Sacred Invitation with Luisa Sotero: Emmy Award-winning news journalist, honors-graduated attorney, health spokesperson, and breast cancer survivor. For the first time, she opens her heart and shares her sacred story in this intimate and profound conversation. She tells us about her upbringing, emotional pauses, lessons, fears, scars, and values. Luisa is not only the youthful face of journalism in Puerto Rico but also a spokesperson for health and empathy. Through this interview, she shares her truth, reporting on the increase in breast cancer among young women and simultaneously battling the diagnosis herself. Luisa inspires us with her strength, courage, intellect, and her true definition of success: living with purpose and honoring the gift of being human. Who is Luisa Sotero behind the camera? Courage as a woman. In this episode, you will learn: - To value the simple moments. - To honor a mother's love. - Living with Purpose. - Appreciating education as the key to discipline. - Mistakes and emotional breaks are necessary. - Friendship heals. - The social responsibility of journalism. - The triple battle against cancer: Physical, Economic, and Emotional. - Seeking help is synonymous with self-love. - Stories are human. - Transform your scars into light. - Listening is an art of the heart. - Prevention saves lives. - The true definition of success. To you, sacred heart, Host: Karina von Gundlach

Sacred Invitation with Estefanía Soto Torres: Estefanía Natalia Soto Torres, Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2020, actress, television host, model, photographer, polyglot, ambassador, and spokesperson for diverse communities, shares her vision of identity, belonging, and the transformative power of thought. For the first time, she shares her heart and her moment of reflection when she made the decision to redeem herself in this intimate and profound conversation. Where she tells us how creativity influenced her from her childhood to the woman she is today. She also shares the values her family taught her during her upbringing and how they were always present as an internal compass whenever she made decisions in her life. Estefanía also shares with us about her experiences living in various countries in Europe and Latin America, such as Belgium, France, and Mexico, where she completed her Master's thesis in intercultural mediation with a sociological, anthropological, and gender perspective. During her Master's program, she understood the gift of community and solitude, where she wrote about the migratory journey of the Triqui community in Mexico. Estefanía tells us how, after living in so many countries, her worldview broadened and helped her achieve one of her long-held goals of becoming Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2020. Thanks to her life and cultural experiences, she became a spokesperson for various communities and organizations during her reign. In the interview, she also shares her most vulnerable and human moment, when she decided to take the courage to rescue herself to protect and take care of her mental health. By using her self-love as a shield, she was reborn to continue shining in the entertainment industry. She recently shared that she moved to Los Angeles, California, where she recently performed at the Academy Awards for the first time. During the interview, amid laughter and anecdotes, Estefanía tells us all about that magical and historic night. Soto Torres tells us that she continues to be a student while training as an actress and how acting is not only glamour but an art that requires discipline and self-discovery to understand and empathize with the emotions of human feeling. Who is Estefanía Soto Torres behind the cameras, the runways, and the crown? The intellect transformed into a woman. In this episode you will learn: Honor and celebrate your creativity. Values and principles are your internal compass. Broadening your perspective expands your intellect and worldview. The sense of belonging. The gift of solitude. Knowledge is a superpower. Acting invites you to self-discover and connect with your humanity. Rescuing yourself is a decision of courage and self-love. The true meaning of beauty. For you, sacred heart Follow us on social media: @invitacionsagrada @karinavongundlach @aloftponce @maryshealthfood @vibracionpositivapr @atelierlissaporrata @gartmediapr @estefania.sototorres

Sacred Invitation with Luis Sanz: Virtuous Cuatro Player, Award-Winning Composer, Co-founder of the Banda Hermanos Sanz, Director of the Music Department at Inter-American University of Puerto Rico, and one of the most influential names in contemporary Puerto Rican music. His exceptional talent for improvisation and creative development has led him to compose works for the Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra and to collaborate with prominent artists such as Lin-Manuel Miranda, Residente, El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico, Bad Bunny, and Kany Garcia, among many others. For the first time, he shares his sacred story, his creative journey, his artistic vision, and his mission to leave a legacy for new generations. He recounts the moment he discovered and found his gift for music. Sanz shares the first time he played the instrument at the age of four and how it became an essential part of his identity, as well as the sacrifices he made during his training as a musician and composer. Through this intimate and profound interview, Luis inspires us and highlights the influence of his education and teachers on his musical career. Each teacher imparted a lesson that Sanz still keeps in mind when creating, studying, and composing. Sanz also tells us how he has taken the cuatro from symphonic to urban music, crossing sonic and cultural boundaries. Luis explains how he has managed to preserve the essence of the instrument while exploring new musical genres. Currently, Sanz collaborated as a cuatro player on Bad Bunny's album "Debí Tirar Más Fotos" with the song "LO QUE LE PASO A HAWAI." During the interview, he shares his experience collaborating with Bad Bunny on the album and participating in his Tiny Desk Performance, leaving a historic legacy and honoring Puerto Rico. Luis shares the greatest emotional value of music beyond the applause of the public in his musical career. He also discusses the adversities he inevitably experienced as a musician and how his faith motivated him to continue dreaming big. Sanz managed to transform every uncertainty into art. Through his work as a teacher and educator, he has impacted the lives of each of his students. Sanz shares his magical moments in the music industry, collaborating with artists like Residente and opening the Latin Grammys alongside him, paying tribute to his island. Luis shares his heart, connecting with his inner child and expressing gratitude for every opportunity that comes his way. He recently launched his innovative project "Cuatro Beats," which blends Puerto Rican folk sounds with rap, expanding the repertoire of the Puerto Rican cuatro. Who is Luis Sanz behind the cuatro, behind his compositions, and behind the music? A musical gem from Puerto Rico. In this episode, you will learn: How to honor the music of your roots with your heart. The sacrifices behind music and artists. The influence of education on a musical career. The beauty, history, and legacy of the Puerto Rican cuatro. An anecdote from the collaboration "I Should Have Taken More Photos." Discipline and faith led him to open the Latin Grammys. The historical and symbolic representation of each musician behind Tiny Desk alongside Bad Bunny. The emotional value of music. Transforming uncertainty into art. Educating to Impact. The innovation of artificial intelligence in music. Believing in and sowing faith in the hearts of future generations of musicians in Puerto Rico. The legacy of the cuatro and Luis Sanz. For you, sacred heart. Follow us on social media: @invitacionsagrada @karinavongundlach @aloftponce @maryshealthfood @vibracionpositivapr @atelierlissaporrata @gartmediapr @walmartpr @luissanz.music

Sacred Invitation with Lexiomi Mercado Fuentes: Industrial-Organizational Psychologist, Communicator, Coach, Workshop Facilitator, Wellness Spokesperson, Founder of “Tu Proyecto Más Importante,” Beauty Queen, Miss Dorado 2024, Mother, and Ambassador of Education. She shares how she has learned to look inward while leading outward. For the first time, she opens her heart to talk about topics that deserve more visibility, awareness, and wisdom. She invites us to understand, embrace, and honor what makes us human. In this interview, Lexiomi reveals the moment she decided to study industrial psychology while also discovering her passion for the communications industry. During her university years, she found through sales the beauty of communicating. She continued shaping herself as a communicator by organizing workshops and serving as a spokesperson for purposeful leadership. Later on, she discovered another passion: bringing visibility to topics related to mental, physical, and overall well-being. Realizing the need to educate and raise awareness, she decided to create her social project, “Tu Proyecto Más Importante,” to communicate the importance of education, values, and well-being as pillars for a more conscious, responsible, and productive society. Through this project, she later fulfilled one of her biggest dreams: participating in Miss Universe Puerto Rico, making history as Miss Dorado 2024. Lexiomi also shares the most transcendent form of love and the reality behind motherhood. In the interview, she opens up about what awakened in her when she became a mother, but also about the parts of motherhood that are not spoken about enough. Mercado Fuentes offers tools to help us redefine balance in our lives while carrying multiple roles at once. As an Industrial Psychologist and coach, she shares several of her sacred routines that nourish her holistic health. She also speaks on how the field of industrial psychology should be promoted and made more visible within organizations to foster employee well-being across every industry. Lexiomi explains how often, the moment we arrive at work, we automatically pause our emotions to fulfill our roles — yet mental health and holistic well-being must be addressed, communicated, and worked on in order to create balance in our lives. Mercado Fuentes highlights the challenges leaders and organizations are currently facing, and how each challenge carries consequences if not addressed early and from an organizational lens. Through these psychological and intimate topics — deeply rooted in her humanity — Lexiomi shares habits, teachings, and tools to nurture our holistic well-being every day, to honor our vulnerability, and to heal. Even when life’s adversities seem to break us, there is purpose in every fall — a lesson that allows us to rise with greater strength, resilience, and determination. Who is Lexiomi Mercado Fuentes behind the cellphone camera? Wisdom embodied in a Woman. In this episode you will learn: Honor, care for, and celebrate your well-being. Transcendental love and the reality of motherhood. Redefining balance. Sacred practices that nourish your holistic health. Bringing visibility to Industrial-Organizational Psychology in companies. Managing emotional health under work pressure. Achieving collective success. Emotional challenges leaders and organizations face. Cultivating habits from home and through education. The art of listening. Emotional growth. For you, sacred heart. Follow us: @invitacionsagrada @karinavongundlach @aloftponce @maryshealthfood @vibracionpositivapr @gartmediapr @walmartpr @totalenergies_pr Gurabo @lostostaosdelcafe @lexiomimercado

Sacred Invitation with Orlanis Naomi Rivera: Beauty Queen, Model, Thyroid Cancer Advocate, Makeup Artist, Miss Corozal 2024, Industrial Psychology graduate, Founder of the social project "Es Bienestar" (It's Wellbeing), and now she tells us about her new role as a television presenter. A woman who raises her voice with strength, who illuminates the world with her smile and inspires hearts with her kindness. She shares how she transforms every challenge into light, beauty into service, and every step into purpose. For the first time, she tells us her sacred story and her life motto: how to live one day at a time. In this podcast, Orlanis invites us to learn about her journey as Miss Corozal 2024, her inspiring story as a thyroid cancer survivor and advocate, her path as a top model, professional makeup artist, and graduate student in industrial psychology with a concentration in organizational neuroscience. Orlanis also shares her new professional beginning as a television presenter. During her childhood in Corozal, she learned to value every moment as a gift. Every lesson she learned in her youth shaped the woman she has become. Orlanis tells us how the values ​​and principles her family instilled in her continue to guide her every time she makes important decisions for her growth. During her university years, she found purpose not only in the beauty industry but also in the field of industrial psychology, which led her to complete her bachelor's degree and specialize in organizational neuroscience. Helping and serving others were two essential principles that motivated Orlanis to pursue this career, as at 18 she received a life-changing health diagnosis. At such a young age, she was told she had thyroid cancer. Upon processing the news, Orlanis felt in her heart that there was purpose in her fight for her life. Through her platforms and social project, "Es Bienestar" (It's Wellness), she has shared her story and life testimony as a thyroid cancer survivor, raising awareness about her journey, health signs, and symptoms to promote prevention and timely action. During the interview, Orlanis shares the importance of listening to our bodies when they send us signals so we can see a doctor in time. As part of her recovery, she underwent a life-changing surgical procedure, and Orlanis shares the physical and emotional aftereffects of living without a thyroid. Rivera emphasizes the priority of taking care of our physical and mental health when battling a diagnosis like thyroid cancer. Orlanis sends a profound message to all those currently facing this struggle, inspiring them with her words and providing motivation through her inspiring story. She also shares her experience participating in Miss Universe Puerto Rico as Miss Corozal 2024 and what it meant and symbolized for her to go so far and represent her town with such dignity. She opened her heart to us, sharing the most profound lesson she learned from that experience: the importance of maintaining one's essence and authenticity in a world that demands so much perfection. Orlanis shares that beauty is born from service and helping others. She shares special moments from her time as a beauty queen and as a professional makeup artist. Rivera emphasizes the power of service as the calling of a Queen with a Purpose. As a professional makeup artist, she tells us how to integrate external care with inner work. Orlanis shares, in her own words, what she defines as beauty and success. She also tells us how nature is part of her sacred routines for connecting with her essence. At the end of the interview, she excitedly tells us about her new professional chapter as a television presenter on TeleOnce. Every process, adversity, and experience has made Orlanis Rivera the Queen of Puerto Rico, thanks to her heart of gold, her transcendent nobility, and her smile that lights up the world. Who is Orlanis Rivera behind the cameras, behind the catwalks, and behind the beauty industry? Nobility transformed into a Woman. In this episode you will learn: Value every moment as a gift. Live one day at a time. Symptoms and signs to prevent, take action, listen to your body and see a doctor in time. Physical and emotional consequences of living without a thyroid. Taking care of your physical and mental health while battling a thyroid cancer diagnosis. Get out of your comfort zone. Honoring authenticity, integrity, and essence within the beauty industry. The power of service. Break with perfection to embrace imperfection. External care combined with internal work. The definition of beauty. The definition of success. Connecting with nature is healing. The significance of brotherhood.

Sacred Invitation with Karla Guilfú Acevedo: Athlete, graduate student with a bachelor’s and master’s degree in psychology, yoga instructor, founder of the project *“Comencemos a Sanar,”* beauty queen in various pageants, Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2023, crisis counselor on the ASSMCA hotline, television presenter, mental health ambassador, entrepreneur, and actress. She shares her transformation—how she has turned her story into a tool to educate, serve, and make an impact. For the first time, she opens her heart to tell us how she healed her emotional battle after stepping onto the Miss Universe stage, and how she reaffirmed her power by understanding that her activism and message around wellness, mental health, and social justice transcend. An invitation to reaffirm that *“The power that is born within you is needed by the universe,”* words of light that Karla shares in this episode. She also tells us how that message came to her in a celestial way during the final question at the national pageant. Karla shares about her childhood in Patillas and how, from a young age, she developed the discernment to understand that mental health must begin at home. She explains that while her childhood shaped the woman she has become, she also faced challenges that motivated her to study and understand human behavior. Psychology has accompanied Karla in every aspect of her life, both professionally and personally. Through her platform and social project *“Comencemos a Sanar,”* Karla has been able to share her life story while advocating for suicide prevention in Puerto Rico, as during a difficult moment in her youth, she once believed it was the only way to end her pain. Guilfú tells us how that process changed her perspective on life, her definition of beauty, and her identity. She shares how the tools she found along the way became part of her healing journey. By embracing her resilience, she felt a social responsibility to help others who are currently facing depression and anxiety. Today, Karla works as a crisis counselor on the ASSMCA hotline, and she shares how accompanying people in vulnerable moments has helped her reconnect with her humanity. Guilfú also discusses the emotional and physical signs we often ignore but that can alert us that we need support, and the importance of listening to ourselves with greater compassion. She explains how she cared for her own emotional well-being in that role, and how each call made her reflect on the urgency of building a stronger mental health education system in Puerto Rico. Karla shares tools and practices to move out of dark thoughts and into a more conscious and loving relationship with oneself. She also speaks about a reality rarely discussed in beauty pageants—*“The Grief of Dreams,”* and what emotional healing looks like after stepping onto the global stage. When the lights go off, you reach your destination and must continue your role with a smile, while accepting that you need to emotionally process the loss of the dream you worked so hard for. Karla and Karina discuss the importance of giving more visibility to *“Post Pageant Depression,”* a reality experienced by beauty queens when the cameras stop and the lights fade—realizing that the crown is not the destination, but the lesson within the journey you begin and close through your transformation. Karla closes the interview by sharing her definition of authenticity in an industry that demands perfection. She has come to understand that beauty is born through service and helping others heal. She also shares her definition of success, and how a queen truly connects when she turns the calling of her essence into her life’s mission. **Who is Karla Guilfú Acevedo behind the cameras, the runways, and the crowns?** Transformation embodied in a Woman. **In this episode, you’ll learn about:** * Wellness, Emotional Health, and Social Justice * Reaffirming your power to heal * Suicide prevention in Puerto Rico * Recognizing the physical and emotional signs of depression and anxiety * Tools and practices for healing depression and anxiety * The reality of working as a crisis counselor at ASSMCA * Listening to yourself with compassion * The grief of dreams * *Post Pageant Depression* * The definition of success * The calling to serve with purpose **For you, sacred heart.** **Follow us on social media:** @invitacionsagrada @karinavongundlach @poncehiltonpr @lacavaponce @dramireily @walmartpr @gartmediapr @invitacionsagradapodcast (TikTok) @grafito_creative @karlaguilfu

Sacred Invitation with Jearnest Corchado: Film and television actress, artist, writer, producer, songwriter, content creator, and advocate for health and wellness. An iconic woman who has built her path in Hollywood with authenticity, discipline, faith, and purpose. From her beginnings in the entertainment industry to conquering spaces in film and television in the United States, Jearnest has shown that true success is not only measured by the characters we portray, but by the truth we represent both on and off camera. In this deeply intimate and powerful conversation, Jearnest shares her sacred story for the first time: how she went from knocking on doors at castings to starring in major productions and being part of projects such as *Little America*, *Sneakerheads*, *The Blacklist*, and her most recent leading debut portraying Lisa Vélez in *Can You Feel The Beat: The Lisa Lisa Story* on Netflix. A character that connects deeply with Latin culture and exposes topics such as sexism, racism, gender-based violence, abuse of power in the music industry, and Lisa Lisa’s personal battle as she faced a breast cancer diagnosis at 21 years old during one of the most important moments of her career. During the interview, Corchado opens her heart and tells us how she began to understand psychology and human behavior at the age of 13, thanks to one of her first acting classes with her mentor Jonathan Dwayne. She speaks about how starting so young in the industry shaped her character, her mindset, and the woman she has become today. She also shares the reality behind the sacrifices, challenges, and adversities she faced while trying to make her way in Hollywood as a Latina woman. Jearnest reflects on the moments when doubt and uncertainty almost dimmed her hope, and how she learned to transform every fear into an opportunity for growth. She speaks about the emotional pressure of the film and television industry, especially when you walk into a casting and see other people fighting for the same dream that lives inside of you. She explains how caring for your mental health becomes essential while navigating success, rejection, and the uncertainty of not knowing what will happen next. One of the most impactful moments of the conversation is when Jearnest demonstrates how she can go from 0 to 100 emotionally in seconds if a character requires vulnerability, and how she manages to connect so deeply with each of her roles. She also shares which of all the characters she has portrayed left a permanent mark on her beyond the set. Jearnest also shares how her way of seeing love has evolved, the importance of protecting her energy, and the real meaning of having a positive influence on a generation. She speaks about the most gratifying moment of her career and the most important lesson she has learned about life, purpose, and resilience. Corchado closes this interview with a powerful message: never go against your essence. She has turned every doubt into affirmation, every rejection into redirection, every tear into manifestation, and every adversity into growth. Her story is a reminder that with faith, discipline, authenticity, and action, everything is possible. **Who is Jearnest Corchado behind the sets and roles?** **Resilience embodied as a woman.** In this episode, we also talk about: The journey to Hollywood and resilience. The importance of protecting your peace in such an exposed industry. How to transform your fears into opportunities. Mental health within entertainment. The impact of Latin identity on her characters and projects. The challenges of being a Latina woman in Hollywood. The reality behind contracts, negotiations, and difficult conversations in the film industry. How to stay true to your essence while pursuing your dreams. Wellness beyond the physical. Purpose, faith, and the legacy she wants to leave in the world. The importance of using your platforms to serve and inspire. **For you, sacred heart.** Follow us on social media: @invitacionsagrada @karinavongundlach @atelierlissaporrata @poncehiltonpr @dramireily @walmartpr @gartmediapr @invitacionsagradapodcast - TikTok @grafito_creative @jearnestcorchado