1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:08,960 Hi, and welcome to the In The Cortex podcast. 2 00:00:08,960 --> 00:00:09,960 We are your hosts. 3 00:00:09,960 --> 00:00:11,280 I'm Paloma Garcia. 4 00:00:11,280 --> 00:00:13,320 And I am Dani Perrecone. 5 00:00:13,320 --> 00:00:16,920 And we're the founders of In The Cortex, an online community with programs that show 6 00:00:16,920 --> 00:00:21,160 people the tools that they need to change their lives, their brain reorganization, no 7 00:00:21,160 --> 00:00:23,520 medication, just movement. 8 00:00:23,520 --> 00:00:27,760 When you get your brain out of survival mode and regulate your nervous system, you start 9 00:00:27,760 --> 00:00:32,280 to live in the fun, logical part of the brain, the cortex. 10 00:00:32,280 --> 00:00:36,200 Subscribe today and learn how to live your best in the cortex life. 11 00:00:36,200 --> 00:00:38,040 And now on to today's episode. 12 00:00:38,040 --> 00:00:41,360 Okay, welcome to today's episode of the podcast. 13 00:00:41,360 --> 00:00:42,360 We are very excited. 14 00:00:42,360 --> 00:00:46,920 I feel like we say we're very excited every single podcast, but we're always very excited. 15 00:00:46,920 --> 00:00:48,640 So it's true. 16 00:00:48,640 --> 00:00:53,840 And today we have a super, super wonderful special guest today, Ximena Avalos. 17 00:00:53,840 --> 00:00:58,720 She's a longtime member, great friend, and a wonderful, wonderful person who is here to 18 00:00:58,720 --> 00:01:04,440 talk about her experience with brain reorganization, with her children, and with her faith, how 19 00:01:04,440 --> 00:01:06,000 that's kind of played into this. 20 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:09,240 So if you're somebody who's listening right now and you maybe don't love talking about 21 00:01:09,240 --> 00:01:12,160 religion and stuff or listening to that, totally fine. 22 00:01:12,160 --> 00:01:16,320 You can keep on going and come back to our next episode, but we really, really encourage 23 00:01:16,320 --> 00:01:20,480 you to stay because it's going to be an amazing conversation, no matter where you stand on 24 00:01:20,480 --> 00:01:22,040 the spectrum of spirituality. 25 00:01:22,040 --> 00:01:24,160 So with that said, Ximena, do you want to do a little intro? 26 00:01:24,160 --> 00:01:25,680 Yeah, yeah, for sure. 27 00:01:25,680 --> 00:01:26,920 Thanks for having me, guys. 28 00:01:26,920 --> 00:01:29,560 You know how much I appreciate you guys. 29 00:01:29,560 --> 00:01:34,160 Well, I'm a mother of two. 30 00:01:34,160 --> 00:01:42,480 And I guess my journey with brain work started when I saw some things in my daughter that 31 00:01:42,480 --> 00:01:50,800 I didn't feel were quite developmentally appropriate, I guess, the lack of better words. 32 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:56,200 And I had her tested a few times at different places and I just would get really ambiguous 33 00:01:56,200 --> 00:01:57,200 results. 34 00:01:57,200 --> 00:02:01,840 Nobody really could kind of nail it. 35 00:02:01,840 --> 00:02:08,480 And finally, at the district, they were like, well, look, I can't say it's autism because 36 00:02:08,480 --> 00:02:13,040 it's weird, but it's most like autism more than anything else. 37 00:02:13,040 --> 00:02:17,160 And so, you know, they were just like, we're just going to say it's awesome. 38 00:02:17,160 --> 00:02:22,960 And we had a discussion at the table on one of the ladies that was also evaluating her 39 00:02:22,960 --> 00:02:24,840 was not in agreement. 40 00:02:24,840 --> 00:02:30,240 And so it was just this horrible war of like, OK, now this label has been placed on my daughter, 41 00:02:30,240 --> 00:02:38,280 my biggest fear, basically, because back then we didn't have labels like neurodivergent 42 00:02:38,280 --> 00:02:44,640 and all these things where people are more accepting of their situation or whatever. 43 00:02:44,640 --> 00:02:51,240 And so I was very like, but I did everything possible to avoid autism, you know, like what 44 00:02:51,240 --> 00:02:52,240 happened. 45 00:02:52,240 --> 00:03:02,360 And so then became a journey of a lot of searching and crying and figuring out what was happening. 46 00:03:02,360 --> 00:03:05,440 And then that journey, my faith had a lot to do. 47 00:03:05,440 --> 00:03:07,000 I've been, I'm a Christian. 48 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:14,600 I've been walking with Jesus for 27 years and haven't looked back because it's been 49 00:03:14,600 --> 00:03:16,320 just such an amazing journey. 50 00:03:16,320 --> 00:03:17,560 Yeah, I'm curious. 51 00:03:17,560 --> 00:03:19,520 Can you share how old your kids are now? 52 00:03:19,520 --> 00:03:22,960 And then when it's like when you first got that diagnosis with is about. 53 00:03:22,960 --> 00:03:23,960 Yeah, yeah. 54 00:03:23,960 --> 00:03:24,960 Yeah. 55 00:03:24,960 --> 00:03:27,160 So she's 18 now. 56 00:03:27,160 --> 00:03:30,760 And we got that diagnosis and she was like four. 57 00:03:30,760 --> 00:03:31,760 So yeah. 58 00:03:31,760 --> 00:03:32,760 Yeah. 59 00:03:32,760 --> 00:03:36,240 Do you mind sharing a little bit of like, what were the behaviors that you were seeing 60 00:03:36,240 --> 00:03:39,240 or kind of the things that were that were piquing your interest? 61 00:03:39,240 --> 00:03:40,840 Yeah, for sure. 62 00:03:40,840 --> 00:03:45,360 Well, there wasn't a conversation that we can have, right? 63 00:03:45,360 --> 00:03:46,360 We could have. 64 00:03:46,360 --> 00:03:48,960 There was a lot of repeating. 65 00:03:48,960 --> 00:03:50,960 And so we spoke Spanish back then. 66 00:03:50,960 --> 00:03:52,720 So like, she would say get it. 67 00:03:52,720 --> 00:03:57,000 I want, you know, instead of ghetto, I want you would like to get it because you would 68 00:03:57,000 --> 00:03:58,480 hear me say get it. 69 00:03:58,480 --> 00:04:02,600 You know, so she would just repeat that. 70 00:04:02,600 --> 00:04:10,800 And then she's a lot of gibberish, you know, there was a lot of like repeating, seeing 71 00:04:10,800 --> 00:04:13,800 things from movies in order to communicate. 72 00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:14,800 So yeah. 73 00:04:14,800 --> 00:04:18,400 And it was pretty genius. 74 00:04:18,400 --> 00:04:23,280 I was like, how are you trying to communicate with me right now through this dialogue you 75 00:04:23,280 --> 00:04:25,280 learned in a movie? 76 00:04:25,280 --> 00:04:26,280 Yeah. 77 00:04:26,280 --> 00:04:35,680 And then and then there was also like just extreme fear of certain things of the dark 78 00:04:35,680 --> 00:04:44,480 and of dogs and, you know, I mean, I think things that that are kind of normal, you know, 79 00:04:44,480 --> 00:04:49,080 but it was like to the point where like I had to hire a sleep coach because he could 80 00:04:49,080 --> 00:04:53,160 not be by herself in a room, you know, like, so things like that. 81 00:04:53,160 --> 00:04:56,400 So yeah, that was mostly it. 82 00:04:56,400 --> 00:04:59,520 But mostly it was a communication that I couldn't ask her like, how was your day at 83 00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:00,520 school? 84 00:05:00,520 --> 00:05:02,080 And she would be like, oh, mom, today this, this, this happened. 85 00:05:02,080 --> 00:05:04,120 It just that was not a thing. 86 00:05:04,120 --> 00:05:07,640 It was like Martin Luther King, you know, and I'd be like, well, what did you learn about 87 00:05:07,640 --> 00:05:08,640 Martin Luther King? 88 00:05:08,640 --> 00:05:16,320 You know, like, so it was just hard to to ask what was happening in in her school. 89 00:05:16,320 --> 00:05:18,680 So I would go a lot as a volunteer. 90 00:05:18,680 --> 00:05:19,680 Of course. 91 00:05:19,680 --> 00:05:20,680 Going on. 92 00:05:20,680 --> 00:05:21,680 Yes. 93 00:05:21,680 --> 00:05:22,680 Yeah. 94 00:05:22,680 --> 00:05:28,600 And then and then also so when Isabella was four, that's when you got the information 95 00:05:28,600 --> 00:05:30,920 like, okay, there could be something going on. 96 00:05:30,920 --> 00:05:36,480 And then when did you and then you had your amazing story of like finally having a breakthrough 97 00:05:36,480 --> 00:05:37,480 moment? 98 00:05:37,480 --> 00:05:38,480 Do you want to share that? 99 00:05:38,480 --> 00:05:39,480 Yeah. 100 00:05:39,480 --> 00:05:45,800 So I'll just share really quick if I could be vulnerable about kind of where my mind went 101 00:05:45,800 --> 00:05:46,800 at that point. 102 00:05:46,800 --> 00:05:51,280 I felt pretty betrayed by God. 103 00:05:51,280 --> 00:05:53,880 That's where I was in my journey back then. 104 00:05:53,880 --> 00:05:55,600 And I said, you know what? 105 00:05:55,600 --> 00:05:56,600 Okay. 106 00:05:56,600 --> 00:06:02,520 But I was like, I've had I had enjoyed such a really wonderful relationship with God that 107 00:06:02,520 --> 00:06:08,560 it was hard for me to even be raw and honest with my emotions with him and tell him, this 108 00:06:08,560 --> 00:06:09,560 is how I'm feeling. 109 00:06:09,560 --> 00:06:14,040 It was kind of like I just got that part of my heart out. 110 00:06:14,040 --> 00:06:19,440 And then I just like, come, come, I'm mentalized it and put it somewhere else and started 111 00:06:19,440 --> 00:06:24,520 just praying about other things and would kind of like not even touch the subject. 112 00:06:24,520 --> 00:06:27,680 It was kind of like I was giving him the silent treatment in that area. 113 00:06:27,680 --> 00:06:28,680 That's how I felt. 114 00:06:28,680 --> 00:06:33,360 And I felt like he kept pursuing me and kind of like trying to show me things. 115 00:06:33,360 --> 00:06:43,320 And I wasn't until, okay, so I'll try to make this as simple as possible. 116 00:06:43,320 --> 00:06:48,480 I was seeing a DO for a while because then I started, you know, nutrition, changing nutrition. 117 00:06:48,480 --> 00:06:52,920 Let's I'm just starting on my journey of research. 118 00:06:52,920 --> 00:06:59,600 And the DO had mentioned to me at the, I was her crawling house for creeping. 119 00:06:59,600 --> 00:07:01,120 I was like, I don't know what you're talking about. 120 00:07:01,120 --> 00:07:06,480 Like creeping and she's like, yeah, on the floor, like have her like drag herself on 121 00:07:06,480 --> 00:07:09,920 the floor like 10 minutes a day. 122 00:07:09,920 --> 00:07:15,120 And I would be like, well, okay, I don't know what I'm doing. 123 00:07:15,120 --> 00:07:17,120 You know, she didn't really explain this to me or whatever. 124 00:07:17,120 --> 00:07:18,120 So I tried it. 125 00:07:18,120 --> 00:07:20,960 I was like, I don't know what I'm doing. 126 00:07:20,960 --> 00:07:21,960 This is dumb. 127 00:07:21,960 --> 00:07:22,960 I was like, what is this for? 128 00:07:22,960 --> 00:07:23,960 And then that was it. 129 00:07:23,960 --> 00:07:26,440 And she also told me, she's like, she's not autistic. 130 00:07:26,440 --> 00:07:29,680 Like, you know, she was trying to encourage me. 131 00:07:29,680 --> 00:07:32,320 But again, it was just hard. 132 00:07:32,320 --> 00:07:35,120 I was in this like zone of like, am I in denial? 133 00:07:35,120 --> 00:07:37,760 Am I, you know, because that's how they make you feel, you know how they do it. 134 00:07:37,760 --> 00:07:38,760 Like they make kind of shame. 135 00:07:38,760 --> 00:07:44,560 Like, well, you just got to face the, you know, the truth and help your daughter. 136 00:07:44,560 --> 00:07:51,400 And it wasn't until I came to the end of myself, like, and I just on my knees one night cried 137 00:07:51,400 --> 00:07:53,920 and said, Lord, I just surrender her to you. 138 00:07:53,920 --> 00:07:56,040 Like she's not mine to begin with. 139 00:07:56,040 --> 00:08:05,560 And why am I holding onto this pressure as if this is my responsibility to fix her? 140 00:08:05,560 --> 00:08:07,560 You know, this is, she's yours. 141 00:08:07,560 --> 00:08:11,280 So just, can you just give me some answers and some clarity and things? 142 00:08:11,280 --> 00:08:12,280 You just guide me. 143 00:08:12,280 --> 00:08:13,280 Wow. 144 00:08:13,280 --> 00:08:19,800 And literally the next day, my husband had seen what I was doing, like with the creeping, 145 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:21,840 like I just told him, you know, well, she wants me to do this. 146 00:08:21,840 --> 00:08:24,320 I swear I did that like two days. 147 00:08:24,320 --> 00:08:30,640 And then he sees on the news a bit where kids are creeping and crawling. 148 00:08:30,640 --> 00:08:38,160 And it was the, the business where I met you, Danny, this business that promoted, you know, 149 00:08:38,160 --> 00:08:44,160 creeping and crawling and the brain gym exercises and just kind of the neuroplasticity concept. 150 00:08:44,160 --> 00:08:54,840 And I, I was like, what, you know, and I called and immediately like tried to get in, but, 151 00:08:54,840 --> 00:08:55,840 you know, I didn't have the money. 152 00:08:55,840 --> 00:08:59,680 I was a, I wasn't working at that point anymore. 153 00:08:59,680 --> 00:09:03,520 You know, my, we were one income family because I was taking care of my kids. 154 00:09:03,520 --> 00:09:08,640 And then came the other supernatural part of just my journey of God, just really providing 155 00:09:08,640 --> 00:09:11,640 financially in ways that I could have never imagined. 156 00:09:11,640 --> 00:09:15,040 Like all of a sudden, oh, here you go, you know, you have a project here, you're going 157 00:09:15,040 --> 00:09:16,040 to sing. 158 00:09:16,040 --> 00:09:20,720 I had like a singing project to sing some background vocals for this really well known Christian 159 00:09:20,720 --> 00:09:24,880 artist and Mexican South America that I didn't know. 160 00:09:24,880 --> 00:09:29,960 But it was like that paid for like one full, you know, course. 161 00:09:29,960 --> 00:09:34,600 And then the second one, I just, God just provided everything and I couldn't believe 162 00:09:34,600 --> 00:09:35,600 it. 163 00:09:35,600 --> 00:09:39,440 And then in the group where I was, that there were like three people from my church. 164 00:09:39,440 --> 00:09:40,440 Wow. 165 00:09:40,440 --> 00:09:42,160 And I was like, wow. 166 00:09:42,160 --> 00:09:47,320 You know, so even just those little details that I just felt like faith. 167 00:09:47,320 --> 00:09:50,400 That's kind of my journey of how that started. 168 00:09:50,400 --> 00:09:51,400 That's so cool. 169 00:09:51,400 --> 00:09:52,600 And then you started doing that. 170 00:09:52,600 --> 00:09:55,640 We connected obviously, because I was like the liaison there. 171 00:09:55,640 --> 00:09:58,160 There's the head lady there who that's where I learned everything. 172 00:09:58,160 --> 00:10:00,920 And she was a great educator. 173 00:10:00,920 --> 00:10:02,760 And then I remember just like connecting with you. 174 00:10:02,760 --> 00:10:04,240 It was like, I love you. 175 00:10:04,240 --> 00:10:08,520 Like, I'm not allowed to say this, but I'm going to tell you anyway. 176 00:10:08,520 --> 00:10:11,800 Like, you know, there's things that I like, I was just like, there's something that I 177 00:10:11,800 --> 00:10:13,840 was pulled to you to talk about. 178 00:10:13,840 --> 00:10:14,840 It's funny. 179 00:10:14,840 --> 00:10:17,800 There's so many people that came through in my three plus years of working there and 180 00:10:17,800 --> 00:10:21,640 you and that group, I remember like the most. 181 00:10:21,640 --> 00:10:24,240 So there's something also supernatural there. 182 00:10:24,240 --> 00:10:29,480 But then you, so then your daughter starts to do the program. 183 00:10:29,480 --> 00:10:31,040 And then what started shifting? 184 00:10:31,040 --> 00:10:34,520 Like, what did you start seeing after you started creeping and crawling more? 185 00:10:34,520 --> 00:10:43,440 By this point, she was in first grade and within two weeks, I started seeing, I start, 186 00:10:43,440 --> 00:10:45,520 she started conversing with me like more. 187 00:10:45,520 --> 00:10:48,040 She started telling me like what was happening. 188 00:10:48,040 --> 00:10:50,200 And I started realizing she was getting bullied. 189 00:10:50,200 --> 00:10:54,760 You know, she's like, these girls threw me in the bathroom and locked me in and were, 190 00:10:54,760 --> 00:10:56,840 you know, like laughing at me. 191 00:10:56,840 --> 00:11:00,720 And I was like, Oh my gosh, like, that's huge. 192 00:11:00,720 --> 00:11:05,160 I mean, if that had, if you hadn't been able to communicate with her, you would have never 193 00:11:05,160 --> 00:11:06,160 known. 194 00:11:06,160 --> 00:11:07,160 Yeah. 195 00:11:07,160 --> 00:11:08,160 That's huge. 196 00:11:08,160 --> 00:11:09,160 Wow. 197 00:11:09,160 --> 00:11:10,160 But in all part. 198 00:11:10,160 --> 00:11:13,440 So there was just a lot of things like that. 199 00:11:13,440 --> 00:11:16,040 My parents immediately noticed a difference too. 200 00:11:16,040 --> 00:11:19,800 Like I remember they were going, well, like she's talking a lot more, she's a lot more 201 00:11:19,800 --> 00:11:20,800 expressive. 202 00:11:20,800 --> 00:11:27,680 She's, you know, and I mean, basically for me, I'm sure there were other things, but 203 00:11:27,680 --> 00:11:32,920 I was really focused on a communication piece of it because it was really hard for me to 204 00:11:32,920 --> 00:11:34,400 not communicate with my daughter. 205 00:11:34,400 --> 00:11:37,680 So that was really, that was really big. 206 00:11:37,680 --> 00:11:38,680 Yeah. 207 00:11:38,680 --> 00:11:39,840 Yeah, of course. 208 00:11:39,840 --> 00:11:45,720 And then you then brought in your son who he had, did he come through the program where 209 00:11:45,720 --> 00:11:47,320 we, he did not know that's right. 210 00:11:47,320 --> 00:11:48,640 You were just home with him. 211 00:11:48,640 --> 00:11:49,640 I did that with you. 212 00:11:49,640 --> 00:11:50,640 Yeah. 213 00:11:50,640 --> 00:11:51,640 Right. 214 00:11:51,640 --> 00:11:52,640 Right. 215 00:11:52,640 --> 00:11:53,640 Right. 216 00:11:53,640 --> 00:11:54,640 And then you started your business. 217 00:11:54,640 --> 00:11:57,640 I, I, I, we did, I did another year with my daughter. 218 00:11:57,640 --> 00:12:02,800 And then started my son too because he had started to stammer. 219 00:12:02,800 --> 00:12:03,800 Right. 220 00:12:03,800 --> 00:12:04,800 Right. 221 00:12:04,800 --> 00:12:07,840 The point where he couldn't communicate either, but he was a real talker. 222 00:12:07,840 --> 00:12:12,520 Unlike, unlike my daughter was a real talker since he was a baby. 223 00:12:12,520 --> 00:12:19,560 And then all of a sudden three years old comes around and he's like, you know, and it's just 224 00:12:19,560 --> 00:12:20,560 really scary. 225 00:12:20,560 --> 00:12:22,560 And I was like, again. 226 00:12:22,560 --> 00:12:23,560 Yeah. 227 00:12:23,560 --> 00:12:33,480 But, but again, at this point, I was at somewhere else with, with God, you know, when I came 228 00:12:33,480 --> 00:12:38,840 to the end, if you want to call it not the end, but the end of like the course and stuff. 229 00:12:38,840 --> 00:12:45,800 Like I remember just having this feeling of overwhelm of gratitude. 230 00:12:45,800 --> 00:12:46,800 Like you never left me. 231 00:12:46,800 --> 00:12:52,360 Like you were always there with me every step and helping me through, through it all. 232 00:12:52,360 --> 00:12:54,960 And so by this time I was a lot more at peace. 233 00:12:54,960 --> 00:12:57,520 Like, okay, Lord, you know, he's yours. 234 00:12:57,520 --> 00:12:59,600 Like I'm around to you right now from the get go. 235 00:12:59,600 --> 00:13:05,480 I'm not going to wait three months, you know, to like, to let go. 236 00:13:05,480 --> 00:13:11,120 And then I had these tools, you know, and so I already, it was amazing because Danny sat 237 00:13:11,120 --> 00:13:17,400 there with me in the IEP meetings where the speech pathologist was like, this is the worst 238 00:13:17,400 --> 00:13:21,240 case I've seen in 26 years, you know, and he's going to have a really hard time. 239 00:13:21,240 --> 00:13:23,160 And you know, all this things and I'm like, oh, great. 240 00:13:23,160 --> 00:13:24,160 Thanks for the encouragement. 241 00:13:24,160 --> 00:13:25,160 Wow. 242 00:13:25,160 --> 00:13:26,160 Yeah. 243 00:13:26,160 --> 00:13:27,160 I remember that. 244 00:13:27,160 --> 00:13:28,680 I was like, wow, is this like, is this helpful? 245 00:13:28,680 --> 00:13:31,160 Like you're the parent receiving this information. 246 00:13:31,160 --> 00:13:34,680 Yeah, this might be, I think that's when those people in those positions, they just do this 247 00:13:34,680 --> 00:13:35,680 every day. 248 00:13:35,680 --> 00:13:38,280 They don't realize like the human on the other side is like, well, this is the first time 249 00:13:38,280 --> 00:13:39,280 I've ever heard of this. 250 00:13:39,280 --> 00:13:40,280 Like, whoa, exactly. 251 00:13:40,280 --> 00:13:41,280 A lot to take in. 252 00:13:41,280 --> 00:13:43,400 Can we have a little bit more compassion right now? 253 00:13:43,400 --> 00:13:44,400 So I remember that moment. 254 00:13:44,400 --> 00:13:46,640 I was like, no, it's not like, don't, we got this. 255 00:13:46,640 --> 00:13:48,760 And then you came back, right? 256 00:13:48,760 --> 00:13:52,640 We went back to the AAP and it was like, what did you do? 257 00:13:52,640 --> 00:13:59,600 Well, I mean, his, his, uh, first of all, I think the thing ended with that speech pathologist 258 00:13:59,600 --> 00:14:01,800 because at this point he had to go to school. 259 00:14:01,800 --> 00:14:02,800 That's right. 260 00:14:02,800 --> 00:14:05,960 But, um, with my daughter, we came back with the IAP. 261 00:14:05,960 --> 00:14:06,960 You went to that one too. 262 00:14:06,960 --> 00:14:07,960 That's right. 263 00:14:07,960 --> 00:14:08,960 Yeah. 264 00:14:08,960 --> 00:14:10,440 Where, um, they were, they did it. 265 00:14:10,440 --> 00:14:13,240 It was, so this was in third grade at this point. 266 00:14:13,240 --> 00:14:15,560 And no, second grade. 267 00:14:15,560 --> 00:14:21,600 And they, um, they did another evaluation as they have to do every, you know, a couple 268 00:14:21,600 --> 00:14:25,520 years to see if they still need to give services. 269 00:14:25,520 --> 00:14:31,320 And the psychologist was like, there's not even the same person, you know, like, like 270 00:14:31,320 --> 00:14:37,720 this psychology report and the ones that I'm doing are not even the same. 271 00:14:37,720 --> 00:14:44,840 So I don't, we can't even, um, we can't even justify this label. 272 00:14:44,840 --> 00:14:45,840 Right. 273 00:14:45,840 --> 00:14:46,840 Right. 274 00:14:46,840 --> 00:14:47,840 Right. 275 00:14:47,840 --> 00:14:50,640 They changed it and they kind of put like speech or something because they were like, 276 00:14:50,640 --> 00:14:51,640 well, we don't know what to call it. 277 00:14:51,640 --> 00:14:53,360 We're just going to call it speech. 278 00:14:53,360 --> 00:14:54,360 Wow. 279 00:14:54,360 --> 00:14:56,560 That's so interesting. 280 00:14:56,560 --> 00:15:02,120 Did you feel a shift in the way that they were looking at you, looking at your kids, 281 00:15:02,120 --> 00:15:04,200 kind of being like, what did they do? 282 00:15:04,200 --> 00:15:05,880 I mean, did you explain it all? 283 00:15:05,880 --> 00:15:07,400 Like we've been doing this program. 284 00:15:07,400 --> 00:15:08,400 It's brain reorganization. 285 00:15:08,400 --> 00:15:10,400 We're integrating primitive reflexes. 286 00:15:10,400 --> 00:15:12,720 Or did you just come back and just like, Hey, look at my daughter now. 287 00:15:12,720 --> 00:15:13,720 No. 288 00:15:13,720 --> 00:15:19,120 I'm just like, this is different people, but, but they, but still they were super advocates. 289 00:15:19,120 --> 00:15:20,120 Yes. 290 00:15:20,120 --> 00:15:24,720 And that's another thing that I really felt God put the right people in the journey. 291 00:15:24,720 --> 00:15:30,440 So happens that Alejandra, one of your clients was a teacher at the language academy. 292 00:15:30,440 --> 00:15:37,360 So I had a teacher at that same school that was like, you know, like, yes, I've been trying 293 00:15:37,360 --> 00:15:41,200 to bring in, you know, brains and she did bring him in her own classroom. 294 00:15:41,200 --> 00:15:42,200 Right. 295 00:15:42,200 --> 00:15:49,440 And then the next point is that my daughter's second grade teacher was like, please, I want 296 00:15:49,440 --> 00:15:52,680 to implement anything I can and train me and show me. 297 00:15:52,680 --> 00:15:55,840 And it was, it was really encouraging. 298 00:15:55,840 --> 00:15:56,840 Yes. 299 00:15:56,840 --> 00:16:01,560 To see them like, wow, we've never seen, I think, didn't they say something like we've 300 00:16:01,560 --> 00:16:06,960 never seen this in an IEP meeting before where like we remove the label? 301 00:16:06,960 --> 00:16:08,880 That is so cool. 302 00:16:08,880 --> 00:16:09,880 Yeah. 303 00:16:09,880 --> 00:16:13,240 And parents want to remove the label too, I think it's just the fact that it's like 304 00:16:13,240 --> 00:16:16,360 we were, we're fighting for her to be the best that she could be. 305 00:16:16,360 --> 00:16:17,880 Not that labels are wrong. 306 00:16:17,880 --> 00:16:23,080 I'm not trying to, you know, shame anybody who has them or where's an I B, but it's like, 307 00:16:23,080 --> 00:16:30,200 let's be real here and let, you know, let's not, let's not over label things that she 308 00:16:30,200 --> 00:16:33,400 doesn't have or that she doesn't need, you know, because that's not good for her either. 309 00:16:33,400 --> 00:16:34,400 Right. 310 00:16:34,400 --> 00:16:37,640 Because I would kept her in the box and you were the idea. 311 00:16:37,640 --> 00:16:41,600 I mean, our journey is kind of like, as you're telling the story back, I'm like, oh my gosh, 312 00:16:41,600 --> 00:16:44,520 this was like, what, 12 years ago? 313 00:16:44,520 --> 00:16:45,520 A long ago. 314 00:16:45,520 --> 00:16:46,520 Yeah. 315 00:16:46,520 --> 00:16:49,280 Like 11 years ago where I'm like, whoa, he met it. 316 00:16:49,280 --> 00:16:50,280 We've been through so much. 317 00:16:50,280 --> 00:16:54,360 Like, and our, and our paths just keep doing this like cool crossing. 318 00:16:54,360 --> 00:16:57,960 And you also were such a big supporter because I remember when I was leaving that one company, 319 00:16:57,960 --> 00:16:59,200 you're like, where are you going? 320 00:16:59,200 --> 00:17:00,360 I was like, I can't tell you yet. 321 00:17:00,360 --> 00:17:02,520 And then you like reached out to me and I was like, I'm starting my own thing. 322 00:17:02,520 --> 00:17:03,520 You're like, I'm coming. 323 00:17:03,520 --> 00:17:05,280 And I was like, yes, it's amazing. 324 00:17:05,280 --> 00:17:09,240 That's when Carlo and I and then you and your sister and we started just kind of doing like 325 00:17:09,240 --> 00:17:11,600 tea and coffee chats and brain work. 326 00:17:11,600 --> 00:17:16,880 And I was just like, and then that's what started and that was my God moment too of like, is 327 00:17:16,880 --> 00:17:17,880 this going to work? 328 00:17:17,880 --> 00:17:19,520 Like, am I going to be able to bring people in? 329 00:17:19,520 --> 00:17:23,120 And then you were the first person like getting people to come find me. 330 00:17:23,120 --> 00:17:29,040 So it's amazing when I think back of our journey and then your journey and like all of it together 331 00:17:29,040 --> 00:17:32,720 and just how cool it is because now your kids are 16 and 18, right? 332 00:17:32,720 --> 00:17:34,840 16 and a half and 18. 333 00:17:34,840 --> 00:17:35,840 Yeah. 334 00:17:35,840 --> 00:17:36,840 Okay. 335 00:17:36,840 --> 00:17:43,040 And to hear like, had you just accepted what was given to you and then just sat there and 336 00:17:43,040 --> 00:17:47,080 didn't really like pursue what you did, like release that release that you were able to 337 00:17:47,080 --> 00:17:48,560 do is the number one thing. 338 00:17:48,560 --> 00:17:53,280 And that's what parents, that's our mission for parenting, the parenting we're creating 339 00:17:53,280 --> 00:17:59,280 is that a lot of times our kids behavior, we find to be a reflection of us, right? 340 00:17:59,280 --> 00:18:02,000 And we think it's our doing and we messed it up, right? 341 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:04,520 But you were able to say, no, this is your journey. 342 00:18:04,520 --> 00:18:09,280 I'm here to help facilitate and support you, but you are your own person and you're also 343 00:18:09,280 --> 00:18:10,680 being guided. 344 00:18:10,680 --> 00:18:14,080 And for you to be able to do that was huge. 345 00:18:14,080 --> 00:18:19,760 And that is speaking strictly to your faith of you are being guided and you trusted it, 346 00:18:19,760 --> 00:18:20,760 right? 347 00:18:20,760 --> 00:18:26,200 And like all of the synchronicities that came through for you to find that path is truly 348 00:18:26,200 --> 00:18:30,280 incredible because if we think that if you just took that piece of what was given to 349 00:18:30,280 --> 00:18:35,440 you, your kids wouldn't be what Isabella's booking a trip to Scotland and traveling on 350 00:18:35,440 --> 00:18:36,440 her own. 351 00:18:36,440 --> 00:18:41,400 And you already traveled on her own last summer to Hawaii, right? 352 00:18:41,400 --> 00:18:43,040 Five hours on a plane. 353 00:18:43,040 --> 00:18:44,040 Right. 354 00:18:44,040 --> 00:18:45,320 That's crazy. 355 00:18:45,320 --> 00:18:48,960 And then all the things that Carla's taking, he's not even graduated from high school yet, 356 00:18:48,960 --> 00:18:51,640 but he's taking community college classes. 357 00:18:51,640 --> 00:18:53,280 I mean, it's just incredible, right? 358 00:18:53,280 --> 00:18:55,360 And it doesn't mean that your journey's done. 359 00:18:55,360 --> 00:18:59,680 It doesn't mean that you don't have your challenges with the emotional regulation. 360 00:18:59,680 --> 00:19:02,240 And that's a big part here for us at in the cortex. 361 00:19:02,240 --> 00:19:04,000 It's not just like, oh, I did a program. 362 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:05,000 I'm done. 363 00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:08,320 I never have to clock in more time with nervous system regulation. 364 00:19:08,320 --> 00:19:10,960 It's a practice that you have to bring back because we were just talking about, hey, can 365 00:19:10,960 --> 00:19:12,840 you come try our new program, by the way? 366 00:19:12,840 --> 00:19:13,840 Yeah. 367 00:19:13,840 --> 00:19:14,840 I've seen it. 368 00:19:14,840 --> 00:19:15,840 Yeah. 369 00:19:15,840 --> 00:19:16,840 She's gonna start that. 370 00:19:16,840 --> 00:19:17,840 I told her about it. 371 00:19:17,840 --> 00:19:18,840 I sent it to her. 372 00:19:18,840 --> 00:19:19,840 I don't know if she's starting. 373 00:19:19,840 --> 00:19:22,040 I think she forgot, but I'm like, you need to start this program and she wants to. 374 00:19:22,040 --> 00:19:23,040 Like that's the thing. 375 00:19:23,040 --> 00:19:25,920 It's like home to her because she's like, I got this. 376 00:19:25,920 --> 00:19:27,680 I know it's helped me in the past. 377 00:19:27,680 --> 00:19:34,440 I know it helps me regulate, you know, and so it's like tools that we have always. 378 00:19:34,440 --> 00:19:35,440 I love that. 379 00:19:35,440 --> 00:19:36,440 In our pocket. 380 00:19:36,440 --> 00:19:37,440 I love that. 381 00:19:37,440 --> 00:19:38,440 And then for you and your journey. 382 00:19:38,440 --> 00:19:42,280 So like, I remember when you and your sister started coming and we were just chatting and 383 00:19:42,280 --> 00:19:44,280 you started to experience some stuff too. 384 00:19:44,280 --> 00:19:46,800 And like, and that's so true for us parents. 385 00:19:46,800 --> 00:19:48,240 It's not just our kids. 386 00:19:48,240 --> 00:19:54,160 It's not, it's really everybody in this world today can benefit from nervous system regulation. 387 00:19:54,160 --> 00:19:59,440 And I giggle because it's like, we're not even aware that it's actually related to our brain, 388 00:19:59,440 --> 00:20:04,840 our behaviors that we have or our subconscious beliefs of like, why do I keep doing this? 389 00:20:04,840 --> 00:20:08,280 And so do you want to share a little bit about your personal journey of going through brain 390 00:20:08,280 --> 00:20:09,280 organization? 391 00:20:09,280 --> 00:20:10,280 Yeah. 392 00:20:10,280 --> 00:20:15,120 I think for me, if I, I think if I were to take the course again today, I'd see, I'd 393 00:20:15,120 --> 00:20:20,480 go into a lot deeper things, you know, I'm, I feel like I'm constantly doing self examination. 394 00:20:20,480 --> 00:20:24,560 Anyway, that's something that I include in my prayer practice. 395 00:20:24,560 --> 00:20:32,000 But, but when I did the framework the first time, I remember just, I think the most noticeable 396 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:34,760 thing for me was that I was no longer afraid of the dark. 397 00:20:34,760 --> 00:20:39,560 You know, these are things that were really like, shameful to say when you're an adult, 398 00:20:39,560 --> 00:20:43,400 you're like, well, I'm scared of the dark or, you know, you're an adult, you know, that 399 00:20:43,400 --> 00:20:49,360 there is not a person in around the corner of your house ready to kill you. 400 00:20:49,360 --> 00:20:50,360 Right. 401 00:20:50,360 --> 00:20:52,880 But still, why is it there? 402 00:20:52,880 --> 00:20:54,240 And why is it fear there? 403 00:20:54,240 --> 00:20:55,240 Yeah. 404 00:20:55,240 --> 00:20:59,560 These are things you don't speak because you're like, oh, I know it's my imagination or whatever. 405 00:20:59,560 --> 00:21:01,960 But it was like, always there, always there, always there. 406 00:21:01,960 --> 00:21:06,160 And then it didn't, it wasn't like crippling or anything. 407 00:21:06,160 --> 00:21:08,560 But I noticed it went away and I was like really shocked. 408 00:21:08,560 --> 00:21:09,720 I wasn't even trying for that. 409 00:21:09,720 --> 00:21:15,640 I remember going, I'm not scared to go up to, I'm going to go up without light, you 410 00:21:15,640 --> 00:21:19,360 know, like, yeah, I bumped less into things. 411 00:21:19,360 --> 00:21:22,800 I bumped into things all the time. 412 00:21:22,800 --> 00:21:23,800 I think that's coming back. 413 00:21:23,800 --> 00:21:25,480 So I think probably need to sum it up. 414 00:21:25,480 --> 00:21:26,480 Yeah. 415 00:21:26,480 --> 00:21:28,880 A little tune up, a little tune up. 416 00:21:28,880 --> 00:21:29,880 Yeah. 417 00:21:29,880 --> 00:21:37,600 But, you know, there's, I think in general, just I saw less overwhelm. 418 00:21:37,600 --> 00:21:45,600 And I think just having the tools with me all the time knowing, okay, I can, I can, 419 00:21:45,600 --> 00:21:51,160 I can do pace right now or I can lizards and the sensors and things like that. 420 00:21:51,160 --> 00:21:54,960 You know, we, we did a lot of that during our homeschool years. 421 00:21:54,960 --> 00:22:00,200 And creeping right now for me is hard guys because, you know, perimenopause gained so 422 00:22:00,200 --> 00:22:02,200 much weight and I'm like, whoa. 423 00:22:02,200 --> 00:22:03,200 It's hard. 424 00:22:03,200 --> 00:22:04,200 It's hard. 425 00:22:04,200 --> 00:22:07,200 So I haven't been able to do that very consistently. 426 00:22:07,200 --> 00:22:08,200 Yeah. 427 00:22:08,200 --> 00:22:09,200 But we do crawl. 428 00:22:09,200 --> 00:22:10,960 Yeah, I was going to say crawl for sure. 429 00:22:10,960 --> 00:22:11,960 Yeah. 430 00:22:11,960 --> 00:22:12,960 Just do the crawling. 431 00:22:12,960 --> 00:22:13,960 Yeah. 432 00:22:13,960 --> 00:22:18,360 And that's the one thing for me that like is my biggest noticeable shift and it's like 433 00:22:18,360 --> 00:22:23,040 always the hardest one to get in and do, but then after you do it, you're like, okay. 434 00:22:23,040 --> 00:22:25,080 And that was for me a game changer. 435 00:22:25,080 --> 00:22:26,080 That's right. 436 00:22:26,080 --> 00:22:31,560 So you were in the schools and then you had, was that another thing that came through you, 437 00:22:31,560 --> 00:22:34,720 another download from God or you're like, I need to pull my kids from school. 438 00:22:34,720 --> 00:22:35,720 I need to homeschool them. 439 00:22:35,720 --> 00:22:36,720 Yeah. 440 00:22:36,720 --> 00:22:37,720 Yeah. 441 00:22:37,720 --> 00:22:42,040 That's another little journey, like side journey where it was, um, I wasn't side because 442 00:22:42,040 --> 00:22:47,680 I ended up being main journey, but like, yeah, it was like, I had always wanted to homeschool, 443 00:22:47,680 --> 00:22:52,720 but when she got that label, um, they were very against me homeschooling. 444 00:22:52,720 --> 00:22:55,120 And of course at that point I was so afraid of everything. 445 00:22:55,120 --> 00:22:57,880 I was like, well, okay, well, I don't want to mess her up. 446 00:22:57,880 --> 00:23:01,440 Well, I don't want to, you know, in hindsight, of course, I've been like, no, okay, I'm 447 00:23:01,440 --> 00:23:05,120 going to pull, I'm going to homeschool her then, you know, right. 448 00:23:05,120 --> 00:23:08,160 But, um, which is what I wanted to do anyway. 449 00:23:08,160 --> 00:23:09,920 But my husband wasn't really fully on board. 450 00:23:09,920 --> 00:23:11,920 It's not something that we had really discussed. 451 00:23:11,920 --> 00:23:16,880 You know, it's something that I just always kind of had in my, in my mind, um, and as 452 00:23:16,880 --> 00:23:17,880 an idea. 453 00:23:17,880 --> 00:23:22,480 And then I was kind of rushed into just pushing her into this, you know, program, special needs 454 00:23:22,480 --> 00:23:23,480 program. 455 00:23:23,480 --> 00:23:25,440 So then I just did that. 456 00:23:25,440 --> 00:23:30,280 Um, but there came a time when I started getting more and more uncomfortable with things that 457 00:23:30,280 --> 00:23:32,160 was very involved at school. 458 00:23:32,160 --> 00:23:38,520 Um, and I was like, like, this is a lot of work, you know, and I feel like my daughter's 459 00:23:38,520 --> 00:23:41,400 not even benefiting from me being here all the time. 460 00:23:41,400 --> 00:23:47,240 Like, um, you know, I didn't like the way things were done at school. 461 00:23:47,240 --> 00:23:50,720 It seemed like I was, I didn't know what country I was in because I'm like, why is there no 462 00:23:50,720 --> 00:23:51,720 toilet paper in the bathroom? 463 00:23:51,720 --> 00:23:53,720 Why are these bathrooms so disgusting? 464 00:23:53,720 --> 00:23:54,720 Right. 465 00:23:54,720 --> 00:24:00,160 I mean, of course administration matters, but, um, but the point is I was like, wow, 466 00:24:00,160 --> 00:24:02,600 this is not what I was expecting. 467 00:24:02,600 --> 00:24:05,960 And then the bullying increased for my daughter. 468 00:24:05,960 --> 00:24:11,920 And so she was, um, she would just come home crying every day. 469 00:24:11,920 --> 00:24:17,480 Um, but even while this was happening and before I had even said, okay, well, let me 470 00:24:17,480 --> 00:24:19,120 figure out what I'm going to do. 471 00:24:19,120 --> 00:24:24,880 Um, God sent people to just start talking to me about homeschooling. 472 00:24:24,880 --> 00:24:32,480 Like, but, but the key was he sent people to talk to my husband because that's the thing 473 00:24:32,480 --> 00:24:35,920 is, you need to, um, we, yeah, we have to be like, I would have been, you know, like 474 00:24:35,920 --> 00:24:37,560 in like, sure, I'm game. 475 00:24:37,560 --> 00:24:40,320 He was going to be the hard one to convince. 476 00:24:40,320 --> 00:24:48,640 And he sent a pastor that had just moved here from Mexico city, um, who, uh, he lived in 477 00:24:48,640 --> 00:24:54,760 Hanahama who might, who has been friends with my husband for many, many years, whom he respects 478 00:24:54,760 --> 00:24:57,640 highly and who homeschooled all his kids. 479 00:24:57,640 --> 00:24:59,760 And so like, he just added a move. 480 00:24:59,760 --> 00:25:01,320 He was like, I want to have coffee with you guys. 481 00:25:01,320 --> 00:25:03,640 And he's like, you know, he told us the homeschool story. 482 00:25:03,640 --> 00:25:05,200 I'm like, why are you telling me this story? 483 00:25:05,200 --> 00:25:06,640 He's like, I don't know. 484 00:25:06,640 --> 00:25:09,880 I just, I think you guys is like the perfect homeschool parents. 485 00:25:09,880 --> 00:25:12,040 Like you guys are so interesting. 486 00:25:12,040 --> 00:25:13,040 Yeah. 487 00:25:13,040 --> 00:25:17,920 And I'd be like, this is hilarious because I, this has been something that's been bubbling 488 00:25:17,920 --> 00:25:21,920 up and I, I would feel during my prayer time, I got like, I think it's time, it's time, you 489 00:25:21,920 --> 00:25:30,200 know, and one time I remember I walked into, to, uh, the school and I, I really felt like 490 00:25:30,200 --> 00:25:34,560 I really heard, you know, when you hear God's voice is like a really present thought in 491 00:25:34,560 --> 00:25:35,560 your mind. 492 00:25:35,560 --> 00:25:41,720 Um, and I just heard like almost interrupt my thoughts and say, these people are raising 493 00:25:41,720 --> 00:25:44,220 your kid. 494 00:25:44,220 --> 00:25:48,360 And I was like, okay, got a point taken. 495 00:25:48,360 --> 00:25:49,360 Like I get it. 496 00:25:49,360 --> 00:25:50,360 Like you, you're doing all these things. 497 00:25:50,360 --> 00:25:51,360 Okay. 498 00:25:51,360 --> 00:25:52,840 So I think we're going to, we're going to do it. 499 00:25:52,840 --> 00:25:57,080 So I talked to my husband and he was like, okay, well, let's just try it with one first. 500 00:25:57,080 --> 00:26:01,440 You know, Carla was still in the school and he wasn't very sure, but he's got the okay 501 00:26:01,440 --> 00:26:04,040 from his family who are all educators. 502 00:26:04,040 --> 00:26:09,880 You know, they were all like, yes, you know, this is good for her and they weren't against 503 00:26:09,880 --> 00:26:10,880 it. 504 00:26:10,880 --> 00:26:14,320 So I have to thank God for all of that because he's the one that convinced my husband. 505 00:26:14,320 --> 00:26:19,240 First of all, he sent people and that I had such a supportive family because most people 506 00:26:19,240 --> 00:26:23,960 who have educators, this family are like, no, you know, go home school. 507 00:26:23,960 --> 00:26:31,800 So yeah, it all kind of felt, you know, just came together and Isabella had asked me, she's 508 00:26:31,800 --> 00:26:33,440 like, mom, please just take me out. 509 00:26:33,440 --> 00:26:35,800 I'm just miserable here. 510 00:26:35,800 --> 00:26:39,440 We've been reading this book for book club that we told you about a second ago. 511 00:26:39,440 --> 00:26:41,440 It's called the awakened brain. 512 00:26:41,440 --> 00:26:48,080 One big piece of the book is looking at synchronicities and I believe in that so much. 513 00:26:48,080 --> 00:26:54,480 I'm not a member of any church yet, but I do believe in something else, right? 514 00:26:54,480 --> 00:26:57,320 I like to call it the universe or in Spanish alone. 515 00:26:57,320 --> 00:27:03,360 But, you know, whatever everybody believes in, I do believe that if you hadn't been in 516 00:27:03,360 --> 00:27:08,400 this practice of connecting with God, connecting with your source, I don't know if you would 517 00:27:08,400 --> 00:27:09,960 have seen the synchronicities, right? 518 00:27:09,960 --> 00:27:14,960 Even the first time with the creeping and crawling coming up on the screen for your 519 00:27:14,960 --> 00:27:19,160 husband too, though, that's what's funny is that both of the messages came through him 520 00:27:19,160 --> 00:27:22,960 because you know, he's the one that's a little bit more of a skeptic, right? 521 00:27:22,960 --> 00:27:27,040 And so I would love if you can kind of share a little bit of like what that feeling is 522 00:27:27,040 --> 00:27:31,080 because I feel like a lot of people, especially if you're in deep survival mode and you don't 523 00:27:31,080 --> 00:27:36,080 have a very active spiritual practice, it might be really hard to understand what that 524 00:27:36,080 --> 00:27:38,760 like moment is where you're like, that's it. 525 00:27:38,760 --> 00:27:40,480 That's the message that I need to follow. 526 00:27:40,480 --> 00:27:41,480 Yeah. 527 00:27:41,480 --> 00:27:42,480 Let's get question. 528 00:27:42,480 --> 00:27:47,320 Well, you know, in Christianity, it's about a relationship, right? 529 00:27:47,320 --> 00:27:54,840 So it truly is getting to know the voice of God and it truly is recognizing when he's 530 00:27:54,840 --> 00:28:01,560 speaking to you and when he's not, you know, and that comes with spending time with him. 531 00:28:01,560 --> 00:28:09,320 So spending time in prayer is a practice that I discipline that I have and had for a long 532 00:28:09,320 --> 00:28:12,560 time and it's really just a conversation, you know, with the Lord. 533 00:28:12,560 --> 00:28:19,760 It's nothing hokey or weird, but it reminds me a lot of even just like pace, you know, 534 00:28:19,760 --> 00:28:23,360 like when you do brain hookups, like when you pray, you know, we usually close our eyes 535 00:28:23,360 --> 00:28:27,240 and we do this and it's connecting. 536 00:28:27,240 --> 00:28:33,480 I think it's connecting your brain, you know, it's connecting your brain and we are people 537 00:28:33,480 --> 00:28:41,800 that are both, we're mind, you know, body and spirit and all of it matters. 538 00:28:41,800 --> 00:28:48,040 So your posture matters when you're praying and so just that recognizing of the voice 539 00:28:48,040 --> 00:28:54,920 and the moment and seeing the signs has just come from spending time with him and recognizing 540 00:28:54,920 --> 00:28:56,600 how he speaks to me and my life. 541 00:28:56,600 --> 00:28:58,480 And I think it's also just really good. 542 00:28:58,480 --> 00:29:00,800 I think it's also kind of about being open to it, right? 543 00:29:00,800 --> 00:29:01,800 Yeah. 544 00:29:01,800 --> 00:29:05,400 Because if you're somebody who Lisa talks about this, Lisa, Dr. Lisa Miller, sorry. 545 00:29:05,400 --> 00:29:06,400 Our pal. 546 00:29:06,400 --> 00:29:07,400 Our pal. 547 00:29:07,400 --> 00:29:08,840 I hope she's our pal one day. 548 00:29:08,840 --> 00:29:13,000 She talks about this in the book where she's like a lot of people would look at these things 549 00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:14,480 that I'm studying, right? 550 00:29:14,480 --> 00:29:18,280 I'm studying synchronously, I'm studying the way that spirituality affects the brain and 551 00:29:18,280 --> 00:29:22,920 changes the brain and protects the brain, which is what's the craziest piece of it. 552 00:29:22,920 --> 00:29:27,480 And other skeptics and scientists would be like, nope, it's just a coincidence and there's 553 00:29:27,480 --> 00:29:29,360 absolutely no connection to it. 554 00:29:29,360 --> 00:29:36,040 And ultimately her message is whatever it means to you, that's what it's meant to mean, 555 00:29:36,040 --> 00:29:37,040 right? 556 00:29:37,040 --> 00:29:39,880 And I think that's kind of ultimately the way that I like to look at it because I might 557 00:29:39,880 --> 00:29:41,800 look at, oh my gosh, that's so funny. 558 00:29:41,800 --> 00:29:46,240 There's a butterfly right outside my window and I thought of a butterfly yesterday when 559 00:29:46,240 --> 00:29:47,240 I thought about this thing. 560 00:29:47,240 --> 00:29:48,760 So maybe that means this. 561 00:29:48,760 --> 00:29:49,760 I interpreted that way. 562 00:29:49,760 --> 00:29:50,840 That's all that matters, right? 563 00:29:50,840 --> 00:29:53,840 So that's kind of what you're, I think what you're saying is understanding what the voice 564 00:29:53,840 --> 00:29:55,760 of God sounds like, but to you, right? 565 00:29:55,760 --> 00:29:59,280 Or the universe or whatever your spiritual practice means. 566 00:29:59,280 --> 00:30:01,920 It's I guess recognizing and practice. 567 00:30:01,920 --> 00:30:05,080 And then in Christianity, we also, we follow the Bible. 568 00:30:05,080 --> 00:30:08,240 So like there's, is it aligned to what the Bible? 569 00:30:08,240 --> 00:30:09,240 Right. 570 00:30:09,240 --> 00:30:13,160 I hear the voice of God telling me to go, you know, murder someone. 571 00:30:13,160 --> 00:30:14,160 Well, that's right. 572 00:30:14,160 --> 00:30:16,080 That's not aligned to the Bible. 573 00:30:16,080 --> 00:30:17,080 That's not going to be it yet. 574 00:30:17,080 --> 00:30:21,520 That's kind of our framework, I'd say. 575 00:30:21,520 --> 00:30:22,520 Yeah. 576 00:30:22,520 --> 00:30:25,280 Like our guardrails, I guess, if you want to call it. 577 00:30:25,280 --> 00:30:26,280 Yes. 578 00:30:26,280 --> 00:30:30,320 Like what it, you know, what you're hearing is that even if it's to you, like, is it 579 00:30:30,320 --> 00:30:34,160 aligned with, with the teachings of Jesus and what the Bible says. 580 00:30:34,160 --> 00:30:38,200 So that's kind of how I, how I go about that. 581 00:30:38,200 --> 00:30:39,200 I love that. 582 00:30:39,200 --> 00:30:43,600 And I feel like, because I just started recently going to church too, and I've been very spiritual 583 00:30:43,600 --> 00:30:49,480 my whole life, but then having more of a faith direction and having the part for me that 584 00:30:49,480 --> 00:30:54,760 really came through was the group and being in community that is all on the same page 585 00:30:54,760 --> 00:30:56,360 is the danger. 586 00:30:56,360 --> 00:31:00,840 And that's what Dr. Lisa talked about too, is being in a group of people that have the 587 00:31:00,840 --> 00:31:02,120 same feeling. 588 00:31:02,120 --> 00:31:04,760 It amplifies what's coming through. 589 00:31:04,760 --> 00:31:08,880 And so when, if you're feeling lost and you don't know what to do and then you find a 590 00:31:08,880 --> 00:31:14,000 group of people, that energy, the, the quantum physics behind it is just, it will literally 591 00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:17,440 shift your force and your field within you. 592 00:31:17,440 --> 00:31:20,680 And I think that's when you can start to feel this differently. 593 00:31:20,680 --> 00:31:24,560 And I know I can be, and the other parts who I always think is so interesting because we 594 00:31:24,560 --> 00:31:29,480 talk about subconscious beliefs in our program and we can all be listening to one message, 595 00:31:29,480 --> 00:31:30,480 right? 596 00:31:30,480 --> 00:31:33,280 And then all of a sudden that message came through for one person so different than it 597 00:31:33,280 --> 00:31:34,280 came through for me. 598 00:31:34,280 --> 00:31:39,480 And that's my perception and my filter is hitting so many different angles. 599 00:31:39,480 --> 00:31:42,560 And one of my favorite things after a church service, me and my fiance will drive home 600 00:31:42,560 --> 00:31:44,240 and we'll just talk like, how did you hear that? 601 00:31:44,240 --> 00:31:45,240 Like what did it came through? 602 00:31:45,240 --> 00:31:46,720 And I'm like, oh, I didn't get it that way. 603 00:31:46,720 --> 00:31:48,200 And then we'll have the discussion. 604 00:31:48,200 --> 00:31:51,920 And I think that's what it's really cool about like prayer groups and how you can help make 605 00:31:51,920 --> 00:31:52,920 sense of the Bible. 606 00:31:52,920 --> 00:31:57,800 Because I will tell you as a new found Christian, I'm like, this is very confusing. 607 00:31:57,800 --> 00:32:00,000 I don't really understand what that meant. 608 00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:01,000 Yeah. 609 00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:04,640 No, that's such a good point. 610 00:32:04,640 --> 00:32:12,880 You know, community is such an important aspect of Christianity, of life. 611 00:32:12,880 --> 00:32:13,880 Yeah. 612 00:32:13,880 --> 00:32:15,960 But especially in Christianity too because of that. 613 00:32:15,960 --> 00:32:19,760 Like in fact, interpreting the Bible should be in community. 614 00:32:19,760 --> 00:32:21,040 Reading the Bible should be in community. 615 00:32:21,040 --> 00:32:22,640 Even praying should be in community. 616 00:32:22,640 --> 00:32:28,000 You know, we're a very individualistic society here in the West. 617 00:32:28,000 --> 00:32:29,000 Yeah. 618 00:32:29,000 --> 00:32:34,720 And you know, Hebrew culture, what was written in the Bible, you know, it was all about community. 619 00:32:34,720 --> 00:32:39,000 And people got married to make the community better. 620 00:32:39,000 --> 00:32:43,800 People did things for each other, not for me. 621 00:32:43,800 --> 00:32:45,200 You know. 622 00:32:45,200 --> 00:32:49,200 And so that mentality is a big shift when you come into Christianity. 623 00:32:49,200 --> 00:32:54,080 A lot of times when we're American Christians, that mentality doesn't change. 624 00:32:54,080 --> 00:32:59,200 You know, but if you really read the scriptures and you really follow the teachings of Jesus, 625 00:32:59,200 --> 00:33:06,520 we are no longer, you know, we are to live in a different way than our society does. 626 00:33:06,520 --> 00:33:11,800 You know, so yeah, community, living in community, interpreting the Bible in community. 627 00:33:11,800 --> 00:33:16,160 Even when people say, hey, you know, I prayed for you and I got this word or I got this 628 00:33:16,160 --> 00:33:19,880 vision, you know, you're to test that with your community and be like, well, you know, 629 00:33:19,880 --> 00:33:20,880 I'm not so sure. 630 00:33:20,880 --> 00:33:26,880 And I get married at, you know, in four years or well, no, I'm like divination to me. 631 00:33:26,880 --> 00:33:31,840 I don't know, you know, you know, so you just have to weigh that with community. 632 00:33:31,840 --> 00:33:33,800 And that's why you have wisdom from others. 633 00:33:33,800 --> 00:33:37,000 And, you know, I consider you guys a big part of my community. 634 00:33:37,000 --> 00:33:38,000 I always say that. 635 00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:42,200 And I always say, you know, village, because we say it takes a village. 636 00:33:42,200 --> 00:33:45,640 You guys have been such a big part of my village and I don't downplay that at all. 637 00:33:45,640 --> 00:33:53,120 Like the part that you guys played in the raising of my children is a huge part. 638 00:33:53,120 --> 00:33:55,600 And I believe that you guys were sent to me by God, by the way. 639 00:33:55,600 --> 00:33:56,600 I believe it too. 640 00:33:56,600 --> 00:33:57,600 I love that. 641 00:33:57,600 --> 00:33:58,600 Yeah. 642 00:33:58,600 --> 00:33:59,600 I appreciate that so much. 643 00:33:59,600 --> 00:34:01,640 Like the, it's amazing. 644 00:34:01,640 --> 00:34:06,360 It's funny because I feel like it was such a reciprocal relationship that we had. 645 00:34:06,360 --> 00:34:08,040 Like I helped you with your kids. 646 00:34:08,040 --> 00:34:10,400 You helped me with my business go deeper into things. 647 00:34:10,400 --> 00:34:14,960 And like, it just feels like I'm so grateful that I got to even have that experience to 648 00:34:14,960 --> 00:34:17,400 walk alongside you and give that guidance. 649 00:34:17,400 --> 00:34:20,520 And I was like, I'm still picking up a lot of new things here and there. 650 00:34:20,520 --> 00:34:22,400 And now here we are 14 years later. 651 00:34:22,400 --> 00:34:25,000 And it's like, wow, how cool is this? 652 00:34:25,000 --> 00:34:28,320 Like, look at how far your kids have grown. 653 00:34:28,320 --> 00:34:32,160 My kids now are in this world and it's pretty wild. 654 00:34:32,160 --> 00:34:36,280 And I will say our kids come to us for a reason. 655 00:34:36,280 --> 00:34:38,120 They come to help us grow. 656 00:34:38,120 --> 00:34:44,520 And I think when we look at it that way, instead of feeling like I have to fix you, my child, 657 00:34:44,520 --> 00:34:49,240 and make you perform in a way that is aligned with me and how I see the world, you're going 658 00:34:49,240 --> 00:34:50,800 to be in a battle forever. 659 00:34:50,800 --> 00:34:57,080 And when you can surrender to something, whatever it is that you want to surrender to, you can 660 00:34:57,080 --> 00:35:00,880 see that they're here to teach you and your children were here to help you learn more 661 00:35:00,880 --> 00:35:02,080 about communication. 662 00:35:02,080 --> 00:35:07,120 And now you're, you have a podcast where you work with amazing company and like, and you've 663 00:35:07,120 --> 00:35:11,720 been such a source of helping people now on the homeschooling journey because you are my 664 00:35:11,720 --> 00:35:14,520 massive helper in homeschooling. 665 00:35:14,520 --> 00:35:15,880 I was like, human, I'm so scared. 666 00:35:15,880 --> 00:35:20,280 I need to homeschool my kids because I cannot put them in a government institution right 667 00:35:20,280 --> 00:35:21,280 now. 668 00:35:21,280 --> 00:35:24,800 And I mean, no shame if you're someone listening who has your children there. 669 00:35:24,800 --> 00:35:26,600 It just didn't align with me. 670 00:35:26,600 --> 00:35:30,400 And you are my source of just like, here's how you can go about it. 671 00:35:30,400 --> 00:35:31,400 Here's what you're going to do. 672 00:35:31,400 --> 00:35:34,920 And then I was like, but I want what you created that co-op was so cool. 673 00:35:34,920 --> 00:35:37,280 How do I find families like that? 674 00:35:37,280 --> 00:35:39,280 And then I had to homeschool my kid for two years. 675 00:35:39,280 --> 00:35:43,160 Axl and I went through a lot in the emotional realm of like, you know what buddy? 676 00:35:43,160 --> 00:35:44,360 I love you so much. 677 00:35:44,360 --> 00:35:47,840 I think I need to find someone to help us here because I need some help. 678 00:35:47,840 --> 00:35:52,720 So then I found a pod and that was a God story. 679 00:35:52,720 --> 00:35:56,120 It was a baseball practice and a woman came up to me. 680 00:35:56,120 --> 00:35:59,240 Our kids were on the same baseball team and she was just like, it was like she drew the 681 00:35:59,240 --> 00:36:02,640 Jesus in the sand kind of moment, you know that where it's like, Hey, we're on the same 682 00:36:02,640 --> 00:36:03,640 page. 683 00:36:03,640 --> 00:36:04,640 Yeah. 684 00:36:04,640 --> 00:36:05,640 I was like, Oh, we're not. 685 00:36:05,640 --> 00:36:06,640 Oh my gosh. 686 00:36:06,640 --> 00:36:07,640 Yes. 687 00:36:07,640 --> 00:36:09,880 And then we had a conversation and she's like, Hey, we're starting a potty. 688 00:36:09,880 --> 00:36:10,880 You understand? 689 00:36:10,880 --> 00:36:12,200 I'm like, yes, I don't care anymore details. 690 00:36:12,200 --> 00:36:13,200 I'm in. 691 00:36:13,200 --> 00:36:14,400 I don't even know anything else. 692 00:36:14,400 --> 00:36:16,000 Just get him there. 693 00:36:16,000 --> 00:36:20,680 It has transformed my son in every aspect of his being. 694 00:36:20,680 --> 00:36:24,960 He like won't even, I'm pulling up to the house and he's like drop rolling out of the 695 00:36:24,960 --> 00:36:28,240 car, like not even stopping before he's like, bye mom. 696 00:36:28,240 --> 00:36:29,240 See you later. 697 00:36:29,240 --> 00:36:30,240 Sam Zador. 698 00:36:30,240 --> 00:36:32,240 This was the child who was like, don't leave me mom. 699 00:36:32,240 --> 00:36:33,240 Stay by my side. 700 00:36:33,240 --> 00:36:34,520 Now he's like, see ya. 701 00:36:34,520 --> 00:36:35,800 And he started reading into it. 702 00:36:35,800 --> 00:36:43,120 So I'm so grateful for you to showing away to home school and to not do it alone. 703 00:36:43,120 --> 00:36:46,960 That was because community once again, you need community. 704 00:36:46,960 --> 00:36:47,960 It takes a village. 705 00:36:47,960 --> 00:36:52,800 So probably the biggest thing that we promoted in our, in our YouTube channel and our podcast 706 00:36:52,800 --> 00:36:53,800 was community. 707 00:36:53,800 --> 00:36:57,960 I mean, that's why I did it with my friend because it's like, if you're going to do this 708 00:36:57,960 --> 00:37:02,640 alone, it's just, it's going to be really hard time to tell you that right now. 709 00:37:02,640 --> 00:37:03,640 Yeah. 710 00:37:03,640 --> 00:37:04,640 Yeah. 711 00:37:04,640 --> 00:37:08,360 Are you indeed, he's still doing chips and salsa. 712 00:37:08,360 --> 00:37:14,360 So we just filmed our last video last week, which I haven't edited, but we're kind of 713 00:37:14,360 --> 00:37:15,360 saying goodbye. 714 00:37:15,360 --> 00:37:21,400 I know it's, and it's funny because right when we filmed our last video and said we 715 00:37:21,400 --> 00:37:25,120 were saying goodbye, we got like a consultation book and like all these things started popping 716 00:37:25,120 --> 00:37:26,120 up. 717 00:37:26,120 --> 00:37:28,560 So maybe it's not. 718 00:37:28,560 --> 00:37:29,800 What does it mean to you? 719 00:37:29,800 --> 00:37:30,800 Yeah. 720 00:37:30,800 --> 00:37:31,800 I know. 721 00:37:31,800 --> 00:37:33,600 Well, you know, we did pray about it a lot. 722 00:37:33,600 --> 00:37:40,960 And I think we, we can gladly say goodbye to this season because that was a very, it's 723 00:37:40,960 --> 00:37:46,960 just also was birthed out of organic relationships and also everything that, everything that 724 00:37:46,960 --> 00:37:52,040 we gave as advice or encouragement was something that we were experiencing at that moment. 725 00:37:52,040 --> 00:37:53,040 Right. 726 00:37:53,040 --> 00:37:55,280 So it just doesn't feel like natural right now. 727 00:37:55,280 --> 00:37:59,760 I mean, I'll gladly give consultations, you know, based on my experience, but to be coming 728 00:37:59,760 --> 00:38:03,120 up with ideas and content and stuff just didn't feel like life giving to us. 729 00:38:03,120 --> 00:38:07,200 And plus we both kind of moved on to great things. 730 00:38:07,200 --> 00:38:11,200 She's an adjunct professor at like Southwestern right now and amazing. 731 00:38:11,200 --> 00:38:14,240 She went back to chiropractic work at a clinic. 732 00:38:14,240 --> 00:38:19,520 So, you know, she's, she's going to still teach, which is, you know, amazing, but it's 733 00:38:19,520 --> 00:38:24,080 teaching what she, you know, she's making good use of that degree that she got many 734 00:38:24,080 --> 00:38:25,080 years ago. 735 00:38:25,080 --> 00:38:26,080 Yeah. 736 00:38:26,080 --> 00:38:30,600 And honestly, for anyone listening, please go check out Chips and Salsa's YouTube account. 737 00:38:30,600 --> 00:38:32,100 They have the best videos. 738 00:38:32,100 --> 00:38:34,400 She met us the one that actually inspired us to on our editing. 739 00:38:34,400 --> 00:38:36,400 She helped us edit our, our own, of our program. 740 00:38:36,400 --> 00:38:39,560 I was just going to say you did our first round of videos. 741 00:38:39,560 --> 00:38:40,560 Yeah. 742 00:38:40,560 --> 00:38:41,560 Right. 743 00:38:41,560 --> 00:38:43,120 And Carlo, your son, I mean, full circle moment. 744 00:38:43,120 --> 00:38:45,280 He was on the editing part for us too. 745 00:38:45,280 --> 00:38:46,280 So grateful. 746 00:38:46,280 --> 00:38:48,640 So we'll link the YouTube and our show notes. 747 00:38:48,640 --> 00:38:51,920 And then also these ladies are so musically talented. 748 00:38:51,920 --> 00:38:54,440 Like they're singing, the kids playing instruments. 749 00:38:54,440 --> 00:38:59,840 It is so, but there's that one Instagram video guys did down in San Diego by the USS Midway. 750 00:38:59,840 --> 00:39:00,840 Oh yeah. 751 00:39:00,840 --> 00:39:03,920 And then there's that one video that just came back up and I was like, Oh my gosh, everyone 752 00:39:03,920 --> 00:39:04,920 needs to go see this. 753 00:39:04,920 --> 00:39:10,480 Like the power of being able to teach kids when they want to learn and helping them out 754 00:39:10,480 --> 00:39:15,800 of the box, not just like check the boxes, but like really inspiring these kids to be 755 00:39:15,800 --> 00:39:18,560 empowered to learn is so incredible. 756 00:39:18,560 --> 00:39:22,080 Cause these, your group of Kettos, you guys had them like as a co-op, right? 757 00:39:22,080 --> 00:39:23,680 You had, how did you do it? 758 00:39:23,680 --> 00:39:26,120 Can you share really quick that the co-op was the beginning? 759 00:39:26,120 --> 00:39:31,000 I mean, all, all, all that was, was that Dee Dee and I were talking about our frustrations 760 00:39:31,000 --> 00:39:32,000 in homeschool. 761 00:39:32,000 --> 00:39:36,160 So we started coming up with solutions, ideas. 762 00:39:36,160 --> 00:39:41,280 And then we were like, you know, wait, that's how chips and salsa channel got started on 763 00:39:41,280 --> 00:39:42,280 YouTube. 764 00:39:42,280 --> 00:39:46,280 But then the co-op, we were like, well, I want to do more art and poetry. 765 00:39:46,280 --> 00:39:49,480 And I want to do, you know, tea with poetry and I want to do music. 766 00:39:49,480 --> 00:39:53,760 And it's something that you can't, when you're alone, it's really hard to like be like, Oh, 767 00:39:53,760 --> 00:39:54,960 let's take out the art. 768 00:39:54,960 --> 00:40:00,000 You're just like, no, let's just, you know, call it a day. 769 00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:01,800 And so we, that's how it started. 770 00:40:01,800 --> 00:40:05,320 It's like, well, what if we did tea and poetry like twice a month? 771 00:40:05,320 --> 00:40:09,480 So it started with that, you know, and then, okay, well, I want to teach them about, you 772 00:40:09,480 --> 00:40:10,720 know, we're learning about the Renaissance. 773 00:40:10,720 --> 00:40:14,480 So I want to teach them about Renaissance, you know, composers and Renaissance artists. 774 00:40:14,480 --> 00:40:15,960 So now let's add that. 775 00:40:15,960 --> 00:40:16,960 Oh, you know what? 776 00:40:16,960 --> 00:40:17,960 Let's add book club. 777 00:40:17,960 --> 00:40:21,200 So, you know, we just started like building on it. 778 00:40:21,200 --> 00:40:25,160 And then two more ladies joined in afterwards that were our close friends. 779 00:40:25,160 --> 00:40:27,080 We weren't open to everybody. 780 00:40:27,080 --> 00:40:28,080 Yeah. 781 00:40:28,080 --> 00:40:33,760 Not because we weren't trying to be inclusive, but because it was so, it's such a prized 782 00:40:33,760 --> 00:40:34,760 possession for us. 783 00:40:34,760 --> 00:40:39,200 Like we wanted to make sure that they didn't get disrupted, you know, like what we had 784 00:40:39,200 --> 00:40:43,200 was so special that people had to be like-minded if they were going to join. 785 00:40:43,200 --> 00:40:48,840 You know, they were going to have to be a part of it and really bring their gifts and 786 00:40:48,840 --> 00:40:52,160 talents to it and not bring drama or anything like that. 787 00:40:52,160 --> 00:40:53,160 So yeah. 788 00:40:53,160 --> 00:40:56,120 That's kind of what we did. 789 00:40:56,120 --> 00:41:02,360 And we got together twice, twice a month only to do our actual co-op activities. 790 00:41:02,360 --> 00:41:05,320 And then of course we did field trips together and all kinds of other things together. 791 00:41:05,320 --> 00:41:08,400 And we put like science camps together in the summer. 792 00:41:08,400 --> 00:41:11,960 We went to DC together, you know, so we were always together. 793 00:41:11,960 --> 00:41:13,960 Yeah, so cool. 794 00:41:13,960 --> 00:41:17,560 And your journey is all over on social media and all the cool stuff. 795 00:41:17,560 --> 00:41:23,680 So any family that's just searching for another option, Jimena and DeeDee have such great 796 00:41:23,680 --> 00:41:24,680 resources. 797 00:41:24,680 --> 00:41:29,920 I actually won a free consult and I was like, oh my gosh, tell me what curriculum alone. 798 00:41:29,920 --> 00:41:31,240 Oh, right. 799 00:41:31,240 --> 00:41:32,400 Where do you start? 800 00:41:32,400 --> 00:41:36,520 And there's millions of them out there and you're going to try out so many different 801 00:41:36,520 --> 00:41:40,320 options and then you're going to find one that you like, hopefully. 802 00:41:40,320 --> 00:41:42,840 But Jimena has already gotten a lot of that. 803 00:41:42,840 --> 00:41:47,640 She also works for an amazing curriculum company and we'll link all that in here too. 804 00:41:47,640 --> 00:41:51,040 So I feel like there's so much more to share. 805 00:41:51,040 --> 00:41:59,040 Our vision is working in brain work, spirituality, faith, whatever it is that suits you and merging 806 00:41:59,040 --> 00:42:02,960 it all together just so you can live your like most authentic version of your life. 807 00:42:02,960 --> 00:42:06,800 So if there's like one main takeaway, Jimena, and this journey you've been on with your 808 00:42:06,800 --> 00:42:11,680 kids, like what would you be like the message you send to other moms that are working in 809 00:42:11,680 --> 00:42:17,280 your, maybe are in your position 14 years ago of like, what am I doing? 810 00:42:17,280 --> 00:42:21,920 Well, I just, you know, especially want to encourage my Christian brothers and sisters 811 00:42:21,920 --> 00:42:26,920 that science and faith are not mutually exclusive. 812 00:42:26,920 --> 00:42:27,920 Yes. 813 00:42:27,920 --> 00:42:35,080 Science, I think it's just the discovery of what God has already done, you know. 814 00:42:35,080 --> 00:42:39,360 And actually that is kind of our purpose on this earth is to discover more of him. 815 00:42:39,360 --> 00:42:45,640 And so we can't look at the things that man has discovered and be like, no, I don't know, 816 00:42:45,640 --> 00:42:50,960 that's actually, you're discovering of the things that God created. 817 00:42:50,960 --> 00:42:55,040 When we learn about brain science, we're discovering more of how he created us. 818 00:42:55,040 --> 00:43:03,920 So it goes, yeah, it's aligned to that partnership that we are supposed to have with Jesus and 819 00:43:03,920 --> 00:43:10,280 the Holy Spirit like in our lives of, you know, the Bible tells us renew your mind. 820 00:43:10,280 --> 00:43:13,080 So how do you renew your mind? 821 00:43:13,080 --> 00:43:16,880 Yeah, you know, just sit there and go renew my mind. 822 00:43:16,880 --> 00:43:19,080 You have to put in the work. 823 00:43:19,080 --> 00:43:21,240 And that is perfectly biblical. 824 00:43:21,240 --> 00:43:28,240 So I would say use the tools that God puts in front of you and appreciate the community 825 00:43:28,240 --> 00:43:36,920 that God puts in front of you and take it all in and learn from it because this life 826 00:43:36,920 --> 00:43:40,240 is hard to do it by yourself. 827 00:43:40,240 --> 00:43:45,440 You know, he didn't promise us a perfect life, but he did promise that he would overcome 828 00:43:45,440 --> 00:43:47,000 it and that he would be with us. 829 00:43:47,000 --> 00:43:52,840 And so that entails everybody that he sends and everything that he sends our way for us 830 00:43:52,840 --> 00:43:55,400 to learn and grow in him deeply. 831 00:43:55,400 --> 00:44:04,080 So he takes care of, he's overall everything and our trust is in him only. 832 00:44:04,080 --> 00:44:09,560 But the things that he sends around to us are part of that walk. 833 00:44:09,560 --> 00:44:12,800 That was amazing. 834 00:44:12,800 --> 00:44:13,800 That's inspiring for me. 835 00:44:13,800 --> 00:44:15,080 I mean, I'm already there. 836 00:44:15,080 --> 00:44:16,080 I love it. 837 00:44:16,080 --> 00:44:17,080 I love it. 838 00:44:17,080 --> 00:44:18,080 Yeah. 839 00:44:18,080 --> 00:44:19,080 So much, Jimena. 840 00:44:19,080 --> 00:44:23,920 Like you are such an amazing human, an amazing mom, and I am so grateful to know you. 841 00:44:23,920 --> 00:44:25,760 Thank you for being on this podcast today. 842 00:44:25,760 --> 00:44:29,200 And I have like a million more questions that I'm going to ask you off the record now. 843 00:44:29,200 --> 00:44:30,200 Yeah, I know. 844 00:44:30,200 --> 00:44:36,120 Let's let's get get done with the social media stuff and then we can talk about a million 845 00:44:36,120 --> 00:44:37,120 things. 846 00:44:37,120 --> 00:44:41,640 Our YouTube is going to and is going to stay open in our Instagram and stuff. 847 00:44:41,640 --> 00:44:45,280 I mean, we might not post that much, but like our YouTube will stay there. 848 00:44:45,280 --> 00:44:46,880 All our videos are there. 849 00:44:46,880 --> 00:44:49,640 Our website will be up until August. 850 00:44:49,640 --> 00:44:50,840 Okay. 851 00:44:50,840 --> 00:44:56,440 And so we still have a homeschool 101 course available for all new homeschool moms and 852 00:44:56,440 --> 00:44:59,760 that's still available until August. 853 00:44:59,760 --> 00:45:04,120 And and consultations, one-on-one consultations are still available until then. 854 00:45:04,120 --> 00:45:05,120 Perfect. 855 00:45:05,120 --> 00:45:07,800 You do listen to this after August of 2024. 856 00:45:07,800 --> 00:45:10,800 You can still message them if you want to contact Jimena. 857 00:45:10,800 --> 00:45:12,040 You can also email us. 858 00:45:12,040 --> 00:45:13,720 Hello at inthecortex.com. 859 00:45:13,720 --> 00:45:18,400 Don't worry, we will help you contact wonderful human that because she's the best. 860 00:45:18,400 --> 00:45:20,680 And so thank you for listening. 861 00:45:20,680 --> 00:45:24,760 Please subscribe, rate the podcast, share this episode with anybody who you know would 862 00:45:24,760 --> 00:45:26,960 like to listen to this stuff. 863 00:45:26,960 --> 00:45:28,640 And okay, here we go. 864 00:45:28,640 --> 00:45:34,400 Our social media, TikTok in underscore the underscore cortex Instagram in the cortex 865 00:45:34,400 --> 00:45:42,000 underscore us Instagram and Espanol in the cortex underscore ESP Facebook in the cortex 866 00:45:42,000 --> 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of months. 879 00:46:12,920 --> 00:46:14,280 And yeah, thank you so much, Jimena. 880 00:46:14,280 --> 00:46:15,280 This was amazing. 881 00:46:15,280 --> 00:46:16,280 Amazing. 882 00:46:16,280 --> 00:46:17,280 Thank you guys. 883 00:46:17,280 --> 00:46:18,280 Thank you. 884 00:46:18,280 --> 00:46:19,280 Bye. 885 00:46:19,280 --> 00:46:20,280 Bye.