Ay Mijita ✨ Embrace your raíces. Reclaim your esencia.
Ay Mijita is the podcast for first-generation Latinas who are ready to break generational cycles, heal emotional wounds, and reclaim their voice, power, and identity. Hosted by Dora Alicia Praxedis, intuitive healer, life coach, and spiritual guide, this show dives deep into the real conversations we were never taught to have growing up. From generational trauma, boundaries, and emotional healing… to spirituality, intuition, astrology, and ancestral practices like limpias — this is where cultura meets transformation. If you’ve ever felt like: ✨ “I’m tired of carrying everything” ✨ “Why do I feel responsible for everyone?” ✨ “I don’t even know who I am anymore” ✨ “I want to heal, but I don’t know where to start” You’re in the right place. This podcast will help you: 💫 Set boundaries without guilt 💫 Heal inner child and emotional wounds 💫 Reconnect with your intuition 💫 Break free from survival mode 💫 Step into your most authentic, empowered self New episodes every Thursday. Embrace your raíces. Reclaim your esencia. Break the cycles you were born into.
Episodes
In this heartfelt episode of Ay Mijita, Dora Alicia dives deep into the experience of intuitive activation, exploring what happens when your spiritual gifts begin to surface. If you're a first-generation Mexican woman navigating ancestral healing and embracing your intuition, this episode is crafted for you. Discover how to trust those whispers of spirit and understand the signs that signal your gif...
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The Pisces new moon can feel like a wave that pulls up everything you thought you already healed. If you’ve been emotional, exhausted, triggered, or weirdly nostalgic, I want you to hear this clearly: you’re not going backwards, you’re closing a cycle and your body and spirit are asking for release. I share wh...
If you’ve ever walked away from a hard conversation feeling dizzy, guilty, and unsure what even happened, you’re not imagining it. We get real about emotional unavailability and the patterns that make love feel like a constant test: shutting down during conflict, refusing accountability, minimising your feelings, and the brutal “pretend nothing happened” reset that leaves you holding all the emotional we...
What if love taught you to hide your feelings? We open a gentle, unflinching conversation about shame that didn’t come from strangers, but from the people who fed us, raised us, and wanted us safe. As first-gen daughters, many of us learned to be responsible before we learned to be seen. Strength helped us survive, yet it also trained our nervous systems to brace, appease, and go numb. Here, we name the ...
What if the season you’re in isn’t breaking you, but refining you? We open up about eclipse energy that turned the spotlight inward, pairing it with the raw reality of premenopause, chemo fatigue, and the kind of shadow work you can’t out-hustle. This is a candid walk through grief for an old self, body changes after surgery, and a training plan that’s more about regulation and resilience than hitting ev...
The sky just handed us a karmic reset, and it’s not subtle. We dive into the Aquarius new moon eclipse as a pressure test for identity, community, and truth—where timelines close, roles shed, and aligned intentions take center stage. Aquarius energy is visionary and unapologetically honest, so we ask the question that matters: who are you outside the systems that shaped you?
We share what this e...
Some days grit looks like not closing the laptop—other days it looks like closing it sooner and letting yourself cry. I’m seven weeks into chemo and I wanted to wait until I felt stronger to talk, but that old rule kept me hiding. So I’m bringing the fog, the fatigue, and the truth: I’ve been overworking to numb, grieving the version of me who could juggle it all, and learning how to rest without disappe...
The first breath back in Chicago stung a little—cold air, dry throat, layers on layers—and that jolt made the real lesson click: rest away is easy, but rest at home is a decision. I’m sharing what this week in Punta Cana unlocked for my body and spirit, from long laughs with a lifelong friend to the quiet confidence of wearing a two-piece after surgery and chemo. No performing, no proving—just letting ea...
What if the strength you’re most proud of is also what’s wearing you down? We go straight to the heart of hyper-independence—the kind that looks powerful on the outside but quietly drains your nervous system, your money, and your joy. Through personal stories that span childhood self-reliance, missed boats and year-end spreadsheets, we trace how survival becomes a lifestyle, and how the body starts keepi...
Some weeks demand a softer voice and a slower pace. This is one of those weeks. I’m sharing a short, sincere update about my health, a lost voice, and what recovery looks like while moving through chemotherapy. Rather than push through and deliver something less than whole, I’m choosing to pause, protect my energy, and return next week with clarity and heart.
That pause carries a message I want ...
What if your life isn’t late, but precisely on time? We open a tender conversation about the myth of “falling behind” and trace it back to unequal starting lines, survival roles, and nervous systems trained by urgency. Through stories of hustle culture, brain fog, and the rawness of chemo and hair loss, we explore how rest can feel like risk and why shame often masquerades as motivation. Instead of forci...
What if the strength that kept you safe is the same wall blocking the support you crave? We open up about why receiving help can feel dangerous for many first‑gen Latinas, tracing the roots from migration and poverty to language barriers, racism, and the family roles we adopted too young—helper, translator, emotional anchor. Those experiences shaped a survival identity that equates love with being low ma...
Download Here: Crossing the Year Gently, Mijita
Start the year softer, not louder. After a season marked by grief, health scares, and relationship strain, we’re choosing integration over reinvention and safety over speed. I share the real story behind chemo day one, the ache of anniversaries, and the marriage moments that nearly broke us, then describe how rest, boundaries, and nervous system care put the...
The holidays can be beautiful—and brutal. We open our hearts to the truth that celebrations don’t create grief; they reveal it. From empty chairs to evolving traditions, we talk candidly about what it feels like when love has no easy place to land and why presence beats performance every time.
I share stories of family gatherings that changed shape, the tenderness of spotting red cardinals that ...
Free Download: Birthday + Human Design Ritual
What if a birthday wasn’t a report card but a ritual of return? We take a gentle pause to honor another year of survival and becoming, and we trade checklists for a single, embodied question: how do I want to feel in my body this year? From the first breath to the closing blessing, we explore how rest becomes a right, not a reward, and how honoring your energy...
When life feels louder than your heartbeat, the body starts speaking for you—tight chest, spiraling thoughts, numbness, or sudden tears. We created this conversation for the first-gen daughter, the mom, the partner, the healer who holds it all and just needs one honest path back to center. Together we unpack why so many of us were taught to push through instead of regulate, then trade shame for skills th...
What if your body has been telling the truth the whole time? We unpack how love gets tangled with self-abandonment when someone you care about shows narcissistic traits, and we walk step by step through the signals, scripts, and support that help you hold onto yourself without slipping into constant conflict.
We start by naming seven common behaviors—lack of accountability, gaslighting, emotiona...
The hardest seasons don’t just take things from us; they ask who we’re becoming. I’m sharing a raw, heart-forward look at navigating setbacks during the cold supermoon, from slow surgical healing and a shifting chemo timeline to money wounds that echo louder than the numbers suggest. If you’ve felt heavy, confused, or like you should have been “over it” by now, you’re in the right room. We explore why he...
Holidays can feel like a tug-of-war between gratitude and pressure, especially for first‑gen Latinas navigating old roles, noisy questions, and the invisible load of keeping everyone comfortable. We decided to rewrite the script. Together we map a softer Thanksgiving built on presence, nervous system care, and boundaries that are kind, clear, and non-negotiable.
We start by reframing gratitude a...
A lemon tree landed on my life and I decided to plant it. Two major surgeries—bilateral mastectomy and DIEP flap reconstruction—rewired how I relate to my body, my voice, my family, and my work. Between T‑Rex arms, double‑D swelling, and late‑night closet recordings on yoga balls, I found a wild mix of pain medicine and laughter that turned survival into a softer, truer way to live.
I open up ab...
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