WITH LESLIE AND ALEX
About
Don't Trip On Your Cape
Leslie Arboleda
(she/her)
Alex Embry
(they/them)
Our Purpose
Don’t Trip on Your Cape is a grounded and transformative podcast that helps people stop sabotaging their own growth and step into aligned personal leadership. Through the combined voices of Leslie and Alex, the show blends clarity, emotional depth, and honest conversation to help listeners understand their patterns, reclaim their agency, and move through life with intention.
Each episode reveals practical insight, real stories, and tools for awakening, creating a space where self awareness becomes empowerment and personal truth becomes action. This podcast serves the individuals who want to grow with integrity, heal with courage, and finally learn how to get out of their own way.
LATEST EPISODES
These are our three most recent episodes — small windows into big conversations. Visit the gallery to discover even more.
Episode 25: Persistence:
From Force to Flow
What happens when persistence stops being about force… and starts becoming about trust?
In this episode of Don’t Trip On Your Cape, we sit down with Donna Gonzalez for a deeply honest conversation about healing, surrender, spirituality, and the ongoing practice of coming back to yourself.
Donna shares stories from her childhood, the early experiences that shaped her relationship with control and safety, and how years of self-reflection, meditation, Landmark education, and working with mushrooms helped her move from survival into deeper alignment.
We talk about emotional regulation, integration, intuition, and what it means to trust life without always needing to know the “how.”
This one is gentle, grounded, and deeply lived in.
Episode 24: Persistence:
Devotion Over Hustle
What if persistence isn’t about pushing harder… but staying aligned?
In this episode of Don’t Trip On Your Cape, we shift the conversation away from hustle and burnout and into a more grounded understanding of persistence as devotion. The kind that shows up after the excitement fades.
We talk about the gap between clarity and action, why lack of motivation is often feedback, and how small, consistent steps create real momentum over time. We also explore discipline as self-respect, not punishment, and what it looks like to stay committed to your path even when it’s uncomfortable or uncertain.
This one is about staying with yourself through the process… and trusting that it’s building something.
Episode 23: Igniting the Fire:
The Way Back Is Within You
In this Q&A episode of Don’t Trip On Your Cape, we dive into questions about self-trust, alignment, and what it really means to reconnect with yourself when life feels uncertain.
From loneliness as a signal for growth to the difference between emotional openness and oversharing, this conversation explores how we learn to listen to our inner voice again… even after we’ve lost touch with it.
This isn’t about finding something new.
It’s about remembering what’s already there.
Because the way back isn’t outside of you.
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Claim Your Cape
We would love to hear from you. If something we shared stirred a thought, a memory, or a feeling, or helped you feel the magic of your own cape as you step more fully into who you are, this is your invitation to reach out. Share a moment that moved you, a story that’s been living in your heart, or a question where we may be able to support you in stepping more fully into your own inner superhero.
This space isn’t just about conversation — it’s about connection, reflection, and remembering the gifts that have always lived within you. Our hearts and inbox are open to you, exactly as you are.
