Everyone Needs a Corina
They do not always arrive gently.
INTROSPECTIVE
There’s always one.
Not the easy friend. The other one. The one who interrupts your overthinking and sees something in you that feels inconvenient.
That’s Corina.
We met in 2014 at Telemundo Denver. She was a production assistant. I was a reporter, figuring things out in real time. Even then, she carried an intensity. She asked questions, followed up and refused to let things sit unfinished.
At first, it felt like friction. Over time, it became clarity.
I’ve moved cities, changed jobs and reinvented myself more than once. Corina stayed the same. Unfiltered, relentless, consistent. She sees you not as you are, but as who you could be if you stopped negotiating with yourself. And she does not let you forget it.
If you’re someone full of ideas, you know the trap. Too many directions. Too much thinking. Not enough doing. Corina cuts through it with a simple question: “What are you actually going to do?”
It is easy to call people like her intense. But look closer. It is care. The active kind. The kind that pushes you when you would rather stay comfortable. The kind that refuses to let your potential stay theoretical.
Everyone needs a Corina. Someone who reminds you that your life is not meant to be lived halfway.
And if you already have one, do not mistake them for pressure. They are the reason you move.
And if you don’t have one yet, pay attention.
They do not always arrive gently.
Sometimes they show up as friction. As discomfort. As the voice that does not quite let you off the hook.
There’s a quote I once heard that feels adequate at this point: “Too much analysis causes paralysis.”
Corina will surely slap the paralysis out of you.
