004 - Backward Like a Crab 🦀, Forward Like an Arrow 🏹 episode artwork

EPISODE · Jul 9, 2025 · 16 MIN

004 - Backward Like a Crab 🦀, Forward Like an Arrow 🏹

from Dear Babygurl: Notes on Life, Leadership, and Liberation · host Carmen Aceves-Iñiguez

✨ “Think you’re falling behind? Or are you just positioning for your next breakthrough?” In this episode of Dear Babygurl, we talk about the moments in life that look like setbacks but are actually setting you up for your next big leap. I share the story of leaving a four-year university for community college—a choice that looked like I was “walking backward like a crab” (as my dad once told me) but became one of the best decisions of my life.We explore:🦀 Why your detours aren’t failures, they’re redirections🏹 How intuition, research, and aligned action work together🌊 The courage it takes to trust your own timing, even when it’s not linearAnd we unpack what it means to let go of shame when your journey doesn’t look like everyone else’s, embracing the serendipitous moments and the slow, sacred pace your soul needs.Whether you’re questioning your next move, sitting in a pause, or feeling “behind,” this episode is a reminder that sometimes you need to walk backward like a crab to leap forward like an arrow.✨ Listen, share with someone who needs this, and let me know what lands for you.🎧 Follow @_colibricoaching on IG for more notes on life, leadership, and liberation.

✨ “Think you’re falling behind? Or are you just positioning for your next breakthrough?” In this episode of Dear Babygurl, we talk about the moments in life that look like setbacks but are actually setting you up for your next big leap. I share the story of leaving a four-year university for community college—a choice that looked like I was “walking backward like a crab” (as my dad once told me) but became one of the best decisions of my life.We explore:🦀 Why your detours aren’t failures, they’re redirections🏹 How intuition, research, and aligned action work together🌊 The courage it takes to trust your own timing, even when it’s not linearAnd we unpack what it means to let go of shame when your journey doesn’t look like everyone else’s, embracing the serendipitous moments and the slow, sacred pace your soul needs.Whether you’re questioning your next move, sitting in a pause, or feeling “behind,” this episode is a reminder that sometimes you need to walk backward like a crab to leap forward like an arrow.✨ Listen, share with someone who needs this, and let me know what lands for you.🎧 Follow @_colibricoaching on IG for more notes on life, leadership, and liberation.

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