Jun 22, 2022
Karina is the author of "Choosing
Magic." A memoir about a fatherless girl with a broken heart
who changed her story. She is a mother, friend, and volunteer
in beautiful LaLa Land. She believes in the value of service and
takes great pride in servicing her community. A Rotary member, she
also supports Young life and non-profits for children.
Karina Pacific is also a savvy and seasoned luxury real estate
agent in Los Angeles, particularly Manhattan Hermosa Beach in the
South bay and surrounding cities. With over 11 years of experience,
she has successfully advised a wide range of clients from luxury
high-end buyers and sellers down to first-time home buyers and
investors.
Book description
*“Choosing
Magic” delivers author Karina Pacific the insight and guidance
she desperately needed as a child. Born in Mexico, fatherless, and
with an overworked, reticent mother, Karina’s shares a childhood
filled with colorful characters, secrets of sexual abuse, and a
nomadic existence that bounced her all over her country, eventually
leading her to America.
Armed with inherent optimism, a love for Bruce Springsteen and God,
Karina embraced a new life as an immigrant in the States with gusto
while meeting angels and heroes on earth who helped her regain
faith in humanity and herself. Karina walked away armed with
knowledge and lessons that her silent mother could not provide
her.
Hey everyone, today we are joined by Karina Pacific. She is a
master life coach, who has a very interesting personal story to
share. Listen to what she has to say about her book and how she
chooses Magic in Her Life, as well as other topics like how she was
able to make things happen for herself and became successful in
life despite all odds. This will be an amazing episode for
sure!
It’s time to listen, learn, and transform through what you
hear!
In this Episode You’ll Learn:
- [03:55] About our Grand Canyon retreats
- [09:18] Who Karina Pacific is.
- [14:35] What made Karina write her book
- [17:41] The imposter syndrome
- [18:57] A little bit about Karina
- [20:55] Why it is hard for Karina not knowing where her father
is
- [23:26]Karina's next phase in life began when she moved to
America, and she became involved in toxic relationships.
- [26:01] What drew Karina into her toxic relationships
- [31:49] Karina’s choice and toxic men in her life leading to
unhealthy relationships
- [34:54] The Chaos business
- [37:13] Karina’s renewal and transformation
- [37:47]How Maria brought back Karina to the center and taught
her a lot about forgiveness and communication despite both of them
being messy and lost
- [40:46]When Karina got married and had a daughter
- [42:48]Why did Karina chose "Choosing Magic" as the title for
her book?
- [44:31] what is toxic positivity, and does Karina believe in
it?
- [46:33] How people are now using social media as their therapy
space
- [48:18]How Karina’s past has brought her to where she is
today
- [52:03]What Karina’s pattern is attached to
- [54:58]What Karina would do differently in her life and also
what her tattoo is all about
- [1:01:57]Why we tend to shrink or hide parts of who we are
- [1:05:20]Why you should find your own toolbox that will help
you carry along during, you know, hard times adversity
Quotes:
- “I've been inspired by other people. Because we
teach each other we learn from each other. Maybe my story will help
somebody, but it will also help me chronicle those things that I
did along the way,” [15:58]
- “My story affects others
in different ways. And in sharing, we receive right and in
teaching, we are led to guide ourselves in different kinds of way
too.”
[16:47]
- “There's no better gift than to leave the written
word for other people to learn from”
[17:12]
- “I've learned, the older I get, the more I just
kind of give it up to the universe, or to my God and to, you know,
the source to that that will come.”[21:07]
- “I do think that when we have unresolved trauma, we
relationships are the easiest thing to attach on to help make us
feel better. And sometimes means the most toxic ones ever.”
[26:59]
- “We know how to create peace out of chaos but we
don't know how to create peace out of peace.”
[34:32]
- “I did not know how to deal with a nice person.
Because I'd had so much toxic in my life prior to that for my
childhood sexual abuse.”[39:27]
- “And I also think that when we ask for it and it's
or put it into existence, maybe sometimes we're ready, and we don't
realize it.”[40:09]
- “We believe in that we have that power to choose
good or bad, you know, good choices, bad choices. To choose, we
choose ourselves, sometimes we don't choose
ourselves.”[42:52]
- “You’re aware, aware and awareness, you know,
allows you to then be open to what's to come while still being
awareness. Not being aloof. You're not sort of oblivious to
it.”[53:30]
- Connect with Karina:
- Join our online community, The Trail!
- Message Sara!
- Resources
Karina’s Book: Choosing
Magic
Florence William’s Books:
The Nature Fix and
Heartbreak