Free to Be Mindful Podcast | Helping Professional Moms Find Calm in a Busy World

The Free to Be Mindful Podcast with Licensed Therapist and Latina Mom Coach Vanessa De Jesus Guzman helps professional moms find calm in a busy world. Each episode blends mindful living strategies, mental health insights, and REAL TALK - grounded in culture and inspired by everyday life - to help you stress less, live with intention, and feel more like yourself... without hours of meditation. Tune in for practical tools and relatable heartfelt stories that help you slow down, recharge, and show up as your best self.

Free to Be Mindful Podcast | Helping Professional Moms Find Calm in a Busy World is a education podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 316 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Unknown Host hosts Free to Be Mindful Podcast | Helping Professional Moms Find Calm in a Busy World, a education show with 316 episodes published.

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  Episode #315

  How to Stay Emotionally Connected When Life Gets Busy

  Jul 8, 202633 minS7

  Summer is here and so is the quiet disconnection that comes with it. Longer days, busier schedules, kids home, and somehow you and your partner are co-managing the season instead of actually connecting. In this episode, licensed therapist Vanessa De Jesus Guzman sits down with Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Sheila Arias to talk about how couples rebuild emotional closeness through small, intentional moments, not grand gestures, not perfect timing, just presence. EPISODE DESCRIPTION Why emotional disconnection is common in long-term relationships How judgment and comparison quietly erode intimacy The role of curiosity and compassion in strengthening emotional bonds Why small, consistent moments matter more than grand gestures How structure and intentionality support connection and intimacy The importance of physical affection beyond sexual intimacy TUNE IN TO LEARN How to rebuild emotional connection without blaming yourself or your partner Simple communication tools couples can practice right away Why emotional intimacy fades and how to restore it intentionally How scheduling connection can still feel meaningful and authentic Ways to reconnect that fit real life, not unrealistic relationship ideals CONNECT WITH SHEILA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sheilaariaslmft TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@sheilaariaslmft Website: https://www.compasiontherapy.com TAKEAWAY MESSAGE Rebuilding emotional connection isn’t about fixing your relationship or judging where you are. It’s about choosing one small, intentional shift that brings curiosity, warmth, and presence back into your connection. Over time, those moments add up and help relationships feel alive again. As always, thank you for listening. If this episode resonated, consider sharing it with a partner or someone who may need this reminder. And remember - in a world where you are free to be anything, you are always free to be mindful Send us Fan Mail Support the show NJ RESIDENTS, WORK WITH VANESSA Book a free 15-minute therapy consultation https://www.freetobemindful.com/contact LET’S STAY CONNECTED 🎧 Podcast: https://www.freetobemindful.com/podcast 🎁 Free Resource — 120 Coping Skills: https://www.freetobemindful.com/podcast-120copingskills 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/counselorvdejesus/ 💛 Private Coaching for the Mom CEO: https://www.amigamoms.com 🎤 Speaking & Workshops: https://www.freetobemindful.com/speaking 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/counselorvdejesus/ 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.

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  Episode #314

  Three Questions Every Overwhelmed Mom Needs This Summer

  Jun 29, 202611 minS7

  Every summer, something shifts. The schedule loosens, the pace changes just enough to notice... and our brains completely miss the memo. If you've ever found yourself mentally planning the next quarter while your kids are finally at camp, this one is for you. In this season seven finale, we're talking about what intentionally slowing down actually looks like for high-achieving women, why rest feels like falling behind, and three questions to help us move through July with intention instead of accidentally sprinting through it. What You'll Learn: ✅ Why slowing down feels like falling behind, and what that discomfort is actually trying to tell us ✅ The difference between anxious planning and intentional visioning, and how to stop letting fear disguise itself as productivity ✅ Three questions to help us move through July with purpose instead of guilt ✅ How to name one intentional rest day before the month is over, and why staying in the discomfort of it matters more than getting it perfect ✅ A guided reflection to reconnect with what we actually want the fall to feel like, before we turn it into a project plan CHAPTERS 00:00 Why Rest Feels Hard 01:01 Summer Pace Shift 02:54 High Achiever Wiring 03:34 Three July Questions 03:52 Slow Pace Keep Purpose 04:19 Connect More Intentionally 04:53 Dream Without Executing 05:35 Pick One Rest Day 06:27 Season Finale Gratitude 08:02 Guided Reflection Meditation 10:21 Share And Work Together 11:00 Mindful Sendoff Send us Fan Mail Support the show NJ RESIDENTS, WORK WITH VANESSA Book a free 15-minute therapy consultation https://www.freetobemindful.com/contact LET’S STAY CONNECTED 🎧 Podcast: https://www.freetobemindful.com/podcast 🎁 Free Resource — 120 Coping Skills: https://www.freetobemindful.com/podcast-120copingskills 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/counselorvdejesus/ 💛 Private Coaching for the Mom CEO: https://www.amigamoms.com 🎤 Speaking & Workshops: https://www.freetobemindful.com/speaking 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/counselorvdejesus/ 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.

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  Episode #313

  How Moms Lose Track of What They Want and How to Find It Again

  Jun 22, 202620 minS7

  My daughter turned two this month. I watched her eat her birthday cake with zero regard for the mess, completely absorbed in the moment, not thinking about what was next. Just entirely, joyfully present. And somewhere between the frosting and the candles, I thought about how we all used to know how to do that, and somewhere along the way, every quiet moment became a to-do list. This episode is one of the most personal things I've ever shared on the podcast. It's about a miracle pregnancy I didn't see coming, the season of life that shaped it, and the deeper question underneath all of it: when did we stop asking ourselves what we actually want? What You'll Learn ✅ Why the fourth trimester puts your wants in a drawer — and why so many of us forget to take them back out ✅ How borrowed wants from social media and comparison quietly replace our real ones ✅ Why adjusting your wants to fit your current season is strategy, not failure ✅ The I Want Practice: a simple quarterly exercise to reconnect with what's actually yours ✅ What watching a two-year-old can teach a high-achieving mom about permission Chapters 00:00 Birthday Cake Presence 00:43 Podcast Welcome Setup 01:21 IVF Panic Turning Point 03:23 Letting Go And New Life 04:46 When Wants Change 05:32 Motherhood Survival Mode 07:27 Borrowed Wants Pressure 09:12 Seasons And Realistic Goals 11:19 Village Support Constraints 13:08 Quarterly I Want Practice 16:17 Toddlers Teach Desire 18:44 Homework And Closing Send us Fan Mail Support the show NJ RESIDENTS, WORK WITH VANESSA Book a free 15-minute therapy consultation https://www.freetobemindful.com/contact LET’S STAY CONNECTED 🎧 Podcast: https://www.freetobemindful.com/podcast 🎁 Free Resource — 120 Coping Skills: https://www.freetobemindful.com/podcast-120copingskills 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/counselorvdejesus/ 💛 Private Coaching for the Mom CEO: https://www.amigamoms.com 🎤 Speaking & Workshops: https://www.freetobemindful.com/speaking 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/counselorvdejesus/ 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.

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  Episode #312

  Building Without a Blueprint

  May 25, 202617 minS7

  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 Send us Fan Mail Support the show NJ RESIDENTS, WORK WITH VANESSA Book a free 15-minute therapy consultation https://www.freetobemindful.com/contact LET’S STAY CONNECTED 🎧 Podcast: https://www.freetobemindful.com/podcast 🎁 Free Resource — 120 Coping Skills: https://www.freetobemindful.com/podcast-120copingskills 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/counselorvdejesus/ 💛 Coaching for Moms: https://www.amigamoms.com 🎤 Speaking & Workshops: https://www.freetobemindful.com/speaking 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/counselorvdejesus/ 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.

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  Episode #311

  Why Rest Cannot Wait for a Special Occasion

  May 11, 202613 minS7

  The first thing Vanessa felt when she finally gave herself a break wasn't relief. It was guilt. And that moment, that voice that said we don't do that, we just handle it , is exactly what this episode is about. If Mother's Day left you with something unnamed underneath the flowers and the plans, you're not alone in that. We ask one day to carry everything we've been quietly waiting to feel, and then Monday arrives exactly the same as every other Monday. What You'll Learn: ✅ Why one Mother's Day cannot hold what we've been carrying for the other 364 days, and what to do with that ✅ How inherited guilt keeps us from choosing support that's actually available to us ✅ Three practical ways to protect your mental breaks, use your resources, and treat your own time as non-negotiable ✅ Why rest doesn't have to be earned, saved for a special occasion, or explained to anyone Chapters: 00:00 When You Finally Stop 00:47 Welcome and Mother’s Day Check-In 01:18 Breathing Room From Pausing 01:58 Why Moms Never Rest 02:54 Tiny Moments That Restore You 03:33 Generational Messages About Selflessness 04:44 Choosing Support Without Guilt 06:47 Mother’s Day Can’t Carry It All 08:16 Three Practical Ways to Reclaim Time 09:54 You Don’t Need Permission to Rest 10:33 Coaching Invitation and Next Steps 11:00 Guided Reflection and One Small Step 12:02 Share, Review, and Closing Send us Fan Mail Support the show NJ RESIDENTS, WORK WITH VANESSA Book a free 15-minute therapy consultation https://www.freetobemindful.com/contact LET’S STAY CONNECTED 🎧 Podcast: https://www.freetobemindful.com/podcast 🎁 Free Resource — 120 Coping Skills: https://www.freetobemindful.com/podcast-120copingskills 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/counselorvdejesus/ 💛 Coaching for Moms: https://www.amigamoms.com 🎤 Speaking & Workshops: https://www.freetobemindful.com/speaking 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/counselorvdejesus/ 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.

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