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Align with Veronica PodcastAlign with Veronica PodcastWhen the Mirror Doesn’t Reflect You BackHealing the Fixer Pattern and the Pain of Self-AbandonmentHave you ever poured your heart into someone only to realize you were the only one truly present? This episode isn’t about a breakup. It’s about the pattern underneath it. The pattern of performing care, translating silence, and calling it love.In this reflection, I speak to the one who became the mirror…Not to reflect her truth, but to reflect someone else’s pain.Together, we’ll explore:Why you stay in relationships that don’t meet youThe grief that comes w...2025-05-2417 minAlign with Veronica PodcastAlign with Veronica PodcastThree Days to Grieve? That’s Not Grace.Three days to grieve a lifetime of love? That’s not grace. That’s deprivation.In this episode, I explore the emotional and cultural weight of bereavement and why so many of us are never given the time, space, or presence required to truly heal.  If you’d like to watch the full experience, including the visual energy and breath practice, visit my channel here: Grief isn’t just emotional… it’s relational. And too often, we are told to move on, return to normal, and “be strong” while carrying a loss that can’t be fixed in three d...2025-05-1913 minAlign with Veronica PodcastAlign with Veronica PodcastYou Were Never the Problem: The Truth Behind “I’m Not Enough”Have you ever caught yourself whispering, “I’m not enough”, not out loud, but somewhere deep beneath the surface of your life?You may not always say it, but you feel it in the way you hesitate to speak your truth… in the way you overextend, overperform, or quietly pull away. It’s not just a thought. It’s a belief. One that was born in a moment when you needed love, presence, and safety… and didn’t receive it.In today’s episode, we explore the wound beneath the words. You’ll learn why “not enough” isn’t a fl...2025-05-1014 minAlign with Veronica PodcastAlign with Veronica PodcastLet Life Season You: Letting Go Without Losing YourselfWhat if change isn’t something to fear, control, or avoid, but something meant to season you?In this episode, I explore how we move through life’s transitions without losing ourselves in the process. From impermanence to ego, from somatic resistance to embodied remembrance, this reflection invites you to pause, feel, and return to the truth beneath the noise.We’ll explore:The difference between being aged and being seasonedWhy ego resists change (and how it distorts your experience of life)How the nervous system holds your truth—even when the mind doesn’tWhy desir...2025-05-0715 minAlign with Veronica PodcastAlign with Veronica PodcastHow to Tell When Ego Is Running Your Life (and What to Do Instead)But beneath it all, there’s a deeper seat… The seat of consciousness. The soul. The one who sees.In this deeply reflective episode, I explore the original meaning of asana from yoga philosophy, not as a posture, but as a seat of awareness, and how it points to the state of mind we inhabit in daily life. You’ll be guided through the inner shift from ego to human to soul, and learn why discomfort isn’t something to escape… but something to stay with.We explore:What it really means to “take your sea...2025-05-0519 minAlign with Veronica PodcastAlign with Veronica PodcastThe World as Just So - A Softening Into What IsWhat if nothing is missing? What if your healing doesn’t require more effort, but more presence?In this episode, Veronica invites you to explore what it means to let go of striving, soften the grip of ego, and return to the rhythm that already lives within you. Inspired by a phrase once heard in an Alan Watts lecture—“the world as just so”—this reflection weaves yogic psychology, nervous system wisdom, and embodied awareness into a gentle reminder:Together, we explore:The illusion of control and how ego distorts presenceWhy true clarity comes not...2025-05-0111 minAlign with Veronica PodcastAlign with Veronica PodcastForgiveness Isn’t About the Other. It’s the Way Back to YourselfForgiveness, when it is real, is not about fixing the past but about freeing the present.In today’s episode, we slow down and explore what forgiveness really means. Not a performance, not a duty, and not something we do for others, but a sacred return to self.We’ll explore:Why true forgiveness cannot be forcedHow compassion creates the foundation for healingThe deeper meaning of forgiveness as surrenderWhy feeling your full truth must come before releaseYou'll also be guided through breath invitations and a closing practice to reconnect with your...2025-04-2916 minAlign with Veronica PodcastAlign with Veronica PodcastYou Don’t Need More Reminders. You Need to Remember.What if the reason you keep needing reminders… is because you haven’t fully remembered? In this episode, we explore the unseen cost of mental loops, the residue of unprocessed experiences, and the difference between being reminded and remembering.Here you'll find a spacious somatic pause and a process you can return to anytime you're caught in a loop. So, if you can, take a moment to slow down. Set your space…If you’re tired of knowing what to do but never fully feeling the shift, this is your invitation to return...2025-04-2327 minAlign with Veronica PodcastAlign with Veronica PodcastWhy Even Heal? Letting Go, Layer by LayerFor the moments when healing feels heavy and presence is the only way through.In this raw and reflective episode, I explore a question many of us ask, but few of us say out loud:What’s the point of healing if there’s still pain?Through personal story, breath, and reflection, I offer a grounded perspective on what it really means to heal, not to perfect yourself, not to escape discomfort, but to return to presence, even when life hurts.We’ll explore:The difference betwee...2025-04-2217 minAlign with Veronica PodcastAlign with Veronica PodcastWhat Your Body Remembers: Reclaiming Presence in a World That ForgotWhat does it really mean to be natural?Not what’s familiar. Not what’s been normalized.  But what your body remembers... instinctively, intuitively, without needing permission.In this deeply reflective episode, we explore how modern life has confused performance for presence and productivity for worth. We unpack the hidden cost of disconnection and offer a somatic pause to begin returning to the rhythm beneath the noise… the part of you that was never lost, only covered. Let this be an invitation, not to become someone new, but to remember...2025-04-1717 minAlign with Veronica PodcastAlign with Veronica PodcastSurrender Isn't a Concept. It's a Return to WholenessA somatic reminder when you're tired of holding it all together.In this episode, I invite you into a reflection on the true meaning of surrender, not as a passive letting go, but as a return to your natural state of presence, safety, and alignment. We’ll explore the wisdom of the breath, the hidden tension stored in the body, and how we unconsciously resist life’s flow.This episode includes a guided practice, somatic insights, and personal reflections that speak directly to the nervous system, helping you soften, reconnect, and release what you...2025-04-1321 minAlign with Veronica PodcastAlign with Veronica PodcastThe Presence You Never Got & the Love You Always HadWhat if love isn’t something you have to earn, decode, or chase? What if the way you've been trying to be loved is actually a reflection of what you never received?In this episode, I explore the raw truth behind the “love languages” we cling to—and what’s often hiding beneath them: absence, adaptation, and unspoken emotional needs. Drawing from my own experience of hypervigilance and staying small to stay safe, I guide you through the deeper question we must all ask: What is love, really?We’ll move through:The survival...2025-04-1016 minAlign with Veronica PodcastAlign with Veronica PodcastYou Don’t Have to Have It All Figured Out: Why One Step Is EnoughYou don’t have to have it all figured out to take one step forward. In this episode, I share why one imperfect, real step is enough and how to recognize when old patterns try to pull you back. We’ll talk about the discipline of yoga, the power of “now,” and four tools to help you come back to yourself. Resources & Links:Prefer to Read Along? You Don’t Have to Have It All Figured Out — Blog & TranscriptConnect with Veronica - Send her a message!Share Your R...2025-03-1710 minAlign with Veronica PodcastAlign with Veronica PodcastThe Power of Music: When Songs Speak to Your SoulHave you ever had a song stop you in your tracks, bringing up emotions you didn’t even know you were holding? Music isn’t just something we listen to… it’s something we feel. It has the power to break through emotional barriers, uncover hidden truths, and guide us toward healing.In this episode, we explore:How music reveals emotions we often suppress.The ways lyrics and melodies reflect our personal journeys.Why emotional walls form and how to start breaking them down.A personal story of how one song unexpectedly became a mirror for self-dis...2024-10-1610 minAlign with Veronica PodcastAlign with Veronica PodcastYour Story, Your Path: Breaking Free from Expectations & Rediscovering YourselfAre you living a life that truly feels like your own, or have you unknowingly adopted someone else’s story? In this episode, we explore how external narratives—whether from society, family, astrology, or past conditioning—can shape our sense of self and keep us disconnected from our truth.You’ll learn how to:Recognize where you’ve absorbed limiting narratives.Differentiate between external labels and your authentic self.Release stories that no longer serve you.Reconnect with your unique path and purpose.Like the lotus rising through the mud, you have the power to shed old l...2024-10-0106 min