This week on Modern Latina in Midlife, I'm pulling back the curtain in a way I honestly haven't before. I hit record in the middle of a really emotional moment — no filters, no perfect lighting, no polished script — just me, feeling everything.

And in sharing it, my hope is that you remember you don't have to hold it all together either. Inside this episode, I walk you through how I moved from overwhelm to clarity, from "why is this happening?" to "oh… this is what it's trying to teach me." These are the tools that have changed my life over the last decade, and I'm handing them to you with an open heart.

Episode Highlights

• A real look at what processing emotions actually looks like in the moment
• Why giving yourself permission to feel is the most healing thing you can do
• How everyday moments — washing dishes, walking, vacuuming — offer us opportunities to process
• The emotional storm that hit: mom-heart worries, grief, flight delays, and intuition
• The 3 steps I use to move through deep emotions without spiraling
• How speaking or journaling it out clears the noise inside your body
• The magic question that always reveals the deeper meaning: Why is this happening for me?

Steps to Process Your Emotions:

1- Allow yourself to feel the emotions run through your body without abandon. Let them rip. Research shows that it only takes about 90 seconds for emotions to fully process through your body. So let them move because it is not a good thing to let them get stuck. It later manifests in more emotional issues, and eventually into physical problems

2- Share it to get it off your body. Whether you share it with someone, in a journal or on a podcast episode! Oftentimes just getting it off your body, speaking it out loud or journaling, will help the processing.

3- Ask yourself "Why is this happening for me?" There is always a reason for this. For me, journaling helped me unpack this in the beginning. I am now more easily able to coach myself, to talk myself through this to get to the bottom of it. But journaling is your own personal on-demand therapist. There is a lesson in everything we experience. Get curious as to what that is for you. Be open to receive the message.

4- Then take the appropriate, next, inspired action. And be open to that being doing nothing.

Resources: This episode is made possible by The Adult Chair: Get Unstuck, Claim Your Power, and Transform Your Life. A book by Michelle Chalfant. Get your copy at bluechakrastudio.com/adultchairbook

OFFER: I'm opening 3 spots to work with me through the entirety of the year for 2026. This is for the woman who is ready to make a complete change in life, whether it's career, lifestyle, energy, relationships, or is ready to finally create the life that is in alignment with her dreams. Is that you? If it is, get in touch with me at [email protected]. Imagine what one year from now can look like for you…Now I'm here to tell you, that is possible for you.

Where To Find Me:

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