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True story.

Cuantas siguiéndome… o simplemente por los trancazos de la vida ya se dieron cuenta de esto?
Nos dijeron:
No seas egoísta
No seas vanidosa
No seas presumida
No seas egolatra
No seas… no seas…

Pues si nomás quiero ser YO carajo!!!

Que te decían a ti de pequeña/o que creíste tenías que “hacerte chiquita” y amar a los demás primero que a ti?

Vamos a liberar programas este maravilloso domingoooooo!!!

Las leo,

Ana Cortes
Infinita Reina

Ayer hicimos una dinámica acerca de lo que muchas de ustedes piensan o asumen de mi, de quien yo soy o como llevo mi vida.
Y voy a compartirte algunas cosas que tal vez no sabes de mí.

❤️ Vengo de una familia pequeña yo nací en Tampico, Tamaulipas.
Mi papá Veracruzano y mi mamá de Cd Victoria.
❤️ Mi madre tenia solo 18 años cuando quedó embarazada de mi, y así siguió en la universidad y terminó su carrera. Ella fue secretaria en gobierno por algún tiempo y poco a poco fue subiendo hasta lograr ser presidenta municipal de un municipio de Tamaulipas. Ella es mi ejemplo de trabajo arduo y empuje.
❤️ Mi papa murió de cirrosis hepatica (alcoholísmo) cuando yo tenía como 24 años… viví mucho tiempo enojada con el… pensaba que el había escogido el alcohol por encima de amarme. Estaba muy equivocada.
❤️ Tengo 2 hermanas con mi mama, que son mi orgullo y de los seres que más amo, Carla y Citlalli. Las admiro un chingo para mi ellas siempre han sido las inteligentes, las poderosas, y yo la que anda averiguando como aprender lo que ellas hacen, son un ejemplo para mi.
❤️ Tengo 3 hermanos más… Tengo una hermana Fany, que amo muchísimo es hermosa por dentro y por fuera, me enorgullece saber que en su momento la apoye para que aprendiera lo que hora hace con tanto profesionalismo.
Tengo 2 hermanos más, Pepe y Carlo, a Pepe lo he amado mucho, aunque casi no hemos coincidido en esta vida, sin embargo, el último año me apoyó a destrabar un trámite personal que siempre le estaré agradecida. Carlo es de la edad de mi hijo Javier, y no se mucho de el… me ha de ver como la hermana “viejita” jajajaj
❤️ Mis papás se divorciaron cuando yo tenía 11 años.
❤️ Desde muy pequeña me tocó ayudar a mi mamá a cuidar a mis hermanas. Tanto así que Citlali de pequeñita me decía mamá a mi, y yo lloraba por que en la secundaria pensaban que yo “tenía una hija oculta” los niños y jóvenes podemos ser crueles.
❤️ No puedo decir que éramos pobres, pero si que todo era muy limitado y que muchas veces envidié a mis amigas que tenían para comprar en el recreo lo que quisieran.
❤️Empecé a declamar a la edad de 8 años, y lo deje a los 17, también practique muchos años la oratoria.
❤️ Me salí de mi casa a las 18casi 19 y me fui a Monterrey a buscar fortuna. Estudie y trabaje toda mi carrera, yo pague mi universidad, hasta que en el último año a mi mamá ya le iba mejor y ella pago mis colegiaturas ese último año.
❤️ Si, mi papá nunca nos dio para el sustento después de que se divorciaron.
❤️Me gradúe a los 23 pero ejercí muy poco mi carrera, soy Lic en Hoteleria y Turismo… y cuando me di cuenta de que todos estarían de vacaciones mientras yo tendría que trabajar… se acabó la carrera de HyT 🤣🤣🤣
❤️Tuve mi primer hijo a los 24 y la segunda a los 25.
❤️Mi primer esposo se fue de la casa cuando mi segunda hija tenía una semana de nacida.
❤️ Ahí me di cuenta que no podría ser solo empleada… por que no me alcanzaba ni para comer.

Podría seguir platicando te de mi vida lo haré en otra ocasión…

Solo quiero que veas que NO soy diferente a ti.

Solo he decidido amar mi vida por encima de cualquier circunstancia y ese es mi verdadero GRAN ÉXITO.

Por que si amo la vida, amo al que me la dio y con eso me aseguro de estar en agradecimiento continuo…

Como ya sabes me han pasado muchísimas cosas más…

El mayor éxito de mi vida es mi familia, es saber quien soy, es aceptar mi grandeza y posibilidades, es amar al Dios que vive en mi, y reconocer mi poder manifestador de felicidad.

Platícame de ti….

Ana Cortes
Infinita Reina

www.brucelipton.com

Ammends.

Never forget that! ~ Michael Baisden

Shaming people for what they ‘should have known’ seldom supports progress... (-a passage from my book, ‘Hearticulations’)

You deserved it.

I'm so excited about my latest Cultural Education Series:
Real Estate in MX!

Episode 1:
17 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR RENTING A HOME IN MX! 🏡👍🏿

Click LIKE or FOLLOW on my KW Real Estate page to see more!

*17 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR RENTING A HOME IN MX, Pt II (7-12)*
Many foreigners & visitors rent a home while in MX. Here are some tips to protect you whether you rent long or short term. *Click Like or Follow on my page to see Tips 1-6 & 13-17!*

7. Upon moving in, photograph the home and furnishings, with date stamp, ESPECIALLY anything you note that is damaged or broken.
**Send these photos to landlord in a date stamped whatsapp message or email to protect yourself from being charged for them upon leaving.

8. MX law favours RENTERS. Normally you cannot be legally evicted before 2-3 months of failure to pay rent (depending on contract clauses), plus a lengthy court process. Nevertheless, please respect your contract and landlord & avoid excess fees by paying punctually.

9. You should always get an ORIGINAL of your rental agreement, signed in BLUE INK on EVERY PAGE by both you and the legal owner or landlord who has legal permission to sublet.

10. Negotiate services after rental price is agreed upon (if not offered up front). **Options to negotiate as part of the rent: water, telephone, internet, security system, housekeeping, gardener, electricity, gas.

11. Establish a list of reliable and affordable service providers before moving in (in case you need them):
plumber, handyman, housekeeper, gardener, electrician, iron worker, etc.

12. Always get a written receipt of the rent paid in ink with full names, address, month being paid, date, and landlord's signatute.
**Buy double copy receipt books at Office Depot or a papeleria. Your landlord usually won't have them. If you pay by digital deposit, save the receipt or screenshot of the deposit and write your full name & the month being paid in the description.

👍🏿Click LIKE or FOLLOW on my KW Real Estate in SMA page to see Tips #1- 6 & 13- 17 and
the next edition with more housing & cultural suggestions for Life in MX!

👉🏿Message me to see long term (12 mo) rental options for over $20,000mxn/$1,000usd/mo. in San Miguel de Allende.

If you need something short term or more affordable, I am happy to refer you to a qualified agent!

Real Estate provides the safest & fastest return on investment. Prices are still low! Get in now!

🏡 Photo of amazing home available for purchase in Colonia Providencia! $725,000usd gets you 5 bedrooms with office & an art gallery! Open your boutique hotel!

I'm so excited about my latest Cultural Educations Series:
Real Estate in MX!

Episode 1:
15 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR RENTING A HOME IN MX! 🏡👍🏿

Click LIKE or FOLLOW on my KW Real Estate page to see more!

*15 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR RENTING A HOME IN MX, Pt 1*
Many foreigners & visitors rent a home while in MX. Here are some tips to protect you whether you rent long or short term.

1. Contract should stipulate rent in Mexican pesos. It is the national currency. You may end up getting a much more favorable rate in the long-run if you live off of US or Canadian dollars or Euros.

2. Always get a contract and work with an agent who can advise you and translate. If possible, get your contract with side by side Spanish/English. Landlord pays commission to agent. Free for you!

3. *"Amueblada" (furnished) in MX means with furniture and appliances. **Semi-amueblada means with some furniture or appliances. ***Sin muebles means without furniture OR APPLIANCES. It is normal to take your appliances with you from home to home.

4. If you're here long-term (3+ yrs), I recommend renting SIN MUEBLES to get a MUCH better rental rate. Buy Beautiful furnishings on FB Marketplace, at garage sales, the nocturna sale at Liverpool, have pieces made by local woodworkers, etc. You'll save a bundle on rent and you can sell or gift those pieces when/if you leave town.

5. One month's rent plus deposit (equivalent of one month's rent) is the standard requirement to move in. An additional pet deposit is often required. These deposits are refundable.
** Many people don't pay the last months rent and leave the deposit for that, if your contract allows. This is a good idea, as often your landlord no longer has the deposit to return when you move out.

6. Minor (and sometimes substantial) repairs are normally the responsibility of the RENTER. Make sure you read your contract carefully for these details. Negotiate to pay less if you think you'll need to do a lot of repairs.

7. Upon moving in, photograph the home and furnishings, with date stamp, ESPECIALLY anything you note that is damaged or broken.
**Send these photos to landlord in a date stamped whatsapp message or email to protect yourself from being charged for them upon leaving.

👍🏿Click LIKE or FOLLOW on my KW Real Estate in SMA page to see the next edition with rental suggestions #7-15!

👉🏿Message me to see long term (12 mo) rental options for over $20,000mxn/$1,000usd/mo. In San Miguel de Allende.

If you need something short term or more affordable, I am happy to refer you to a qualified agent!

**Photograph is of a stunning home available for purchase NOW in Col San Antonio! Message me for details!**

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So many of us carry a deep wound around parental neglect or abuse. Some of us carry it so deeply that we are unable to recognize or manifest our magnificence, our reasons for living, the sacred purpose(s) that reside at the core of our being. Intrinsic to these blockages is the core belief that we are unworthy, sourced in our parent(s) behavior. We carry forward the childhood assumption that their unloving behavior was a reflection of our own value. And this is the gravest of mistakes. Because if someone has a child, and is in a state where they are emotionally and circumstantially capable of loving, their natural impulse is not to neglect or abuse. It is to love. It is to support. It is to protect. If they didn’t, it is entirely a reflection of their own challenges, conditioning, circumstances. It doesn’t say a thing about your value. In fact, it has nothing to do with you at all. They just couldn't do any better. They were trapped inside their own unresolved issues. They were lost on their own misguided path. Don't let your life's path be a reflection of their limitations. Walk your own way now...

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''When we can separate our personal shame from the collective, we can begin to heal it. We can let go of what doesn’t belong to us. We can let go of the identity with the pain of women around the world. It is enough to heal our personal version of this collective shame. Imagine all the grief, frustration and anger floating around and moving through the collective. Is it any wonder we have difficulty moving through these things? It is both our individual and collective responsibility.

When we unhook and take the responsibility for our own piece of this collective issue we affect the collective. If we don’t unhook we can be overwhelmed by this collective energy and feel helpless. We are part of the collective and can not unhook completely. But we can focus on a cycle of healing, rather than the pain cycle that goes with the grief and anger of the collective.

Our shame needs to be held and cared for. It is buried so deep that many don’t even realize they have it. Yet their life reflects this waiting. The shame is a part of us that needs space to come forward, to be heard, to be loved. When we open a dialog with our shame and keep going deeper into it without pushing it begins to shift. It is not about changing or rejecting it. It has much to show us. Exploring what this energy feels like in our body and how that translates into waiting is invaluable — just as it is equally valuable to explore the opposite energy. How does it feel in our body to open to the flow of energy without holding back? This exploration in a non-pushing way is very much the feminine quality of inner discovery that allows the creative energy to flow and makes the space for the gestation of these creations.

As we strengthen this feminine aspect of our self our inner masculine will be more than delighted to rise to the occasion and do its part to bring the gifts we have created and birthed out into the world. Embracing, healing, listening to and loving our shame that has been collectively instilled over the last few thousand years is necessary if we are to restore the balance.

This can be done similarly to dialoging with and embracing our inner child. Like a child, if you approach her with the motivation to change her, she will not open up to you. She will not shift. She does not like you to tell her she’s wrong — just as our girlfriends. This is part of making friends with the dark. You go to these parts of you that are in the dark with love only. The very nature of love is transformation. As you can see there is a theme of integrating, honoring, and loving ourselves—all of ourselves in various ways. It is not about picking at ourselves, proving to ourselves that there is something inherently wrong that we need to fix on this particular path of discovery.'' -Mary Lane, Divine Nourishment, A Woman's Sacred Journey with Food

Art by Christa Forrest

Not that it's ever easy, but we're really struggling with this lately.

Hoping all y'all are hanging in there. Take care of yourselves this week. ❤️

💯 Amanda Ratkowski