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Welcome to my Substack Notes — a collection of shorter insights on topics that I’m interested in or inspired to reflect on deeper!
Action — take it in any direction that moves you toward what you want. However small, imperfect, or even seemingly untimely or illogical — it all counts. It all counts.
Sometimes what we want requires us to move toward it — and that is the lesson in itself.
So remember, even if you took 5 steps backward yesterday or no steps at all, today you have a chance to reset. A chance to restart. A chance to take another first step. As many as it takes — from experience, it’s always okay to start again (me now).
Follow your inner compass. Every step forward brings you closer to what you want, and builds momentum for the adventure ahead.
To momentum. You and me both. 🤍
– Carmen Iglesias
Daily Momentum
A powerful reminder about taking action toward your goals.
I’ve been reflecting on the idea of wholeness lately — probably because I spent so much of my life living as a partial version of myself. And I recognize that approach no longer works for me as I step into what I call my Act II.
For years, I was too focused on traditional obligations: career, external achievements, and meeting everyone else’s expectations. In doing so, I didn’t realize I was sacrificing a major part of myself. The part that inspires me and simply is — imaginative, adventurous, colorful, playful, soulful. That part never really saw the light of day for years.
Add to that the wounds I’ve carried (which I talk about in my podcast episodes), and it’s no wonder I lost connection to my full self and settled for a life that, while externally successful, often felt less vibrant than I’m capable of living.
Now, as I prepare for this next major act of life, my focus (and lesson) is clear: no settling, no partial living, no more sacrificing.
We all deserve to live as fully, vibrantly, and authentically as we can — embracing every part of who we are — surprises and all. That’s my intention and my wish for myself as well.
I do believe we get to make that choice at any time (there has only ever been now). And since we only get one life as the person we are, why not do what we can to make it joyful, adventurous, and deeply alive? 🤍
– Carmen Iglesias
Choosing Vibrance
Reflections on wholeness and embracing your full self.
