Episode 9: “Amor o Ansiedad: When Love Feels Like Worry” Untangling Generational Love, Fear, and Control

🎧 Episode Description:

Sometimes love sounds like “¿Ya comiste?”
Sometimes it sounds like “No salgas tarde.”
And sometimes… it sounds like silence, worry, or control.

In this episode, we unpack how love and anxiety often get tangled in our families — especially in Latino households where protection is seen as devotion. Together, we explore how fear can show up in the name of love, how overprotectiveness shaped our sense of self, and how we’re learning to love each other in ways that feel less heavy and more free.

This is a conversation about boundaries, trust, and rewriting the emotional language of our families — without losing our roots.

🪑 Topics to Cover:

💔 The Emotional Weight of Love in Our Culture

• When “cuidarte” becomes controlling
• How love was shown through fear, not always freedom
• The emotional labor of being “the strong one” in the family

🧠 Anxiety as Inheritance

• How generational trauma created a culture of vigilance
• The difference between love and codependency
• Growing up with emotional hyperawareness

🧒🏽 Parenting Through Protection vs. Empowerment

• Raising emotionally secure kids without projecting our fear
• Teaching independence without guilt
• How to hold space instead of control

❤️‍🩹 Healing Our Love Language

• Loving each other with less fear and more trust
• Learning to say “I love you” without trying to “fix” everything
• Rewriting emotional patterns without dishonoring where we came from