Posts by Astrid Ruiz
How Transitions Help You Become More Recognizable to Yourself
Issue 180, August 14, 2026 ✨ Higher Power Coaching & Consulting ✨ Last week, we explored how unexpected changes can become detours in our lives, even when we didn’t choose them and would never have asked for them. This week, we’re moving into the identity questions that transitions often bring to the surface. These questions…
Read MoreEp. 364: How to Create New Routines Without Setting Yourself Up to Fail
Send us Fan Mail As summer winds down, many of us start imagining the organized, disciplined person we’re finally going to become in the fall. The problem is that we often create new routines for an ideal version of ourselves at the exact moment our lives are getting busier. When we can’t maintain the plan,…
Read MoreEp. 363: How to Use Life Transitions to Become Who You Want to Be
Send us Fan Mail In this week’s episode 363 of the Fragmented to Whole Podcast, I’m talking about life transitions and why the biggest change often isn’t what’s happening around you—it’s the shift in your identity. Whether you’re becoming an empty nester, changing careers, retiring, ending a relationship, or entering a new season of life,…
Read MoreWhat Self-Sabotage Really Is and How to Stop Abandoning Yourself
Issue 178, July 31, 2026 ✨ Higher Power Coaching & Consulting ✨ Self-trust isn’t built by always making the right decision. It’s built by staying on your own side after you make one. When people talk about self-sabotage, they often describe it as though some inexplicable part of them is determined to ruin their lives.…
Read MoreEp. 362: Why Making Decisions Feels So Unsafe and How to Trust Yourself Anyway
Send us Fan Mail In this week’s episode 362 of the Fragmented to Whole Podcast, I’m talking about why so many people struggle to make decisions—and why the real issue often isn’t a lack of information. It’s a lack of internal safety. Many of us spend hours weighing options, asking for advice, researching every possibility,…
Read MoreEp. 361: How Recovery and Boundaries Changed One Woman’s Relationship with Herself with Guest Ilene Z
In this week’s episode 361 of the Fragmented to Whole Podcast, I’m joined by my former private coaching client, Ilene, for a heartfelt conversation about what happened after years of doing the work of recovery and boundary-building. Rather than focusing on theory, this episode explores what these concepts actually looked like in one woman’s life—how…
Read MoreEp. 360: How I Learned to Trust Myself (and Why Boundaries Were the Missing Piece)
In thIn this week’s episode 360 of the Fragmented to Whole Podcast, I’m sharing how my understanding of self-trust completely changed through recovery. For years, I believed I had a “bad picker” when it came to relationships. But over time, I realized the bigger issue wasn’t choosing unhealthy partners—it was staying long after I knew…
Read MoreEp. 359: Solo, Recovery, Boundary Setting, Relationships, Emotional Support, Focus on Self
In this week’s episode 359 of the Fragmented to Whole Podcast, I’m talking about something many of us have experienced but struggle to describe: what to do when someone makes you question your own reality. If you grew up in an environment where your feelings were dismissed, your experiences were minimized, or your perception was…
Read MoreWhen Your First Reaction Isn’t Really About Today (and How to Change That)
Issue 175, July 10, 2026 ✨ Higher Power Coaching & Consulting ✨ Your nervous system and your thinking haven’t been updated yet. Have you ever found yourself reacting to something and later wondered, Why did I get so upset about that? Maybe someone misunderstood your intentions, and you immediately felt defensive. Someone didn’t respond to…
Read MoreWhy So Many Women Feel Trapped When They’re Not
Issue 174, July 3, 2026 ✨ Higher Power Coaching & Consulting ✨ One of the phrases I hear most often from clients is some version of “I have to.” Sometimes the language is a little different. People tell me they “need” to do something or that they “should” do something. But underneath those phrases is…
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