Still Standing Podcast
by Dahlia Gómez
I’m Dahlia Gomez. Single mom, Latina, and someone who spent years bracing and calling it normal. Locked In is where we get honest about the things nobody says out loud. The year after the divorce when your body still doesn’t know the war is over. The friend who only calls when she needs something. The family gathering that undoes you in ten minutes. The guilt that shows up at midnight.And underneath all of it, the same thing: a nervous system that’s been protecting you for so long it forgot how to stand down.Every week I give you plain language, real tools, and the truth about why understanding your patterns hasn’t been enough to change them. No fixing. No pretending. Just the work that actually reaches your body.This is for the woman carrying more than anyone can see. The single mom. The one everyone leans on. The one who did the therapy, read the books, and is still exhausted.Personalities don’t change. Nervous systems do.Come sit with me, From Women to women.New episodes weekl
Episodes
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Before you Say Yes To Him
Nobody had this talk with us before we said yes. So today we're having it. This week Dahlia goes somewhere new: the quiet reason your body won't fully relax even in a good relationship, and the honest talk about protecting yourself that nobody taught us to have. This isn't about planning to fail....
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The Real Cost of Staying
Have you ever driven home from seeing someone you love and felt more empty than before you went? In this episode we talk about one of the biggest things driving your Nervous System Survival Score up, and it might not be what you expect. It's the people you're choosing to stay close to right now.…
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What's Your Nervous System Survival Score?
You finally get a quiet minute. The kids are down, the house is still, nothing needs you. And your body still won't let you rest. If that is you, this episode is going to give you a name for it. In this one I'm introducing something I've been sitting with for weeks: your Nervous System Survival...
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They Wanted to Break You. You Built Something Instead.
You know the saying — hurt people hurt people. But the saying stops too early. Some hurt people transform that hurt into knowledge, into work, into a life. And when that happens, the ones who tried to break you have to watch the thing they wanted to destroy become something they could never be.…
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I'm a 9 .. And I'm Finally Starting to Understand Why
Have you ever felt like you understand everyone around you — but nobody really understands you? Like you've been through so much, given so much, felt so much — and still can't quite explain why? This episode might be the answer you didn't know you were looking for. Dahlia gets personal about...
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The Flex Is A Confession
For the woman with an ex who keeps making sure she sees his new life. The trips. The wife. The vacations. The Instagram stories that are too well-timed to be a coincidence. In this episode Dahlia breaks down what's really happening — why his flex is not actually a flex, why the real winner is the...
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The Day Everything Changed
This one is personal. Dahlia shares the day her whole vision fell apart — the home, the husband, the children, the life she had been building toward. The moment she was rejected by the person she loved after giving everything she had. The tightness in her chest. The emptiness. And what she built...
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The Anger Nobody Talks About
Everyone talks about anxiety. Nobody talks about the anger underneath it. The rage that lives in women's bodies that was never given permission to exist — swallowed since childhood, stored in the body, and disguised as exhaustion, people pleasing, resentment and anxiety. In this episode Dahlia…
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Why You're Exhausted Even When you Rest
When was the last time you felt truly rested? Not just slept — truly rested. In this first episode of Locked In with Dahlia Gomez, we talk about something nobody talks about — why you're exhausted even when you rest. And I promise you, it has nothing to do with how much you sleep. Dahlia breaks...
About this show
I’m Dahlia Gomez. Single mom, Latina, and someone who spent years bracing and calling it normal. Locked In is where we get honest about the things nobody says out loud. The year after the divorce when your body still doesn’t know the war is over. The friend who only calls when she needs something. The family gathering that undoes you in ten minutes. The guilt that shows up at midnight.And underneath all of it, the same thing: a nervous system that’s been protecting you for so long it forgot how to stand down.Every week I give you plain language, real tools, and the truth about why understanding your patterns hasn’t been enough to change them. No fixing. No pretending. Just the work that actually reaches your body.This is for the woman carrying more than anyone can see. The single mom. The one everyone leans on. The one who did the therapy, read the books, and is still exhausted.Personalities don’t change. Nervous systems do.Come sit with me, From Women to women.New episodes weekl
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