E25: Holy Instants and the Thresholds That Change Us with Gina Moore

There are moments in life that feel like time pauses—the kind that pull us out of our heads and back into our hearts. This episode is about one of those moments, and about what it looks like to navigate life transitions we don’t feel prepared for.

A little over a year ago, I walked into Pluff Mud Mercantile during a season of empty nest adjustment, grief, and personal transition. My son had just left for college, and I was still processing the loss of my mom. I was moving through one of those identity shifts that so many women face in midlife. And then I met Gina Moore.

We ended up in a deep and intuitive conversation right there at the register—about motherhood, letting go, and the fear that can come with stepping into the unknown. It was one of those grounding, heart-opening moments that reminded me I wasn’t losing myself. I was becoming someone new.

Since that day, Gina has closed her shop and stepped into a new season of spiritual guidance and intuitive work in her own life. In this episode, we talk about what it looks like to trust your inner knowing, how to soften during uncertain transitions, and how to reconnect with yourself when you feel unmoored.

If you're standing at a threshold, feeling the discomfort of change, or sensing an internal nudge you can’t yet explain, this conversation is for you.

Connect with Gina:
Instagram: @moorelightintuitive
Website: https://www.kaiwylde.com/pages/moore-light-intuitive
Her book: Fiona the Firefly Finds Her Light (available on Amazon)

Connect with me:
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Instagram: @angiemizzell

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Transcript

Angie Mizzell (00:00)
Hi everyone, it's Angie and welcome to More Like You. Today's episode is about those moments that pull us out of our heads and back into our hearts. I'm joined by Gina Moore, who I met during a chance conversation when I visited her shop, Pluff Mud Mercantile, a little more than a year ago. If you're local to Charleston, you may be familiar with Gina and her store that was full of handmade soaps and candles and a lot of other goodies.

This conversation I had with her at the register shifted my perspective during a hard season and what was starting out to be a really bad day. Since our conversation, Gina has closed her store and now she's embarking on a new season of her own, finally following that inner nudge to use her intuition and wisdom to help others, just like she helped me that day. So if you're standing at a threshold wondering what's next, or if you're in the middle of a transition that feels

challenging and uncertain. This episode is for you. Listen in.

Angie Mizzell (00:59)
Gina I'm so happy to have you on the podcast. So when I talk to you in your store, was over a year ago.

I ended up inviting you onto the podcast before I even had a podcast. I just knew when I met you that you were someone that I needed to have a broader conversation with. wanted people to listen in. So do you remember this day that we met?

Gina Moore (01:24)
Yeah, I mean it's interesting because the day is kind of burned into my memory. I mean, I still remember our exact exchange and you know, starting out the day had been kind of a mundane, you know, one of those days that you're just kind of going through the motions, but it's like time stood still when we, I was at the register and then you came up and.

It just kind of enveloped us in this bubble of timelessness of a conversation, which I thought was beautiful.

Angie Mizzell (02:00)
So that day, I walked into your store, and I was getting something for my friend's birthday and I was really in a weird space that day. My son had just left for college. My mom had just passed away. I think my husband and I had gotten into an argument that morning.

And I was just sort of in a weird kind of funky place. And I walk

said, hey, do you need any help? I said, I'm just looking. And then I said, you know, I do think I might need some help. And so you took me around and you helped me find like soaps, some jewelry, like some stones and a journal.

and just really helped me curate this meaningful gift for my friend. And then we ended up at the register. And I remember it was still just such a casual conversation at that point where, I don't know, was something as simple as how are things? I don't know, you just asked a question and I felt myself opening up. And I think I offered up that my son had just left for college. And...

Then it just evolved into this very intuitive kind of conversation where I felt so seen, where we suddenly were talking about identity shifts and what I was going through as a mother in my life. you started talking about your family and like relationship with your kids. But it was such a wise conversation that

And we fell into it so easily. And I remember saying to you, I know a lot of this, like intellectually, that we have to have an identity, like outside of our kids and we have to let them go. And that actually helps us be a safe space. This is the kind of things we were talking about at the register. And, but I'm like, but this is still so hard. And we just, ended up talking for like 30 minutes and we hugged at the end.

and I remember asking you, do you do this? Like, do you coach? Like what, what's happening here? And then you told me a little bit more about your, your work and your broader work, but that also that you just were very intuitive. I did not feel like you were being pushy. You did not ask me any kind of invasive question. We just suddenly fell into a deep conversation about

where I was in my life and you were relating to me as a woman and a mother and a creative and I felt I really wish there had been a camera rolling so I could like play it back and the whole day I felt different because I felt like something else was at play like I was supposed to talk to you and so

Even though I'm not telling the story, great, because it feels more like a dream than it feels like I can remember exactly what we talked about. I just remember thematically it was about identity shifts and the things we go through in life and how it's normal and important.

Gina Moore (05:08)
Yeah, so those instances, I call them holy instances, and they're the opportunities when two people's hearts are open, and the conversation, there's something that resonates, that the conversation just opens up organically.

And what I have found through my experience in life, and especially my experience in the store, is I'm a conduit.

listening ear, a voice for the divine, if you want to call it that. We all are, you know, so it's not something that's unique to me. We all have this capability. But sometimes the distractions of life get in the way. And you you're just in one of those in the weeds kind of days, and I could sense it and feel it. And also being able to resonate with the loss of identity, whether it's...

my previous loss of a career, know, in real estate and things like that, or the same loss of the identity of the mother, you know, like what does that look like? The mother, the sister, the daughter, you know, all these identities, these things we think we are, and we're not necessarily those things. And there's these, I'm gonna call them thresholds.

to where we come to these times to where we're on the threshold of walking into another room and you are on one of those thresholds. And it's like, well, who am I now? What do I do with myself?

And in this time in history, we're being called even more to create, know, let that expression come through us, revert through us, however it expresses through your unique vessel.

because we're constantly giving and caring for others and then when you find a shift like that there's actually a grieving process you know there's a grief of the old family dynamic you know your baby you know growing up and there's also excitement for them but a lot of confusion as

you know, being that I had experienced some of those things myself, I was able to show, like, okay, this is a greater thing that's happening for you, it's happened for all of us, and I think right now that it's happening for a lot of us to step into our authenticity. So now you get to explore, like, well, who am I, what do want to do now?

know, their needs being fed and going to ball practice or all those things,

Angie Mizzell (07:40)
Right? And it's so interesting right now, I actually feel in my body the same way I felt when we were talking, like almost like I'm buzzing. And I remember saying, like, I know what you're saying. I've always known this. And I think because I've...

gone through personal transitions and a lot of personal growth, like there's things you intellectually know. And yet I was like, and I'm still feeling like I'm feeling lost. feel, I'm feeling like I'm clinging emotionally, even if I'm trying to temper my behavior so I don't look like I'm clinging. I feel clingy and scared and afraid of.

what is next? I'm not sure I'm ready for next. I liked the way it was and I think I left that conversation feeling grounded because it brought me back to this awareness of me, like who I am in my spirit on the inside, like the part of me that is with me through my whole life, like wherever I go. And I had

I hadn't lost it, but I had definitely lost connection to it. And it's interesting how that happens. Like what do you think causes us to go from feeling connected to disconnected or the other way around? Disconnected and now you feel connected. Like is it more accessible than we think? Like to basically reconnect with our true selves.

Gina Moore (09:17)
Yes, I think there's a lot of things that cause it, especially right now. We are bombarded with so much distraction. And if you take it outside just the family unit of day to day things, like grocery shopping and your basic needs, then you add social media and all the things that are vying for our attention. And what happens is those distractions are a lure.

the shiny object and before we know it.

And we don't ever lose it because we're always connected, but maybe we're not as aware of the connection. And we start kind of unconsciously doing things until we get to a point to where we're either stressed or there's a crash happening or something like that, to where it's like, how did I get so far away from that center?

So we're always kind of coming back to center. And when I was listening to you talk about intellectually, yeah, we know these things, the basic principles of life changes. But we don't really talk about the emotional part of it, the grief part.

sadness that comes from change. And it's almost like a death. you know, actually the Buddha talks about there being like these little deaths. it is kind of like a little death. And that's the part we don't really talk about so much because we are wearing the mask. We're trying to, you know, hold up the

Angie Mizzell (10:46)
And I also while I was at the register, we talked about that I had a book and that you had a book. So this is your beautiful children's book. Fiona the Firefly Finds Her Light. And I was looking back and you had signed the book for me that day and you wrote, You're Meant to Shine Brightly and then Our Children Are Always With Us, which

Gina Moore (10:57)
you

Angie Mizzell (11:12)
definitely cements for me now, I was definitely in a grieving space and it didn't feel like grief on that particular day, but feeling like my children were growing up having just lost my mom and I think the thing I left feeling more connected with is that if I stay connected

to this inner being of mine, it helps me be a safe place for my kids and others so that I can let them go with peace and know that I haven't lost them. I think that is what I was feeling like where I said I was clinging. Like, it's hard to trust that relationships are this free-flowing thing where people can leave and they can come and go as they want.

And it was this fear of feeling like I was losing everything. And I wasn't at all, but that's emotionally how it felt. But I think the thing I've seen is that if we can stay grounded in this connection, other people feel that energy and it attracts more than it repels. so...

Anyway, that was such a gift for me that day.

Gina Moore (12:34)
Yeah, and equally to me, you know, because when those engagements occur, it's a giving and receiving. So, you know, I'm also receiving love and wisdom and things from you out of the exchange and interaction just like we're doing now. You see the reciprocity in it and you can feel that love exchange. And I believe that that's more of us acting in our authentic self, which is we are

Angie Mizzell (13:01)
so that was over a year ago. We are finally having this conversation on my now launched podcast. This conversation was an idea before its time, I guess, and this is the right time. But since that day, your life and business has evolved a lot. You yourself have gone through a major transition. And so I want to talk about that as well. So let's talk about what has changed since then.

Gina Moore (13:28)
Yeah, so, you know, a lot.

So when I opened the store, it was on the heels of stepping into deeper spirituality, learning, serving in a certain way. then you start to kind of feel the little

like,

But yeah, sometimes we want to

in the past year, things started to shift and-

to be month-to-month because I didn't want to sign another three-year lease. And I was feeling called to do more of kind of the spiritual coaching, mentoring, and just, I don't even know how to define it. It's just be myself, how I was with you that day, And so I was trying to walk both.

you know, to be the clerk behind the desk and do that and to do

you invited me on the podcast, I was like, oh yeah, feel like I'm supposed to be doing that, but boy, scares me to death, you know? But it was just like the invitation was there. So it's that leap of faith. I'm supposed to step into this. And then not long after our conversation,

said my landlord decided that they wanted to rent the property empty

So it was like, okay, we're gonna give you that final boot to take that leap. And so, and there's a series of miraculous things that happened with people showing up to move all the stuff and to where I am now,

So yeah, I'm still in it right now. I'm still figuring it out.

Angie Mizzell (15:06)
Yeah.

I think so many people can relate to this where something has happened. We've been forced into a new situation, And then there seems to be this flow of abundance where you get an affirmation that things are working out, that this is okay. But we have to live with both. There are days, like you said, Doug, you're figuring things out and you...

You're not getting those signs of affirmation. And that is something I haven't fully reconciled. Like, how does that work spiritually? What do I do when I'm in this space where I feel like nothing, I'm not getting any sort of signs or direction?

Gina Moore (15:47)
Yeah, so that's a tough one, because I'm actually in that right now. you know, like I was saying earlier, I have this tendency of wanting to kind of take the wheel, you know, and feel like I need to be doing

and there is a very important part of

there are times that we're supposed to be still for a reason.

is a reason for this pause, that either I need the rest, I need the clarity,

It's practice. And it's not always easy.

Angie Mizzell (16:19)
Yeah.

I think the key is discerning if what we're feeling is resistance. I also have a stick-to-it-iveness where I'll figure something out, I can make it work, I'm not gonna give up so easily.

that I don't sometimes realize I'm doing that to my detriment. And I'm not checking in to see if what I'm feeling is resistance. And sometimes we're trying to make something work because we're trying to stay in a comfort zone. I do, I'm starting to see and experience this where the answer might be for the moment to rest, do nothing, don't solve that problem.

And that's hard, again, because you're trying to balance two ideas. I don't just want to resign to the situation and go, it is what it is. And yet sometimes we have to let go. So how do you manage this? Okay, it's time to act. I need to let go.

Gina Moore (17:19)
we're kind of in this mode of the doing, doing, versus the being, being, being. Being is the stillness, it's a lining. Because we can do a lot of things, and a lot of times creative people can. They're multi-faceted, know, can do many things. But it is, you? Just because you can doesn't mean that you shouldn't be doing it. So it exhausts a lot of

Angie Mizzell (17:19)
Hmm.

Gina Moore (17:44)
We really don't need to do that much if we spend more time with my people. Because doors will open and somebody will call you.

know, those things will happen when you get out of the way.

You know, we're used to things being...

So the alignment is so, so very vital,

Angie Mizzell (18:13)
Absolutely. Gina, thank you so much for your time. I loved our conversation.

It's gonna be a gift for many people listening out there that they'll find it's just what they needed. The thing they didn't even know they needed.

Angie Mizzell (18:25)
And thank you for listening to another episode of More Like You. You can connect with today's guest, Gina Moore, on Instagram at MooreLightIntuitive and on her website. The links are in the show notes. Her children's book for all ages, Fiona the Firefly Finds Her Light, is available on Amazon. If today's episode resonated with you, you'll love my weekly newsletter, Hello Friday. It's a dose of inspiration and encouragement delivered to your inbox.

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