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
Building Without a Blueprint
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Seven years ago, a mom broke down in front of her during a home visit, and that one moment cracked open everything. Not a business plan. Not a five-year roadmap. Just a clear, quiet knowing that moms needed support too, and that she was going to be the one to build it. What came next was seven years of showing up without a blueprint, figuring it out season by season, and learning that intention carries you further than any plan ever could.
What You'll Learn:
✅ Why knowing your why holds everything together when the how is still completely unclear
✅ What fifteen years of marriage and seven years of business have quietly taught her about what it actually means to nurture something
✅ How allowance, not pushing harder, is what's made the most room for real growth
✅ What it costs to want to do everything at once, and what her kids keep pulling her back to
✅ A guided reflection to help you name what you're nurturing right now and what it would mean to bring intention, allowance, and compassion to it
Chapters
00:00 Maycember Kickoff
01:41 15 Years Married
02:25 Seven Years Mindful
02:35 Origin Story 2018
04:17 From Hustle to Shift
05:46 No Blueprint Needed
06:34 Intention as North Star
07:48 Allowance and Evolution
08:41 Collective and New Baby
10:15 Compassion and Presence
11:31 Trusting Whats Next
12:34 Gratitude and Thanks
13:57 Invitation to Work Together
14:28 Reflection and Closing
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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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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...
