Hanging with Los Sotelos

      Today’s Episode is dedicated to those of you that are parents of kids with learning "disabilities". Our Primos Raul and Lupita have Two amazing sons (Joshua and Alan). Joshua has been Diagnosed with ADHD and has a difficult time focusing but has a brilliant Mind!         Many times we seek the advice of experts but on this episode we decided to seek the advice of our nephew Joshua who’s 14 a...

How do you react when things don’t go as planned!?!?! That’s the story of our life right now. It’s Janet’s Birthday Today and this has been the craziest birthday ever! We have lived through a rollercoaster of emotions these past few days from an epic Birthday Surprise Fail, To an Emergency Surgery and now Janet, our daughters and I are living apart for a few days.        We will explain it all, on...

In today's Episode we have a special guest who's story will inspire you to never give up! Imagine this, Joseph Valadez he went from spending 30 years of his life in prison to being a College Graduate at the age of 62 this year and he made it on The President's Honor List at Cal State University, Long Beach in California. Not only that but he’s also been drug free for the past 8 years! Joseph is a...

In today’s episode you will discover the inspiring story of one of the Doctors that helped save Edgar’s Mom’s Life. He was raised by a single mother and unfortunately his father wasn’t present. He was labeled as many things but he broke through every stereotype and is now an influential Young Black Doctor, Entrepreneur and Influencer who is a spokesperson for the American Lung Association.  Find o...

Our Listener Sulochan from NYC, who’s a 34 year old Indian American, Clinical Social Worker, reached out to us with some amazing news. After 10 years of her family trying to arrange her marriage, she finally met a man who she likes but she only has 30 days to decide if she wants to marry him or not. Oh, by the way he lives in India. Join us on her journey to find true love as she uses her Faith in...

This is a special Episode because YOU our Listener Took Over! Our listener Veronica asked us one of the most difficult questions we’ve ever had to answer. What’s Been The Biggest Lie We’ve Told Each Other In Our Relationship? We were completely transparent and it became a great learning lesson experience. Edgar’s biggest Lie has to do with another woman and Janet’s biggest lie has to do with money...

Familia, this is a fun episode where you’ll get some awesome ideas on how to have an amazing Quarantine Dia De San Valentin! The Perfect Date Idea Awaits!  Whether you’re trying to celebrate with your Boyfriend, Girlfriend, Spouse, Sancho or Sancha LOL. We got you! We also have ideas of what you can do for Valentines with your friends and even your kids. Don’t allow anything, Not even the Pandemia...

Familia, For the first time in our almost 10 years of marriage Edgar and I decided to seek Marriage Counseling. We will share with you the reason why we chose to do this in hopes that you can learn from our experience and be encouraged to fight for your relationship. We in no way feel like this is a bad thing in our marriage. Counseling is actually a good and healthy thing. It’s a sign of your tru...

What's the Real Purpose of the COVID19 Vaccine? Should You Take The COVID19 Vaccine? We don’t want to make that decision for you but we do want to simplify how COVID19 and the Vaccine Works so that you can make a better informed decision. We have the honor of having Dr. Edgar Chavez on this episode who gradated as an M.D. from Stanford University and is one of the Leading Experts constantly seen o...

On this episode you will learn the three Keys To Less Stress & Better Health. It’s amazing how your stress level is directly connected to your Sleep, Nutrition and Exercise. Our guest, William Alvarez is a Fitness and Wellness Coach with a Two Masters in this Field. You will learn how to not only sleep better but actually get rest while you sleep. Most importantly you will learn a holistic approac...

On this episode we’re going to discuss, How do you establish goals and build a plan to accomplish them? We’re super excited to share our yearly tradition of how we write down our goals and gameplan for the new year. There is power in having them in writing and even more power in literally looking at them every day!  We will also share the formula that has helped us accomplish our goals for years....

Happy New Year Familia! As you’re thinking about WHAT your goals, resolutions and purpose will be for 2021, we encourage you to first, Find out what’s your WHY. Your why is what will keep you going regardless of your circumstances! Your Why keeps you swimming to accomplish your “What” when everything around you is trying to sink you. We hope you enjoy this episode that originally came out a few mo...

Feliz Navidad, Merry Christmas. We have a surprise episode for you of one of our favorite episodes this year. We also called the winner of the $100 Gift Card, Johanna from Dallas! Enjoy your Christmas and Blessings.  We pray that this episode will inspire and encourage you!  Thank you for hanging out with us, Blessings!  Till Next Wednesday. Let's Connect Via Social Media: LosSotelos.com #LosSotel...

When a "NO" Opens the door to creating your own entry way!  On this episode, get ready to be inspired as we highlight an amazing Latina, mother of two bilingual boys, with raices from Michoacan Mexico. Get ready to hang out with Leticia Ordaz, she’s an award winning Author, bilingual book publisher and a Television News Anchor at KCRA 3 in Sacramento Ca. You will be inspired by her story of persev...

If you’re a Selena fan you will absolutely love this episode. We will get a behind the scenes scoop on the Making of "Selena The Series" on Netflix and what's to come for Season 2!  You will be hanging out with The Executive Producer of Selena The Series on Netflix. His name is Jaime Davila, a young Mexican American Film Producer, son of Immigrants who is at the forefront of bringing more LatinX r...

Hi Familia, on this episode we will be discussing what’s the best way to handle your kids getting bullied? Our daughters got bullied at the playground for the first time. Edgar was with them by himself when it all happened, he froze and felt terrible that he had a dad Fail.  We share some of the advice that we’ve gotten from some of you via social media as well as the 5 steps you should take when...

Familia, first and foremost we want to wish you and your family a wonderful, safe and fun Thanksgiving.  We want to thank you for all the love and support you’ve given us on this journey of Hanging with Los Sotelos. It’s amazing how when we began this journey we had no idea we were about to go through the toughest season of our lives and this podcast became our therapy session and you became our s...

Familia, many of you have requested an episode dedicated to life after a Divorce, especially after suffering an infidelity. Well, here   it is. How can you learn to Trust again, to Love Again, a new partner and yourself, without the fear of it happening again? How do you not carry that pain, hurt, shame and doubt into your next relationship so that you can actually give it a chance to succeed?  Ho...

How do you still find joy during the holidays when you lost a loved one? On this episode we will be talking to one of our best friends that has helped encourage Edgar (Shoboy) tremendously after his father went to heaven 4 months ago. His name is Alaric aka Majestik, he unfortunately has to go through the holidays without his entire immediate family, his father, sister and mother are all in heaven...

Hi Familia, Just a few days ago, we were evacuated from our home due to a Vicious Wild Fire that Erupted in the hills two blocks away from our Home. We learned a lot of lessons due to this fire that we can apply to our everyday life, especially if you feel like you’re being consumed by flames, under fire, under attack and you feel that there’s no escape route for you. We have a wonderful message o...

Familia, join us on this wonderful love story. Love is a Verb, it’s not a feeling, it's an action that produces fruit.  On this episode we are going to learn about a wonderful couple, The Apodaca Family, that is in the process of doing one of the most unselfish and beautiful acts of love, Adopting a child.  Whether you’re interested in learning about adoption or not, don’t miss out on this inspira...

Hola Familia, antes de comenzar un mensaje para los que no hablan Español. Today we have a special Spanish edition of Hanging with Los Sotelos and if you don’t understand Spanish, we would like to encourage you to check out our previous episodes that are all in English. We will be back with an English episode next week.   Love you guys!  Ahora si. Familia hoy tenemos un gran invidato…uno de los Ac...

Have you ever been in a relationship and tried to change your significant other? If you said no, you’re lying lol…We’ve all done that… I’ve done that, Janet’s done that too…today we are going to open up about the things we wanted to change in each other. It's amazing how many of you have asked us to talk about this topic. We are not experts in any way shape of form, but from our own experience we...

Familia, Have you ever been in a relationship, a job, or any situation where you weren’t happy anymore but you stayed because it was comfortable…you stayed because your fear of leaving was greater than your unhappiness… how do you build the courage to leave your comfort zone and overcome the fear of the unknown?   Today we have Two amazing guests that will help us answer that question…Our Friends...

This episode is not like any other episode we’ve ever done. It is a psychological thriller but still extremely raw and inspiring!  There is a huge announcement that will be made on this episode…the fun part is that you will find out what the announcement is at the same time as my wife Janet. Janet has no idea what’s going to be announced. I was speaking with our friend Heather the Therapist a few...