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Galina Rivina is a comedian, writer, and podcaster bringing you a show at the intersection of self-mastery and comedy. Expect conversations with a variety of guests including comedians, mental health specialists, artists, authors, dating coaches, doctors, athletes, meditation practitioners, and more. Always striving to bring voices that will help stimulate thought, inspire creativity, explore the complexities of life and love, teach us about our minds, bodies, and spirits, and make everyday life feel a little lighter.
Galina Rivina is a comedian, writer, and podcaster bringing you a show at the intersection of self-mastery and comedy. Expect conversations with a variety of guests including comedians, mental health specialists, artists, authors, dating coaches, doctors, athletes, meditation practitioners, and more. Always striving to bring voices that will help stimulate thought, inspire creativity, explore the complexities of life and love, teach us about our minds, bodies, and spirits, and make everyday life feel a little lighter.
Episodes

Sunday May 18, 2025
Sunday May 18, 2025
In this episode, my guest is hypnotherapist David Sarkany. David shares the real definition of hypnosis, what myths around hypnotherapy aren’t true, how it relates to our brain waves, why linguistics can be a powerful source of influence, how politicians use confusion and fear for deep seeding ideas, why you should use hypnosis as a therapy module, how your boundaries don’t abandon you during hypnosis, trusting your distrust, how propaganda works, where you can use hypnosis to win arguments and de-escalate, using deep seeding to raise mindful children, and much more.
Connect:
David Sarkany - https://www.tiktok.com/@UC9tLvcHLkta-lToJcrfJFMw
Galina Rivina - https://www.instagram.com/thumbgalina/#
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Sunday May 11, 2025
#84: Mike Menendez - Stick Shift Easy, Emotions Not So Much
Sunday May 11, 2025
Sunday May 11, 2025
In this episode, I'm joined by comedian Mike Menendez. Mike shares his feelings on the Fast & Furious movies, why he waits on popular tv shows, what he he loves about boxing, why we should focus on minimizing our damage on others, how attachment issues are out of control, bad dynamics in dating, his red flags, why there's hypocrisy in the red pill community, having realistic standards, and much more.
Connect:
Mike Menendez - https://www.instagram.com/mikethemenendez/?hl=en
Galina Rivina - https://www.instagram.com/thumbgalina/#joke
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Wednesday May 07, 2025
#83: Carissa Karban, Why You Self-Sabotage Goals
Wednesday May 07, 2025
Wednesday May 07, 2025
In this episode, I’m joined by leadership coach Carissa Karban. Carissa shares how cognitive and embodied awareness are different, how we can raise our self awareness, why we set goals that we can’t find the motivation to meet, what happens in our internal world during conflict, how to flip judgement into curiosity, if we can get through to someone who lacks self awareness, how to pick the right therapist, why the modern world is triggering our lizard brains, how to transform the relationship with your ego, how to do shadow work through the lens of Carl Jung’s Nine Pillars of Individuation, and much more.
Connect:
Carissa Karban - https://www.healcollective.me/
Galina Rivina - https://www.instagram.com/thumbgalina/#

Sunday May 04, 2025
Sunday May 04, 2025
Dr. Clay Moss is in his residency for physiatry, working with physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R), as well as, completing a fellowship at the American Academy of Anti-Aging (A4M).
He shares how functional medicine examines root causes, gets us a better landscape of what’s going on with our bodies, and helps us optimize for better performance. He also shares why we should be getting lab work outside of our annual physical, what testing to do, how certain markers are indicators of future disease, why and how to supplement things like vitamin D and magnesium, why diet and lifestyle are left out of most doctor/patient conversations, how you can improve longevity and use regenerative medicine to avoid surgery, how to test for damaging cholesterol, what the heck are PRP, stem cells, peptides, and exosomes, the benefits of creatine, and much more.
Connect:
Dr. Clay Moss - https://www.instagram.com/drclaymoss/
Galina Rivina - https://www.instagram.com/thumbgalina/
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Sunday Apr 27, 2025
#81: Lara Beitz Drools Over Puzzles
Sunday Apr 27, 2025
Sunday Apr 27, 2025
In his episode, I'm joined by comedian Lara Beitz. Lara shares how life changed after getting her Autism diagnosis, what she thinks of self-diagnosing culture, how to avoid falling prey to love bombing, sociopaths, and red flags, why we need to always take it slow in relationships, her dealbreakers, why we should check in with our physical reactions to people, the difference between instincts and trauma responses, what's got her so obsessed with puzzles, and much more.
Connect:
Lara Beitz - https://www.instagram.com/larabeitz/?hl=en
Galina Rivina - https://www.instagram.com/thumbgalina/#
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Wednesday Apr 23, 2025
#80: Torio Van Grol & the Late Night Burrito
Wednesday Apr 23, 2025
Wednesday Apr 23, 2025
In this episode, I'm joined by comedian Torio Van Grol. Torio shares why he thinks people stay stuck in bad cities, how it feels to be a hypochondriac, why not taking care of your body can be a slippery slope, how he dislocated his shoulder and the unusual way he got it fixed, what he thinks of Katy Perry going to space, why he actually enjoys checking his astrology, and much more.
Connect:
Torio Van Grol - https://www.instagram.com/toriovangrol/?hl=enhttp://www.toriovangrol.com/
Galina Rivina - https://www.instagram.com/thumbgalina/
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Sunday Apr 20, 2025
#79: Sam Led, ADHD - Stimulus Response Experts
Sunday Apr 20, 2025
Sunday Apr 20, 2025
In this episode, I'm joined by ADHD coach Sam Led. Sam is a consultant, coach, and author of the book Beyond ADHD. He shares why ADHD is a thought-based experience that we can work with to cultivate presence and our internal wisdom, why we should stop pathologizing ADHD, how he feels about today's self-diagnosing culture, why ADHD is a superb mechanism left over from hunter/gatherer days, how not to get blocked by thoughts, where medication plays a role, how to get out of your brain's house of horrors, and much more.
Connect:
Sam Led - https://www.instagram.com/samled1111/
https://www.samledconsulting.com/
Galina Rivina - https://www.instagram.com/thumbgalina/#podcast
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Sunday Apr 13, 2025
#78: Alex Hooper, Vulnerability Hangover
Sunday Apr 13, 2025
Sunday Apr 13, 2025
In this episode, I'm joined by comedian Alex Hooper. Alex shares what it was like getting diagnosed with lymphoma, his experience with medical debt and insurance, the mental toll of health issues, why he didn't want to sue, how he cultivated the healing powers of psychedelics, what makes roast battle so fun and unique, what his favorite jokes have been, why we shouldn't be fueled by hate, and much more.
Connect:
Alex Hooper - https://www.instagram.com/hooperhairpuff/?hl=en
Special - Brace Yourself - https://www.hoopercomedy.com/
Galina Rivina - https://www.instagram.com/thumbgalina/#
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Wednesday Apr 09, 2025
#77: J.B. Ball, Pick Your Gimmick Wisely
Wednesday Apr 09, 2025
Wednesday Apr 09, 2025
In this episode, I'm joined by comedian J.B. Ball. J.B. shares his alternative take on sports vs games, what breeds athleticism, what it's like to grow up with a trophy room in his childhood home, why some of the hardest workers are struggling, what made the Kendrick Lamar halftime show so important, what happens when artists genre bend, why comedians would benefit from more gimmicks, why he'd rather perform outside of LA, and much more.
Connect:
J.B. Ball - https://www.instagram.com/ball4president/?hl=en
Special - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ER2o99OA-CE
Galina Rivina - https://www.instagram.com/thumbgalina/
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Sunday Apr 06, 2025
#76: Josh Lanzet, Head on a Swivel
Sunday Apr 06, 2025
Sunday Apr 06, 2025
In this episode, I'm joined by comedian Josh Lanzet. Josh shares about his relationship to anxiety, why he seems to always need to be intellectually stimulated, why you should have your head on a swivel, how he became an unofficial ambassador for Salt 'n' Straw ice cream, how to find your favorite brands, why no one is funnier than children from the UK, how he got serious enough about marriage to find a wife, the four categories of romantic partners, why men should try pedicures, and much more.
Connect:
Josh Lanzet - https://www.instagram.com/joshlanzet/?hl=en
Galina Rivina - https://www.instagram.com/thumbgalina/#podcast
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