BQ's Winter 2023 Playlist vol. 15 // Songs to peel back the layers to. Panchakarma is not included.

🌎A handful of the countries (outside of the US) being rep’d on this one: Tokyo, France, Germany, Canada, Nigeria, Austria, Belgium, Cuba, Brazil, Greece, the UK, Australia, Guatemala, Mexico, Colombia, India, and others :>

It makes me happy to create/share thoughtfully curated seasonal playlists filled with songs that have either inspired or have been discovered during my travels, and other life experiences (thx @shazam). ✨ I hope you like it.

Link: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5Pbtr0MaW8FV6TA8AdJjk7?si=7747946121c0417c

More playlists: www.buenqamino.com/music

10 Things I Learned/ Embodied in 2023….

Doing what lights YOU up/ is in alignment with YOU may trigger/ bother folks. Do it, anyway. Otherwise? You’ll end up not doing it, and still disappoint someone, including yourself at the end.
Amore Fati (She’s a #NietzscheGirl). I learned to love my fate. I have a completely new understanding of it. I believe that everything has happened “for” me, not “to” me. It’s post-traumatic AND glimmer growth. Radical acceptance, forgiveness, compassion, and understanding, and all of that jazz.
Don’t wait for a rainy day, to do, to try, to use that special something. Stop postponing healthful joy. Make that trip happen, go outside, play, have fun, explore something new, call/ text that person you’ve been thinking about, bust out the fine china, hug yourself, hug your loved ones, tell them how much and why you love them, dance in the living room, sing that song, use that bath bomb, spend that gift card or certificate, wear that fancy dress or outfit, prioritize your well-being. BE in-joy. BE happy. Right now. You are worthy and deserve every drop of it.
You have not met all of the people who will love you in life, or who will love you even more. I met so many new soul family members, mostly overseas. I also rekindled my connection with my bio family I hadn’t seen in quite some time (that will happen with 27 first cousins spread across the globe). LOVE YOU, ALL 😘😘😘😘 Σας αγαπώ! Vos amo.
The best love story of all time? The one you engage in with yourself. You are your soulmate, and it’s magical to embody who that is for yourself. If you haven’t read Calling in The One yet, I highly recommend it. Spoiler alert: It’s you, bb.
The quickest way to feel rich? Count all of the things in your life that money cannot buy. Blessings are all around us, always. So many glimmers, even in the day-to-day. From exchanging a smile with a stranger to a child’s laughter, spending time with a loved one whose energy nourishes you, to someone holding the door open for you, witnessing an amazing sunrise or sunset, to a friend checking in, giving or receiving kinds words, or just feeling the sun’s warmth on your skin. Choose to see it. Choose to feel it. Write it down, talk about it, and hold that gratitude, it’s medicine, and strengthens the positivity bias in your brain. You are already so rich :>
Plant medicine is a beautiful tool to heal ourselves/ this world (when it’s right for us), by showing us our path and helping us let go of what’s blocking us from it. I am forever grateful for the medicine, and the integration I’ve done alongside it this past year. Not to mention, the work I get to do as a psychotherapist with it (cc @beginwithintoday)
HEALING IS POSSIBLE. Neural retraining got me from being able to eat 20 safe ingredients, to being able everything except gluten. Sitting with, and integrating Aya officially placed my anxiety and C-PTSD into remission (@psychologytoday article coming soon). And, my Panchakarma also placed most of my autoimmune diseases in remission.
And when you heal, WE ALL heal. As I witness myself doing deep work, I also witness how my family and other relationships are positively affected, including the work I do with my clients. This extends out further. It’s a true ripple effect/ energy shift. Competition isn’t real. When you succeed, and raise the vibration, you give permission and light the way for the rest of us to do the same. Your success (in all areas) is my success, so thank you in advance for doing the work.
There is no such thing as failure. I had to end a couple of projects and relationships that weren’t in alignment and were ultimately blocking me from other possibilities and opportunities in life. They were big investments, making it hard to let go of for many years. And, although I could very easily view these as ‘failures,’ they were just (expensive and at times, heartbreaking) universe-sent classes that provided me with priceless wisdom and evolution. The space created in letting these finally go is already ushering in beautiful/ new, reciprocal energy, and I wholeheartedly welcome it. Sometimes the end IS truly the beginning.

So much experienced, healed, learned, unlearned, grown, eaten (lots of amazing GF food) understood, connected with, let go of, appreciated, and enriched. I fell in love with myself, including all aspects of my past, my present, and my future. So lucky. So blessed. So Grateful ❤️ LOVE YOU.

What did you learn/ embody in 2023?

How My Eat-Pray-Love (Myself) Journey Transformed Me

Christina P. Kantzavelos — July 7, 2023

In January, I decided to embark on an Eat-Pray-Love (myself) journey. I felt my healing had hit a plateau, and that I lost myself in a string of unhealthy relationships. And, well, nothing changes if nothing changes. Six months later, I feel like I’ve woken up from a coma. I became the Phoenix rising from the ashes. I walked through the fire, and faced and released a multitude of fears. I tested my own limits, traveled far and wide, emotionally, and physically (seven countries). I sat with Ayahuasca and other plant medicines, a handful of times, and stuck with the “dieta” in preparation and in integration.

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BQ's Fall 2023 Playlist is here! 🏺vol. 14 // Music to play from your end-of-season Mediterranean rental. Villa not included.

A lot of this was inspired by my v recent road trip through the mother country. And, stoked to have my friend, @j ’s song on here. I got so excited when it popped up on Release Radar a little while ago.

🌎A few of the countries (outside of the US) being rep’d on this one: Colombia, Greece, Vietnam, Mexico, Jamaica, Chile, Peru, Sweden, Netherlands, France, the UK, Spain, Italy, Canada, and more :)

It makes me happy to create/ share thoughtfully curated seasonal playlists filled with songs that have either inspired, or have been discovered during my travels, and other life experiences (thx @shazam). ✨

Happy 2024

I lived multiple lives this year, and do I have stories to telllllll. First of all, I spent well over half of the year outside of the country (13 different countries), and here’s the rest… (and the reel that took me 980,308 hours to create to summarize it all)

✨April - Focused on my healing, and treatments, spent time in nature in JT and OC, enjoyed _desertx, and celebrated Greek Easter with friends and family.

✨May - Visited a beautiful monastery in AZ with my parents to pray for my health and the health of our loved ones, my clients, and people on this planet.

✨June - Celebrated Father’s Day at a cute little cabin in Lake Arrowhead, and explored Lake Gregory (also v cute/ underrated).

✨July - Spent time on the Big Island (Hawaii), mostly on a farm in Pahoa, before getting to explore other parts of the island. Met some amazing people (what a great community there is) and fell in love with ecstatic dancing. I also got a literal knock on the door to do more inner work. Thankful.

Ok, now scroll down for the list of what I embodied!

10 Things I Learned/ Embodied in 2023….

Doing what lights YOU up/ is in alignment with YOU may trigger/ bother folks. Do it, anyway. Otherwise? You’ll end up not doing it, and still disappoint someone, including yourself at the end.

The best love story of all time? The one you engage in with yourself. You are your soulmate, and it’s magical to embody who that is for yourself. If you haven’t read Calling in The One yet, I highly recommend it. Spoiler alert: It’s you, bb.

So much experienced, healed, learned, unlearned, grown, eaten (lots of amazing GF food) understood, connected with, let go of, appreciated, and enriched. I fell in love with myself, including all aspects of my past, my present, and my future. So lucky. So blessed. So Grateful ❤️ LOVE YOU.

What did you learn/ embody in 2023?

How My Eat-Pray-Love (Myself) Journey Transformed Me