A Rebirth You Can Feel

A new podcast cover can be a cute refresh. Mine is a line in the sand. 

This bonus episode is personal, raw, and honestly a little sacred: I’m sharing what’s underneath my rebrand and why it feels like a rebirth. Chemo has changed my capacity, my energy, my voice, and the way I move through the world. When fatigue and brain fog hit, when perimenopause brings emotional waves, I can’t “power through” like I used to and that forces a bigger question: who am I without the performance? 

I talk about the old version of me that held expectations and roles, the identity of being the strong one, and why so many of us (especially Latinas and eldest daughters) learn to hold it all down until our bodies say ya no mas. Rebirth isn’t aesthetic. It’s messy, uncomfortable, and real. But on the other side, I’m not building from survival anymore, I’m building from alignment, making different choices, and protecting my bandwidth with more intention. 

If you’ve been feeling a pull to come back to yourself, I also created something simple and powerful: my Raíz Reset Ritual Checklist. It’s a step-by-step pause and reconnection practice with a limpia plus a little astrology and human design, and you can download it at dorapraxadis.com/reset. 

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Transcript

Bonus Rebrand And Rebirth

The Cover Reflects A Shift

Chemo Ends The Performance

Letting Go Of Being Strong

Rebuilding From Alignment

Protecting Bandwidth And Choosing Love

New Support And Email Community

Raíz Reset Ritual Checklist Invite

You’re Allowed To Evolve

Dora 1:30

Hey hey, welcome back to I'm Hita podcast. This is going to be a little different today. This is a bonus episode. And honestly, it feels really personal. Because I'm not just talking about a new podcast cover. I'm talking about a new version of me. A version of me that I didn't even know I was becoming. A version of me that has been stripped down, like I feel like a stripper, oh goodness. Shaken, or shook, as I like to say, and cracked open. Like una rosa, like a flower, like a rose. And of course, rebuilt. If you've been on this journey with me for a while, you've heard parts of my story. But what I'm in right now, this is something else. This is this feels, smells, and everything like a rebirth. And I wanted to sit with you and bring you into this very special sacred moment with me because this rebrand, it's not aesthetic. It's not just collars or fonts. I mean, I kind of kept it the same. It's embodiment. It's truth. It's alignment. Let's talk about the cover because I know some of you saw it and were like, okay, Dora, something shifted. And you're right. Everything shifted. The old version of me, she was holding so much. Holding expectations, holding roles, holding who she thought she needed to be. And again, this is like the version of me back in June of 2025 when I launched the podcast. And actually, I did my first trailer a year before that in May of 2024. So this thing has been in the works for about how old is my niece? She's seven. It's eight years. Ever since she was no bo no joke like conceived by my sister when I proposed the idea to do a podcast together. But I've been holding a lot, even in my business. And even my voice. My goodness, like sometimes I feel so raspy. And I've because of chemo, I've been going through like I feel like I burned my tongue in my mouth, like and I have to do like a wash. Maybe it's a T TMI for you, but it's it's real. It's one of the side effects of chemo. But this year, especially going through this chemo season, I don't have the capacity to pretend anymore. I don't it's like cut the bullshit. Like I am on a short fuse and my family knows it. I don't have the energy to perform. And there's something about that. That is actually so freeing to fucking say that out loud. Because when your body forces you to slow down, when your energy is limited, when you can't overgive, and you can give two fucks, you start asking yourself, who am I really? Without all of that. Okay, because as my mom would say, these meats are really hard to maintain. Like estas carnes are muy difficile y costosas de maintenance because you gotta eat, you know, you gotta keep these, you gotta keep this going. And that's when I realized this version of Amijita came from. And I know we're this is Holy Week, and I know I'm swearing and all that, but I did not give that up for Lent. So I wanna keep being super raw with you because sometimes I do drop my little I realized on lunch with one of my friends last weekend that I am a putty mouth. I didn't realize it, especially when I got zapped multiple times for my injection, self-injectable thingy, um in a public place. Oh goodness. I want to be real with you. This journey hasn't been easy. There are days where I feel so strong, so flipping strong, and there are days where I feel like uh do. And I ask myself, who am I even right now? Who am I? The fatigue, the brain fog, my husband hates this bamfrag of mine because I used to be like so on top of shit, and I'm not recently. But the one that has me going the most, especially especially with this perimenopause, is the emotional waves, the moments where I don't feel like myself. And even if you've ever gone through something like that, you know, it's not just physical, it's identity. Because you can't show up the way you used to. When your body is asking you to rest, when your mind is slower, when you start questioning everything, that's when I just go and take a nap and make everything go away. No, I'm just kidding. Um, that's when I realize, wow, I don't have the same stamina as I used to. And I question myself, am I still her? Am I still the strong one? Am I still the one that holds everything together? And that's where the work really begins. This part this is deep. Because so many of us, especially as Latinas, especially as eldest daughters, like yours truly, we are taught to be the strong one. The one who holds it down, the one who can't doesn't complain, the one who keeps going no matter what, like flip and choo-choo train. Like the train I can, I train I can. But what happens when your body says no more? Ya no mas what happens when you physically cannot be that version anymore? That's where I found myself. And at first I resisted it, it was hard. But now I'm starting to see that this is not breaking me. It's actually me shedding. Like a snake. And my husband just recently watched that anaconda movie on that like some I I have my thoughts, but anyway, it was really funny. But I feel like yeah, like an anaconda, like or a snake shedding. This year for me is a year of rebirth. And rebirth is not cute, it's not aesthetic, it's not cosmetically aesthetic anyway, it's not a highlight reel. It's messy, it's uncomfortable, it's uncertain, and it's also truth because I'm no longer building from survival, I'm building from alignment. This version of me, she moves differently, she speaks differently, she chooses differently. And this podcast is evolving with me, and so are you. And that sounds like a declaration of something totally new that I'm elevating to. This sense of luxury of feeling like a million dollars, because God knows that I've had a million dollars worth of work on me by now with chemo and plastic surgeries, and I'm actually having another one in June. It's something that I never envisioned myself like doing a lot of firsts, but that's where you're joining me along the way, and I appreciate you for that. And I know that there's so many people encountering challenges right now, especially challenging times, and I am a little selfish in that regard where I don't watch the news, I don't listen to the news, I don't um engage with it much, honestly. I live in my bubble. Uh, I do go on social, and I and if you want to follow me, definitely follow me there and document my journey. But for the most part, I keep myself in the sacred bubble and I come out when I want to. And I do interact with people and I do interact with stories in that that I choose where to go for my news intake. But for the most part, I'm not worrying about shit that doesn't I can't control. Um, I know it affects me and affects my loved ones and it affects other people. Um, but that's stuff that I don't have bandwidth right now. And I didn't have bandwidth for it before, any anyway. Um, but that's a personal choice. And I just want to tell you that whatever challenge you're going through, like I feel you. Um, that's where I want you to use me as a resource. If it's through this podcast or signing up for a class or whatever it may be, interacting, just know that I'm sending you healing energy right now as we speak or as I speak. Um and I just want to contribute love in this world. And every person that I encounter, I wake up every day and I ask God, please let me help those that I encounter on a daily basis. Even if it's with a smile or a hug or sending an email, following up on uh on WhatsApp or a message or a phone call or visiting. Like that's where I appreciate everyone so much. And I know my love transcends and heals. And so I know that I have a special gift of like encountering and navigating difficult situations or challenging situations for that matter, and people, because that's what I do on a daily job for my nine to five is having difficult conversations, crunching numbers, being accountable. Um, so I'm your girl, I'm your girl for those things. And I also like astrology, human design, and all the other things. So I'm a Pandora box when it comes to things that I know. There are so many things that I'm working on right now for you. Things I haven't even shared publicly yet. I'm kind of scared. New offerings, new spaces, new ways to support you, or on your journey. And if I'm being honest, a lot of that I share first with my email community. Because that's where I can be closer to you. That's where I can go deeper. That's where I can be real in real time instead of waiting on this podcast every week. Although I do record them really close to when I release them. And that has caused me to call in support. Unfortunately, I have people that support me, but now I'm calling in even more support when it comes to all the various projects that I'm doing, and people here in my household do support me quite a bit. So shout out to Feely, Julian, Jocelyn, and Tlachi because he also helps me keep myself sane. He's definitely considered the baby of the household. My four-year-old Cholo Squinkle. He just turned, Glaci just turned four. Um, it's amazing that time flies, but he is definitely. At first I had my doubts on the spirituality, a spiritual dog, but it's more of like his mood. Like he can be crazy, goofy, cuddly. He's only cuddly with me though. Um, nobody else in this world, I think. Um he does love feely though, because he's the authority alpha, but I'm mommy, and so I love being in mommy mode, and he is my baby. So if you've been listening, if you've been feeling this pull, if something in you is like, okay, there's more here that I want to explore, I want to invite you in. I created something special for you. My raíz reset ritual checklist. It's simple, but it's powerful. It's a moment for you to pause, to reconnect, to come back to yourself, and that's where I walk through step by step on how to do a limpia, um, astrology, a little human design in there. And you can download it at dorapraxadis.com slash reset. I'll also drop the link in the show notes. And when you join, you're not just getting like a ritual checklist, you're actually stepping into my world. That's where I can send you an email on all the happenings that are coming up, and that way you can engage on what you feel is aligned for you in that moment. I'm so excited and looking forward to it. If no one has told you this lately, you are allowed to change. You are allowed to evolve. You are allowed to become someone new. Even if it feels unfamiliar, even if it feels uncomfortable, even if you don't fully recognize yourself yet, because that might actually mean you're finally becoming who you were always meant to be. We're stepping out of that comfort zone. Yay! As my coach would say, you're embodying a whole new identity. So I want to thank you for being here with me in this version of me, and I'll see you in the next one. Love ya. Bye. And sending you so much healing energy.