I create these podcasts from the place that cost me the most to conquer: the pres And I say it just like that, without detours, because it took me nearly a lifetime to arrive here. I lived as the daughter forced to be the family’s support, the exemplary wife at the expense of myself, the judged and questioned mother. I became many things I never chose to be. And yet, each of those roles taught me what I did not want to repeat. I don’t say this with shame—I say it with my head held high. I am ...
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C. V. Vergara: The quiet drumbeat of sorrow S02E02
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25:54“A Couple of Letters to Myself”I am Vanina Vergara - C.V. Vergara to the english-speaking world born in Asunción- Paraguay. I have three children whom I love deeply, and this is my life.First Letter:[Breathe. You are alive. You are here. And that, even when you forget it, is a miracle built of courage, not of luck.You have passed through hells that…
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C. V. Vergara: “I, Vani, in Little Pieces of Paper” S02E01
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21:13It feels rather trite to repeat the slogan “woman, mother and wife,” so I prefer, above all else, to be a person. This is the story of my life—devoid of proper names, but entirely real. I am Vanina Vergara - C.V. Vergara to the english-speaking world born in Asunción- Paraguay. I have three children whom I love deeply, and this is my life. These le…
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I do not have life all figured out. I have life lived. And at this stage, that carries more weight.Today I do not chase movie-ending happy-ever-afters. I pursue genuine moments: those in which an honest conversation heals more than a thousand medications, when a recipe made with love nourishes more than the most sophisticated menu, when looking som…
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C. V. Vergara: Children Hurt for a Lifetime S01E06
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40:52I do not regret separating. I regret only that I could not shield them from all the collateral damage—from the scourge of parental alienation. For I did not abandon them; it was the failed system that tore me away. They wrenched me from their lives, then blamed me for the hollow that remained. And I… I believed it, for far too long. My children are…
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C. V. Vergara: Spirituality Unbound S01E05
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12:10Spirituality UnboundThe Faith That Saved MeI was raised in a Catholic school, amidst holy cards, litanies, long prayers, and a guilt heavier than any cross. I was taught that God was a stern-faced judge, watching from above whether one behaved well or ill, rewarding submission and punishing rebellion. I longed to believe… yet I also longed to live.…
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Broken Mandates The Woman Who Said “Enough”I grew up amidst masses, rosaries, and that dense air of unspoken mandates—heavy as a tombstone:Be silent. Obey. Sacrifice.You were born to care, to endure, to serve.First your parents, then your husband, then your children. And you—last of all, if anything remains.I am Vanina Vergara - C.V. Vergara to the…
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C. V. Vergara: The Price of Holding It All Together S01E03
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38:54Vanina Vergara Podcasts- The Price of Holding It All Together S01E03 The Price of Holding It All Together Adolescence did not arrive as a fresh breeze of freedom, but rather as a forced relocation into the role of adulthood. Whilst other girls dreamt of their first kiss or an evening at the cinema, I was extinguishing emotional fires at home. I was…
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C. V. Vergara: The Girl Who Learned to Keep Silent Childhood in an Emotional Dictatorship #2
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14:42The Girl Who Learned to Keep Silent — Childhood in an Emotional DictatorshipI was born into a household where love was but a distant rumour. Present, yes, though never the protagonist. I grew up hearing hushed arguments and witnessing gestures that spoke far louder than words. My mother, a strong woman worn down by life; my father, a man who never …
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C. V. Vergara: When Families Fracture in Silence S01E01
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14:55This is my story—my way of unveiling a reality that echoes through far too many households, and yet so few dare to recount without the varnish of social pretence: divorces and separations that leave deep wounds upon our children, those innocent beings who should never bear the weight of adult battles. Writing these words is no simple task. I do not…
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