Ay Mijita ✨ Embrace your raíces. Reclaim your esencia.

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  • Crossing the Year Gently - Honoring Quiet Power

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    Download Here: Crossing the Year Gently, Mijita

    Start the year softer, not louder. After a season marked by grief, health scares, and relationship strain, we’re choosing integration over reinvention and safety over speed. I share the real story behind chemo day one, the ache of anniversaries, and the marriage moments that nearly broke us, then describe how rest, boundaries, and nervous system care put the pieces back in place. If “new year, new me” rings hollow, this conversation offers a grounded alternative: peace as a practice, not a prize.

    We dive into identity shifts and the power of a personal contract to anchor who you are becoming—compassionate, courageous, and clear—without performing for approval. We talk money fears with honesty, from rising costs to paused income, and how coupling practical steps with body-based regulation calms scarcity. You’ll hear why rest comes before action, why fixing others drains your life force, and how to stop shrinking to remain palatable. Expect language around ancestral patterns, intuitive discernment, and the kind of boundaries that feel loving, not harsh.

    This is a space for first-gen women, caregivers, and anyone done carrying what was never theirs. You’ll get simple practices to return to yourself—hand on chest and belly, a minute of quiet, a single honest question—and a clear reminder that peace is productive and rest is intelligent. I’m also opening limited 1:1 coaching spots, planning masterclasses on emotional regulation, money wounds, and nervous system healing, and rolling out a Spanish version to better serve our comunidad.

    Want a calm way to begin? Grab the free new year grounding guide in the show notes, subscribe for the upcoming series, and share this with someone who needs a gentler path. If this spoke to you, leave a review and tell me: what are you done carrying this year?

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    28 min
  • How To Honor Loss Without Performing Through The Holidays

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    The holidays can be beautiful—and brutal. We open our hearts to the truth that celebrations don’t create grief; they reveal it. From empty chairs to evolving traditions, we talk candidly about what it feels like when love has no easy place to land and why presence beats performance every time.

    I share stories of family gatherings that changed shape, the tenderness of spotting red cardinals that feel like a wink from loved ones, and the quiet ache of doing less when your body asks for rest. We name how “being agreeable” can turn into armor, how that armor leaks into irritability or numbness, and how real leadership starts with letting softness stand beside strength. If you’ve ever hosted while holding back tears or kept the peace by abandoning yourself, this conversation meets you right where you are.

    You’ll learn gentle, practical ways to honor who you miss without disappearing yourself: lighting a candle, speaking their names, shifting traditions, leaving early, or choosing sacred rest. We unpack boundaries using the “house and fence” metaphor so you can decide who gets access—and how far—without guilt. Then we ground it all with a simple breath ritual and three truths to anchor your nervous system: I don’t need to perform to be worthy. I don’t need to rush my healing. I choose truth over tradition.

    If this season feels different, it’s because you are different. Integration over fixing, discernment over guilt, presence over performance. Tune in, take what you need, and let your body lead. If this resonated, subscribe, share with someone who needs it, and leave a review so more listeners can find a softer way through the holidays.

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    23 min
  • Honoring Human Design, Rest, And Becoming

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    Free Download: Birthday + Human Design Ritual

    What if a birthday wasn’t a report card but a ritual of return? We take a gentle pause to honor another year of survival and becoming, and we trade checklists for a single, embodied question: how do I want to feel in my body this year? From the first breath to the closing blessing, we explore how rest becomes a right, not a reward, and how honoring your energy can transform frustration into clarity.

    I open up about the lessons that landed hardest: support isn’t weakness, it’s sustainability; timelines that don’t fit can be released; and the gut often knows before the mind does. We use human design as a grounded tool for self-permission—unpacking Generators, Manifestors, Projectors, and Reflectors, along with signatures and not-self themes that flag alignment or drift. I share what shifted for me as a Generator with sacral authority, how satisfaction became my north star, and why ignoring the body’s uh-huh/uh-uh costs more than a polite yes ever saves. We also touch profiles 1 through 6, and how a 4/6 path learns through relationships and lived wisdom.

    To make it practical, I guide a simple birthday ritual you can repeat anytime: a candle or a hand to the heart, a breath to gather scattered energy, an affirmation for your type, and one word to steer the year. You’ll locate where your truth speaks—gut, chest, or intuition—name the feeling you choose, and exhale the pressure to live outside your design. If you’ve felt behind, this conversation offers a reframe: you’re not late, you’re recalibrating.

    If this resonates, share the ritual with someone who needs permission to slow down and celebrate themselves, especially in birthday season. And if you don’t know your human design yet, take that as your invitation. Subscribe, leave a review, and tell me your one word for the year—I’d love to hear what your body is choosing.

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    20 min
  • When Life Gets Chaotic — How to Emotionally Regulate, Ground, and Recenter Yourself

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    When life feels louder than your heartbeat, the body starts speaking for you—tight chest, spiraling thoughts, numbness, or sudden tears. We created this conversation for the first-gen daughter, the mom, the partner, the healer who holds it all and just needs one honest path back to center. Together we unpack why so many of us were taught to push through instead of regulate, then trade shame for skills that actually work in real moments of chaos.

    We start with awareness—the foundation of emotional regulation. You’ll learn four questions that map what you feel, where it lives in your body, whether it’s present or an old wound, and how your system is activated. From there we move into grounding practices you can use anywhere: root breathing with a 4-2-6 rhythm, the 5-4-3-2-1 sensory check-in, and a cold reset to support your vagus nerve. We honor ancestral wisdom with an energetic limpia using huevo, palo santo, sage, or ruda, and a release phrase that helps you set down what isn’t yours to carry.

    We then recenter with three journal prompts that create boundaries from the inside out—what matters right now, what do I need, and what is mine to carry. You’ll get real-life scripts to communicate your capacity, micro-practices to reset in under a minute, and a template for an emotional emergency plan you can build while calm. We close with a guided meditation and affirmations to reclaim safety, peace, and presence, reminding you that chaos doesn’t define you; your grounding does.

    If this resonated, share it with someone who’s navigating their own storm, subscribe for more rooted conversations, and leave a review so more mujeres can find these tools. Your essence knows the way—let’s keep healing juntos.

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    Check out the website: www.dorapraxedis.com


    24 min
  • Gaslighting Isn’t A Love Language, Mijita

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    What if your body has been telling the truth the whole time? We unpack how love gets tangled with self-abandonment when someone you care about shows narcissistic traits, and we walk step by step through the signals, scripts, and support that help you hold onto yourself without slipping into constant conflict.

    We start by naming seven common behaviors—lack of accountability, gaslighting, emotional swings, silent treatment, control masked as concern, minimizing your needs, and lack of empathy—and translate them into what your nervous system experiences: shallow breathing, racing heart, fatigue, numbness, and the urge to fawn. From there, we connect the dots to first‑gen and Latina cultural patterns: keeping the peace, carrying the emotional load, and learning to be nurturing, not noisy. That context matters, because it explains why many of us fix instead of flee, negotiate instead of name the harm, and end up shrinking our voice to keep the room calm.

    Then we move into practice. You’ll hear clear, repeatable boundary scripts that feel natural: “I’m not available when voices are raised,” “We’ll talk when we’re both regulated,” “I won’t continue if there’s disrespect,” and “I’m not responsible for your emotions.” We talk about regulation before conversation, how to stop taking the bait, and why short explanations protect you from manipulation. If you’re staying, we outline daily nervous system routines, realistic expectations, and how to detach from chaos without abandoning yourself. If you’re leaving, we name the detox—doubt, guilt, craving validation—and the freedom that follows: deeper breaths, better sleep, the return of your voice.

    To anchor it all, we offer reflection prompts to ask your inner niña what boundary she needs, where you’ve been abandoning yourself, and what would change if you honored your truth fully. Whether you choose to stay with limits or love from afar, you deserve safety, honesty, connection, respect, and peace. If this conversation resonates, follow the show, share it with someone who needs it, and leave a review to help more mujeres find their voice.

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    Check out the website: www.dorapraxedis.com


    25 min
  • Navigating Setbacks, Rebirth & the Cold Supermoon

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    The hardest seasons don’t just take things from us; they ask who we’re becoming. I’m sharing a raw, heart-forward look at navigating setbacks during the cold supermoon, from slow surgical healing and a shifting chemo timeline to money wounds that echo louder than the numbers suggest. If you’ve felt heavy, confused, or like you should have been “over it” by now, you’re in the right room. We explore why healing spirals, how astrology can frame timing without dictating fate, and what it means to move through a dark night of the soul without losing yourself.

    You’ll hear the real-life frictions: mobility limits, winter blues in Chicago, the sting of postponement, and the awkward art of receiving help when you’re used to carrying everyone else. We walk through seven grounded lessons that make the chaos make sense—rest as a strategy, intuition as compass, boundaries that sharpen in storms, and the quiet truth that grief and growth can happen at the same time. Then we translate insight into action with a clear, simple recovery toolkit: breathwork, movement, journaling, and a cold moon limpia ritual to release what no longer serves so you can call in what’s next.

    This conversation blends astrology, psychology, and lived experience into something you can use tonight. Think of it as energetic pruning: let go to grow, clear to receive, rest to rise. Along the way, I talk about trading control for clarity, trusting a future self who already exists, and leaning on ancestors for courage that doesn’t flinch. If something in your life is ending, consider this a mirror and a map. Press play, take what you need, and meet me under the moonlight as we make space for the version of you who’s waiting to step in. If this spoke to your heart, subscribe, share with a friend who needs hope, and leave a review telling me what you’re releasing next.

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    Check out the website: www.dorapraxedis.com


    31 min
  • Gratitude, Boundaries, Y El Bendito Thanksgiving

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    Holidays can feel like a tug-of-war between gratitude and pressure, especially for first‑gen Latinas navigating old roles, noisy questions, and the invisible load of keeping everyone comfortable. We decided to rewrite the script. Together we map a softer Thanksgiving built on presence, nervous system care, and boundaries that are kind, clear, and non-negotiable.

    We start by reframing gratitude as more than a list. Gratitude becomes presence—choosing softness, honoring courage and healing, and letting go of guilt and overgiving. From there, we name the big triggers: body comments disguised as concern, nosy questions about dating, babies, degrees, or money, the automatic expectation to cook, translate, serve, and soothe, and the guilt trips about “changing.” Then we get practical. You’ll hear short scripts you can use word-for-word: “I’m not talking about my body today,” “I’m keeping that private this year,” “I can help with one thing, not everything,” and “I love you, but I’m not available for that conversation.” We also walk through time boundaries—deciding your arrival and exit, taking breaks, and leaving early with a soft “Gracias por todo, me voy a descansar.”

    We bring in nervous system tools you can use the moment you park the car: a simple 4-2-6 breath, a rose‑gold energetic shield, and three anchoring affirmations—“I choose peace. I choose presence. I choose myself.” We laugh about burnt turkeys turned into tamales, barbacoa slow cookers, the cousin who brings a soda and leaves with four plates, and the relative dancing la iguana. Humor sits beside healing, and both are welcome.

    Most of all, we zoom out: your rest is a prayer, your no is a revolution, and your gratitude is an altar for the ancestors who could not set these limits. You’ll leave with five journaling prompts to plan your boundaries, protect your energy, and show up as the you that feels true. If this speaks to your corazón, tap follow, share it with someone who needs a gentler holiday, and leave a quick review to help more listeners find the show.

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    Check out the website: www.dorapraxedis.com


    19 min
  • Pivotando en la Vida — Healing, Humor y la Voz que ya no se Calla

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    A lemon tree landed on my life and I decided to plant it. Two major surgeries—bilateral mastectomy and DIEP flap reconstruction—rewired how I relate to my body, my voice, my family, and my work. Between T‑Rex arms, double‑D swelling, and late‑night closet recordings on yoga balls, I found a wild mix of pain medicine and laughter that turned survival into a softer, truer way to live.

    I open up about the moments no one prepares you for: needing to be fed, crying because identity slips when productivity stops, and realizing you can’t hustle through stitches. We talk about the living room “therapy” that helped our family speak in we instead of you, and the uncomfortable grace of receiving support without deflecting. I share how a bold coaching pivot changed my business trajectory—naming misalignment, asking for what I needed, and discovering I wasn’t too much; I was in the wrong room. We also dig into the practical side: lymphatic care, vein health, nutrition shifts, and how a year of prep became the scaffolding for recovery.

    You’ll also get a guided somatic reflection with simple breathwork and seven journal prompts to help you locate your own pivot points, claim your truth, and hear what your body is asking. If you’re navigating cancer, surgery, burnout, or a quiet identity change, this conversation blends spiritual grounding, cultural nuance, and real‑life tools you can use today. Subscribe, share this with someone who needs it, and tell me: what truth are you finally ready to say out loud?

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    Check out the website: www.dorapraxedis.com


    37 min
  • Birthing My New Chichis

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    What if the bravest kind of strength is the kind that lets you be held? This candid share comes straight from the recovery chair after breast reconstruction and a tummy tuck within a fast-moving breast cancer journey. No gloss. No highlight reel. Just the truth of pain, gratitude, and the quiet revolutions that happen when your body insists on a slower, softer way.

    We walk through the difference between vanity and victory, and why reconstruction can be a sacred act of reclaiming your body after disease. You’ll hear the visceral details of recovery—drains, stitches, anesthesia haze, and that first careful walk—and how those moments unlocked grief that had lived in the muscles for years. Family becomes a lifeline: a husband learning the cadence of care, kids who read pain without words, a mother whose food tastes like home, sisters who show up for the mess. Beyond the home, community prayers and messages create an invisible net, reminding us that receiving love is also a form of power.

    The heart of this conversation is a rewrite of strength. Strength isn’t grinding through; it’s the courage to rest, to ask for help, to let softness do its slow, intelligent work. We name five lessons from the healing path: listen to the body before it breaks, practice receiving, leave survival mode to truly repair, remember the ancestors at your back, and redefine strength as being held rather than holding everything. A gentle guided breath invites you to ask your body what it needs, and to let the answers rise without force. If you’re navigating illness, recovery, or burnout, you’ll find language, tools, and permission to slow down and rebuild wiser.

    If this resonated, share it with someone who needs a softer definition of strong, subscribe for more grounded conversations on healing and resilience, and leave a review with one insight you’re taking into your week.

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    22 min
  • Mercury Isn’t Ruining Your Life, Your Wi‑Fi Might Be

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    Ever felt like the universe hit pause on your plans just as you found your stride? We unpack Mercury retrograde moving from Sagittarius to Scorpio and show how to turn the supposed chaos into hard-won clarity. Instead of blaming the stars for broken emails and mixed messages, we explore what this transit is actually asking for: slower breaths, truer words, and choices that match your values.

    We dig into the tension between Sagittarius fire—big ideas, blunt truths, wanderlust—and Scorpio water—shadow work, emotional honesty, deep repair. You’ll get a practical three-part framework to navigate the season: revisit projects and promises you parked, reflect on energy leaks and misplaced yeses, and reassess the boundaries that keep you clear. Along the way, we talk real-life rituals to steady your nervous system: a simple burning practice to release mental clutter, a salt bath to rinse old stories, and a hand-on-heart affirmation to anchor your inner compass.

    This conversation also gets personal: healing after surgery, a partner’s first steps toward therapy, a year of health changes, and the courage to ask for help. We talk about how to speak from truth rather than fear, why miscommunication can be a doorway to repair, and how to keep tech and travel tidy while you protect your peace. As Mercury completes its retrograde in Scorpio, we point to the soft rebirth on the other side—fewer masks, clearer boundaries, and a kinder voice within.

    If this resonated, share it with someone who’s feeling the static, hit follow, and leave a review to help more listeners find their clarity. Your stories and questions shape where we go next—what are you ready to release so you can begin again?

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    21 min

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Ay Mijita is a podcast about coming home to yourself.


Hosted by Dora Alicia Praxedis, Ay Mijita creates space for honest conversations about healing, identity,…