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Ay Mijita | Love Yourself…Amate 🥰💁🏽‍♀️

My personal journey of transformation in body, mind and spirit. Sharing life events and hard lessons learned to break free from the cultural Mexican-American limiting beliefs as first born generation in the United States. A glimpse into healing my generational wounds through holistic modalities through emotional intelligence, astrology, self care and tools learned. Join me on facing adversities of moving through to get on the other side. Inspiring others to be the best version of themselves and walking away from the perfectionism trap.

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    Limpias, Energy, and Releasing What Isn’t Yours

    Send a message or voice memoThat “heavy for no reason” feeling can be the loudest clue that you’re carrying energy that never belonged to you. We slow down together, take a real breath, and get honest about how stress can lodge in the body as tightness, racing thoughts, exhaustion, and that constant sense of being on edge when nothing “big” even happened.We talk limpias as ancestral medicine, not a trend and not something you need to be “fixed” for. We connect the dots between emotional boundaries and spiritual cleansing, including why curanderismo practices like the huevo cleanse, sage, romero, smoke, cleansing water, prayer, and clear intention can help release emotional residue and energetic attachments. We also break down the everyday ways energy sticks to us: overgiving, people pleasing, sitting in gossip-heavy environments, and swallowing anger or resentment until the body becomes the container.You’ll get a guided release practice you can do anywhere with breath and imagery, plus a reminder to listen to your capacity when your body says you’re overextending. We also share what it looks like to protect your energy while still loving your people, especially during hard seasons and big healing journeys. If you’re ready to go deeper with energy work and coaching, we share how to join the Aimijita Collective. Subscribe, share this with someone who carries too much, and leave a review with the boundary you’re practicing this week.Support the show✨ Be the first to know: My email list gets early access to readings, limited offers, and everything before it goes public. Join here + receive your Raíz Reset Checklist. Email: [email protected] Follow Dora on Instagram @dpraxedisCheck out the website: www.dorapraxedis.com

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    When Anxiety Gets Loud

    Send a message or voice memoAnxiety doesn’t always make sense. Sometimes life looks “fine” on paper, but your body feels like it’s bracing for impact. I recorded this one even though I wanted to avoid it, because saying it out loud makes it real: anxiety has been loud in my life, and chemo has changed how I carry everything.I share what it’s been like being 17 weeks into cancer treatment, holding faith and fear at the same time, and living with the reality that recurrence is still a possibility. We talk about the grief of not feeling like myself, the pressure of deadlines and money stress, and the exhaustion that comes from being “the strong one” for years. That version of me got me here, but she’s tired, and I’m learning that strength also looks like stopping and saying, “I’m not okay.”We also get practical and honest about mental health support. I walk through the stigma, the second-guessing, and why I chose to seek professional help even though I do spiritual healing work like limpias, prayer, and working with guides. I share what it felt like to open up to my family, how different people respond, and how to ask for what you actually need: not advice, not fixing, just presence. If anxiety has been showing up in your life, I leave you with questions to reflect on and an invitation to get supported in community.If this resonates, share it with someone who needs it, subscribe so you don’t miss the next conversation, and leave a review to help more people find this space.Support the show✨ Be the first to know: My email list gets early access to readings, limited offers, and everything before it goes public. Join here + receive your Raíz Reset Checklist. Email: [email protected] Follow Dora on Instagram @dpraxedisCheck out the website: www.dorapraxedis.com

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    Worth Is Not A Number

    Send a message or voice memoMoney anxiety can feel like a tight chest, a racing mind, and that familiar thought loop of “what if there’s not enough.” I get real about how quickly taxes, bills, and budgeting can trigger old self-worth wounds, especially when your body has lived through instability, debt, or seasons of rebuilding. What looks like “overreacting” is often your nervous system trying to protect you, and there’s nothing shameful about that.We walk through the difference between grounded responsibility and scarcity spiraling, and why avoiding the numbers usually makes the fear louder. I share what helped me move from bracing to breathing, including how relational safety and telling the truth out loud can interrupt the spiral. We also unpack the deeper question underneath so much financial stress: what does money represent to you, and when did you start tying it to safety, love, success, or worthiness?Then we get practical. You’ll hear a clear framework you can use anytime money stress rises: pause, ground, get curious, look at the facts, take one small action, and practice receiving relief when it comes. We also cover concrete financial literacy steps that build structural safety, like budgeting with compassion, shopping insurance, reviewing subscriptions, building an emergency fund, and making consistent debt payments. If you want nervous system regulation plus real-world money tools, press play and take the next grounded step with me. Subscribe, share with a comadre who needs the reminder, and leave a review so more people can find this support.Support the show✨ Be the first to know: My email list gets early access to readings, limited offers, and everything before it goes public. Join here + receive your Raíz Reset Checklist. Email: [email protected] Follow Dora on Instagram @dpraxedisCheck out the website: www.dorapraxedis.com

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    Rejoice In The Dip

    Send a message or voice memoSomething shifts when life stops letting you rush. I’m in week 15 of chemotherapy, and I wanted to sit down with you and tell the truth about what this season feels like when you’re doing your best and still feel tired in every sense of the word. I call it “the dip” that middle space where nothing is fully resolved, your body has limits, and you’re learning how to live without pushing through at all costs. I share a recent emergency room scare, the extra fear that comes with chemo side effects and a family history of heart disease, and the deeper lesson underneath it all: slowing down is not failure. For so many of us, especially first-generation women, strength gets tied to productivity, money, and holding everything together. This season asks me to practice a different kind of resilience: listening to my body, receiving support, and showing myself the grace I give to everyone else. Easter weekend opens my heart even more. Sitting in church with my kids, I feel resurrection, renewal, and faith in my body not as a metaphor, but as a lived reality. I talk about crying through the service, grieving my old self, and realizing two things can be true at once: gratitude with grief, joy with ache, fear with trust. We also get practical with presence, including box breathing, and a new definition of “rejoice” that is quiet, rooted, and real. If you’re in your own hard season, let this be your reminder: you’re not weak because you need support, and you’re not behind because life slowed you down. Listen, share this with someone who needs it, and if it resonates, subscribe and leave a review. What would it look like to stop postponing your joy today?Support the show✨ Be the first to know: My email list gets early access to readings, limited offers, and everything before it goes public. Join here + receive your Raíz Reset Checklist. Email: [email protected] Follow Dora on Instagram @dpraxedisCheck out the website: www.dorapraxedis.com

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    The Relationship Truth You Can't Ignore Anymore

    Send a message or voice memoThe full moon in Libra doesn’t just ask whether your relationships look balanced. It asks whether they truly are. If you’ve been emotional, extra sensitive, or quietly resentful, there’s a reason: Libra energy can expose the places where harmony became a performance and truth became something you swallowed to stay lovable.We talk about the hidden labour of being “the strong one” the fixer, the peacekeeper, the glue. We name the patterns that show up in romantic relationships, family dynamics, and friendships: overgiving, overexplaining, overfunctioning, and calling self-sacrifice “love.” We also go straight into the harder medicine: power struggles that don’t always look like yelling, the quiet ways people take up emotional space, and the moment you realise loyalty won’t change someone who benefits from your silence. Compassion matters, but so does accountability.Then we turn inward. Because the Libra full moon is also a mirror for how we relate to ourselves: our self-talk, our self-trust, and whether we listen when the body says no. I share how this season of chemo, fatigue, and changing capacity forces clearer boundaries and makes relationship truths louder. We pull an oracle card from The Guides of the Hidden Realms Oracle, “Another Chance To Be,” and sit with its message of regeneration, rebuilding, and second chances that require real effort and real honesty.You’ll leave with grounded practices and journaling prompts for relationship healing, boundaries, nervous system safety, and reciprocity. Subscribe, share this with someone who needs the mirror, and leave a review if it lands. What truth are you ready to stop negotiating?Support the show✨ Be the first to know: My email list gets early access to readings, limited offers, and everything before it goes public. Join here + receive your Raíz Reset Checklist. Email: [email protected] Follow Dora on Instagram @dpraxedisCheck out the website: www.dorapraxedis.com

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    A Rebirth You Can Feel

    Send a message or voice memoA new podcast cover can be a cute refresh. Mine is a line in the sand. This bonus episode is personal, raw, and honestly a little sacred: I’m sharing what’s underneath my rebrand and why it feels like a rebirth. Chemo has changed my capacity, my energy, my voice, and the way I move through the world. When fatigue and brain fog hit, when perimenopause brings emotional waves, I can’t “power through” like I used to and that forces a bigger question: who am I without the performance? I talk about the old version of me that held expectations and roles, the identity of being the strong one, and why so many of us (especially Latinas and eldest daughters) learn to hold it all down until our bodies say ya no mas. Rebirth isn’t aesthetic. It’s messy, uncomfortable, and real. But on the other side, I’m not building from survival anymore, I’m building from alignment, making different choices, and protecting my bandwidth with more intention. If you’ve been feeling a pull to come back to yourself, I also created something simple and powerful: my Raíz Reset Ritual Checklist. It’s a step-by-step pause and reconnection practice with a limpia plus a little astrology and human design, and you can download it at dorapraxadis.com/reset. Subscribe so you don’t miss what’s next, share this with a friend who’s evolving, and leave a review if the message lands with you.Support the show✨ Be the first to know: My email list gets early access to readings, limited offers, and everything before it goes public. Join here + receive your Raíz Reset Checklist. Email: [email protected] Follow Dora on Instagram @dpraxedisCheck out the website: www.dorapraxedis.com

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    When Your Gifts Get Loud: Embracing Intuitive Activation

    Send a message or voice memoIn this heartfelt episode of Ay Mijita, Dora Alicia dives deep into the experience of intuitive activation, exploring what happens when your spiritual gifts begin to surface. If you're a first-generation Mexican woman navigating ancestral healing and embracing your intuition, this episode is crafted for you. Discover how to trust those whispers of spirit and understand the signs that signal your gifts are becoming more pronounced.Key Topics Discussed:Introduction to Intuition: Understanding the shift from whispers to loud calls of your gifts.Signs of Intuitive Activation: Heightened sensitivity to energy and emotions.Strong gut reactions and physical responses.Recognition of repeating patterns and synchronicities.Receiving spiritual downloads and insights.Cultural Context: Discussing the Latino experience of intuition and how societal norms can stifle these gifts.Personal Journey: Doralicia shares her journey of embracing her healing gifts and the transformations that have occurred.Highlights:The importance of trusting your intuitive gifts as a first-generation woman.How ancestral wisdom plays a role in our spiritual journeys.Practical tips for recognizing and nurturing your intuition.Encouragement to embrace vulnerability and the unknown.Resources Mentioned:Feed Your Wild Podcast with Vanessa Rodriguez for further intuitive exploration.Dora Alicia’s  upcoming offerings for emotional clarity and energetic support.Call to Action:Subscribe to Ay Mijita for more insights on spiritual growth, healing, and empowerment.Join the email list for exclusive updates and full moon readings.Follow Dora Alicia on Instagram at @dpraxedis for daily inspiration and community connection.Closing Thought:"What if the whispers you’ve been hearing aren’t random? What if they are your soul trying to guide you?"Support the show✨ Be the first to know: My email list gets early access to readings, limited offers, and everything before it goes public. Join here + receive your Raíz Reset Checklist. Email: [email protected] Follow Dora on Instagram @dpraxedisCheck out the website: www.dorapraxedis.com

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    Pisces New Moon Reset

    Send a message or voice memo🔮 WANT A PERSONALIZED NEW MOON READING 👉🏽  SIGN UP HERE: https://www.dorapraxedis.com/readingThe Pisces new moon can feel like a wave that pulls up everything you thought you already healed. If you’ve been emotional, exhausted, triggered, or weirdly nostalgic, I want you to hear this clearly: you’re not going backwards, you’re closing a cycle and your body and spirit are asking for release. I share what this late-degree Pisces energy brings up, especially when it hits that tender space of emotions, subconscious patterns, and spiritual growth. I also open my own oracle spread and walk you through what came through for me while I navigate a season of deep healing. We talk identity-level transformation, the challenge of receiving love when you’re used to being the strong one, and what it means to live the “wounded healer” path where pain becomes medicine. I get real about intuition, the fear of your own gifts, and why boundaries are a form of love that protects your peace. Then we slow it all the way down with a guided breath and a mini energetic reading to help you notice what feels heavy in your body and what’s ready to end. I give you reflection questions to journal with, plus intentions you can speak out loud to support emotional healing, nervous system regulation, and new moon manifestation in a grounded way. If this lands, subscribe, share this with someone in transition, and leave a review with one thing you’re ready to release.Support the show✨ Be the first to know: My email list gets early access to readings, limited offers, and everything before it goes public. Join here + receive your Raíz Reset Checklist. Email: [email protected] Follow Dora on Instagram @dpraxedisCheck out the website: www.dorapraxedis.com

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    Loving Someone Who Won’t Heal: Gaslighting, Stonewalling & Emotional Unavailability

    Send a message or voice memoIf you’ve ever walked away from a hard conversation feeling dizzy, guilty, and unsure what even happened, you’re not imagining it. We get real about emotional unavailability and the patterns that make love feel like a constant test: shutting down during conflict, refusing accountability, minimising your feelings, and the brutal “pretend nothing happened” reset that leaves you holding all the emotional weight.We break down stonewalling and the silent treatment for what they often are: emotional disconnection that your nervous system experiences as rejection and abandonment. From there, we unpack gaslighting and victim shaming, including how these manipulation tactics can slowly train you to doubt your own memory, apologise for things you didn’t do, and start treating someone else’s version of reality as the truth. I also share personal stories and a first-gen Latina lens on how family culture, shame, and stigma can shape the way we handle conflict and mental health.We talk about why some people refuse therapy or any kind of professional help, and we draw a bright line between compassion and tolerance. You’ll leave with practical tools for protecting your peace: stop over-explaining, name the behaviour, set clear boundaries, detach from fixing, and regulate your body through breathwork, journaling, therapy, and supportive community. Most of all, we return to radical self-loyalty and the question that changes everything: what do you need to feel emotionally safe?If this hit home, subscribe, share it with someone who needs it, and leave a review so more people can find this kind of healing work. What boundary are you ready to set next?Support the show✨ Be the first to know: My email list gets early access to readings, limited offers, and everything before it goes public. Join here + receive your Raíz Reset Checklist. Email: [email protected] Follow Dora on Instagram @dpraxedisCheck out the website: www.dorapraxedis.com

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    Naming The Wounds We Carry From Home

    Send a message or voice memoWhat if love taught you to hide your feelings? We open a gentle, unflinching conversation about shame that didn’t come from strangers, but from the people who fed us, raised us, and wanted us safe. As first-gen daughters, many of us learned to be responsible before we learned to be seen. Strength helped us survive, yet it also trained our nervous systems to brace, appease, and go numb. Here, we name the wound and trace how “you’re too sensitive,” “be grateful,” and “don’t get your hopes up” script adulthood in quiet ways.I share personal stories from a Latino household where rest was earned, emotions were suspect, and boundaries blurred. We explore how caregivers’ depression, fear, and unprocessed grief can minimize joy and punish growth—and why intention never erases impact. Then we map the adult patterns this creates: people pleasing that erases no, hyperindependence that refuses help, emotional numbing that outruns feeling, over-explaining choices, the chronic fear of disappointing others, and the inner critic that sounds like a parent’s voice.Together we practice tools that start with the body: four-count breathing to downshift activation, cold water resets, and stepping away before responding. With steadier ground, we try simple scripts—“I know you mean well, but that hurt”—and the nonverbal calm that protects connection. We build internal boundaries, like not taking counsel on wounds from those who haven’t healed theirs, and we release the need for validation from people who can’t meet us emotionally. Finally, we close with repair rituals—journaling, grounding, crying, movement, and kinder self-talk—that help shame lose its grip and let love and safety share space.If this speaks to your story, hit play and take what you need. Subscribe, share with someone who needs language for their feelings, and leave a review telling us which pattern you’re ready to change.Support the show✨ Be the first to know: My email list gets early access to readings, limited offers, and everything before it goes public. Join here + receive your Raíz Reset Checklist. Email: [email protected] Follow Dora on Instagram @dpraxedisCheck out the website: www.dorapraxedis.com

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    What If You Acted Like You’re Already Abundant

    Send a message or voice memoWhat if the season you’re in isn’t breaking you, but refining you? We open up about eclipse energy that turned the spotlight inward, pairing it with the raw reality of premenopause, chemo fatigue, and the kind of shadow work you can’t out-hustle. This is a candid walk through grief for an old self, body changes after surgery, and a training plan that’s more about regulation and resilience than hitting every box on a to-do list.From there, we tackle a truth that stings: the body keeps score, and sometimes it writes in symptoms. Rage, UTIs, insomnia, and forgetfulness become signposts to boundaries that need voice. Therapy sessions, breathwork, and strength training sit alongside prayer and intuition, reminding us that spiritual insight and medical support can be teammates. Ancestral blessings, a partner’s well-meant “fixing,” and the noise of social media all weave into a lesson about energy hygiene and kinder pacing.The lens then widens to wealth. While “already healed” rolls off the tongue with conviction, “already abundant” stalls. We unpack how inner child beliefs about safety can block receiving, and we redefine abundance as clarity, collaborators, creativity, capacity, timing, and wisdom. From that ground, we practice acting from enoughness: pitch without panic, create without chasing, invite from overflow, and let aligned people find your frequency. An oracle pull on boundaries anchors this shift—living, kind, and mutual—followed by a gentle inner child visualization to help you meet the protector within.If this resonates, share it with someone who’s growing through a tender season. Subscribe, leave a review, and tell us: what’s one boundary or belief you’re updating to move like you’re already abundant?Support the show✨ Be the first to know: My email list gets early access to readings, limited offers, and everything before it goes public. Join here + receive your Raíz Reset Checklist. Email: [email protected] Follow Dora on Instagram @dpraxedisCheck out the website: www.dorapraxedis.com

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    How To Make Aligned New Moon Wishes During An Aquarius Eclipse

    Send a message or voice memoThe sky just handed us a karmic reset, and it’s not subtle. We dive into the Aquarius new moon eclipse as a pressure test for identity, community, and truth—where timelines close, roles shed, and aligned intentions take center stage. Aquarius energy is visionary and unapologetically honest, so we ask the question that matters: who are you outside the systems that shaped you?We share what this eclipse actually does—why it feels urgent at a late critical degree, how sudden clarity and endings show up, and where detachment becomes a gift rather than a shutdown. From first‑gen expectations and faith traditions to the myths of martyr motherhood and hyper‑independence, we trace the hidden scripts that keep us overperforming and under-rested. You’ll hear candid reflections on partnerships, parenting, and snapping under pressure, plus how human design and the throat center influence your ability to speak up when it counts.Then we get practical. We replace scarcity wishes with three identity-based intentions that actually manifest: receiving aligned abundance, building reciprocal community, and trusting yourself in public and in private. We offer guided journaling prompts to find the truth beneath proving and people‑pleasing, and a simple ritual to seal your choices. An oracle pull on Higher Power rounds us out with a reminder to partner with spirit, let inspiration flow, and keep humility as your compass.Press play if you’re ready to stop shrinking to belong, choose the community that fits your future self, and step into an identity that feels honest, steady, and free. If this spoke to you, subscribe, share it with someone who needs it, and leave a review telling us the identity you’re releasing next.Support the show✨ Be the first to know: My email list gets early access to readings, limited offers, and everything before it goes public. Join here + receive your Raíz Reset Checklist. Email: [email protected] Follow Dora on Instagram @dpraxedisCheck out the website: www.dorapraxedis.com

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    Grieving The Old Self While Healing Through Chemo

    Send a message or voice memoSome days grit looks like not closing the laptop—other days it looks like closing it sooner and letting yourself cry. I’m seven weeks into chemo and I wanted to wait until I felt stronger to talk, but that old rule kept me hiding. So I’m bringing the fog, the fatigue, and the truth: I’ve been overworking to numb, grieving the version of me who could juggle it all, and learning how to rest without disappearing.We get honest about what treatment does to identity, not just the body. I share how chemo brain messes with confidence, why snapping at my teens wasn’t about dishes, and how guilt shows up when I can lift at the gym but can’t lift every family need. We unpack the quiet realities of intimacy during chemo—hormone swings, low libido, scars, UTIs, and the logistics no one mentions—and how a loving partnership can adapt with clearer words, slower pacing, and a wider definition of desire. You’ll hear practical ways I’m redefining strength: asking for help early, canceling without apology, using checklists to outsmart brain fog, and letting my body set the workout instead of my ego.Underneath it all is a question I can’t shake: do I only get to claim power when I’m thriving, or can I claim it while I’m healing? I land on a kinder answer. Power is staying with yourself when it’s hard. If your patience is thin and your body feels foreign, you’re not broken—you’re becoming. Listen, share it with someone who needs permission to not be okay, and if it moved you, subscribe, leave a review, and tell me what part you needed most.Support the show✨ Be the first to know: My email list gets early access to readings, limited offers, and everything before it goes public. Join here + receive your Raíz Reset Checklist. Email: [email protected] Follow Dora on Instagram @dpraxedisCheck out the website: www.dorapraxedis.com

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    From Punta Cana To Chicago: Choosing Ease, Healing, And Intentional Rest

    Send a message or voice memoThe first breath back in Chicago stung a little—cold air, dry throat, layers on layers—and that jolt made the real lesson click: rest away is easy, but rest at home is a decision. I’m sharing what this week in Punta Cana unlocked for my body and spirit, from long laughs with a lifelong friend to the quiet confidence of wearing a two-piece after surgery and chemo. No performing, no proving—just letting ease teach me what my nervous system has been asking for all along.Live Aqua surprised me in the best way. I thought “all-inclusive” meant indulgence; it turned out to mean fewer decisions and more presence. Meals slowed down. Food lost its guilt. The beach became a meditation. And then the spa—body scrub, massage, hot water, aromatherapy—shifted me at a cellular level. That care wasn’t extra; it was corrective. I left with softness etched into my memory, the kind you can feel even when the plane lands and winter hits your face.We trace childhood road trips to Mexico, the weight of responsibility many first-gen women carry, and how travel without performance lets us meet ourselves. I unpack why presence beats productivity, how to prune the mental weeds of comparison, and why we should name the feelings we’re truly chasing—ease, joy, safety—before we chase goals. We talk guilt, too: the voice that says rest is selfish. My reframe is simple—choosing ease honors our ancestors’ work by refusing burnout as destiny. I’m getting specific about what I want, writing it down, and taking small, steady actions to receive it.If you’re craving permission to slow down without apology, to make rest a daily practice, and to hold onto vacation softness in the middle of real life, this one’s for you. Listen, breathe with me, and then tell me: what does ease look like in your week? Subscribe, share with a friend who needs the reminder, and leave a review so more of us can choose softness on purpose.Support the show✨ Be the first to know: My email list gets early access to readings, limited offers, and everything before it goes public. Join here + receive your Raíz Reset Checklist. Email: [email protected] Follow Dora on Instagram @dpraxedisCheck out the website: www.dorapraxedis.com

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    The Cost Of Doing It Alone

    Send a message or voice memoWhat if the strength you’re most proud of is also what’s wearing you down? We go straight to the heart of hyper-independence—the kind that looks powerful on the outside but quietly drains your nervous system, your money, and your joy. Through personal stories that span childhood self-reliance, missed boats and year-end spreadsheets, we trace how survival becomes a lifestyle, and how the body starts keeping the receipts through fatigue, tension, anxiety, hormone swings, and flare-ups that won’t be ignored.We unpack emotional labor—the invisible work of anticipating needs, holding everyone else’s feelings, and saying “I’m fine” when your chest is tight and your jaw hurts. Then we connect the dots to money: why receiving support can feel unsafe, how that leads to underearning and overgiving, and small, doable ways to practice receiving without waiting for a crisis. From clearing physical clutter to invite opportunity, to simple regulation tools that calm the system before the next big meeting, we share grounded steps to shift from isolation to support.Most of all, we reframe help as sacred. Letting yourself be witnessed doesn’t make you dependent; it makes you human. Cultural conditioning, family roles, and first-gen realities may have trained you to carry it all, but your body is asking for co-regulation and rest. Honor what kept you safe and update your strategy with intuition, boundaries, and softness that doesn’t compromise your strength. If this conversation softened something in you, share it with someone who needs permission to receive, and subscribe for more healing, mindset, and embodiment tools. Ready to stop doing it alone? Leave a review, send this to a friend, and reach out if you’re ready for deeper one-on-one support.Support the show✨ Be the first to know: My email list gets early access to readings, limited offers, and everything before it goes public. Join here + receive your Raíz Reset Checklist. Email: [email protected] Follow Dora on Instagram @dpraxedisCheck out the website: www.dorapraxedis.com

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    Rest, Recover, Return Next Week

    Send a message or voice memoSome weeks demand a softer voice and a slower pace. This is one of those weeks. I’m sharing a short, sincere update about my health, a lost voice, and what recovery looks like while moving through chemotherapy. Rather than push through and deliver something less than whole, I’m choosing to pause, protect my energy, and return next week with clarity and heart.That pause carries a message I want you to hold onto: rest is not quitting. When the immune system is vulnerable, even a minor cold can derail healing. The bravest choice is sometimes the quiet one. So I’m inviting you to catch up on favorite episodes you may have missed, revisit the earliest stories that shaped this show, and use the time you’d spend listening to take a nap, step outside, or hold a long hug with someone you love. Let this be a brief ritual of care, reflection, and gratitude.We also touch on how health and creativity intertwine—how honoring limits preserves the voice that tells the deeper stories of identity, culture, and belonging. If you’ve been pushing past your own signals, consider this your permission slip to slow down. Celebrate how far you’ve come. Choose gentleness over urgency. We’ll pick up next week, ready to go, with a fuller breath and a steadier spirit.Stay connected for updates and community support on Instagram and Facebook, and check the show notes for links. If this resonates, share it with a friend who needs permission to rest, and leave a quick rating or review so others can find the show. Your support means the world and helps us return stronger together.Support the show✨ Be the first to know: My email list gets early access to readings, limited offers, and everything before it goes public. Join here + receive your Raíz Reset Checklist. Email: [email protected] Follow Dora on Instagram @dpraxedisCheck out the website: www.dorapraxedis.com

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    Feeling Behind in Life? This Is What Healing Actually Looks Like

    Send a message or voice memoWhat if your life isn’t late, but precisely on time? We open a tender conversation about the myth of “falling behind” and trace it back to unequal starting lines, survival roles, and nervous systems trained by urgency. Through stories of hustle culture, brain fog, and the rawness of chemo and hair loss, we explore how rest can feel like risk and why shame often masquerades as motivation. Instead of forcing productivity, we practice honoring signals from the body and building a kinder pace that can actually hold healing.We talk about money, worth, and the long tail of early career setbacks, reframing wealth to include relationships, knowledge, and access to care. We use myth and imagery—the descent, the chrysalis—to name what transformation feels like when you’re shedding layer after layer. Progress doesn’t always look like more output; sometimes it looks like tears, naps, and saying no. That isn’t failure. That’s integration. The nervous system can learn ease, but it needs safety first.You’ll leave with a grounding practice and an affirmation to carry into your week: I am not behind. I am becoming at the pace my body trusts. We also name the collective dimension of healing—how breaking silence and seeking support repair more than one life. If this conversation stirred something in you, stay close for a February offering designed to center safety, remembering, and intentional community. Subscribe, share with someone who needs the reminder, and leave a review to help more listeners find this space.Support the show✨ Be the first to know: My email list gets early access to readings, limited offers, and everything before it goes public. Join here + receive your Raíz Reset Checklist. Email: [email protected] Follow Dora on Instagram @dpraxedisCheck out the website: www.dorapraxedis.com

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    Breaking The Habit Of Hyperindependence

    Send a message or voice memoWhat if the strength that kept you safe is the same wall blocking the support you crave? We open up about why receiving help can feel dangerous for many first‑gen Latinas, tracing the roots from migration and poverty to language barriers, racism, and the family roles we adopted too young—helper, translator, emotional anchor. Those experiences shaped a survival identity that equates love with being low maintenance, being needed with belonging, and silence with safety.Together we name hyperindependence for what it truly is: a nervous system strategy, not a personality trait. We explore how praise for usefulness creates a loop where asking feels like failure, and how guilt, control, and emotional debt make support feel heavy with strings. Then we pivot to a grounded path forward. You’ll hear practical ways to practice receiving without losing your independence: accepting small offers without overexplaining, letting someone listen without fixing, using community resources without shame, and working with therapy or support groups that honor dignity and confidentiality.We also talk about rest as a right, not a reward, and simple tools to reclaim it: take the medicine, see the doctor, schedule downtime, and use the delegate‑delete‑delay approach when your plate is full. With breathwork moments and somatic check‑ins, we show how safety rebuilds in the body, one yes at a time. If you’ve ever felt your chest tighten when someone says, “Can I help?” this conversation meets you where you are and offers a softer, stronger way forward—one rooted in respect, reciprocity, and being known rather than needed.If this resonated, subscribe, share with a comadre, and leave a review to help more first‑gen listeners find these tools. Tell us: what small support will you say yes to this week?Support the show✨ Be the first to know: My email list gets early access to readings, limited offers, and everything before it goes public. Join here + receive your Raíz Reset Checklist. Email: [email protected] Follow Dora on Instagram @dpraxedisCheck out the website: www.dorapraxedis.com

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    Crossing the Year Gently - Honoring Quiet Power

    Send a message or voice memoDownload Here: Crossing the Year Gently, MijitaStart the year softer, not louder. After a season marked by grief, health scares, and relationship strain, we’re choosing integration over reinvention and safety over speed. I share the real story behind chemo day one, the ache of anniversaries, and the marriage moments that nearly broke us, then describe how rest, boundaries, and nervous system care put the pieces back in place. If “new year, new me” rings hollow, this conversation offers a grounded alternative: peace as a practice, not a prize.We dive into identity shifts and the power of a personal contract to anchor who you are becoming—compassionate, courageous, and clear—without performing for approval. We talk money fears with honesty, from rising costs to paused income, and how coupling practical steps with body-based regulation calms scarcity. You’ll hear why rest comes before action, why fixing others drains your life force, and how to stop shrinking to remain palatable. Expect language around ancestral patterns, intuitive discernment, and the kind of boundaries that feel loving, not harsh.This is a space for first-gen women, caregivers, and anyone done carrying what was never theirs. You’ll get simple practices to return to yourself—hand on chest and belly, a minute of quiet, a single honest question—and a clear reminder that peace is productive and rest is intelligent. I’m also opening limited 1:1 coaching spots, planning masterclasses on emotional regulation, money wounds, and nervous system healing, and rolling out a Spanish version to better serve our comunidad.Want a calm way to begin? Grab the free new year grounding guide in the show notes, subscribe for the upcoming series, and share this with someone who needs a gentler path. If this spoke to you, leave a review and tell me: what are you done carrying this year?Support the show✨ Be the first to know: My email list gets early access to readings, limited offers, and everything before it goes public. Join here + receive your Raíz Reset Checklist. Email: [email protected] Follow Dora on Instagram @dpraxedisCheck out the website: www.dorapraxedis.com

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    How To Honor Loss Without Performing Through The Holidays

    Send a message or voice memoThe holidays can be beautiful—and brutal. We open our hearts to the truth that celebrations don’t create grief; they reveal it. From empty chairs to evolving traditions, we talk candidly about what it feels like when love has no easy place to land and why presence beats performance every time.I share stories of family gatherings that changed shape, the tenderness of spotting red cardinals that feel like a wink from loved ones, and the quiet ache of doing less when your body asks for rest. We name how “being agreeable” can turn into armor, how that armor leaks into irritability or numbness, and how real leadership starts with letting softness stand beside strength. If you’ve ever hosted while holding back tears or kept the peace by abandoning yourself, this conversation meets you right where you are.You’ll learn gentle, practical ways to honor who you miss without disappearing yourself: lighting a candle, speaking their names, shifting traditions, leaving early, or choosing sacred rest. We unpack boundaries using the “house and fence” metaphor so you can decide who gets access—and how far—without guilt. Then we ground it all with a simple breath ritual and three truths to anchor your nervous system: I don’t need to perform to be worthy. I don’t need to rush my healing. I choose truth over tradition.If this season feels different, it’s because you are different. Integration over fixing, discernment over guilt, presence over performance. Tune in, take what you need, and let your body lead. If this resonated, subscribe, share with someone who needs it, and leave a review so more listeners can find a softer way through the holidays.Support the show✨ Be the first to know: My email list gets early access to readings, limited offers, and everything before it goes public. Join here + receive your Raíz Reset Checklist. Email: [email protected] Follow Dora on Instagram @dpraxedisCheck out the website: www.dorapraxedis.com

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    Honoring Human Design, Rest, And Becoming

    Send a message or voice memoFree Download: Birthday + Human Design RitualWhat if a birthday wasn’t a report card but a ritual of return? We take a gentle pause to honor another year of survival and becoming, and we trade checklists for a single, embodied question: how do I want to feel in my body this year? From the first breath to the closing blessing, we explore how rest becomes a right, not a reward, and how honoring your energy can transform frustration into clarity.I open up about the lessons that landed hardest: support isn’t weakness, it’s sustainability; timelines that don’t fit can be released; and the gut often knows before the mind does. We use human design as a grounded tool for self-permission—unpacking Generators, Manifestors, Projectors, and Reflectors, along with signatures and not-self themes that flag alignment or drift. I share what shifted for me as a Generator with sacral authority, how satisfaction became my north star, and why ignoring the body’s uh-huh/uh-uh costs more than a polite yes ever saves. We also touch profiles 1 through 6, and how a 4/6 path learns through relationships and lived wisdom.To make it practical, I guide a simple birthday ritual you can repeat anytime: a candle or a hand to the heart, a breath to gather scattered energy, an affirmation for your type, and one word to steer the year. You’ll locate where your truth speaks—gut, chest, or intuition—name the feeling you choose, and exhale the pressure to live outside your design. If you’ve felt behind, this conversation offers a reframe: you’re not late, you’re recalibrating.If this resonates, share the ritual with someone who needs permission to slow down and celebrate themselves, especially in birthday season. And if you don’t know your human design yet, take that as your invitation. Subscribe, leave a review, and tell me your one word for the year—I’d love to hear what your body is choosing.Support the show✨ Be the first to know: My email list gets early access to readings, limited offers, and everything before it goes public. Join here + receive your Raíz Reset Checklist. Email: [email protected] Follow Dora on Instagram @dpraxedisCheck out the website: www.dorapraxedis.com

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    When Life Gets Chaotic — How to Emotionally Regulate, Ground, and Recenter Yourself

    Send a message or voice memoWhen life feels louder than your heartbeat, the body starts speaking for you—tight chest, spiraling thoughts, numbness, or sudden tears. We created this conversation for the first-gen daughter, the mom, the partner, the healer who holds it all and just needs one honest path back to center. Together we unpack why so many of us were taught to push through instead of regulate, then trade shame for skills that actually work in real moments of chaos.We start with awareness—the foundation of emotional regulation. You’ll learn four questions that map what you feel, where it lives in your body, whether it’s present or an old wound, and how your system is activated. From there we move into grounding practices you can use anywhere: root breathing with a 4-2-6 rhythm, the 5-4-3-2-1 sensory check-in, and a cold reset to support your vagus nerve. We honor ancestral wisdom with an energetic limpia using huevo, palo santo, sage, or ruda, and a release phrase that helps you set down what isn’t yours to carry.We then recenter with three journal prompts that create boundaries from the inside out—what matters right now, what do I need, and what is mine to carry. You’ll get real-life scripts to communicate your capacity, micro-practices to reset in under a minute, and a template for an emotional emergency plan you can build while calm. We close with a guided meditation and affirmations to reclaim safety, peace, and presence, reminding you that chaos doesn’t define you; your grounding does.If this resonated, share it with someone who’s navigating their own storm, subscribe for more rooted conversations, and leave a review so more mujeres can find these tools. Your essence knows the way—let’s keep healing juntos.Support the show✨ Be the first to know: My email list gets early access to readings, limited offers, and everything before it goes public. Join here + receive your Raíz Reset Checklist. Email: [email protected] Follow Dora on Instagram @dpraxedisCheck out the website: www.dorapraxedis.com

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    Gaslighting Isn’t A Love Language, Mijita

    Send a message or voice memoWhat if your body has been telling the truth the whole time? We unpack how love gets tangled with self-abandonment when someone you care about shows narcissistic traits, and we walk step by step through the signals, scripts, and support that help you hold onto yourself without slipping into constant conflict.We start by naming seven common behaviors—lack of accountability, gaslighting, emotional swings, silent treatment, control masked as concern, minimizing your needs, and lack of empathy—and translate them into what your nervous system experiences: shallow breathing, racing heart, fatigue, numbness, and the urge to fawn. From there, we connect the dots to first‑gen and Latina cultural patterns: keeping the peace, carrying the emotional load, and learning to be nurturing, not noisy. That context matters, because it explains why many of us fix instead of flee, negotiate instead of name the harm, and end up shrinking our voice to keep the room calm.Then we move into practice. You’ll hear clear, repeatable boundary scripts that feel natural: “I’m not available when voices are raised,” “We’ll talk when we’re both regulated,” “I won’t continue if there’s disrespect,” and “I’m not responsible for your emotions.” We talk about regulation before conversation, how to stop taking the bait, and why short explanations protect you from manipulation. If you’re staying, we outline daily nervous system routines, realistic expectations, and how to detach from chaos without abandoning yourself. If you’re leaving, we name the detox—doubt, guilt, craving validation—and the freedom that follows: deeper breaths, better sleep, the return of your voice.To anchor it all, we offer reflection prompts to ask your inner niña what boundary she needs, where you’ve been abandoning yourself, and what would change if you honored your truth fully. Whether you choose to stay with limits or love from afar, you deserve safety, honesty, connection, respect, and peace. If this conversation resonates, follow the show, share it with someone who needs it, and leave a review to help more mujeres find their voice.Support the show✨ Be the first to know: My email list gets early access to readings, limited offers, and everything before it goes public. Join here + receive your Raíz Reset Checklist. Email: [email protected] Follow Dora on Instagram @dpraxedisCheck out the website: www.dorapraxedis.com

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    Navigating Setbacks, Rebirth & the Cold Supermoon

    Send a message or voice memoThe hardest seasons don’t just take things from us; they ask who we’re becoming. I’m sharing a raw, heart-forward look at navigating setbacks during the cold supermoon, from slow surgical healing and a shifting chemo timeline to money wounds that echo louder than the numbers suggest. If you’ve felt heavy, confused, or like you should have been “over it” by now, you’re in the right room. We explore why healing spirals, how astrology can frame timing without dictating fate, and what it means to move through a dark night of the soul without losing yourself.You’ll hear the real-life frictions: mobility limits, winter blues in Chicago, the sting of postponement, and the awkward art of receiving help when you’re used to carrying everyone else. We walk through seven grounded lessons that make the chaos make sense—rest as a strategy, intuition as compass, boundaries that sharpen in storms, and the quiet truth that grief and growth can happen at the same time. Then we translate insight into action with a clear, simple recovery toolkit: breathwork, movement, journaling, and a cold moon limpia ritual to release what no longer serves so you can call in what’s next.This conversation blends astrology, psychology, and lived experience into something you can use tonight. Think of it as energetic pruning: let go to grow, clear to receive, rest to rise. Along the way, I talk about trading control for clarity, trusting a future self who already exists, and leaning on ancestors for courage that doesn’t flinch. If something in your life is ending, consider this a mirror and a map. Press play, take what you need, and meet me under the moonlight as we make space for the version of you who’s waiting to step in. If this spoke to your heart, subscribe, share with a friend who needs hope, and leave a review telling me what you’re releasing next.Support the show✨ Be the first to know: My email list gets early access to readings, limited offers, and everything before it goes public. Join here + receive your Raíz Reset Checklist. Email: [email protected] Follow Dora on Instagram @dpraxedisCheck out the website: www.dorapraxedis.com

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    Gratitude, Boundaries, Y El Bendito Thanksgiving

    Send a message or voice memoHolidays can feel like a tug-of-war between gratitude and pressure, especially for first‑gen Latinas navigating old roles, noisy questions, and the invisible load of keeping everyone comfortable. We decided to rewrite the script. Together we map a softer Thanksgiving built on presence, nervous system care, and boundaries that are kind, clear, and non-negotiable.We start by reframing gratitude as more than a list. Gratitude becomes presence—choosing softness, honoring courage and healing, and letting go of guilt and overgiving. From there, we name the big triggers: body comments disguised as concern, nosy questions about dating, babies, degrees, or money, the automatic expectation to cook, translate, serve, and soothe, and the guilt trips about “changing.” Then we get practical. You’ll hear short scripts you can use word-for-word: “I’m not talking about my body today,” “I’m keeping that private this year,” “I can help with one thing, not everything,” and “I love you, but I’m not available for that conversation.” We also walk through time boundaries—deciding your arrival and exit, taking breaks, and leaving early with a soft “Gracias por todo, me voy a descansar.”We bring in nervous system tools you can use the moment you park the car: a simple 4-2-6 breath, a rose‑gold energetic shield, and three anchoring affirmations—“I choose peace. I choose presence. I choose myself.” We laugh about burnt turkeys turned into tamales, barbacoa slow cookers, the cousin who brings a soda and leaves with four plates, and the relative dancing la iguana. Humor sits beside healing, and both are welcome.Most of all, we zoom out: your rest is a prayer, your no is a revolution, and your gratitude is an altar for the ancestors who could not set these limits. You’ll leave with five journaling prompts to plan your boundaries, protect your energy, and show up as the you that feels true. If this speaks to your corazón, tap follow, share it with someone who needs a gentler holiday, and leave a quick review to help more listeners find the show.Support the show✨ Be the first to know: My email list gets early access to readings, limited offers, and everything before it goes public. Join here + receive your Raíz Reset Checklist. Email: [email protected] Follow Dora on Instagram @dpraxedisCheck out the website: www.dorapraxedis.com

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    Pivotando en la Vida — Healing, Humor y la Voz que ya no se Calla

    Send a message or voice memoA lemon tree landed on my life and I decided to plant it. Two major surgeries—bilateral mastectomy and DIEP flap reconstruction—rewired how I relate to my body, my voice, my family, and my work. Between T‑Rex arms, double‑D swelling, and late‑night closet recordings on yoga balls, I found a wild mix of pain medicine and laughter that turned survival into a softer, truer way to live.I open up about the moments no one prepares you for: needing to be fed, crying because identity slips when productivity stops, and realizing you can’t hustle through stitches. We talk about the living room “therapy” that helped our family speak in we instead of you, and the uncomfortable grace of receiving support without deflecting. I share how a bold coaching pivot changed my business trajectory—naming misalignment, asking for what I needed, and discovering I wasn’t too much; I was in the wrong room. We also dig into the practical side: lymphatic care, vein health, nutrition shifts, and how a year of prep became the scaffolding for recovery.You’ll also get a guided somatic reflection with simple breathwork and seven journal prompts to help you locate your own pivot points, claim your truth, and hear what your body is asking. If you’re navigating cancer, surgery, burnout, or a quiet identity change, this conversation blends spiritual grounding, cultural nuance, and real‑life tools you can use today. Subscribe, share this with someone who needs it, and tell me: what truth are you finally ready to say out loud?Support the show✨ Be the first to know: My email list gets early access to readings, limited offers, and everything before it goes public. Join here + receive your Raíz Reset Checklist. Email: [email protected] Follow Dora on Instagram @dpraxedisCheck out the website: www.dorapraxedis.com

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    Birthing My New Chichis

    Send a message or voice memoWhat if the bravest kind of strength is the kind that lets you be held? This candid share comes straight from the recovery chair after breast reconstruction and a tummy tuck within a fast-moving breast cancer journey. No gloss. No highlight reel. Just the truth of pain, gratitude, and the quiet revolutions that happen when your body insists on a slower, softer way.We walk through the difference between vanity and victory, and why reconstruction can be a sacred act of reclaiming your body after disease. You’ll hear the visceral details of recovery—drains, stitches, anesthesia haze, and that first careful walk—and how those moments unlocked grief that had lived in the muscles for years. Family becomes a lifeline: a husband learning the cadence of care, kids who read pain without words, a mother whose food tastes like home, sisters who show up for the mess. Beyond the home, community prayers and messages create an invisible net, reminding us that receiving love is also a form of power.The heart of this conversation is a rewrite of strength. Strength isn’t grinding through; it’s the courage to rest, to ask for help, to let softness do its slow, intelligent work. We name five lessons from the healing path: listen to the body before it breaks, practice receiving, leave survival mode to truly repair, remember the ancestors at your back, and redefine strength as being held rather than holding everything. A gentle guided breath invites you to ask your body what it needs, and to let the answers rise without force. If you’re navigating illness, recovery, or burnout, you’ll find language, tools, and permission to slow down and rebuild wiser.If this resonated, share it with someone who needs a softer definition of strong, subscribe for more grounded conversations on healing and resilience, and leave a review with one insight you’re taking into your week.Support the show✨ Be the first to know: My email list gets early access to readings, limited offers, and everything before it goes public. Join here + receive your Raíz Reset Checklist. Email: [email protected] Follow Dora on Instagram @dpraxedisCheck out the website: www.dorapraxedis.com

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    Mercury Isn’t Ruining Your Life, Your Wi‑Fi Might Be

    Send a message or voice memoEver felt like the universe hit pause on your plans just as you found your stride? We unpack Mercury retrograde moving from Sagittarius to Scorpio and show how to turn the supposed chaos into hard-won clarity. Instead of blaming the stars for broken emails and mixed messages, we explore what this transit is actually asking for: slower breaths, truer words, and choices that match your values.We dig into the tension between Sagittarius fire—big ideas, blunt truths, wanderlust—and Scorpio water—shadow work, emotional honesty, deep repair. You’ll get a practical three-part framework to navigate the season: revisit projects and promises you parked, reflect on energy leaks and misplaced yeses, and reassess the boundaries that keep you clear. Along the way, we talk real-life rituals to steady your nervous system: a simple burning practice to release mental clutter, a salt bath to rinse old stories, and a hand-on-heart affirmation to anchor your inner compass.This conversation also gets personal: healing after surgery, a partner’s first steps toward therapy, a year of health changes, and the courage to ask for help. We talk about how to speak from truth rather than fear, why miscommunication can be a doorway to repair, and how to keep tech and travel tidy while you protect your peace. As Mercury completes its retrograde in Scorpio, we point to the soft rebirth on the other side—fewer masks, clearer boundaries, and a kinder voice within.If this resonated, share it with someone who’s feeling the static, hit follow, and leave a review to help more listeners find their clarity. Your stories and questions shape where we go next—what are you ready to release so you can begin again?Support the show✨ Be the first to know: My email list gets early access to readings, limited offers, and everything before it goes public. Join here + receive your Raíz Reset Checklist. Email: [email protected] Follow Dora on Instagram @dpraxedisCheck out the website: www.dorapraxedis.com

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    Faith, Fear, And Flow - Healing Through Uncertainty

    Send a message or voice memoWhen certainty falls away, what’s left to hold? We open the door to a candid, healing conversation about navigating diagnosis, surgery, and the uneasy calm that comes after the hospital lights fade. With a blend of Spanish and English, body wisdom and practical ritual, we map the terrain where fear, faith, and flow meet—and learn how to keep moving when the mind wants guarantees and the heart only has questions.I share what it felt like to tell my family, how community care showed up in meals, messages, and quiet presence, and why receiving support is its own kind of courage. We unpack fear without shaming it, seeing it as a protector with information rather than a problem to crush. From there, faith becomes an act of devotion: trusting doctors and divine timing, breathing when plans dissolve, and letting love arrive in imperfect ways. You’ll hear guided grounding, a simple river visualization, and a four-part ritual to release control, honor emotion, and invite clarity. Along the way, we explore somatic cues, reflection prompts, and the micro-practices that help a nervous system feel safe enough to heal.If you’re facing uncertainty—health news, relationship shifts, a job change, or a calling you didn’t plan—this conversation offers steady tools: breathwork for regulation, language to thank fear, and a rhythm for surrender that doesn’t abandon agency. The message is simple and strong: you don’t have to be fearless to be faithful. Keep showing up for yourself, one honest breath at a time, and let flow carry you where forcing never could.If this resonated, subscribe and share it with someone who needs a little courage today. Leave a review with the line that stayed with you most on Instagram at @dpraxedis.Support the show✨ Be the first to know: My email list gets early access to readings, limited offers, and everything before it goes public. Join here + receive your Raíz Reset Checklist. Email: [email protected] Follow Dora on Instagram @dpraxedisCheck out the website: www.dorapraxedis.com

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    Honoring the Veil — Día de los Muertos & the Spirit of Remembrance

    Send a message or voice memoThe air feels different this time of year, like the world has turned down the noise so we can hear what’s always been speaking. We step into the thin-veil season to honor Halloween, All Saints Day, and Día de los Muertos as a bridge between memory and presence—where candles, marigolds, and names become a path home for our loved ones and a source of strength for us.We explore the global roots of remembrance, from Celtic Samhain and All Souls traditions to the color and warmth of Latin American altars. Along the way, I share family stories—the mechanic dad whose scent still finds me, the abuelo whose humor outlived his pain—and how simple objects on an ofrenda can hold entire histories. You’ll learn the meaning behind key elements: marigolds guiding the way, candles as steady light, water for the journey, and pan de muerto symbolizing the circle of life. We talk about visitations that look like flickering lights, an old song on the radio, or a fragrance that pulls you back to childhood—and why those moments are invitations, not accidents.We also open the door to ancestral healing, the kind that moves through seven generations behind and ahead. With clear, practical steps—how to build a meaningful altar at home, words to welcome your people, prompts to release and receive—you’ll have everything you need to start or deepen your practice. I read a channeled message about joy and blessing, and I share how my own health journey is teaching me to trust timing, lean into community, and remember that love never dies. We close with a guided meditation that leads you down a candlelit path to a living altar, where an elder reminds you: you are our continuation.Light a candle, say their names, and let your home feel warmer for it. If this spoke to you, follow the show, share it with someone you love, and leave a review so more people can find their way to this circle.🕯️ JOURNAL PROMPTSWho are the ancestors or loved ones you want to honor this season?What message do you think they would want you to hear today?What ritual, song, or story connects you most to your roots?What part of your lineage feels ready to heal through you?Support the show✨ Be the first to know: My email list gets early access to readings, limited offers, and everything before it goes public. Join here + receive your Raíz Reset Checklist. Email: [email protected] Follow Dora on Instagram @dpraxedisCheck out the website: www.dorapraxedis.com

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    The Body Remembers — Emotional Healing in Physical Illness

    Send a message or voice memoYour body has been speaking this whole time—through tight jaws, heavy shoulders, and the ache that won’t quit—and today we slow down enough to hear it. We explore how symptoms can hold unprocessed emotions, grief we never voiced, and even ancestral stories we’ve been carrying without knowing. Through the lens of curanderismo and grounded somatic tools, we map what the body remembers and learn how to move stuck energy with compassion instead of force.I share personal moments, from a thrown-out back to my current breast cancer journey, and the surprising ways these chapters opened conversations about control, caretaking, lineage, and the places I still needed to receive support. We walk through a gentle body scan, a short somatic release practice, and a golden light visualization you can return to whenever you feel overwhelmed. Along the way, we reframe tears and trembling as sacred releases, not weaknesses; we talk boundaries as medicine; and we honor humor, prayer, and community as steady companions when the path gets hard.If your body has been sending signals—fatigue, migraines, chest tightness, or that quiet exhaustion language can’t capture—this conversation offers practical and soulful ways to listen and respond. You’ll leave with journaling prompts to clarify what needs attention, a few ritual tools from curanderismo to help energy move, and simple phrases that invite safety back into your nervous system. Subscribe for more healing-centered episodes, share this with someone who needs a tender nudge, and leave a review to help others find this space. What part of your body are you ready to listen to today?Support the show✨ Be the first to know: My email list gets early access to readings, limited offers, and everything before it goes public. Join here + receive your Raíz Reset Checklist. Email: [email protected] Follow Dora on Instagram @dpraxedisCheck out the website: www.dorapraxedis.com

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    Stop Slamming Cabinets And Take The Tamales

    Send a message or voice memoWhat if the strongest move isn’t holding it all together, but letting yourself be held? We open the door to community care and explore how receiving support can be a radical, tender step toward real healing—especially for those of us taught to be the fixer, the organizer, the one who keeps it all running. Through lived stories, cultural memory, and practical tools, we map a path from hyper‑individualism to sisterhood.I share how impending surgeries, family logistics, and everyday pressures revealed where I still try to do it alone—and how boundaries, not burnout, became my compass. We talk about the sneaky voice of guilt that shows up when we rest or ask for help, and then we flip the script: receiving is reciprocal. Accepting a glass of water, a meal, a ride, or a listening ear gives others purpose and deepens connection. From there we move into tools that make support feel safe in the body: breathwork to calm the nervous system, emotional regulation to ride big feelings back to neutral, and honest check‑ins that replace slammed cabinets with clear words.You’ll get guided prompts to explore where receiving feels tight or open, who feels safe to lean on, and how to build reciprocal ties in your neighborhood, group classes, or support circles. We close with a visualization to “call in your circle,” honoring ancestors, friends, and soul sisters who remind us we don’t have to do this alone. If you’re ready to trade exhaustion for belonging and turn help into healing, this conversation is your invitation to say yes.If this landed for you, share it with someone who needs the reminder, subscribe for more community‑rooted healing, and leave a review so others can find us. Your yes makes this circle stronger.Support the show✨ Be the first to know: My email list gets early access to readings, limited offers, and everything before it goes public. Join here + receive your Raíz Reset Checklist. Email: [email protected] Follow Dora on Instagram @dpraxedisCheck out the website: www.dorapraxedis.com

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    I Tried to Outrun the Aries Moon and She Put Me in Time-Out

    Send a message or voice memoIf you’ve ever felt life slam the brakes—through illness, heartbreak, loss, or burnout—this conversation invites you to see the pause not as punishment, but as protection. We open with breathwork to ground your nervous system, then move into a raw story of hosting a community challenge under an Aries full moon while navigating a cancer diagnosis, the pressure to be strong, and the quiet call to surrender. Along the way, we honor ancestral guidance and the radical idea that you don’t have to earn rest.Together, we unpack why presence equals power and why power doesn’t always look like action. You’ll hear three core truths of the medicine of surrender: stillness is fertile soil, crying is cleansing, and asking for help is an initiation into safer love. We talk about emotional regulation in plain language—how to become the steady voice your inner child needed—using simple practices you can try today: a hand over your heart, a mantra that anchors safety, and permission to cancel what your body can’t hold.We also guide you through a somatic meditation that roots you into the earth, warms the heart with golden light, and helps release perfectionism and the fear of being seen. You’ll leave with reflective journal prompts to integrate the insights, plus a renewed understanding of how ancestral wisdom, breathwork, and nervous system safety work together. If you’re ready to stop carrying what isn’t yours and trust the timing of your healing, this is your invitation to soften, receive, and let the pause become your portal.If this resonates, follow the show, share it with someone who’s resisting their own pause, and leave a review so more gente can find this space. What are you ready to release today?Support the show✨ Be the first to know: My email list gets early access to readings, limited offers, and everything before it goes public. Join here + receive your Raíz Reset Checklist. Email: [email protected] Follow Dora on Instagram @dpraxedisCheck out the website: www.dorapraxedis.com

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    Life Just Got Real: My Breast Cancer Journey

    Send a message or voice memoA routine follow-up call turned into the moment everything changed, and we’re not hiding from it. Dora shares how a breast cancer diagnosis cracked open old patterns—people-pleasing, cultural silence around illness, and the habit of being “the strong one”—and how choosing truth over secrecy created a path back to connection. From telling her husband over a chocolate bar in the garage to navigating a maze of tests, timelines, and tough conversations, this episode is a raw portrait of fear, faith, and the fierce boundaries that protect peace.We talk about the cost of pretending to be fine and the relief in finally saying what’s real. You’ll hear the spiritual tools that keep us grounded—limpias, prayer, journaling, and listening for the ancestors—along with the practical shifts that matter: asking for help, protecting mornings for stillness, and letting others carry part of the weight. We explore what “body as ally” actually means, how symptoms can be messengers when we slow down enough to listen, and why breaking generational patterns of silence is its own kind of medicine.If you’ve ever felt pressure to hold it all together, this conversation offers a different script. Come for the honest story; stay for the reminder that healing can be medical and spiritual, tender and tough, personal and communal. And if your intuition has been nudging you to get screened, let this be your sign to act. Subscribe, share with someone who needs courage today, and leave a review with the boundary you’re committing to this week—we’d love to hear it.Support the show✨ Be the first to know: My email list gets early access to readings, limited offers, and everything before it goes public. Join here + receive your Raíz Reset Checklist. Email: [email protected] Follow Dora on Instagram @dpraxedisCheck out the website: www.dorapraxedis.com

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    Snicker Bars and Soul Work: Turning Insight Into Action

    Send a message or voice memoHave you ever experienced that brilliant moment of clarity—when everything suddenly makes sense and you can see exactly what needs to change in your life? That's a breakthrough, and while those moments feel incredible, they're just the beginning of true transformation. 🙌🏽 Breakthroughs are like seeds that need nurturing to grow into lasting change. 🍃 Without integration—the consistent, intentional work of embodying our realizations—even our most powerful insights can slip away as life moves forward. This episode explores the crucial but rarely discussed process of what happens after the breakthrough moment. I share my personal journey through grief after losing my father in 2019, which revealed generational patterns of silence and sacrifice that had been passed down through my lineage. That realization was powerful, but integration was messy—involving tears, boundary-setting with family, and reparenting my inner child who felt responsible for everyone else's healing. I discovered how something as simple as my comfort with Snickers bars connected to deeper emotional patterns with my father and my childhood need for love and attention.Integration faces universal challenges: the pull of familiar patterns, unrealistic expectations of instant results, and resistance from family and loved ones who may not understand or support our changes. When we begin setting boundaries, we often hear "You've changed" or "Ya no es la misma"—and while this can trigger guilt, it's actually confirmation we're growing into our authentic selves.The episode provides practical tools for integration: daily rituals like breathwork and journaling; somatic anchors to help your body feel safe with change; practicing boundaries in small, consistent ways; and finding community and accountability to support your journey. We close with a guided meditation and journaling prompts to help you honor your own breakthroughs and begin the integration process.Ready to not just have breakthroughs but live them? Join our upcoming group coaching experience in October where you'll find a sacred container to ground your insights into lasting change. Because a breakthrough is a door opened—integration is choosing to step through that door, day after day.Support the show✨ Be the first to know: My email list gets early access to readings, limited offers, and everything before it goes public. Join here + receive your Raíz Reset Checklist. Email: [email protected] Follow Dora on Instagram @dpraxedisCheck out the website: www.dorapraxedis.com

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    Igniting the Inner Spark

    Send a message or voice memoWhat happens when a woman finally speaks the truth she's been holding back for generations? Magic—ancestral healing that ripples backward and forward through time.The Inner Spark Challenge has become a sacred container for transformation, where brave mujeres are confronting the good girl conditioning that taught us "calladita te ves mas bonita" (you look prettier when quiet). Over five powerful days, we've watched participants reconnect with their dimmed inner light, release people-pleasing patterns, heal mother wounds, establish loving boundaries, and integrate these shifts through powerful ancestral connection.Day by day, we've witnessed breakthrough moments: the recognition of when we first learned to shrink ourselves, the identification of rules we've been living by that no longer serve us, the physical sensation of activating our voice after years of silence, and the liberation that comes from setting boundaries without guilt. These aren't just personal healing journeys—they're ancestral work that shifts generations.The collective healing space has revealed common threads running through our stories: silence used as survival, guilt that follows self-expression, overgiving until depletion, people-pleasing at our own expense, and self-sabotage when we get too close to our power. These patterns weren't created by us; they were passed down as protective mechanisms that once served our lineage but now keep us from our authentic expression.Ready to begin your own healing journey? Start with three simple practices: journal one truth daily with your hand on your throat, say no to one small thing this week without apology, and ground yourself with the affirmation "soy suficiente" (I am enough). Remember, healing doesn't take a lifetime to begin—just a moment of courage to take that first step. Your ancestors are waiting to pass you their blessings, not their burdens.Want to go deeper? Join the waitlist for my 12-week The Inner Shift: De Adentro Pa' Fuera (From Inside Out) coaching program where we'll work with ancestral clearing, inner child healing, limpias, astrology, human design, and intuitive healing to create lasting transformation.Support the show✨ Be the first to know: My email list gets early access to readings, limited offers, and everything before it goes public. Join here + receive your Raíz Reset Checklist. Email: [email protected] Follow Dora on Instagram @dpraxedisCheck out the website: www.dorapraxedis.com

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    Boundaries, Truth, and Reclaiming Your Power After Years of People-Pleasing

    Send a message or voice memoWhat happens when the "good girl" you've been playing all your life starts suffocating the authentic woman you're meant to become? In this soul-stirring exploration, we unpack the survival strategy that many first-gen Latinas and women from traditional backgrounds know intimately—the compulsion to please everyone, stay small, remain quiet, and always be "nice," even when your spirit is screaming "no más."Growing up hearing "pórtate bien" or "que vas a saber tu, mocosa" trains us to equate our worth with our ability to comply. This conditioning follows us everywhere—into boardrooms where we smile through microaggressions and take on unpaid work, into relationships where we ignore red flags to avoid being "dramática," and even into our own bodies, which bear the burden of our self-betrayal through physical symptoms like tight throats, stomach knots, and chronic exhaustion.Through vulnerable personal stories and practical wisdom, this episode guides you through recognizing where the good girl lives in your body and how to gently, firmly evict her. You'll learn powerful boundary scripts tailored to different scenarios—from workplace assertiveness to family gatherings—and experience a guided inner child reparenting practice that helps heal the part of you that learned it was safer to be "good" than truthful.The most transformative insight? Your body has been giving you data all along. That discomfort when you say yes but mean no isn't you being dramatic—it's your inner wisdom crying out for authenticity. By tuning into these signals and honoring them with clear boundaries, you begin the journey from "quedar bien" to "quedar bien conmigo"—from pleasing others to honoring yourself.Ready to release the good girl and reclaim your power? Join me for a special 7-day Good Girl Detox Challenge with daily practices to strengthen your boundary-setting muscles and reconnect with your authentic voice. Your transformation begins with a single, powerful truth: you don't have to earn your worth. Ya eres suficiente—you are enough.Support the show✨ Be the first to know: My email list gets early access to readings, limited offers, and everything before it goes public. Join here + receive your Raíz Reset Checklist. Email: [email protected] Follow Dora on Instagram @dpraxedisCheck out the website: www.dorapraxedis.com

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    Cosmic Fuego: Navigating September's Dual Eclipses

    Send a message or voice memoFreebie: Full Moon Release Prayer The cosmic forces of September are stirring, bringing us two powerful eclipses that serve as portals for profound transformation. This month isn't just about endings and beginnings—it's a sacred invitation to align your daily practices with your deepest healing and to trust the wisdom that already lives within you.As we journey through the Full Moon Lunar Eclipse in Pisces on September 7-8, we're called to release what's been weighing us down—the illusions, the emotional baggage, the patterns of self-sacrifice that drain our energy. This watery eclipse creates the perfect conditions for surrender, asking us to reflect on what began six months ago and how those seeds have grown into their full expression. Through ritual and intention, we can harness this eclipse energy to dissolve what no longer serves our highest good, making space for something more aligned with our authentic nature.The Solar Eclipse in Virgo on September 21st shifts our focus to the practical aspects of healing—the daily rituals that ground us, the boundaries that protect our energy, and the mindful service that connects us to purpose. Virgo medicine reminds us that transformation happens through small, consistent actions rather than grand gestures. This eclipse opens pathways for establishing new routines that honor our bodies and set appropriate boundaries, teaching us that structure can be sacred when it supports our wellbeing.The magic of September lies in finding balance between these seemingly opposite energies—having one foot firmly planted in Virgo's practical earth while allowing the other to dance in Pisces' mystical waters. Can you create structure without becoming rigid? Can you surrender without sacrificing yourself? This dance between earth and ocean is where true healing happens.During this potent time, notice where your body is whispering (or shouting) messages about what needs attention. Pay attention to ancestral patterns around health, work, and self-sacrifice that may be influencing your choices. Remember that your worth is not measured by how much you do for others—this eclipse season asks you to reclaim your power by letting go of what's not yours to carry.Join me in embracing these cosmic resets with ritual, reflection, and community support. Whether through cleansing practices like limpias, journaling to track your journey, or meditation to calm your nervous system, there are many ways to work consciously with this transformative energy. Together, we can release what no longer serves, realign with our authentic selves, and step more fully into our power and purpose.Support the show✨ Be the first to know: My email list gets early access to readings, limited offers, and everything before it goes public. Join here + receive your Raíz Reset Checklist. Email: [email protected] Follow Dora on Instagram @dpraxedisCheck out the website: www.dorapraxedis.com

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    Unshackling Guilt and Shame

    Send a message or voice memoGuilt whispers "I did something bad" while shame declares "I am bad" – and for many first-generation Latinas and women of color, these emotions form invisible chains keeping us trapped in cycles of self-sacrifice and silence.From childhood phrases like "no seas egoísta" (don't be selfish) or "calladita te ves más bonita" (you look prettier when quiet), we inherit cultural scripts that dictate our worth based on how well we serve others. These messages manifest as people-pleasing, perfectionism, self-sabotage, and the inability to speak our truth. The knot in your throat when you want to speak up in meetings? That shame isn't yours – it belongs to generations of women taught that their voices weren't valuable.This episode unpacks how these emotions get passed down through families and cultures, creating what I call "cajas de cristal" – crystal cages where we can see freedom but can't access it. Drawing from my personal journey as a teen mom who faced judgment, a daughter who became responsible for siblings at age five, and a professional who struggled to use her voice, I share how recognizing these patterns is the first step toward liberation.Through practical healing tools including awareness exercises, reframing techniques, energetic limpias, journaling practices, and boundary-setting strategies, you'll learn to identify guilt that isn't truly yours and ritually release it. The weight you've been carrying on your shoulders isn't just emotional – it's ancestral, cultural, and collective. And it's time to set it down.Whether guilt shows up when you prioritize rest over cleaning or shame appears when you speak your truth, remember: you don't have to carry what isn't yours. Join my 5 Day The Inner Spark Challenge beginning September 15, 2025 at dorapraxedis.com/challenge to continue this healing journey together. It's time to embrace your raices and reclaim your esencia without apology.Support the show✨ Be the first to know: My email list gets early access to readings, limited offers, and everything before it goes public. Join here + receive your Raíz Reset Checklist. Email: [email protected] Follow Dora on Instagram @dpraxedisCheck out the website: www.dorapraxedis.com

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    From Bankruptcy to Abundance: Healing Your Relationship with Money

    Send a message or voice memoWhat happens when we untangle our sense of self-worth from our bank accounts? Diving deep into the messy, emotional landscape where money and identity intersect, this episode explores how cultural conditioning, family dynamics, and societal messaging shape our relationship with abundance.I share my raw, unfiltered journey—from watching my parents work multiple jobs and fight over finances to my own experience with bankruptcy as a young mother. That rock-bottom moment forced me to confront not just my financial habits, but the deeper beliefs I held about my own worthiness. The path from scarcity to abundance wasn't linear, requiring me to challenge the "hustle and grind" mentality I'd inherited and recognize that working myself into exhaustion wasn't proof of my value.For many of us, especially those from immigrant families or communities of color, money wounds are ancestral. We carry beliefs about sacrifice, stability, and "staying humble" as a form of loyalty to our family's struggles. Yet our ancestors didn't sacrifice so we would continue suffering—they dreamed of abundance for us. Healing our relationship with money actually honors their sacrifices.Through practical mindset shifts, journaling prompts, and a guided meditation, this episode offers tools to transform your relationship with money. Replace "I can't afford this" with "How can I create this?" and "I'm bad with money" with "I'm learning to be in partnership with money." These aren't just semantic changes—they represent a fundamental shift in how you view yourself in relation to abundance.Ready to reclaim your financial power? Grab your journal, find a quiet space, and join me in this transformative conversation about money, worth, and the courage to believe you deserve more.Support the show✨ Be the first to know: My email list gets early access to readings, limited offers, and everything before it goes public. Join here + receive your Raíz Reset Checklist. Email: [email protected] Follow Dora on Instagram @dpraxedisCheck out the website: www.dorapraxedis.com

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    Silencing Your Inner Cabrona

    Send a message or voice memoDownload my free guide The Raíces Ritual  for spiritual self-discovery.That little voice inside your head has a way of keeping you small. The whispers of "I'm not good enough" or "Who do I think I am?" stop many of us before we even get started. But what if I told you that voice isn't actually yours?Drawing from my own journey through teenage pregnancy, bankruptcy, and identity struggles, I explore how our harshest critic lives rent-free in our minds, shaped by childhood experiences, cultural expectations, and generational trauma. For those of us raised with "no seas presumida" messaging, shining too brightly felt dangerous – a lesson that followed me from high school classrooms to corporate boardrooms.Self-sabotage isn't just negative self-talk; it's the actions we take (or avoid) that undermine our success. I share how fear of judgment kept me from launching this podcast for years and how I overcame the paralysis of perfectionism. The journey from self-doubt to self-compassion required practical tools: breath work to reset my nervous system, mirror work to rebuild self-trust, and boundaries to stop giving myself the leftovers after serving everyone else.Healing begins when we recognize that the inner critic isn't truth – it's just old programming. Every time you choose kindness toward yourself, you're breaking cycles and healing generations forward and back. Remember: you are worthy of peace, love, joy, and success. Don't let that cabrona inner critic write your story. Tú eres la autora de tu vida.Ready to go deeper? Join my one-on-one coaching program "The Inner Shift - De Adentro Pa' Afuera" where we'll clear the energy blocks and help you embody your authentic self. Visit dorapraxedis.com to learn more and download my free The Raíces Ritual for spiritual self-discovery.Support the show✨ Be the first to know: My email list gets early access to readings, limited offers, and everything before it goes public. Join here + receive your Raíz Reset Checklist. Email: [email protected] Follow Dora on Instagram @dpraxedisCheck out the website: www.dorapraxedis.com

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    Breaking Generational Cycles: Understanding and Healing the Mother Wound

    Send a message or voice memoHealing the mother wound requires courage to look at what's been passed down through generations of Latina mothers and daughters. This deeply personal exploration dives into the painful patterns that develop when love feels conditional, when we're praised for self-sacrifice instead of self-expression, and when cultural messages about being a "good daughter" leave us feeling perpetually inadequate.Drawing from her own experience of becoming a caretaker for her siblings at just five years old, the host shares how early trauma shaped her understanding of love and responsibility. Her vulnerable storytelling creates space for listeners to recognize their own wounds—whether they appear as people-pleasing, boundary struggles, chronic overgiving, or a persistent feeling of "not-enoughness" that no amount of achievement can satisfy.What sets this exploration apart is its nuanced approach to healing. Rather than encouraging blame, the conversation focuses on understanding our mothers as complex women who carried their own unhealed pain, often mothering from survival rather than wholeness. The host offers practical tools for healing, from journaling prompts that bring awareness to inner child work that nurtures what wasn't nurtured in us, to setting small but powerful boundaries without drowning in guilt.The spiritual dimension of healing receives special attention through cultural practices like limpias (energetic cleansings) and connecting with ancestors. These approaches honor our Latino roots while transforming pain into power. The most liberating insight? Your healing doesn't depend on your mother changing or acknowledging your pain. "Tu sanación no depende de ella"—you can reclaim your wholeness regardless.Ready to break generational cycles and heal not just for yourself but for the women who came before and after you? This episode provides the roadmap, affirmations in both Spanish and English, and an invitation to deeper work through the Inner Shift program. Your journey to freedom starts with acknowledging what hurts—and believing that healing is possible.✨ The Inner Shift – 12 Weeks to Heal, Break Cycles, and Step Into Your Full Self.   Porque you deserve to feel free, whole, and enough – sin culpa. Learn MoreSupport the show✨ Be the first to know: My email list gets early access to readings, limited offers, and everything before it goes public. Join here + receive your Raíz Reset Checklist. Email: [email protected] Follow Dora on Instagram @dpraxedisCheck out the website: www.dorapraxedis.com

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    The Lionsgate Portal: Navigating Full Moon Energy

    Send a message or voice memoThe cosmic energies are stirring, awakening us at 3 AM with life's deepest questions as the powerful Lionsgate Portal converges with a luminous Full Moon in Aquarius. This potent alignment creates the perfect opportunity for release, renewal, and spiritual recalibration.The Lionsgate Portal opens annually on August 8th (8-8), when the sun blazes in Leo and Sirius—known as the spiritual sun—rises in our sky, creating a direct energetic pathway between Earth and the galactic center. This fiery Leo energy activates the heart chakra, bringing forth themes of authenticity, self-expression, and radiant confidence. When the infinity symbol of 8-8 meets the revelatory Full Moon in Aquarius, we're invited to examine the delicate balance between community and individuality, emotional detachment and deep feeling, visionary ideas and grounded action.During this transformative window, you might notice emotional turbulence, relationship triggers surfacing, and clarity emerging through contrast. These aren't random disruptions—they're purposeful invitations to examine what's no longer serving your highest good. Through personal ritual practices like egg limpias, intention-setting with candles, journaling for release, and working with crystals like amethyst for clarity and carnelian for confidence, you can harness this cosmic energy to release blocks and reclaim your authentic power.The oracle guidance for our collective reminds us to believe in our inherent good fortune while taking practical steps toward manifestation, to unleash our kindest selves in all situations, and to release the fears and limiting beliefs that block our full expression. As we navigate this potent portal, remember: you don't need to have everything figured out—just listen to your inner wisdom. That's your true compass.Ready to go deeper into ancestral healing, energy work, and spiritual alignment? Connect with me to explore how these cosmic forces can support your personal transformation journey.Support the show✨ Be the first to know: My email list gets early access to readings, limited offers, and everything before it goes public. Join here + receive your Raíz Reset Checklist. Email: [email protected] Follow Dora on Instagram @dpraxedisCheck out the website: www.dorapraxedis.com

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    La Toxica Within: Navigating Jealousy, Drama, and Growth

    Send a message or voice memoWhat exactly does it mean to be "la toxica"? It's a label that gets thrown around plenty, but the reality runs deeper than just jealousy and drama. In this raw, unfiltered conversation, Dora and Daisy break down the spectrum of toxic behaviors that show up in our relationships, complete with hilariously relatable role-plays of the silent treatment, Instagram stalking, and those passive-aggressive "I'm fine" moments we've all experienced.The magic happens when Daisy opens up about her own journey from being what she calls "a little Tasmanian devil" in her relationships to finding peace and better communication. From checking phones and crashing boys' nights to learning the art of the sit-down conversation, her transformation offers hope that yes, toxic patterns can absolutely change. The sisters explore how our insecurities, cultural influences from telenovelas, and even workplace dynamics shape how we behave in personal relationships.What makes this episode so powerful isn't just the acknowledgment that we've all had toxic moments—it's the practical wisdom about moving forward. The sisters discuss how honest self-reflection, setting boundaries, and surrounding yourself with people who lovingly call you out (instead of enabling bad behavior) creates the foundation for growth. They tackle everything from the viral "Coldplay cam" cheating scandal to the challenges of living with a partner when you're used to running away from difficult conversations.Whether you're recovering from a toxic relationship, recognizing some toxica tendencies in yourself, or simply want to improve your communication skills, this conversation offers both the mirror and the roadmap you need. Listen in, laugh along, and maybe learn something about yourself in the process. Remember: don't be toxica, be chingona!Support the show✨ Be the first to know: My email list gets early access to readings, limited offers, and everything before it goes public. Join here + receive your Raíz Reset Checklist. Email: [email protected] Follow Dora on Instagram @dpraxedisCheck out the website: www.dorapraxedis.com

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    ✨ Raíces & Relaciones: Healing Our Relationship Patterns From the Inside Out ✨

    Send a message or voice memoRelationships serve as powerful mirrors reflecting not just who we are, but also our deepest wounds, beliefs, and generational patterns. When something triggers us in a relationship, it's rarely just about the other person—it's about an old wound being activated.As Latinas and first-generation Americans, many of us carry cultural beliefs about love that shape our relationships in profound ways: staying together for appearances, avoiding conflict, equating loyalty with tolerating mistreatment, normalizing secrets, and adhering to rigid gender roles. We're taught that "aguantar" (enduring hardship) is love, when truly, love should never leave you feeling drained or diminished.Recognizing relationship patterns requires honest self-reflection. Red flags include constantly explaining yourself, anxiety when awaiting responses, avoiding necessary conflict, pretending everything's fine when it's not, and relationships that feel like emotional roller coasters. Green flags to seek include feeling safe to speak your truth, experiencing mutual effort and emotional consistency, having boundaries respected, and being genuinely celebrated for your growth.The journey toward healthier relationships begins with practical healing tools: energetic cleansing (limpias), reflective journaling, exploring astrological and human design insights, setting loving boundaries, and performing cord-cutting visualizations to release old attachments. Perhaps most transformative is understanding how our inner child drives our relationship dynamics—when someone triggers abandonment wounds, it's this younger version of ourselves crying out for protection.Ready to transform your relationship patterns? Start with these journal questions: What did love look like growing up? What are you still tolerating? Where do you stay silent to keep peace? What boundaries need setting? Remember, healing takes patience and much self-love, but creates space for relationships that help you grow rather than keep you small.Share your journey or questions with me — I'd love to hear your story and support your healing path.Get the Free Guide: The Raiz Ritual  for grounding your energy and reconnecting with your esencia.Support the show✨ Be the first to know: My email list gets early access to readings, limited offers, and everything before it goes public. Join here + receive your Raíz Reset Checklist. Email: [email protected] Follow Dora on Instagram @dpraxedisCheck out the website: www.dorapraxedis.com

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    [Bonus] Navigating the Dramatic Leo Mercury Retrograde: A Spiritual Survival Guide

    Send a message or voice memoThe cosmos has a message for us all as Mercury spins backward through the fiery territory of Leo from July 17th to August 11th. Unlike the standard Mercury retrograde panic, this episode brings a fresh perspective on embracing this cosmic drama queen energy with grace and spiritual awareness.Mercury retrograde in Leo carries a unique flavor. The sun-ruled sign amplifies our self-expression, creativity, and yes—our ego. This celestial pause button asks us to examine how we communicate, where our pride might be getting in the way, and how authentically we're shining our light. Those telenovela-level misunderstandings? They're not random—they're cosmic invitations to check ourselves before we wreck our vibe.I break down exactly what to avoid (dramatic haircuts and impulsive "I quit" moments), what to embrace (revisiting creative projects and inner child healing), and how this retrograde uniquely affects each house in your birth chart. Whether Leo falls in your first house of identity, your fifth house of creativity and romance, or your twelfth house of spirituality, I offer practical guidance for navigating these energies with self-awareness rather than resistance. Your retrograde experience doesn't have to be a disaster. By approaching this transit as an opportunity for reflection, healing, and realignment, you can harness its transformative potential. Mercury isn't spinning backward to complicate your life—it's offering a divine pause to reconnect with your authentic essence. Are you ready to shine bright, but with wisdom? Share your Mercury retrograde experiences with me on Instagram and remember: embrace your raíces, reclaim your esencia.Get the Free Guide: The Raiz Ritual to check where Leo is located in your birth chart.Support the show✨ Be the first to know: My email list gets early access to readings, limited offers, and everything before it goes public. Join here + receive your Raíz Reset Checklist. Email: [email protected] Follow Dora on Instagram @dpraxedisCheck out the website: www.dorapraxedis.com

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    The Light Within: Reclaiming Your Authentic Identity

    Send a message or voice memoHave you ever sat in your car before work, fighting back tears, wondering whose life you're actually living? That moment of existential questioning—when you realize you've been dimming your light to fit others' expectations—can be both terrifying and transformative.This episode dives into the heart of authentic self-connection, exploring why we lose touch with our true essence and how to find our way back. As a first-generation Latina navigating multiple worlds, I share my personal journey from corporate burnout to spiritual awakening, and the painful realization that I was living someone else's version of success.We explore the telltale signs of disconnection: the exhaustion from pretending everything's fine, the chronic people-pleasing, the numbness, and that persistent feeling that something essential is missing from your life. Through guided visualization and practical exercises, you'll begin to reconnect with the light that's always been within you—just buried beneath layers of conditioning, fear, and wounds.The path back to yourself isn't always smooth, especially when family expectations and cultural pressures tell you to stay small or conform. But as we explore the six powerful steps to authenticity—creating silence to hear your inner voice, questioning inherited beliefs, revisiting childhood joys, expressing your truth, setting boundaries, and practicing self-compassion—you'll discover that reconnection is not just possible but necessary for your wellbeing.Remember: "Tú eres la luz. You are the light." Your authentic self hasn't disappeared. It's waiting for you to wipe away the dust and recognize the power that's always been yours. Join me on this journey of reclaiming your essence, and let's shine together.Listen to Episode 5: Your No Is Sacred: How to Set Boundaries Without GuiltSupport the show✨ Be the first to know: My email list gets early access to readings, limited offers, and everything before it goes public. Join here + receive your Raíz Reset Checklist. Email: [email protected] Follow Dora on Instagram @dpraxedisCheck out the website: www.dorapraxedis.com

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    Your No Is Sacred: How to Set Boundaries Without Guilt

    Send a message or voice memoBoundary-setting can feel like betrayal when you've been raised in a culture where family needs always come first. That guilt you feel when saying "no"? It's not just you — it's generations of conditioning that equates self-care with selfishness.Drawing from personal experiences as a first-generation Mexicana, this episode dives into the messy reality of establishing healthy limits in Latino families. From the husband who interrupts work meetings to the late-night friend calls that drain your energy, we explore the everyday moments where boundaries become essential. You'll learn why statements like "la familia es primero" and "no seas egoista" make saying no feel impossible, and how these cultural expectations can lead to resentment, exhaustion, and disconnection from your authentic self.Beyond cultural insights, this episode offers practical tools you can implement immediately. Discover ready-to-use boundary scripts for different relationships, signs your body is begging for boundaries, and a guided meditation to release the guilt that often accompanies self-protection. Through personal stories of boundary successes and failures, you'll see how setting limits isn't about pushing people away—it's about creating the conditions for more authentic connection.Whether you're struggling with work-life boundaries, family obligations, or friendships that leave you depleted, this conversation reminds you that "aquí estoy, pero hasta aquí llego" (I am here, but this is my limit). Your needs are valid, your voice matters, and contrary to what you might have been taught, boundaries aren't selfish—they're sacred acts of self-love that benefit everyone in your life.Support the show✨ Be the first to know: My email list gets early access to readings, limited offers, and everything before it goes public. Join here + receive your Raíz Reset Checklist. Email: [email protected] Follow Dora on Instagram @dpraxedisCheck out the website: www.dorapraxedis.com

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    Cosmic Blueprints: How Astrology and Human Design Changed My Life

    Send a message or voice memoHave you ever felt like you're living two lives—one to please your familia and another that's truly yours? That internal tug-of-war was my reality until I discovered two powerful tools that revolutionized my self-understanding: astrology and human design.As a first-generation Mexicana and intuitive healer, I've spent years navigating cultural expectations while trying to honor my authentic self. The journey wasn't easy until these cosmic frameworks gave me permission to embrace all parts of who I am. Your birth chart isn't just some mystical concept—it's a profound mirror reflecting your essence through your Sun (your core identity), Moon (emotional landscape), and Rising sign (how others perceive you). When I discovered my Sagittarius Sun explained my love for adventure, my Cancer Moon illuminated my deep emotional sensitivity, and my Leo Rising revealed why people saw confidence even when I trembled inside, everything clicked.Human Design took this understanding even deeper by mapping my energetic blueprint as a Generator. Suddenly, my pattern of burnout made sense—I was forcing initiatives rather than responding to what genuinely lit me up. Learning about the five energy types (Manifestors, Generators, Manifesting Generators, Projectors, and Reflectors) didn't box me in; it liberated me from expectations that never fit.These tools aren't just fascinating—they're practical medicine for generational healing. When you understand your cosmic design, you release the guilt of being "too much" or "not enough." You recognize that your need for solitude isn't laziness but essential restoration. You build relationships that honor rather than deplete you. Most importantly, you give yourself permission to live authentically rather than performing to meet cultural or family expectations.Whether you're curious about why certain relationships feel effortless while others drain you, or why traditional success paths leave you unfulfilled, your cosmic blueprint holds answers. Join me in exploring how astrology and human design can transform your relationship with yourself and create a life aligned with your true essence. Ready to discover your cosmic roadmap? Reach out—I'd love to guide you on this journey.Get the Free Guide: The Raiz RitualSupport the show✨ Be the first to know: My email list gets early access to readings, limited offers, and everything before it goes public. Join here + receive your Raíz Reset Checklist. Email: [email protected] Follow Dora on Instagram @dpraxedisCheck out the website: www.dorapraxedis.com

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    [Bonus] The Energy Between Us: Understanding Mal de Ojo and Envidia

    Send a message or voice memoHave you ever felt mysteriously drained after someone stared at you too intensely? Or noticed a sudden headache after receiving excessive compliments? Your abuela might have called it "mal de ojo" – the evil eye – and she was tapping into ancient wisdom about energy transfer that modern science is only beginning to understand.In this illuminating bonus episode, I respond to a listener's question about cultural energy practices and dive deep into the mystery of mal de ojo. This isn't about superstition; it's about energy misdirection that can affect your wellbeing. I share my childhood experience with a traditional egg cleansing (limpia con huevo) and explain why babies are particularly vulnerable to these energy imbalances. You'll discover practical protection methods including the significance behind those red bracelets, deer's eye seeds, crystal work, and the power of intentional prayer – regardless of your religious background.We also untangle the crucial difference between envidia (envy) and jealousy – terms often used interchangeably but representing fundamentally different emotional states. Jealousy fears losing what you have, while envidia wants what someone else possesses. This distinction matters deeply for your healing journey. I guide you through self-reflection questions to transform these challenging emotions into catalysts for growth rather than sources of shame. The episode concludes with a guided energy cleansing meditation you can return to whenever you feel energetically compromised. Remember, spiritual hygiene is just as essential as physical cleanliness – it's about reclaiming your energetic sovereignty. Share your own protection practices or experiences with me at [email protected], and let's continue building this healing community together.Support the show✨ Be the first to know: My email list gets early access to readings, limited offers, and everything before it goes public. Join here + receive your Raíz Reset Checklist. Email: [email protected] Follow Dora on Instagram @dpraxedisCheck out the website: www.dorapraxedis.com

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My personal journey of transformation in body, mind and spirit. Sharing life events and hard lessons learned to break free from the cultural Mexican-American limiting beliefs as first born generation in the United States. A glimpse into healing my generational wounds through holistic modalities through emotional intelligence, astrology, self care and tools learned. Join me on facing adversities of moving through to get on the other side. Inspiring others to be the best version of themselves and walking away from the perfectionism trap.

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Dora Praxedis

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