Posts by Astrid Ruiz
Why Staying in Your Own Lane Is One of the Most Loving Things You Can Do
Issue 171, June 12, 2026 ✨ Higher Power Coaching & Consulting ✨ One of the most important things I learned about boundaries came from recovery meetings. And honestly, when I first encountered it, I hated it. It’s called the “no cross-talk” rule. When someone shares during a meeting, you don’t interrupt them. You don’t comment…
Read MoreEp. 355: Social Boundaries: How to Stay Connected to Yourself Around Other People
In this week’s episode 355 of the Fragmented to Whole Podcast, I’m talking about social boundaries and what it means to stay connected to yourself while being connected to other people. For much of my life, social situations were exhausting because I constantly overrode my own needs, limits, and preferences in order to make other…
Read MoreHow to Create Safer Relationships Using the Rules of the Road
Issue 170, June 5, 2026 ✨ Higher Power Coaching & Consulting ✨ How to Create Safer Relationships Using the Rules of the Road One day, I was driving home from my sweetheart’s house when I found myself getting irritated at a familiar sight. There’s a particular intersection where people frequently turn left on red. It’s…
Read MoreEp. 354: How to Stop Over-Giving When Friendships Feel One-Sided
In this week’s episode 354 of the Fragmented to Whole Podcast, I’m talking about social boundaries, over-functioning in friendships, and what happens when relationships quietly become dependent on your emotional labor, effort, and self-abandonment. When I first entered recovery, I thought my relationship struggles were mostly about romantic relationships. What I eventually realized was that…
Read MoreHow to Practice Self-Care Without Feeling Selfish
Issue 169, May 29, 2026 ✨ Higher Power Coaching & Consulting ✨ One of the biggest misconceptions people have about self-care is that it’s mostly about adding things to your life: bubble baths, massages, vacations, pedicures, yoga classes, meditation apps. And while there’s absolutely nothing wrong with any of those things, most people don’t actually…
Read MoreEp. 353: What My Coaching Clients Taught Me About Internal Safety
Send us Fan Mail In this week’s episode 353 of the Fragmented to Whole Podcast, I’m sharing some of the biggest insights that emerged after analyzing 12 different coaching sessions with clients struggling with boundaries, self-care, guilt, resentment, and emotional overwhelm. What became clear is that most people do not actually need more information about…
Read MoreWhy Self-Care Isn’t Always Healthy
Issue 168, May 22, 2026 ✨ Higher Power Coaching & Consulting ✨ Not everything that looks like self-care actually nourishes you. Sometimes what we call “self-care” is actually avoidance. Sometimes what looks like rest is shutdown. And sometimes what feels like helping is really self-abandonment in disguise. And that’s why I think one of the…
Read MoreEp. 352: Burnout, Compassion Fatigue, and Why Self-Care Is a Professional Responsibility
Send us Fan Mail In this week’s episode 352 of the Fragmented to Whole Podcast, I’m talking about burnout, compassion fatigue, and the deeper reason so many people struggle to consistently care for themselves—even when they know how important self-care is. This episode was inspired by a conversation I saw online about self-care in the…
Read MoreWhy Fighting Your Feelings Is Exhausting You and How to Stop
Issue 167, May 15, 2026 ✨ Higher Power Coaching & Consulting ✨ There’s a phrase I heard years ago by the Buddhist teacher Cheri Huber that completely changed the way I relate to emotions: “You are responsible for your feelings, not for your feelings.” At the time, I understood it intellectually. But I don’t think…
Read MoreEp. 351: Letting Go and Letting God: The Long Walk from Pleasing Others to Purpose with Guest Art Blanchford
Send us Fan Mail In this week’s episode 351 of the Fragmented to Whole Podcast, I’m talking about a form of self-abandonment that many high-achieving people don’t recognize because it’s often disguised as ambition, productivity, or “doing it for yourself.” This episode explores the difference between genuinely caring for yourself and organizing your entire life…
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