Present with Lis Roldan

Next month marks three years since I moved to Spain, and lately I've been sitting with something I call the bridge in identity, that uncomfortable place where you've already let go of who you used to be, but your life hasn't caught up yet with who you're becoming.

In this episode I talk about boxing myself into being just the tattoo artist, the burnout that came from it, and what it's actually taking for me to show up as one whole person instead of a different version depending on who's watching. If you're in your own bridge right now, I hope this helps.

If you're in a season of searching, transformation, or reconnection — this podcast is for you.

And if this episode moved you, I'd love to hear it.

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I used to think undercharging was a pricing problem. It wasn't.

In this episode I get real about my own relationship with money, why I spent years unconsciously sabotaging myself every time life got hard, and where that pattern actually started. A few years ago I went to therapy for some health issues, and it went a lot deeper than that. My therapist helped me see I'd had a really bad relationship with money since I was six years old, the year my mom left to find work in another country because we didn't have enough.

For years I unconsciously related money with abandonment. If we'd had enough, maybe she never would have had to leave. So money became the reason for everything painful in my life, and that belief just sat there, hidden, running everything, until I finally wrote it a letter.

We talk about money as energy, why artists (myself included) undercharge out of fear, the reticular activating system and why you keep noticing what you focus on, and why money isn't the enemy, it just amplifies whoever you already are.

If you've ever felt stuck in the same money patterns no matter what you do, this one's for you.

If you're in a season of searching, transformation, or reconnection — this podcast is for you.

And if this episode moved you, I'd love to hear it.

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One of the questions I hear most as a tattoo artist is "what if I'm not the same person in 10 years, will I still like it?" And after years of deep conversations with clients, I've come to see that this fear is almost never really about the tattoo.

I share the story of my first tattoo, a colorful little cupcake that says "Life is sweet," and the dark, scarce moment in my life it actually came from. I talk about the difference between decisions made from fear and decisions made from love and presence, and why one leaves regret behind while the other never does.

This episode is about permanence, about change, and about learning to trust that we're allowed to keep becoming.

If you're in a season of searching, transformation, or reconnection — this podcast is for you.

And if this episode moved you, I'd love to hear it.

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Two years ago I said yes to the offer I had dreamed about for years: a studio in New York, an artist I had admired since I started tattooing, more money than I had ever charged. Six months into the process, something in me went quiet. In this episode I share what that stillness was trying to tell me, the pattern of sacrifice I inherited without ever questioning it, and why turning down the biggest opportunity of my career ended up being the biggest yes I had ever given myself.

If you're in a season of searching, transformation, or reconnection — this podcast is for you.

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A few years ago I designed a tattoo for my boyfriend after our first trip together to the Amazon jungle, where he grew up. It became one of the pieces that changed my career. Two years ago, someone sent me a video of an artist in Iran who had copied that exact design. And for the first time, I didn't feel robbed. I felt proud.

In this episode I talk about what it really means when someone copies your work, why creating from scarcity keeps us stuck, and why gratitude might be the thing we skip most on our way to the next goal. I also share a bit about growing up in a small town in Colombia, and what it took to build a career I never imagined possible.

This is episode 3 in English. If you speak Spanish, you'll find over two dozen earlier episodes on the same platforms.

If you're in a season of searching, transformation, or reconnection — this podcast is for you.

And if this episode moved you, I'd love to hear it.

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I've traveled the world, built financial independence, and made a career out of something I love. And for most of my life, none of it meant I was living, it meant I was surviving very well.

This episode starts with one question my boyfriend asked me last year, and follows it all the way back to a childhood in Colombia built on scarcity, a mom who left when I was six, and a belief that nothing good comes without suffering first. It's about what happens when your life finally works and you still can't let yourself enjoy it.

We talk about power, voice, boundaries, intuition, self-worth, and the messy, human, imperfect work of coming home to who you already are.

If you're in a season of searching, transformation, or reconnection — this podcast is for you.

And if this episode moved you, I'd love to hear it.

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Welcome to Present with Lis Roldan. This is my first episode in English, and it starts with a question that changed how I understand abundance.

A year ago, in the middle of a deep meditation, I asked myself something simple and uncomfortable: was I using everything I already have? Not only the external things. But the skills. The gifts. The parts of myself I'd been quietly hiding for years.

In this episode I talk about:

– Why abundance isn't about having more, but about using what's already here

– What scarcity actually sounds like (hint: it's rarely just about money)

– Growing up in a home where silence was survival, and how that shaped my relationship with worth and visibility

– Why I'm a tattoo artist with fourteen years of experience, and what that has to do with any of this

This is a space for real conversations with my everyday self. No script, no performance, just honesty and the questions I'm still asking.

What is there, waiting for you to start using?

If you're in a season of searching, transformation, or reconnection — this podcast is for you.

And if this episode moved you, I'd love to hear it.

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En este episodio comparto una decisión muy personal: empezar a crear contenido en inglés después de meses de postergarlo.

A partir de ahí reflexiono sobre los dones que ya tenemos, el miedo a no hacerlo perfecto y la importancia de confiar en eso que ya está dentro de nosotros esperando ser expresado.

Un episodio sobre expansión, coherencia y la valentía de dar el siguiente paso, incluso cuando todavía no nos sentimos completamente listas.

If you're in a season of searching, transformation, or reconnection — this podcast is for you.

And if this episode moved you, I'd love to hear it.

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Hay una palabra en sánscrito que me cambió profundamente la forma de entender las relaciones humanas, la comparación y la abundancia: Muditā.

Muditā significa sentir alegría genuina por el bienestar de otros. Alegrarnos sinceramente cuando alguien sana, crece, prospera, encuentra amor, cumple sus sueños o se transforma.

Y aunque parece algo muy simple, en realidad puede ser profundamente retador.

Porque muchas veces el éxito, la belleza, el amor o la expansión de otras personas despiertan en nosotros comparación, inseguridad, ego, frustración o sensación de carencia. Y sin darnos cuenta, dejamos de ver realmente al otro para mirar únicamente aquello que sentimos que nos falta.

En este episodio hablo sobre:

• la comparación constante,
• la mentalidad de escasez,
• la dificultad de celebrar genuinamente a otros,
• la presencia como acto de amor,
• las relaciones donde sentimos competencia silenciosa,
• cómo transformar la carencia en abundancia,
• y cómo aprender a alegrarnos por los demás también expande nuestra propia capacidad de recibir.

También comparto reflexiones personales sobre amistades, redes sociales, crecimiento personal y cómo este concepto apareció en mi vida en un momento muy importante de transformación.

Porque la luz de otra persona no disminuye la nuestra.

Y tal vez una de las prácticas espirituales más profundas que existen es aprender a celebrar sinceramente la felicidad de otros, incluso cuando todavía estamos esperando ciertas cosas para nuestra propia vida.

If you're in a season of searching, transformation, or reconnection — this podcast is for you.

And if this episode moved you, I'd love to hear it.

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Vivimos tan acostumbrados a la crítica, al juicio y a la exigencia, que muchas veces dejamos de notar el peso que eso tiene sobre nuestra mente, nuestro cuerpo y nuestra vida.

En este episodio hablo sobre la autocrítica, el perfeccionismo, el miedo al juicio y la forma tan violenta en la que muchas veces nos habitamos internamente. También comparto cómo la espiritualidad, la meditación y una reflexión muy profunda que tuve en India me ayudaron a empezar a relacionarme conmigo desde un lugar mucho más compasivo y amoroso.  

Hablo sobre:

* La relación entre la crítica hacia otros y la autocrítica.

* El miedo constante a equivocarnos.

* La necesidad de sentirnos suficientes.

* Ahimsa y la no violencia hacia uno mismo.

* El perfeccionismo y la autoexigencia.

* La compasión como práctica diaria.

* Las enseñanzas de Ram Dass.

* Cómo aprender a habitar la vida desde más amor y menos juicio.

Si alguna vez has sentido que tu propia mente puede convertirse en un lugar agotador, espero que este episodio pueda acompañarte 🤍

If you're in a season of searching, transformation, or reconnection — this podcast is for you.

And if this episode moved you, I'd love to hear it.

Follow the show, and come find me on Instagram @lisroldantattoo.

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