Creating Sisterhood with Maria Brito
- Author
- Rania Kurdi
- Published
- Tue 08 Jun 2021
- Episode Link
- https://shows.acast.com/breaking-free/episodes/creating-sisterhood-with-maria-brito
Has there ever been a time in your life that you felt confused, alone, and at a complete loss about what comes next? Sometimes we have to take it upon ourselves to reach out and create a community around us in order to be able to learn, heal, and grow.
My guest today is Maria Brito. Maria hails originally from the island of Puerto Rico and is known as Mama Maria to her nearest and dearest. She works as a women’s empowerment coach, a breath doula, and a yoga instructor.
Today, Maria and I talk about the power that comes from a woman healing herself and why it’s so important to give people the tools they need to empower their growth. We touch on why women so often feel unworthy, how healing is an ongoing process, and how critical it is to cope with our childhood trauma.
Tune in and listen to episode four of Breaking Free. Learn how Maria’s journey through a deeply troubled childhood and a nomadic marriage brought her to the courageous, wise 50-year-old she is today. Maria and I chat a bit about our mutual love for my home country, Jordan, being a student of life, and what it’s like to be a project manager by day and a priestess by night.
In this episode, you will learn:
- The book Maria draws her inspiration from the most (02:04)
- A bit about Maria and her background (03:33)
- How it’s normal to continue to struggle, and that healing takes persistent effort (12:42)
- How Maria dealt with the trauma of her teen years (15:46)
- Why Maria felt compelled to create her own sisterhood when she moved back to the US from abroad (21:52)
- A little about Maria’s newest program (26:10)
- How Maria now feels the inner peace she’d been striving toward (28:27)
Some questions I ask:
- What makes you happy? (01:22)
- How did you cope before you discovered the path to healing? (07:41)
- What was the moment that you realized you needed to surrender, to pray, to realize that you are worthy? (11:40)
- What were the physical difficulties you dealt with growing up? (13:51)
- How have you grown and improved your marriage? (18:24)
- What was it like to keep a corporate day job while doing soul work alongside it? (23:53)
- Have you always been a student of life? (27:16)
- How did you come to be known as Mama Maria? (31:40)
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