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
End of Year Overwhelm for High-Achieving Women │ Ep320
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End of year overwhelm for high-achieving women is something I see every Q4, when work deadlines and holiday stress hit in the same week. As a licensed therapist, I talk about why Q4 feels so heavy and how letting go of end of year goals that no longer fit can protect us from burnout during the busiest season of the year.
What You'll Learn
✅ Why Q4 at work and Q4 at home become two sprints that nobody else sees in full
✅ How the pressure to set New Year's goals catches up with us in the last quarter
✅ Two ways to tell whether a goal still fits, starting with how you'd feel crossing it off unfinished
✅ How to reshape a goal into a smaller version you'll actually keep
✅ A simple way to sort end of year goals into what you'll finish, what moves to next year, and what you're done carrying
✅ A guided reflection to find and protect time for yourself on your calendar this season
Chapters
00:00 Q4 Reality Check
00:40 Welcome And Busy Season
02:21 Workload Meets Home Life
04:13 Goals And Q4 Pressure
05:40 Keep Or Drop Goals
07:25 Resize The Goal
08:28 Support And Coaching
08:43 Schedule Time For You
10:28 Final Encouragement
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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.
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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 clinician.
