Becoming with Erika Podcast

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Becoming with Erika is a podcast for the dreamers, the healers, the entrepreneurs, and the people rebuilding themselves one day at a time. Through honest conversations about faith, healing, mindset, relationships, and growth, Erika shares real-life lessons on overcoming fear, breaking cycles, and becoming who you were always meant to be. This is a space to heal out loud, grow through what tried to break you, and keep becoming. Thank you and God bless🥹

  1. When Anger Meets Alcohol: Why a Drink Often Makes Things Worse

    16h ago

    When Anger Meets Alcohol: Why a Drink Often Makes Things Worse

    Your host Erika Caballero explains how anger and alcohol interact in the brain: the amygdala signals danger while alcohol impairs the prefrontal cortex—the brain's decision maker—making angry reactions more likely. She breaks down the role of key neurotransmitters and why drinking can escalate conflicts instead of calming them. Practical alternatives are offered—deep breaths, stepping away, walking, sleep, prayer, journaling, or calling someone you trust—to let your thinking brain return before acting. The episode stresses that anger is normal but wisdom should remain in control.

    11 min

  2. 1d ago

    Perspective Changes Everything: Sometimes You Need to Step Back

    Erika Caballero explores how shifting your perspective can transform your life, sharing personal stories and the example of Les Browne to show how one new viewpoint can unlock potential. She challenges listeners to reassess influences, become the person capable of their dreams, and recognize progress hidden in everyday struggles. This episode encourages you to step back from pressure, see the growth you’ve made, and keep trusting the process as you continue becoming.

    10 min

  3. 2d ago

    Mental Health: when your brain starts lying to you

    In this episode your host Erika Caballero explores what happens inside the brain during extreme emotional pain—covering neurotransmitters, brain regions like the amygdala and prefrontal cortex, the role of stress and substances, and how negative thoughts can trigger physical reactions. She also highlights neuroplasticity, practical steps toward healing, the comfort of faith, and encouragement to seek support—reminding listeners they are seen, not alone, and that recovery is possible. and Reminds us we are NOT alone.

    19 min

  4. 4d ago

    When the Vortex Pulled Me In — Barefoot, Vortex, and An Inhaler. The Sedona Story

    In this episode of Becoming with Erika, Erika Caballero and her partner Ryan take listeners to Sedona as they hike a powerful vortex summit, describing moments of grounding, awe, and vivid scenery. They share both perspectives on a sudden breathing episode and asthma triggers, how the red dirt and vortex energy affected them physically and emotionally, and the practical realities of needing an inhaler. Between candid reflections, funny moments about photos and food, and gratitude for the experience, they close with encouragement to keep healing, growing, and becoming.

    14 min

  5. 4d ago

    Your Second Brain? Can AI Expand the Way We Think

    Host Erika Caballero explores the idea of AI as a “second brain” — a helpful tool that organizes ideas, answers questions, and speeds up repetitive tasks while leaving creativity, judgment, and meaning to you. She explains how human brains and AI learn differently, warns against over reliance, and shares practical tips: ask clear questions, verify facts, and keep exercising your own thinking.

    12 min

  6. 5d ago

    Becoming, One Affirmation at a Time

    Three, two, one. Welcome back, my beautiful souls, to Becoming with Erika, a space where we heal out loud, grow through a try to break us, and become everything we are meant to be. In this episode  Your Host Erika Caballero explores how affirmations work, not as lies we tell ourselves but as tools of alignment — connecting words, emotions, faith, and actions to reshape identity. She explains why childhood belief fades, how emotions anchor memories, and why small victories build evidence that transforms self-belief. Erika shares honest, practical affirmations rooted in growth, faith, and purpose to help listeners become who they were created to be.

    12 min

  7. 6d ago

    Freedom to Become: Celebrating Independence & Inner Healing

    Welcome back to Becoming with Erika — a heartfelt Independence Day episode reflecting on the 250th celebration of America's freedom while inviting listeners to claim inner freedom through healing, forgiveness, and purposeful growth. Erika contrasts external freedoms with internal liberation, sharing personal testimony about rewriting her story and practical insights about how our brains form habits and can change through awareness and intention. She challenges listeners with a simple exercise: write down one burden to release and take one small step toward the person who is truly free, while also reminding pet owners to protect animals during fireworks. Enjoy the celebrations, reflect on what you’re ready to be free from, and choose freedom one decision at a time.

    10 min

  8. Jul 3

    Healing through Boundaries

    10. Erika explains that healing sometimes begins when we remove ourselves from what keeps hurting us. 9. Distance can be physical or emotional and is often an act of self-preservation, not punishment. 8. Boundaries are protection for your peace and a step toward becoming who you are meant to be. 7. Healing is feeling your emotions fully—crying, grieving, and processing—without making them permanent. 6. Forgiveness does not mean forgetting or reconnecting; it is choosing freedom and taking your power back. 5. Staying in what’s familiar can keep wounds open; growth requires leaving the old emotional home. 4. Jesus modeled boundaries by withdrawing to pray and prioritizing purpose over people’s expectations. 3. Erika shares her personal journey through abuse and how God showed her the need to step away to heal. 2. The episode challenges listeners to consider what they must release—relationships, resentment, habits—to protect their future. 1. A call to set boundaries, feel your emotions, and choose peace so you can keep healing, growing, and becoming.

    9 min
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Becoming with Erika is a podcast for the dreamers, the healers, the entrepreneurs, and the people rebuilding themselves one day at a time. Through honest conversations about faith, healing, mindset, relationships, and growth, Erika shares real-life lessons on overcoming fear, breaking cycles, and becoming who you were always meant to be. This is a space to heal out loud, grow through what tried to break you, and keep becoming. Thank you and God bless🥹

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  • Episodes
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