🎙️ NEW EPISODE — The Conversations No One Wants to Have
What if the way we think we’re helping… is actually causing harm?
In the second episode of August on No Me Callo / I Won’t Stay Quiet, Jessica Lomelin dives headfirst into an uncomfortable conversation:
Are we really helping people… or are we trying to turn them into who WE think they should be?
Because helping sounds good.
It sounds noble.
It sounds right.
But… what happens when helping becomes controlling?
When we stop listening because we think we know better?
When we make decisions for someone “for their own good”?
When our good intentions end up taking something away from another person that belongs to them: their voice, their autonomy, and their power to decide?
🛑 We don’t always need to rescue.
Sometimes we need to sit down.
Listen.
Ask questions.
Accept that we don’t have all the answers.
And have the humility to allow someone else to decide what a better life looks like FOR THEM.
In this episode, Jessica explores the difference between rescuing and accompanying, while challenging some of the ideas we’ve normalized about what it means to “help.”
Drawing from her experience in social work and working alongside survivors of human trafficking and domestic violence, she explores autonomy, power, privilege, humility, and responsibility.
Because there is a truth that can be difficult to accept:
We are not the protagonists of someone else’s story.
We are not here to write their ending.
We are not here to make their decisions.
We are not here to turn them into the version of themselves we believe they should be.
We are here to walk beside them.
To listen.
To support.
To respect.
Because accompanying someone is also helping. 🤍
And maybe the most uncomfortable question of all is:
🔥 Are we helping people become who THEY want to be… or are we trying to turn them into who WE think they should be?
🎙️ This episode isn’t about learning how to help better.
It’s about questioning WHY we want to help in the first place.
✨ And while we’re having this conversation, we’re also celebrating something very special…
NO ME CALLO / I WON’T STAY QUIET IS OFFICIALLY ONE YEAR OLD! 🎉😭💛
One year.
52 weeks.
52 opportunities to say the things people don’t always want to hear.
Thank you to every person who listened.
Who shared an episode.
Who recommended the podcast.
Who sent me a message.
Who showed up with me every Friday.
Who dared to question.
Who felt seen.
Who maybe heard something they needed to hear.
This podcast exists because some conversations are uncomfortable… but they can also be transformative.
And we officially have our giveaway winner! 🏆🎉
Congratulations, Leo Guerrero Jr.! 🥳💛
Thank you for being part of this first year of No Me Callo / I Won’t Stay Quiet.
And to everyone who has been here from the beginning:
Thank you for not staying quiet with me. 🎙️🖤
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