The Grind Theory Talk Show

Episode 25 - Laughing through Adversity, The power of Adaptability ft Maria Zapata


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HAVE NO FEAR, Aquille and Ore Your Favourite Podcast Duo is back with another story to motivate and inspire you as we are joined by our guest Maria Zapata, She is this bubbly personality, bursting with positivity and energy. Maria is a wife and mother first having been married for 23 years, she was also a former manager in the hotel and hospitality industry where she served for a number of years. Maria is a current business owner in the wealth creation space as well as a spiritual director helping families to become financially independent and get closer to GOD. In part 1 of this interview Maria shares many of her experiences and things she learned throughout life from her failures as we dive into the topics of her early childhood having to flee and seek refugee from Guatemala as her family was being targeted, getting sexual molested and how she overcome the after effects, the struggles of raising children and getting started in hospitality industry, the regrets of not following her passion and the power of words. This episode gets deep really quick , Maria has been through so much in her life with a ton of different experiences that has caused her to constantly adapt but yet she has kept this contagious laughter and  positivity. This is a very powerful interview, gems were being dropped left, right and centre. It is definitely a must watch. 

 

  • Maria’s story starts in a crazy way as in her childhood she had to flee with her family from Guatemala as they were being targeted after her family got caught up in the political side of the civil war. She shares the crazy story of how they ended up escaping and their journey of making it to Canada. 

 

  • She is also vulnerable with us and shares her experience of being molested by a family member and how it affected her, and how she was able to overcome the after effects, she also dives into the hardships of her parents' relationship, and how it moulded and influenced her own and goes into the struggles of raising kids.

 

  • Finally she touches on how she got started in the hotel and hospitality industry, as well as one of the biggest regret of her life and the power of words , and how words can turn into beliefs 



This episode is a a absolutely gem packed and filled with laughter and the failures and struggles of the many experiences that Maria has faced with many great lessons that can really help others and this is only Part 1 of her story stay tuned for Part 2 cause it gets even juicer 

 

SHOW NOTES:

 

(11:00-15:00) - On the run, Escaping Guatemala 

 

(15:00-23:00) - Molested by Family Member 

 

(31:00 - 35:00) - Struggle of raising kids finding the right  balance 

 

(39:00- 42:15)- Lesson from childhood 

(45:30- 48:30) - The Power of Words

 

(58:40- 59:09) - It’s all a Mindset 

 

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