Hash-It-Out

Liset and Andrew hash it out with a wonderful guest speaker Alondra. Alondra shares her journey about fighting for justice. In the fighting for justice episode, listeners' will hear the story of Alondra's experiences from a decade of sexual abuse and how she was able to put her rapist in prison. Alondra was able to speak up, fight for her rights, and ultimately using her past experience as fuel to become a social worker. Listeners will hear the incredible story of hope, strength, and growth that Alondra has been through and the resiliency to bounce back to help women who are going through the same situation.  

Rise of the Phoenix is the definition of the cohost and cofounder Liset Escobar. Andrew interviews Liset about her story of dealing with alcoholism and drug addiction. Liset found herself at a young age becoming an alcoholic. Eventually, She hits rock bottom several times and getting into a vicious cycle of repeating the same destructive behavior. A life changing event made Liset rise like a phoenix in motivating her to change from her lifestyle from an alcoholic to becoming an USC graduate student. This episode, listeners will feel the pain, struggle, and the new passion  in Liset's story.  Liset is a Trojan and leader, Her story will inspire listeners and others to rise up and change to be a better version of themselves. 

Liset and Andrew have a wonderful guest speaker talking about her healing journey. Neva dives into topics about being able to plant seeds as a high school teacher to becoming a social worker. Neva speaks about the decision to become a social worker to help others to reach their full potential. Throughout the episode, Neva provides insights of her healing journey and ways for listeners to do the same.  

Brighten up your day with a great episode with our special guest Natalie. Natalie shares a powerful message through her spoken word poetry. Liset and Andrew believe Natalie's poetry will impact you in many ways. Natalie shares to the listeners how to express themselves by journaling, art work, or making music can be therapeutic. Listeners will have many take aways from establishing boundaries to using your voice to advocate for others.  

Congratulations! Class of 2020. Liset and Andrew congratulate all of you for pushing through these hard times. Especially, graduating during the COVID-19 pandemic all the hard work and dedication has finally paid off. 

In this episode, Liset and Andrew hash it out with Paul. Paul shares about his weight loss journey. Pauls talks about the struggles of being overweight to finding inspiration to train for the Iron Man. We all have to the potential to change,  we just need to make the decision to start today. 

In this episode, We Hash It Out with our special guest Claire Summers. We dive into the reasons why she went into the Social Work field. Claire talks about mental health and brings awareness on some of the issues that arise from being an undergrad student to becoming a grad student at USC.

In this episode we explore the positive, negatives, and  boundaries of the Love Byrds relationship. Our guests Nancy Pacheco and Jason Byrd talk about their relationship beginning from high school sweethearts to newly engaged young adults. We explore the challenges faced throughout this ten year relationship and the journey to personal growth in both the relationship as a couple and as an individual.

We have two special guests Gabby and Cesar on this episode giving insights about relationships. They are a wonderful couple hashing it out with us about healthy relationship advice. Liset and Andrew explore with Gabby and Cesar ways they were able to develop a thriving relationship. Gabby and Cesar provide great advice to listeners on how watch out for red flags and how they overcame conflicts, build trust, and ways to keep it private.