Si has estado cargando algo heavy lately, un peso que no sabes ni cómo explicar then this episode is for you.

Quizás estás scrolling through your phone and you see another story, another family, another community member y algo en ti se rompe un poco más.

Creciste aquí. You did everything right. You learned both languages, you built the bridge, you carried your family's hopes like they were your own porque lo eran.

Y ahora estás aquí. Safe, technically. Pero watching something happen to your gente that feels wrong at a level you can't quite articulate. Not just sad. Not just stressed. Something deeper. Something que se siente como una traición.

Eso tiene nombre. Se llama moral injury.

Today we talk about this pain, de ese dolor específico que viene de ver algo injusto y no poder pararlo. About the guilt of being "bien" cuando otros no lo están. Del coraje que no sabes dónde poner. De crecer aquí, being told this country was worth it, y ahora no saber qué hacer con lo que estás sintiendo.

No hay fixes aquí. No te voy a dar una lista de cinco cosas. Solo espacio para nombrarlo juntos , because sometimes that is what we need.

"Termínate todo." "¿Por qué estás tan gorda?"

Creciste viendo a las mujeres en tu familia criticarse. Wearing fajas, skipping meals, commenting on each other's bodies before they even said hola. And nobody called it a problem — así eran las cosas.

But what if it wasn't okay? What if we just never had the words for it?

Esta semana, me siento con Nadia Solís, licensed clinical social worker, to talk about something our community rarely says out loud — disordered eating. The mixed messages, the wellness rabbit holes that start with buenas intenciones, the Slim-Fast at 12 years old.

En este episodio vas a aprender the warning signs to watch for — because a lot of us are living with this without even knowing it. We're also getting into the root causes, from generational trauma and family dynamics to anxiety, neurodivergence, and the pressure to just fit in.

Y vamos a hablar about why la comida de tu abuela is NOT the enemy — and what it actually looks like to heal your relationship with food sin perder tu cultura in the process.

Porque la comida es amor en nuestra cultura. So what happens when that relationship breaks?

Para las que se han sentido atrapadas entre "termínate todo" y "ya subiste de peso." Para las que pensaron que era normal — because every woman around them was doing it too.

If you want to learn more check out these resources:

https://www.nadiasolislcsw.com

Food, Culture and Healing resource guide

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Gc9wD7s2w6pHPDrp05RkL_I63QiprvMT/view?usp=drive_link

https://www.instagram.com/nadia.lcsw?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==

From a $28K household for a family of five… to building generational wealth.

En este episodio de Healing Heridas, hablo con Viviana, fundadora de Overcoming Generational Poverty, about something many first-gen families know too well but rarely talk about: money stress.

We talk about:
✨ Growing up hearing your parents fight about dinero
✨ The pressure of being the first one to “make it”
✨ Scarcity mindset y la culpa de gastar en ti
✨ How money stress and limiting beliefs impact our mental health
✨ Breaking generational poverty para que la próxima generación tenga más

One line that hit deep:

“Just because you grew up in survival mode… doesn’t mean you have to stay there.”

Si eres first-gen, si estás sanando money wounds, o si quieres construir algo mejor para tu familia — este episodio es para ti.

If you want to work with Viviana:

https://www.instagram.com/overgenpoverty/