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Episode Description:

In this episode, I sit down with both of my parents to talk about two powerful emotions that deeply influence Latino families: pride and shame.

We explore how these feelings have shaped the way we present ourselves to the world, how we handle mistakes, and the ways they’ve affected our relationships—both openly and quietly.

We ask:

How has pride protected us?

How has shame held us back?

And how can we learn to embrace vulnerability without losing dignity?

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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

In this powerful episode of La Mesa con Papi, we’re digging into the quiet shame and deep fear that often surrounds mental health in the Latinx community. For many of us, therapy was something “other people” did—or worse, something to be ashamed of. But healing takes many forms, and sometimes it starts with just saying: “I need help.”

Stephanie and her dad share personal reflections about how they were taught to deal with emotions growing up, how their perspectives on therapy have shifted, and what it means to parent—and be parented—while learning to heal.

This episode is for anyone breaking cycles. For anyone who grew up being told to be strong… but now wants to feel whole.

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In this episode of La Mesa con Papi, I sit down with both of my parents to talk about something that often gets overlooked in healing spaces: joy.

We talk about how joy was (or wasn’t) expressed in our home growing up.

Did we ever rest without guilt? Play without a purpose? Laugh without fear?

Or were we too busy surviving to make space for joy?

This conversation explores how joy—or the absence of it—shaped our emotional culture, our parenting, and our capacity to be soft with one another.

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Episode Description:

In this episode of La Mesa con Papi, I sit down with both of my parents to talk about dreams—the ones they had before becoming parents, the ones they had to let go of, and the ones they never got to say out loud.

This conversation dives deep into the emotional cost of immigration, sacrifice, and parenthood. We explore what it means to carry someone else's dream, what gets lost when you're in survival mode, and how healing can happen when we finally ask: What did you want for yourself before you had to live for everyone else?

This is an episode about honoring the full humanity of our parents—and learning how to dream again, together.

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🎧 Episode Description:

Sometimes love sounds like “¿Ya comiste?”
Sometimes it sounds like “No salgas tarde.”
And sometimes… it sounds like silence, worry, or control.

In this episode, we unpack how love and anxiety often get tangled in our families — especially in Latino households where protection is seen as devotion. Together, we explore how fear can show up in the name of love, how overprotectiveness shaped our sense of self, and how we’re learning to love each other in ways that feel less heavy and more free.

This is a conversation about boundaries, trust, and rewriting the emotional language of our families — without losing our roots.

🪑 Topics to Cover:

💔 The Emotional Weight of Love in Our Culture

• When “cuidarte” becomes controlling
• How love was shown through fear, not always freedom
• The emotional labor of being “the strong one” in the family

🧠 Anxiety as Inheritance

• How generational trauma created a culture of vigilance
• The difference between love and codependency
• Growing up with emotional hyperawareness

🧒🏽 Parenting Through Protection vs. Empowerment

• Raising emotionally secure kids without projecting our fear
• Teaching independence without guilt
• How to hold space instead of control

❤️‍🩹 Healing Our Love Language

• Loving each other with less fear and more trust
• Learning to say “I love you” without trying to “fix” everything
• Rewriting emotional patterns without dishonoring where we came from

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🎧 Episode Description:

We were told to be quiet—to not talk back, to not question, to not share our feelings. But silence isn’t always golden. In this powerful episode, we talk about the ways silence shaped our family, our emotional world, and our self-worth. From unspoken pain to unexpressed dreams, we explore how breaking the silence—gently, bravely—can be a radical act of healing. This is an episode about learning to use our voice, and giving our children permission to do the same.

🪑 Topics to Cover:

The Culture of Silence

• “Calladita te ves más bonita” and how that shaped girls differently
• The cost of being “respectful” at the expense of honesty
• How silence protected the family image, but wounded the individual

Unspoken Things in Our Home

• Topics we weren’t allowed to talk about (mental health, trauma, mistakes, needs)
• How we communicated without words—and what got lost in translation
• What silence taught us (intentionally or not)

Breaking the Silence with Compassion

• How to start hard conversations without burning bridges
• What breaking the silence has healed in our family
• When silence is protection—and when it’s fear

Raising Children to Speak Up

• Teaching our kids to use their voice with respect and confidence
• How we respond when our children challenge or question us
• Giving kids language for their emotions we never had

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Episode Description:

Boundaries aren’t walls — they’re bridges to healthier relationships. In this raw and reflective episode, we open up about the boundaries we’re learning to set as adults, the ones our parents never had the language or freedom to create, and what it looks like to raise children with both structure and softness. We talk about guilt, culture, parenting, and the tension between honoring family and protecting our peace. Whether you’re a parent, a child, or somewhere in between — this one’s for you.

Topics to Cover:

The Boundary Gap

• How boundaries were seen (or not seen) in our childhood homes
• The difference between obedience and respect
• “¿Y qué va a decir la gente?” culture and people-pleasing habits
• Confusing closeness with no privacy

Parenting with Boundaries

• Setting emotional boundaries with kids without pushing them away
• Teaching kids to say no—and honoring it
• How boundaries actually build trust, not distance

Boundaries with Parents (Yes, Even as Adults)

• How to lovingly say “I’m not okay with that”
• When guilt shows up, and how we respond to it
• Real talk: when “honor your parents” becomes emotional self-abandonment

Generational Healing Through Boundaries

• The boundaries we’re grateful for now
• “You taught me to survive—but now I want to thrive.”
• What does boundary-setting look like when done with love, not resentment?

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Episode Description:

Whether your family was close-knit, distant, complicated, or chaotic—we all come from something. In this episode, we open the mic not just to our family’s truths, but to everyone who’s ever wrestled with identity, generational pain, and what it means to find your voice in a family that didn’t always hear you.

With real stories, vulnerable reflection, and a few listener-submitted truths, we explore what happens when you finally stop pretending and start healing. This is for anyone trying to turn inherited pain into personal power—and maybe even love the people who couldn’t love you perfectly.

Topics to Cover:

1. The Myth of the “Perfect Family”
   • Why pretending everything’s fine creates emotional distance
   • The pressure to perform roles (the strong one, the good one, the quiet one)
2. When Family Doesn’t “Get You”
   • Identity clashes: mental health, sexuality, religion, ambition, etc.
   • The loneliness of growing up feeling unseen
3. Reclaiming Your Voice
   • What it takes to speak up for yourself in family systems
   • What healing sounds like (sometimes messy, sometimes silent, sometimes loud)
4. Love with Boundaries
   • How to stay connected without losing yourself
   • Setting boundaries with compassion, not punishment
5. What We’re Still Learning
   • Where we (as a family) are still growing
   • How others can start their healing journey—even if the family doesn’t come with them

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