Holistic Life Navigation
Holistic Life Navigation
This podcast explores holistic stress and trauma recovery. I am your host, Luis Mojica. My work, Holistic Life Navigation, was modeled after my own journey in healing myself from chronic illness and PTSD. I share this podcast with many brilliant minds who, like me, healed themselves through unique, unusual, and unorthodox ways.
For more information, please visit: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com.
Written, produced and recorded by Luis Mojica. Edited by Fredo Viola. Intro/outro song: "Witch Love" by Luis Mojica.
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[Ep. 106] Decolonizing Time: How We Relate to Place w/ Ixchel Lunar
Holistic Life Navigation
08/07/22 • 56 min
In this episode, we welcome back Ixchel Lunar!
Ixchel and Luis discuss the role of time in their lives including how time is hyper local, what it means to attune to the rhythms and the cycles of the land, why we often judge ourselves and others for honoring the pace of their body, what they've learned from observing turtles and sloths, and how we allow time to be stolen from us.
They also revisit the idea of decolonization: what does it mean to relate to time as a being rather than dominating it as a resource?
For more information on Ixchel's work, visit: https://ixchel.love/home/.
For more information on Luis' work, visit: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/
To read more about, and register for, the 2025 Menla retreat, click here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/menla-retreat
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You can learn more on the website: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/
Learn more about the self-led course here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/self-led-new
Join the waitlist to pre-order Luis' book here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/the-book
You can follow Luis on Instagram @holistic.life.navigation
Questions? You can email us at [email protected]
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[Ep. 101] Navigating Numbness | Luis Mojica
Holistic Life Navigation
07/03/22 • 21 min
In this episode, Luis explores how we can begin to move through numbness.
We can often describe numbness as not feeling anything at all but in reality, numbness is a sensation -- it is the sensation of the lack of sensation.
Numbness also carries with it a negative stigma; something that is wrong with us. However, numbness is our body's healthy response to overwhelm. It is our body's boundary to sensations that are too much for us, that we are not ready to feel just yet.
Luis shares with us a practice that can support us in relating to our numbness rather than bypassing it.
For more information about Luis's work, please visit: www.holisticlifenavigation.com
To read more about, and register for, the 2025 Menla retreat, click here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/menla-retreat
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You can learn more on the website: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/
Learn more about the self-led course here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/self-led-new
Join the waitlist to pre-order Luis' book here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/the-book
You can follow Luis on Instagram @holistic.life.navigation
Questions? You can email us at [email protected]
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[Bonus Episode] Navigating Our Resistance To Rest (How To Winter)
Holistic Life Navigation
12/21/22 • 91 min
This episode is an excerpt from our live session that took place last Tuesday.
Luis had designed a 3 week email series about the process of Wintering, which is when we let our bodies retreat from progress and nurture our capacity through rest.
In this live session we have 300+ people practicing, sharing, and weaving with us around this practice and subject.
We learn a lot about rest, our resistance to rest, and how to begin healing that.
We will be hosting a 3-week email series with a live session 4 times each year. Join the mailing list to experience the next one.
You can watch on YouTube.
To read more about, and register for, the 2025 Menla retreat, click here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/menla-retreat
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You can learn more on the website: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/
Learn more about the self-led course here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/self-led-new
Join the waitlist to pre-order Luis' book here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/the-book
You can follow Luis on Instagram @holistic.life.navigation
Questions? You can email us at [email protected]
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[Ep. 117] Navigating Pleasure as a Resource for Healing Trauma
Holistic Life Navigation
10/23/22 • 21 min
In this episode, Luis explores why building capacity for pleaser is a critical yet often over-looked part of trauma-healing.
Pleasure, joy, peace, etc. are an excellent resource when trying to heal our trauma. They are the counter-vortex, i.e. they provide the resourcing our bodies need to be with sensations that are more constricting.
However, it can be very difficult and overwhelming for a traumatized nervous system to be with pleasure because it doesn't trust the openness -- it feels vulnerable and defenseless. Constriction feels safer and is familiar to a traumatized nervous system.
Luis guides us through practice to help us notice pleasure and then observe what our current capacity for pleaser is. He invites us to notice how do our bodies constrict around moments of pleasure, often with intrusive thoughts, and then how we can respond to the presence of those thoughts to little-by-little expand our capacity for pleasure.
For more information about Luis's work, please visit: www.holisticlifenavigation.com
To read more about, and register for, the 2025 Menla retreat, click here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/menla-retreat
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You can learn more on the website: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/
Learn more about the self-led course here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/self-led-new
Join the waitlist to pre-order Luis' book here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/the-book
You can follow Luis on Instagram @holistic.life.navigation
Questions? You can email us at [email protected]
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[Ep. 109] Navigating How I Can Love You & Not Be Nourished By You
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08/28/22 • 19 min
In this episode, Luis explores how and why we often force ourselves to be with or doings for other people simply because we love them.
We often over-couple love with action, i.e. if we love someone, we should do things for them and if we don't do those things, our love is in question. With this overcoupling, love can move us to bypass our own boundaries which ultimately result in resentment towards the person we love. But what would it look like to uncouple love from action?
What if we are able to expand our capacity for contradictions, i.e. "I love you and I don't want to be around you right now"? What if we could trust in the love rather than having to constantly prove its existence? We could release the burden to always do something with or for others.
For more information about Luis's work, please visit: www.holisticlifenavigation.com
To read more about, and register for, the 2025 Menla retreat, click here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/menla-retreat
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You can learn more on the website: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/
Learn more about the self-led course here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/self-led-new
Join the waitlist to pre-order Luis' book here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/the-book
You can follow Luis on Instagram @holistic.life.navigation
Questions? You can email us at [email protected]
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[Ep. 83] Trust Yourself With Money | Brigitt Thompson (Author)
Holistic Life Navigation
02/20/22 • 49 min
On today's episode, I welcome back Brigitt Thompson.
We speak about money through the lens of somatics & trauma. How we value it, what we have overcoupled with it, and pieces of wisdom & personal experiences from Brigitt's book Trust Yourself With Money.
Take your time through this episode. Notice what comes up in your body to speak to you about your relationship to money and what you inherited through your family & culture.
These values may not be yours.
For more information, visit Brigitt's website: https://www.trustyourselfwithmoney.com/
To read more about, and register for, the 2025 Menla retreat, click here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/menla-retreat
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You can learn more on the website: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/
Learn more about the self-led course here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/self-led-new
Join the waitlist to pre-order Luis' book here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/the-book
You can follow Luis on Instagram @holistic.life.navigation
Questions? You can email us at [email protected]
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[Ep. 105] Building Capacity For Healing w/ Eileen Knott
Holistic Life Navigation
07/31/22 • 37 min
In this episode, we are joined by Eileen Knott. Eileen offers individual healing sessions for a variety of health concerns such as pain-both physical and emotional, nightmares, obsessive thoughts, grieving, feeling stuck, and addictions. Eileen was also a student of the Holistic Life Navigation course last year.
Eileen and Luis explore why healing in an ongoing, iterative process. Both share how and why "bad habits" persisted after having a magical or healing experience. They discuss how catharsis can actually be overwhelming for our bodies; however, time and embodiment practices allow our bodies to integrate that experience and learning.
For more information on Eileen's work, visit: https://relaxandexpand.com/.
For more information on Luis' work, visit: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/
To read more about, and register for, the 2025 Menla retreat, click here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/menla-retreat
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You can learn more on the website: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/
Learn more about the self-led course here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/self-led-new
Join the waitlist to pre-order Luis' book here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/the-book
You can follow Luis on Instagram @holistic.life.navigation
Questions? You can email us at [email protected]
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[Ep. 103] Navigating Attunement: Feeling the Now Instead of Bypassing
Holistic Life Navigation
07/17/22 • 29 min
In this episode, Luis explores how attuning to the now, i.e. remaining in our safe center even when ruptures may be happening around us, provides us the resourcing to deal with threat as it comes.
Threat is very really and exists all around us. But the question we have to ask ourselves is, is my body responding to remembered threat, anticipated threat, or threat that is actually in front of us right now?
Luis also discusses the critical distinction between acknowledging events around us vs orienting/attuning to them. How can we be an engaged participant of the world while also realizing the realities of our immediate situations?
Luis also provides a brief attunement practice -- an exercise to help our bodies begin to be aware of when our sensations are actually in response to anticipated or remembered threat rather than what we are currently experiencing.
For more information about Luis's work, please visit: www.holisticlifenavigation.com
To read more about, and register for, the 2025 Menla retreat, click here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/menla-retreat
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You can learn more on the website: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/
Learn more about the self-led course here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/self-led-new
Join the waitlist to pre-order Luis' book here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/the-book
You can follow Luis on Instagram @holistic.life.navigation
Questions? You can email us at [email protected]
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[Ep. 113] Navigating How To Heal Procrastination
Holistic Life Navigation
09/25/22 • 21 min
In this episode, Luis explores why we often procrastinate and how procrastination is a form of freeze response.
We procrastinate, or go into freeze response, when our bodies experience overwhelm. However, rather than relating to that overwhelm, we often to to a place of judgement and shame: "Why am I so lazy?" "Why can't I get my life together?" "Why am I so irresponsible?" Luis also explores the stigma associate with rest and recuperation.
Luis shares a practice that helps us to instead stay in a place of curiosity about the procrastination by asking things like "What part of me is overwhelmed right now?" "Do I even want to do this?" or "What do I currently have the capacity for?" and how he has applied this practice in his life.
For more information about Luis's work, please visit: www.holisticlifenavigation.com
To read more about, and register for, the 2025 Menla retreat, click here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/menla-retreat
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You can learn more on the website: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/
Learn more about the self-led course here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/self-led-new
Join the waitlist to pre-order Luis' book here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/the-book
You can follow Luis on Instagram @holistic.life.navigation
Questions? You can email us at [email protected]
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[Ep. 111] Navigating How to Keep My Boundaries While Releasing My Story about You
Holistic Life Navigation
09/11/22 • 24 min
In this episode, Luis explores why we often feel compelled to justify or rationalize our boundaries with others by creating a negative story about them rather than just accepting our inner knowing or our body's response as enough.
This negative stories we create and repeat about others serves as the proof we need for our boundaries, but does it truly serve us? Does the story create peace or pain? Does the story provide safety or does it mobilize us in a threat response?
Luis shares a practice that helps to illustrate why we don't have to invite pain into our bodies to validate our boundaries.
For more information about Luis's work, please visit: www.holisticlifenavigation.com
To read more about, and register for, the 2025 Menla retreat, click here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/menla-retreat
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You can learn more on the website: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/
Learn more about the self-led course here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/self-led-new
Join the waitlist to pre-order Luis' book here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/the-book
You can follow Luis on Instagram @holistic.life.navigation
Questions? You can email us at [email protected]
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FAQ
How many episodes does Holistic Life Navigation have?
Holistic Life Navigation currently has 297 episodes available.
What topics does Holistic Life Navigation cover?
The podcast is about Health & Fitness, Nutrition, Alternative Health, Self-Help, Mental Health, Counseling, Holistic, Podcasts, Trauma, Health and Herbalism.
What is the most popular episode on Holistic Life Navigation?
The episode title '[Ep. 101] Navigating Numbness | Luis Mojica' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Holistic Life Navigation?
The average episode length on Holistic Life Navigation is 48 minutes.
How often are episodes of Holistic Life Navigation released?
Episodes of Holistic Life Navigation are typically released every 7 days.
When was the first episode of Holistic Life Navigation?
The first episode of Holistic Life Navigation was released on Jun 26, 2020.
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