Gala Darling: Radical Self-Love, Tapping, Boob Jobs and Celebratory Selfies
Episode 125: Gala Darling is an author, teacher, and speaker who has been teaching radical self love — a selection of powerful techniques and tools which help women transform their lives — for close to a decade. Her site, galadarling.com, helps a million women a month find their voice, live without fear, and fall in love with life.Born in New Zealand, she moved to NYC with one suitcase when she was 24 years old, and used radical self love to heal from an eating disorder and depression.Gala has been called “a spiritual revolutionary”, “the oracle of all things mystically glam”, and “a modern-day guru”. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, New Zealand Herald, Teen Vogue, New York Post, Elle, Cosmopolitan, Time Out New York, Sydney Morning Herald and countless others. She has been interviewed on CBS, ABC News, and Hay House Radio. Gala has spoken about radical self love and entrepreneurship at SXSW Interactive, TEDxCMU, and dozens of other events across the world, in addition to lecturing at NYU (twice). A co-founder of The Blogcademy, she taught over 1000 women how to build their business through their blog on several continents.Gala has worn mouse ears in the Blue Lagoon, walked the runway at New York Fashion Week, and once danced naked in front of strangers at a self-esteem workshop. She believes in kale and crystals, goal-setting and gratitude, kaleidoscopic colour and kicking ass.Show notes:
How self-love does not mean taking bubble baths: that really doesn't do anything for you if you don't have a foundation of love for yourself
How tapping healed Gala's past with depression, self-mutilation, asthma and her eating disorder
Gala leading us through tapping and what it looks like
Why she has let go of sarcasm, cynicism and judgment
The beauty behind the selfie, and why it is something to be celebrated, not judged
Why Gala decided to get a boob job and how it's influenced her life
How to balance dressing up and feeling beautiful in your clothing with working out
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Must-read book: Outrageous Openness
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