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Mejor Sola
by Mejor Sola
About Mejor Sola: Des and Em are two female-identifying storytellers who love deeply...and have had their hearts broken by others. Growing up, there are frameworks for love that are heavily shaped by machismo, religion, culture, and tradition. This kind of love is tied to sacrifice and service. Learning love in this way has made it extremely challenging to make space for self-love and platonic love - love that fuels us and brings us joy and not simply for others. Love for ourselves. Most of all, a love that does not require self-sacrifice in order to be celebrated.
Episodes
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Live From the Road - Mini Episode #08
*Please excuse the sound quality* - we recorded a check-in from a car! Catch up with Des and Em in this special mini check-in episode, recorded without all the equipment, but just as much love. About Mejor Sola: Des and Emily are two storytellers who love deeply...and have had their hearts broken...
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Lovers & Friends: Celebrating Platonic Intimacy - S2E08
There are so many different types of love to experience in this lifetime. For Des and Em, one of the dearest and most transformative loves is the love shared between friends. What does intimacy look like for a friend group? Are there different levels to it? This episode explores all the ways we...
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Unpack This with Mejor Sola - Mini Episode #7
Being alone - do you dread the idea or is it something you can rejoice in? There's a wide spectrum of emotions you can experience when you're by yourself. But how do you know the difference between being alone and being lonely? What signs do you look out for when you need help telling the...
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Sentimental Haters: A Critique of Valentine's Day from People in Love - S2E07
PERSONAL STORIES: Des and Em recount Valentine's Day experiences, break down the exclusionary nature of the capitalistic "holiday," and call for more celebrations of womxn outside of heteronormative traditions. About Mejor Sola: Des and Emily are two Latinx female-identifying storytellers who…
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Unpack This with Mejor Sola - Mini Episode #6
Does your relationship have a contract? Should it? What would the rules and regulations entail? Would your version of this contract match your friends'? Let's unpack that, amores. "Find the friendships that are embodied permission slips for your becoming." - Arielle Estoria (@arielleestoria on...
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Missing Your Friends: Making Amends or Letting it Go - S2E06
THINGS THEY DIDN'T TEACH US: Being a good friend. More specifically: navigating the gray space when you're not sure if you should turn back and make amends with someone from your past, or if it's ok to miss what you had when you had it. Inspired by @TheFriendshipExpert on TikTok. Check out…
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Unpack This with Mejor Sola - Mini Episode #5
We needed more than 20 minutes for this! Diving into childhood wonder, we explore the mindshift this quote invokes and what it would mean to shed our shame in the process. "What if your healing is not an obsession over fixing what is wrong with you but a self-loving curiosity to excavate…
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I Can Say "No" & Still Receive Love: Challenging Self-Betrayal - S2E05
HARD TRUTHS: Why do we self sabotage? The month of January gives us an opportunity to collectively reflect and set goals for the new year. But sometimes, goals turn into guilt and we look at one of those culprits of shame: our own self-betrayal. About Mejor Sola: Des and Emily are two Latinx...
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Unpack This with Mejor Sola - Mini Episode #4
We say *Des voice* byeeee to 2020 and talk about the role "hope" may play in 2021. The quote we unpack in this mini episode is from Austin Channing Brown, "This is the shadow of hope - knowing that we may never see the realization of our dreams, and yet still showing up."
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Girl, We Survived 2020: Lessons Learned, Wisdom Earned - S2E4
WHAT. A. YEAR. We are so glad you made it, amor. Comparison is the thief of joy and comparison tends to run rampant on the horizon of a new year - and we just cannot let that happen! Des and Em take time to reflect on their biggest lessons of 2020 and look ahead to 2021. About Mejor Sola: Des and...
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Unpack This with Mejor Sola - Mini Episode #3
In this mini episode, we chew on the following quote: "Satisfaction is the state of awareness when your happiness is sustainable." (Original quote by @shrimpteeth on Instagram)
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Keeping the Holiday Glow Without Dimming Your Light - S2E3
The "Season of Giving" is upon us. For some of us, the most wonderful time of the year can also be the most stressful. Even if you are an excellent gifter, sometimes, we all give a little too much. Des and Em reflect on how not to let one month undo a whole year of growth. About Mejor Sola: Des…
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Unpack This with Mejor Sola - Mini Episode #2
Our mini episode series is back as we tackle the following quote: "You are allowed to grieve the things that you had to release to end the cycles that tried to break you."
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What is Normal Anymore?? Pt. 2 - S2E2
We're back at it because normal is elusive AF this year. Also, can friendships actually be situationships?? Des and Em go on a roller coaster to figure out if we're doing this friend thing right. Content warning: COVID, hospice care About Mejor Sola: Des and Em are two Latinx female-identifying...
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Unpack This with Mejor Sola - Mini Episode #1
A new mini episode series so you can get your Mejor Sola fix every week. In this first edition, we discuss the quote "You cannot heal in the same environment that made you sick."
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What is Normal Anymore?? Pt. 1 - S2E1
"Normal" in regular times is a social construct. "Normal" during a pandemic is nonexistent, right? Des and Em kick off the second season of Mejor Sola with a grappling dialogue about what we are willing to normalize and what we're not. About Mejor Sola: Des and Em are two Latinx…
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A Conversation (with Café con Chisme!) About Friendship, Anti-Blackness, Ally-ship, and Self-preservation - S1E10
Amores, it’s the end of season one of Mejor Sola and we are closing it out with some of our faves! Join Des and Em as they invite Seb and Yaz from Café con Chisme to talk about their friendship, what it means to be anti-black, how to be an ally to our black siblings, and what they are doing to...
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Self-care, Self-preservation, and the Privilege to Know the Difference - S1E9
We are so excited to be back! Join Des and Em as they talk about the differences between self-preservation and self-care and how they are navigating what’s happening in the world. "Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.” Rooted…
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Mejor Sola Pero What If You Don’t Trust Yourself: Mirror Work and Your Body - S1E8
Em recruits the spiritual guidance of Des to help her recalibrate her inner compass because social distances has her doubting herself. About Mejor Sola: Des and Em are two Latinx female-identifying storytellers who love deeply...and have had their hearts broken by others. Growing up, there are...
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Our Bodies, Our Boundaries: The Hook Up After the Break Up - S1E7
Des and Em get frisky during social isolation and dish about what it's like to renegotiate physical boundaries when you are moving on from a breakup. LINKS! Chicanas, Cholas, y Chisme: https://www.instagram.com/chicanascholasychisme/ Chani Nicholas, "You Were Born For This":...
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Coming Back to Your *Mejor Sola* Self - S1E6
BREAKUP EPISODE pt. 2! Em and Des revisit their journeys to finding themselves again after heartache and how they started to step into being their best Mejor Sola selves. About Mejor Sola: Des and Em are two Latinx female-identifying storytellers who love deeply...and have had their hearts broken...
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Transitions and Endings - S1E5
BREAKUP EPISODE! You know we'd get here! Em and Des revisit their experiences with heartache and try to make sense of what happens after it's over. About Mejor Sola: Des and Emily are two Latinx female-identifying storytellers who love deeply...and have had their hearts broken by others. Growing...
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Chocolates, Roses, & Bullsh*t - S1E4
Em and Des recount their "first love" experiences and the habits they are still unlearning from them. About Mejor Sola: Des and Emily are two Latinx female-identifying storytellers who love deeply...and have had their hearts broken by others. Growing up, there are frameworks for love that are...
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What's Love Got To Do With It? Pt. 2 - S1E3
Em and Des explore how the friendships they experienced growing up have shaped their perceptions of love and sense of self. Places to seek support: RAINN materials https://www.rainn.org/materials Rape Crisis Center: http://rapecrisis.com/ Bilingual support:...
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What's Love Got To Do With It? Pt. 1 - S1E2
Em and Des talk about the strong female figures in their lives and how growing up near them influenced the way they came to know love, as a sacrifice. About Mejor Sola: Des and Emily are two Latinx female-identifying storytellers who love deeply...and have had their hearts broken by others.…
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A Birth - S1E1
What is Mejor Sola? Meet Em and Des as they laugh through and reflect deeply on the experiences of machismo, Latinidad, womanhood, and more that guided their introduction to L-O-V-E...and why they are trying to unlearn it ALL. Mejor Sola is a space for womxn of color and femme-identifying folks…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
About Mejor Sola: Des and Em are two female-identifying storytellers who love deeply...and have had their hearts broken by others. Growing up, there are frameworks for love that are heavily shaped by machismo, religion, culture, and tradition. This kind of love is tied to sacrifice and service. Learning love in this way has made it extremely challenging to make space for self-love and platonic love - love that fuels us and brings us joy and not simply for others. Love for ourselves. Most of all, a love that does not require self-sacrifice in order to be celebrated.
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About Mejor Sola: Des and Em are two female-identifying storytellers who love deeply...and have had their hearts broken by others. Growing up, there are frameworks for love that are heavily shaped by machismo, religion, culture, and tradition. This kind of love is tied to sacrifice and service....
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