Reclaiming Identity and Healing Trauma: A Conversation with Erica Priscilla Sandoval

The Biz Bruja Podcast

Hola mi gente! So excited to share this conversation with you all!

In this episode of the Biz Bruja podcast, host Vanessa Codorniu interviews Erica Priscilla Sandoval, an accomplished mental health practitioner and healer. Erica shares her journey of reclaiming her identity and embracing her roots, including her decision to reclaim her birth name, Erica Priscilla. She discusses her upbringing in Ecuador and her move to the United States, where she discovered her passion for helping others. Erica also talks about her experience in social work and the challenges she faced as a single mother while pursuing her education. She shares how she overcame financial trauma and scarcity mentality to build her own successful private practice. Erica then delves into her recent training in Ketamine Assisted Therapy and the profound impact it has had on her own healing journey and her work with clients. She emphasizes the importance of self-love, intuition, and compassion in her healing practice.

​Some of our main takeaways:

- Reclaiming one's identity and embracing roots is a powerful journey of self-discovery and healing.

- Pursuing education as a single mother is challenging but empowering, and it is never too late to go back to school.

- Overcoming financial trauma and scarcity mentality is crucial for personal and professional growth.

- Ketamine Assisted Therapy can be a breakthrough approach to healing trauma and depression, leading to profound transformations.

- Love, self-forgiveness, and intuition are powerful tools for personal and collective healing.

Bio:

Erica Priscilla Sandoval is an award-winning mental health practitioner, speaker, spiritual healer, podcaster, advocate, and four-time published author. She is the founder and CEO of Sandoval Psychotherapy Consultation, known as Sandoval Co Lab, where she oversees a team of social workers and leads diversity, equity, and inclusion work for various organizations. Erica is also trained in Ketamine Assisted Therapy and has been trained by renowned experts in the field.

Website: Latinx SocialWork

Website: Erica Priscilla

IG: LatinxSocialWork

TIMESTAMPS:

Summary 0:00:01 Introduction to the podcast and the guest, Erica Priscilla Sandoval 0:03:41 Erica Priscilla's journey of reclaiming her name and identity 0:08:33 Erica Priscilla's background and how she became a social worker 0:10:05 The pivotal moment that led Erica Priscilla to pursue social work [0:11:54] Social work as a calling, breaking intergenerational trauma cycles [0:14:05] Going back to school as an older student, empowering journey [0:18:18] Overcoming shame and embracing imperfection [0:20:37] Transitioning from hospital work to private practice [0:21:53] Applying and getting accepted to NYU social work program [0:22:28] Balancing work, internship, and school, guilt and support [0:23:14] Emotional graduation, first in family to achieve educational milestones [0:23:48] Trauma of being laid off from nonprofit job [0:24:19] Overcoming fears and passing clinical license test [0:25:25] Walking into her purpose as a social worker [0:26:39] Importance of therapy and self-care for healers [0:29:51] Exploring Ketamine training and its impact [0:31:39] Ketamine training as a breakthrough approach [0:34:30] Seeing shifts in clients through Ketamine Assisted therapy [0:36:25] Tapping into subconscious healing beyond talk therapy [0:36:35] Embracing a holistic approach to healing [0:36:35] Breaking through ancestral patterns to be an entrepreneur 0:37:09 Fear of scarcity mentality and financial trauma in lineage 0:39:15 Breaking cycles and shifting mindset from scarcity to abundance 0:40:18 Different relationships with money among siblings 0:41:09 Ancestral gift of love and compassion as superpower 0:43:31 Tapping into intuition and self-love 0:44:32 Where to find Erica Priscilla for collaboration and retreats 0:45:43 Gratitude and closing remarks