106: Healing Your Inner Niña (Part 2): Releasing the Guilt you were Never Meant to Carry

If you’ve ever carried guilt for things that weren’t really your fault—or weren’t even your responsibility—this episode will speak straight to your heart.

In this episode, I continue our 3-part Healing Your Inner Niña series by talking about something I know so many of us carry quietly: Guilt. Especially for those of us who were the responsible ones growing up in first-gen immigrant households, guilt became a way of life. Guilt for not doing enough, being enough, or pleasing everyone around us.

I open up about how my Inner Niña learned guilt early on, from family dynamics, cultural expectations, and Catholic upbringing, and how that shaped my adult life… until I realized guilt is actually a choice.

I talked about:

• The roots of guilt for eldest daughters and first-gen Latinas
• Why guilt became our default and how it quietly drains our energy
• Real stories from my childhood that shaped this belief
• The moment I realized guilt wasn’t helping me anymore
• What it means to choose a new emotional response as an adult
• A simple but powerful visualization you can use to start releasing guilt
• How letting go creates space for freedom, joy, and real healing

Let this be the permission you didn’t know you needed to stop carrying what was never yours to hold. 🩷

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