You Can't Avoid Your Pain Forever | Gianna Shamone

In this episode of Is There More?, I sit down with writer and storyteller Gianna Shamone for a deeply honest conversation about codependency, heartbreak, identity, healing, and finding yourself after losing yourself in love.Gianna grew up in Germany surrounded by a multicultural mix of languages, food, music, belief systems, and family dynamics that left her with a lifelong question: Where do I really come from? But that question eventually became something even deeper: Who am I when I’m not trying to become what someone else needs me to be?In this conversation, Gianna opens up about a four-year relationship with an artist she was also managing — a relationship that became deeply codependent as she found herself walking on eggshells, trying to save him, and slowly losing herself in the process. When the relationship ended after her partner experienced what she describes as a psychosis, it forced her into one of the most painful rock bottoms of her life.But that rock bottom became a turning point.After months of avoiding the grief, a physical injury forced Gianna to stop, feel, cry, journal, meditate, and finally face the heartbreak she had been running from. Through that healing process, she returned to writing, self-published her poetry book Finding Me, and began reclaiming her identity not as the helper, manager, or caretaker — but as the artist herself.This episode is for anyone who has ever confused codependency with love, lost themselves in a relationship, tried to save someone else at the expense of their own wellbeing, or felt called to return to their creativity after heartbreak.Gianna’s story is a reminder that sometimes the relationship that breaks you open is also the one that brings you back to yourself.Watch this episode if you’ve ever wondered: Is this love, or am I losing myself?Read Gianna's poetry book, Finding Me: https://a.co/d/0jhoOWYB