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🎙 Straightway Through with Gina — Helping you speak with clarity, courage, and connection.
Episode Summary:
Most people think they avoid communication because it’s awkward or uncomfortable. But the real reason runs deeper.
In this episode, Gina and Ross explore why telling the truth—about money, needs, boundaries, or expectations—can feel so threatening. As Ross shares his struggle to name his prices as a carpenter, bigger patterns emerge, including how the intellect keeps chasing fulfillment but can never taste it.
You’ll learn why communication feels heavy, how your thoughts create misleading feelings, and how choosing fulfillment now can transform the way you talk, work, and relate.
This episode is for anyone who wants more confidence, more income, more honesty, and a more grounded sense of self.
Meet Today’s Guest:
Ross Gigee is a carpenter, and he says it’s the closest thing to being an artist that he’s been able to practice on a daily basis. What truly drives him is human connection, or love in the platonic sense. He seeks collaboration where there is equal footing and mutual respect.
In communication, Ross looks for community and connection, and he wants to like the person that he is around others.
The part of communication he’s most working to grow in is being steadfast. He describes a continuum between being wishy-washy — what we might call a chameleon — and being unreasonably certain and close-minded. He believes there is a sweet spot somewhere between those two extremes, which he aims to find.
✨ Connect with Ross ✨
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tido_things_i_do
About Your Host:
Hi, I’m Gina — host of Straightway Through with Gina. I believe honest words guide us, and real conversations transforms us into ourselves. In each episode, I explore the struggles and stories we don’t always say out loud, from the sting of being left on read to the courage it takes to speak up. My hope? That you leave each episode with more clarity, more courage, and a straight path forward.
✨ Connect with Me ✨
•Say It Straight to Yourself Journal Prompt Membership: https://kit.straightwaycoaching.com/sayitstraight
•LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/straightwaycoaching
If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, like, and share — it helps others find the show and join the conversation. 💬
Episode Summary:
Most people think they avoid communication because it’s awkward or uncomfortable. But the real reason runs deeper.
In this episode, Gina and Ross explore why telling the truth—about money, needs, boundaries, or expectations—can feel so threatening. As Ross shares his struggle to name his prices as a carpenter, bigger patterns emerge, including how the intellect keeps chasing fulfillment but can never taste it.
You’ll learn why communication feels heavy, how your thoughts create misleading feelings, and how choosing fulfillment now can transform the way you talk, work, and relate.
This episode is for anyone who wants more confidence, more income, more honesty, and a more grounded sense of self.
Meet Today’s Guest:
Ross Gigee is a carpenter, and he says it’s the closest thing to being an artist that he’s been able to practice on a daily basis. What truly drives him is human connection, or love in the platonic sense. He seeks collaboration where there is equal footing and mutual respect.
In communication, Ross looks for community and connection, and he wants to like the person that he is around others.
The part of communication he’s most working to grow in is being steadfast. He describes a continuum between being wishy-washy — what we might call a chameleon — and being unreasonably certain and close-minded. He believes there is a sweet spot somewhere between those two extremes, which he aims to find.
✨ Connect with Ross ✨
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tido_things_i_do
About Your Host:
Hi, I’m Gina — host of Straightway Through with Gina. I believe honest words guide us, and real conversations transforms us into ourselves. In each episode, I explore the struggles and stories we don’t always say out loud, from the sting of being left on read to the courage it takes to speak up. My hope? That you leave each episode with more clarity, more courage, and a straight path forward.
✨ Connect with Me ✨
•Say It Straight to Yourself Journal Prompt Membership: https://kit.straightwaycoaching.com/sayitstraight
•LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/straightwaycoaching
If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, like, and share — it helps others find the show and join the conversation. 💬
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