Holding Space

What happens when love and fear live in the same household?This week I'm joined by Leslie Priscilla, founder of Latinx Parenting, cultural healer, and author of the new book CHANCLA: Healing Our Families, Ourselves, and Our Culture through Nonviolent Parenting. Leslie has spent 17+ years helping Latinx families break cycles of intergenerational harm, and in this conversation she uses one deeply familiar cultural emblem — la chancla, the sandal — as a keyhole into a much bigger story about survival, history, and healing.This is a tender, honest, context-over-shame conversation. In this episode, we talk about:The context and culture around la ChanclaWhat "nonviolent" parenting actually means The "cuatro amigos" underneath so much of how we parentReconnecting with the inner child — the inner niña — as a path back to intuitionRemembrance and celebrating the resilience AND resistance of the cultureAbout Leslie: Leslie Priscilla is a Certified Parent Coach, Certified Family Life Educator, and th