The Lighthouse Within: Resilience For Life Changes

The Lighthouse Within: Resilience For Life Changes

Welcome to The Lighthouse Within podcast, a safe haven where we explore building resilience for life changes. Hosted by Ambar Paloma, this podcast is your ultimate guide to navigating a season of change and uncertainty to make your best pivot yet. Drawing from her personal experiences overcoming depression, social anxiety, and moving abroad twice, Ambar shares invaluable lessons and practical tools to break up with feeling unfulfilled, evaluate what really matters to you, and gain clarity and direction for a life you'll love. Hit follow and press play 💛

Episodes

August 25, 2025 • 22 mins

Change is a desire many of us share, but why do we often feel stuck in the same patterns? In this final episode of The Lighthouse Within (before we pivot into The Pivot Season), Ambar Paloma delves into the top three reasons you struggle to follow through on life changes and the essential mindset shifts necessary for personal growth.

Discover how to recognize the hidden fears that keep you stuck, break free from perfectionism and p...

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When you’re navigating change, every resource you have — your time, energy, creativity, and focus — becomes essential fuel for your next chapter. But without strong boundaries, those resources get drained before they can take you where you’re meant to go.


In this transformative episode of The Lighthouse Within, Ambar Paloma shares the mindset shifts that will change the way you see boundaries forever. From identifying your personal ...

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July 28, 2025 • 21 mins

Let's explore the powerful connection between inner dialogue and self-worth, drawing inspiration from The Four Agreements to unpack how the way we speak to ourselves sets the tone for what we tolerate from others. In this episode we'll

  • Break down the most common forms of negative self-talk like all-or-nothing thinking, catastrophizing, and "should" statements.
  • Explore compassionate, brain-based strategies for ...
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Is it anxiety or intuition? This can be one of the hardest questions to ask yourself when you are faced with a hard decision that can feel life-changing.

On today’s episode, I’ll guide you through understanding the differences between anxiety and intuition. As well as the importance of self-trust and two actionable methods to rebuild it.

✨ Your Next Step: Get your intuition guide to quiet anxiety, connect to intuition and repair self...

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June 30, 2025 • 20 mins

Ever feel stuck in an “I don’t know…” loop, afraid to make the wrong move? In this episode of The Lighthouse Within, Ambar Paloma shares how reconnecting to your values can give you the clarity and self-trust you need to build a life of alignment, especially during hard seasons of change. Plus: the one question to help you decide if something’s right for you. In this episode we'll discuss

  • Why tough seasons (winter & spring) ...

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June 16, 2025 • 20 mins

In this episode of Lighthouse Within, resilience life coach Ambar Paloma kicks off a new series focused on strengthening your sense of self through life’s transitions.

Whether you’re facing a chosen or unchosen change, Ambar explores what it really means to trust the process and how to turn uncertainty into a source of strength.

Through personal stories, practical examples, and mindset shifts, Ambar shows you how to embrace life’s p...

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June 16, 2025 • 1 min

In this powerful introduction to Lighthouse Within, host Ambar Paloma, a resilience coach and podcaster, opens up about her transformative journey—from navigating a quarter-life crisis to building a fulfilling life in Spain. This podcast is a must-listen for ambitious millennials facing unexpected life changes. It’s your guide to building resilience, rediscovering your sense of self, and navigating life’s transitions with clarity, ...

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April 7, 2025 • 29 mins

Are you in the middle of a life transition and feeling a little lost?
Like you're not quite who you were… but not yet who you're becoming?

Whether you're facing a breakup, a career shift, or a full-on identity awakening, this episode is your roadmap back to yourself. Because you're not stuck, you're in a season of change! And learning to recognize and move through that season is how you build resilience, shift your mindset, and rise ...

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In this episode of The Lighthouse Within hosted by Ambar Paloma, we’re diving deep into resilience building—especially when life feels like it’s spiraling. Through a raw and relatable story about getting stranded in the Portuguese mountains, Ambar shares how she went from panic to peace using what she calls the Panic Prevention Plan.

Listeners will learn how to regulate their nervous system in moments of stress, how trauma affects o...

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Have you ever felt like life is keeping you from what you want most—even when you're doing all the “right” things? 🤔 In this episode of The Lighthouse Within, host Ambar Paloma takes you on a journey, both literal and metaphorical, through mountains, mud, and uncertainty.

After a weekend adventure that included getting stranded in the dark and a surprising gas station mishap, Amber realized something powerful: We often energet...

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February 24, 2025 • 27 mins

Be honest—are you doing the absolute most but still feeling like it’s not enough? Running on fumes, drowning in to-dos, and wondering why am I like this? 😩 If overcommitting, burnout, and saying yes when you mean heck no are your toxic traits, then this episode of The Lighthouse Within is your intervention.

Host Ambar Paloma is help you break the overcommitment cycle and break free. She dives into 5 common reasons you keep overcomm...

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Are you pushing too hard for something that isn't meant for you? Or are you holding on because it's truly worth fighting for?

In this episode ofThe Lighthouse Within, host Ambar Paloma is helping you navigatethe delicate balance between forcing an outcome and fighting for what truly aligns with you.

You’ll explore:

  1. How to recognize when you're forcing something out of fear vs. fighting for something with intention.
  2. ...
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Are you stuck in the "how"? If you’ve been overthinking, clinging to control, or feeling like your dreams are always just out of reach, this episode is for you.

In this heartfelt and transformative episode of The Lighthouse Within, Ambar Paloma dives deep into the art of letting go: letting go of how you think your dreams should happen and learning to trust the process instead. Through personal stories, relatable moments, ...

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What if your most challenging moments became the stories that shaped you forever?

In this hilarious and heartfelt episode of The Lighthouse Within, Ambar Paloma takes you on a journey through six unforgettable moments from her six years living abroad. Inspired by a viral social media post, Ambar shares the wild, unexpected, and deeply transformative experiences that taught her resilience in ways she never imagined.

From the laugh-out...

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Cultivating A Joyful Mindset Mini Series Ep. 3

In this episode of 'The Lighthouse Within' with Ambar Paloma, Ambar discusses an essential and heartfelt topic: forgiveness.

She explores not just the forgiveness of others but also self-forgiveness, as she recounts her personal journey of forgiving someone who hurt her deeply.

Ambar emphasizes the importance of releasing anger, bitterness, and resentment to reclaim peace and jo...

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November 18, 2024 • 32 mins

Cultivating A Joyful Mindset Mini Series Ep. 2

In this episode of The Lighthouse Within, host Ambar Paloma discusses how to handle seasons of uncertainty and life transitions.

Drawing from her personal experiences, including a profound quarter-life crisis, Ambar explores the distinction between fleeting happiness and enduring joy.

She offers practical advice on managing anxiety and grief during uncertain times, advocating for a focus ...

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November 4, 2024 • 32 mins

Cultivating A Joyful Mindset Mini Series Ep. 1


In this episode of The Lighthouse Within, Ambar Paloma dives into why pursuing happiness can be counterproductive and how shifting to a mindset centered around joy can help you build resilience for life changes.


Ambar shares personal stories, insights from psychology, and practical tools for rewiring your brain to become more joyful and solution oriented.


With references to w...

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October 21, 2024 • 30 mins

In this episode of The Lighthouse Within with Ambar Paloma, we’re focusing on how to manage your emotions and build resilience for life changes by creating an emotional first aid kit.


Host Ambar Paloma shares personal experiences to highlight the dangers of 'false remedies' and the importance of replacing harmful coping strategies like emotional eating and substance use.


We dive into real remedies that bring relief t...

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October 7, 2024 • 30 mins

"Is this intuition or is this anxiety?" This question haunted me throughout my 20s. As someone who deeply identified with being anxious, it felt like anxiety clung to me through every major moment, like a dog with a bone. People would often say, "Intuition feels calm, anxiety doesn’t." But that didn’t feel clear to me at all. So, I went into detective mode, friends 🕵🏽‍♀️.

I think I finally got to the bottom of ...

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⁠We've all been there! In the heat of frustration with someone, we yell out, "They should know better!" Or maybe it's yourself you think should know better. But what does that even mean? In Episode 1 of The Lighthouse Within, host Ambar Paloma challenges the idea that knowing is enough. What does it take to move from simply knowing what’s right to actually doing it? Using her own life experiences and mental health...

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