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C. V. Vergara Podcast
by Vanina Vergara Idoyaga
I create these podcasts from the place that cost me the most to conquer: the pres And I say it just like that, without detours, because it took me nearly a lifetime to arrive here. I lived as the daughter forced to be the family’s support, the exemplary wife at the expense of myself, the judged and questioned mother. I became many things I never chose to be. And yet, each of those roles taught me what I did not want to repeat. I don’t say this with shame—I say it with my head held high. I am Vanina Vergara, born in Asunción, Paraguay. I have three children whom I love deeply...
Episodes
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When Families Fracture in Silence - The review of My Book in Voice
A POWERFUL NOVEL OF SILENT BATTLES. One mother delves into the insidious fracture of family bonds, exploring the profound resilience of the human spirit in the face of silence. Only on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GY8741Q3 The silent epidemic of parental alienation against mothers —and the...
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Not Having a Tribe Does Not Make You a Failure - C. V. Vergara #17
Hello. Not Having a Tribe Does Not Make You a Failure. Hope, Too, Belongs to the Black Sheep. This is a space for those who do not quite fit. For those without a tribe, without a close-knit family, without a clear place where they feel chosen. This is not a podcast for people surrounded by love.…
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The weight of unspoken sorrow - C. V. Vergara #16
https://youtu.be/rN-JFYAij2s “When the Heart No Longer Mends the Same Way”I am Vanina Vergara - C.V. Vergara to the english-speaking world born in Asunción- Paraguay. I have three children whom I love deeply, and this is my life. There are sorrows that never scream, yet they weigh —upon one’s...
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Caring: Voices for Healing - Breaking the Silence - C. V. Vergara #15
https://youtu.be/rN-JFYAij2s Hello… I’m Vanina , and I welcome you to Caring: Voices for Healing —a space where we give voice to the things we so often keep unspoken.Today, in this episode, I want to talk about something that touches us all,even when we prefer to deny it: mental health.Every…
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Self-love is one of those tender aches, the sort that hurts beautifully - C. V. Vergara - S02E07
https://youtu.be/rN-JFYAij2s It is not an emotional spa, nor a hashtag, nor the stuff of cheap self-help.It is like learning a new language after years of being mute to myself.Sometimes it sounds clumsy, sometimes it falters… yet still, I try.I write this barefaced, with a trembling voice, yet…
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I grew upwith a father dependent ondrink, and it marked the whole of my story - C. V.Vergara -S02E06
https://youtu.be/rN-JFYAij2s What happened today was not merely a quarrel;it was like opening a box of memories that had never been properly shut.Today, I did not simply argue with my seventy-four-year-old father,widowed and bound still to alcohol;I also confronted the man of my entire childhood...
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Crisis, Love and Prevention: What I Have Learnt from My Own Story - C.V. Vergara - S02E05
https://youtu.be/rN-JFYAij2s The Invisible RucksackFor nearly twenty years, I deferred myself. I belittled therapy, believing the old stigma that only “the mad” went to a psychologist—a taboo in Paraguayan society, and in my circle. In my time, speaking of mental health was a jest, a source of...
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The Red Thread of Gratitude - C. V. Vergara - S02E04
https://youtu.be/rN-JFYAij2s There are moments in life when one believes all is lost.When the road once familiar vanishes, and the map becomes useless.I am Vanina Vergara - C.V. Vergara to the english-speaking world born in Asunción- Paraguay. I have three children whom I love deeply, and this is...
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Erased by Their Own Children - The invisible Scars - C. V. Vergara - S02E03
https://youtu.be/rN-JFYAij2s Today, I speak to you in raw honesty—about a distant echo that has returned like a boomerang, heard once more across the years.It happened to both myself and my husband: we share the same mirrored wound—the children who drift away, who offer no space for dialogue.It...
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The quiet drumbeat of sorrow - C. V. Vergara - S02E02
https://youtu.be/rN-JFYAij2s “A Couple of Letters to Myself”I am Vanina Vergara - C.V. Vergara to the english-speaking world born in Asunción- Paraguay. I have three children whom I love deeply, and this is my life.First Letter:[Breathe. You are alive. You are here. And that, even when you forget...
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“I, Vani, in Little Pieces of Paper” - C. V. Vergara - S02E01
https://youtu.be/rN-JFYAij2s It feels rather trite to repeat the slogan “woman, mother and wife,” so I prefer, above all else, to be a person. This is the story of my life—devoid of proper names, but entirely real. I am Vanina Vergara - C.V. Vergara to the english-speaking world born in Asunción-...
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From the Scars - C. V. Vergara - S01E07
https://youtu.be/rN-JFYAij2s I do not have life all figured out. I have life lived. And at this stage, that carries more weight.Today I do not chase movie-ending happy-ever-afters. I pursue genuine moments: those in which an honest conversation heals more than a thousand medications, when a…
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Children Hurt for a Lifetime - C. V. Vergara - S01E06
https://youtu.be/rN-JFYAij2s I do not regret separating. I regret only that I could not shield them from all the collateral damage—from the scourge of parental alienation. For I did not abandon them; it was the failed system that tore me away. They wrenched me from their lives, then blamed me for...
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Spirituality Unbound - C. V. Vergara - S01E05
https://youtu.be/rN-JFYAij2s Spirituality UnboundThe Faith That Saved MeI was raised in a Catholic school, amidst holy cards, litanies, long prayers, and a guilt heavier than any cross. I was taught that God was a stern-faced judge, watching from above whether one behaved well or ill, rewarding...
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Broken Mandates - C. V. Vergara - S01E04
https://youtu.be/rN-JFYAij2s Broken Mandates The Woman Who Said “Enough”I grew up amidst masses, rosaries, and that dense air of unspoken mandates—heavy as a tombstone:Be silent. Obey. Sacrifice.You were born to care, to endure, to serve.First your parents, then your husband, then your children....
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The Price of Holding It All Together - C. V. Vergara - S01E03
https://youtu.be/rN-JFYAij2s Vanina Vergara Podcasts- The Price of Holding It All Together S01E03 The Price of Holding It All Together Adolescence did not arrive as a fresh breeze of freedom, but rather as a forced relocation into the role of adulthood. Whilst other girls dreamt of their first…
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The Girl Who Learned to Keep Silent Childhood in an Emotional Dictatorship - C. V. Vergara - S01E02
https://youtu.be/rN-JFYAij2s The Girl Who Learned to Keep Silent — Childhood in an Emotional DictatorshipI was born into a household where love was but a distant rumour. Present, yes, though never the protagonist. I grew up hearing hushed arguments and witnessing gestures that spoke far louder…
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When Families Fracture in Silence - C. V. Vergara - S01E01
https://youtu.be/rN-JFYAij2s This is my story—my way of unveiling a reality that echoes through far too many households, and yet so few dare to recount without the varnish of social pretence: divorces and separations that leave deep wounds upon our children, those innocent beings who should never...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
I create these podcasts from the place that cost me the most to conquer: the pres And I say it just like that, without detours, because it took me nearly a lifetime to arrive here. I lived as the daughter forced to be the family’s support, the exemplary wife at the expense of myself, the judged and questioned mother. I became many things I never chose to be. And yet, each of those roles taught me what I did not want to repeat. I don’t say this with shame—I say it with my head held high. I am Vanina Vergara, born in Asunción, Paraguay. I have three children whom I love deeply...
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Vanina Vergara Idoyaga
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