The Plata Life Podcast: Finding the magic of the everyday life

In this episode I dig a little deeper and explain how anxiety creeps into my daily life! I talk about my journey and going to therapy and why it's been so important for my ability to live with anxiety as a highly sensitive person. 

In this episode I explain how focusing on progress over perfection has really helped me grow and evolve as a highly sensitive person! 

Not knowing what is going to happen during these times is definitely triggering the over-stimulation that happens to highly sensitive people. This episode is all about how to approach these certain times in a way that can help you have some sort of control and take a handle on the over-stimulation. Hope you enjoy it! 

In this episode I share about Ali Edwards and her One Little Word class that has really helped me last year, and how although I'm not really doing the lessons so far this year my word CREATE has been the one thing keeping me going these days. I share part of the process I go through to create a new digital painting every day and why it's been so beneficial! 

As I take more time to read, listen and learn about racism and my role in becoming an anti-racist person, I decided to have a more laid back episode today. Diego (my son) has been asking when he can have his own podcast, haha, so I invited him to do an episode with me. This was obviously just a very candid conversation where we talk about life and what's going on lately. I definitely had moments of "uh...what do I say?" As a highly sensitive child, this was a big deal for him! So I hope you enjoy it as much as we enjoyed it :) 

These episodes seem to be getting longer and longer! Phew! In this episode I share the process that I'm taking for working on being an antiracist ally and how we are having tough conversations at home. Often times, it is in the day to day living that we make the most impact. 

I mention the book "How to be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi

I get super honest about racism and how my sensitivity has not helped me own up to what I need to do. We must do better. Listen to part one, I will do a second part next week! I urge you not only to listen to the voices of BIPOC but to really begin examining how racism plays a role in YOUR life. 

We are starting the trickiest part so far in this pandemic and my feelings are all over the place! Arizona has started opening things back up and it's brought up a lot of feelings for me...I'm finding myself feeling extra judgmental and I had to sit down and figure out why! 

As I gear up to "celebrate" my 33rd birthday I share why birthdays can be a challenge for me because of my highly sensitive nature, I obviously overthink and feel all of the feelings! The baby also makes a debut with his baby babbles towards the end ;) 

Hola! In this episode I share how I've learned through my hardships and how to reflect on yours. This is especially important as we continue to deal with this pandemic that covid19 has brought to our lives. I share about how @theruthcale helped me figure out my "why" and how my hardships helped me figure out who I am. Follow me on Instagram @maestraplata to see more of this journey!