Podcast appearances and mentions of leticia ochoa adams

Leticia Ochoa Adams grew up watching her female family members sort beans when preparing for a big, family meal. She always hated this chore, but lately, she's been seeing the beauty in carefully preparing beans for the people she loves.   “It's Going To Be OK” is a daily podcast from Feelings and Co. Each morning, we bring you a short story, essay, or interview about one thing that makes us (or our guests) feel like it might not all be so bad – even if some things are. Share your OK thing at 612.568.4441 or by emailing IGTBO@feelingsand.co. – The IGTBO team is Nora McInerny, Megan Palmer, Claire McInerny, Marcel Malekebu, Amanda Romani and Michelle Plantan. – The transcript for this episode can be found here. Find all our shows and our store at www.feelingsand.co.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Christine Valters Paintner is joined by author Claudia Love Mair for a series of video conversations. Each month they take up a new book by or about a voice of color. The community is invited to purchase and read the books in advance and participate actively in this journey of deepening, discovery, and transformation. This month they are joined by Leticia Ochoa Adams to discuss her book Our Lady of Hot Messes: Getting Real with God in Dive Bars and Confessionals. Leticia Ochoa Adams met Jesus in a dive bar when she was eighteen years old. She didn't actually meet Jesus, but it was there where she first witnessed holiness in action. The bar's regulars taught her about the importance of community, being honest about who she is, not giving up on people, and how to laugh—even when awful things happen. In Our Lady of Hot Messes, Ochoa Adams tells the ongoing story of her redemption. At times funny and heartbreaking, but always gritty and unflinchingly honest, her story shows that no matter what you're dealing with, God wants you to trust in his love. The Tejana daughter of a single mother—a cycle she would repeat in her own life—Ochoa Adams was sexually abused as a child. She married after a two-week courtship and, eight years later, divorced her husband who struggled with drug addiction. In between she suffered a late-term miscarriage and had three more children back-to-back. She always thought a dream life meant having a big house, kids, lots of money, and new cars. Since she hadn't yet cracked the code for the American dream, “I turned to the person that every American woman turns to when looking for a way to make a better life for herself: Oprah.” Watching the daytime talk show queen helped Ochoa Adams put a name to what happened to her as a child. But she was still searching for something more. Ochoa Adams was baptized Catholic but attended a small-town Baptist church growing up. When she reverted to Catholicism at age thirty-three in order to marry her second husband, Ochoa Adams was convinced that Catholics had all of the answers to life's toughest questions. But she quickly learned that becoming Catholic didn't mean she could just erase her bad choices and difficult past. And just when she thought she was getting her life together, her son, Anthony, died by suicide. God, therapy, and caring priests helped her face her pain and heal her brokenness. She wants you to see yourself in her mistakes, learn from them, and realize along with her that even when we've put our trust in God—even if it's begrudgingly—we still have to do the tough work to become the person God wants us to be. “I still make mistakes,” she says, “but I'm trying not to live as a hot mess even when things around me are messy.” AbbeyoftheArts.com/Lift-Every-Voice

Leticia lost her oldest son Anthony to suicide. On her ranch in the country, she's able to find pockets of okay every day. Leticia Ochoa Adams is a speaker and author on grief, and a friend of the pod. Her book Our Lady of Hot Messes can be purchased wherever books are sold. “It's Going To Be OK” is a daily podcast from Feelings and Co. Each morning, we bring you a short story, essay, or interview about one thing that makes us (or our guests) feel like it might not all be so bad – even if some things are. Share your OK thing at 612.568.4441 or by emailing IGTBO@feelingsand.co. “It's Going To Be OK” is brought to you by The Hartford. The Hartford is a leading insurance provider that's helping to simplify employee benefits by making them more personal and easier to understand. The IGTBO team is Nora McInerny, Jordan Turgeon, Megan Palmer, Claire McInerny and Marcel Malekebu. The transcript for this episode can be found here.

Leticia Ochoa Adams, the author of “Our Lady of Hot Messes: Getting Real with God in Dive Bars and Confessionals” reveals the traumas she has endured in her life (including being sexually abused as a child and losing a son to suicide), the mistakes she has made, and the ways that God has led her toward healing.

We're live with Shane Kaplar talks about his book The Biblical Roots of Marian Consecration: Devotion to the Immaculate Heart in Light of Scripture, Fr. Nathan O'Halloran, Professor of Religious Studies, Director of Catholic Studies Program talks about his vocation story and Leticia Ochoa Adams talks about her book Our Lady of Hot Messes: Getting Real with God in Dive Bars and Confessionals.

Heather Khym, author of Abide and cohost of the Abiding Together podcast, shares her story of healing and her journey to understand God's love for her. Khym explains why all of us are called to and deserve, an abundant and healed life in Christ.

Jackie Mulligan, CEO of Reform Wellness, says healing only happens when we know Jesus, rely on him, and allow him to heal us. We come to be healed through this relationship with Jesus.

Leticia Ochoa Adams, author of Our Lady of Hot Messes discusses her experience with childhood trauma and her grief following her son's death by suicide. She offers practical ways to engage with struggle, learn from wounds, and help others as they travel the same road.

Jennifer Hubbard discusses how she found healing, peace, and new purpose after losing daughter, Catherine, in the Sandy Hook shooting in 2012.

Rachael Killackey, founder and executive director of Magdala Ministries, discusses pornography addiction by women. Killackey says that naming wounds and identifying the source of trauma can lead to deeper healing and awareness of your identity as a beloved daughter of God.

Scott Weeman, executive director of Catholic in Recovery, discusses how twelve-step programs and the Sacraments work together to help people heal from addiction.

Leticia Ochoa Adams and Destiny Herndon-De La Rosa join the pod to knock on social activists who take themselves too seriously, and to discuss how being lazy and watching Netflix are more important than fighting for human rights (which is also mildly important). Follow Destiny @destinynwf of @newwavefeminists and Leticia @leticiaoadams on IG

Leticia Ochoa Adams and Destiny Herndon-De La Rosa join the pod to knock on social activists who take themselves too seriously, and to discuss how being lazy and watching Netflix are more important than fighting for human rights (which is also mildly important). Follow Destiny @destinynwf of @newwavefeminists and Leticia @leticiaoadams on IG

In this episode Tara and Sarah are joined by Leticia Ochoa-Adams, Writer and Speaker. They discuss being "poor" in the Catholic Church as well as grieving a great loss and how the church responds. Find out what the similarities are when giving as a donor and giving as a community rallying around one of their own.

Katie Prejean McGrady visits with Leticia Ochoa Adams, a wife, mom, and speaker from Texas, who shares about grief, hope, and faith following the suicide of her son and how we can look to Mary as mother and comforter during the darkest days.

Leticia Ochoa Adams is a writer, speaker and native Texan.She joins Kiersten + Erin to chat middle school dances, life after loss, and unrequited love outside a Pizza Hut.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

{This episode is marked as explicit due to the mature nature of the content talked about. You may wish to listen with headphones, especially if you have small children with you.} In this episode Olivia and Leticia continue their conversation about poverty in America today. They touch on racial disparities, generational poverty and crisis, and Leticia's own personal experience with her son Anthony's suicide, and mental health and poverty. Please support Leticia's work of advocacy on her Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeticiaOAdams#:~:text=Leticia%20Ochoa%20Adams%20is%20a%2043%20year%20old,or%20for%20the%20grief%20of%20those%20they%20love.

{This episode is marked as explicit due to the mature nature of some of the themes discussed. You may want to listen with your headphones if you have small children around. } In this episode Olivia is joined by Leticia Ochoa Adams to discuss Leticia's first hand experience with poverty in America. Looking at the issue of poverty in America from a uniquely Catholic lens is Leticia's specialty. Leticia discusses her own experiences, what she has read, learned, and researched, and brings about a fruitful conversation that is not steeped in guilt for those who have not experienced poverty themselves. Eye opening, provocative, and Catholic- Leticia's wisdom is not to be missed by anyone who has a heart to love others as Jesus calls us to. You can support Leticia on her patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/LeticiaOAdams#:~:text=Leticia%20Ochoa%20Adams%20is%20a%2043%20year%20old,or%20for%20the%20grief%20of%20those%20they%20love.

Leticia Ochoa Adams is a wife, mother, grandmother and loves her family's three pit bulls. She is a born-and-raised Texan. She is Hispanic, Catholic, Whole Life, anti-racist and is dedicated to helping people make space in their lives for their own grief or for the grief of those they love. She speaks and writes on parenting, her Catholic faith, learning how to process childhood trauma and suicide loss.Connect with Leticia or hire her  https://leticiaoadams.com/ Email her at leticiaoadams@gmail.com Follow her on Instagram  Or on facebookThis episode was recorded the day after the presidential inauguration and Danielle checks in with Leticia about how she is feeling regarding the transition of power.Leticia said she feels like we're in the aftermath of a tornado. Having grown up in Texas she is familiar with the terror of tornados—you get a warning the storm is coming and then you don't know if it will actually hit. Then when it does hit it leaves a path of destruction. While there is relief when the tornado is over, there is so much work to do in the wake of its destruction. That is how she feels about the presidential inauguration. She is happy and feels a sense of relief at the departure of President Trump and yet she knows that the issues are still present but at least “you don't have the most powerful person in the country instigating those issues further.”Danielle says it was a four year long tornado.Leticia said for her people especially, Hispanics, there is a lot of destruction left behind in their community in the wake of Trump's presidency. She has hope because, “I know us and I know that at the end of the day we're going to figure out a way to keep it going.”Maggie said Leticia's image of the tornado feels so true and it acknowledges the complexity of this moment- the sense of relief the storm is over (Trump is gone) AND the work ahead in the wake of the destruction (disrupting systems). Maggie asks Leticia, what does it look like to tend to ourselves right now?Holding two conflicting feelings at the same time is a familiar feeling to Leticia growing up as a Hispanic girl in Texas. Add to her own childhood trauma, three years ago on March 8th, her oldest son Anthony died by suicide. It tore everything in her life down — especially her Catholic faith and her belief in God.  Leticia said it was the 8 years of therapy before hand that set her up to be in a place where she was able to withstand this huge loss. She believes the way forward for us as a collective right now is to take a deep breathe and begin doing internal work, internal healing.“What Trump did put a giant spotlight on all these unhealed places in our communities.” Leticia said maybe we have been lulled into comfort by Amazon prime, Netflix and Uber eats… so that we no longer remembered these wounds. But now, Leticia says, is the call to remember and have a collective “come to Jesus moment.”Danielle feels caught: Even though we have had this transfer of power, these unhealed spaces in our communities are still open wounds. She used the analogy of the change in shift of doctors at the ER; The tired, burned out doctor who was actually causing harm is replaced by a more capable and resourced doctor, but all the patients still have open wounds. She describes is like taking a band aid off and finding the wound has gangrene. “I was so used the smell but now I have to look at it.”As a therapist Danielle fully believes what Leticia claim that “stories will lead us.” She asks Leticia to talk about faith and therapy working together.Leticia believes the path to heaven is a path of healing. She says Jesus didn't come so that He could give us a little book of rules of dos and don'ts; He came because God created us to love us and part of loving someone is helping them be their best selves. We collect so many tiny paper cuts of hurts throughout our lives that bring us to a space of wounded-ness. God wants to reach into those places and heal us.Leticia says she tells people in the Catholic faith, “You can't just pray a rosary and then suddenly everything will be fine… God is not a magician, He is the creator of the universe.” And so there is space for us even with our faith to go to therapy and look at each of those paper cuts.The thing Leticia loves most about her therapist is that she takes out a giant white board and will color code her wounds. They will dig through her story in order to see how everything is connected and how things continue to play out in areas of her life (her past showing up in her present). Instead of being triggered and freaking out, she can actually be present in the moment and is able to figure out that place of wounding and understanding where they come from.Because of therapy Leticia has been able to accept the things she did wrong as a mother without taking the blame for her son's suicide. She said this is what white people need to do— acknowledge the things they did wrong without taking the responsibility of being a KKK member. Leticia says we know that white supremacy presents itself differently in this day and age but this is the way forward. The healing requires space to know what your wounds are and to take responsibility for the things you are responsible for without taking the blame for things you aren't necessarily responsible for. In her case she says “I am responsible for the ways I failed to be a great mother, coming from a place of being human, but not taking responsibility for my son's suicide.”There is a tension faith and therapy and Leticia thinks it comes from an idea that suffering in our life is somehow an indication that you're not grateful to God. There is conflicting messages: “You're everything and you're nothing.” The heart of it comes down to: God loves us more than we think He does and He created us because He felt like each of us needed to be in the world. There is specificity and uniqueness in our individual stories and purpose in the world. She said suffering comes from freewill, both our own free will and others. It is a matter of God loving us so much that He allows us to have choices. And one of those choices, Leticia says, it choosing to go to therapy and working on healing our wounds.Leticia comes from a long line of Hispanic women who don't allow others to complain and who stuff their own feelings down not expressing them; They've never been given space to honor their feelings. As a mother and grandmother she has worked to change that, to allow space for children and grandchildren to processing feelings, something she has learned through therapy. Therapy helps you to heal your generational line. Sometimes people think going to church and making your kids go to church is how you heal those generation lines, sometimes it's just by letting people learn to have feelings.Danielle names the misnomer that if you have feelings then you're not thinking. And if you're feeling you can still think your way through them. In the faith tradition Danielle grew up in, white evangelical christianity, they pulled apart the mind from feelings. The message she told herself as a result is: “I'm too emotional. I'm not thinking.” She was not taught to have an accurate picture at how to integrate her feelings and thoughts. Danielle found herself asking, “What does the Bible say about being a person? If I truly believe we are fearfully and wonderfully made, and we were made with emotions, why are those not wonderful?”Danielle says that dismantling white supremacy is asking a white person to be embodied.Leticia adds, “Yes! Come back to your body! God did not make you a being that thinks I am less than. Something else did that to you.”Leticia been reading about the history of this country and the history of colonialism and she is pondering what people would have to be like to live in those times. On both sides of her family, her great-grandmothers were indigenous (one from Texas and one from New Mexico). The family story goes that her great-grandfather won her great-grandmother (from Texas) in a poker tournament. Her family did not see what that meant in the larger historical context—Her great-grandfather was Spanish and she was an indigenous 13 or 14 year old child. It got her thinking, “What did our grandmothers endure?!” While also asking, “what was it like to be the kind of person who thinks it cool to win their wife in a poker tournament?” When she broadens her questions from her specific family story to the larger collective narrative she asks, “What was is like for the white people who witnessed lynchings?” She believes they had to dehumanize themselves to be the kind of people who would check their children out of school to watch something so horrific happen to another human being. In the story of mass enslavement she thinks about the enslavers and wonders how much dehumanizing had to go into holding someone hostage like that? And bringing it to modern times of serval killers and mass shooters—they dehumanize others and themselves to commit the kind of acts that they do.Leticia says, to be whole again would mean for those people [white people] to come back to themselves and to remember the God that they are created in the image of does not stomach that kind of behavior. She says if her great-grandmother's trauma reaches her generationally, then the collective narrative and history reaches the white people who have come from a stories of enslavement, lynchings and other forms of oppression and colonialism. It has to be healed. And it first it has to be remembered.It is a return to wholeness through remembering:First is the call to remember.Second is the invitation to return to ourselves, to be embodied again.Lastly we need to accept our part without taking the blame by choosing to look at the wounds and not look away.This is the pathway to be whole again.Leticia recalls the story of Jesus calling Lazarus out of the tomb. Everyone was worried because he was dead many days and was already stinking. But she says this is the same call for us today—for white people and all people: we have come out of the tomb, away from the trauma, torture and dehumanizing of ourselves and each others. This, Leticia says, is gift of this moment to do that.Danielle adds that we can't do it alone.We must bear our own cost. White people can not give People of Color the “task” to educate and inform because there is an element of dehumanization of that with echoes of enslavement.Leticia says this is where stories come in: we get to tell them honestly and vulnerably. She remarked on Amanda Gorman's poem read at the inauguration—it was not edited by White comfort, she spoke her words. “That is how we [POC] show up in spaces; where we get so say our words unedited and then we get leave.” It's saying, "here's my story, you can have a conversation. I'm out.” She believes this idea of having others do things for them comes from the White enslavers who always have everything done for them by slaves. We can not expect People of Color to educate white people anymore. None of us have to make our stories more comfortable, we just get to tell them.Danielle says that stories actually live on, they aren't stagnant. There's redemption that comes from telling them and also sometimes more harm. But the invitation is to have space to tell our stories. And for white folks to build the muscle of sitting in the discomfort.Leticia says this is where therapy comes in for white people—“you need to deal with your own personal trauma,” to build resiliency with engaging pain and discomfort. It's a place to process the feelings that trigger us from even things as small as an Instagram post that angers or irritates you. It's a simple way to start, “sitting with a therapist and telling them how racist you are” will be the most uncomfortable thing you can do.Maggie remarks how resiliency requires depth, so staying surface level won't build that muscle. The goal is not a finished state: the process is the most important part. The goal is the journey! To engage yourself, to look inward, to bring others inside, to allow your faith to inform the way you treat other people and view the world… To see how it's all connected to our individual and collective experiences. This is the work we need to do!Leticia says as Christians we have the greatest example of how messy life is in the Passion. Jesus' story has it all—the trauma, the horror, the betrayal, the bravery, loyalty, cowardliness… It was messy, just like our lives are messy.At a certain level, Leticia says, we need to be comfortable with not seeing the fruits of our labor. MLK Jr. didn't get to see the fruits of his labor at the inauguration in 2021 where a Black poet got to read her poem unedited by White eyes and where a Black woman became the Vice President of the United States for the first time through voting, the very thing he fought for!Danielle says that's the thing with therapy and process groups: there's a rush and a sense of wanting to “get to a certain point,” to arrive. She says, “Therapy is a deposit on healing.” Sometimes you deposit on a day on a day where it didn't feel useful, and you come away from the session feeling like you didn't “do” anything or make any progress. But several weeks later you have this sense, “well wait a minute, that wasn't that bad.” The Holy Spirit is at work in our stories. The healing journey is a deposit of goodness and redemption in our lives and we must be committed to the process.Leticia remarks on the sense of wanting to arrive but she believes we have arrived already! We are here! We are a success because we exist. And the question now is what are we going to do?Maggie said it is a matter of living with the idea that this is “to be continued.” Living in a society of instant gratification and wanting something NOW…. We need to sit in this work because we are in it not just for ourselves but for our children and grandchildren. May we not lose sight of the long game in search of fruit.The temptation then, Leticia points out, is that if we don't see the fruits of our labor then we won't do the hard, meaningful and significant work that is required to produce a harvest.Can you imagine if MLK said “Well, I didn't see any progress today so I think I'm gonna check out and go hang on the beach for the rest of my life”?She is reminded that If you tell people something that they are not ready to hear, you're just hitting them in the face with a dodge ball, you're actually hurting them. So Leticia has had to learn to check out from conversations where the other person is not in place to hear her. She says it is God who has the ability to heal someone, not us.Maggie says it is good reminder that we partner with God, but ultimately it is the Holy Spirit who will work in someone, to heal and grow us. There is a waiting and that is another space that can be uncomfortable.Leticia is reading: Incidents in the Life of a Slave GirlLeticia is listening to: her dancing playlistLeticia is inspired by: Black Women!Connect with Leticia or hire her  https://leticiaoadams.com/Email her at leticiaoadams@gmail.comFollow her on Instagram  Or on facebook

Leticia Ochoa Adams is a leading voice in the Church in the area of suicide and recovering from trauma. In this episode, she shares parts of her story, including her deep and ongoing love for her son and how suicide influenced her marriage and family relationships. This conversation will help you understand the ups and downs of healing from the loss of a loved one.You can find out more about Leticia on Instagram, @leticiaoadams, on her website www.leticiaoadams.com, and by listening to her podcast, In the Tension, on your favorite podcast directory.

WARNING - There is discussion of suicide in this episodeMarci & Shannon are joined by speaker and podcaster, Leticia Ochoa Adams, to ake onb everyone's favorite topics - politics and religion! Leticia shares her journey of faith as an indigenous Latina American, single mother, and convert to Catholicism - sharing how her own struggles and the loss of her son to suicide transformed her relationship with God. We also discuss how we approach voting as BIPOC Catholics and what we can do outside of voting to help bring about the common good in our nation. OffertoryMarcia"The Magicians" on NetflixJordan Dene "Tada" Line: https://jordandene.com/ - Usecode "stylishcia" to save money (Disclosure: Marcia is an ambassador and receives bonuses from the use of the code)McDonald's Unsweet Iced TeaShannon: "Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship" at www.usccb.orgMassages (when covid times are over!)Leticia: Felipe Esparza Netflix Comedy Special in English and Spanish"Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum" album by SeetherAir FryerFollow us on InstagramPodcast: @psbbpodcastMarcia: @stylishciaShannon: @teamquarterblackLeticia: @leticiaoadamsSupport Us!Merch - shop.spreadshirt.com/psbbpodcastPatreon - patreon.com/psbbpodcastTheme Song: "Seas of Mars" by Jazzhar © 2015, edited

In this second installment of this 12-week series, Alissa welcomes Natalie Alfaro Frazier and Leticia Ochoa Adams. We talk about all.the.things, including:That time Alissa was actually really fraternally correctedWhat it feels like to be in a safe space with other womenA really good Church and Basketball AnalogyDefense of the Dignity of the Human Person with no exceptionsThe cameo we are calling Baby's First PodcastReckoning with RacismInterconnectedness and how it impacts the pro-life movementProblem Trees and Colonialism Leaving the labels of progressive/conservative in favor of being known as a Daughter of the KingOur Catholic Call to ActionChadwick Boseman's Quote on PurposeKeeping out of the WeedsJoin us for all this and more as we barely take a breath in this episode about our Hearts for those on the Margins.

In this episode, I speak with speaker and writer, Leticia Ochoa Adams about her journey of grief and encountering God in suffering. 

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In this edition of the podcast, Leticia Ochoa Adams talks about her experience of systemic racism, Sam Rocha gets a grilling over "Black Lives Matter" - the rallying cry, not the organization - and the Catholic Herald's William Cash shares the highlights of his recently concluded pilgrimage to Canterbury.

In this edition of the podcast: Robert P. George of Princeton University walks us through a decision of the US Supreme Court that could have profound and far-reaching consequences; Leticia Ochoa Adams of Catholic Herald: Chapter House talks about her experience of race and racism as a proud Texan; and, Charlie Camosy of Fordham University discusses the pitfalls of political commitment in the midst of major social upheaval.

Leticia Ochoa Adams is a wife, mother and grandmother who lives in the suburbs of Austin Texas. She is a freelance writer who has articles at Aleteia and Our Sunday visitor and has contributed to books such as The Catholic Hipster Handbook and Surprised by Life. Leticia is also a regular on the Jen Fulwiler show on SiriusXM. Her website is leticiaoadams.com. Music for Today's Episode: "In Need of a Savior (feat. Andrea Thomas)". Words and Music by Andrea Thomas and the Vigil Project. © 2016 Papercastle Records Publishing (ASCAP), VIGIL Publishing (ASCAP). All rights reserved. Used by permission.

(00:00:00) - Snoop Dogg has the perfect words for Jen as she writes the acknowledgements for her next book (00:16:11)- Jen shares the story of a certain friend of hers who accidentally shared nudity on Instagram stories. Also, Leticia Ochoa Adams talks about how to keep your faith when Christians hurt you. (00:31:15) - Kathleen Jones, an actress with Cystic Fibrosis, talks about how to find your way when a dream ends.

Katie visits with Leticia Ochoa Adams, a wife, mom, and speaker from Texas, who shares about grief, hope, and faith following the suicide of her son and how we can look to Mary as mother and comforter during the darkest days.

(00:00:00) - Jen’s dad died unexpectedly the night before her Atlanta standup comedy tour stop. She talks with Leticia Ochoa Adams about the crazy God moments that occurred in the midst of that tragedy.   (00:36:49)- Jen and Meghan the stylist talking about re-doing your wardrobe when you hate the way you look. Jen also explains why “Saint Francis naked” is in her search history.   (1:05:59)- Jen helps Carlos Whitaker work through his pain as an Atlanta Falcons fan, and they talk about the fun of sports.

Today Bo and Bud discuss surviving suicide with Laticia Ochoa Adams.

(00:00:00) Leticia Ochoa Adams asks Jen how she remains confident even in the face of disaster.   (00:36:53) Jen talks about how growing up Catholic shows in a lot of famous people as they talk about it and incorporate it into their acting, music etc   (00:52:36) Jen's tour comes up as "Naughty Corner" on the credit card bills.

How do you keep living a life of faith after an impossible-to-imagine tragedy occurs? ✨ Today's guest, speaker and writer Leticia Ochoa Adams, is no stranger to grief. After her son committed suicide a couple of years ago, she decided to live the rest of her life sharing his story + walking through her journey of sorrow publicly. We talk about how to remain in relationship with Christ after horrible things happen and why “getting over” grief just isn't a thing. We also dive into what we call Catholic Celebrity Culture—why Leticia's passionate about exposing the media to different kinds of Catholic women, and why Catholic womanhood isn't one-size-fits-all. Enjoy! Today's episode is brought to you by Franciscan University of Stuebenville. Join some former podcast guests and get an authentically Catholic education from the comfort of your own home by enrolling in one of their many graduate programs. Hit up www.franciscan.edu/tcf to learn more. Today's episode is also brought to you by the Blessed Is She academic planner. Every modern Catholic woman needs one of these stunning planners designed by former guest Erica Tighe. Live more liturgically this year by heading to www.thecatholicfeministpodcast.com/planner.

(00:00:00) - Snoop Dogg narrated a makeup tutorial and it’s the best thing that ever happened to Jen. She also talks about how the standup competition went.   (00:19:36) - Jen’s husband still won’t carry luggage.   (00:40:55) - Kim Kardashian changed her phone number so she can focus and Jen and Leticia Ochoa Adams think that’s great.

(00:00:00) - Jen and Leticia Ochoa Adams talk about their hatred of board games and Leticias stories of getting arrested. (00:42:40) - Jen is astounded by Mark Wahlberg’s workout schedule. (1:05:08) - Jen talks about the time she almost ended up in Luxembourg for a really embarrassing reason.

(00:00:00) - Jen is freaking out because she didn’t get a 5-star Uber passenger rating. An Uber driver unexpectedly calls in, and she talks about letting go of numbers when we value ourselves.   (00:19:53)- Ariana Grande got a tattoo that doesn’t mean what she thought it meant, and Jen reads the best text she’s ever received.   (00:32:11)- Leticia Ochoa Adams admits that she herself has a typo in one of her tattoos. She also has one that’s a Japanese character and she doesn’t know for sure that it means what she thinks it means.

(00:00:00)- Jen admits that she thought the #OneBeautifulDream book tour might be a disaster, and discusses the importance of “turning your imagination to the light.” (00:28:50)- Jen and Leticia Ochoa Adams cover the Top 5 Pop Culture Stories You Need to Know About (1:30:36) Callers share their favorite summer songs. Most importantly, Jen and a caller come up with the brilliant idea of a genre of music called Water Park Rock, which includes all songs played incessantly at water parks in the 80s and 90s.

Leticia Ochoa Adams shares with us what she has learned over the past year about grief and God. We reflect on what the Stations of the Cross can teach us about the crosses we each bear. A Reading from Saint John Chrysostom Get extra segments and other perks at http://www.patreon.com/outsidethewalls.

Jen has a fun and powerful chat with Leticia Ochoa Adams about getting a fresh start in the new year, accepting help, and what to do when you feel like you’re an atheist.   Jen and Bonnie Engstrom talk about the negative self-talk that holds us back, and what we can do about it.

Leticia Ochoa Adams's vulnerable writing about her son Anthony's suicide convinced us that more discussion of mental illness and suicide in the Catholic community is needed. We are so honored that Leticia was willing to share her story and her wisdom about this tragedy in her family. Leticia is a writer, mom, and grandmother in … Continue reading FoC 071: Grieving Suicide With Faith with Leticia Ochoa Adams →

This week on The Jennifer Fulwiler Show: - Jen finds an article that says that you have mental problems if you post about your workouts on selfies - Jen talks about what we can all learn from the Olympian swimmers under fire for lying about robbery in Rio - It's National Orangutan Day and a zoo is letting in red heads for free   - Jen and Leticia Ochoa Adams are on fire as they discuss the guy who hands out condoms in the Olympics 

Jen's guest Leticia Ochoa Adams talks about her conversion from fighting and gangs to Catholicism. After revealing their mutual love of rap music, they look at the rise in popularity of rap and the movie Straight Outta Compton with middle/upper-class young adults. They then discuss the longing of the human heart and the need for intimacy as seen in shows such as Breaking Bad and The Kardashians.

Hanging with Leticia Ochoa Adams on Friday LIVE 6pm! She's a prolific writer, speaker, and creator of Catholicspeakersofcolor.com We talk to her about the Church in America, Race, mission, and more!Check out more with her @ leticiaoadams.com Love the Holy Ruckus? Awesome come check us out www.theholyruckus.comand check out all the shows on The Holy Ruckus Network. Share, Comment and SUBSCRIBE!