Redefining Love with Tara Portelli

Do you find yourself caught in a spiral that keeps you stuck, disempowered, and disconnected from your true value and self-worth? This part of you that wants more, yet doesn’t fully believe it’s possible? We are our own worst critics, and our self-judgments hold us back from seeing the incredible humans we truly are. We stay trapped in limiting beliefs about what’s possible for us and what we are...

Do you find yourself feeling guilt or shame, or beating yourself up over mistakes in an attempt to become perfect? Perfection is an illusion. The truth is… our mistakes are some of our greatest teachers. In this podcast, and over the next two weeks, I’m inviting you to take a journey into the deeper parts of yourself. The places that hold darkness. The parts of you that may not feel fully accepted...

Do you want to change things in your life, but the unpredictability of what’s on the other side of that change has you spinning? What if the uncertainty, the not knowing, is actually where the magic of life lies? Staying comfortable creates a false sense of security, because at any given moment the world you know can shift, just like we witnessed during the pandemic. The real question is: are you...

Do you ever notice how some people seem to effortlessly attract everything they want into their lives? The beautiful relationship, the thriving career? Meanwhile, you’re watching videos and reading every book on manifestation, trying to call in your heart’s desires… yet somehow you still feel so far away from your dream. In this solo episode, I share the missing link to creating your dreams — the...

Men are often expected to be the providers and the foundation of a family, but the truth is, men are struggling now more than ever. Many are lost in a sea of uncertainty, battling a lack of self-worth, and moving through life with a quiet, heavy void. In this conversation with Carter Wall, former sports performance trainer for professional athletes in the NHL and NFL, and now a personal developmen...

Does fear hold you back from living the life you really want? Do you find yourself struggling to take a step forward because you’re afraid of failing, making the wrong choice, or facing absolute disaster? We’re wired for fear, fight or flight is our jam. In this solo episode, I dive into practical steps to overcome the fears that keep you from living your biggest and best life. Through personal st...

Women often hold themselves to incredibly high standards. Between being a daughter, sister, friend, and in many cases, a mother, the pressure to do it all and do it perfectly, can feel overwhelming. Every day becomes a balancing act of responsibilities and expectations. But the truth is, that level of perfection is impossible to sustain. Somewhere in the constant giving and doing, a woman begins t...

Do you ever wake up with a vision — that burning idea that lights you up inside? For a moment, it feels so real… until your mind chimes in: “That would be impossible.” “I could never do that.” But here’s the truth: you absolutely can. That spark you felt? It’s the same feeling kids have when they want to play — pure excitement, pure possibility. Somewhere along the way, as we started “adulting,” l...

When Rachel Gitlevich arrived on vacation on the West Coast of Mexico, she didn’t know it would change her life forever. Waking up in a hospital after being in a coma was like opening her eyes for the very first time. The world she once knew—marked by self-abandonment, self-judgment, and self-destruction—was now one of infinite gratitude, radical self-acceptance, and unwavering self-love. Rachel’s...

We spend so much of our life force resisting — resisting who people are, trying to change them. Resisting when relationships don’t work out, and getting lost in months of heartbreak. We resist the situations life throws at us — the challenges — not realizing they’re actually invitations. Opportunities to make a different choice. To choose flow over friction. But instead, we get stuck in the vortex...

Join me in this empowering conversation with Darren Prince, a prominent celebrity and sports agent, who opens up about his battle with addiction — a struggle that began when a nurse offered him an opiate at a young age. What followed was years of darkness, resilience, and ultimately, redemption.   Today, he’s turned his pain into purpose, dedicating his life to helping others break free from the g...

Are there people in your life — a partner, a child — that you wish would act or behave differently? Can you see their potential, and does that have you caught in a loop of judgment, resentment, anger, and frustration? When we see through a lens of judgment, we actually deny our own ability to love ourselves and others. In this solo episode, I get really personal about a situation that happened wit...

Her life looked like something others would call amazing: a top-tier education from an Ivy League business school, a successful career, a beautiful home, a loving family, and a supportive community. But it all began to unravel when she was forced to face a quiet, unsettling truth: beneath all the goodness of her life lived profound grief and loneliness. For Alexis Leigh, it was time to unravel the...

This is a conversation about love, commitment, and the choices we make—decisions that either propel us into our most authentic selves or keep us stuck in the loop of “what ifs". Beginning with a program we’re taught to follow in life—one that often comes at the cost of our own selves. Marriage, kids, a dog, the white picket fence. But it’s not always as romantic as we imagined. Sometimes, staying...

When your belief runs so deep that it pulses through your veins, it becomes infectious—and suddenly, anything feels possible. Nuttha Goutier left her family at just 15 years old to chase a dream bigger than herself. Her journey was far from easy. Alone in a foreign country, she endured countless sleepless nights, aching to return home. But when her perspective began to shift, and she embraced the...

This episode is about survival—and the unexpected redirection that sometimes comes from the universe. After a near-death accident that left me wheelchair-bound and bedridden for months, my entire life was turned upside down in a split second, on a random Tuesday morning. There I was, a miracle—surviving physical trauma that few ever come back from. Sometimes, the most difficult challenges end up t...

Why do we need to do inner work? How do we stop attracting the same relationship patterns? How do you navigate dark times and intense emotions? By aligning with the truth in people’s pain and dissecting behaviours and recurring patterns of the human experience, Peter Kelly brings a depth of understanding to the human journey that very few have access to. His path to becoming a realized Adept in th...

There are times in our lives when we find ourselves in a place of dis-ease, questioning the things that once felt aligned but no longer bring us that same sense of fulfillment. In this solo episode, I explore the growth we experience within ourselves, and how our life circumstances must evolve to support that growth. When we ignore this, we can end up fighting to hold onto something that’s no long...

Sarah never asked for it. As a child, she was tormented by the things she could see. She tried to escape her truth, but that only led her down a dark path of addiction—one she never saw coming. Then one day, everything came to a head. She finally began to listen to the inner voice that had been trying so desperately to reach her since she was young. What followed was something she never could’ve i...

There’s an urgent call to action to help our First Responders, Military, and Veterans who are battling the invisible wounds of PTSD — and there is a solution. In this solo episode, I open up about the root causes of PTSD and how I discovered, first-hand, a path to healing after my own struggle as a former Paramedic. For the past seven years, I’ve been holding onto a powerful answer — one that not...

Danielle shares her riveting story of being gripped by deep depression—unable to work and struggling to function in her daily life—until she discovered Psilocybin Therapy.   She began with micro-dosing and immediately felt a shift. Then, despite all her fears and hesitation, she took a leap of faith and attended a retreat. In this episode, Danielle opens up about the darkest moments of her depress...

We’ve been conditioned to beat ourselves up, judge ourselves, and push ourselves to the limit. “If you're not doing, you're not succeeding” — a belief system so deeply ingrained in humanity that it has us enslaved. In this constant doing, we've drifted far from our natural state. We've internalized a war with ourselves, shifting into a fear-based way of living. But what if you could see things thr...

It’s not every day that you meet someone brave enough to stand against the crowd. Dr. K, head of the ICU at Ottawa Hospital, took a powerful stand during the pandemic — one that prioritized the mental health of children, even when it went against popular opinion. What followed was horrific: public shaming, intense criticism, and even threats directed at his own family. Yet, knowing in his heart th...

In this deeply personal solo episode, I open up about my own personal experience as a paramedic, while battling PTSD, anxiety, and depression. The painful reality of being met with silence, judgment, and isolation from the very community I served alongside. I share the very call that sent me into a downward spiral of the unknown, in the face of an infectious disease exposure and then the mind-blow...

After battling with PTSD and contemplating his own life - Danny a former police officer of 23 years,  shares how Psilocybin Therapy saved him. He saw the retreat as his “last hope”, and  what happened for him was “miraculous”. When he returned home, his family noticed his positive shift right away and he no longer suffered with the debilitating symptoms of his PTSD. Fast forward 4 years later and...