As we step into 2026, host Claudia Noriega Bernstein invites you to pause, breathe, and reconnect with what truly matters. This episode isn’t about doing more or moving faster—it’s about cultivating courage, protecting your attention, and honoring your humanity in a world accelerating toward speed and automation. Claudia shares how small, brave actions build courage, why giving your ideas space leads to clarity, and how embracing your contradictions can fuel creativity. Together, she guides you to step into the new year grounded, focused, and fully yourself.

💡 What You’ll Learn in This Episode:
• How courage is developed through consistent, small actions
• Why acting bravely comes before feeling brave
• How to give your ideas time and space to grow
• The power of single-tasking and protecting your attention
• Why contradictions are creative fuel, not flaws
• How to stay present, optimistic, and fully human despite uncertainty

Learn more about Inner-Abundance Coaching by visiting Claudia’s website.

Stay connected with Claudia Noriega Bernstein:

• Follow on Instagram for daily inspiration and insights
• Connect with Claudia on LinkedIn
• Join her community on Facebook
• Watch her empowering videos on TikTok
• Grab her best-selling book, Brighter Days, on Amazon

✨ And here’s a special gift for you:
Download Claudia’s free workbook, “Empowered Journey: Overcoming Challenges and Embracing Abundance.”

Overwhelmed? Frustrated? Tired of the BS? You are not alone. I’ve been there, and I’ve helped so many women just like you get out of the funk and start living the life they deserve.

Book your call now—don’t wait. You are meant for more. And while you’re at it, grab my book Brighter Days on Amazon. You’ll love it.

Learn about my freebies and membership below!

Every week, I expand on the podcast topic with practical tools, insights, and tips to help you heal, grow, and stay aligned with your inner abundance. It’s like a little love note in your inbox—just for you. if you want to receive it sign in to mailing list! Ready to Join? Dm me or email me now!

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Success, stability, and achievement don’t always guarantee happiness. In this deeply honest and transformative episode of Don’t Shrink to Fit, host Claudia Noriega Bernstein sits down with Chandler Stroud, veteran marketing executive, wife, mom, and creator of The Healing Heroes, to explore what happens when having it all still feels empty.

Chandler shares the pivotal moment she realized that “coping” was no longer enough. Beneath her accomplishments were anxiety, burnout, and unexplained physical symptoms that led her to seek true healing. She opens up about how reading The Body Keeps the Score radically shifted her understanding of trauma—both big “T” and small “t”—and how unprocessed experiences quietly shape our biology, beliefs, and behaviors.

Together, Claudia and Chandler unpack Chandler’s three-part healing framework: tending to the present, intentionally creating a future vision, and courageously excavating past subconscious stories. This conversation highlights the power of self-love, self-empathy, gratitude, and the ripple effect that personal healing creates for families and future generations.

This episode is a reminder that healing isn’t about fixing what’s broken—it’s about remembering who you truly are and reclaiming joy from the inside out.

Learn more about Inner-Abundance Coaching by visiting Claudia’s website.

Stay connected with Claudia Noriega Bernstein:

• Follow on Instagram for daily inspiration and insights
• Connect with Claudia on LinkedIn
• Join her community on Facebook
• Watch her empowering videos on TikTok
• Grab her best-selling book, Brighter Days, on Amazon

✨ And here’s a special gift for you:
Download Claudia’s free workbook, “Empowered Journey: Overcoming Challenges and Embracing Abundance.”

Learn more about The Healing Heroes Podcast and Community by visiting

Overwhelmed? Frustrated? Tired of the BS? You are not alone. I’ve been there, and I’ve helped so many women just like you get out of the funk and start living the life they deserve.

Book your call now—don’t wait. You are meant for more. And while you’re at it, grab my book Brighter Days on Amazon. You’ll love it.

Learn about my freebies and membership below!

Every week, I expand on the podcast topic with practical tools, insights, and tips to help you heal, grow, and stay aligned with your inner abundance. It’s like a little love note in your inbox—just for you. if you want to receive it sign in to mailing list! Ready to Join? Dm me or email me now!

Claudia@claudiaNoriegaBernstein.com - You can also connect with me on instagram @Claudia_Noriega_Bersntein or visit my website at ClaudiaNoriegaBernstein.com, you will learn about my 1:1 coaching, retreat and training.

If you liked this episode please leave me a comment, share it, subscribe and give me a good review. Thank you!

Here is your link for your FREE Overcoming Challenges and Embracing Abundance Workbook:

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If you’ve been feeling stuck, this episode is your reminder that you’re not, you’re searching. Fear may whisper that you’re not ready or not enough, but the truth is, everything you want begins the moment you believe you deserve more.

Claudia shares how to break free from discouragement, redefine what “enough” means, and give yourself permission to reinvent your life at any age. You’ll learn how gratitude and desire can coexist, why settling often comes from fear, and how courage, not perfection, is what creates real change.

This is your invitation to stop shrinking, start believing, and step into the life you’re meant to live.

Feeling stuck is not a permanent state. It’s a signal that you’re meant for more. Fear is often what stands between where you are and where you want to be.

Through personal reflection and grounded wisdom, Claudia reminds us that awakening doesn’t start with a dramatic moment. It starts with a whisper. A question. A sense that something no longer fits. And from there, everything begins to shift.

💡 What You’ll Learn in This Episode

• You are never too old, too late, or too far behind to start again.
• Where you are now is not your final destination — it’s a choice point.
• Everything you desire begins with belief, gratitude, and courage.
• This is your permission slip to ask for more — in your work, your relationships, and your life.

Learn more about Inner-Abundance Coaching by visiting Claudia’s website.

Stay connected with Claudia Noriega Bernstein:

• Follow on Instagram for daily inspiration and insights
• Connect with Claudia on LinkedIn
• Join her community on Facebook
• Watch her empowering videos on TikTok
• Grab her best-selling book, Brighter Days, on Amazon

✨ And here’s a special gift for you:
Download Claudia’s free workbook,

Overwhelmed? Frustrated? Tired of the BS? You are not alone. I’ve been there, and I’ve helped so many women just like you get out of the funk and start living the life they deserve.

Book your call now—don’t wait. You are meant for more. And while you’re at it, grab my book Brighter Days on Amazon. You’ll love it.

Learn about my freebies and membership below!

Every week, I expand on the podcast topic with practical tools, insights, and tips to help you heal, grow, and stay aligned with your inner abundance. It’s like a little love note in your inbox—just for you. if you want to receive it sign in to mailing list! Ready to Join? Dm me or email me now!

Claudia@claudiaNoriegaBernstein.com - You can also connect with me on instagram @Claudia_Noriega_Bersntein or visit my website at ClaudiaNoriegaBernstein.com, you will learn about my 1:1 coaching, retreat and training.

If you liked this episode please leave me a comment, share it, subscribe and give me a good review. Thank you!

Here is your link for your FREE Overcoming Challenges and Embracing Abundance Workbook:

https://mailchi.mp/claudianoriegabernstein.com/signup_for_free_workbook

Get it now!!

News: Get on the waiting list for my Inner Radiance Collective!
A sacred space for women ready to step into their...