Sisters related by blood, but remain committed in expanding our bonds with one another. As we each grow into the beings we each carry within us we share our challenges, successes, and reflections with the world. As U.S. born daughters of immigrant parents we are trying to navigate this reality while reconnecting with what speaks to each of us. Come listen to our heart centered conversations, hear our joy, and witness our struggles as we attempt to decolonize much of what we learned living in America.
Dezaray Nila; Jessica Careoline Nila, Angelica Hermalinda Nila
Dez shares her experience navigating the VA healthcare system when it came to getting mental health support. It brought up a host of old and new wounds for her, but Jessica and Angelica come together to share our struggles in healing our hearts while calming our minds.
We start off by acknowledging the events that happened at the capital. At minute 6:45 we begin to address why we are talking about food. It was spurred upon Dezs' recent health visit. It brought up a lot of feelings for each of us like foods we ate out of necessity, foods that were prized like lunchables, gushers, fruit roll ups, and the marketing that takes place. It's all a bit much, but we are trying to find our inner peace with food, mind, and body. Special shout for our mother cooking up some delicious meals during these times. To view our blog for resources check it out here: http://salvicansisters.com/2021/02/19/food-can-be-complicated-anyone-else-relate/
Our season finale of episodes recorded in 2020. We share what's been challenging about doing the podcast. How we use laughter and sarcasm to cope with uncomfortable emotions and to delay feeling them. Where we learned this behavior and the lessons we've had to confront that sometimes it's not the best way to respond. We hope you've enjoyed listening and we have more to come!
Spoilers in this episode about two movies found on Netflix, Pachamama & The Platform. Platform is an intense psychological thriller that has a dystopian feel to it. Dez shares how some of the scenes were relatable to her time in basic training. Pachamama is a beautiful children's movie that uplifts the cosmological view shared across many indigenous peoples throughout the Americas. This story takes place in what is now known as Peru.
A healthy dose of sarcasm is interspersed in todays episode. We start our convo talking about Mulan, Disney movies, and how that impacted our view on what to expect in romantic partnerships. Dez shares her dilemma of not liking math, but enjoys sociology. Followed by the burden we each feel we carry when we hear white people share their woes with us and how we each have our own struggles when interacting with white people. Ending with living in the valley and what we perceive to be a bit of a sheltered life.
Angelica shares a goal of hers. Dez reveals her attachment style and childhood dream. Jessica shares an experience she had meditating to binaural beats and hood herbalism. We finish it off talking about Dez's 2020 summer life and our relationship to body hair.
This episode we speak on our skin picking habits, relationship to Catholicism, share an experience with plants, and joining the Air Force.
We are joined by our parents in this episode as we each share how our daily routines have shifted because of the pandemic. Also, we all live under the same roof so we provide our thoughts about how we've handled being around each other the past year. You'll get to hear our parents perspectives on this unique time in all of our lives. Enjoy!P.S. This episode was recorded back in February 2021.
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