🌿 EPISODE 1 — Origin Story: What Shapes Our Capacity?
Capacity Conversations: A Podcast for the Millennial Soul
In our very first episode, we explore the question at the center of this entire series:
Where does our sense of capacity actually come from — and who taught us what we were allowed to want, need, or become?
This conversation begins with our origin stories:the identities we inherited, the roles we were shaped into, the cultural expectations we absorbed, and the silent rules of survival we learned before we ever understood the word “capacity.”
Together, Raquel and Sarah unpack:
🌱 What we inherit from our lineages
How our families, cultures, and early environments decide what we believe is “possible,” “too much,” or “not enough.”How immigrant stories, millennial pressures, and generational survival strategies shape our self-concept.
🌱 The gap between who we were told to be vs. who we actually are
The earliest moments where we learned to shrink, overperform, self-sacrifice, or hyper-independently cope.Why millennial identity feels fractured — and how to begin reclaiming the lost pieces.
🌱 The nervous system as storyteller
Why your capacity is not just emotional or mental — it’s physiological.How your body keeps track of your history even when your mind has moved on.
🌱 Identity as scaffolding
How our origin stories create the blueprint for how we show up in relationships, career, self-worth, money, creativity, and purpose.Why understanding your origin story is the first step toward expanding your capacity.
🌱 The myths we absorbed growing up
The “good girl,” the “responsible one,” the “fixer,” the “overachiever,” the “strong one,” the “first-gen achiever,” the “invisible one,” and more.How these identities protected us — and how they limit us now.
🌱 The real purpose of an origin story
Not to blame the past, but to understand why our present looks the way it does — and how to create a different future from a place of choice, not conditioning.
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Raquel Sands: Clarity Strategist & Digital Designer helping freedom-seekers create and sustain peace, purpose, and prosperity on their terms.Substack: raquelsands.substack.com
Sarah Liljegren: Holistic Realtor® and Nature Connection Facilitator exploring ancestral connection, nervous system capacity, and modern millennial survival.
Substack: rewildingrealestate.substack.com
