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Being A Sacred Element Protector and Decolonizing Your Medicine with Blanca Diaz Oct 20, 2017

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Hello listeners! This week we have a conversation with Blanca Diaz.
Blanca is the creatrix of Mama Maiz, and serves the community as a sacred element protector, activist, hierberx, and traditional birthworker located in Long Beach, CA.
Blanca was called to this work after healing her body of trauma and abuse. On her personal path of healing, she felt the call to hold circles and classes that encourage all people to return to the sacred ways, to decolonize our medicine. Blanca holds space and share space with the QTPOC community, they come together to ground down into the depths of the earth and honor the stars.
Blanca also holds a deep love for teaching the little ones. Tney go out on nature walks and learn from the plants, give offerings and connect to the spirits or fairies in nature.
Blanca is inspired by the stars, mycelium, the winged and the unseen.
Amazing episode with an incredible remedio that I can't wait to practice. Let me know what you think and please share this with someone you love.
Find Blanca in all things social: @mama_maiz
Stay shining!
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From 90's Hip-Hop to Making Your Passion Into Your Career with Danny Hastings Oct 13, 2017

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Hello listeners! Episode 48 is out and this time we talked to nada mas y nada menos que con Danny Hastings.
Danny is a Photographer, Movie Maker, Content Creator, Music Video Director, Producer, Actor, Visual Artist, Husband, Father, Family Man, Business Man.
Through his lens, Danny documented one of the most iconic eras in hip-hop music: the 1990’s. The 90’s was an era of transformation that created an incredible variety of styles and sounds and images, giving birth to some of the greatest rap albums of all time.
Although we didn't talk much about his photographs, I encourage you to look him up and see the art he created back then. I'm sure a lot of you listened to those artists and owned those albums.
First of all, I did not stop asking until Danny gave me an interview and the only time available he had left was on his way to the airport. So, I took him to the airport and the episode was recorded in my car!
He gives me feedback on choosing art as a career, we talk about mental health, masculinity, feminism and his recent event The Official Latino Short Film Festival. Let him know you heard about the news he shares at Cafe con Pam.
Let me know what you think and please share this with a friend!
Find Danny on all things social: @DannyHastings
Stay Shining!
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Decolonizing Eurocentric Beauty Ideals with Nalgona Positivity Pride Oct 05, 2017

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Hello listeners! This week we had a conversation with Gloria Lucas, also known as Nalgona Positivity Pride.
Gloria is a Xicana womxn and the person behind Nalgona Positivity Pride. Straight from the Inland Empire, the DIY punk community in Riverside taught her to organize and since the age of 18 she has helped form Ladyfest IE, IE Riot Grrrls, and Women of Color for Decolonization. In 2014, she founded Nalgona Positivity Pride from years of dealing with the violent lack of women of color representation in the eating disorder awareness community. Like the chingona womxn of color that came before, she creates spaces for marginalized folks to support each other and heal from the trauma of colonialism, eurocentric beauty ideals and disordered eating in communities of color. She has lectured across the nation in different universities and community organizations. Gloria’s work has been featured at the Huffington Post, MiTú , Bitch Magazine, and The Body is not an Apology. Her most recent project is Sage & Spoon an online support group for indigenous people and people of color with eating problems. She lives in Los Angeles with her partner and their cats, Pepita and Mister Orange.
We talked about Body positivity, body shaming, eating disorders, HSP (highly sensitive people) and the events that Gloria is currently hosting.
Gloria hangs out mostly on Instagram: @nalgonapositivitypride
We are proud to announce that Cafe con Pam will be participating in the first ever PodcaSterio Fest 2017: A Latinx Digital Media Experience. PodcaSterio Fest was created to amplify the Latinx voices of the podcast world and as a space for the community to discuss the visibility and invisibility of Latinx digital content creators.
PodcaSterio Fest 2017 will take to the stage on Sunday, November 19th at Plaza de la Cultura in Downtown LA, and the event is presented by Molcajete Dominguero.
For more information on PodcaSterio Fest and Molcajete Dominguero please follow us on Instagram @PodcasterioFest and @MolcajeteDominguero
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The Importance of Believing in Yourself with Luis Aguilar Sep 23, 2017

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Listeners, here is this awesome episode with Luis Aguilar, or also known as Luis Octavio.
Luis began co-hosting Tamarindo Podcast and his famous "Nos Vemos en el Swap Meet" ending inspired him to create his new podcast Nos Vemos en el Swap Meet, where he interviews people at the Swap Meet and they share their stories of living in the US.
Aside from being a podcast host, Luis shares with us his story of coming to the US, how his grandfather played a key part in his career and why he is always so willing to help other people.
During this episode, we take some time to acknowledge our brothers and sisters from Mexico and Puerto Rico who were recently hit by natural disasters and we share resources to help these places out. Cada granito de arena cuenta.
You can find Luis and all the things he does at:
@nosvemosenelswapmeet
@mercado_la
@gl0bit0s
@molcajetedominguero
@calchonies
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On DACA and Never Giving Up with Maya Miles Sep 14, 2017

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Oh my listeners, Maya's story is full of lessons. This week we had a conversation with Maya Miles, a business owner in Houston Texas.
WARNING: Maya shares her sexual assault story. Feel free to skip this episode if this is something that may trigger you.
We originally planned to talk about DACA and her experience, and then as Maya shared her story with us, we started unpacking different chapters of her life in which her perseverance took her one step further to get to where she is now.
The conversation was so full of information, I couldn't interrupt for the coffee break. Thank you Juan (Episode 44) for the delicious Colombian coffee.
This episode was recorded before DACA got canceled, so during the introduction, I share the 5 things we need to know about DACA now according to United We Dream (weareheretostay.org)
Maya is currently in Houston and she's working on helping survivors of Hurricane Harvey. Sending lots of love to everyone in the world who is going through the effects of a natural disaster.
Let me know what you think about this episode and share it with a friend!
If you are in Houston and are interested in speaking to Maya, find her at: Affordable Texas Roofing (281)888-8805
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Being Resourceful with Juan D Ortiz-Romero Sep 01, 2017

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Hello listeners, this week we have a conversation with Juan David Ortiz-Romero.
Growing up between Medellin and Massachusetts, Juan David was raised by a hard-working father and a resourceful mother. Soon after high school in 2005 Juan enlisted in the Marines as an option to help pay for college and found himself happily residing in San Diego after 3 deployments and an Honorable discharge in 2010.
Recently he has been working as an event planner for the San Diego Mac and Cheese festival, and as the director of marketing for a start-up company, www.LendIt.io, with some friends he met while attending college locally.
Juan looks forward to an early retirement like most of us and is hoping to make up lost time with his little brother who is the motivation behind his drive. He shares with us what it was like growing up as a young Colombian immigrant learning about a new culture in America and pursuing his happiness in life.
Don't forget to share this episode with someone and stay shining!
Connect with Juan David:
IG: @el1cho
Twitter: @JuanForEvery1
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Your Second Brain with Yahaira Florentino Aug 24, 2017

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Hello listeners! This week we get serious about the food that we put in our body. We talked to Yahaira Florentino, she's an actor, holistic coach and best-selling Author and we sat down to have some cafecito and talk about food.
During our conversation, Yahaira shares how she cured herself from two auto-immune diseases only by changing her nutrition, how we actually have two brains and the holistic truth about what we eat.
Thank you to Revolution Coffee in Oceanside, CA for letting us record this episode.
Listeners, let me know if you want to hear from Yahaira, we talked about doing a once a month episode about our relationship with food.
Please share this episode with your friends!
You can connect with Yahaira on all things social @yariflor29 and @que_te_conviene
Full Disclosure: This episode is all in Español. If you understand it great! If not, this is your chance to practice, let me know how much of her Dominican Spanish and my Mexican Spanish confused you.
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Charlottesville and Listener Questions with The Humbled Therapist Aug 17, 2017

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Hello listeners, here we are another week at Cafe con Pam.
This time, we have a conversation with Priscila, The Humbled Therapist. She is back for her last episode before she gives birth. Priscila wanted me to give you a disclaimer that she was dealing with "pregnant brain" while we recorded, in case you notice a difference. She's only four weeks away from her due date!
During this episode, we talk about the recent events that happened with Charlottesville, what we can do to keep our mental health in a good place and we stress how we should continue to make our case from a place of love. We definitely encourage everyone to take action though and stay safe, strong and grounded.
Aside from touching on this tragic event, we also answer listener questions. Specifically, one question full of layers, we touch on introversion, adult add and staying organized.
Send Priscila good vibes for the upcoming weeks and let us know what you think about this episode.
What action are you taking after the tragic times we're living in?
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Restoring Your Relationship with Money with Natalie Torres-Haddad Aug 11, 2017

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Hello listeners! Here we are another week and this time we talked to Natalie Torres-Haddad.
Natalie is an Award Winning Author of the International Latino Book Awards of 2016, for her published book Financially Savvy in 20 minutes. The first Salvadorian American woman to publish a book dealing with student debt.
During our conversation, we talked about how she figured at a young age that she wanted to be smart about her finances which lead her to write her book to help and empower others to restore their relationship with money.
Thank you Nancy for the coffee of the day - it came from Hawaii.
Connect with Natalie: @financiallysavvylatina on all things social
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Crafty Chica & Perseverance with Kathy Aug 03, 2017

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Hello listeners! Here we are at episode 40! This time we had a conversation at Kathy Cano-Murillo's studio in Phoenix.
Kathy is an author, artist & founder of the award-winning brand, CraftyChica. She spreads the gospel of glitter – literally through her DIY projects and figuratively through her speeches, workshops, books, and essays. A former syndicated columnist for The Arizona Republic, she is now a full-time creativepreneur which has led multiple Crafty Chica mass retail product lines, and partnerships with Coca-Cola, HSN, HP, WordPress, Disney & many others. She has authored seven craft books and two novels and has been featured in The New York Times, USA Today, Huffington Post, Buzzfeed+ more. Kathy is Mexican-American, a native Phoenician, mom of two, a wifey, and owner of five Chihuahuas!
Kathy’s life’s mission to inspire others to bring out their inner sparkle – and to see the sparkle in others. She believes in paying it forward and setting a positive example. She uses CraftyChica.com to share all the little and big things that make life sweet!
Kathy is awesome and during our conversation, she gave us great life lessons with her fantastic storytelling. We talked about her recent quinceañera for her blog, how she purchased her kids a website when they turned 16, the importance of investing in yourself and more.
Also, we enjoyed an amazing coffee from a local coffee shop recommended by Kathy.
You can find Kathy at www.craftychica.com and @craftychica on all things social.
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