162: The Roots of La Chancla: A Latinx Parenting Conversation with Leslie Priscilla

What happens when love and fear live in the same household?

This week I'm joined by Leslie Priscilla, founder of Latinx Parenting, cultural healer, and author of the new book CHANCLA: Healing Our Families, Ourselves, and Our Culture through Nonviolent Parenting. Leslie has spent 17+ years helping Latinx families break cycles of intergenerational harm, and in this conversation she uses one deeply familiar cultural emblem — la chancla, the sandal — as a keyhole into a much bigger story about survival, history, and healing.

This is a tender, honest, context-over-shame conversation.

In this episode, we talk about:

• The context and culture around la Chancla
• What "nonviolent" parenting actually means
• The "cuatro amigos" underneath so much of how we parent
• Reconnecting with the inner child — the inner niña — as a path back to intuition
• Remembrance and celebrating the resilience AND resistance of the culture

About Leslie: Leslie Priscilla is a Certified Parent Coach, Certified Family Life Educator, and the founder of Latinx Parenting, a bilingual organization reaching hundreds of thousands of families through workshops, trainings, and advocacy rooted in children's rights and nonviolence. She's a mother of three based in Santa Ana, CA.

Find Leslie:

• Instagram: @latinxparenting
• Web: latinxparenting.org
• Get the book CHANCLA — out now, linked at latinxparenting.org

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