63: Falling In Love with Giannina Gibelli and Blake Horstmann

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This episode features my friend and former castmate Giannina Gibelli, and her boyfriend, Bachelor Nation’s Blake Horstmann. In this episode, we discuss the journey of self-love, recovery, saying yes to life and eventually finding love you never even thought you’d find. </span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Giannina and Blake’s Journey [2:01]</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I feel like this is happening to me for a reason so I don’t have to endure it again.” </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“The timing of the show was just perfect of where I was in my life.”</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The Self Love Journey  [10:36]</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I started to learn how to not put worth on other people’s perception of me. Every journey is different for each person.”</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Forgiving Yourself and Going to Therapy  [24:30]</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Learning how to forgive even if you’re not getting that apology. That was one or two things that I’ve learned, a year after (Bachelor in) Paradise, which is letting go of things you can’t control.”</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Falling in Love [37:11]</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“This felt different, a bit more genuine and just real.”</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Saying I Love You [53:08]</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I just started laughing and it was a safe space for me.” </span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Doing Something You Love and Making a Living  [1:07:40]</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;