Pivotal Moments

Did you know people cycle out 50% of our friend-circle every 7 years? On this episode, Melissa and Siria share tips and stories on how to nurture your friendships to help feel you more connected to your people. Shout out to Celeste Hartwell for creating Lady's Social Club out in Vermont and Jody Moore out in Southern California for creating and hosting Crappy Dinner Parties--all in the effort to nurture friendships.   Love the show? Follow, rate & review us wherever you listen to your podcast! Join the Pivotal Moments HQ community today: Instagram  Youtube  Twitter  Tiktok Website Have an idea for a topic you'd like to hear us go deep on for our next season? You can email Siria at siria@pivotalmomentshq.com to suggest your topic for us to consider.

Siria and Melissa are back! They share what we have been up to, ways to support our upcoming projects, and what we are going to be doing with this here little podcast. We will be continuing the pod, dropping monthly episodes till episode 100. Then, we are taking a planned break and coming back with seasons! We are very excited to try this new seasons model with you. If you have a theme you would like us to consider, let us know. Join Siria's email list here. Siria is sending tips and tools directly to your inbox to help you overcome overwhelm and anxiety to avoid burnout.  Love the show? Follow, rate & review us wherever you listen to your podcast! Join the Pivotal Moments HQ community today: Instagram  Youtube  Twitter  Tiktok Website Album Photo by Jan Antonin Kolar on Unsplash

On this episode, Melissa and Siria talk about power dynamics. You will learn about power dynamics and how fighting for power impacts your relationships. Love the show? Follow, rate & review us wherever you listen to your podcast! Join the Pivotal Moments HQ community today: Instagram  Youtube  Twitter  Tiktok Website

This is our special 2-year anniversary episode! On this special episode, Melissa and Siria share their top lessons from podcasting over the last two-years. This episode is full of tips and ancedotes for those who love the show and for those looking to take on a podcast project of their own. Love the show? Follow, rate & review us wherever you listen to your podcast! Join the Pivotal Moments HQ community today: Instagram  Youtube  Twitter  Tiktok Website 

It can be difficult to continue to show up when we are feeling attacked or disempowered. On this episode you will learn how to continue to live an empowered life and not get derailed by negative news. Siria and Melissa  briefly discuss the overturning of Roe v. Wade, share how we have handled the influx of negative news, and provide you with tools and resources to help you make informed decisions to take action.  Love the show? Follow, rate & review us wherever you listen to your podcast! Join the Pivotal Moments HQ community today: Instagram  Youtube  Twitter  Tiktok Website 

Melissa and Siria discuss the importance of legacy building. We cover emotional and social legacies and how long term thinking can help you live into your values on a daily basis. Siria shares how the book The Good Ancestor by Roman Krznaric impacted her recently in her thinking of legacy building. Love the show? Follow, rate & review us wherever you listen to your podcast! Join the Pivotal Moments HQ community today: Instagram  Youtube  Twitter  Tiktok Website 

On this episode, Siria and Melissa share their thoughts on "It DIdn't Start With You" by Mark Wolynn. This book is about generational trauma and took each of them on a ride they were not expecting. While the book has some science, it was an intense advanced read on healing your relationship with your parents to promote inner healing. Love the show? Follow, rate & review us wherever you listen to your podcast! Join the Pivotal Moments HQ community today: Instagram  Youtube  Twitter  Tiktok Website

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. On this episode, Melissa and Siria discuss the importance of reducing the stigma on mental health to help normalize mental health issues as a lot more people are dealing with them than you may think. They discuss the various stigmas, early warning signs, and share insight on tools that have helped them deal with life's many ups and downs.    Love the show? Follow, rate & review us wherever you listen to your podcast! Join the Pivotal Moments HQ community today: Instagram  Youtube  Twitter  Tiktok Website  

Difficult conversations are no cake walk, but we will all have them. Whether it is a hard conversation with a loved one or giving your notice for the first time, we all engage in these conversations in our lives. On this episode, Siria and Melissa will give FOUR reasons why you need to have those difficult conversations NOW. They explore why these conversations are hard, share some of their stories, and give you concrete tools to help you prepare. Love the show? Follow, rate & review us wherever you listen to your podcast! Join the Pivotal Moments HQ community today: Instagram  Youtube  Twitter  Tiktok Website 

What are social supports systems? On this episode, Melissa and Siria discuss why social support systems are important for your wellbeing, and how to assess your current support systems. Get your notebooks out, there are LOTS of powerful questions to help guide you and to make sure you have a healthy support network for when you need it. Love the show? Follow, rate & review us wherever you listen to your podcast! Join the Pivotal Moments HQ community today: Instagram  Youtube  Twitter  Tiktok Website

The Pivotal Moments HQ team invites Melissa Boudreau, Host of the CYCLE podcast, on this special BONUS take-over episode in our efforts to spread awareness during Endometriosis Awareness Month. You can follow Melissa Boudreau and learn more about the CYCLE podcast here.   Love the show? Follow, rate & review us wherever you listen to your podcast! Join the Pivotal Moments HQ community today: Instagram  Youtube  Twitter  Tiktok Website

In honor of, and to bring awareness to, Endometriosis Awareness Month, Melissa and Siria interview one of the pod's favorite guests, Megan Robaina. In addition to being a Transman, Megan is also afflicted with Endometriosis. Megan talks about how Endo impacted his transition, delayed his hormone treatment, and graciously answered several questions from the Endo & Endometriosis subreddit communities. Starting in April, Pivotal Moments HQ will go to a modified schedule for the spring and summer. We will be posting every other week till June and then go to once a month. Don't worry, we are still going strong, only slowing down for a bit. Be sure to follow us on all the socials for your dose of Melissa & Siria between episodes. Love the show? Follow, rate & review us wherever you listen to your podcast! Join the Pivotal Moments HQ community today: Instagram  Youtube  Twitter  Tiktok Website

Stress impacts the body and different body systems in so many ways. From our endocrine, digestive, and cardivasculor system, no part of us is left unscathed. On this episode, Melissa and Siria share how they deal with stress and give you multiple tried and true techniques to help you manage your stress. Love the show? Follow, rate & review us wherever you listen to your podcast! Join the Pivotal Moments HQ community today: Instagram  Youtube  Twitter  Tiktok Website 

Have you ever said to yourself: I need to give myself some grace? Or has someone told you, you need more self-compassion? If so, you'll definitely want to listen to this episode as you'll learn how to use childhood pictures of yourself to increase your self-compassion and lean into your life giving force. Love the show? Follow, rate & review us wherever you listen to your podcast! Join the Pivotal Moments HQ community today: Instagram  Youtube  Twitter  Tiktok Website

Healthy boundaries promote well-being and provide the framework for a deeper connection to others; however, many of the boundaries we create are from the wrong frame of mind. In this episode, introduce a reframe that will shift how you view boundary work. Love the show? Follow, rate & review us wherever you listen to your podcast! Join the Pivotal Moments HQ community today: Instagram  Youtube  Twitter  Tiktok Website 

The problem with chasing happiness is… it doesn't work. In fact, the formula many of us have for happiness is backwards! On this episode, Melissa and Siria provide tips on how you can change your formula for happiness, stay in the moment to experience the now, and share how happiness impacts your brain. This is the last week to send us love letters for Podcash! Submit your letter between now and March 4 here.  Love the show? Follow, rate & review us wherever you listen to your podcast! Join the Pivotal Moments HQ community today: Instagram  Youtube  Twitter  Tiktok Website 

Planning ahead can be a bit of a guessing game, but how do you respond when life throws you a curve ball? On this episode you'll learn how our best laid plans are, well, just that. Life threw Melissa and Siria challenges that drove them into anxiety and work overdrive. Together they share their experiences and what they learned during this season of sacrifice. We need your help! The podcast is in the running for sponsorship money from podcash and they want to hear from you.Between now and March 4, go to the link in our bio on all the things and tell podcash what you love about the show. Judges will be able to read your Love Letters as one of the factors of our application.  https://www.podcash.com/love-letters/pngEn Love the show? Follow, rate & review us wherever you listen to your podcast! Join the Pivotal Moments HQ community today: Instagram  Youtube  Twitter  Tiktok Website

On this episode you will learn about the four psychological money profiles, the strength and weakness of each profile, and how you can move forward in improving your financial wellness.  Send us Love Letters here! We can't wait to read what you have to say. TIA  Love the show? Follow, rate & review us wherever you listen to your podcast! Join the Pivotal Moments HQ community today: Instagram  Youtube  Twitter  Tiktok Website 

Time to talk money! On this episode you'll hear how the relationship with money is one of our oldest and longest relationships and we share tips to help you improve your financial wellness. We invite our friend and financial coach Mayra Garcia, the Debt-Free Latina, to join today's discussion. We loved this topic so much that we will cover money over two-episodes and this is part 1. Looking to send us love letters? Yes, please.  https://www.podcash.com/love-letters/pngEn  Love the show? Follow, rate & review us wherever you listen to your podcast! Join the Pivotal Moments HQ community today: Instagram  Youtube  Twitter  Tiktok Website 

What is intimacy? It's not sex, but is crucial for your wellbeing. You'll learn about the different types of intimacy, why intimacy is hard, and tips to help you foster more intimacy in your relationship.

Do you like who you see when you look in the mirror or step on the scale? Many of us tend to fixate on our shortcomings rather than celebrate what makes us unique. On this episode, you will learn how self-acceptance is formed, the importance of being comfortable in your own skin, and get four tips to help you increase your self-acceptance. Love the show? Follow, rate & review us wherever you listen to your podcast! Join the Pivotal Moments HQ community today: Instagram  Youtube  Twitter  Tiktok Website   

Is your saboteur ruining your life? Does your people pleaser come out and make you over commit? Or perhaps your perfectionism makes it impossible to make a decision for fear it's the wrong one? On this episode, you will learn about Positive Intelligence, the saboteur quiz, and how to identify your saboteurs so you can gain a better understanding about yourself and live an empowered life. You can even take the test here to identify your top saboteurs. Love the show? Follow, rate & review us wherever you listen to your podcast! Join the Pivotal Moments HQ community today: Instagram  Youtube  Twitter  Tiktok Website  

Why is it so hard to create or break habits? In this episode, we introduce the "Habit Loop"- the psychological pattern we engage in during habit creation. We discuss how you can use neuroplasticity to help rewire your brain to move in the direction you want and share helpful strategies to increase your chances of making desired habits stick!

Moods impact our thoughts and behavior, so it's no surprise that our moods also play a CRITICAL role when setting intentions. In this episode, we talk about being in the correct headspace when crafting your intention and provide further assistance on setting your 2022 intentions in the form of powerful questions. Love the show? Follow, rate & review us wherever you listen to your podcast! Join the Pivotal Moments HQ community today: Instagram  Youtube  Twitter  Website 

It's been a long time since we have done one of these recap episodes. You'll hear about the episodes that lit us up since our last recap, topics we would like to dive more into, and how the podcast is supporting our life purposes. Love the show? Follow, rate & review us wherever you listen to your podcast! Join the Pivotal Moments HQ community today: Instagram | Melissa Robaina _melissarobaina Youtube  Twitter  Website

On this episode you will learn how being selfish is grounded in our human need to survive. We show you how to reframe selfishness to self-orientation and how being self-oriented is really about prioritizing the relationship to yourself. Love the show? Follow, rate & review us wherever you listen to your podcast! Join the Pivotal Moments HQ community today: Instagram | Melissa Robaina _melissarobaina Youtube  Twitter  Website

On this episode you will learn about the inner dialogue and Self-criticism. We go over the pros and cons of self-criticism and how to identify if you are being too self-critical. We give you steps for how to become more self-compassionate.   Love the show? Follow, rate & review us wherever you listen to your podcast! Join the Pivotal Moments HQ community today: Instagram | Melissa Robaina _melissarobaina Youtube  Twitter  Website

Do you enjoy setting intentions or making New Year's resolutions? On the pod, we LOVE setting intentions and are excited to share not one, not two, but FIVE (count ‘em 5) different tools to help you set and live into your intentions (or resolutions) for 2022.   Love the show? Follow, rate & review us wherever you listen to your podcast! Book your visualization call with Siria here: https://calendly.com/siria-gutierrez/call-with-siria Join the Pivotal Moments HQ community today: Instagram Youtube  Twitter  Website

On today's episode, we talk about the 4 types of support systems all humans need. We discuss how connection with others is an innate part of being human, and how it impacts our emotional well-being. Love the show? Follow, rate & review us wherever you listen to your podcast! Join the Pivotal Moments HQ community today: Instagram Youtube  Twitter  Website

On this episode you will learn about family roles, the boundary spectrum (fascinating), and the boundary needs categories. Learning to identify your needs will help you establish the boundaries that work best for you. Book a complimentary coaching session with Siria today! Love the show? Follow, rate & review us wherever you listen to your podcast! Join the Pivotal Moments HQ community today: Instagram | Melissa Robaina _melissarobaina Youtube  Twitter  Website

On this episode we will get an update from our first guest, Megan Robaina, who recently underwent a milestone procedure of top-surgery. We encourage you to check out Episode 6 Awareness, Adversity & Advocacy & 7 Media and Self-Image to hear more about his journey as a proud transman. Love the show? Follow, rate & review us wherever you listen to your podcast! Join the Pivotal Moments HQ community today: Instagram | Melissa Robaina _melissarobaina Youtube  Twitter  Website 

Learn how to survive, dare we say thrive, this holiday season with new ideas and methods for spending time and protecting your peace this holiday season. We want to invite you to join the Center for Appreciative Inquiry's Monday Kick-starter holiday series. This free virtual series will help you transform negative, problematic, and stressful interactions with family and friends into life-giving and generative conversations. All are welcome to attend. https://www.centerforappreciativeinquiry.net/event/monday-kickstarter-holiday-series/ Love the show? Follow, rate & review us wherever you listen to your podcast! Join the Pivotal Moments HQ community today: Instagram |Siria Gutierrez siria_gutierrez_esq | Melissa Robaina _melissarobaina Youtube  Twitter  Website

Pivotal Moments HQ is taken over by Casey Jourdan, a friend and previous guest of the show, to give you a preview of her new podcast The Pursuit of Evolution. In this takeover episode, Casey explains why you need The Pursuit of Evolution in your feed, shares two ideas you need to build resilience, and facilitates a quick exercise to help you build gratitude and appreciation. Love the show? Follow, rate & review us wherever you listen to your podcast! Join the Pivotal Moments HQ community today: Podcast Instagram |Siria Gutierrez siria_gutierrez_esq | Melissa Robaina misse85 Youtube  Twitter  Website

We are so excited to share with you our recap of She Podcasts Live 2021 in Scottsdale, Arizona! We love connecting with other content creators and even meet our prior guest, Casey Jourdan. This episode is a bit different than what you're used to so we hope you enjoy it! Plus, you'll get a first-hand look at changes coming to Pivotal Moments HQ. Love the show? Follow, rate & review us wherever you listen to your podcast! Join the Pivotal Moments HQ community today: Instagram |Siria Gutierrez siria_gutierrez_esq | Melissa Robaina misse85 Youtube  Twitter  Website

Burnout is a common psychological experience felt by many around the world. In this episode, Siria and Melissa talk about what burnout is and how it differs from depression, the 6 risk factors used to identify burnout, and tips to help you reset from it. Love the show? Follow, rate & review us wherever you listen to your podcast! Join the Pivotal Moments HQ community today: Instagram |Siria Gutierrez siria_gutierrez_esq | Melissa Robaina misse85 Youtube  Twitter  Website  Album Art Photo by Claudia Wolff on Unsplash

October is Domestic Violence Awareness month. To raise awareness of the social and personal impact of domestic violence, Siria and Melissa have decided to re-release Surviving Chaos (episode 31). Trigger/Content warning: Siria's story involves domestic violence and self-harm. Listener discretion is advised. If you've been a victim of domestic violence, you can reach out to: 1-800-799-SAFE (7233).

Siria and Melissa honor Hispanic Heritage Month by celebrating their Latin roots. They cover a lot of ground in this episode starting with not all Hispanics speak the Español; next they discuss heritage months, Santeria, and talk a lot about food. Like a lot.

We all have experienced nostalgia at some point - but what does this mean? In this episode, Melissa and Siria delve into the psychology behind nostalgia. They talk about the origins of nostalgia, its positive mental health benefits, and how it ties us to other people.

To round out the resistance to change series, Melissa and Siria decided to re-release their Relinquishing Control episode that touches on this resistance. Melissa and Siria discuss relinquishing control, what makes it difficult, how it impacts our relationships, and share some steps on how to let shit go.

Siria and Melissa continue their series on resistance to change and get into one's predisposition. Their discussion led to labels, self identification, trauma responses, and even flip-phones and Iphone updates.

Melissa and Siria continue their series on the resistance to change taking a deeper look at the status quo. They discuss regret aversion, loss aversion, and the sunk cost fallacy. Photo by Frank OConnor on Unsplash

Siria and Melissa continue their series on resistance and discuss lack of trust and mistrust as a reason people resist change. They talk about lack of trust in organizations and in one's own skills. Photo by Dave Webb on Unsplash

Melissa and Siria start a new series on the reasons people resist change starting with FEAR. We break down fear into the fear of failure, fear of the unknown, fear of loss, and the fear of success. Photo by Tim Mossholder on Unsplash

Pivotal Moments is one-years old!! Melissa, Siria, and Ron go LIVE on Instagram to celebrate this momentous occasion. 

Siria and Melissa talk about Siria's trip to Costa Rica and experience with plant medicine at Rythmia. This “trip” changed her life and perspective. Siria went in seeking a reset and ended up healing her heart.

Holy crap - we are almost celebrating a year of podcasting! As Melissa and Siria enter their fourth quarter (Q4) as podcasters, they recap the last 13 episodes - sharing what stood out, their personal highlights, and their intentions for the next year.

Siria & Melissa discuss what it means to be in this Post-Pandemic Mode - this “PPM.” We talk about how we are each dealing with the emotional and physical changes in this PPM. We discuss social interactions and respecting and holding your own boundaries.

Melissa and Siria discuss integration of the self and how it is necessary for engaging in the world as your authentic self.

Siria and Melissa discuss the mental health benefits of fandom and being a fan. Yes, Melissa finally lets Siria discuss Supernatural. Joining the discussion is Dr. Lynn Zubernis, known in the SPN Fandom as: Fangasm. Dr. Zubernis has a PhD in clinical development and researches and writes about fandom.

On this special 50th episode, Siria and Melissa share some big news in their lives. They discuss the pivots that led to these events and share which pivots they have personally experienced since starting this podcast. Lastly, they both make REALLY big announcements - listen in to find out what!

Melissa and Siria discuss enmeshed families. They talk about how enmeshment can arise from trauma, identifying this particular family dynamic, and how you can start changing this for yourself.