Jumpin Through Hoops: Recent Episodes
Giselle Elisa Garcia
“Jumpin Through Hoops” is a podcast created by Giselle Elisa Garcia, a 19-year-old Dominican and Puerto Rican girl from Westchester, New York. As an emotional young woman, activist, dancer, and the daughter of an immigrant, she wanted a platform where she could talk about anything she wanted but also amplify other voices that shed light on important issues like mental health, race, body positivity, and more. Big or small, we all have our own hoops to jump through. Purrrr.
I'm back! The past twelve months have changed a lot of people's lives in different ways. I thought it would be useful if use my return to talk about my experience with COVID, how I have grown, and how I have been set back too. I include some important takeaways from the year about friendship, health, love, and gratitude that I want to share with all of you.
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We all have regrets, things we wish we could take back, or things we wish that we did. Hear me read the regrets of 19 people in my life, anonymously, and what they ended up learning and taking away from that experience.
We cannot go back in time but what we can do is use those regretful moments in our lives as ways to blossom into better versions of ourselves and learn valuable lessons that we can keep with us so we can be proud of who we are.
Listen closely to their stories and even closer to the lessons they learned as a result.
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In the summer of 2018, I traveled to the home of the civil rights movement to challenge my thinking and learn from local activists on how to be a better mobilizer and enforcer of change. Racism is alive and breathing, plaguing this country in every system and every institution. We, the youth, are the creators of culture and can energize antiracist movements to enact real and tangible change. Listen to how my experience was in the American South and some of the key lessons I took away that reshaped and revolutionized my lens. I have always been labeled a disruptor, someone who rocks the boat, it’s the only way to get shit done. ACT UP.
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I have struggled to feel accepted and a sense of belonging in the spaces that I have occupied growing up.
As people, it is natural for us to question our values and compare ourselves to those around us. But a reminder, you are your biggest competition! Invest in yourself and do the work to get to a place where you KNOW that you are good enough.
A few different themes and lessons are weaved together in this episode, but the message, in the end, stands strong.
Perhaps, use this episode to reflect and further your self-growth.
Self-love baby that's the goal.
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In the place where I believed I would grow and thrive the most, I ended up being smacked in the face with a reality check, forcing me to realize that going into college I needed to lower my expectations and not worry so much about being the perfect version of myself.
Hudson Insolia, who I have been lucky enough to call my friend from the first day of high school to the first day of college, showed me how everything with a little change in perspective, has a purpose and an opportunity for growth.
He encouraged me to remember that you cannot control everything, but what you can control is who you are and what you choose to do with what life throws at you.
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In an attempt to encourage my listeners to never forget their worth, tune in on this special episode to hear me discuss my first relationship and certain friendships that forced me to rethink how much I value myself and when it’s important to put away the second and third chances and move forward with your life.
People serve certain purposes in your life at different times. Hear from two very important people in my life Kayla Johnson and Jéssica Pereira share their philosophy on self-love and what’s essential to remember when dealing with those you surround yourself with.
Fix that Crown queen! or king! Looks like it fell off.
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Part of what makes people beautiful is their differences. Listen to my dear friend and college roommate Kianna Abedi and I discuss what particular difference stood out and caused a lifetime of pain for us.
Still working on loving every part of ourselves, it is important that we collectively push to normalize uncomfortable topics and embrace each other's insecurities.
As this being a personal episode, stories and experiences are shared. Listen and learn with kindness.
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Join me in listening to my friends and fellow alumni of color from my high school talk about what it was like being a person of color at a predominantly white institution. Mya Turner and Courtney Warren, both young black women, share their experience and story. To listen and learn from a voice of color can at least offer you a fraction of understanding about the reality of what it is truly like being black or brown in a private school that lacks diversity.
To amplify black voices, especially the voices of young black women, is crucial in the fight to achieve racial justice in our country.
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Hi, my loves! Welcome to the very first episode of my podcast! Listen to this first recording to learn a little bit about me, the meaning behind this title, and what to expect from this show. P.S. Feel free to leave me voice messages with your questions/comments/thoughts! I would love to hear from you.
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