The Rewrite with Caren

Caren Gomes
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The Rewrite is about finding the courage to pursue the life you already know you’re meant to live. If you’ve ever felt the tension between who you are today and who you know you’re capable of becoming, this conversation is for you. What you can expect from this podcast: • Honest conversations about growth and responsibility • Real-life reflections without hype or shortcuts • Practical perspective on stepping into alignment with your life This is thoughtful personal growth grounded in lived experience and decades of studying the principles shared by many of the great leaders in this space. If something here resonates with you, consider following and continue the journey. New episodes every Tuesday. This is The Rewrite — because your story isn’t finished yet.

  1. 5d ago

    Why Tiny Wins CHANGE Your Life Forever

    Why do small wins have such a massive impact on our long-term success? If you're working hard toward your goals and still feel stuck, this episode shows you why tiny, manageable steps can build more momentum than big pushes, and how to start today. In this episode we cover why big goals fade so fast (and why it isn't a willpower problem), what a tiny win actually looks like in real life from energy and money to relationships and work, why small progress builds motivation instead of waiting for it, why this kind of change lasts, the three traps that quietly get in the way, and three action steps you can use today. Key highlights: The Progress Principle: A study of 238 knowledge workers and nearly 12,000 daily diary entries found that making progress in meaningful work was the most important of the events that lifted mood and motivation. Building Persistence: A 2025 study of 570 third and sixth graders found that a few easier wins mixed in with hard math problems made kids more willing to take on more of the hard ones. Identity Formation: How repeated small wins act as proof of who you're becoming, helping new habits stick. Whether you're trying to build a new routine or get past procrastination, understanding the power of small wins can be a key to creating lasting change. Small enough to do on a tired day. Strong enough to change the direction of your life. #PersonalDevelopment #HabitBuilding #ProductivityTips #AtomicHabits #MotivationScience #ProgressPrinciple 📺 This is Episode 14 of Season 2 of The Rewrite with Caren. New episodes every week. Start from the beginning and catch up on everything you have missed. 📥 Download your free 10-Week Workbook: https://the-rewrite-with-caren.kit.com/249da9b73d ▶️ Earlier episode on waiting to feel ready: https://youtu.be/Y8Ivqg__OPM?si=ywBfUIBDRoSJy9tO ⬇️ CHAPTERS [0:00] Why Working Hard Still Feels Stuck [1:29] Why Big Goals Fade [2:32] What A Tiny Win Actually Looks Like [3:50] Why Tiny Wins Work [5:03] Every Small Win Is Proof [5:48] Why This Kind Of Change Lasts [7:09] 3 Traps That Get In The Way [8:08] 3 Action Steps To Start Today [9:51] The Next Small Step 📌 Drop one tiny win from this week in the comments. Big or small, it counts. 🌐 Visit my website: www.carengomes.com 🎙️ The Rewrite with Caren: new episodes every week. 📩 Collaborations and partnerships: therewritepodshow@gmail.com This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only and is not intended as professional, psychological, financial, or medical advice. 📚 Research referenced in this episode: Teresa Amabile and Steven Kramer, The Progress Principle (Harvard Business Review Press, 2011). Finn, B., Miele, D. B., & Wigfield, A. (2025). Investigating the remembered success effect with elementary and middle school students. Journal of Educational Psychology, 117(2), 308-335.

  2. Oct 25

    Why You Feel Lonely Even When You Are Not Alone

    Feeling lonely even when you are surrounded by people is one of the most searched and most quietly felt experiences happening right now. And the reason most people cannot shake it has nothing to do with how many people are in their life. In this episode we get into why loneliness is not solved by having more people around you, the performance trap and how showing up as an edited version of yourself creates disconnection even in your closest relationships, why social media has made this significantly worse in a way most people have not considered, the belief underneath chronic loneliness that has nothing to do with the people around you, and what actually has to change on the inside before the loneliness on the outside can lift. The connection you are looking for is already available. It simply requires something from you first. 📺 This is Episode 13 of Season 2 of The Rewrite with Caren. New episodes every week. Start from the beginning and catch up on everything you have missed. 📥 Download your free 10-Week Workbook: https://the-rewrite-with-caren.kit.com/249da9b73d ⬇️ CHAPTERS [0:00] — The Loneliness Nobody Talks About [1:23] — The Performance Trap [3:27] — This Is Not About How Many People You Have [5:09] — Why We Hide [6:19] — The Surface Level Connection Trap [7:19] — The Belief That You Do Not Matter [8:38] — What Actually Changes This 📌 Drop a comment below. Have you ever felt lonely in a room full of people? Just say yes. I read every comment and I want to know. 🌐 Visit my website: www.carengomes.com 🎙️ The Rewrite with Caren — new episodes every week. 📩 Collaborations and partnerships: therewritepodshow@gmail.com This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only and is not intended as professional, psychological, financial, or medical advice. 📚 Research referenced in this episode is sourced from studies on loneliness and social connection published by Cornell University.

  3. Oct 18

    How To Stop Seeking Validation From Others And Finally Trust Yourself

    If you constantly need other people to confirm your decisions before you feel confident moving forward you are not alone. Seeking validation from others is one of the most searched and most felt struggles in the personal development space right now. And most people do not even realize they are doing it until they see the cost. In this episode we get into where the need for external approval actually comes from, what it is quietly costing your decisions, your authentic self, and your peace, the real difference between healthy feedback and validation seeking, and the two things you need to build internally to finally break the cycle for good. Because the only approval that was ever truly necessary was yours. And it has been available to you the whole time. 📺 This is Episode 12 of Season 2 of The Rewrite with Caren. New episodes every week. Start from the beginning and catch up on everything you have missed. 📥 Download your free 10-Week Workbook: https://the-rewrite-with-caren.kit.com/249da9b73d ⬇️ CHAPTERS [0:00] — You Know What Feels Right [1:20] — Where It Comes From [3:18] — What It Is Actually Costing You [5:30] — Feedback vs Validation Seeking [6:41] — What Stops The Cycle [9:49] — What It Looks Like On The Other Side 📌 Drop a comment below. Where in your life have you been waiting for someone else to confirm what you already know? 🌐 Visit my website: www.carengomes.com 🎙️ The Rewrite with Caren — new episodes every week. 📩 Collaborations and partnerships: therewritepodshow@gmail.com This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only and is not intended as professional, psychological, financial, or medical advice. 📚 Research referenced in this episode is sourced from studies on external validation and intrinsic motivation conducted at Ohio State University. 📺 Season 2 Episode 12 | The Rewrite with Caren

  4. Oct 13

    Signs You Are Growing As A Person Even When It Does Not Feel Like It | The Rewrite with Caren S2 E11

    You have been doing the work. Showing up. Making different choices than you were making a year ago. And yet some mornings you wake up and wonder if any of it is actually making a difference. It is. And this episode is going to show you exactly how to see it. In this episode we get into the real difference between growing and simply changing, the quiet signs that you are already growing that most people walk right past without recognizing, the signs that feel negative in the moment but are actually evidence that something real is happening, and what growth actually feels like on an ordinary day when nothing significant is happening and no external confirmation has arrived yet. You are further along than you think. And the proof has already been showing up in your life. You just have not known what to look for. Until now. 📥 Download your free 10-Week Workbook: https://the-rewrite-with-caren.kit.com/249da9b73d ⬇️ CHAPTERS [0:00] — You Are Further Along Than You Think [1:45] — Growing vs Simply Changing [3:41] — Signs You Are Actually Growing [7:02] — Signs That Feel Negative But Are Not [9:40] — What Growth Feels Like On An Ordinary Day [10:55 — For The Person Wondering If It Is Leading Somewhere 📌 Drop a comment below. What is one sign from this episode that you recognized in yourself? Just one. That comment section is a safe place and sometimes naming it out loud is how you start to believe it. 🌐 Visit my website: www.carengomes.com 🎙️ The Rewrite with Caren — new episodes every week. 📩 Collaborations and partnerships: therewritepodshow@gmail.com This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only and is not intended as professional, psychological, financial, or medical advice.

  5. Oct 4

    The Words You Say To Yourself Are Creating Your Life | The Rewrite with Caren S2 E10

    Most people would never say to someone they love the things they say to themselves every single day. Yet somehow that inner voice has become the most consistent and the most damaging one in the room. In this episode we get into what everyday self talk actually sounds like and why most people do not even recognize it as self talk anymore, the real difference between self awareness and self criticism and why confusing the two is costing you more than you realize, what giving yourself grace actually looks like when the people around you are not giving you the same, and how to start retraining the inner voice when it has been running on autopilot for years. The same power that is in the tongue when you speak to others is in the tongue when you speak to yourself. And it is time to choose those words wisely. 📥 Download your free 10-Week Workbook: https://the-rewrite-with-caren.kit.com/249da9b73d ⬇️ CHAPTERS [0:00] — Choose Your Words Wisely [1:31] — The Dialogue You Do Not Notice [2:51 — The Science and The Scripture [4:45] — Self Awareness vs Self Criticism [6:19] — The Moment I Recognized It [8:26] — What Grace Actually Looks Like [11:13] — How To Retrain The Voice 📌 Drop a comment below. What is one thing you have been saying to yourself that you would never say to someone you love? Drop it below and then write next to it what you are choosing to say instead. That comment section is a safe place. 🌐 Visit my website: www.carengomes.com 🎙️ The Rewrite with Caren — new episodes every Sunday. 📩 Collaborations and partnerships: therewritepodshow@gmail.com This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only and is not intended as professional, psychological, financial, or medical advice. 📚 Reference: Dr. Masaru Emoto water crystal experiments referenced for educational purposes.

  6. Sep 27

    Why You Keep Attracting The Same Situations | The Rewrite with Caren S2 E9

    Most people think letting go of the past means forgetting it. Pretending it did not happen. Moving on as if it left no mark. But that is not what letting go is. And that is exactly why so many people struggle to do it. The past does not need to be erased to stop running your life. It needs to be released. And there is a significant difference between those two things. Because as long as you are still holding onto it the door to what is next cannot fully open. In this episode we get into the real difference between processing the past and being held by it, the signs that something from your past is still running your present without you realizing it, what letting go actually looks like in practice when it is real and not just something you told yourself you had already done, and what becomes possible when your hands are finally empty enough to reach for what is on the other side. You do not have to be fully healed to move forward. But you do have to make the decision. 📥 Download your free 10-Week Workbook: https://the-rewrite-with-caren.kit.com/249da9b73d ⬇️ CHAPTERS [0:00] — Your Past Is Making Your Decisions [1:38] — What Letting Go Actually Means [2:42] — Processing vs Being Held [4:21] — How The Past Runs Your Present Without You Knowing [6:29] — The Cost of Holding On [7:52] — What Letting Go Actually Looks Like [9:43] — What Becomes Possible 📌 Drop a comment below. What is the one thing from your past you know you are still carrying? You do not have to go into detail. Just acknowledge it. That comment section is a safe place and sometimes naming it is the first step toward releasing it. 🌐 Visit my website: www.carengomes.com 🎙️ The Rewrite with Caren — new episodes every Sunday. 📩 Collaborations and partnerships: therewritepodshow@gmail.com This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only and is not intended as professional, psychological, financial, or medical advice.

  7. Sep 20

    You Were Not Built To Play It Safe | The Rewrite with Caren S2 E8

    Most people are not waiting for the right opportunity to be bold. They are waiting for the right feeling. The feeling that the fear has subsided enough. That the confidence has arrived fully formed. That the timing is finally perfect before they take action. And that feeling is likely never coming the way they are expecting it to. In this episode we get into what boldness actually is and what it is not, the real difference between boldness and recklessness and how to tell them apart before you move, what boldness actually feels like from the inside when you are being called to it, and what to do when the conviction is there but everything else is telling you to wait. The bold move you keep delaying is not just a step you have not yet taken. It is the version of yourself you have not yet become. 📥 Download your free 10-Week Workbook: https://the-rewrite-with-caren.kit.com/249da9b73d ⬇️ CHAPTERS 0:00 — You Were Not Built To Play It Safe 1:34 — What Boldness Actually Is 2:51 — The Cost of Playing It Safe 4:16 — Boldness vs Recklessness 6:34 — What Boldness Actually Feels Like 7:55 — Before The Bold Move 10:12 — What To Do When The Call To Be Bold Arrives 📌 Drop a comment below. What is the bold move you have been delaying? Or just say it is time. You are here to do things bigger than what you currently believe you can. And I believe that about you. 🌐 Visit my website: www.carengomes.com 🎙️ The Rewrite with Caren — new episodes every Sunday. 📩 Collaborations and partnerships: therewritepodshow@gmail.com This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only and is not intended as professional, psychological, financial, or medical advice.

  8. Sep 13

    Why People Pleasing Is Costing You More Than You Realize | The Rewrite with Caren S2 E7

    Most people pleasers are not weak. They are not spineless. And they are not doing it because they lack a backbone. Most of them are genuinely good people who care deeply, want to keep the peace, and have somewhere along the way confused being agreeable with being kind. But here is what nobody tells you about the cost of consistently prioritizing everyone else's comfort over your own truth. It does not make people love you more. It makes them know you less. And sometimes it makes them mistake your kindness for weakness. In this episode we get into what is actually driving people pleasing underneath the surface, the deeper cost that takes the longest to recognize, what the shift away from it actually looks and feels like in real life, and what releasing it will cost you and what it will reveal about the relationships worth keeping. Your kindness was never the problem. The work is making sure it stays a choice and never becomes a cage. 📥 Download your free 10-Week Workbook: https://the-rewrite-with-caren.kit.com/249da9b73d ⬇️ CHAPTERS 0:00 — Your Kindness Is Not Weakness 1:40 — What Is Actually Driving It 3:43 — The Cost Nobody Talks About 5:15 — When They Mistake Your Kindness For Weakness 7:24 — The Shift 10:12 — What It Will Cost You And What It Will Reveal 📌 Drop a comment below. Are you a people pleaser? Have you been one? And what has it cost you that you did not see coming? I read every comment and I want to know. 🌐 Visit my website: www.carengomes.com 🎙️ The Rewrite with Caren — new episodes every Sunday. 📩 Collaborations and partnerships: therewritepodshow@gmail.com This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only and is not intended as professional, psychological, financial, or medical advice. 📚 Research referenced in this episode is sourced from peer reviewed studies on people pleasing behavior and self esteem published in PsyCh Journal 2025.

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The Rewrite is about finding the courage to pursue the life you already know you’re meant to live. If you’ve ever felt the tension between who you are today and who you know you’re capable of becoming, this conversation is for you. What you can expect from this podcast: • Honest conversations about growth and responsibility • Real-life reflections without hype or shortcuts • Practical perspective on stepping into alignment with your life This is thoughtful personal growth grounded in lived experience and decades of studying the principles shared by many of the great leaders in this space. If something here resonates with you, consider following and continue the journey. New episodes every Tuesday. This is The Rewrite — because your story isn’t finished yet.

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  • Creator
    Caren Gomes
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    36
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    © 2026 Caren Gomes
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