In this episode, I sit down with Marialejandra Gutierrez and explore the powerful, often overlooked connection between our home environments and our emotional well-being.

✨ Tune in to hear us get comfy with the mind–home connection — and maybe find a little more clarity, safety, and comfort in your own home, too.

About Our Amazing Guest:

Marialejandra Gutierrez is a proud daughter of immigrant parents and first-gen Latina with Ecuadorian and Mexican roots. She is the CEO and founder of Primrose Studio Co. which is a Latina-owned business based in Los Angeles that combines mental health and interior design to provide a home wellness interior design service. Marialejandra is also a practicing therapist who specializes in helping children of immigrants navigate and work through anxiety, guilt, shame, family conflict, generational trauma, inner child healing, and sexual abuse.

📲 Connect with Marialejandra:

IG: @primrose.studio.co

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Email: primrose.studio.co@gmail.com

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In this episode, I sit down with Carla Garcia for an eye-opening conversation about the mind-body connection — and how deeply our emotional health can show up in our physical bodies.

✨ Tune in to hear us get comfy with the mind-body connection — and maybe find a little more peace in your own healing, too.

About Our Amazing Guest:

Carla Garcia, LCSW is a therapist, chronic pain coach, and sound healer born and raised in Los Angeles. With her roots as a first-generation Latina, Carla combines her personal experiences with her professional expertise to guide others through chronic pain healing and emotional wellness. She specializes in helping individuals, particularly Latina women, uncover how trauma, stress, and stored emotions can manifest as physical symptoms. Carla uses a holistic approach that incorporates mind-body coaching and sound healing to help clients relax, unwind, and rewire their brains to deactivate pain signals. Whether through one-on-one sessions, workshops, or community events, Carla is passionate about spreading knowledge on the mind-body connection and supporting healing in her community.

📲 Connect with Carla:

IG: @yourpaincoach

Website: www.healingwithcarla.com

Sound Healing: @Finding.paz ⁠

Email: carlagmsw@gmail.com

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IG: @buenavidalifecoach

Website: buenavida.life

Coach Janis and I get comfy talking all things boundaries— what they are, why they matter, and how skipping them leads to burnout and resentment. We dig into trusting your instincts, preserving your peace, and building those “healthy fences” that keep relationships strong while honoring yourself. 💪🏽💖

About Our Amazing Guest:

Janis Hillard is a Boundaries Coach and Social Justice Advocate who believes in the power of setting healthy boundaries. As a Woman of Color who once struggled with creating clear limitations, she understands that messaging from inside and outside our communities doesn’t help to make our paths easy. With over 10+ years’ experience in mental health counseling, her mission is to coach women into developing their own safe and comfortable limits; while learning how to value their time, knowledge, and energy so they can take up space in world – unapologetically.

📲 Connect with Janis:

IG: @janishillard

Website: janishillard.com

Newsletter: The Healthy Fence

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IG: @buenavidalifecoach

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