Why Sana Sana Prima
I’m still figuring out my intro, so let’s start here.
I was originally going to do a behind-the-scenes episode, but something in me said, nah. Let’s talk about the why. Why this podcast, why now, and why it matters to me.
Truthfully, this podcast/blog came together out of flow. I was already working on newsletters and realized that writing, while I love it, takes a lot of focus for me. It’s not hard, it just asks for a different kind of energy. Recording, on the other hand, feels natural.
I found this app called Descript, where I can record myself and it writes everything down for me. From there, I can turn it into newsletters, blogs, carousels, content. Boom, boom, boom. It felt like a way to work with my brain instead of against it.
So yeah… I casually told my husband one day, “Oh, I launched a podcast.”
He looked at me like, you what?
Who’s going to listen?
I don’t know. I’m just doing it.
I needed a place for my voice.
This podcast/blog blends into the work I already do through Sagrario Arte Studio, where I focus on cultura, healing, and hope. But I realized I needed something separate. A space that wasn’t about selling art. A space that was about my voice.
I started asking myself some questions:
Who am I talking to?
Who do I love talking to?
What did I wish I had growing up?
And the answer was simple.
I needed a prima.
Growing up without my primas
I grew up in a big family. Like Casa Grande (Nickelodeon Cartoon). Multiple families in a tiny apartment, always together. Sometimes it was beautiful. Sometimes it was scary. And when healing doesn’t happen, those environments can become really toxic.
I had primas growing up, three amazing ones, but we didn’t grow up together. Family conflict, men fighting, adults not healing. We were split apart when we were kids, around 1994, and didn’t reconnect until 2007. That’s almost our entire childhood.
That loss stayed with me.
Being surrounded by women, by femininity, by that nurturing energy, is so healing. When women gather, no matter the age, something powerful happens. Yes, there can be toxicity, but honestly, that’s often rooted in patriarchy and unhealed pain.
I missed my primas deeply.
Now, as adults, we’re reconnecting. We text. We camp together. One of my primas lives here in Las Vegas. She’s a mother, a boss, honestly, like a big sister to me. Our kids are growing up together, and that feels like healing something that was taken from us.
My primas in California are farther away, but we’re a text away. And that matters.
This podcast/blog is healing with a prima
I went on a tangent there (as I always do), but that’s the heart of this.
Sana Sana Prima is real. It’s honest. It’s emotional. It’s for the moments when you wish you had someone to talk to.
Life is hard. Like really hard. And what a blessing it is to lean on each other, to support each other, to choose community over competition. I don’t believe in competing anymore. I believe in collaboration, love, and healing together.
That’s what this space is meant to be.
What’s coming next
This is a baby podcast/blog, but it’s growing. Slowly. Gently. Just like art.
I’ll be interviewing people I admire and trust. Therapists, nurses, artists. I want to give people space to speak, to heal, to be heard. I’ve already interviewed a therapist I love so much, my friend Zarina from Texas, and I’m excited for what’s coming.
I’m also letting go of perfection. Video just doesn’t work for me right now. I’m a mom. Aesthetics are not the priority. Showing up is. So for now, I’m recording audio, busting out episodes, and learning as I go.
Just like with art, you don’t need to pick a niche. You are the niche.
You practice. You evolve. You learn what works and what doesn’t.
That’s what I’m doing here.
Thank you for being here.
Drink some water today.
Take your vitamins.
Give yourself a big hug.
You’re doing amazing, and I’m so proud of you.
Con cariño,
Yazmín 💛
