter 11: Manifestation & the Mind — Science, Spirit, and the Power to Rebuild 🔥 Buzzsprout Description: This chapter isn’t about “wishful thinking.” It’s about radical creation. In one of the most eye-opening episodes yet, Erica breaks down the truth about manifestation — not as a trend or spiritual fluff, but as a science-backed, soul-powered process that helped her rebuild her entire life from rock bottom to radiant. From near-death recovery to traveling the world, buying a home, and reclaiming her self-worth, Erica walks us through how manifestation really works — blending neuroscience, quantum physics, spiritual texts, and lived experience into one transformative truth: 👉 What you believe, you become. You’ll hear: The red Nerf ball story that changed everythingHow trauma wires us into survival and self-sabotage — and how to rewire itWhy your brain’s reticular activating system filters what you see (and how to use it)Quotes from the Bible, Quran, Tao Te Ching, and more that point to the same truthReal-life stories of manifesting healing, homeownership, financial freedom, and moreWhy belief is biology — and how to use it to create the life you wantThis episode is your permission slip to believe differently, speak differently, and live deliberately. Because when you stop thinking life is happening to you and start realizing it’s happening through you — that’s when the fire becomes fuel. ✨ This podcast is part of Chickology™ — real women, real stories, rising together to break cycles and reclaim power. 🎧 If this episode lit something up in you, subscribe, share it, and keep rising. 🌸 About Chickology™ Chickology™ is more than a podcast brand — it’s a collective of strong, real women telling real stories. Together, we’re reclaiming our narratives, breaking cycles, and lifting one another up through truth, laughter, and raw conversations. Every show under the Chickology™ umbrella is created by women, for women, with love. ✨ Join the Movement We’re always looking for bold voices and powerful stories. If you’re a woman ready to share your truth or host your own podcast with us, reach out! One honest truth at a time, we’re helping one isolated woman at a time feel less alone. 📍 Find Us Explore all Chickology™ podcasts at [Buzzsprout Podcast Directory link or Chickology website] Email us at: ChickologyPodcasts@gmail.com 💫 Because when women rise together, we change the world.

    41 min

  5. NOV 20

    Chapter 10: Becoming Your Own Biggest Fan

    Chapter 10: Becoming Your Own Biggest Fan   In this chapter of Burn It Down and Begin Again, Erica takes us on one of the most transformational journeys of all — the journey back to self-belief.  From growing up in a home shaped by chaos and codependency to surviving addiction, emotional abuse, and rock-bottom moments, Erica shares what it really took to become her own champion. Not in a surface-level, self-help cliché way — but in the raw, gritty, and sacred process of rebuilding her identity from the ashes.  This episode isn’t about ego. It’s about honor. It’s about showing up for yourself the way you’ve always shown up for others. Because the relationship you have with yourself? It shapes everything.  You’ll hear:  Why so many women were never taught how to emotionally support themselvesHow being your own biggest critic keeps you stuck in survival modeThe humble (and humiliating) rebuild — from working at Costco to owning a home aloneThe power of vision boards, daily self-talk, and micro-winsAnd the most beautiful, unexpected moment with her son — proving that when you heal yourself, you change the story for everyone you love This is a love letter to every woman who ever doubted her worth. A battle cry for anyone rising alone. And a sacred reminder that you don’t need anyone else’s permission to take up space in your own life.   Your story matters. Your wins matter. And so do you. 💫 This podcast is part of Chickology™ — real women, real stories, rising together to break cycles and reclaim power.   🎧 If this episode moved you, don’t keep it to yourself. Share it. Review it. Be someone else’s proof that healing is possible.   🌸 About Chickology™ Chickology™ is more than a podcast brand — it’s a collective of strong, real women telling real stories. Together, we’re reclaiming our narratives, breaking cycles, and lifting one another up through truth, laughter, and raw conversations. Every show under the Chickology™ umbrella is created by women, for women, with love. ✨ Join the Movement We’re always looking for bold voices and powerful stories. If you’re a woman ready to share your truth or host your own podcast with us, reach out! One honest truth at a time, we’re helping one isolated woman at a time feel less alone. 📍 Find Us Explore all Chickology™ podcasts at [Buzzsprout Podcast Directory link or Chickology website] Email us at: ChickologyPodcasts@gmail.com 💫 Because when women rise together, we change the world.

    44 min

  6. NOV 12

    Chapter 9: The Brave Art of Letting Go — How Life Is a Trust Fall

    Chapter 9: The Brave Art of Letting Go — How Life Is a Trust Fall 🔥 Episode Description: Letting go isn’t weakness — it’s wisdom earned in the fire.  In Chapter 9 of Burn It Down and Begin Again, Erica dives into the often misunderstood practice of surrender. Through personal stories, spiritual insights, and the teachings of Dr. David Hawkins, she unpacks how our need for control stems from fear — fear of being abandoned, unloved, unseen. This is the chapter where we unclench our fists.  Where we stop gripping the life we thought we should have, and make space for the one we deserve to live. You’ll hear: How codependency and childhood trauma fuel the illusion of controlThe emotional toll of white-knuckling relationships, outcomes, and timelinesHow to identify the fear under the control — and what it’s really protectingThe difference between giving up and surrenderingEight powerful principles from The Letting Go Technique that helped Erica begin againWhy peace doesn’t come from mastering your emotions, but from allowing them to move through youThis chapter is raw, vulnerable, and filled with truth that may just shift your soul.  Because surrender isn’t passive — it’s the most courageous thing you’ll ever do. 🕊️ You are not alone in this. If this episode spoke to you, share it with someone still gripping the wheel. 🎧 Subscribe to Burn It Down and Begin Again and be part of the rise. Part of the Chickology™ podcast collective — real women, real stories, breaking cycles together. 🌸 About Chickology™ Chickology™ is more than a podcast brand — it’s a collective of strong, real women telling real stories. Together, we’re reclaiming our narratives, breaking cycles, and lifting one another up through truth, laughter, and raw conversations. Every show under the Chickology™ umbrella is created by women, for women, with love. ✨ Join the Movement We’re always looking for bold voices and powerful stories. If you’re a woman ready to share your truth or host your own podcast with us, reach out! One honest truth at a time, we’re helping one isolated woman at a time feel less alone. 📍 Find Us Explore all Chickology™ podcasts at [Buzzsprout Podcast Directory link or Chickology website] Email us at: ChickologyPodcasts@gmail.com 💫 Because when women rise together, we change the world.

    21 min

  7. NOV 5

    Chapter 8 – The Silent System: Misogyny, Safety & Speaking the Truth

    Chapter 8 – The Silent System: Misogyny, Safety & Speaking the Truth Description: Misogyny isn’t just an old-fashioned idea — it’s still alive in the subtle expectations and unspoken rules that shape women’s lives every day. In this powerful and deeply personal chapter of Burn It Down & Begin Again, Erica shares a story that hits close to home: her daughter’s recent assault by a rideshare driver and the painful aftermath that revealed how deeply misogyny still runs through our culture. From victim-blaming to corporate silence, she exposes how women’s pain is too often dismissed, minimized, or hidden — and why that has to change. Erica unpacks:  🔥 The unspoken ways misogyny still shapes women’s safety and voices  🔥 The staggering statistics behind rideshare assaults — and why most go unreported  🔥 How cultural conditioning teaches women to downplay danger and self-blame  🔥 Why systems protect predators instead of survivors  🔥 The power of women sharing their stories to break silence and reclaim agency This isn’t just an episode — it’s a wake-up call. Because misogyny may be centuries old, but so is women’s resilience. And when one woman speaks, she gives others permission to rise, heal, and burn the silence down. 💌 If this story resonates, reach out to share your own or connect at burnitdownbeginagain@gmail.com 🎙️ Subscribe to Burn It Down & Begin Again, leave a 5-star review, and pass this episode to a woman who’s ready to speak her truth. #BurnItDownPodcast #Chickology #WomenWhoRise #ReclaimYourPower #BreakTheSilence #EndMisogyny #ThroughTheFire #RiseFromTheAshes #StillStanding #WomensVoices #BelieveWomen #StopVictimBlaming #FeministVoices #HealingJourney #CulturalChange 🌸 About Chickology™ Chickology™ is more than a podcast brand — it’s a collective of strong, real women telling real stories. Together, we’re reclaiming our narratives, breaking cycles, and lifting one another up through truth, laughter, and raw conversations. Every show under the Chickology™ umbrella is created by women, for women, with love. ✨ Join the Movement We’re always looking for bold voices and powerful stories. If you’re a woman ready to share your truth or host your own podcast with us, reach out! One honest truth at a time, we’re helping one isolated woman at a time feel less alone. 📍 Find Us Explore all Chickology™ podcasts at [Buzzsprout Podcast Directory link or Chickology website] Email us at: ChickologyPodcasts@gmail.com 💫 Because when women rise together, we change the world.

    20 min

  8. OCT 14

    Chapter 7 – Purpose-Driven Life: Finding Meaning After the Fire

    Chapter 7 – The Purpose-Driven Life: Finding Meaning After the Fire Description: What if the emptiness you feel isn’t failure — it’s your soul asking for purpose? In this chapter of Burn It Down & Begin Again, Erica explores what it really means to live a purpose-driven life after loss, addiction, and rebuilding from the ashes. She shares how rediscovering faith, self-worth, and service gave her direction when everything else fell apart — and how you can do the same. This episode unpacks:  ✨ Why so many of us lose our sense of purpose in midlife  ✨ The link between addiction, depression, and lack of meaning  ✨ How “The Purpose Driven Life” helped Erica reframe her identity  ✨ The five principles that bring clarity: gratitude, service, growth, connection, and mission  ✨ Simple daily steps to reconnect with what truly matters  ✨ Why purpose doesn’t have to be grand — it just has to be real If you’ve ever woken up wondering what now?, this episode is for you. It’s a reminder that your life still has meaning — and that the smallest acts of love, service, and intention can change everything. 💌 Reflect, reconnect, and rebuild. You can email Erica at burnitdownbeginagain@gmail.com to share your story or ask questions about this episode. 🎙️ Subscribe to Burn It Down & Begin Again, leave a 5-star review, and share this with someone finding her purpose again. #BurnItDownPodcast #Chickology #PurposeDrivenLife #ReclaimYourPower #WomenWhoRise #HealingJourney #MidlifeReinvention #ThroughTheFire #RiseFromTheAshes #FaithAndHealing #StillStanding #SelfDiscovery #MeaningfulLife #RewriteYourStory 🌸 About Chickology™ Chickology™ is more than a podcast brand — it’s a collective of strong, real women telling real stories. Together, we’re reclaiming our narratives, breaking cycles, and lifting one another up through truth, laughter, and raw conversations. Every show under the Chickology™ umbrella is created by women, for women, with love. ✨ Join the Movement We’re always looking for bold voices and powerful stories. If you’re a woman ready to share your truth or host your own podcast with us, reach out! One honest truth at a time, we’re helping one isolated woman at a time feel less alone. 📍 Find Us Explore all Chickology™ podcasts at [Buzzsprout Podcast Directory link or Chickology website] Email us at: ChickologyPodcasts@gmail.com 💫 Because when women rise together, we change the world.

    29 min
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Hosted by Erica, Burn It Down & Begin Again is a raw, soul-baring podcast about what happens when the life you built burns to the ground — and the woman who rises from the ashes stronger than ever. This is more than a story of survival. It’s a journey of truth-telling, healing, and radical reinvention. Erica opens with her own chapters of addiction, abuse, betrayal, and breakdowns — not to dwell on the past, but to light the way forward. From there, the podcast shifts into rebuilding and manifesting the life you want, surviving and healing from codependency and narcissism, reclaiming your voice, and learning how to stand in your power as the woman you were always meant to be. Each episode unpacks a piece of the path back to wholeness: untangling toxic relationships, setting boundaries, rewriting old narratives, and creating a life filled with strength, purpose, and joy. Erica doesn’t sugarcoat the pain — but she shows how to use it as fuel. If you’ve ever felt silenced, isolated, or like no one could possibly understand what you’ve been through — this podcast is for you. This is about remembering your worth. Reclaiming your voice. And rebuilding a life that feels like truth. Part of the Chickology™ podcast collective — real women telling real stories to break cycles, rise in power, and reclaim what was stolen.

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  • Creator
    Erica Gil
  • Years Active
    2K
  • Episodes
    14
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2025 Burn It Down & Begin Again
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