Breakthrough Weekly

Monica Pelayo
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Breakthrough Weekly with Monica Pelayo Have you ever wondered why you can know what you want to change, understand what you should do differently, and still find yourself responding in the same way? Hosted by Monica Pelayo, Certified Hypnotherapist specializing in Rapid Transformational Therapy®, Breakthrough Weekly explores the subconscious mind, the beliefs that influence how you think, feel, and behave, and why change can sometimes feel so difficult even when you consciously want something different. Through relatable examples, personal stories, and practical insights, Monica helps you better understand what may be driving the way you respond so you can create meaningful change in the areas of life that matter most to you. New episodes weekly.

  1. 4d ago

    Why Do I Keep Procrastinating Even When I Know What to Do?

    You know what you need to do. You have the skills, the experience, and the desire to do it. So why do you keep procrastinating? You tell yourself you’re busy, exhausted, or handling other priorities. But what if there’s something else influencing your avoidance? In this episode of Breakthrough Weekly, I share a personal experience that made me question why I was postponing something important for my business. As I explored my resistance to creating a webinar, I recognized an old belief about not being good enough and a fear of being judged for what I might not know. What surprised me was how quickly that belief had influenced the way I was viewing something I already had years of experience doing. We explore how procrastination can be connected to fear of failure, anticipated shame, subconscious beliefs, and the meanings we attach to experiences. I also introduce my BELIEF acronym to explain how our beliefs, experiences, learning, identity, expectations, and filters can influence the way we see ourselves and respond. In this episode, we explore: Why you can know exactly what to do and still postpone it.How fear of judgment can influence avoidance.Why an old belief can resurface in a new situation.How your belief system influences your expectations and actions.What understanding your procrastination can help you change. EPISODE TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Introduction 00:58 I Want to Do It. So Why Do I Keep Postponing It? 02:52 What Was I Afraid People Would See? 04:33 Remembering the Experience I Already Have 05:39 Why I Keep Talking About Your Belief System 07:23 Understanding Your BELIEF System 10:34 The Breakthrough: Understanding What I Was Avoiding Gives Me a Choice 12:24 A Moment to Reflect 13:06 Explore What’s Holding You Back 14:36 Outro A QUESTION TO REFLECT ON Think about something you’ve been putting off. What thoughts or feelings come up when you imagine doing it? What are you afraid might happen, and what would that mean about you? Sometimes, understanding what you’re trying to avoid can help you approach the task differently. EXPLORE WHAT’S HOLDING YOU BACK If procrastination, self-doubt, or fear of judgment keeps interfering with what you want to achieve, we can explore what’s contributing to it. Through one-on-one hypnosis and Rapid Transformational Therapy® (RTT®), I work with clients to identify and address subconscious beliefs that may be influencing their behavior. Book your complimentary exploratory call: https://thethrivingpathways.com/appointment/ ABOUT YOUR HOST Monica Pelayo is certified in Hypnosis and Rapid Transformational Therapy® and is the founder of Thriving Pathways LLC. Breakthrough Weekly explores the thoughts, emotions, and subconscious beliefs that influence how we think, feel, and respond. Follow Breakthrough Weekly for new episodes on procrastination, confidence, self-worth, relationships, and personal growth. https://thethrivingpathways.com/ #Procrastination #SelfSabotage #SubconsciousBeliefs #PersonalGrowth #RapidTransformationalTherapy

  2. Oct 19

    Why Is It So Hard to Leave a Relationship When You Know It’s Not Right for You?

    You know the relationship isn’t right for you. You’ve questioned whether you should leave, maybe more times than you can count. So why does walking away feel so difficult? Sometimes, the person who makes you feel loved, safe, and wanted is also someone you know isn’t right for you. I spent almost four years in a relationship where I experienced that conflict firsthand. In this episode of Breakthrough Weekly, I share my personal story and explore why emotional needs, subconscious beliefs, and personal values can influence the relationships we choose and why we sometimes struggle to leave. We explore the fear of starting over, the difference between feeling loved and being compatible, and how beliefs such as “I’m not good enough” and “What I want isn’t available to me” can influence our relationship choices. If you’ve ever wondered why you keep holding on to a relationship that doesn’t align with what you truly want, this episode may help you better understand what’s influencing your decisions. 💜 BOOK YOUR COMPLIMENTARY EXPLORATORY CALL If you recognize patterns in your relationships that you’d like to change, I invite you to schedule a complimentary exploratory call. We’ll discuss what you’re experiencing, what you’d like to change, and whether hypnosis and Rapid Transformational Therapy® may be a good fit for you. https://thethrivingpathways.com/appointment/ Follow Breakthrough Weekly for more conversations about subconscious beliefs, personal growth, relationships, and creating meaningful change. Monica Pelayo
Certified in Hypnosis and Rapid Transformational Therapy®
Thriving Pathways LLC https://thethrivingpathways.com/

  3. Oct 12

    We Teach Women to Protect Themselves. Who’s Teaching Men to Respect Them?

    The Cornell Seven story has sparked a larger conversation about sexual assault, consent, victim blaming, and accountability. Why do we spend so much time questioning women’s choices instead of examining what we’re teaching boys and men about consent, respect, and responsibility? This week’s Breakthrough Weekly is different. It’s deeply personal. I share my own experiences with childhood sexual abuse, the fear of being blamed, and how those early experiences influenced beliefs and responses that stayed with me for years. We also explore why victims may remain silent, how their actions can be misunderstood, and why preventing sexual violence requires more than teaching women how to protect themselves. This is a conversation about what we teach children, what we normalize, the responsibility of bystanders, and the cycles we have the power to change. Content advisory: This episode includes discussions of sexual assault and personal experiences of childhood sexual abuse. If this conversation resonates with you, share this episode and help keep the conversation going. Follow Breakthrough Weekly for more conversations about the experiences, beliefs, and conditioning that shape our lives. Monica Pelayo
Certified in Hypnosis and Rapid Transformational Therapy®
Founder, Thriving Pathways LLC
https://thethrivingpathways.com/

  4. Oct 5

    I Was Reprogramming My Mind Without Knowing It. You Might Be Too.

    Do you ever catch yourself saying harsh, critical things to yourself? “I’m so stupid.”
“What is wrong with me?”
“Why do I always do this?” You may say these things automatically and barely notice them anymore. But when the same message is repeated again and again, it can become familiar and what becomes familiar can influence what you believe about yourself. In this episode of Breakthrough Weekly, I share something I did during one of the most difficult periods of my life, long before I became a hypnotherapist. At the time, I had no idea what I was actually doing. Now I do. We’ll explore how repetition and self-talk can reinforce beliefs, why the words that follow “I am” or “I’m” matter, and how an experience or mistake can become part of the identity you hold about yourself. I’ll also share how working on my own inner critic changed the way I respond to mistakes and difficult emotions and why consciously changing your words may not always address the deeper beliefs driving the response. In this episode: 0:00 — Introduction
1:12 — Reprogramming My Mind Without Knowing It
4:58 — Why the Mind Likes What’s Familiar
7:37 — Your Words Can Reveal Your Beliefs
9:54 — My Breakthrough Moment
13:40 — Your Reflection
14:55 — Ready to Understand What’s Driving It?
15:46 — Closing Thoughts If you’re noticing beliefs or ways of speaking to yourself that may be affecting how you feel, respond, or show up in your life, schedule a complimentary exploratory call. We’ll discuss what’s showing up for you, what you want to change, and whether this work is a fit for you. https://thethrivingpathways.com/appointment/ Follow Breakthrough Weekly for future episodes about the subconscious mind, beliefs, behavior, hypnosis, and creating meaningful change. Monica Pelayo
Certified Hypnotherapist | Rapid Transformational Therapy®
Thriving Pathways

    I Was Reprogramming My Mind Without Knowing It. You Might Be Too.

  5. Sep 28

    You’re Not Starting Over, You’re Starting With Experience

    Have you ever considered changing jobs or careers and found yourself questioning abilities you’ve spent years building? A new environment can bring new systems, people, expectations, and things to learn. When uncertainty starts creating fear, it can become easy to focus on everything you don’t know yet while overlooking everything you already know how to do. In this episode of Breakthrough Weekly, Monica Pelayo explores why the unfamiliar can trigger self-doubt, how underlying beliefs can shape the meaning we give uncertainty, and why changing careers, companies, or roles doesn’t mean starting from zero. Your environment may change. Your experience comes with you. 0:00 — Introduction
1:12 — Why Familiar Starts Winning
2:30 — Your Skills Travel With You
3:52 — You Have Already Done This Before
5:13 — Adapting to Change Is Something You Already Know
7:20 — You May Be Overlooking What You Already Know
8:26 — What Is Underneath the Fear?
9:27 — The Breakthrough
10:03 — Reflection: You’re Not Starting Over
11:01 — Outro Schedule a complimentary exploratory call:
https://thethrivingpathways.com/appointment/ Breakthrough Weekly with Monica Pelayo
Certified in Hypnosis Using Rapid Transformational Therapy®

  6. Sep 21

    You’ve Done the Work. So Why Do You Still Doubt Yourself?

    You know your job. You’ve done it well for years. People come to you for answers. So why can one bad moment still make you question yourself? Sometimes the issue goes deeper than confidence. You can spend years building skills, gaining experience, and proving that you are capable while still seeing yourself through a belief you formed much earlier in life. In this episode of Breakthrough Weekly, I share a personal realization that helped me recognize exactly that in my own life. I’ll take you back to the childhood experience that shaped an early belief about myself, the evidence my mind continued focusing on, and the decades of contradictory evidence I had barely been counting. We’ll also explore why one correction can sometimes stay with you longer than years of positive feedback, how an old belief can continue influencing the way you show up today, and the breakthrough that occurred when I finally saw my own story differently. A question to consider as you listen: What are you still believing about yourself that was formed years ago, and what evidence in your life today tells a different story? If you recognize that an unconscious belief or pattern may be influencing how you see yourself or how you’re showing up in your life, I invite you to schedule a complimentary exploratory call to see if you’re the right fit for this type of work: https://thethrivingpathways.com/appointment/ Breakthrough Weekly with Monica Pelayo
Certified in Hypnosis Using Rapid Transformational Therapy®
Thriving Pathways

  7. Sep 14

    What You Fear People Think Is Costing You Business

    How much of the way you show up in business is being influenced by what you assume other people think about you? Fear of judgment, criticism or rejection can quietly influence whether you start the conversation, introduce yourself, talk about your work, pursue an opportunity or allow yourself to become more visible. In this episode of Breakthrough Weekly, I share a conversation I had with an entrepreneur at a recent business seminar that demonstrated how our expectations about other people’s perceptions can begin influencing our behavior before we even know what they actually think. We explore the difference between someone’s response to your offer and personal rejection, why visibility can begin to feel threatening, and how an underlying belief may create friction between what you consciously want and what feels safe to do. I also share what I had to learn from my own experience about allowing other people to have their interpretation while continuing to show up, tell my story and build my business. If you recognize yourself in this episode and would like to explore what may be happening underneath the surface, I invite you to schedule a complimentary exploratory call: https://thethrivingpathways.com/appointment/ Follow Breakthrough Weekly for new episodes each week. #FearOfJudgment #BusinessConfidence #EntrepreneurMindset #Visibility #BreakthroughWeekly Chapters: 0:00 — Podcast Intro1:01 — The Conversation That Sparked This Episode1:50 — When Your Mind Starts Filling in the Blanks5:04 — The Cost of Making Yourself Smaller7:21 — What I Had to Learn for Myself9:42 — Why the Mind Does This12:10 — The Breakthrough Moment13:06 — Reflection14:45 — If This Sounds Familiar15:40 — Outro

  8. Sep 7

    You Can’t Always See When Someone Is Struggling

    What does depression look like? Sometimes it looks like isolation, exhaustion, and struggling to get through the day. Other times, it can exist behind a smile, a career, a family, an active social life, or an incredibly productive life. In this episode of Breakthrough Weekly, published in recognition of Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, Monica Pelayo shares both personal experience and insights from her hypnotherapy training to explore what can happen beneath the surface when someone is struggling. The episode examines how thoughts, emotions, memories, beliefs, and imagined outcomes can reinforce one another; how early beliefs can influence the meaning we attach to painful experiences later in life; and how hopelessness can make today’s circumstances feel permanent. Monica also discusses the importance of listening and connection when someone is struggling and why functioning on the outside does not necessarily reveal what someone is experiencing internally. If you are experiencing suicidal thoughts or are in immediate danger in the United States, call or text 988 to reach the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. If there is immediate danger, contact emergency services. Follow Breakthrough Weekly for a new episode each week. #SuicidePrevention #MentalHealthAwareness #DepressionAwareness #SuicidePreventionAwareness #BreakthroughWeekly

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Breakthrough Weekly with Monica Pelayo Have you ever wondered why you can know what you want to change, understand what you should do differently, and still find yourself responding in the same way? Hosted by Monica Pelayo, Certified Hypnotherapist specializing in Rapid Transformational Therapy®, Breakthrough Weekly explores the subconscious mind, the beliefs that influence how you think, feel, and behave, and why change can sometimes feel so difficult even when you consciously want something different. Through relatable examples, personal stories, and practical insights, Monica helps you better understand what may be driving the way you respond so you can create meaningful change in the areas of life that matter most to you. New episodes weekly.

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  • Creator
    Monica Pelayo
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    49
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Monica Pelayo
  • Show Website
    Breakthrough Weekly