As the only job to do as humans, “respirar” is important in life, in language, and in health.

“No” isn’t just a full sentence or a Shakira song – it's a multi-faceted adverb in Spanish.

Life isn’t known for being smooth… but the present moment is. Use the power of the present to make your Spanish skills * más suave *

It all comes down to choices… how are you choosing to show up in the world? Kick inertia in the teeth with these three check-in questions.

This episode talks about the lost art of “enough”. How much is enough? What’s “good enough” look and feel like for you — and who determines that? Grab a pen, a journal, or a pillow to scream into and vamos!

The ego is necessary in language-learning and beyond - egos are driven usually by values. Values come from what we think we deserve - or merecer.

La intención is all about doing or being one step closer to your ideal self or to your ideal life - it’s the intention that runs the motor that leads you on the path you’ve always wanted to be on.

Doing the uncovering or discovery work can be tiring, but oh so worth it - as you find out more about yourself, your identity has a true chance to flourish.

We can be rigid in thinking of flourishing or flowering as only happening at certain times, in certain situations - but it happens more often than what we realize…

Nuestra pesadilla: our nightmare = “Please talk to me in the formal usted”

When was the last time you felt, “Oh yeah. I’ve got this.” When you felt capable? (Turns out, we have a lot of feelings about this… check out the full episode to learn more).

Ah, yes… that uncomfortable feeling, like trying to sit up straight when you’ve slouched your whole life — that’s the feeling of growth.

What better way to start the new year than at *the beginning* - or, al principio? It’s fitting that I’m currently writing this in the Spring, a few months past the actual launch date, because for me: todo lo bueno empieza cada primavera. As nature thaws, so do my motivation and goals!

El polvo - or dust- can be a powerful thing. It sets the stage in movies and literature like nobody’s business, and for all those chefs out there - very útil en la cocina. Listen to the full episode and think of how you might be collecting dust in your memories, around your experiences— and what you’d like to do about it.

“¡Basta ya!” is not only super-fun to say, but it’s also important to know when to communicate that enough is enough, as it translates to “enough already!”.

Join me and my very special guest, Jennifer Jane Young as we talk about the concepts and language around already - o, ya.

Success is a funny concept… it’s treated as an objective, collective striving for something but la realidad es que it’s quite subjective. It can be as simple or as complex of a feeling or ideal as you’d like. And success in language? Oof…

AHORITA is one of my favorite Spanish words, because depending on the culture and context, it can mean “10 seconds ago”, “right now”, or “2 weeks from now”. Time can be weird in Spanish, and it’s a good practice to look at your own expectations within the cultural constraints. While the overall Spanish culture has a slower way of life and accompanying stereotype *eye roll*, there’s something to be said of savoring moments, meals, comunidad, and people. Especially with the continuation of hustle culture and then impending burnout, it’d be a good practice to take a page from el mundo hispanohablante’s page and slow down… enseguida.

Work and hustle has been part of my DNA from the beginning (seriously; I have the body type of an underground miner) and as an adult, I struggle with knowing how and how much to play… but play goes further than normal life, eh?

I had been indecisive about starting a podcast for months. “The Internet doesn’t need ANOTHER white woman’s opinion”, I thought. “There are so many people more qualified, whose stories need to be shared.” But it turns out… no one’s quite doing it like this. We learn Spanish one word at a time, and the first one was one that had been percolating in my head for a long while: la identidad, or identity.