Little House on Normal Street

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Discussions of a Latinx woman growing up in Chicago, on a little street called Normal Ave. Delve into my mind with me of how childhood trauma changed a woman's development and life Find me on Twitter @madgirlbluebox

Margaret Cortez


    • Jan 11, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 16m AVG DURATION
    • 39 EPISODES


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    This podcast is still active!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2022 0:46


    Not dead! Just exhausted and will post my next episode soon! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/little-house-on-normal-st/support

    Update from the Void

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2021 10:06


    Holy cow it's been a while. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/little-house-on-normal-st/support

    May the 4th Be With you

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2021 11:09


    Back with a short episode about a 95 year missing person's case, that of my great grandmother Bernice --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/little-house-on-normal-st/support

    But Doctor, I Am Pagliacci

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2021 20:16


    I'm back after a near 3 month delay due to Covid AND Health issues. Join me on a recap of CPTSD and it's effects during current times. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/margaret-cortez/support

    White Wedding

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2020 16:06


    After a difficult move I'm back with a story about our wedding day and how crazy it wound up being. Hospital worthy you might say! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/margaret-cortez/support

    Moving

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2020 0:26


    Moving, will be back to casting soon! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/margaret-cortez/support

    When The Moon Hits Your Eye!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2020 23:48


    Welcome back to Little House on Normal Street. Join me today as I discuss a show that mirrored a lot of my experiences in childhood. The Sopranos. I discuss what I knew was real, as well as emotional catharsis! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/margaret-cortez/support

    Love in the Time of Corona

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2020 18:59


    Join me for an update on my crazy life, and listen to self depreciating humor like always! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/margaret-cortez/support

    Aye Corona!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2020 25:25


    Welcome back and join me as we discuss the effects on mental health due to Covid19, as well as updates on work and home! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/margaret-cortez/support

    Set Fire to the Rain

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2020 15:45


    Join me for a quick update about health and the current global crisis. Stay tuned for more discussion on CPTSD! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/margaret-cortez/support

    The Holiday Blues

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2020 19:51


    Two months hiatus and I'm back to discuss the end of the 2019 holidays and what bodes for 2020! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/margaret-cortez/support

    Sorry About the 2 Month Pause!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2020 1:55


    Just updating to let my listeners know I'll be back recording this weekend. Health has kept me from making any podcasts. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/margaret-cortez/support

    What If I was Never Hit?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2019 27:28


    Joined me for discussion today about learning to cope with the big abuse secret some of us carry. How do we cope with our mental illness when we were never even hit? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/margaret-cortez/support

    Leave Out All The Rest

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2019 23:50


    Today's episode is a discussion on my recent CPTSD episode and medical effects. Have a question? Get ahold of me at Madgirlwithabluebox@gmail.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/margaret-cortez/support

    You ain't Nothing but a Hound Dog!

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2019 23:30


    Join me for this episode of Little House on Normal Street. Today I talk about one of the bravest and living souls to ever grace this plant. Bob the Chihuahua. Oct 20th 2017 was the day he passed. Please note there is an emotional trigger warning on this episode. Questions or comments? Email me at Madgirlwithabluebox@gmail.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/margaret-cortez/support

    She Blinded Me with Science!

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2019 46:10


    Join me for another episode of Little House on Normal Street. Today I talk about my education from elementary to doctorate. Learn how education can be an amplifier of trauma. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/margaret-cortez/support

    All She Wants to Do is Dance.

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2019 22:18


    Welcome to Season TWO of Little House on Normal Street. Join me in discussion of my oldest and dearest interest. Dance! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/margaret-cortez/support

    Pretty Woman

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2019 47:58


    On this episode of Little House on Normal Stree, we discuss the female lineage before me, and how their traumatic experiences led to toxic and recurring cycles of abuse and pain. Got a question or comment? Contact me at madgirlwithabluebox@gmail.com or Caliente_Manzanita on Instagram! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/margaret-cortez/support

    Hurt

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2019 9:31


    Join me this week for a short episode on pain and the daily struggles Chronically ill people hide in plain sight. Get ahold of me at madgirlwithabluebox@gmail.com or madgirlbluebox on Twitter! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/margaret-cortez/support

    Move Along

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2019 22:40


    Join as we discuss our move, CPTSD episodes occurring from it, and my recent diagnosis! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/margaret-cortez/support

    Trigger Happy

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2019 20:10


    Join my this episode in discussion about triggers that resurface when you change locations as well as fears from a past roomate experience. Got questions? Send a poke to madgirlwithabluebox@gmail.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/margaret-cortez/support

    Halfbreed

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2019 17:49


    Join me on this episode of Little House on Normal Street. Today we discuss the growing pains of having been raised as a white child in a Mexican family, and what happens when the golden child fails to meet expectations --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/margaret-cortez/support

    Chapel of Love

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2019 14:27


    Join me in this episode of Little House on Normal Street as we discuss the setbacks and triumphs of marriage to a CPTSD survivor --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/margaret-cortez/support

    Working Nine to Five!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2019 19:08


    Join me for another episode of Little House on Normal Street. Today's episode is about making it to my one year anniversary at Revival Clothing --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/margaret-cortez/support

    What's with the complex?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2019 16:04


    Join me in a discussion on CPTSD and how it's even more complex than it let's on. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/margaret-cortez/support

    Down with the sickness

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2019 10:28


    After a month long hiatus I'm back discussing what happens when you are Chronically ill and people can't handle it. It happens more than you know. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/margaret-cortez/support

    Meds Transition

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2019 3:38


    Been altering my meds. As always shoot me any questions or comments at quantumlore@gmail.com or Twitter! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/margaret-cortez/support

    Papa Don't Preach

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2019 18:06


    A Continuation about my Father and how his give and take of money created a very strange and confusing dynamic. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/margaret-cortez/support

    Don't Fear the Reaper

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2019 7:24


    A surprise discussion on the death of a monster who has plagued my family for decades. My paternal Uncle --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/margaret-cortez/support

    Rock The Cradle Of Love

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2019 19:53


    Join me today and learn about PCOS and how it has effected my life since puberty. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/margaret-cortez/support

    I Don't Like the Drugs but the Drugs Like Me

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2019 12:46


    Happy new year! Dive in with me into medication alterations and chemical reactions! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/margaret-cortez/support

    Gonna Make it Through This Year

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2019 9:08


    Welcome and happy new year to you all! Join in as I discuss CPTSD and night terrors. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/margaret-cortez/support

    Well the times they are a changing

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2018 9:00


    Feeling slightly in limbo adjusting to life in Naperville. Unsure of what to do with life and discussions of my love for my job --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/margaret-cortez/support

    You're Just Like a Pill

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2018 4:56


    Today's short podcast is about the loss of my therapist due to moving. And a sneeze from a pomeranian hidden in the recording --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/margaret-cortez/support

    When I Was Your Man

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2018 25:09


    Today we discuss my longest relationship that spanned from age 16 to 26. His name was Billy. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/margaret-cortez/support

    Movin on Up!

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2018 6:12


    Having just moved I've been a tad worn out, but there is much in store. Have questions or want to discuss? Feel free to contact at madgirlwithabluebox@gmail.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/margaret-cortez/support

    In Our Family Portrait, We Look Pretty Happy

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2018 9:30


    As one of my favorite singers Pink once said in her music, we were great at playing the happy family. We had our smiles perfected and our words rehearsed. Breaking the illusion was taboo. For me the illusion was shattered earlier than most people read. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/margaret-cortez/support

    Papa was a Rolling Stone

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2018 10:12


    Learn about the man who warped three children. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/margaret-cortez/support

    Free Form Complex PTSD

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2018 12:44


    In my first episode I discuss in free form speech my illness and my feelings towards diagnosis --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/margaret-cortez/support

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