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To better understand her own story, Emmy Olea is bringing in her mom. And they're going to start at the beginning: Emmy's birth, and how Hilda fell in love with a cholo from the other side of town and thought her life was about to change for the better. CONTENT WARNING: This podcast has content that may not be appropriate for all audiences. You'll hear about some difficult subjects like drug abuse...

Hilda didn't exactly have a conventional childhood. Her mom worked for a Mexican drug cartel, after all. So Emmy and Hilda talk about Mami Licha's life - and how she came from humble beginnings in Mexico to end up as the family matriarch who shaped their lives. CONTENT WARNING: This podcast has content that may not be appropriate for all audiences. You'll hear about some difficult subjects like dr...

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En la vida y en el amor todo es perfecto hasta que no lo es. Emmy repasa dos días en su vida - uno con un novio, y otro con su familia - en el que el mundo se le vino abajo. ¿Podrá Emmy escribir el final perfecto? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Zach es el hombre de los sueños de Emmy, hasta que él hace un comentario que la hace dudar de si misma. Conocer gente online y ser fetichizada ha cambiado la manera en la que Emmy se relaciona. El hombre con el que va a una cita prometedora, desaparece.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Emmy sale con alguien que se interesa por ella y se da cuenta que su adicción por la atención viene de un lugar muy específico.  Adam ama una versión de Emmy, pero quiere que ella esconda todo lo demás. Desafortunadamente, Emmy está acostumbrada a esconderse. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

En su primera relación después de su transición, Emmy aprende que los celos no son sinónimo de amor, y que lo que presenció cuando era niña no es buen ejemplo de lo que debe ser el amor romántico.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Emmy sits down with her best friend Dayna and looks back on how they met in recovery, her coming-out as trans, the challenges of dating as a sober person — and the challenges of exploring all these experiences, publicly through a podcast, during a pandemic. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Emmy and Hilda discuss two of the people who had the biggest impact on both their lives — Kiko and Mami Licha — and unearth the root causes of cycles of violence and addiction in their lives. They then reflect on their paths to recovery, and the renewed bond that was built along the way. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Emmy and her mother Hilda revisit some of Emmy’s most formative childhood memories, from San Diego to Guadalajara and back. Hearing these stories from her mother’s perspective, Emmy finds that she and her mother are connected not only through the shared struggle of addiction, but through loss.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Everything is perfect until it isn’t, in love and in life. Emmy revisits two days in her life -- one with a boyfriend, and one with her family -- when her world came crashing down. But can she write her perfect ending? Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A promising date ghosts Emmy, and she explores how online dating has totally changed her ability to set boundaries, and how being fetishized warped her approach to dating as a transwoman.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Zach is Emmy’s dream partner, until an off-handed comment sets her on a spiral of self-doubt. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Emmy's new love, Adam, adores one version of Emmy, but wants her to hide everything else. Unfortunately, Emmy is used to hiding.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Emmy dates someone who gives her attention, but she realizes that her addiction to attention comes from a very specific place -- and that satisfying it doesn’t constitute love.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In Emmy’s first relationship post-transition, she learns that jealousy is not love, and that what she witnessed as a child isn’t what romance needs to look like.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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