the Deep End with Gina Bourne

7: Ocean Pleasant: Your Wound is the Way

Ocean Pleasant (@witchykid) is a certified astrologer, best-selling writer, and cosmic consultant who's been reading my chart for years. Her work has been recognized by Forbes 30 Under 30, featured in Well + Good and Business Insider, so much more. She has a real gift for distilling astrology into tangible tools, which is exactly what this episode is. In this episode, we go deep on Chiron, the wound you came here to heal, the story that keeps playing on a loop until you face it. And also the North Node, which Ocean calls the shortcut to true soul fulfillment. The version of you you're here to rise into. And what it looks like when those two are in conversation with each other in a chart. We use my chart as the working example throughout, because these frameworks and concepts come alive when you watch them get applied to a real chart. We also get into: - the South Node and why your comfort zone is sneakier than you think - the rising sign — and why it's so much more than the "mask" pop astrology makes it out to be - the Midheaven and how to know if your career is actually building toward your legacy - a rapid-fire on what Chiron looks like in all twelve signs At the end, Ocean answers questions from the Deep End community on relationship compatibility, what most people get wrong about astrology, and the most underrated placement in a birth chart. Whether you know your chart inside out or you've never looked at it, this one is for you. Find Ocean: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/witchykid Website: www.witchykid.com Substack: https://witchykid.substack.com (free horoscopes twice a month) If this resonated with you, I'd love to hear from you! Leave a 5 star review, share the episode, or send me a message. I genuinely read them all! Follow me: www.instagram.com/thedeependwithgina Email: thedeependwithgina@gmail.com Make sure you're subscribed to the newsletter for updates on community calls and new ways to work with me: https://ginabourne.myflodesk.com/wbdwkoweas

6. Why You Can't See Your Own Progress

Have you ever felt like, no matter how much inner work you do, nothing's actually changing? Like you're still walking around with the same wound, the same pattern, the same thing you've been trying to heal for years? In this quickie, off-the-cuff episode, Gina shares a realization that came through in real time about why our progress feels so invisible when we're in the middle of it and what finally helped her see how far she's actually come. A loving reminder for anyone who's been measuring their growth by how much it still hurts. If this resonated with you, I'd love to hear from you! Leave a 5 star review, share the episode, or send me a message. I genuinely read them all! Follow me: www.instagram.com/ginabourne [www.instagram.com/ginabourne] www.instagram.com/thedeependwithgina [http://www.instagram.com/thedeependwithgina] Email: thedeependwithgina@gmail.com Make sure you're subscribed to the newsletter for updates on community calls and new ways to work with me: https://ginabourne.myflodesk.com/wbdwkoweas

5. What Happens When You Actually Trust Life

In this episode, Gina explores what happens when we become so committed to the life we think we're supposed to be building that we completely miss the life that's actually trying to find us. She shares a framework from Kyle Cease that has completely changed the way she sees struggle and redirection, dives into what she's been learning from Michael Singer's Surrender Experiment, and opens up about two very personal stories from her own life, including a dream opportunity that fell into her lap the moment she stopped swimming against the current. Gina unpacks what surrender and self trust actually look like in practice and why loosening your grip on how things are supposed to go is one of the most courageous and active things you'll ever do. This episode isn't about giving up on your dreams. It's about trusting that life might be trying to hand you something even bigger than what you had the imagination to ask for. If you've been feeling soul tired lately and keep hitting walls no matter what you try, this one is for you. What happens when you actually trust life? This episode is the answer. If this resonated with you, I'd love to hear from you! Leave a 5 star review, share the episode, or send me a message. I genuinely read them all! Follow me: www.instagram.com/thedeependwithgina Email: thedeependwithgina@gmail.com Make sure you're subscribed to the newsletter for updates on community calls and new ways to work with me: https://ginabourne.myflodesk.com/wbdwkoweas

4. Lindsay Kami: When Your Dreams Don't Go to Plan

In this episode of The Deep End, Gina sits down with Lindsay Kami - a writer, creative guide, and coach helping ambitious minds navigate self-doubt while pursuing big dreams. Lindsay spent nearly a decade chasing a Hollywood screenwriting career that looked like it was working...until it wasn't. In this conversation we get into: - what it actually feels like when the dream you've been chasing stops feeling like yours - what it costs you to keep abandoning yourself for external validation - the trap of following someone else's formula when building your offer - why showing up on social media with integrity matters more than chasing the algorithm This one is for anyone who has ever wondered if they're building the right thing or if the plan they've been following was ever really theirs to begin with. To learn more about Lindsay and her offers, check out the links in her Instagram bio: https://www.instagram.com/lindsaykami If this resonated with you, I'd love to hear from you! Leave a 5 star review, share the episode, or send me a message. I genuinely read them all! Follow me: www.instagram.com/thedeependwithgina thedeependwithgina@gmail.com Make sure you're subscribed to the newsletter for updates on community calls and new ways to work with me: https://ginabourne.myflodesk.com/wbdwkoweas

3. 10 Lessons From the Year That Almost Broke Me (Part 2)

In this episode of The Deep End, Gina shares the final five lessons from the year that almost broke her spirit. This is part two of a two-part series, and these lessons go deeper. From learning to microdose joy in the middle of macro grief, to becoming her own inner parent, to the simple but life-changing reframe her teacher gave her about the inner critic, these are the lessons that made the biggest impact. This episode is for anyone who has ever stayed too long in survival mode and called it fine. Anyone who has left themselves behind in the name of keeping the peace. Anyone waiting for clarity before they're willing to take a step forward. If this episode resonated with you, I'd love to hear from you! Leave a 5 star review, share the episode, or send me a message. I genuinely read them all. Follow me: www.instagram.com/ginabourne [www.instagram.com/ginabourne] www.instagram.com/thedeependwithgina [www.instagram.com/thedeependwithgina] Email: thedeependwithgina@gmail.com Make sure you're subscribed to the newsletter for updates on community calls and new ways to work with me: https://ginabourne.myflodesk.com/wbdwkoweas [https://ginabourne.myflodesk.com/wbdwkoweas]