EPISODE · Feb 19, 2026 · 36 MIN
017 - The Break Was the Medicine
from Dear Babygurl: Notes on Life, Leadership, and Liberation · host Carmen Aceves-Iñiguez
Welcome back, Babygurl.I took the winter off.I planned to return mid-January.Instead, I got sick.And what I thought was a delay became medicine.In this deeply personal episode, I reflect on my first real ebb in six years of self-employment. Income dipped. Contracts closed. The nonprofit sector tightened. I was okay, but I felt the constriction.Instead of panicking, I protected my internal knowing from outside noise. I grounded in the numbers. I trusted the cycle.Then my spirit guides stepped in:Stop being ametiche.Let the caldo cook.This season is not wasted.It is preparing you.As we move from the Year of the Snake into the Year of the Fire Horse, and enter a 1 Universal Year of bold new beginnings, I reflect on shedding, closing, and steppingforward rooted rather than rushed.If you are in an in-between, hear this:You are not behind.You might just be cooking.The Snake shed.The roots deepened.The break was the medicine.And the fire is coming.🎧 Listen, subscribe, and share with someone who needs this.
What this episode covers
Welcome back, Babygurl.I took the winter off.I planned to return mid-January.Instead, I got sick.And what I thought was a delay became medicine.In this deeply personal episode, I reflect on my first real ebb in six years of self-employment. Income dipped. Contracts closed. The nonprofit sector tightened. I was okay, but I felt the constriction.Instead of panicking, I protected my internal knowing from outside noise. I grounded in the numbers. I trusted the cycle.Then my spirit guides stepped in:Stop being ametiche.Let the caldo cook.This season is not wasted.It is preparing you.As we move from the Year of the Snake into the Year of the Fire Horse, and enter a 1 Universal Year of bold new beginnings, I reflect on shedding, closing, and steppingforward rooted rather than rushed.If you are in an in-between, hear this:You are not behind.You might just be cooking.The Snake shed.The roots deepened.The break was the medicine.And the fire is coming.🎧 Listen, subscribe, and share with someone who needs this.
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