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I'm your host, Adriana Alejandra Alejandre, licensed marriage and family therapist.

Hey everyone. Welcome back to episode six.

I am really excited about today.

But before I go into what today is about,

I want to remind you all that this week,

we're on Facebook doing a few more videos this week for Latinx Heritage Month.

Please check out our Facebook page Latinx Therapy to see the schedule and ask your questions

for these Latinx therapists that are doing this from all over the United States.

Okay, so the topic for today is very near and dear to my heart because since I was

very little, maybe even a baby, my family has owned businesses, mostly as side hustles. Most of my

childhood memories involve helping my family out with their merchandise, money, translating material, helping customers.

I am who I am now because of this lifestyle, and I love it.

My parents were humble owners of clothing businesses mostly and eventually of a convenience

store. I actually remember when I was a teenager, one of their stores got

burned down from a homemade bomb. Other businesses were also targeted. My parents actually did not

have insurance for the business as bizarre as this is that same day they were going to look into it

because I think that from what I'm

recalling they were fairly new there. That was definitely a lesson learned from my parents,

but it was hard being in high school and seeing my parents go through this. It was very devastating.

I know I remember going back to the site and just salvaging whatever was left

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