How To Be A Generational Curse Breaking Mami | Jessica Cuevas | Viva La Mami
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Jannese Torres
4.8 • 616 Ratings
🗓️ 15 July 2024
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Episode 277 features Jessica Cuevas of Viva La Mama. This episode is for all the mami's out there. We're talking about how to be a generational curse breaking mami. Listen now!
Jessica Cuevas, the Founder and Creator of Viva la Mami, LLC, is a podcaster, coach, and community builder. Once Jessica became a mom in 2021, she noticed that there was a lack of representation of Latinas in the motherhood space. She created this platform after seeing negative stereotypes of the Latina mom online and on social media.
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Chapters:
- 00:00 - Challenging the Idea of Latina Motherhood
- 03:04 - Creating a Culturally Relevant Space for Millennial Latina Moms'
- 06:20 - Balancing Cultural Traditions and Modern Parenting
- 09:05 - The Modern Latina Mom: Breaking Traditional Gender Roles
- 13:41 - Prioritizing Self-Care and Overcoming Guilt
- 20:39 - Dealing with Toxic Family Members and Judgment
- 23:26 - Breaking the Cycle of Machismo: Raising Boys with Emotional Intelligence
- 30:25 - Choosing Yourself: Prioritizing Identity Outside of Motherhood
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| 0:00.0 | In order for you to just be yourself and live this true, authentic way of being a |
| 0:06.1 | Mujer, put yourself in that mindset that you are women first and then you are a mom. |
| 0:11.3 | I think being a mom is wonderful. |
| 0:13.3 | It is hard work, but it shouldn't fully define you. |
| 0:16.7 | There is this concept of intensive mothering. |
| 0:19.7 | This is when moms are usually showing up 100% physically, |
| 0:25.3 | emotionally, financially towards their kids and they lose track of themselves. I think that you should |
| 0:30.8 | take care of yourself in order to take care of others. We grew up knowing that everyone is before us and then |
| 0:36.4 | we're last. Let's break that. One step that I |
| 0:39.0 | recommend is reflecting on what you want out of your own motherhood experience. How present do you |
| 0:45.0 | want to be in front of your kids? How present do you want to be with yourself? It takes a lot of |
| 0:50.0 | soul searching. It does take a lot of perhaps journaling, but set those goals and you can start |
| 0:55.1 | little. You can set monthly goals and then you can start create those habits in which you can |
| 0:59.8 | put yourself first. And I think we have that ability to feel empowered to do that. And if you don't, |
| 1:05.6 | well, I'm here for you. We just need to change that. We need to take care of ourselves, not just others. |
| 1:11.6 | Because otherwise, we're not going to be happy moms. |
| 1:13.6 | We need to be chill moms. |
| 1:15.6 | That's how we break the actual stereotype of the angry Latina mother. |
| 1:19.6 | Exactly. |
| 1:23.6 | You're listening to Jo Kiero Dinoero, a personal finance podcast for the modern Latina. |
| 1:29.8 | I'm your host, Janice Torres, award-winning Latina personal finance expert. |
| 1:34.6 | I didn't always have my financial shit together, but when I started looking for POC-friendly |
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