Empowerment Series: Turning Pain into Power: Myrna Cabello’s Unshakable Comeback
In the latest episode of AW Confidential, I sat down with actress, musician, and beautiful human, Myrna Cabello, a woman who embodies the phrase “resilience is earned.”
With a career spanning music, television, and storytelling, Myrna has graced stages and screens, sharing space with talent like Jon Hamm in Apple TV’s Your Friends and Neighbors. But behind the spotlight is a story that shakes the surface, one marked by fear, faith, and fierce determination.
At the height of her creative career, Myrna was diagnosed with Bell’s Palsy, a condition that paralyzed one side of her face and threatened to silence her voice — literally. For an actress and singer, it was a devastating blow. “I woke up and couldn’t feel my face,” she recalled. “At first, I thought it was a stroke or a brain tumor. I couldn’t speak clearly. I had to cancel bookings. I thought, maybe this path is no longer mine.”
But Myrna refused to disappear. Instead, she put on oversized sunglasses, walked onstage with her band, and sang her heart out. She didn’t perform to prove anything; she did it to feel alive. It wasn’t polished or perfect, but it was powerful.
Her raw honesty was truly inspiring and heartfelt. She shared how acupuncture, prayer, and a community that poured back into her helped her heal. She journaled through the process, even filming herself during the hardest days. “I just prayed, ‘God, don’t take my voice.’ That was my anchor,” she said.
Even more moving? Myrna wrote a song during that season called Answers — only to later discover that a beloved aunt had passed away while she was recovering. Her family, afraid to stress her further, kept the news from her. When she sang the song for them, they burst into tears. It was a moment of unexpected mourning and magic, where grief and healing met in harmony.
Her return was filled with challenges, one of them was finding confidence again; she shared that it didn’t return overnight. It came in layers — through audacity, faith, and her tribe. “Confidence isn’t a destination,” she said. “It’s a building block. One step, one audition, one act of showing up at a time.”
Today, Myrna is celebrated not only for her artistry but for her impact, honored with Myrna Cabello Day in Austin and named one of the Top 100 Most Influential Latinas in the city’s history. But ask her what legacy she wants to leave, and the answer is simple: to make people feel seen and loved.
AW is about truth – unfiltered. When asked what her advice was to women walking through healing or reinvention? “You only have one life. Live it by your truth, not someone else’s. Sometimes the biggest shift you can make is learning to listen — not to the world, but to yourself.”
And that’s what Myrna Cabello has done — face to face, note by note, truth by truth.
Watch this powerful interview, streaming on Apple, Spotify, YouTube, Amazon Music, and iHeart Radio!
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