🎙️ JULY SERIES — Everything No One Tells You About Growing Up
In July's Episode 4 of No Me Callo / I Won’t Stay Quiet, Jessica Lomelin closes the series “Everything No One Tells You About Growing Up” with a deeply personal conversation about something many of us need to hear: giving yourself permission to change your mind about who you are.
In this episode, Jessica explores the pressure of remaining the same person forever. The version of ourselves that promised certain things at 18. The life we imagined we would have by 30. The dreams that once defined us but no longer reflect who we are today.
Throughout the episode, Jessica reflects on how difficult it can be to accept that growing up also means saying goodbye to versions of ourselves. She talks about the grief of leaving a career you loved, starting over, losing people who promised they would stay, and discovering that life doesn't always look the way we imagined it would.
She also shares honest conversations about the guilt of changing. The guilt of setting boundaries. The guilt of leaving relationships, friendships, and places we once called home. And the reality of understanding that we did not come into this world to save everyone we came here to live our own lives.
Jessica also talks about reinventing herself at 29. About being the daughter of Mexican immigrants, working landscaping with her father, building a career, creating a podcast, traveling alone for work. And yet, still feeling, at times, like a little girl trying to figure out how to be an adult.
Throughout the episode, one question remains:
Who would you be if you stopped trying to be the person you promised you would become?
And maybe the answer is simpler than we think.
Maybe we were never lost.
Maybe we were simply changing.
Because perhaps the greatest act of self-love is not finding yourself.
Perhaps the greatest act of self-love is giving yourself permission to introduce yourself again.
✨ In addition, this episode marks the end of our July series and the celebration of the first anniversary of No Me Callo / I Won’t Stay Quiet.
To thank you for all of your support during this first year, I will be hosting a special giveaway.
To enter, simply send me a message on any platform or social media and answer one of these questions:
Which episode impacted you the most this year?
What quote made you feel less alone?
Which book recommendation from the podcast stayed with you?
📅 The deadline to enter is August 10.
Thank you for listening, sharing, and growing with me throughout this first year. This podcast exists because of this community, and I can't wait to continue having these conversations with all of you.
And remember: you do not owe permanence to anyone, not even the younger version of yourself. 💛
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