Tag: healing
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Stretching My Manager Muscles: Learning to Lead Myself First
When most people hear the word “manager,” they think of job titles, corporate offices, or leading a team. But lately, I’ve been learning something powerful: Before you can manage others, you have to learn to manage yourself. This season of life—full of transitions, healing, and self-discovery, has stretched what I call my “manager muscles.” But…
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The Soft Girl Era That Saved Me After Years of Just Surviving
How Pretty Princess Pilates, Somatic Healing, and Breathwork Helped Me “Did you lose weight?” That’s what my friends notice first. And yeah, I do feel lighter—but not so much in my jeans. For me, it’s more like… less bloated, more breathing room. I feel lighter in my belly, in my breath, in how I carry…
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What I Buried With My Grandmother
For my grandmother, whose fire lives on in me. I know she would have wanted me to speak my truth. And I’ll keep doing just that. En memoria de mi abuela—quien me enseñó a ser fuerte, valiente, atrevida y auténtica. When we buried my grandmother, I didn’t just say goodbye to her—I said goodbye to…
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Breaking the Cycle: Choosing Peace Over Survival
For a long time, I thought survival was strength. I thought being strong meant enduring, sticking it out, holding it together no matter what. That’s what the women before me did. That’s what I saw. But one day I realized: survival is not the same as peace, and I wanted peace—for me and for my…
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Riding the waves of grief
I don’t think anyone can predict how they will grieve, and sometimes grief is not what you expected it to be. I have learned that grief comes in waves. Sometimes the water is calm, and other times it’s overwhelming. All we can do is keep swimming …
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I’m teaching my child to have a voice while getting mine back
No one would have ever guessed that I would grow up to pursue a career in journalism because for a long time I did not speak. But journalism helped me find my voice, and so did Ali (my now eight-year-old). I knew that if I chose to stay silent, it would be dangerous for me…
Mommy Finger, Baby Finger 