Ever found yourself drawn into a dialogue that feels like a warm abrazo? That's the space we've shared in this season of Latina's State of Mind. Cherishing our journey together, we bring snippets of our favorite episodes, the heartfelt conversations, and the incredible guests who have enriched our podcast. It's been a roller-coaster ride of emotions, especially when discussing topics like domestic violence - a conversation that tugged at our heartstrings, yet proved crucial in our narrative.
1We're left pondering over accountability, the essentiality of respecting narratives, and the strength of immigrant communities. As we wrap up, we thank you for your companionship on this journey, and invite you to continue with us into our second season. Don't forget to follow us on Instagram and Facebook for updates. Until then, adiós!
Ever found yourself drawn into a dialogue that feels like a warm abrazo? That's the space we've shared in this season of Latina's State of Mind. Cherishing our journey together, we bring snippets of our favorite episodes, the heartfelt conversations, and the incredible guests who have enriched our podcast. It's been a roller-coaster ride of emotions, especially when discussing topics like domestic violence - a conversation that tugged at our heartstrings, yet proved crucial in our narrative.
1We're left pondering over accountability, the essentiality of respecting narratives, and the strength of immigrant communities. As we wrap up, we thank you for your companionship on this journey, and invite you to continue with us into our second season. Don't forget to follow us on Instagram and Facebook for updates. Until then, adiós!
This is Latina's State of Mind, a podcast created by Latinas for all audiences, where we can share our experiences about love, life and everything in between.
Speaker 2:Hello everyone, welcome to another episode of Latina's State of Mind. How are we doing?
Speaker 1:Happy Saturday.
Speaker 3:Or whatever date it is.
Speaker 2:We release on Saturday. We do, but you know they can listen whenever they want.
Speaker 1:Can they? Okay, you need to listen on Saturday and then another time.
Speaker 2:Okay, twice. What's going on, ladies? How are you?
Speaker 1:Good, how are you? Great, great.
Speaker 4:Are we telling them?
Speaker 2:We should tell them. So we will be taking a little break from releasing episodes. Yes, so this is going to be the last episode of this season, but we'll be back. And we'll still be releasing other stuff, fun things for you guys, don't?
Speaker 1:worry, don't be sad, we're coming back.
Speaker 4:If we're going to reference the last episode, I'm making sure I'm coming back.
Speaker 2:Oh my gosh you for sure, are coming back so scared of it.
Speaker 1:Terrified, terrified.
Speaker 2:So we thought for this episode we are going to talk about our favorite episodes from this season and our favorite DDS, the Anaselle shit, yeah. So who wants to start?
Speaker 1:I want to start and I kind of want us to talk a little before we get into our favorite episodes. I would like us to talk a little bit about your experience in the podcast.
Speaker 2:And how it all started. Let's talk about that.
Speaker 4:First of all, we have to thank you, senya.
Speaker 1:Yes it was all your idea. I bugged you guys.
Speaker 4:You brought your husband, us two together to be able to do this.
Speaker 1:So thank you, and I could honestly like I feel like every time the three of us were together it was just so fun and I knew that we would make a really good connection on a podcast. Yeah.
Speaker 2:I was honestly scared Same, Because you guys know I'm not much of a talker, I don't think and I don't really like my voice, like hearing it in audio.
Speaker 4:But I would do anything for you, Senya. So stop, here we are.
Speaker 3:Say it guys Anything, Say it away yeah.
Speaker 1:Say it right now, no, but I think we just always had really good chemistry and I just love how our conversations always felt so important. Like I think there are so many times where I felt like other people needed to listen to our conversations and there are just so many things that we the three of us want to say to the world, and I love that we were able to come together and have like a platform to share our thoughts and experiences and we can honestly like talk about serious topics. Yes.
Speaker 6:We can be hilarious.
Speaker 3:We are hilarious.
Speaker 5:And also we're so different from each other.
Speaker 2:And I think that's what makes it work. Right Did you say it makes it?
Speaker 4:worse.
Speaker 2:Work.
Speaker 4:I was like, I was like wait, no. But I completely agree. I think we get. We talk about serious topics, we are just bringing them to light.
Speaker 2:You know, setting light on them.
Speaker 4:Making sure that other people's have some experience in it or at least some knowledge in it.
Speaker 1:I think we learn so much about each other every time. Or like you feel like there has to be an episode where I'm like, oh, like that didn't matter. And even if in our silly episodes, I feel like we have learned a lot about like you guys, but also about myself, yeah.
Speaker 2:I agree, and I think one of the things that we talked about when we were discussing the possibility of having a podcast was how so many times we don't hear or see ourselves represented in media and we thought like it would be just a cool opportunity for us to share our experience with someone out there. Would, you know, kind of feel better by you know, knowing that they're not alone and their feelings or their views or whatever it is.
Speaker 1:And there are people like them out there too, yeah.
Speaker 4:Yeah, we've received so many great comments from people that we did not ever expect people that I didn't expect that were actually listened to this episode and that have actually learned from this and gotten a different perspective.
Speaker 2:Oh, actually I wanted to shout out my cousin Marisol, because she says she wanted to send her greetings. Hola, prima, hola prima.
Speaker 1:No, but I think it's so important to think to talk about. Like. I can't disclose names, but there's a person that has been listening to us and I never thought he would ever be the kind of person to ever connect in any way with our podcast. He is one of my coworkers and white male yeah, he's super awesome and it was just so nice. I said, hey, do you listen to podcasts? And he said yeah, and I said, hey, my friends and I we have a little podcast and maybe it's not your thing, but like we're funny and cool.
Speaker 1:Yeah, and he said to me very honestly I haven't listened to all of them, but I listened to a few and I love what you guys are doing and he's like I really appreciate it, so love that, thank you. Thank you, you know who you are.
Speaker 4:I don't know if I can see your name, so I'm not saying it, but thank you. But thank you Definitely, ask permission beforehand.
Speaker 2:Yeah, exactly, thank you Publishing all the names of everyone.
Speaker 1:And we've had some awesome guests.
Speaker 2:Like, yeah, that has been amazing. Yeah, thank you to Pedro.
Speaker 1:Thank you for, to your brother and my sister, yeah, and we can't say other names yeah other individual about the domestic violence episode yeah, wow, one of my favorites yeah.
Speaker 4:Maybe it's an introduction into that.
Speaker 1:Yeah, let's talk about our favorite episodes All right.
Speaker 4:Well, that was one of my favorite episodes, the domestic violence episode. I heartfelt.
Speaker 3:Yeah.
Speaker 4:You know, it was so raw and real that it just made me feel everything I felt angry, I felt sad, I felt happy and I don't know. I think that's just one of the stories that whenever you get to feel all of those emotions, you know that's a great story.
Speaker 1:Yeah, all of us can say I'll never get myself in that situation.
Speaker 6:I think we've all of us have said I will never be in those shoes. I will never like stay after.
Speaker 2:I will never stay exactly.
Speaker 1:But once that's happened to you, I think your brain changes your chemistry, everything changes. You probably have heard so many gaslighting things that make you think it's all your fault. And then there's that power control dynamic where you don't have any control of that. What do you think that you could have heard at that moment? Or at one point being that could have changed your mind.
Speaker 3:That you're still worthy. That could have seen the red flag that I was still worthy, that I'm not damaged, that people love you. Because it was really easy, going through that, to feel like people thought I deserved to go through what I went through Because you kept going back, because I kept going back and because I essentially cheated on him and got pregnant, like, even though he cheated and did whatever he want, I got caught Right and so I deserved that.
Speaker 1:So brave. I feel like it was one of those episodes when you can really see like the strength a person has to pull themselves out of such a terrible situation and I also thought it was such a great episode I know.
Speaker 2:It just makes you realize, like, how many things people go through that you don't even know about.
Speaker 1:Exactly.
Speaker 4:Because you see them and you would never know, you see a smile, but in reality what are they hiding? She's amazing she really is so brave. Thank you to that individual for coming over.
Speaker 1:Yeah, she's so appreciate that honesty. I think I didn't know that she was going to be that honest with us and that open and share all that that she shared with us, and I feel like it made that episode so much more meaningful.
Speaker 2:Yeah, it was a gift. Her honesty was a gift.
Speaker 1:Yeah, it truly was, and I hope that it changed somebody's.
Speaker 4:I hope so too.
Speaker 1:It made you think differently. It made you think differently. It made you think differently. It made you think differently, yeah.
Speaker 2:I love it, I love it.
Speaker 1:What about you? What's one of your favorite?
Speaker 2:Well, talking about having guests, one of my favorite episodes was the LGBTQIA plus episode, because my sister was here with me.
Speaker 4:Wow, nomás porque estú aquí.
Speaker 2:You know that made it even more special.
Speaker 1:Brenda, this is Diana.
Speaker 3:You know, I get to give you a greet Every time.
Speaker 1:Every single time.
Speaker 2:No, I think it was super special because we could talk about our experience Now that we haven't before. But I think I opened up a lot more about how I felt about the whole situation and how it affected me, and she was a little nervous, but she also shared some stuff and I was just so proud of her for doing that Very courageous, very impressive yeah. From the beginning. She's always been like that.
Speaker 4:But for work I'm trying to change my language, especially whenever I don't. I don't want to refer to a person as a she or as a he. I try to be more inclusive and say they, you know.
Speaker 2:Yeah, yeah, I think it's just getting used to approaching everything differently. At work, I always, like you're saying, try to make sure that if I'm asking someone about their, the person they're with, I'll ask your partner or your spouse, instead of if I'm speaking with a woman asking your husband or Because that's like immediately what you assume.
Speaker 2:If it's a girl, it's she's married to a guy. But we shouldn't be making assumptions. But yeah, I think that was one of my favorite episodes, for sure, and, like I said before, when I was younger I'd never heard anyone who maybe looked like me or had an experience similar to mine to make me feel like, oh, you know, it's going to be okay. So I hope that helps someone who listened.
Speaker 1:I love that episode because I feel like, like you said, you were the most honest and you also shared so many experiences and so many, so many feelings.
Speaker 1:But I think we also got to learn a little more about, like, our Latin community and how they're treated and how difficult it can be to come out and in our communities and to be accepted and to accept yourself because of all the narratives that we have. So I think it made us I know for sure for me and made me feel empowered to be more supportive, and also it made me just be like, okay, how can I be a better ally, especially for our Hispanic Latin community, like I think it's important.
Speaker 4:Definitely, I think, at least for myself. It taught me to be more understanding, because to me it's like okay, I can understand it, you're gay. Great Good for you, live it, live your true life. So I didn't understand that this. Other people struggled with it. I didn't understand that people struggled with understanding other individuals. So to me it helped me. You know, be more respectful of that.
Speaker 1:I think back about that episode and I love the part when Diana asked you so when you dated boys, did you still love them? When you dated girls, you still love them. And you said love is love yes. And I thought it was just like such an eye opening To me, it was Not only for her but for, I think, everybody that listened. You know like, because you're assuming different things, because whatever you're imagining, but it was such a like rotten, like cool thing to hear.
Speaker 1:Hey yeah, I've loved. It doesn't matter, love is love. I thought it was like one of my favorite.
Speaker 4:I think you were bringing that up because you are 100% correct. It made me and it made like it impacted me, because I was like oh, there's no difference. Exactly, love is love.
Speaker 2:And that's the point of the whole thing. Right, exactly, love is love.
Speaker 1:That's all.
Speaker 2:What was one of your favorite episodes, Sonia?
Speaker 1:So many, but I think one of my favorites was the mental health episode yes, and I love that we did it in English and Spanish, because I'm such an advocate for mental health Like I think people should always go to therapy. You need to do what you need to do for your mental health. But I just had so many good pointers and there was nothing about that conversation that I felt like I feel like we need to have more conversations about mental health. Like everything he said was so important. There was just so many eye-opening points. Like I think it was just so awesome talking about mental health and having somebody that's a professional that came and talked to us and gave us some really good tips.
Speaker 6:Yeah, all your values attached to things you either do or don't do, and in the end you're valuable just because you are. Nothing you do or stop to make you more valuable.
Speaker 4:Love that, that's so beautiful.
Speaker 1:Stay a lot, stay a lot for the people in the back, don't repeat it.
Speaker 3:No, no, no, straight from the professionals Stay a lot for the people in the back.
Speaker 6:Nothing you do or don't do doesn't change your value.
Speaker 1:That's beautiful. I love that and as someone that has brothers and a husband and friends that cares, I just I didn't start crying, I already did. We need to be better for men. We need to help them get that help they need and have put so much pressure on both men and women, but especially less allow men to be vulnerable. Yeah.
Speaker 4:Or stop with that. Oh don't cry. Yeah, yeah, man, boys can cry too. Oh my gosh. The posts were like oh man, you used to go to war Okay.
Speaker 1:And men also died. Yeah, a lot of men died too, and they came back with a lot of PTSD, tbi.
Speaker 6:Yeah, I mean, it's a generational thing, right. Like you know, men are just learning what their fathers have taught them, right? So, yeah, you know, if you have children, you, you can do something or you can change that, you know. But yeah, and I, you know, not to not to say, like you know, we are the way we are, just because we, you know, we, we are born to society. It's like everybody else, right. And that feeling of responsibility, right, it's really what kind of makes us only focus on one thing, right, and like, I'm just going to provide, I'm going to work as much as I can, and, you know, then you put into that the whole, you know, immigrant experience, right Of, like my dad went to even worse than me to get me here. So if I don't do the best I can, then I'm failing him too, right, so there's a lot of pressure in there.
Speaker 1:Yeah, our mental health episodes were my favorite.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I think you're totally right, especially him being a man.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:Hispanic male in our community talking about it so openly. And also sharing about his own experiences, which we so much appreciate. It was beautiful.
Speaker 4:It was. I don't usually like this man.
Speaker 1:These two fight like brothers, but no, it was really.
Speaker 4:I mean, what I took from this episode is giving yourself grace. Yes, you know like we are all going through something. Don't push yourself too hard and give yourself grace. Something doesn't go the right way, whatever it is, just give yourself grace.
Speaker 2:Kind of like the underlying topic for all three of the episodes that we chose right.
Speaker 4:Yeah, because everybody's going through something and just look at us learning, teaching others. Who are we?
Speaker 2:You're welcome.
Speaker 1:Like feeling You're stepping into my zone.
Speaker 2:All the feelings Running away. I'm feeling.
Speaker 1:Sending her all the emotions. That's how I'll hunt her. You did oh, that's right. That's right. You did say that you're going to make individuals feel all the emotions.
Speaker 2:Yeah, listen to our last episode.
Speaker 4:Yes, we're referencing many episodes today.
Speaker 1:Do you have a second favorite episode?
Speaker 4:Yes, this one is called oh my gosh. Let me look it up Overcoming, oh my gosh.
Speaker 2:Adversity.
Speaker 4:Overcoming adversity. Thank you so very much. And this was Edgar's story, your brother's story. Yeah, and I I never. He jokes around so much. He's such a jokester and just hearing him get so serious and deep about this conversation and his, what happened to him in a situation and how his community, how he kind of rallied around his community and stuff like that.
Speaker 4:To me that was, I don't know. It just showed that you can do whatever you want in this world, and you can get better, and you can get worse, and you can get better, but whatever you set your mind to, you're going to be able to accomplish it.
Speaker 1:I think a lot of the times we compare our struggles like as, as people, we're always like, yeah, I'm going through this, but there are people that had a stroke, or like you know, it's just, this is just anxiety, like this is not a big deal, or like or oh, but you've never been through this, or you've never. You know right.
Speaker 1:And I think that's when you minimize your struggle and then that's when you kind of get stuck in this like cycle of I'm not worthy, like maybe like people are going through more than me, but like like Edgar was saying and like we've been talking, like it matters, like your struggle, as little as you think it is, it's a struggle and it's important to you.
Speaker 5:It's a struggle for you.
Speaker 1:And that's all that matters. Like it doesn't matter if you didn't have a stroke, it doesn't matter if you were not in whatever relationship or whatever happened. I feel like as long as it matters to you, it matters, and that's how we move forward, and that's why how we should heal it, right, yeah?
Speaker 5:And I think sometimes just how it takes is, like I said smile or having a friend reaching out, even even if you're going through something hard. It's like you don't have family members around, but somebody cares about you. You have friends that care. You have people that you will work out with that care. Who knows? Just people that are around you care to see you.
Speaker 2:Yeah, and I think he's really super impactful, very proud of him, very grateful because he shared so much again with us Another gift that we had. I think it was very cool to see and hear your side of it too, sonia, because we love you and we know how much it affected you. But yeah, just seeing him now and I mean he's great, yeah, yeah, he's a pretty cool guy, yeah.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I am biased to that episode.
Speaker 6:A little bit.
Speaker 1:No, I made a couple movies about my brother during school and I'm just so proud of him. I feel like there's so many times it was so shocking to see him intubated and seeing him in the hospital and not knowing what the stroke meant and what that would do to his body and what his quality of life would be, and then seeing him fight through it and not only like just fight, like he just did everything. It was just so amazing and he told us you know, I wasn't going to give up for my kids. Like I'm not going to teach my kids that giving up is an option, like that's not an option for me and I don't want that to ever be an option for them. And so to me that was like so inspiring. And I watch him do all these awesome things and every day I'm inspired by him.
Speaker 4:It's amazing, it's so impressive and, like you said, inspiring that this could have gone south and he decided to become better of it. Because you always hear these stories like oh, I had a terrible situation, terrible past this and that, so I became a shitty person because of it Bitter or any.
Speaker 4:Yeah, I was getting griep bitter and he was like no, not only am I going to teach my kids that you can go through anything and everything and become better of it, but he actually did it and he still continues to do it. Yeah, Every day he shows up, every day he shows up.
Speaker 1:Yeah, that was my second.
Speaker 6:I love it.
Speaker 4:I mean there's. Yeah, like you said, all of my episodes are like my favorite, but like these two.
Speaker 3:Those are the ones that stood up.
Speaker 4:Yes, those are the ones that stood up for me, yeah.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I mean, I'm so hard to choose.
Speaker 1:I choose, I chose to, and I'm like, oh wait, but this one, oh wait, but that one, yeah, okay.
Speaker 2:I almost chose our very first episode on friendship. I love that Because we got to talk about, like, our connection and I don't know that that was a really cool one. But for my second one I chose the DACA episode. I didn't say a lot during that episode and I just wanted to hear you guys talk about your experience and just knowing how much that has affected your life and again it just makes me so proud to know where you are today after going through all of that. I can't relate to that specific thing, but I don't know. It just made me love you both even more.
Speaker 4:Yeah, you're the best. You're not getting hot today, thank you.
Speaker 1:So I wanted to. I'm kidding that joke, she's the score.
Speaker 4:Even after those uncomfortable moments, even after those awkward moments, even after realizing time and time again that I wasn't the same as others, that I didn't have the same opportunities, that I didn't have the same kind of easy route, and I had no guidance either, so I was just doing it by myself, winging it, and yeah but I don't know.
Speaker 4:If you wanted to know anything in specific, I got so many knows I was talking to my mom about this. I got so many knows and I got I especially got so many knows from Hispanic or Latin offices where there's about these students and they were always like, no, you don't qualify for this, no, you don't do this, you don't. And I was just like, oh okay, watch me, like, watch me go through this. You're just telling me now, but it is just, you know, making me even more hungry for success.
Speaker 1:I think that episode was terrifying for me because I had to share something that I was so ashamed of for so long. You and I both felt that shame, yeah, it was liberating, it was it really was. And I feel like I so many times was like oh, I'm proud of who I am.
Speaker 1:I'm like deep down, I wasn't like I was ashamed and I really felt like it just felt so negative about my situation and I think, after talking about it, I'm proud, like I'm really proud of the work that I've done, I'm really proud of the way I've handled my situation and I hope that other people that are in the same boat as Diana and I can hear us and say you know what, if these girls can go to college, or if these girls can do this, I can do this, like I can also make my dreams come true.
Speaker 2:Yeah, and I think it was important because you both talked about how it wasn't easy, right. So many people said no, people who you thought would be empathetic because maybe like same background, right.
Speaker 4:Close the door right on my face.
Speaker 2:Exactly. Yeah, I think it was like a good testament to like being, like persevere and fight for what you want, and also that there are good people out there that are willing to help and it just takes sometimes a little time to find them. It takes many tries.
Speaker 4:It takes many noses it takes, getting the door shut on your face and climbing through the fucking window.
Speaker 1:Whatever it takes. Whatever it takes.
Speaker 4:No, but you know, that episode made me appreciate my, what I have accomplished, because same not only did I feel ashamed of my situation and my and my status, but also everything that I had accomplished so far. It was like. It was kind of like oh, I was supposed to do that instead of like no, I wasn't really supposed to be how everything was just for you to fail.
Speaker 2:It worked so hard and so I became.
Speaker 4:I kind of recognized what I have done and I will have accomplished and what I still have yet to accomplish, but at least I'm part of the progress that I have made. Yeah and that's something that I didn't feel initially and that's something that was I. This episode was I opening, not only to kind of let go of that shame and accept whatever it is it is now, but also be part of what I've accomplished.
Speaker 1:Somebody told me that one of their favorite parts about the episode was saying and I saying there wasn't a way, but we made a way, like we knew that, even though there wasn't a path, we had to figure out a way to make the path and like, you say no to me, watch me, watch me.
Speaker 2:Yeah, that's us, as a community, right like coming in as immigrants. That's how we do it, because that's the only option we have Exactly.
Speaker 1:There was no other way.
Speaker 2:So proud of you Thanks.
Speaker 4:There's an easy way, but that wasn't available. That wasn't available to us. It's fine, we're okay.
Speaker 1:Something else will be easier. My second one was La Llorona.
Speaker 4:That one was a great episode. That was such a good episode I mean, we have all great episodes, but that one was just like spooky human.
Speaker 2:And it took a turn.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I feel like she came to me and she was like this is my real story and I love that we were able to tell her real story.
Speaker 2:Yeah, and now I'm a writer.
Speaker 1:Yeah exactly Now we're writing books. Yeah, so I think that was my favorite episode because she's such a big myth in our communities and I don't think there's ever like a Latin Hispanic kid that has grown up without knowing who La Llorona is, I don't think so. She's so big and there's so many stories about who she was and what happened to her and why she became evil. Is she really?
Speaker 4:evil.
Speaker 1:Is she really evil? Was she just trying to?
Speaker 4:You have to listen to that episode, you have to listen to that episode, but like someone is lying yeah, and I don't think it's her. Exactly, she came and told us.
Speaker 1:so you're welcome. Yes, I wanted to learn more about her now, but I don't want her to contact me. Please don't contact me.
Speaker 2:No, she's contacting Diana.
Speaker 1:Yeah, Diana when she tells you her true story. I would really like to know.
Speaker 4:No, yeah, of course you can write a book about it.
Speaker 1:No, I won't do that.
Speaker 4:She can do that herself. I'm just kidding. No, I wouldn't do that. I don't have time for her.
Speaker 1:Okay, that's a lot of ink behind that.
Speaker 4:You just got to treat them with respect. You know, and that's what I'm doing. Okay, that was good to know that was just setting up my boundaries.
Speaker 1:See, it will be an important day if she comes for you and you got to be nice to her.
Speaker 4:She's got to be nice. Back, gosh, we're reading this story. How about? This? Man just almost died and I'm over here like?
Speaker 1:Yeah, exactly.
Speaker 4:I would like to learn more about her. I feel like I'm glad that she repented. I don't know if that's the correct way to say that, but I'm glad she did in a way. If she's still killing, that is not cool, that is not okay.
Speaker 1:Please stop doing that. What if she's misunderstood? What if the person that killed the kids was her husband and they keep blamed it on her? Oh, then killed her she's got a twist Right, killed her, and the reason why she's roaming around is because she's trying to find her kids. That's why it really happened. Let's go.
Speaker 4:That could really happen, yeah.
Speaker 2:She's being blamed for his doing. That's why she can't move on, because she's still looking for her kids.
Speaker 1:Because she was blamed for something that she didn't do.
Speaker 4:Exactly.
Speaker 1:I think that's what happened. I 100% believe it. How did I believe it?
Speaker 4:Maybe you just freed her soul.
Speaker 1:What if she just put that in my mind?
Speaker 4:Yeah, she just told us her story. Oh my gosh, we didn't even need the weed. I'm so getting chills. I know we're talking shit and everything but I'm like got chills all over. You know what? That's her story.
Speaker 2:That is totally gotta be it. We're branding La.
Speaker 4:Llorona.
Speaker 1:Yeah, we are. We're branding La Llorona. I am so sorry. We were doubting you, but now we understand. Now we understand it wasn't your fault, girl. It was his cheating ass. Typical man. Blame me on the girl after you did what you did.
Speaker 4:Oh my gosh, that's actually great theory.
Speaker 2:I really like that.
Speaker 4:You know what? I kind of believe that more I do too, because women get blamed for everything all the time. What makes this thing that didn't happen in this?
Speaker 1:instance, what if? Think about this?
Speaker 4:La Llorona, thank you for reaching out.
Speaker 1:Those crazy people that have been killing their wives and their children because they're trying to leave with their mistresses. We just had one in Colorado not too long ago. So what if that was her story? What?
Speaker 4:if, especially back in the day when women had even less rights. Exactly Poor Recita.
Speaker 1:We just solved it guys, I think we did I think we did Great job.
Speaker 4:Do you think she's gonna stop? No, I hope she doesn't. Well, I mean she's gotta be looking for her children. Yeah, she's always gonna be looking for her children, unfortunately.
Speaker 2:No, I'm sad for her.
Speaker 4:I know, yeah, poor Sita. Yeah, that was a really good opposite. Yeah, I think that was.
Speaker 1:I love that we had a spooky season.
Speaker 4:Love that. Yeah, let's hope to bring it back to season 2.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I think so too, I think spooky was, fun it was very fun and it's my favorite time of the year.
Speaker 4:We were struggling with all the chills, yeah, but at least I was. Yeah, it was so scary, but we made it through.
Speaker 1:Yeah we'll be better prepared for way scarier stories next year. Yeah, diana was stopped like. Is there something you guys look forward to for the next season? More guests?
Speaker 2:Yes, yes, yeah.
Speaker 4:That's a great point More guests, a few more episodes, in Spanish especially like mental health episodes and brief episodes. We mentioned that we want to go back to that and hopefully we can go back to it in Spanish as well, yeah. Yeah.
Speaker 1:What else I like the idea of more guests. I think I want to do more interaction with their listeners. Okay, I would love to. I think I look forward to finding a way to interact more with our listeners, because I feel like the people that do listen to us. Often they have so many cool stories to tell, yeah, and they have a different life path than what we've gone through, so I would love to tell somebody's story and see where they're at what they're doing.
Speaker 1:And they want to share something, they can come on and we can talk about it. I would love that. That would be super cool. Yeah, so excited.
Speaker 4:I am. I'm excited for the break, not going to lie, but it's going to be a good moment to like recoup.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 4:And keep going. Think about more stories.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I'm excited about that.
Speaker 4:And I'm excited this is season and we're going to be having two seasons. You guys, yeah. And then there's going to be three, and then there's going to be four, and then there's going to be like and then soon we'll be interviewing AOC. I will die. We want to put that on next. I will literally die, just manifesting.
Speaker 1:We're manifesting.
Speaker 2:What about Biden? She's going to sit right next to me too. Okay, okay, yeah.
Speaker 1:I'm just going to.
Speaker 4:Letting you know least right here. And then she's going to be like super interested in me and nodded to you.
Speaker 2:You know what Fucking kill you.
Speaker 4:She's going to be like D. I love the DDS episode. No one is going to talk about dancing.
Speaker 5:Let's go shopping.
Speaker 1:If we're shooting for AOC I would like to have Carol G on this. Ooh, you want to hear that today.
Speaker 2:La viechota, you want to hear that in the mask, that would be great. Yeah, we'll find a way.
Speaker 1:Maybe season three, season three or four.
Speaker 2:Can I?
Speaker 1:say that? Can I say that, yeah, we're manifesting. We're manifesting the power manifesting.
Speaker 4:The power manifesting.
Speaker 3:I love it.
Speaker 1:And then we also had this awesome segment that that was amazing.
Speaker 2:So many people love.
Speaker 1:It became people's favorite. I think people really listened to the podcast just to listen to the DDS.
Speaker 4:I agree, I just wanted to hear my shit, yeah.
Speaker 1:How did that come about?
Speaker 4:Oh man, oh, it was Eddie's idea, it was my brother's idea.
Speaker 2:Yeah, shut up, shut up.
Speaker 3:I'm not.
Speaker 4:Eddie, oh my gosh, he's. What did he say? He was something about Something more current. I believe that's what he mentioned Something that's going on right now, or something that you're struggling with right now.
Speaker 2:Probably because you complain a lot. You think so. Maybe Just a little bit. I hate you no.
Speaker 4:So shout out to Eddie, because he's the one that gave me the idea. And then I was like I'm going to steal that idea and I'm going to call it Diana's Daily Shit. And he said sure. Okay, whatever he's like yeah sure whatever it's not like you haven't done that before and I was like meh, it came about that and I, because I was asking him, like hey, because I was actually asking him about episode ideas.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 4:And yeah, that's how it came about Him complaining and me understanding because I complain too. You're like perfect, same Eddie. It's almost like we're siblings. It's like we know each other, and that's how it came about it, and then we just started talking shit from there on.
Speaker 3:Yep.
Speaker 4:I remember the first one. I think it was talking shit about men. Remember, it was like men.
Speaker 1:Why.
Speaker 3:It's still a question that we have, because it was about Jerome as well.
Speaker 4:They couldn't share details.
Speaker 1:Yes.
Speaker 4:Oh my gosh man, why? Why, I think.
Speaker 1:I like we did a lot of politics on your daily show A lot of politics.
Speaker 4:I'm sorry.
Speaker 1:I have a background in political science, so Politics tends to piss us off, but it's current events. It's current events.
Speaker 2:It's part of what's going on.
Speaker 1:It's the current events that are pissing us off right now. But yeah. But I think one of my favorites was when we talked about having an expiration time for politicians. How just due date After 75, you should not be in it Before 75.
Speaker 2:I think we said a lower age Like 65 or something like that.
Speaker 4:No, you should not be there, we still agree, we still agree, we need to contact the governor and I'm like, hey, excuse me, sir, you need to put, you need to get this rolling.
Speaker 1:Excuse me, sir.
Speaker 2:You're out.
Speaker 1:You cannot be getting paid for this.
Speaker 4:For doing nothing. Our governor is an appropriate age, but he could get it rolling. He can get the ball rolling.
Speaker 1:Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2:Yeah, let's get this started.
Speaker 1:We'll call AOC.
Speaker 2:Once I'm best friends with her, then it'll work out, oh remember.
Speaker 4:her and I are going to be best friends, not you. Okay, okay.
Speaker 2:All right, I'm breaking my heart. Wait, don't you.
Speaker 1:You're going to welcome. Oh my gosh, Can I talk about my?
Speaker 4:other favorite DDS, please, of course. My other favorite, and this one's on at least one of my most favorite is when I publicly apologize to you. That was my favorite too, for making fun of you, for, like dolphins, dolphins. Because then later on life was like you, stupid bitch Orcas. Let me teach you about orcas. Aka killer ones and like just learning how they were attacking and just learning how they were attacking like uh, and that just like brought life to me, you know.
Speaker 2:And then I was like you could understand her from from a different perspective. Now, exactly, yeah, I could understand a little bit more and I was like, oh, dang it, I need to apologize.
Speaker 1:And then it turns out that dolphins and whales are like related.
Speaker 4:Yeah, somehow like that. Yeah, I don't know how. I'm not a marine biologist Biologist, my concentration is finance.
Speaker 1:Not biologists. That sounds so wrong, oh wrong, oh wrong.
Speaker 2:Oh my gosh.
Speaker 4:Do not have any knowledge in marine biology. Good job when?
Speaker 1:to fix it.
Speaker 2:I might have some knowledge.
Speaker 4:You have some knowledge. I made fun of you for liking dolphins and I feel bad about that when I can't remember. But, like we were talking about dolphins. And I was like, oh You're rude, exactly. And so until I learned about um killer whales orcas, orcas, yes, yes, and how they're talking, they're attacking yachts. And so I was like, oh my gosh, these aquatic animals matter.
Speaker 1:And then I felt so wait you're saying hold on, let me pass. Yeah, let me again.
Speaker 2:What You're saying, that when you heard Sidney I say that she likes dolphins, is when you realized that aquatic animals matter. No, not yet I mean I think fun of her for liking dolphins, I guess.
Speaker 1:But, wait, wait before you go on. Why did you think it was cringe that I liked dolphins?
Speaker 4:I just find it extremely cringe.
Speaker 1:I love dolphins.
Speaker 2:Can you apologize to me too? No.
Speaker 5:She's like how old are you? Okay?
Speaker 4:So then, continue on with your orca story, and so, yes, so there's orcas in some sort of a Iberian sea. I believe it is near Spain. They're attacking, they're attacking yachts and other voting things. I was going to say instruments but they're not instruments and I just felt bad because I'm like, okay, now I have a favorite aquatic animal, orcas.
Speaker 1:Yeah, Because they're evil. So cool because they're evil. We should have known.
Speaker 4:So I would like to apologize for making fun of liking dolphins, because now I have a favorite aquatic animal and it's orcas.
Speaker 1:Apology accepted.
Speaker 5:And shark wick stars on Monday, by the way.
Speaker 4:Wait till you find out all about sharks. Yeah, I'm sorry about sharks. You don't care what sharks are.
Speaker 3:They're like super old.
Speaker 4:What? That was one of my favorite DDS segments. I love that one. Just recognizing that I did wrong.
Speaker 2:Surprising. Yeah, I couldn't believe it. That's why I like it yeah, I was shocked, I was shocked too, I shocked myself.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I was shocked.
Speaker 4:But this is what this podcast is doing to me, yeah.
Speaker 1:It's teaching you to be self aware.
Speaker 4:Awareness. Remember when were you Self aware?
Speaker 1:So many episodes about that Like the first five, we kept painting that out. Okay, but it's true, it's real life it's real life.
Speaker 2:And I hope people learn from that I also want people to know that you give us hugs now which didn't happen before and it's like two hugs every time, two hugs oh my goodness.
Speaker 3:Once when she gets here and once she leaves and sometimes she'll randomly hug you twice.
Speaker 2:Yeah, are they the best hugs?
Speaker 4:They're a little stiff.
Speaker 2:But I appreciate it.
Speaker 4:I'm happy with you, thank you, you're welcome. Thank you, I'm going to stop now. No, just kidding. I'm going to try and be less stiff. I'm going to be trying to be more like embraced. Oh that's your bike. No, hold on, hold on. That's tough Okay, no, no, no, poco, a poquito por favor, you do what you feel comfortable with.
Speaker 2:We're not going to appreciate it.
Speaker 1:I appreciate it. We love you, you're welcome.
Speaker 4:Oh my goodness, did you guys have other episodes, segments, dds, step segments that you guys like the most?
Speaker 2:All the episodes were funny, I think there was not a DDS that I was like oh, this was lame.
Speaker 1:I liked all of them, oh yeah.
Speaker 4:The separation of religion and politics. I think one of my favorite things about recording and recording the podcast has been like the fun we have together, like not only are we hoping to help others and like see people, have people see themselves represented, but we're also having so much fun sitting here together.
Speaker 1:I think one of my favorite things about recording and recording the podcast has been like the fun we have together. We're not just sitting here together as a bunch of people who are not really interested in what we're doing, but we're also having so much fun sitting here together and just like we enjoy each other's company, even if we're not recording.
Speaker 3:This is who we are, yeah, crying, laughing all the time, like you are getting us yeah.
Speaker 1:You are getting our true selves.
Speaker 4:It's really who we are. Yes, we are shitty. Well, okay, okay, well, okay, Hold up.
Speaker 1:No, you're not like fucking great You're the best Humble at all.
Speaker 4:Well, just a little bit, yes, but I'm really excited for the next season.
Speaker 1:You guys, we are so excited too, and then we'll have a new little member of the Latino state of mind. Oh my God. I was excited.
Speaker 4:You guys don't even know what's going on. I like that. I love that.
Speaker 1:It's going to be. Should we share? Should we share? Are you guys comfortable with?
Speaker 4:doing this. Should we share Jerome?
Speaker 2:come over to the mic.
Speaker 4:Come over to the mic. You have to.
Speaker 1:Can I share? He's like whatever. Yeah, Jerome and I are expecting.
Speaker 4:Sorry about that, not really. I got chills, I'm so happy.
Speaker 1:So yeah, next season we'll have a crying baby in the pocket.
Speaker 4:We're so excited, we're going to take care of that baby. What the little baby, the baby, the baby.
Speaker 1:Who's going to take care of the baby we are?
Speaker 4:Hello, not me, you're right. Yeah, that's for the best. You really want me.
Speaker 1:Yeah, for babies.
Speaker 4:I will teach that kid.
Speaker 1:Safety.
Speaker 4:Okay, but like for realsies, I will teach that baby bad words. But I will be like, but you have to be self aware.
Speaker 2:Going back to the listen to episodes one for five the bed, the bed, the little headphones.
Speaker 1:Yeah, we're going to the cinema. This is the Yenisei Lisha today, don't worry.
Speaker 2:One day you'll get your own segment. It's going to be a segment on just crying. I'm going to be crying, I'm going to be crying.
Speaker 1:I'm going to be crying.
Speaker 4:I'm going to be crying. I'm going to be crying.
Speaker 1:It's going to be a segment on just crying.
Speaker 4:They're going to have a good child.
Speaker 2:I think, we'll be good parents. You'll be the best parents. I'm so happy for you.
Speaker 1:And then he'll have the best. Yes.
Speaker 4:I'll teach them backwards.
Speaker 1:Okay, I won't Thank you.
Speaker 4:Hey, you know, these are words that adults use.
Speaker 1:So you can only use them with me.
Speaker 4:Thanks no.
Speaker 2:That was my amusement.
Speaker 4:He's like no, he shouldn't he should've said something. He said no.
Speaker 1:You are super, super excited about the second season and, like Nancey said, nancy said we're going to be working on some things while we're not recording.
Speaker 2:You'll still see us, you'll still hear us, you'll still see us.
Speaker 1:We want to hear from you and what you thought about the first season and what you want to see in the second season guys. I think that's really important for us. We want to know what you're thinking, what you're connecting with, so that we can bring more of that.
Speaker 2:Yeah, and we want to see our little community grow, so share the podcast with your friends and whoever you think might benefit or like or enjoy our silliness.
Speaker 4:That's what we'll call it.
Speaker 1:Yeah, our craziness. It's more like craziness, humor, and thank you so much for the people that regularly listen to us. Yes, we so appreciate your support and your input and how awesome you are at commenting and telling us what you like or what you don't like.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:We really really appreciate that my sister, Jessica.
Speaker 2:she's the first one to listen every time.
Speaker 1:I love that. Love you Jess. Thank you so much Thank you.
Speaker 2:We have, because we can see kind of like the regions where people are listening from and we know that's when people listen from other countries. That has been the most surprising, yeah that's super cool.
Speaker 4:I never imagined, I never thought that that was going to happen. And once I started seeing, oh my gosh, where did we see from Somewhere in the east? It wasn't Russia, but it was like near Russia and I was like what? How did we get all the way over there?
Speaker 1:Yeah, yeah, super cool.
Speaker 4:Yeah, it's been many different kind of countries, many different countries and I'm just like what?
Speaker 2:Yeah, central America, south America.
Speaker 1:Yeah, so cool, it's awesome. Thank you so much for listening to us. Thank you.
Speaker 4:Muchas gracias a todos que escuchan.
Speaker 1:Yes, and we should do more Spanish. We do yeah.
Speaker 4:My mom's the one that asks all the time, sorry you know We'll work on it.
Speaker 1:We're working on it.
Speaker 4:Second season, second season here we come.
Speaker 1:Anything else you want to share about the first season?
Speaker 4:No, but once again, thank you so much for listening to all of those people that listen. We started this as a fun project and it still continues to be a fun project, but I'm so glad and so grateful for all the people that have responded to us and have listened. Of course, it's been very impactful, yes, and not only has it made us better people and more understanding and more graceful and such, but I'm pretty sure that has affected other people in a positive way and I'm so glad that this fun podcast is changing lives and it's changing perspectives. I love it.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I mean same thing. Just grateful for everyone who's listened and this is like sometimes the best part of my week just hanging out with you too, yes, so, thank you Diana, thank you Sanya, you're welcome. I love you guys. This has been amazing.
Speaker 4:Thank you, you're welcome.
Speaker 1:I think I want to thank you guys for being on board with me on this whole idea and just being so cool about it and just rolling with the punches because our start was a little rough. Yes, I'm also really grateful for the opportunity to listen to you guys and learn from you guys and how honest these conversations have been and how impactful they have been, not only for me but for other people. So I hope that for the second season, we can continue to bring this good energy we have and good vibe, and continue to do this for the good of the people that listen to us. Yeah, so I'm excited about that, I love it. I love it yeah.
Speaker 1:So thank you for listening to our first season.
Speaker 4:Oh my, gosh, yes, and then just hold on, we're coming back.
Speaker 1:Stay tuned. Stay tuned and we'll be back. Be ready, we'll be ready.
Speaker 4:Yeah, that's the mood of the second season. Be ready, be ready, bye.
Speaker 1:You having a good night or a good day or good morning.
Speaker 4:Hasta luego, love you.
Speaker 2:Bye, Bye. Thank you for listening to Latina State of Mind produced by us. Your awesome hosts, Diana Senea and Nancy, Special shout out to. Jerome, our editor, don't forget to follow us on Instagram at LSOM underscore podcast and on Facebook at Latina State of Mind. Thank you.