Free to Be Mindful Podcast | Helping Professional Moms Find Calm in a Busy World · Vanessa De Jesus Guzman, LPC, NCC

Reclaim, Restore, and Rise This Women's History Month

·22 min

Vanessa begins by offering the episode to the listener as something for herself. She marks the start of Women's History Month with intention. She then remembers her old relationship with March. As an educator, March felt endless. Spring break was visible but still too far away. The days were full of restless energy. That memory becomes a doorway into the larger theme. Women often make themselves smaller in order to keep life running smoothly. The role of caretaker can crowd out other parts of identity. Ambitious, creative, and yearning parts can slip into silence. She is careful to say those parts are not gone. They are simply no longer being prioritized. Reclaiming, she says, does not have to be dramatic. It does not require blowing up a life or making a grand declaration. Sometimes it starts with a simple recognition. A woman can remember who she was. She can decide that part is not finished. Vanessa then turns the lens toward herself. Her reclamation for the month is physical health, especially yoga and salsa dancing. She describes both as sources of peace, joy, ritual, and aliveness that she wants to call back.

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A reflective March reset for busy moms who keep putting themselves last.

The episode treats Women's History Month as a reset, speaking to women who have spent so long carrying care, work, and responsibility that something personal has gone quiet.

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March opens with a quiet invitation to reclaim one part of yourself.

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