GIGI XO

To celebrate one year of GIGI XO, we are skipping the highlight reels and blowing out candles. We don’t do fluff here. Instead, I'm pulling back the curtain on the toxic trap of "post-processing" your life and the immense internet pressure to only share your struggles after they’ve been neatly packaged into an aesthetic "before and after" breakthrough story. Consider this y...

This isn't a conversation; it’s an intervention. For the 20th episode of GIGI XO, we are stripping away the "high-aesthetic" to answer the questions you’re too afraid to ask your friends—and the ones they’re too scared to ask you. We’re auditing the ego-traps you’ve been calling "self-care" and dismantling the "Main Character" delusions keeping you stagnant. From...

Healing is rarely a linear journey, but rather a complex path where one minor setback never invalidates the hard-won progress you have already achieved. It is entirely possible to be healed enough from a past chapter to finally close that door while remaining human enough to feel a lingering pull to look back. These moments of reflection aren’t signs of weakness; they are simply proof of your capa...

Recently, the '2016 trend' had everyone resurfacing their experiences during that year and social media has had its stark difference as it evolved into the space as we know it today. From using social media as a space for genuine creativity and community, it has influence majority of us into acting in such an orchestrated and manufactured way with this subconscious need to conform to a spe...

Tell me who your friends are, and I'll tell you who you are. Friendships have come and gone throughout my life and in this episode, I tell you the types of friends I have made a point that I avoid because of how they have affected my growth throughout my 20s so far. Also, first episode of the year and as a 28 year old! 🥳 GIGI XO is also out now of Apple Podcasts.

You never have to beg for something that should be freely given. We’ve all been there: staring at a "read" receipt, double texting, over-analyzing a vague text, or trying to decode a partner’s mixed signals. Today, we’re talking about why you should never beg for clarity. If someone wants you to know where you stand, you’ll know. If they don't, that’s all the information you actually...

Sometimes we get overtaken by feelings of doubt towards ourselves as if we have only been pretending to be someone capable of being where we currently are. I'm here to tell you that imposter syndrome happens to a lot of people, but let this be your reminder that it was not just out of sheer dumb luck that you are where you are. The work you've put in towards your goal is all YOU!

Every decision we make will have its own set of tradeoffs and some sacrifices are to be made. When you're in your late twenties, along with the amplification of social media, it's easy to feel left behind or question yourself when you see others achieving milestones that you would also want for yourself. In this episode, I share something quite personal on how I once felt left behind from...

Taking the L hurts, but sometimes it's what we need to do. In this episode, I take you on a situation that taught me how maybe some 'rejections' we face may just be a redirection or a jumping-off point. Because let's be real, we don't always win every situation we face and that's what make life interesting. When we learn that defeat is part of the process, that's when w...

What if we looked at our time and energy as our most valuable resource? How would you spend it? In this episode, I talk about why it is important to check on what, who and where we allocate our mental and emotional resources. Because let's be real, sometimes we need to choose our battles and deal with situations that are much more worth our while.

100 days is no joke and is something to talk about. In today's episode, I talk about how some things have changed and what were the challenges I have encountered throughout these 100 days of choosing to be alcohol-free. I celebrate this milestone with the same outlook and motivation as when I started from day 1. Catch ''Episode 5: I quit drinking here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/...

When was the last time you did something by yourself? Learning to sit in the silence used to be such treacherous waters for me and now it's something I have come to appreciate. In this episode, I take you all on how one international solo trip changed my brain chemistry and got me to just do something I wanted even if it means doing it on my own. Hey, maybe this can be your sign to go do that...

I like to believe that everything that happens in our life is no accident; big or small, it was meant to happen for us to be exactly where we are. In this episode, I let you in on something that's got to be one of the biggest and best decisions I have made so far. I have finally decided to take that leap of faith and choose to walk with God.

Someone once told me that I have such a high level of self-awareness, yet this was also the same person to point out something I barely paid attention to, which soon became the reason for our downfall. It happens to the best of us, I guess. In this episode, I share a defining (and very recent) moment that made me grow an even better sense of self-awareness in a relationship setting. Because someti...

What is really the opposite of love? Love and hate are two very powerful things. But what if I told you that those two things are not exactly the opposite of one another? In this episode, I dissect my emotional process of love, hate and just getting over negative displays of emotions from others.

Situationship, relationship, whatever-ship ! Sometimes we find ourselves grieving harder towards a short-lived situationship experience as compared to coming out of a long-term one. This is to remind you that the world out there is too big and beautiful to just dwell on something that may be doomed to fail.

For the longest time, this life of going out and being under the influence of alcohol was no stranger to me throughout my 20s. I've thought about this for a while until I finally pushed myself to make this decision of quitting as well as pushing my own boundaries to be open about this topic as I also saw the need for this to be talked about more.

When Taylor Swift said "cause I'm a real tough kid, I can handle my sh*t", that really hit hard. Even when the world around you seems to be crumbling down, we still have to face each day head on. Mustering the strength into taking that step to show up today, despite the circumstances, makes will make a world of a difference.

What is the most powerful thing you can do? Walking away it's not always a sign of weakness. Walking away from situations, people, or environments that are no longer serving you can be the best thing to do. Let your absence be a powerful consequence for those who don't appreciate your presence.

Maybe endings can be beautiful, too. Life has ever-changing chapters, and people are designed to evolve, which causes us to outgrow things and people that no longer serve our purpose or align with their values. Endings are not always sad but are a sign of growth and that better things out there.

Does growing up also mean drifting away from some people? We are bound to outgrow some people in our life, take it as a sign of personal growth and that it creates space in your life for better things.