We stand on the shoulders of those who have come before us.
In order to be who I am today, I have been inspired and taught by different people along the way.
Thanks to these people today I am honored with the opportunity to support other women, so they learn to love themselves shamelessly, and compassionately, breaking transgenerational patterns of internalized misogyny.
This is my own celebration of their impact on my life.
Disclaimer:
Not everybody I mention here knows me personally.
I do not agree with or endorse everything everyone on this page teaches or does. Some of them were relevant in one moment of my life but are no longer present in it, while some are and forever will remain relevant and impactful for me.
These people have touched different moments in my life and for that, I will forever be grateful.
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My Abuela has been a great inspiration to me, her witchy arts are what inspire my card reading skills, and so has been healing her transgenerational trauma.
My first spiritual school was The New SEED Sanctuary.
I trained under one of their high priestess, Aldairhe, who was like another mother to me since I was 12 years old.
Later I went to the Sanctuary for 3 summers, from age 16 to 18.
Then at 18, when I was feeling at my darkest, this book, Women who run with the wolves, literally changed my life (the photo is not mine). It was then that Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estess became one of my main life influences and inspirations.
Her archetype of the Wild Woman is still to this day a very important foundation of my work.
I was blessed with being a translator for her Facebook Page and getting to talk with her for some time, and it is one of the most cherished memories I have.
I trained briefly as a Shaman with Nah Kin, a Mayan Shaman of the Ahaukan Lineage, which hit home closely, being my father a Maya Quiche indigenous man.
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I took the Sex, Love, and Relationship Coaching training with Layla Martin in 2018
I have also been supporting the next generations as a connection sister, as a staff member in her live retreats in Costa Rica 2022, 2023, and in Sayulita in 2023, and as a moderator of the Alumni group.
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My first inspiration in the realm of Sacred Sexuality was Saida Desilets.
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I must mention my amazing coach and dear friend Laura Weber, who has deeply inspired me with her loving compassion and wisdom.
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My first coaching teacher, Ontological coach Josefa Galvan, started believing in my coaching skills more than a decade ago before anyone else.
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John Yong was my first teacher in somatic healing, through bioenergetics.
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Kelly Diels has been a fierce inspiration for my feminist approach to my work.
Here are some of the people that have deeply inspired me.
Rachel Maddox with her soft approach to trauma resolution and business.
Ginette Paris with her approach to archetypal psychology and her teachings.
Arden Leigh helped me understand my autism and my daughter's neurodivergence.
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Writers and artists:
Audre Lorde
Maya Angelou
Kate Mann
Laurie Penny
Remedios Varo
The Call, by Remedios Varo
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And last but not least. my sisters.
These women have changed my life for the better and I am blessed to have them in my life.
And all those sisters who lend me a hand when I was most in need. Specifically, the 2018 SLRC cohort, Michelle, Betsy, Katrin, Irina, Shauna, Jennifer Infantino, Cheryl, Mari de Luna, Elizabeth Claire de Lune, Maggie, Nura... I will never forget your kindness and your fierce love!