103: Punishment/Castigo

Episode Title:
Punishment / Castigo

Show Notes:

In this episode, we’re talking about the kind of punishment that doesn’t come from a chancla — but from inside our own heads.

That voice that says, “You should be doing more.”
The guilt that creeps in when you rest.
The pressure to be productive, polished, and perfectly nice... even when you're running on empty.

Yeah. That.

I’ll share two moments from my own life where I confused punishment for discipline:
One where I tried to be That Girl — waking up at 5AM to be creative — and it completely backfired.
And one where I kept overextending myself in critique groups until I finally chose devotion to my own work instead.

This episode is a reminder that discipline doesn’t have to be mean.
It can be rooted in care.
It can be gentle.
It can come with cafecito and boundaries and saying no without apologizing.

Because you don’t have to punish yourself into becoming.
You’re already becoming. And you’re allowed to do it gently.

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