Free to Be Mindful Podcast | Mindset, Permission and Real Talk for the High-Achieving Woman
The Free to Be Mindful Podcast is a weekly mental health podcast for high-achieving women, hosted by licensed therapist, speaker, and Latina mom coach Vanessa De Jesus Guzman, LPC, NCC.
Fifteen honest minutes with someone who actually gets what it's like to build something impressive and still feel like you're disappearing inside it. We get honest about ambition, identity, and the parts of ourselves we've quietly put on hold.
Each episode is unfiltered and grounded in mental health insight, for the woman who's tired of holding it all together and ready to come back to herself. It ends with a short guided reflection, a chance to give yourself permission for the one thing you've been putting off.
It's like a conversation with a friend... who happens to be a therapist.
New episodes drop every week.
Free to Be Mindful Podcast | Mindset, Permission and Real Talk for the High-Achieving Woman
When Stress Becomes Your Normal Baseline
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You finally slow down… but your body doesn’t.
In this episode of the Free to Be Mindful Podcast, Vanessa De Jesus Guzman explores what happens when chronic stress becomes so familiar that it no longer feels like stress at all. For high-achieving moms, leaders, and caregivers, operating in survival mode can quietly become the baseline... making rest feel uncomfortable, quiet feel unsettling, and calm feel out of reach.
Through personal reflection and real-life examples, this conversation helps name what many are experiencing but haven’t fully articulated: the difference between looking calm on the outside and feeling regulated on the inside. This episode offers language, awareness, and gentle reframes for listeners who are carrying a lot, especially in times that feel heavy beneath the surface.
TUNE IN TO LEARN
- How to recognize stress when you’re used to functioning through it
- Why slowing down can trigger guilt or restlessness instead of relief
- A simple reflective practice to name what you’re feeling and why
- How nervous system awareness supports better leadership and parenting
UPCOMING SUPPORT & RESET OPPORTUNITIES
If this episode resonated and you’re craving intentional space to pause and recalibrate, here are two upcoming opportunities to continue the work:
Virtual Leadership Coaching Container – February 5, 2026 (1 PM EST)
A facilitated space for leaders, founders, and professionals who are holding significant responsibility while navigating internal stress and external demands.
👉 https://propelonpurpose.hbportal.co/public/febcoachingcontainer/1-Inquiry_form
Reset Experience for Moms – February 22, 2026 | Ridgefield, NJ
An intimate in-person reset for moms to connect, release what’s weighing on them, and leave feeling lighter. Not therapy — but deeply therapeutic.
👉 https://www.amigamoms.com/event-details/resetexperience-feb2026
Oura Ring
Vanessa shares how she uses the Oura Ring as a temporary tool to build stress awareness. Get 10% off! https://ouraring.com/freetobemindful
TAKEAWAY MESSAGE
Experiencing stress is part of being human. But when stress becomes your normal, your body may be asking for awareness before action. This episode is a reminder that rest doesn’t need to be earned, calm doesn’t arrive on command, and slowing down is often where clarity begins.
GRAB AN OFFER
🎁 Free Resource: 120 Coping Skills: https://www.freetobemindful.com/podcast-120copingskills
💛 Coaching for the Mom CEO: https://www.amigamoms.com
💡 Coaching for Child Therapists: https://www.thekidclinician.com/
💚 Coaching & Community for Latinx Therapists: https://www.latinxpracticecollective.com/
ABOUT ME
I'm Vanessa, the therapist who helps high-achieving adults become the best version of themselves, not just at work, but in the rooms that matter most. I host the Free to Be Mindful Podcast, named the #1 Latino Mental Health Podcast in 2026 by Feedspot. I believe the people who give everything to everyone else deserve to stop surviving and start living intentionally.
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🎤 Speaking & Workshops: https://www.freetobemindful.com/speaking
DISCLAIMER
Free to Be Mindful Podcast episodes are for educational purposes only and should not be considered as or substituted for therapy or professional help from a licensed...
