Professional Best Friends
Professional Best Friends
Michelle Jara & Shelsy Urbina
Hi! Welcome to “Professional Best Friends”. A space where we share chisme, advice, and sometimes a little wine to help us get through this thing we call life. We are your hosts Shell and Shels, two best friends figuring out life along with you.
Minisode: Where the Story Ends
In this third minisode, Michelle poses this question: Does it make you a bad person not to be there for someone from your past? It is a loaded question, full of complexities and contradictions, but tune in to see if our bestie figures it out. 
Apr 8, 2022
20 min
EP. 17: Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves (Part Three)
In our last installment of our three-part segment on what-it's-like-to-be-women series, we share our work place racism experience, unfair treatment our mom's have experienced as Latina women, women in media and cultural expectations. 
Apr 1, 2022
1 hr 17 min
EP. 16: Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves (Part Two)
TRIGGER WARNING: In our second episode of our what-it's-like-to-be-women series, we get candid about the degrading comments, unwanted attention, and abuse we have experienced navigating our lives as women. Striving to be honest and true about our lives, we do get into topics that might TRIGGER people. Please only listen if you are in the right space to do so. Thank you. 
Mar 25, 2022
1 hr 3 min
EP. 15: Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves (Part One)
In this week's episode, we kickstart our new three-part segment on womanhood. We dive into the struggles women face growing up, the fear of stepping out alone, and the call to change how the world handles the injustices women face.  Because we share personal stories of our prior relationships, this episode does contain **TRIGGER WARNING** 
Mar 18, 2022
54 min
Minisode 2
In this second minisode, Shell discusses childhood trauma, how it made her empathic, and how that effected her mental health. 
Mar 11, 2022
29 min
PBF Minisode 1
Welcome to our first minisode. We will be working on a different format for these in the future, but today's minisode is a brief introduction to the second half/host of Professional Best Friends, Shelsy. In this weeks minisode, Shelsy takes us into a brief history of her life and how certain events have impacted her mental health. Despite going through major events that have tested her in life, she finds that there is always a light at the end of the tunnel.  Because Shelsy shares personal stories of her mental health issues, this episode does contain TRIGGER WARNINGS.
Mar 4, 2022
27 min
EP. 14: The Wounds You Can't See (Part Three)
In our last installment of our three-part segment on mental health, we dive into the stigma behind this topic. We get candid about the shame we felt when we were young and struggling with our depression and anxiety, how mainstream media made us feel alienated, how complex the subject of mental health is in our Latino community, and the hopes we have for new generations to be honest and supported in their own journey.  Because we share personal stories of our mental health issues, this episode does contain TRIGGER WARNINGS. 
Feb 25, 2022
1 hr 11 min
EP. 13: The Wounds You Can't See (Part Two)
In this week's episode, we continue our three-part segment on mental health. We dive into anxiety and how it has impacted our lives, how it has changed us, our coping techniques, and what we have learned from it. In hopes that we can help others feel understood, as well as being transparent about our struggles. 
Feb 18, 2022
1 hr 16 min
EP. 12: The Wounds You Can't See (Part One)
In this week's episode, we kickstart our new three-part segment on mental health. We dive into depression and how it has impacted our lives, how it has changed us, and what we have learned from it. In hopes that we can help others feel understood, as well as being transparent about our struggles, this conversation does have ** TRIGGER WARNING** mentions of self-harm and suicide. 
Feb 11, 2022
1 hr 8 min
Ep. 11 May The Force Be With You
Yoda once said, “In a dark place we find ourselves, and a little more knowledge lights our way.". In this week's episode, we discuss how religion has impacted our lives as Latinas and our mental health. We talk Laws of Attraction, The Universe, and the forces that guide and light our way.
Feb 4, 2022
1 hr 8 min
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