DiscoverEmbracing All of Me2.18 First-Gen, Bi, and Breaking Cycles - Michael Lemus on Reclaiming Joy
2.18 First-Gen, Bi, and Breaking Cycles - Michael Lemus on Reclaiming Joy

2.18 First-Gen, Bi, and Breaking Cycles - Michael Lemus on Reclaiming Joy

Update: 2025-09-16
Share

Description

We're Back for Season 2!
In this episode of Embracing All of Me, we go beyond the content to meet the real Michael Lemus — a proud Bi+ Latino creator, first-gen college graduate, first-gen professional, and founder of Reclaiming Your Happiness with Lemus, LLC.

Michael opens up about navigating parentification, setting boundaries that others may not understand, choosing joy when it comes at a cost, and his ideal bisexual representation in media.

From the pressure of being the first in his family to graduate college to the courageous act of creating distance for his own mental health, Michael’s story reveals what it means to honor yourself when the world — and sometimes those closest to us— simply doesn’t get it.


https://www.reclaimingyourhappinesswithlemus.com/

Scholars of Color

Michael on Instagram

Pillemer: Family estrangement a problem ‘hiding in plain sight’ on Cornell Chronicle (Article)

Comments 
In Channel
loading
00:00
00:00
x

0.5x

0.8x

1.0x

1.25x

1.5x

2.0x

3.0x

Sleep Timer

Off

End of Episode

5 Minutes

10 Minutes

15 Minutes

30 Minutes

45 Minutes

60 Minutes

120 Minutes

2.18 First-Gen, Bi, and Breaking Cycles - Michael Lemus on Reclaiming Joy

2.18 First-Gen, Bi, and Breaking Cycles - Michael Lemus on Reclaiming Joy

Ross Victory