Best Zayda Sorrell Medina Podcasts (2024)

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Episode 7 | Navigating a nonconvential family 25:09

6M ago25:09

25:09

As a former homeless youth, many families welcomed me into their home and shortly thereafter I became a member of the family. In this episode, I reveal the ups and downs of growing up in a nonconventional family extending beyond blood and legal relations. This episode also invites critical reflection on the meaning of family.…

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Episode 6 | Live in the moment: Smell the sopa de calabaza and corn tortilla 26:24

8M ago26:24

26:24

This episode invites listeners to reflect upon their own journey of self-love and living in the moment. I tell my story as a first generation college student preoccupied with the hundreds of things that could go wrong. After fleeing from an unsettling experience with my caregiver, I moved back in with my biological mother in a new neighborhood and …

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Episode 5 | How to support runaway teenagers 15:40

10M ago15:40

15:40

Teenagers run away for many reasons. These reasons vary and are not monolithic. But there is one thing for sure: they are running away from something. In my story, I recount why I ran away from home as a teenager and reflect on the intricate social processes leading up to that decision. I conclude with a message on how parents, caregivers, social w…

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Episode 4 | Embracing puffy hair: Turning stigma into pride 13:54

12M ago13:54

13:54

After I got kicked out of my aunt’s house for spending too much time in high school, I became a homeless youth. In this episode, I recount how my new mom forced me to conform to gender and hair norms, which I detested. I nevertheless conformed as a matter of survival. Now I reflect upon these socialization experiences and can better understand how …

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Episode 2 | White diamond: How foster and adopted parents can honor their child’s parents 14:25

1y ago14:25

14:25

I hadn’t visited my biological mom in forever. After my visit with her, she gave me her favorite perfume to remember her by called White Diamond. The smell of my mom’s White Diamond was one way that I coped in kinship foster care. Now as a foster parent, I am charged with the mission of ensuring that my child can remember their parents. This episod…

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Episode 3 | Becoming a homeless youth in the United States 23:04

1y ago23:04

23:04

In this podcast I recount tales on how I bounced back and forth between the St. Louis suburbs and the ghetto between my mom and my aunt. I attended different schools, lived in different neighborhoods, and interacted with different types of people which had an impact on my identity. Despite my unstable childhood, I successfully adapted and navigated…

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Episode 1 | Out of the cold house: Turning your adversity story into a resilience story 12:04

1y ago12:04

12:04

In this podcast, I reflect on how my siblings and I were taken away by the state. As a product of the 1980s crack epidemic, I reframe my story of adversity into one of resilience. I conclude with an empowering message that challenges us to reconceive how we perceive our adversity stories.By zayda sorrell-medina

Podcasts Worth a Listen

Zayda Sorrell Medina Podcasts

Podcasts Worth a Listen

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The Voice Podcast with Zayda Sorrell-Medina

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Episode 7 | Navigating a nonconvential family 25:09

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Episode 6 | Live in the moment: Smell the sopa de calabaza and corn tortilla 26:24

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Episode 5 | How to support runaway teenagers 15:40

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Episode 4 | Embracing puffy hair: Turning stigma into pride 13:54

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Episode 2 | White diamond: How foster and adopted parents can honor their child’s parents 14:25

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Episode 3 | Becoming a homeless youth in the United States 23:04

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Episode 1 | Out of the cold house: Turning your adversity story into a resilience story 12:04

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