This was a phenomenal interview. We covered so many things and there are so many gems in this one!

Here is a little about my guest, Cathy Reyes in her own words.

My name is Cathy Reyes born on February 1, 2023 at 12:00 midnight in Brooklyn, NY parents are Hispanic, Dad Dominican and Mom Puerto Rican. I grew up in a toxic household with promiscuous parents. Domestic Violence at its best as well as the drugs. So, as you may see I was an angry child angry at the parents that I had chosen angry at my grandparents for not making the noise stop in my house. Growing in NYC ll I was 13 and all the racism I always felt like I didn’t belong I fought for my life at such an early age. I felt like I was fighting to stay alive in NYC. At the age of 7 years old I saw my mother get beat behind a door while standing outside in the cold with my siblings. That day changed my life. I lost my inner child and she died and became a survivor. My parents eventually divorced which then I chose to stay with my mother although me and my dad have an unexplainable bond although I knew he was a monster I loved and love him so much. I arrived in Puerto Rico at the age of 15 and boy did I arrive. Since I fought so much in NYC many times, I heard my mother tell me she didn’t know why I was always fighting, I would get picked on, shoved and many other things that resulted to violence but that was all that I saw in my home so that’s how I expressed all the frustration with in me. At a very young age I would see, hear and know things from the supernatural realms but did not understand and was scared so I shut it off not wanting to dream, not wanting to see, not wanting to hear. I’ve always had intuition and knew when something was off or when something was going to happen or if something had happened. Once in Puerto Rico, I lost the protection of my dad. My mother was angry at everything, especially my dad and I look just like him and have many similar characterizes like him. I’m just going to let you imagine how I was treated. I knew I had to help her and understood that she was just angry with her life and took it out on me. But nonetheless to say I was damaged growing up I was never encouraged to do anything but learn to be domesticated. I have always been free; the moment I had the opportunity to leave I got pregnant at age of 19 had my 1st born at 20 by the age of 28 had 4 children 3 boys one girl and single mom. The most gratifying experience for me was being a mom and the hardest. I will say my children gave me the will to live. There were many times I wanted to end my life in this life me and because of them I kept pushing forward again in survival mode. I married and divorced twice. For the most part I raised my children on my own with no support from anyone. My dad would always help me, he always had a so heart for me. In all reality I was and am his favorite daughter. He has Alzheimer’s.. I learned so much about what I was capable of doing while on my own and the will to prove everyone wrong that I was not going to be anything they said I would be. See when I say I was free, I meant I did what made me happy so I would always look for my happiness so I go out dancing, drinking. This was my way of releasing stress. Music is everything to me that’s how I learned to shut out the outside noise. I knew and knew that I had to live what I lived to be able to break free completely and have an understanding of why my life was planned out the way it happened. All 3 tries of broken relationships the last one I had took me into a spiral of unworthiness, shame and anger all at once. I said I was done carrying all the trauma, the wounds, the pain, the anger, the pithiness. I said there has to be a beer way. For years I’ve been trying to figure out why my life was the way it was and why I felt done wanting a way out. https://linktr.ee/catalinacristales?
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