The Secret to Creating True Abundance with Rebecca Gitana Torres

Yo Quiero Dinero

Jannese Torres

Generational Wealth, Wealth, Investing, Budgeting, Equal Pay, Finances, Entrepreneurship, Saving, Financial Literacy, Business, Personal Finance, Personal Finance For Latinas

4.8 • 615 Ratings

🗓️ 9 February 2026

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

This episode is going to shift how you think about success, abundance, and where you belong. I'm sitting down with my vecina, Rebecca Gitana Torres, a spiritual guide who rematriated to Puerto Rico after realizing the American Dream was never meant for people like us. We're talking about what holistic abundance actually means—and spoiler alert, it has nothing to do with your bank account or where you live.

Rebecca shares her journey from working a city job in the Bronx to creating “transformation cocoons” in Puerto Rico, and why so many of us have been taught the colonial lie that we need to leave our homelands to find abundance. We talk about the generational programming that keeps us chasing external validation, why you need to stop clinging to old identities and relationships, and how to tap into your magnetic energy no matter where you are. If you've been feeling stuck, unfulfilled, or like you're chasing someone else's version of success, this episode is going to give you permission to redefine everything.

WE GET INTO:

00:00 - Intro: Meeting My Vecina from Puerto Rico
02:03 - Rematriation vs. Economic Refugees: Reclaiming Our Roots
06:09 - How Rebecca Left Her City Job 20 Years Ago
08:27 - Why External Validation Will Always Leave You Empty
13:45 - Discovering Your Value in "Regular" Jobs
22:30 - The Mothership: Creating Matriarchal Safe Spaces
28:40 - Stop Clinging to Old Identities & Relationships
35:09 - What Happens in a Transformation Cocoon
39:17 - Start Here: Clear the Clutter First

KEY TAKEAWAYS:

The colonial lie that you must leave your homeland to find abundance
How to disconnect from external validation and find your internal power
Why clinging to old identities keeps you stuck
The importance of clearing clutter before anything else
How to recognize and develop your spiritual gifts in any job

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0:00.0	This week on
0:02.2	From bartending to waiting tables,
0:05.6	like take advantage of every single opportunity
0:08.8	to develop yourself and to develop your sense of value
0:12.3	in what you offer to any given space.
0:15.9	First of all, there's no like one day to another.
0:19.3	There are miracles one day to another, right?
0:21.9	So the first thing I would say is you have to give yourself absolute permission to like just try and to like discover yourself and to be yourself.
0:32.7	That's such an important point.
0:33.9	I want to pause there because that is that is something I need people to hear.
0:38.3	Like you can't chicken out when the shit you've been asking for shows up in your fucking face.
0:46.3	That's when you actually make the change.
0:51.8	You're listening to Jo Quiero Dinoero, a personal finance podcast for the modern Latina.
0:57.9	I'm your host, Janice Torres, award-winning Latina personal finance expert.
1:02.7	I didn't always have my financial shit together, but when I started looking for POC-friendly
1:07.3	personal finance podcasts, I couldn't find any. And so Yo Quiero Dino was born.
1:12.1	On this show, I'll show you how to make dinero, how to keep your dinero, and most importantly,
1:17.2	how to make it grow. Each week, I'm connecting you with the most brilliant minds in the world
1:21.6	of money and business. So you can learn about investing, entrepreneurship, and building wealth.
1:26.6	The best part, I'm dishing up all this knowledge with a sassy side of sason.
1:31.9	So if you're ready to be Poderosa with your Dinero, you've come to the right place.
1:36.6	Let's dive in.
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