Woman of Influence with Julie Solomon

Episode: "Why it’s Time to Break Up with Success" with Christina Galbato

Air Date: November 5, 2025

Episode Overview

In this powerfully candid conversation, Julie Solomon speaks with Christina Galbato, entrepreneur and former online course empire builder, about the personal reckoning that led her to “break up” with traditional notions of success. Christina shares her journey of spiritual awakening, dismantling a multi-million dollar business, the importance of inner alignment over external achievement—and how she’s rebuilding on new, purpose-driven foundations. The episode dives deeply into identity, transformation, energetic alignment, friendships, love, and creating influence from within.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

Christina’s Backstory: Success & the Disconnect

• [01:47] Christina recaps her career trajectory:
  • Began as a travel blogger in 2016, moved into online courses teaching creators to build and monetize on digital platforms.
  • Built a business with $10-$12 million in sales, multiple courses, and a large team.
• Describes growing sense of disconnection from her mission:
  • “I just started to feel very disconnected from that mission because the business I had built was very far from... those original kind of teachings that I was going for.” ([04:10], Christina)
• Attempted to transition her brand by detaching her personal name, considering selling, but the underlying lack of alignment persisted.

Hitting Rock Bottom & Spiritual Awakening

• [08:23] Christina’s struggles compound at the end of last year:
  • Business declined; relationship ended; she found herself in a state of “complete darkness... everything that I relied on for a sense of safety... was gone.”
  • Grieved intensively, stopped working, immersed in daily AA meetings, survived “a day at a time.”
• [10:14] Meditation as a lifeline:
  • Started with simple, non-negotiable daily meditation.
  • “It impacted my life in such a positive way immediately… but then it also started, I want to say, a curiosity in the spiritual world. As soon as I started meditating, it felt like I was tied down to a train going 500 miles per hour towards spiritual awakening that I couldn’t stop.” ([10:23], Christina)
• Noted absence of distraction and necessity to sit with pain and look inward:
  • “I was too broken to distract, honestly. I had a sense that I did need to go inward this time.” ([10:23], Christina)

The Kundalini Awakening in Bali

• [12:18] Christina describes a powerful, involuntary kundalini awakening in Bali:
  • Explains the experience and context: “Everybody has life force energy stored at the base of their spine... When you raise your consciousness... this energy can rise. As it does, it breaks free any emotion or fear that you have stored in you to then feel again, process.”
• [15:27] Describes dramatic physical and emotional effects:
  • “It was the most unhinged text I’ve ever gotten, by the way.” (Julie, [15:26])
  • “It was like I was having an exorcism... And after that, I had a really dark feeling for about 24 hours... Then I went back to her for grounding, like, Reiki, because I felt really off... That’s when the weird shit started.” ([16:53], Christina)
• [17:53] Ongoing recalibration:
  • “My nervous system feels completely different. Like, I feel like I have a new nervous system now... It’s been a little bit, like, jarring at times to feel so present and so at peace.” ([17:54], Christina)
  • Old anxieties and relational patterns fell away; peace and presence became her new default.

Redefining Relationships & Community

• [21:28] Shifts in social circle and friendships:
  • Now naturally attracts people with similar spiritual understanding.
  • “You begin to just, like, compartmentalize people... but certainly, like... there’s been a few people that I... hung out with more recently. And I’m like, oh, oh, no. But... they don’t want to spend time with you because that’s really triggering for people that are not as aware.” ([21:28], Christina)
• [23:35] On letting go:
  • “We get into a lot of trouble when we’re trying to cling onto people that are not meant to continue on with us.” ([23:02], Christina)
  • Releasing old connections creates space for aligned new people and experiences.

Energetic Alignment and “Breaking Up” with Success

• [25:05] Difference in what she now attracts:
  • “A lot of my drive used to come from a place of proving... a place of lack, a place of fear... and what’s been really destabilizing for me is that that drive is kind of gone.”
  • New drive is purpose, authenticity, and using both energetics and strategy.
• [26:55] On shutting down old programs, starting anew:
  • “The thought of posting a reel of, like, three tips to grow to 10k followers makes me ill. Literally, physically, I want to thrive.” ([28:05], Christina)
  • Courage in public declarations led to expansion and more supportive, enthusiastic audience responses.

New Ventures: Community, Speaking, and Podcasting

• [30:05] Creating “The Connected Table” with a friend:
  • Host dinners for entrepreneurial women to foster genuine connection—an antidote to impersonal online income.
  • “When I was writing down... values... community and connection was top, number one thing I wanted to do.” ([30:05], Christina)
• [32:26] Launching a new podcast called "She’s Wealthy":
  • Themes: Inner wellness, not just external appearance/success.
  • “I spend a lot of my life—and most people spend their lives—trying to live outside in... when really, it’s about making your internal world aligned, calm, present...” ([32:26], Christina)

Love & Personal Boundaries

• [34:33] Christina’s approach to romance:
  • Fully single for the first time since age 16, embracing intentional solitude and internal alignment.
  • “If I wasn’t as broken... I would have jumped back into dating… my life is so full in terms of my purpose, friendships, my home... I would never ever find myself in any of my past relationships at this point.” ([34:33], Christina)
• [36:22] New non-negotiable: Peace, in all aspects.
  • “I’m so peaceful and regulated with myself... so any situation, person, dynamic that starts to make me feel chaotic, I’m like ‘Nope.’ Before, it was kind of a match for my nervous system... Now I’m very calm, very at peace, very present.” ([36:22], Christina)

Christina’s Outlook & Definition of Influence

• [37:17] Teasing new offers:
  • Upcoming ventures rooted in subconscious work, nervous system regulation, universal laws, energetic alignment, and live/online programs.
• [38:03] On being a woman of influence:
  • “Being a woman of influence, to me at this stage of my life, means using—not only impacting people with the value and the knowledge that you have to offer, but also transmuting your pain and darkness… into a story that can help other people.” ([38:03], Christina)

Memorable Quotes

• “I just had like—I mean I completely broke. Like it felt like sometimes that I had a body but like nothing inside of me. It’s a very hard feeling to describe, but I just felt completely empty, like completely broken. Didn’t know who I was, didn’t know what I cared about.”
  —Christina Galbato ([08:23])

• “As soon as I started meditating, it felt like I was tied down to a train going 500 miles per hour towards spiritual awakening that I couldn’t stop.”
  —Christina Galbato ([10:23])

• “The thought of posting a reel of, like, three tips to grow to 10k followers makes me ill. Literally, physically, I want to thrive.”
  —Christina Galbato ([28:05])

• “People aren’t meant to be around in your life forever... More often than not, it’s people you meet at different levels of your growth, and you’re there to enjoy the ride for a little bit or not.”
  —Christina Galbato ([23:02])

• “I’m so peaceful and regulated with myself and I’m very sensitive to energy now. Any situation, person, dynamic that starts to make me feel chaotic, I’m like, nope.”
  —Christina Galbato ([36:22])

• “Using—not only impacting people with the value and the knowledge that you have to offer, but also transmuting your pain and darkness... into a story that can help other people.”
  —Christina Galbato ([38:03])

Notable Segment Timestamps

• [01:47] — Christina’s background and business “burn down”
• [08:23] — Rock bottom: loss, grief, and self-rediscovery
• [10:14] — Meditation as turning point; spiritual acceleration
• [12:18] — Bali and kundalini awakening explained
• [17:53] — Post-awakening recalibration & nervous system regulation
• [21:28] — Changing dynamics in friendship and social circles
• [25:05] — From achievement driven by proving to purpose/energetic alignment
• [28:05] — Having the courage to shut down what’s misaligned
• [30:05] — Community creation: The Connected Table
• [32:26] — Launching a new podcast and embracing reinvention
• [34:33] — Choosing intentional solitude in romance
• [36:22] — New non-negotiable: protecting peace
• [38:03] — Christina’s evolved definition of influence

Tone and Language

Conversational, honest, and soul-level. Christina is vulnerable, unfiltered, and practical about both the spiritual and business dimensions of her journey. Julie affirms, deepens the discussion, and relates—creating a sense of shared wisdom and empowerment.

Summary Takeaway

This episode is a master class in real, raw transformation, inviting high-level women to question inherited definitions of “success” and to honor the seasons of redefinition, grief, and rebirth. Christina’s transparency about the costs of ignoring internal misalignment—and the gifts of embracing spiritual and personal growth—is both resonant and actionable. Listeners are reminded to create space, prioritize peace, and trust their next aligned chapter.

Recommended for:
Women entrepreneurs, leaders, creators—especially those standing at the crossroads of outward success and inner alignment.

Listen for: permission to burn it down, inspiration to begin again, and perspective on real influence as inside-out embodiment.