2. Hope, Healing & Listening to your Heart with Esperanza Portillo

Esperanza Portillo joins me on the second episode of Being All of Us. She tells her story of moving from Mexico to Germany and finding out who she was, and of how she lived up to her name - which means hope - through the harder times in her life. We also talk about the importance of trusting intuition over your "rational" mind. I think you'll get a lot of hope out of this episode! We talk about: 1:00 minute mark – Esperanza’s background 4:30 – Her studies in Germany and the yearning to be abroad 11:00 – The power of hope in Esperanza’s life; overcoming cancer 21:00 – The importance of listening to one’s body 28:00 – Intuition vs. logic and the importance of embracing emotions 37:00 – Creating an all-inclusive identity 41:00 – Escaping categories and expectations 47:00 – The future Esperanza 52:45 – Esperanza’s superpowers 55:00 – Inclusion challenge – Stay Curious Challenge of the Week: Give yourself the chance to get to know more about someone who is different from you, for instance, you could chat a bit with the cashier at the supermarket. Challenge yourself to be curious about someone you might not normally connect with.   Connect With Esperanza: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/esperanzaportilloolvera/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alemaniaenunclick/    Music credits: Bombadil for the intro song, "Avery", and Scott Gratton from the Free Music Archive for the outro song, "Mo Town is Yo Town."