Full Table, Empty Heart.

Welcome & Bienvenidos. This is Cuídate a community and podcast with Josefina H. Sanders, an artist, writer, and mindful art teacher.

Here on the podcast, we create space where vulnerability meets strength through storytelling, community, creativity, and care.

Make Yourself At Home, (or as my mom says) A La Orden.

In this episode, I share the quiet moment, last Thanksgiving when I realized I was grieving something still standing, and losing myself trying to save someone else.

This is for the ones sitting at a holiday table with a full plate but an empty heart.

For the ones holding their breath.

For the ones waking up slowly.

Topics:

• Silent breaking points & numbness

• Mom guilt & self-blame

• Choosing yourself without apology

• Leaving with love, not anger

• Healing in real time

Quote to Hold:

“Letting go didn’t break me, pretending did.”

Song Mentioned:

“Let Me Go” — Daniel Caesar

Journal Prompts:

• Where am I still holding my breath?

• What truth is my body whispering?

If this episode resonated, join the Cuídate community to go deeper, support my creative work, and help sustain this podcast and my small business.

Become a paid subscriber: https://cuidate.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=web&utm_source=subscribe-widget&utm_content=131192963Shop my stationery & journals: https://loveoffering.co/giftshop

Thank you for listening, for sharing, and for walking this healing journey with me.

You’re not alone.