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Diana Garcia is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Florida.
She has her BA and Masters in Psychology and is the founder of the Nurturing Minds Counseling. This is where Diana helps people feel more calm, confident, kickass and helps couples build their bond.
Diana is a proud first-generation Hispanic and is also a soon-to-be published author! Her book: Negative Thoughts Happen: How to Find Your Inner Ally When Your Inner Critic Shows Up will be published in December.
Note: Few audio issues with this one as we moved to Riverside. We will see what caused this and head back to zoom if we can't improve.
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Diana is a licensed therapist in Florida.
In this episode, Tim and Diana explore how we can better navigate the ups and downs of cross-cultural relationships and managing family expectations while getting the best out of our heritage.
Note: A few audio issues with this which we will fix for next episode.
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0:00 Introductions
5:14 Diana growing up between two cultures
6:14 How do you choose which cultural values you keep and what do you let go of?
8:00 Different expectations from cultures for relationships
11:52 Assumptions and where couples can get stuck
17:11 Wanting to be right vs. Your individual needs vs. The relationship
20:58 Creating boundaries with your family can be uncomfortable
24:57 Dealing with guilt trips from immigrant parents
31:53 How to deal with bad behavior when it’s repetitive and reinforce boundaries
34:44 Why your partner won’t change their relationship with their parents
36:40 What to do you when your family brushes everything under the rug
41:00 Weddings = culture x family stuff + stress – how to deal with it!
43:50 Open conversations in cross cultural relationships
52:00 What’s happening for Diana this year
53:00 How you can connect with Diana
