This woman is special. Ana does some really powerful and unique work. I had the pleasure of doing a session with her and it was one of the most powerful experiences I've ever had with a coach/healer. In this episode, she shares her unconventional story on how she came to this powerful work. Topics Discussed: Growing up with strict Albanian parents Moving in with her boyfriend Moving to India to live in an ashram The importance of working with/learning from someone who’s teaching from experience ...
Dec 22, 2023•1 hr 12 min
If you're a young Albanian woman looking for some inspiration to do what's best for you (even if that means disappointing others) then this episode with Alisha Coku is the one for you. It's real. It's relatable. It's inspiring. She actually reached out to me to share her story, so I'm sure there will be many of you out there that it will speak to. Topics Discussed: Moving out of state just because she wanted to Not fully fitting in with other Albanians Fighting for a "normal" teenage life The gr...
Dec 21, 2023•1 hr 2 min
I walked away feeling really inspired after this call, you guys, and I know you will too. Dita, the host of the podcast, Vajza and Gra, shares her journey with the podcast and her personal growth along with it. It's deep. It's real. It's vulnerable. And I know many of you listening will relate. Topics discussed: - Why she took a break from the Vajza & Gra - What inspired her to start Vajza & Gra - The positive and negative responses she received - The struggle of growing up in “2 differe...
Aug 07, 2023•51 min
I really love this episode. I speak with Ariana Metalia, a first generation Albanian American therapist, on ways the Albanian community has evolved and ways it still has room for growth. This episode is really relatable and educational, so I know you'll love it as much as I do. Topics Discussed: - Her journey to becoming a therapist - Getting married young in Albanian community - Grappling between Albanian and American identities - The Gen Z (2nd generation) experience - Forgiving/understanding ...
Jul 19, 2023•1 hr 13 min
In this episode I chat with Nika Veseli, singer/songwriter/producer and overall go-getter. When she says she's going to do something, she does it, including moving out of her strict Albanian household to start living life on her own terms. Topics discussed: - Singing in Central Park - Meeting the love of her life - Having a strict Albanian father - Rebelling and moving out of her house - Learning to live life on her own terms - How therapy changed her life - Following her dreams in the music ind...
Jun 21, 2023•1 hr 30 min
In this episode I chat with my first and only Albanian therapist, Mediha Gega on some of the struggles of growing up as a first gen Albanian American woman. This is something I personally needed to hear, so if you're also a first generation Albanian American woman, I know it will be for you too. Topics Discussed: - Grappling with differences between American and Albanian identities - Understanding your place in your family and how it's molded who you are - Upholding the "good girl" image - Compe...
Jun 12, 2023•56 min
Trigger Warning: Sexual assault is mentioned in this episode. This episode is really powerful. Especially for women who've felt disempowered in any way and are looking for ways to take their power back. Gonxhe shares her experience taking her power back after SA through fitness and martial arts. Topics discussed: - Getting the courage to share her story on tiktok - Growing up with strict parents - Low self-esteem and being overweight to self-improvement - Finding a safe martial arts gym environm...
Mar 21, 2023•1 hr
I LOVE love. I especially love hearing women share their stories of how unhealthy relationships taught them their worth and led them to finding healthy love. That's what this episode with Danie is all about. How she went from 2 "failed" engagements, having to cancel a wedding 3 months beforehand to finding the love of her life, getting married and getting pregnant with their first child AKA living her dream life. Topics discussed: - Her experience with unhealthy relationships - The need to be th...
Mar 20, 2023•1 hr 3 min
First episode of the new season is here! As a jiu jitsu practitioner, I'm excited to start sharing the benefits of martial arts for our mental health! This episode with Laura, the first Albanian female MMA fighter (that I know of), is heavily focused on how her journey with MMA has led her on a path of healing and growth mentally, emotionally and physically. You don't have to be a martial artist to gain insight and helpful takeaways from this episode. Topics discussed: - How martial arts can mak...
Mar 20, 2023•1 hr 4 min
Ahhh food. What a subject haha. This episode with Leonita, registered dietician and food balance advocate, is all about finding your own rhythm and balance with food. With so many contradicting messages about food in the world, Nita provides some relief in explaining her story creating a healthy relationship with food for herself and her clients. Topics discussed: - Finding your own truth - Her struggles with body image - Unhealthy messages in the food industry - Understanding your relationship ...
Apr 21, 2022•1 hr 18 min
Anastasia is the epitome of a go-getter. This episode is for anyone struggling with money blocks or is making money but doesn't feel a sense of purpose. She is a crypto trader turned money coach who went from making a million dollars and feeling depressed to making money with the purpose of helping other women do the same. Topics we discuss: - Staying motivated when life gets in the way - Her experience making a million with crypto - Going on a self development journey to find purpose - Using me...
Apr 12, 2022•1 hr 6 min
If you're on a healing journey and you're in one of the low phases where you're judging yourself/putting yourself down or you feel like giving up, this short solo episode might be exactly what you need to hear right now to come back to self-compassion and hope. Find me on Instagram: @kristinanikolaj My Website: www.kristinanikolaj.com Find me on instagram: @kristinanikolaj My website: www.kristinanikolaj.com...
Apr 02, 2022•16 min
I love this episode, not only because it goes deep, but it challenges a lot of mainstream ideas in relation to healing. I speak with Dona, a mind-body coach who shares her personal experience eliminating chronic symptoms of panic attacks, agoraphobia and others through processing grief and a therapy practice called Internal Family Systems. Topics Discussed: - Her experience being diagnosed with a panic disorder at 14 - Tying your identity to your diagnosis - How Internal Family Systems changed h...
Mar 29, 2022•1 hr 10 min
THIS WOMAN. If you're feeling stuck, stressed or out of alignment in your life and you need some inspiration or uplifting energy, I promise this episode is for you. Alice is one of the most powerful femininely embodied women I've ever met and in this episode she shares how she manifested her dream life. Topics we discuss: - Keeping hope & not quitting in dark times - Trusting something bigger than yourself - Connecting to the feminine to thrive - Becoming your raw, authentic self Find Alice ...
Mar 16, 2022•56 min
Yes, you read that title right. Marina Kirk, corporate wellness coach & psychedelic integration guide tells us about how her experience with burnout in the corporate world led her on a path of wellness and eventually into to the world of psychedelics. With all the research coming out on psychedelics and their mental health benefits, learning about it from someone who works with them firsthand was fascinating. Find Marina on Instagram: @sumofallpositive Her Website: www.sumofallpositive.com F...
Feb 27, 2022•1 hr 10 min
I walked away from this conversation feeling really inspired and I know if this title speaks to you, you will too. Ali, empowerment coach and body hype woman, shares her story on how she went from binge eating and hating her body to intuitive eating and dancing confidently on social media showing off her curves with no f**ks given. Find Ali on Instagram: @askcoachali Her Website: www.coach-ali.com Find me on Instagram: @kristinanikolaj My Website: www.kristinanikolaj.com Find me on instagram: @k...
Feb 20, 2022•1 hr 6 min
I loved this convo! Valentina is the founder of Vajze ("girl" in Albanian), a luxury jewelry brand she ended up quitting her job to pursue full time. She talks about how she's learned to let her intuition guide her more and how she doesn't allow "failure" or her issues with anxiety stop her from growing as an entrepreneur. Find Valentina's Business Instagram: @vajze Her Website: www.vajze.com Find me on Instagram: @kristinanikolaj My Website: www.kristinanikolaj.com Find me on instagram: @kristi...
Feb 19, 2022•1 hr 8 min
This is round 3 with my girl, Lindita. Naturopath. Soul healer. There's really no name that does what she does justice. This episode proves this. We talk about her experiences birthing all 3 of her children, naturally, in a bathtub. Using her divine motherly intuitive gifts. It's FASCINATING. ***If you want to skip straight to the birth stuff -> go 19 minutes in Find Lindita on Instagram: @lindita_naturalista Her Website: www.iamlindita.com Find me on Instagram: @kristinanikolaj My Website: w...
Feb 18, 2022•1 hr 23 min
Whether you're curious about breathwork, you're a facilitator yourself or you just want to hear the story of how it changed my life, this podcast is for you. It's all about the myriad of ways it has impacted all areas of my life and how it can do the same for you. Please like, comment and share if you feel this episode will resonate with someone you care about 💙 Find me on instagram: @kristinanikolaj My website: www.kristinanikolaj.com
Feb 03, 2022•39 min
Hey fam, this episode got real. I share a personal experience I recently had where I was emotionally triggered and how I responded to it. It's raw. No BS. Just me sharing my story and I know you'll take something away from it. Find me on instagram: @kristinanikolaj My website: www.kristinanikolaj.com
Nov 17, 2021•21 min
Meet Sabina Pjetri! We go deep in this episode about healthy emotional expression, pelvic floor healing, sexual health with yourself, with others and in the media and her experience healing thyroid cancer. These taboo subjects need a voice, so here is the platform for just that 🙏🏼 Find me on instagram: @kristinanikolaj My website: www.kristinanikolaj.com
Nov 06, 2021•1 hr 9 min
⚠️Trigger Warning ⚠️ This conversation gave me chills. I spoke with Suada Demiri, former victim of domestic abuse turned advocate for healing and empowerment for domestic abuse victims in the Albanian American community. She gets so real with this, you guys. It's so profound. I hope it helps the way I think it will. Find her DM support community on Instagram: @albanianamericancohesion Find me on Instagram: @kristinanikolaj My website: www.kristinanikolaj.com Find me on instagram: @kristinanikola...
Oct 28, 2021•1 hr 12 min
In this episode, I speak to Elira Stefani, healer/nomad and creator of Soul School, about her life as a nomadic traveler, how she became a practitioner of a very profound healing modality called "innerdance" and her experience bringing this healing back to her birthplace, Albania. Find me on instagram: @kristinanikolaj My website: www.kristinanikolaj.com
Oct 11, 2021•49 min
In this episode, I go a little deeper into the subject of growing up in a shame-based culture, being a 1st generation child of immigrants, healing from this upbringing and so much more. I can't believe I talked for an hour haha, but I clearly had a lot to say. I hope this episode gives you hope and makes you feel like you're not alone. And please, if you don't agree, DM me on instagram @kristinanikolaj I'm always open to discussion! Find me on instagram: @kristinanikolaj My website: www.kristina...
Oct 01, 2021•55 min
In this episode I speak to my personal tarot card reader, Krystal Nazario. This a great episode for all my free-spirited, rebel souls who grew up in a strict household that didn't allow that part of you to thrive. We discuss generational healing, flowing into your purpose and breaking free from the chains you grew up in. Find Krystal on Instagram: @journey.to.metanoia Find me on Instagram: @kristinanikolaj My website: www.kristinanikolaj.com Find me on instagram: @kristinanikolaj My website: www...
Sep 23, 2021•1 hr 13 min
This episode is all about how Lindita Zeka, Naturopath and intuitive healer, was led to her purpose in life and how that purpose has unfolded as she grows more into who she is. Find me on instagram: @kristinanikolaj My website: www.kristinanikolaj.com
Sep 16, 2021•1 hr 2 min
I'm baaaack and with the first episode as Talk Healing to Me. I needed some time to do some deep healing and reflection, so here is the new version of the podcast and the more authentic version of me. It somehow became an episode all about relationships haha idk. Anyways, I'm excited for this new journey and for the new ears that will be joining me. So much love 💙 Find me on instagram: @kristinanikolaj My website: www.kristinanikolaj.com
Sep 02, 2021•13 min
⚠️ TRIGGER WARNING ⚠️ This episode contains language/conversation around sexual abuse. Kaylin Hauge, AKA Not Your Average Fitness Coach, speaks about her journey to body confidence and self worth after the loss of her father and her experience with sexual abuse. I was re-listening to this episode and I got chills because of how common this story truly is and because of how insanely brave she is for opening up about it so freely the way she did. I hope this helps anyone in this situation to see t...
Feb 07, 2021•52 min
Lissabeta Kalag, Vedic Astrologer, Numerologist and Psychic Medium, speaks about her experience discovering her gifts and how she learned to embrace them, finding meaning in the passing of her father, how 2020 has opened our eyes and how she uses astrology, numerology and her gifts to help make her client's lives a bit easier. She emits such a positive energy, it makes you feel like everything is going to be okay. If you love the woo-woo and you're looking for hope, then this episode is for you ...
Jan 31, 2021•1 hr 34 min
Flutura Bardhi, a Reiki healer, Breathwork and Family Constellations facilitator, speaks about the powerful healing magic of "Family Constellations", a form of generational healing that allows you to make peace with your family without having to change them. We talk people pleasing, living your truth and the science behind generational trauma. This is one of my favorite episodes because I know the importance of healing the family lineage to free ourselves from pain that isn't ours to carry! Find...
Jan 25, 2021•56 min
