Listen to Yourself with Love with Angel Aquino

This video, “Listen to Yourself with Love with Angel Aquino | Moment To Moment with Coach Pia Day 1 Part 1,” marks the beginning of a 21-day journey toward personal clarity, inspired by Coach Pia’s third book, Moment to Moment.

In this inaugural episode, Coach Pia sits down with acclaimed actress and advocate Angel Aquino to discuss the foundational step of finding clarity: learning to listen to oneself with compassion and intention.

Key Insights and Takeaways

• Clarity is a Return, Not a Chase: Coach Pia emphasizes that clarity is not something you find in the external world; it is something you “come home to.” It requires intentional, deliberate pauses to strengthen the “muscle” of internal listening.

• The Physical Cost of Self-Criticism: Angel shares her personal struggle with severe migraines at a young age, which were so debilitating they were mistaken for a brain tumor. It was later revealed that they were physically manifested stress from her “Type A” personality and a default mode of being “mean” to herself [03:09].

• Living Your Truth: Angel vulnerably discusses a facet of her life that many might not know: her capacity to love people regardless of gender. She highlights the importance of living authentically while being prepared to face the consequences of that truth. For her, “love has no gender,” and personal peace comes from her loved ones accepting her choices [04:15].

• The Journey to Family Acceptance: A significant part of the conversation focuses on Angel’s relationship with her mother. While her mother was initially resistant to her life choices, a tragic family event served as a catalyst for greater compassion and openness. Angel stresses that family clarity doesn’t necessarily mean a lack of love, but rather an alignment of heart, mind, and behavior [05:13].

• Wisdom from Motherhood and Struggle: Angel reflects on becoming a mother at 20 and the “invincible accountability” that came with it. She describes a period of pushing forward relentlessly to support her daughters, Janine and Jana, and how she eventually learned to wisen up and “toughen up” through life’s repetitions [08:12].

• Advice to Her Younger Self: If she could speak to her 20-year-old self, Angel would say, “Take it easy on yourself.” She reflects on how life has a way of providing for needs when you trust your talents and the gifts you’ve been given [10:42].

• The Power of Gratitude: Angel identifies gratitude as a cornerstone of her present life. She expresses deep thankfulness for her current position and trusts that as long as she is alive and working, life will continue to take care of her [12:02].

Coach Pia’s Guiding Principle

“Worth is not measured by how much you do, but by the simple act of being.”

This episode invites listeners to begin their own journey by practicing personal compassion and honoring their own unique pace and process. Angel Aquino’s story serves as a testament that even after decades of success, the journey to listening to oneself with love is a continuous and fulfilling one.