Smart, Sacred and Slightly Unhinged

Transformative experiences in therapy are alchemized through shared humanity, resonance and connection, not blank slate sterility (picture any therapist being mocked in a movie, and you've got the idea). In this episode of Smart, Sacred and Slightly Unhinged, Gwen Pelifini - multi-licensed therapist, jewelry-maker, dog mama and unapologetic multi-hyphenate - and host Gianna Biscontini transcend th...

What if the most radical thing we can do isn't to climb higher, hustle faster or armor up our hearts—but to double down and love harder? To love deeply, in spite of our pasts, our beliefs and the games we play to protect and estrange ourselves from the best part of this human experience? In this episode, Gianna encourages the dismantling of the harmful, isolating and limiting stories we've inherit...

Discomfort isn't the enemy—it's the invitation. In this episode, Gianna explores how leaning into what aches, scares, or stretches us becomes the most potent medicine we can take. When we decide to love the discomfort and move through it anyway, our nervous systems learn safety, our hearts open wider, and we find ourselves on the other side of the walls we built to stay safe. Episode takeaways: Di...

In this debut solo episode, I dive into the mission behind the podcast— to use the power of storytelling, not only as unhinged entertainment with well-placed profanity, but as a spark that inspires and gives you permission to stop slamming the doors trying to open before you. To choose possibility and expansion over constriction and limitations. I explore how hearing stories of triumph, failure, c...