What We Lost, What We’re Reclaiming: A Sí Sabo Kid Journey

This week on Entre Tías y Amiguis, Adri is joined by Stacy Godoy, LMFT, to talk about language loss, reclamation, and coming home to yourself. Together, they explore what it means to reconnect with your culture and identity as an act of healing and resistance.

This one is for you if you’ve ever felt ashamed for not speaking Spanish and you’re learning that healing is about returning, not performing.

In this heart-centered conversation, Adri is joined by Stacy Godoy, a Los Angeles-based therapist and proud second-generation Mexicana, to talk about what it means to move from "no sabo" to "sí sabo."

From losing connection to language through assimilation and survival, to reclaiming identity through immersion, therapy, and community, Stacy shares what it really looks like to return to yourself with gentleness and courage.

This episode is for the ones who are learning to speak their mother tongue without shame. The ones piecing together their roots, one word at a time. The ones realizing that belonging isn’t lost, it’s waiting for you.

Together, we talk about:

• What sparked Stacy’s journey to learn Spanish as a second-generation Latina
• The painful therapy session that awakened her desire to reclaim her language
• How language loss is not personal failure but the result of colonization and assimilation
• What it feels like to emote in Spanish and unlock ancestral emotions through language
• How reconnecting with culture is reshaping her relationships, identity, and sense of belonging
• Why learning Spanish as an adult can be both an act of love and of resistance

Closing Reflection

Stacy reminds us that healing doesn’t always look like arriving. Sometimes it looks like beginning again.

That returning to language is also returning to love.

And that healing means honoring the stories we inherited while still choosing our own.

This is for everyone finding their way back to themselves, one palabra, one memory, one generation at a time.

Tune in when you’re ready to remember that you already belong.

About Stacy Godoy

Stacy Rae Godoy, LMFT (she/her/ella) is a therapist based in Los Angeles, offering online therapy and coaching to adults across California. With over a decade of experience in eating disorder treatment, Stacy’s work centers harm reduction, body trust, and cultural connection. Her heart-led mission is to make mental health care more accessible, inclusive, and grounded in compassion, both in English and Spanish.

🌿 Follow Stacy:

• Instagram – @bolognasandwich
• Website – stacygodoymft.com