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. S1 EP27: Love or Limerence

    1일 전

    S1 EP27: Love or Limerence

    Some connections hit you like a cosmic collision. The spark, the intensity, the butterflies doing backflips, it all feels like destiny. But what if that electric pull you’re calling love is actually limerence in disguise? In this episode, we break down the difference between real, grounded love and the intoxicating psychological high that limerence creates. You’ll learn why your brain confuses chemistry for compatibility, how childhood patterns sneak into new relationships, and the subtle signs that tell you whether a connection is helping you bloom or pulling you into emotional chaos. Key Takeaways: ✨ Why limerence feels magical in the moment but destabilizing in the long-term. ✨ How your nervous system reveals the truth before your heart does. ✨ Why blooming love feels calmer, steadier, and safer than the addictive rush of limerence. ✨ How to recognize when someone is offering emotional safety instead of emotional confusion. This isn’t about doubting your feelings. It’s about understanding them. It’s about learning the difference between a connection that regulates your soul and one that hijacks your system. ✨ Rewrite. Reclaim. Reinvent. ✨ Because you deserve beautifully deep, intrinsic love,  not the counterfeit imitation limerence tries to sell you. Get full access to GiGi Meier at gigimeier.substack.com/subscribe

    13분
  2. S1 EP26: Blessing or Lesson

    11월 5일

    S1 EP26: Blessing or Lesson

    Some people walk into your life and it feels like fate. The timing, the chemistry, the spark. It all feels right. But what if that connection you are calling a blessing is actually a lesson in disguise? In this episode, I break down how to distinguish between people who are meant to stay and be a blessing and those who are meant to teach you something before they go. You will learn how to recognize when someone expands your peace versus when they sneakily drain it, why early chemistry can cloud your judgment, and how time reveals whether a connection is productive or performative. Key Takeaways: ✨ Why familiarity can trick you into mistaking old patterns for soul connections. ✨ How alignment, not attraction, determines whether a relationship is safe or stimulating. ✨ What it looks like when time confirms a blessing instead of exposing a lesson. This isn’t about guarding your heart. It’s about reading the energy, trusting the alignment, and giving time the chance to prove what’s real. ✨ Rewrite. Reclaim. Reinvent. ✨ Because when you stop mistaking lessons for blessings, you stop choosing pain over peace. Get full access to GiGi Meier at gigimeier.substack.com/subscribe

    13분
  3. S1 EP25: Your Bad Habits Are Why Your Life Sucks

    10월 22일

    S1 EP25: Your Bad Habits Are Why Your Life Sucks

    We don’t fail because we lack goals. We fail because we fall back to our baseline. Not the dream version of ourselves, but the default one. The one built on comfort, habit, and the old stories we have carried for years. In this episode, I break down why your bad habits are the floor you keep landing on, why you cannot manifest your way into a new identity, and how two real people — a young woman chasing confidence and a high school athlete chasing a scholarship — rewired their baselines to change everything about their futures. Key Takeaways: ✨ Why “normal” is not neutral. It is the identity and habits you have tolerated long enough to believe they are who you are. ✨ How small, repeated actions can rewire your subconscious until the new you becomes automatic. ✨ What it looks like to make your new baseline the standard, so even your fallback days keep you moving forward. This is not about perfection or streaks. It is about raising your baseline so high that when life knocks you down, you land in a place that still supports your growth instead of sabotaging it. Because your bad habits do not have to own you. ✨ Rewrite. Reclaim. Reinvent. ✨ Because when you raise your baseline, even your worst days outshine the best days of your old self. Get full access to GiGi Meier at gigimeier.substack.com/subscribe

    12분
  4. S1 EP24: Your Life is an Oil Spill

    10월 15일

    S1 EP24: Your Life is an Oil Spill

    When disaster strikes in the Gulf, the first thing responders do isn’t cleanup. The spill is too massive, too overwhelming. Instead, they deploy barriers, floating booms that keep the oil from spreading. Those barriers don’t solve the problem. They buy time until the experts arrive with the right tools and training to begin the real work of restoration. Our lives often feel the same. We contain, we distract, we survive. We scroll, we pour another glass, we stay busy, we even overuse “healthy” strategies. They help us hold the mess at bay but they don’t heal it. And there comes a moment when we realize: I can’t clean this up alone. That is the moment when asking for help stops being weakness and becomes wisdom. In this episode, I share why self-help tools can only carry us so far, why calling in experts is not shameful but necessary, and how to commit to the slow, brave process of healing once you begin. Key Takeaways: ✨ Why containment is necessary but not the same as healing, and how to recognize when you are only surviving. ✨ How to move past the shame of needing help and reframe professional care as expertise, not weakness. ✨ What committing to cleanup looks like in practice, from tracking micro-wins to embracing rest as part of recovery. This is not about dismissing the tools that carry you through tough moments. It is about knowing when your barriers are buying time but not creating change, and about trusting others to help you reclaim your waters. Because your life was never meant to stay murky and toxic when restoration is possible. ✨ Rewrite. Reclaim. Reinvent. ✨ Because your pain isn’t meant to stay spilled and stagnant forever when you have resources to help you clean it. Get full access to GiGi Meier at gigimeier.substack.com/subscribe

    9분
  5. S1 EP23: Never Stop Twirling

    10월 8일

    S1 EP23: Never Stop Twirling

    What if the carefree version of you, the one who twirled until she was dizzy, made snow angels on winter mornings, and laughed so hard she couldn’t breathe, isn’t gone, just buried? Somewhere between childhood’s dizzying spins and adulthood’s careful steps, we traded carefree for careful. We swapped laughter for control, joy for productivity, and play for performance. In this episode, I share the story of The Happy Couple, a sculpture that stopped me in my tracks, and what it taught me about the version of myself I used to be: light, lifted, and unafraid to spin. I walk you through three practical, real-life steps to help you remember what it feels like to be weightless again, even in the middle of everything that’s heavy. Key Takeaways: ✨ Why you must schedule play, not just tasks, and how ten minutes of silliness can reconnect you to the joyful version of yourself you forgot existed. ✨ How to start smaller with “the easier option,” saying yes to tiny invitations that make life softer, funnier, and more spontaneous .✨ What it means to live with “no hands” again, loosening your grip on perfection, trusting life to carry you, and finding freedom in letting go. This is not about quitting your responsibilities or running away from your life. It is about remembering that joy is part of your design, that you were meant to laugh, move, and float through moments without fear of falling. Because when you let yourself spin again, you find your way back to the woman in the sculpture, carefree, lifted, and alive. ✨ Rewrite. Reclaim. Reinvent. ✨ Because your joy was never truly lost, it was buried under years of responsibilities you alone had to carry. Get full access to GiGi Meier at gigimeier.substack.com/subscribe

    12분
  6. S1 EP22: Radioactive People

    10월 1일

    S1 EP22: Radioactive People

    Radioactive people do more than make life uncomfortable. They corrode. They contaminate. They leave you carrying invisible fallout long after the conversation is over. Sometimes it comes from family, wrapped in “I’m just joking” comments that gut you across the dinner table. Sometimes it comes from friends who take the secrets you trusted them with and turn them into weapons. Either way, the impact is the same acid on your skin, erosion in your confidence, poison in your relationships. But what if you could stop normalizing their behavior? What if you could build protective gear, isolate the source, and finally breathe clean air again? In this episode, I share the reality of what radioactive people do, why it is not love or care, and how to protect yourself without becoming bitter. I give you three concrete steps to identify exposure, shield yourself, and shut down the channels of contamination so you can finally reclaim your peace. Key Takeaways: ✨ Why you must quarantine after exposure, and the simple tests to recognize when you’ve been contaminated by their words. ✨ How to harness up your protective gear before you walk in, and the strategies that keep you from being blindsided again. ✨ What it means to isolate the source, and the practical ways to close channels of access so their fallout stops spreading into your life. This is not about denying the damage or pretending it did not hurt. It is about refusing to live the rest of your life breathing in their poison. Because when you name it, shield against it, and isolate the source, you reclaim your power. ✨ Rewrite. Reclaim. Reinvent. ✨ Because radioactive people corrode, but you were built to rise stronger than their contamination. Get full access to GiGi Meier at gigimeier.substack.com/subscribe

    12분
  7. S1 EP21: You Got Laid Off

    9월 24일

    S1 EP21: You Got Laid Off

    Being laid off is more than losing a paycheck, health benefits, or job security. It is betrayal. It is someone you were loyal to pulling the rug out from under your life and your family’s future, telling you it is “just business.” The truth is, it is never just business. It cuts into your sense of identity, the long-term plans you had, and the trust you gave freely. But what if the layoff that devastated you could also be the doorway to your next chapter? What if the rejection could become the beginning of your empire? In this episode, I share the story of Mike Bloomberg, who was laid off after fifteen years at Salomon Brothers and the very next morning planted the seed that would grow into Bloomberg LLC. And I give you three steps to move through the trauma, reframe the betrayal, and start building your own future. Key Takeaways: ✨ Why you must face the wound before you cover it—and how grief, anger, and tears are part of healing, not weakness. ✨ How to reframe the story of betrayal before it becomes your identity, and the mantra Bloomberg carried that built his empire. ✨ What it means to plant the seed of what comes next, and how one small forward action is the foundation of momentum. This is not about minimizing the hurt. It is about refusing to let the layoff write your story for you. Because when you face it, reframe it, and plant something new, you reclaim your power. ✨ Rewrite. Reclaim. Reinvent. ✨ Because the rug they pulled out is the foundation you’ll build on. Get full access to GiGi Meier at gigimeier.substack.com/subscribe

    12분
  8. S1 EP20: Don’t Be a Benchwarmer

    9월 18일

    S1 EP20: Don’t Be a Benchwarmer

    Decades ago, I was waiting tables at a busy Houston steakhouse when I mistook an Astros pitcher for a guy I played with on my church softball league. The table erupted in laughter, and I had no idea why. To me, he was just another man who looked familiar, not a sports legend. That moment taught me something that has stuck with me ever since. People can be idolized in one space and completely unknown in another. And while it is easy to put others on pedestals, the truth is this: while you are clapping for someone else’s game, you are not playing your own. In this episode, I share how to stop sitting in the cheap seats of your own life and start stepping up to the plate. Through three plays you can run right now, you will learn how to redirect your energy, shift your focus, and measure progress on your own scoreboard. Key Takeaways: ✨ How to track your applause meter and redirect energy you spend clapping for others back into your own growth. ✨ Why worshiping the play instead of the player gives you practical strategies you can test in your own life. ✨ How to keep your own stats so you stop obsessing over other people’s numbers and start celebrating your own quiet wins. ✨ Why progress is built from base hits and how small plays move your game forward. This is not about never celebrating others. It is about cutting pedestal energy in half and reclaiming the other half for yourself. Because when you stop warming the bench and start running your own plays, everything changes. ✨ Rewrite. Reclaim. Reinvent. ✨ Because you cannot win the game if you are always warming the bench. Get full access to GiGi Meier at gigimeier.substack.com/subscribe

    13분
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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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