What We Made Possible

021. Healing-Centered Leadership: A Pathway to Meaningful Change with Noilyn Mendoza

• Patricia Dayleg • Season 1 • Episode 21

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On today’s episode, I’m sitting down with my longtime friend, Noilyn Mendoza.

We dive into what it really looks like to listen to your spirit when the work you’ve poured yourself into starts to become unsustainable. What's it like when burnout, duty, and big moments (like the 2016 election) force you to ask: are you living in alignment, or just going through the motions? Noylin shares so openly about her own decade-long journey of unlearning, the ways motherhood cracked her heart wide open, and what it means to root possibility in ancestral resilience, even when headlines make hope feel scarce.

There’s wisdom here about the hard moments: feeling lost, the heaviness of grief, and reckoning with identity and purpose when the systems around us falter. But there’s also lightness: laughter, reconnecting with community and culture, and discovering that sometimes healing is as simple (and revolutionary) as stepping outside, touching the earth, letting yourself rest, and being witnessed by people who care.

Noylin reminds us that transformation doesn’t always look like striving; sometimes it’s about slowing down, honoring our dignity, and remembering that building a better future means tending to ourselves and each other, right here and now.

About Noilyn Mendoza:

Noilyn Mendoza is a certified life and leadership coach, a savvy business and organizational strategist, and a Professional Pranic Healer. But her real title? She calls herself a "Soul Purpose Coach." Noilyn specializes in supporting changemakers who've lost their way and want to reignite their dreams. She's your bold dream navigator and champion, helping you shift from fear to action so you can start living the life you're truly meant to live. Her journey has taken her through 18 years in the public sector, advocating for immigrant healthcare access in NYC. 

Noilyn knows firsthand how easy it is to put others' needs first and forget about your own dreams. She now guides individuals at a pivotal moment in their lives to imagine again and rediscover their purpose. She's also the host of "Unlock Your Inner Creator," where she dives into enlightening conversations with brave pathfinders who dare to explore fresh ways of living, being, and doing. When she's not empowering people to step into their greatness, Noilyn engages in epic dance-offs with her kids, tends to her burgeoning green thumb, and continues her quest to fill her passport with stamps. She and her family live in sunny Southern California.

Where to find Noilyn:
Website: https://www.theradiantu.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theradiantu
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theradiantu
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UnlockYourInnerCreator
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/noilyn