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Amiga, Handle Your Shit

Amiga, Handle Your Shit

Written by: Jacqueline Tapia
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 A Podcast that inspires, motivates, empowers, helps breakdown cultural limitations, while shamelessly and fiercely helping YOU stand in YOUR true power, as an unapologetic Latina! You will learn from authentic spiritual luminaries and elite performance experts who teach success strategies that impact the world, one Latina at a time.

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Episodes
  • Reclaiming Identity in Between Cultures with Urmi Hossain

    Reclaiming Identity in Between Cultures with Urmi Hossain
    Feb 10 2026

    Have you ever felt like you were constantly trying to define yourself while moving between cultures, expectations, and identities?


    This episode explores what it means to reclaim your voice and sense of self when you’ve spent years navigating spaces that were not built with you in mind. It’s a powerful conversation about identity, belonging, resilience, and the courage it takes to show up fully as yourself.


    Urmi Hossain is a self-published author, speaker, blogger, and podcast host working in the financial services industry in Canada. She holds both the CFA and CAIA designations and is deeply passionate about empowering women through mentorship, education, and public speaking. Her book, Discovering Your Identity: A Rebirth from Inter-Racial Struggle, reflects her journey as a third culture kid and her path toward self-acceptance and authenticity.


    Tune in to Episode 269 of Amiga, Handle Your Shit, as Jackie sits down with Urmi Hossain for an honest and deeply reflective conversation about growing up as a third culture kid, navigating inter-racial identity, and building confidence in spaces where representation is limited. Together, they unpack the emotional weight of identity struggles, the importance of mentorship, and how self-awareness can become a catalyst for empowerment and purpose.


    Key Takeaways:

    ✨ Identity is shaped, not fixed

    ✨ Representation deeply impacts self-worth

    ✨ Mentorship creates pathways to belonging

    ✨ Confidence is built through self-awareness

    ✨ Cultural duality can become a strength

    ✨ Owning your story is empowering


    Connect with Urmi Hossain:

    • Instagram
    • YouTube
    • LinkedIn


    Let's Connect!

    • Website
    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • LinkedIn
    • Jackie Tapia Arbonne website
    • Buy The Amiga Way's Book

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    34 mins
  • Healing in Our Own Language: How Norma Garcia Turns Lived Experience Into Collective Care

    Healing in Our Own Language: How Norma Garcia Turns Lived Experience Into Collective Care
    Feb 3 2026
    Healing does not always start in a textbook or a therapy room. Sometimes it begins in a family story, a breakup, a body that learned to survive too early, or a question we were never taught to ask ourselves. This episode is about what happens when a Latina decides to listen to those experiences instead of outrunning them.In today’s episode of Amiga Handle Your Shit, Jackie Tapia sits down with licensed clinical social worker, somatic therapist, and holistic healer Norma Garcia, a proud first-generation Mexicana born and raised in Los Angeles. Together, they explore how personal history, cultural identity, and lived experience can be resignified into powerful tools for healing, not just for ourselves, but for our communities.Norma reflects on growing up as the daughter of Mexican immigrants, carrying responsibility early and learning how to survive emotionally before she ever had language for it. She speaks to the invisible weight many first-generation Latinas carry, the pressure to succeed, to sacrifice, to keep going. That weight followed her into years of community mental health work, where burnout and broken systems forced her to ask a hard question: what does it cost to always be the strong one? Her shift into private practice was not about ambition, but about choosing care that felt honest, human, and whole.She also shares how a personal breakup cracked something open, exposing patterns of people-pleasing and self-abandonment rooted in culture and survival. That moment reshaped her work, leading her to support Latinas in understanding how they love, how they attach, and how safety actually feels in the body. Through somatic healing, Norma reminds us that healing is not just thinking differently; it is learning to feel safe again. She closes with a simple grounding practice, a quiet invitation to come back home to yourself.Tune in to episode 268 of Amiga Handle Your Shit for a deeply affirming conversation on Latinidad, self-trust, healing the body, and turning lived experience into a source of wisdom and service.Episode TakeawaysHow growing up first-gen shapes responsibility, identity, and emotional survival (04:00)Why mental health conversations often skip Latino households and how that impacts adulthood (06:40)What ten years in community mental health taught Norma about burnout and scarcity (14:30)Why entrepreneurship became an act of self-preservation, not ambition (16:00)How personal heartbreak revealed generational patterns around love and self-abandonment (20:00)What “love blueprints” are and how culture shapes how we attach and relate (21:30)Why healing requires addressing the nervous system, not just the mind (27:00)How somatic therapy reconnects the body, emotions, and sense of safety (28:30)A simple grounding practice to support yourself during emotional triggers (31:30)Why Latinas deserve healing that honors culture, body, and soul together (34:00)Connect with Norma Garcia:WebsiteLinkedInInstagramLet's Connect!WebsiteFacebookInstagramLinkedInJackie Tapia Arbonne's websiteBook: The AMIGA Way: Release Cultural Limiting Beliefs to Transform Your Life Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    36 mins
  • Honoring the In Between with Jackie Tapia

    Honoring the In Between with Jackie Tapia
    Jan 27 2026

    Have you ever found yourself in a season where everything feels quiet, unclear, and a little uninspired?


    This episode is an honest reflection on the in-between moments of life. The seasons where you are still showing up, still carrying responsibility, but feel emotionally depleted and unsure of what’s next. It’s a reminder that not every chapter needs to be loud or polished to be meaningful.


    Tune in to this new episode of Amiga, Handle Your Shit, as Jackie provides a heartfelt reflection on honoring the in-between season. From caring for aging parents and managing family responsibilities, to navigating motherhood, personal milestones, and moments of uncertainty, this solo episode speaks to the invisible weight many women carry quietly. Jackie shares why it’s okay to pause, to feel uninspired, and to trust that even when clarity hasn’t arrived yet, the path is still unfolding exactly as it should.


    Key Takeaways:

    ✨ It’s okay to feel uninspired sometimes

    ✨ The in-between season still has purpose

    ✨ Rest is not failure

    ✨ Quiet progress still counts

    ✨ Leadership can feel lonely at times

    ✨ Trust builds even when clarity is missing


    Let's Connect!

    • Website
    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • LinkedIn
    • Jackie Tapia Arbonne website
    • Buy The Amiga Way's Book

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    25 mins
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