Who Am I… Beyond All Titles
In this post, I share an intimate part of my journey: how life stripped away the labels—daughter, wife, employee—to guide me toward the deepest encounter with myself. I talk about how letting go of those roles allowed me to rediscover who I am at my core: an authentic woman, connected to her truth, her light, and her soul. If you, too, are in a moment of transition or feel lost in everything you “should be,” this text is an invitation to ask yourself: 👉🏼 Who are you beyond what you do?
PERSONAL GROWTH
Gabriela Juvera
8/4/20252 min read
For years, I defined myself as a mom, a daughter, a loyal friend, a professional…
And although each of those roles has been part of my story, there came a moment when I asked a question that changed everything:
Who am I, really?
When my parents passed away—in my twenties and thirties—I stopped being a daughter.
That role dissolved, and although I accepted it over time, I never identified that way again.
I learned how to live without them. And to hold myself up, I leaned more heavily on two other roles: mother and professional.
Years later, when I got divorced, another journey back to myself began.
At first I identified as “a divorced woman,” but I realized that continuing to use that label kept me tied to that story. I hadn’t fully let go. So I chose another word: single.
And while it may seem minor, it isn’t.
Because the words we use reveal the place from which we’re relating to the past.
Then came another big transformation: leaving the law firm—the corporate world where I spent more than 20 years.
Letting go of that role was just as important. It was a strong identity, recognized and validated by others… on LinkedIn, in conversations, in the minds of those who knew me. And yes, I am deeply grateful for everything I achieved.
But today I know that none of that makes me any more or any less.
By letting it go, I met a woman who had been getting to know herself for a long time, but was still learning to show up without masks.
I released labels. And I kept only one: mother.
But even that role has evolved.
Today I see my children from a different place: no longer from the perfection I once wanted to project, but from the authenticity of who I am. For years I thought I had to show them my best version so they would copy the good… but now I understand that the best thing I can give them is my truth.
It isn’t the same to be perfect as it is to be authentic.
And authenticity also cracks, gets tired, falls, and rises again.
And in the midst of all this, I began to ask myself:
Who am I when I’m not doing anything?
Who am I when no one needs me?
Who am I when I look in the mirror without makeup, without titles, without duties?
Who am I when I live in the moment and no one is watching?
When I allow myself to inhabit myself, to enjoy myself, to love myself, to feel my femininity… everything changes.
And when I listen to myself—when I meditate and connect with that divine presence that covers everything, with that love that fills every space—what I truly am rises to the surface.
I am light.
I am a soul full of energy and vibration, who came to inhabit a body that allows me to feel, hear, connect, learn, and share.
We were taught to measure ourselves by what we give, what we solve, what we achieve.
But there is a softer—wiser—voice that doesn’t shout; it whispers.
That voice isn’t on the calendar or the to-do list. That voice is you.
The one who has always been there, even if you forgot her.
Returning to yourself isn’t a destination; it’s a homecoming.
A remembering.
A shedding of the “should be” to embrace the “I already am.”
Today, ask yourself this question with honesty:
👉🏼 If no one defined me by what I do, who would I be?
Close your eyes. Breathe. Listen.
That’s where the real journey begins.
