We have recorded a version of the 5-minute Self-Compassion Break in Spanish. This meditation is available for you to use for yourself or in sessions if you work with clients. Enjoy!

For this episode we discussed the importance of rest and taking breaks, our life updates, and how we approach our work with the podcast with self-compassion. The end of the episode features a version of the 5-minute Self-Compassion Break in Spanish. The break is also uploaded as a separate audio file for you to use for yourself or with clients!

For this episode we spoke to Lynn Panepinto, a licensed social worker in Austin, Texas. We drank iced lemon balm tea with pineapple and passion fruit, and talked about the nuances of Latinx identity, the concept of cultural distance, and her research entitled "Mapping the Landscape: Intervention Services for Child Sexual Abuse in Lima, Peru."

For this episode we spoke with Rocio Villalobos, a community advocate currently working with young people, leadership, and access to nature. We drank Quit Yer Belly Achin' tea, a blend of marshmallow root, cinnamon, chamomile flowers, scullcap, slippery elm root, and ginger, and talked about sustainable activism, mental health and the outdoors, and the importance of engaging youth.

For this episode we spoke to Laura Gomez-Horton, a social worker with over 20 years of clinical and administrative experience across the non-profit, academic, and public sectors. She has been a voice for social justice issues through organizing and advocacy, as well as facilitating dialogues and workshops on the issues of racism and discrimination. We drank Be Here Now Tea, (an iced tea of oatstraw and lemonbalm, infused with raspberries and blueberries) and talked about implicit bias, racism, the importance of self-awareness as therapists, and her training entitled "Oppression in the Session."

Welcome to this special edition of the Latinx Mental Health Podcast! We have decided to come out of our summer break in light of the recent reaction to the border crisis. We felt it was necessary to make this episode because we’ve both been watching this crisis unfold for years and feel we can offer an important perspective and tangible tools and ideas for getting involved. In this episode we discuss our own emotional responses to the crisis and the importance of allowing ourselves to process emotions, clear up common misconceptions about the legal system and issues pertaining to immigrant detention, and finally, we offer tangible tools and steps you can take to get involved and join the fight for justice. We do not own the rights to any music in this episode. Song attribution: Pastures of Plenty, Woody Guthrie; Pastures of Plenty, Lila Downs; Pastures of Plenty, Odetta.

​For this episode we spoke to Neathery Thurmond who is a licensed clinical social worker in private practice in Austin, Texas. She specializes in eating disorders, body image, LGBTQ+, trauma, substance use, and works with teens, families, and adults. We drank Bee Happy Tea (a blend of hibiscus, lemonbalm, oatstraw, and hawthorn berry) and talked about health at every size, eating disorder treatment with marginalized communities, and increasing access to training and treatment spaces.

​For this episode we spoke to Anayeli Marcos who is a Master's student in Social Work and Latin American studies and an organizer with the University Leadership Initiative. As a DACA recipient and activist, her research interests are focused on the immigrant community around topics of trauma and migration, social movements, gender-based violence, detention, forced migration, and parenting. We drank cardimum tea and talked about DACA and student activism.

For this episode we spoke to Dr. Lauren Gulbas, a cultural and medical anthropologist at the UT Austin Steve Hicks School of Social Work. Lauren Gulbas has a long-standing interest in understanding how social change in local contexts shapes cultural meanings and experiences of distress across individual, cultural, and institutional levels. We drank Heartea (a blend of rose hips, rose petals, cinnamon, tulsi, and skullcap) and talked about her research on the topic of attempted suicide among Latina teens.