EP. 38: Practicing Courage (with Dr. Alma Zaragoza-Petty)

Eryn and Elisa discuss  a variety of topics with Dr. Alma Zaragoza-Petty including imposter syndrome, how to cope with failure, and how to deal with the pressure of expectations. Plus, Dr. Alma hones in on ways in which we can practice courage so that we’re better prepared for those unexpected moments in life when bravery is needed.

 

About our guest: 

Dr. Alma Zaragoza-Petty was born in Los Angeles but was raised in Acapulco, Mexico, for most of her early childhood. She’s the daughter of immigrant parents and a first-generation high school and college graduate, and she also completed a Master’s in Counseling and a Ph.D. in Education Policy and Social Context. She is led by her desire to inspire others in her community to move past their own fears and barriers and to achieve their own life goals. 

Alma is the cofounder of Prickly Pear Collective, a faith-based, trauma-informed collective at the intersections of community, church, and therapy, bringing people together to move toward healing. She’s also the cohost of The Red Couch Podcast with her husband who most people know as the rapper Propaganda.

 

Notes and Quotes: 

• “The higher I go [in education] the less like ‘me’ there are. Less Latina, less people that are low-income, first-gen background.”
• “As I have stepped into these spaces, it has always been with some sort of fear and trembling.”
• “As professional and accomplished as we become, there is always this idea of ‘Am I really this worthy?’”
• Imposter Syndrome is this feeling of “I’m pretending and someone is going to find out.”
• “If I fall flat on my face, let that be a learning lesson for others, not a recoiling that needs to happen of myself that I have for the rest of my life because I failed that one time.”
• “Courage is practiced. It’s like I am courageous or I’m not.”
• “There is always room for forgiving ourselves but still doing better and holding ourselves accountable.”
• “The more you face it [past trauma] the less scary it becomes and the less power it holds over you.”
• An exercise to try: Look back at a situation that may have been painful and look for God in it.

 

Links/Books/Resources Mentioned in Show: 

• Show Notes on godhearsher.org
• God Hears Her website: https://www.godhearsher.org/
• Subscribe on iTunes!  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/god-hears-her-podcast/id1511046507?utm_source=applemusic&utm_medium=godhearsher&utm_campaign=podcast
• Order God Sees Her: 365 Devotions for Women by Women on Amazon.  https://amzn.to/32lYSgh
• Dr. Alma’s Instagram: thedoczp
• Prickly Pear Collective Instagram: pricklypearcollective
• Elisa’s Instagram: elisamorganauthor
• Eryn’s Instagram: eryneddy