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🗓️ 24 December 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Straight from the archives, tune into this re-released episode about navigating estrangement in the Latinx/Latino community with licensed therapist, Violetta Fernandez. She is the creator of the digital platform, Latinx Estrangement, and joins us to unpack the different ways estrangement shows up in our communities. In this episode she defines estrangement, low contact, no contact, and how to create an exit strategy when you’re ready to leave the family gather.

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0:00.0	This is an I-Heart podcast. Guaranteed human.
0:04.7	Hola, holoca, Amore's.
0:06.9	Happy holidays and felice noche Buena if you celebrate.
0:11.3	We hope you get to rest and take care during this holiday season.
0:15.2	We know the holidays can be a stressful or difficult time for some,
0:19.4	which is why we're re-releasing an episode from the archives.
0:23.9	In 2024, we interviewed Violeta Fernandez, a Mexican-American therapist who unpacks the
0:30.6	different ways estrangement shows up in our communities. She created a platform called Latinx
0:35.9	estrangement to support folks who don't feel safe and supported by their families.
0:41.2	In this episode, she defines estrangement, low contact, no contact, and how to create an exit strategy when you're ready to leave the family gathering.
0:52.2	All right, here's our interview with Violeta.
0:54.9	What I appreciate about this topic and Violeta and the conversation and her interview
1:05.8	is that this is not focused on fixing a problem. It's not focused on repairing a relationship or bringing
1:13.3	folks back together or healing or moving forward. It's just really facing like kind of an ugly thing in the
1:19.8	face and just like talking about it and just dealing with it, which is sometimes what you have to do in
1:24.7	life. So I think that a lot of folks out there are going to appreciate the interview for the same reason. It really makes you reflect like some things can't be
1:31.8	repaired. Some relationships are beyond repair and it's how you take care of yourself in that
1:36.7	aftermath. A little bit about our guest, Violeta Fernandez. She's a Mexican-American licensed
1:42.7	clinical social worker and therapist who works with clients in both California and Texas. She's a Mexican-American licensed clinical social worker and therapist who works with clients
1:45.8	in both California and Tejas. She supports folks who don't feel safe and supported by their families.
1:51.8	She has a project platform called Latinx estrangement, and she's joining us today to talk about how
1:57.1	estrangement shows up in various ways in our communities. We briefly started talking about estrangement in Latinx families, and we saw a lot of comments
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