How I Learned to Trust My Heart Over My Mind with Gio Bartolomeo

About this episode

Gio Bartolomeo shares his journey of spiritual awakening and the importance of trusting one's heart over the mind.

Gio Bartolomeo shares his transformative journey from being a hustling entrepreneur stuck in his head to discovering profound spiritual awakening through breathwork and plant medicine. After years of chasing success and feeling unfulfilled, a death experience during an ayahuasca ceremony showed him there was more to life than material achievement. Through breathwork, particularly after training with Wim Hof, Gio had an out-of-body experience that taught him to get out of his analytical mind and into his heart. He discusses how modern masculinity requires both strength and softness, the importance of men's community, and why following intuition over logic has transformed his life and business. Gio breaks down different types of breathwork practices, explains how to quiet the mind to hear your heart's wisdom, and shares why creativity and authentic expression are the keys to living a fulfilling life. Chapters: (00:00:00) - Gio's out-of-body breathwork experience and rebirth moment (00:03:00) - Wrestling with business scaling and finding authentic purpose (00:05:00) - Discovering spiritual calm amidst global chaos (00:08:00) - The journey from Catholic upbringing to spiritual…

People in this episode

Host: Hector Santiesteban

Guest: Gio Bartolomeo

Topics covered

• spiritual awakening
• breathwork
• modern masculinity
• intuition
• personal transformation

Keywords

• breathwork
• ayahuasca
• spirituality
• masculinity
• intuition
• personal growth
• creativity

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Wim Hof

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