"from the inside out
María
What happens when the dream you hold in your hands clashes with the future your family wants for you?In this 10-minute episode, I share a deeply personal story: the intrapersonal conflict between starting my own traditional handicraft and weaving venture — the techniques my grandmother taught me — and my family's expectation that I find a stable, 9-to-5 job.What started as a silent dilemma inside me — excitement, fear, guilt, and hope — began to spill over. It made me defensive at the dinner table, impatient at home, and quick to argue with friends and neighbors.In this reflective analysis, I explore how an inner struggle can become family tension, interpersonal conflict, and even affect community coexistence. Drawing on Duque (2010), Quiroga (2023), Dragomir (2024), Rincón (2022, 2023), and Villarán (2025) on the Golden Rule of Ethics, I show how I moved from avoidance and competition to compromise and collaboration — finding a path that honored both my need for purpose and my family'