We're sharing some stories about our religious upbringing in the Catholic church and how what we learned (and didn't learn) impacted our parenting and spiritual journeys were on today.

• 1:09 Growing up “not being Mexican enough” or “too Mexican”

  
  



• 2:04 Experiences racism 

  
  



• 2:10 Not knowing what I was or where I belong

  
  



• 2:34 Not speaking Spanish

  
  



• 3:38 My sons’ identify crisis

  
  



• 4:30 Mom Fail, not teaching our kids Spanish

  
  



• 4:49 Figuring out what label to associate with

  
  



• 6:15 Finding confidence in speaking Spanish and practicing

  
  



• 7:46 How do you fill out race/ethnicity on applications?

  
  



• 10:36 Feeling embarrassed speaking Spanish and translating growing up

  
  



• 12:16 Speaking Spanish in Costa Rica

  
  



• 13:33 The benefits of knowing 2+ languages

  
  



• 13:50 Practicing Spanish with friends

  
  



• 14:33 I can’t conjugate in Spanish

  
  



• 15:24 Speaking 2 languages is in demand in today’s world

  
  



• 15:45 Teaching our kids Spanish now 

  
  



• 17:43 The communities we grew up in

  
  



• 18:43 Advocating for our kids in school as minorities 

  
  



• 20:04 Trauma cycles

  
  



• 20:24 Mireya’s school negligence story 

  
  



• 24:40 Growing up confused about religion 

  
  



• 27:58 Teaching my kids to be good human beings

  
  



• 30:20 Heaven and hell on Earth

  
  



• 33:01 Waking up and moving away from religion

  
  



• 33:54 Reading the Bible

  
  



• 38:09 Religion and LGBTQ+

  
  



• 41:14 Enlightenment 

  
  



• 41:48 Being in alignment with your highest self

  
  



• 46:25 Questioning yourself and your programming

  
  



• 46:52 Learning to listen to your intuition

  
  

  
  

  
  

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  We want to extend a heartfelt thank you to Mike, who contributed greatly to the production of this podcast. Mike helped with shooting video, editing the podcast, and was an invaluable member of our team throughout the entire process.

  
  

  We couldn't have done it without Mike's hard work, dedication, and expertise. If you're interested in working with Mike on your own projects, you can contact him at Apodcamike629@icloud.com. 

  
  

  Thank you again, Mike, for all that you've done to help make this podcast a success!