Phenomenal You

I share my 5 tips on self-care. After taking a few days off to my self, I remembered why self-care is so important. It re-energized my spirits and made me feel full with positive emotions. I was able to give back to others and show up for them. All of this could not have happen with out doing self-care and putting my self first. This action has not been an easy process because I had to learn this as an adult. Being Latinx I did not see this take place within my family, I am breaking the cycle of trauma to start a new process of positivity and feeling phenomenal. 

After having a few weeks of emotional challenges, this episode focuses on taking time to do self reflection. It is important to take some time for you and reflect on everything you have done in the last few months. I discuss what techniques I utilized and what I discover about reflection. This led to understanding how important is to feel joyful regardless of any other emotions you may have. Joyfulness is an internal process not just a feeling. Reflection and joyfulness led to feeling positive and phenomenal despite any circumstances that occur outside your control. Tune in for this episode of phenomenal you. 

How do I deal with anxiety? On this week's episode I discuss how I live with moments of anxiety. I explained what triggers anxiety, what tools I use to calm these feelings, and how I have the courage to sit through this process and love my self while finding my best phenomenal self. 

In this episode I get vulnerable and share how I don't always feel phenomenal. I discuss my feelings , what my challenges have been thus far and how it was difficult to share my narrative. This is a reminder that feeling and knowing you are phenomenal does take work. 

On this week's episode my friend Ammisha and I discuss Taking The Plunge and venturing into the unknown. Ammisha explains how life obstacles did not stop her from reaching her goals. This is a conversation focused on optimism and how challenges did not defeat Ammisha's purpose to become a professional in the healthcare field and be a role model for her family. You don't want to miss this conversation on how we do not always feel phenomenal but it is a work in progress. We are all phenomenal because we exist in this world. 

Join me on this conversation with my friend, Janet Salgado. We discuss her career transition from higher education to being a coach focusing on reparenting your inner child for woman of color. In this conversation we do discuss challenges and situations that shaped Janet to start her own business as a coach. Our conversation focuses on how we had to do personal growth and healing to break cultural cycles and become the best adult version of ourselves and defines what it means to be phenomenal. Make sure you all follow Janet on instagram @littlepenguina. 

I have a great conversation with my brother about his coming out story. He discusses how his identity was not easy to define and how he felt growing up as the middle child. We focus on his journey on how he is learning to live his most authentic life. How is he living a phenomenal life while defining identity and living authentically? What has he learned in his process over the years. Join us for an honest sibling conversation. 

This episode is a reflective conversation with my brother on how my family and I were affected by COVID from December 2020 - January 2021. We look back on how my brother was the first person to be infected by the virus and how it created a domino affect in our household. We discuss our families health, our fears with the pandemic because we have 3 family members who are consider high risk and how my brother went from being patient zero at home to family care giver for 6 people at once. Join us on this episode to hear our journey as a family being affected by COVID and how we keep moving forward to figure out what it means to be phenomenal during a pandemic. 

My first episode is an introduction to me, your host for Phenomenal You. Who is she? Why is she doing a podcast? Get to know who Tiffany Lara is and what has shaped her to overcome her fear of creating a platform for her and others voices to be heard. Hear her story on how she is working to become the best phenomenal version of her self everyday. Join me by listening to others tell their stories and how they are creating a phenomenal life, despite their challenges and experiences. Listen to everyday folks share their story of living their most authentic self.  Special thank you to the producer/creator of Phenomenal You podcast: Olvyn Portillo-Medina.