We Are All the Shades

Being in conversation with Rosie Pi was pure balm for the  soul. She is a multi-hyphenate artist who "cross-pollinates art, words & music to create whole self mantras." In this conversation, we talk about the nudge that led her to claim her work & expression as an artist, while entering motherhood, juggling life & continuing to deepen & expand her own self-mastery journey. We also share what it's like to trust in reconnecting with self, our deepest calling & our ancestry by having the courage to walk directly towards our dreams & having the strength to unlearn & remember our goodness as part of the decolonization work that needs to be done in order to step into our deepest truth.

Geri is joined by founder of Counseling Contigo & Latinx Grief, Paulina Isabel Almarosa  who is a bilingual California based Grief & Loss specialist, focused on therapy for grievers & first generation Latinx folks. Through her initiative & work she offers grief support, education via storytelling, coaching & workshops. In this profound conversation, Paulina shares how she reclaims her joy, happiness &  life through the many challenges & layered complictations of grief. An absolute must listen.

In this conversation Geri connects with Karissa Raya of Olive la Vida who upports families indocumenting the beautiful milestones of life. Karissa is a multi-faceted entrepreneur whose services range from birth support, placenta encapsulation& birth, family, portraiture, lifestyle & brand photography. As a birthworker, It was her own birth experience that led her to connect more intimately with her intuitive nature & also realize that there are so many gaps in the care of women as they enter the formative postpartum phase. In this conversation we covered everything from what it's like to create a container & space of support for a sacred birth process, to placenta encapsulation to capturing the most intimate & magical details of new life crossing over earthside.

In today's episode meet Holistic Wealth Coach & Founder of Holistic Bucks, Morgan Blackman. Morgan has been a Do-It-Yourself (DIY) investor for the past 4years, and has been involved in multiple financial markets, with stocks being the most significant of her successes. Her lifelong goal is to build wealth and attain financial freedom, so that she can live a life she truly loves and enjoys, and help others to do the exact same. Join us as we talk about building a solid foundation around our emotional, mental & spiritual health in order to help create a healthy relationship with our finances so we can budget, save, & invest for our future while creating generational wealth.

Los Angeles based Art Therapist, Celina Jacques joins Geri to discuss art as a form of therapy to  nurture & practice self-care & compassion. Celina shares content & teachings focused on mental health, art therapy, and meditation practices. Celina is also a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Board Certified Art Therapist, who shares both the neuroscience and cultural knowledge at the intersection of creativity, mental health, and indigenous wisdom. In this episode, they discuss the many benefits of tapping into our own creative channels as an outlet/expression for our deepest emotions.  

Geri is joined by Georgia Wicky who is a mental health advocate, writer & co-founder of The Grief Safe Space. The Grief Safe Space is an intitiave that was founded by 6 women after a call for a space that AMPLIFIES Black & Brown voices' through grief support.  In this episode we connect with Georgia as she shares her unique grief story & the additional layer of race that came attached with it,  the many phases of grief, what to do & what not to do & grief practices to help support friends, family or loved ones as they go through their own grief.

In this episode Geri is joined by Licensed Mental Health Counselor & first-generation Mexican American, Lily Liggins to talk about family, the pandemic, life as a new parent, rest & her work as a counselor of families & youth in the Latinx communities. Lily is passionate about youth & family development - strengthening Latinx communities through self-exploration, skill building & empowerment to advocate for personal needs, crisis intervention and prevention work. Lily specifically shares the importance of regulating our mind & body through the power of our breath. She shares the many benefits of breathwork & how to build more self-awareness into our day to day lives. 

In this episode we speak with Certified Sexual Health Educator, Reiki Practitioner & Founder of Howl at the Womb, Cindy Luquin. Cindy's work is rooted in guiding folks make informed sexual health decisions by providing fun educational resources & tools that help them feel empowered about their sexuality, sexual health, well-being & body literacy. Cindy is also a passitionate activist for creating social change by shifting the sex-negative culture that's rampant in the Latinx community to a sex-positive cultura.  Cindy & Geri talk candidly about sexuality, toxic masculinity, colonialism, patriarchy, religion & how sex came to be so shamed in our latinx households. We also discuss the ways we can reclaim our sexual health, love & overall sexual well-being despite cultural norms in latinx households.

Geri speaks on the complex & confusing feelings that have come up for her as the collective siren for justice, reform, change & equity are sounding off in our BIPOC communities. She talks about the importance of speaking up on these critical discussions, embracing our imperfect words & standing in solidarity  as an authentic ally despite our fear of "messing up."  

In today's episode we speak with advocate & creative visionary Joshua Alvarez, a conscious entrepreneurship coach, whose work focuses on envisioning a new economy based on the principles of empathy, solidarity & liberation through decolonizing practices.  Joshua is a first-generation  queer Xicano who shares his story, experience working with elders &  community leaders in countries such as South Africa, Peru & Costa Rica & how that's impacted his way of showing up in this world via a more conscious & ethical approach. We also talk about what inspired him to start his initiative @brownmenheal,  a Latino/Xicano/Native men healing community for liberation & healing & the importance of such spaces for our BIPOC communities.

In this episode Geri catches up with Carlos Nolard  a dear friendship of over 18 years, and one of the main people behind her "push" to move to Barcelona, Spain. They talk about life's redirects, missteps, & the completely different paths that have unfolded for the both of them. One of the main takeways of this conversation is learning  to embrace changes & to remember to celebrate the many seasons in our lives - the good, the bad & the ugly.

In this conversation with Spiritual Life Coach, your go- to hype girl & single mama powerhouse, Christina Garcia, talks to us about reclaiming our self-love, our power & purpose by nourishing  our mind + body + soul  in order to rediscover our truest self.  Through her work she helps support mamas on their healing journey to take them from  surviving to YES GIRL! Thriving.  Christina's Yes Girl! community & podcast believes in the power of vulnerability with an ambitious mission to create collaboration over competition! Can we get a YES GIRL?!

Geri shares what reflections & thoughts she's been ruminating on regarding how she's showing up for herself, showing up for others & how she's honoring her needs by tuning inward. She also briefly shares the breakthrough she had through her monumental break up -  releasing the guilt & shame that often comes when we choose our own growth, change & coming back to ourselves over what is expected of us.

This conversation with Astrology informed Life Coach & Coaching Oracle, Ilona Pamplona, was pure joy & inspiration. I feel so honored to be able to share Ilona's story, the path & journey that led her to step into her spiritual light - tap into her magic which she now uses to help others tune into their own gifts by cultivating self-compassion in a mindful, loving & magical way!

In conversation with my multi-faceted, multi-dimensional bestie of over 20 years, Melissa Bates, a soul filled alignment & manifestation coach. Melissa is also an angelic &  galactic healer who is very passionate about helping women find their soul connection, align their divine spiritual business & activate their manifestation potential. During our call we uncover how we hold ourselves back from unlocking our full abundant manifesting potential & how its directly related to our self-worth, mindset & our own  limiting beliefs.

Meet your host Geraldine a.k.a Geri where she introduces her story and her why behind creating the We Are All the Shades podcast and initiative. Originating from Los Angeles, CA first-generation Salvadoran American, Geri, took a leap of faith & moved to Barcelona, Spain in late October 2009.What was meant to be a 1-year travel experience turned into a 12-year living abroad hiatus. In this episode she shares how this major unplanned detour led her down a series of wild missteps and redirects all of which are responsible for connecting her to her path of self-investigation,self-discovery & healing. 

On We Are All the Shades Podcast, mental health advocate, personal growth & self-discovery enthusiast - Geri, creates a space where she connects with healers, therapists, educators & wellness guides to speak on their unique experiences & the impact they're creating to educate & empower the collective awakening in multicultural communities. Bringing you weekly conversations, storytelling & open dialogues on topics such as mental health awareness, collective care, spirituality, the human experience & more. We Are All the Shades is a space to support you wherever you are in journey of self-discovery & growth. Join us every week for new episodes!Follow on IG to learn more about this initiative: https://instagram.com/wearealltheshades