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Free to Be Mindful Podcast
How to Take Credit for How Far You've Come
April 6, 2026
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High-achieving women and the habit of underselling their own story — Free to Be Mindful Podcast with Vanessa De Jesus Guzman, LPC, NCC
There's a word that sneaks into how so many high-achieving women describe themselves, and it's doing more damage than we realize. It's the word "just." Just a mom. Just changed careers. Just started something. And it costs us more than we know.
What You'll Learn:
✅ Why crediting yourself is not bragging, and why the women most likely to shrink their story are often the ones who've built the most
✅ How to keep a living record of who you've been and what you've done, so the evidence is there on the days your confidence goes quiet
✅ Why your reinvention — the messy, nonlinear, hard-won version — is someone else's proof that it's possible
Chapters:
00:00 Look Back With Credit
01:44 Show And Episode Setup
02:22 Speed Mentoring Story
05:25 The Quiet Cost Of Forward Focus
06:11 Stop Saying Just
07:18 Tip One Credit Not Bragging
09:06 Tip Two Keep Receipts
11:23 Tip Three Be The Roadmap
13:46 Guided Reflection Exercise
16:19 Share Review And Closing
Stay in Touch:
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🎤 Speaking & Workshops: https://www.freetobemindful.com/speaking
💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/counselorvdejesus/
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.
Vanessa: [00:00:00] When it's the last time you actually stopped and [00:01:00] looked at how far you've come. Not where you're going. -You've got a whole vision board for that- probably color coded, probably laminated. I'm talking about turning around, looking back and giving yourself actual credit for the distance that you've already traveled.
Because here's what I've noticed, and I've noticed it in myself too. High achieving women are often the last ones to recognize themselves. We celebrate everyone else. We champion all of the people around us. We show up for the work, and somehow we still walk around underselling who we are and what we've built. And today we're talking about that.