Pretty Mental

Pretty Mental

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Pretty Mental episodes

  • 116. Moving Beyond Survival Mode with Tara Zinnamon

    Today’s conversation is with the magical spirit Tara Zinnamon and it was the exact nourishment my soul was hungry for. We laughed, cried and showed up with our hearts wide open. In this convo, Tara dives into:

    • Dealing with the compounding loss and grief of having her dad taken away by the legal system when she was just 5 years old
    • What it looks like to wholeheartedly embrace anger after suppressing it for so many years
    • Losing her beautiful mother to a rare aggressive ovarian cancer and being her full-time caretaker during COVID
    • Why seeing mortality face to face taught her all about allowing every part of her life to be seen and not just the shiny sides 
    • How she's finding ways to unload grief and step deeply into radical softness

      • "There’s more beyond struggle, there’s more beyond survival" - Tara

      Tara's Links:

      • Instagram: @tarazinnamon
      • Tara's email: [email protected]
      • Meditate, Breathe & Move with Tara at Open

        • Pretty Mental Links:

        • Instagram 
        • YouTube 
        • ValentinaSinisterra.com

          • Pathly Links:

          • findpathly.com
          • Instagram
          • LinkedIn
          • Facebook
          • TikTok
          • Become a member: This 2 min form (and mention Valentina for 10% discount!)
            • 1 hr 33 min
          • 115. I Promise We'll Get Through It (Solo)

            Today I dive into an intimate solo about my health and how the universe has been guiding me to come face to face with old traumas. I bring in lessons that I learned in my early and mid-20s when I was living with a scary eating disorder that I thought I would never be able to heal from. And I let you guys in on the way I’m being asked to approach life right now. 

            Pretty Mental Links:

            • Instagram 
            • YouTube 
            • ValentinaSinisterra.com
              • 47 min
            • 114. Finding Complete Redemption Through Our Pain with Murray Hidary

              Today I am joined by the beautiful spirit, Murray Hidary, who is the artist behind Mind Travel - an incredibly magical musical experience that takes you through the internal layers of your being. Together Murray and I dive into:  

              • The intensely painful experience he was met with when his little sister suddenly passed and the profound grief that followed 
              • How music has carried him through some of the darkest times of his life 
              • How to lead an examined life How moving directly into the pain sets us free 
              • What to do when grief comes knocking on our door 

                • Make sure you tune into Murray's music right after the intro (starting at 6:58 & ending at 16:18).

                Join our Rooftop New Moon Breathwork session at Soho House in LA on 9/25 

                Murray's Links: 

                • Mind Travel Events  
                • Murray's Instagram

                  • Pretty Mental Links: 

                  • Instagram 
                  • YouTube 
                  • ValentinaSinisterra.com

                    • Pathly Links: 

                    • findpathly.com
                    • Instagram
                    • LinkedIn
                    • Facebook
                    • TikTok
                    • Become a member: This 2 min form (and mention Valentina for 10% discount!)
                      • 1 hr 33 min
                    • 112. A Reintroduction, My WILD Saturn Return, PCOS, & the Healing Power of Awareness (Solo)
                      In my first solo EVER I give you guys a reintroduction to me and Pretty Mental. I also dive into my wild Saturn Return journey, give you updates on my PCOS journey, and how stepping deeper into awareness has granted me massive grace during all the winding turns of my physical, spiritual and emotional healing journey.
                      Pretty Mental Links:
                      Valentina's IG: @Valentina.Sinisterra
                      Breathwork with Valentina
                      ValentinaSinisterra.com
                      Watch us on YouTube!!
                      55 min
                    • 111. Why We Suffer & How To Take Our Power Back with Aaron Abke

                      HOLY Sh!t you guys!!! Today's conversation is EVERYTHING. I had the absolute honor of hanging with @Aaron Abke  and talking about insanely expansive and healing topics that are helping us as we deal with these shaky times and helping us come back home to ourselves in this lifetime. Together we dove into: 

                      • Aaron's journey from becoming a pastor, leaving the church and then going on the journey of uncovering the question "what is the point of life?" 
                      • How his depression led him to finding liberation from the bondage of his mind 
                      • Tangible steps to take if we are finding ourselves feeling depressed, anxious, in fear or hopeless with how our lives are going right now - The 3 basic emotions (root energies) and core beliefs that ultimately lead to suffering  
                      • How to begin transcending the emotions that are keeping us feeling stuck 
                      • What the Law of One says about where we are right now as a collective and how we are becoming a positively polarized 4th Density planet (and what this means) 
                      • How following our dreams is the best thing we can do for ourselves WHILE attending to the responsibilities and karmic duties that have been assigned to us 
                      • How his 4D University Program is helping us go from a 3rd Density state of consciousness to a 4th Density state of consciousness  
                      • What's been keeping Aaron's heart open lately & his practice when he feels his heart closing up  

                        • If you are going through a rough time right now, know that you use this pain as a route to your liberation. As Aaron says: "The suffering we go through is used as a form of grace to wake us up from our delusions thinking we’re something we are not.”  


                        Guest Links: 

                        4D University

                        Aaron's YouTube channel

                        Aaron's IG: @aaronabke

                        Aaron's Website

                        Pretty Mental Links: 

                        Valentina's IG: @Valentina.Sinisterra

                        Breathwork with Valentina

                        ValentinaSinisterra.com

                        Watch us on YouTube!! 


                        1 hr 30 min
                      • 110. Pretty Mental’s Next Evolution

                        This was an incredibly emotional episode to prepare for and dive into. Today we are diving into Pretty Mental’s next evolution. Today we chat about: 

                        • The importance of listening to the calls of our spirit and following what feels the most aligned  
                        • Reflections of our journey together and what we have experienced doing Pretty Mental 
                        • Letting our thoughts be of service to our hearts vs letting our thoughts shut down or hearts    

                          • As Paula says in the episode: “When we do whats in our highest good, that our spirt is telling us to do, it’s what's in the highest good for everyone involved.”

                          Watch us on YouTube!! 

                          Breathwork with Valentina

                          IG: @PrettyMentalOfficial

                          Paula's IG: @PaulaSinisterra.lpc

                          Valentina's IG: @Valentina.Sinisterra

                          49 min
                        • 109. Toltec & Mayan Wisdom with Aiesha Cosmos

                          This week we got to sit with Mayan & Toltec cosmologist and ceremonial guide Aiesha Cosmos. Aiesha has been devoted to following and studying this ancient way of relating to life for 20+ years and we are so excited to share her profound knowledge and wisdom with you guys on today’s share. In this podcast, Aiesha channeled messages covering: 

                          • Letting go of conditioned identities and embracing our authentic truths.
                          •  Becoming immune to the negative energies that often derail us from our path.
                          •  The way of the Toltec masters and what we can learn from them about the art of personal transformation 

                            • Watch us on YouTube!! 

                            Breathwork with Valentina

                            IG: @PrettyMentalOfficial

                            1 hr 14 min
                          • 108. Letting Go To Let Life In

                            For this Solo Sister's session we catch up with each other and you guys on the adventures and journeys we have recently been on. We unpacked:

                            • Valentina's career progression and staying in an aligned heart space as she traverses current uncertainties. 
                            • Lessons on letting go that Paula has been encountering on her month long stay in Tulum. 
                            • Recognizing the conditioning that limits the infinite potential for what's possible in our lives and learning to die to these ideas so we can be free. 
                            • Getting deeper into somatic work and allowing energy to move freely though us. 
                            • Tapping deeper into spiritual guidance.  

                              • Watch us on YouTube!! 

                              Breathwork with Valentina

                              IG: @PrettyMentalOfficial

                              1 hr 1 min

                            About Pretty Mental

                            From the publisher's feed

                            Pretty Mental is about accepting our full selves and inspiring others to do the same by being daringly unfiltered. This means completely normalizing all things mental health and the wild journey that has brought us here. We are challenging the stigmatization of normal human suffering. We are done pretending and subscribing to the notion that it’s taboo to have challenging mental health experiences.