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Confessions with MayraS5-E10 Parenting in Blended Family (Guest Ataly Banda)As if parenting your own kids is challenging enough, what about when you are brought into the lives of your spouse's kids? Listen in as special guest, Ataly Banda, shares some very powerful examples through wisdom and experiance. We hope you enjoy listening as much as we did on this one.2025-07-141h 14Confessions with MayraS5-E9 Seasons of Testing (Special Guest-Flor Perez)The frase "Life Happens", can sometimes be an understatement when tragety comes, or a season of trying times. Today, we had the privilege of having special guest, Flor Perez walk us through her story of the time her 7 year old son was facing leukemia. We hope this encourages you as you listen and can relate if you have experianced something similar.2025-07-051h 05Confessions with MayraS5-E8 Embrace the First In Every Child:Don't CompareDid you ever think that your oldest child is the first for everything? What if I told you that it might be a misconception. Listen in as Mayra shares her thoughts on sharing first memories with each child as unique and we should not compare. In this episode she also goes in to confess her most recent experience with her aging parents. Hope you enjoy!2025-04-2723 minConfessions with MayraS5-E8 (3 of 3) - Chat with the siblingsWhat is it that holds us together when it all comes down to it? Choosing forgiveness and taking hold of God's all sufficiant GRACE. We hope you enjoy our final minutes as we conclude this 3 part episode.2025-01-1431 minConfessions with MayraS5-E8 (2 of 3) - Chat with the siblingsThank you for hanging in there with us as we continue with our chat from growing up and being kids to now having our own. (this is part 2 of 3) One more to go... lol2025-01-1441 minConfessions with MayraS5-E8 (1 of 3) - Chat with the siblingsHow we were raised and what we saw our parents do and not do play a huge role in our character and faith development. Listen in this special episode as I have all my siblings together for the first time in years to talk about our upbringing and what each one of us remebers from their point of view. (This is part 1 of 3 is it was a pretty long one, but we hope you enjoy listening and am confident you will relate to some details explored in our chat)2025-01-1444 minConfessions with MayraS5-E7 - Helping Our Kids Embrace Who They AreGod made each one of us in His image, yet very unique. How can we help our kids embrace how God made them? Embrace the gifts they have, AND don't have? Listen in as Mayra gets in confession mode to guide us through wisdom in how we can help our kids embrace who they are.(If you would like to be a guest in this season of Family, please reach out to cwmpodcast22@gmail.com)2024-11-0832 minConfessions with MayraS5-E6 - Motherhood In The Early StagesIn this ephisode, I wanted to take a moment and simply give some advice and encouragement for mainly those new in motherhood that maybe find themselves in a frustrating season and are deep in the realness of it. Emotions are real and stress can take you to emotional places you never thought of being and feeing. I really hope this talk can help you navigate through this season by the grace of God.2024-11-0532 minConfessions with MayraS5-E5 - Godly Parenting (With Special Guest: Eva Sanchez)Do you have a "Godly Parent Rolemodel"? And if you don't, what do you think that would look like? In this episode, we have the privelage of having my Godly Rolemodel in parenting, Eva Sanchez my sister-in-law. Listen in as we go through her journey as a mom and parent of two, first starting in Mexico then coming back to the US and how along with her husband Gabriel, have maintained their focus on always pointing their kids to God and His Ways through all good, bad, and ugly. (Don't forget to message us if you would like to...2024-10-1150 minConfessions with MayraS5-E4 - Spouse Support During An Unanswered PrayerWhat do you do and how do you deal with unanswered prayers as a family and in particular as parents? The tension between praying for something and it being answered is sometimes left in the shadows (mainly becuase it can get pretty ugly), but for God, the process is always beautiful and worth it. Listen in as Mayra, with special guest Isaac, work through one particular unanswered prayer at a time their mairage was shakey. (REMEMBER: please email cwmpodcast22@gmail.com if you would like to be a guest on one of our ephisodes)2024-10-0744 minConfessions with MayraS5-E3 - AdoptingHave you ever considered adopting? Or do you currently take care of a family member's child and have considered adoption? Listen in as Mayra confesses to her reality moment when she encountered initially the adoption process.**Don't forget to reach out to us by email if you'd like to participate in one of our episodes this season. cwmpodcast22@gmail.com2024-09-1529 minConfessions with MayraS5-E2 Couples Who Can't ConcieveWhat about a family who can't start a family. This episode is dedicated to thos couples who can't or have yet to conceive. A word of encouragement from Mayra and of course a few confessions of real struggles of the time when she also could not concieve. We hope this encourages you to not lose hope.cwmpodcast22@gmail.com2024-08-2431 minConfessions with MayraIntro to Season 5And we're back! After a short (that seemed long) break, we are back for our 5th season at Confessions With Mayra. Listen in as Mayra gives the intro to our topic for this next season and don't forget to reach out if you would like to be a guest in one of our upcoming episodes!cwmpodcast22@gmail.com2024-08-1723 minConfessions with MayraSummer Series - The Beauty of Witnessing a Life ChangeHave you ever had to privilege of seeing someone change their life around for Good? Where you knew how and who they were, compared to how they are now? We want to dedicate this podcast to those who are "not who they used to be". As hopeless as it may seem for a person to ever change, there is always hope while we are still alive. Listen in as Mayra shares on the beauty of seeing someone change. And don't forget to look at yourself while you're at it. Appreciate the change and growth you've had in your own life.2024-06-1430 minConfessions with MayraFeeling Unappreciated and UsedHave you ever felt really and truly unappreciated almost as if (really feeling) being used? Even taken advantage of? Sometimes giving and giving and giving without getting "what we want" in return can take a tole. Listen in as Mayra confesses and walks us through feeling unappreciated and used. How can we work through those feelings and see what God sees. We pray it will be of some guidence to you in some way.2024-05-1040 minConfessions with MayraS4-E15 - Loving Those in MinistryTo close this season 4, we are talking about loving people within the church that we work along and volunteer perhaps alongside with. Or a more "church term" is those we do ministry with. Like co-worker and family, it can be a challenge sometimes to love those we "serve" under or even have "serving" under us. How can we maintane a spirit and community of love even as we are so imperfect and broken? Listen in as Mayra and Isaac talk this out in confessing even some past errors and how we can walk this out in Love.2024-04-3041 minConfessions with MayraS4-E14 Loving Your In-lawsSo we are back at it on the topic of Love and this Podcast we focus on "Loving Your In-Laws". After-all, they are humans just like you and me. How do we love when we are not accepted. Or, how can you love when you are having a hard time excepting someone else as part of the family. Listen and as Mayra confesses to one of her greatest breakthroughs with her in-laws early in our relationship. We hope it will encourage you as it has us!2024-03-2334 minConfessions with MayraS4-E13 Teaching Our Kids To Love Others Part 2 (Evelyn)Special guest (Evely Joy Vasquez) joins us this podcast in continuation of our previous episode on the topic "Teaching our Kids to Love Others". We hope this can encourage you to talk, teach, and demonstrate what love is to our little ones, no matter what age. What God has shown and given us is not for us to hoard, but to make it known to our coming generation.2024-02-2329 minConfessions with MayraS4-E12 Teaching Our Kids to Love Others(Melody)How can we teach our kids even in this age to love others? Some, God makes them courageous. Some, God makes them compasionate. Some, God gives a voice and influence to lead in the way of love. What has God given your kid(s)? How can you help them grow in what God has given them, IN LOVE?2024-02-1832 minConfessions with MayraS4-E11 Loving Your SiblingsIt's one thing to love your neighbor, (co-workers, freinds, others, etc.), but what about your own family. Loving your siblings can almost seem automatic, but is it? Listen in as Mayra unfolds this "Loving our siblings well", even through tensions, disagreements, and bad experiences; when they are difficult to love as well as when YOU are difficult to love. What is the secret to loving our siblings (neighbors) as we "love ourselves"?2024-02-0237 minConfessions with MayraS4-E10-Loving God in the Workplace guest: Sean ShryockHow can we love God in the workplace? Do we leave our faith at home and at church? Listen in as Mayra and special guest (Sean Shryock) dive in to loving the continuation of this season, Loving God and Loving People. How we can continue our pursue of Godliness even in the workplace.2024-01-1937 minConfessions with MayraS4-E9 Enjoy Being A FriendHave you ever asked yourself if you are a good freind? It's easy for us to hold others at a standard, but when we ask this question we will see we ourselves can't hold up. Listen as Mayra confesses to a hard lesson learned in friendship. The true joy of friendship is the privalege of "Being A Friend".2024-01-1231 minConfessions with MayraS4-E8 Difficult Co-Workers?Ever had a co-worker that you felt difficult to work with? Were you ever the co-worker that was difficult to work with? "I can do ALL things through Christ who strengthens me" (Phil. 4:13). Can that verse mean more than physical abilities; and also mean character response such as forgiveness, mercy, and love? Listen in as Mayra confesses one of her major issues once experienced in the workplace with a difficult co-worker. How should we respond? How do you respond?2023-12-2230 minConfessions with MayraS4-E7-The Journey and the Process (w/Maria Caballero)How long does it take and what is the process to grow in mature love for God, your neighbor, and yourself? Listen in as Mayra and special guest, Maria Caballero walk through some examples of our journey and the process of growing in love for self and one another. The journey is the process necessary for every season of our lives that will get us to perfect love.2023-12-0941 minConfessions with MayraS4-E6 Loving Yourself is Being HisWhat is the best way to love yourself and where can you start? In order to answer this, we have to start with our Creator. EVERYTHING He made is good. Listen in as Mayra helps us understand the foundation of loving ourselves (if we want to love God and others) through giving ourselves to God, our lover and our maker. He is for you; not against you.2023-11-1726 minConfessions with MayraS4-E5 It's Win-Win with JesusIn this special ephisode, we took a break on this season's topic of "Loving God is Loving People", and dedicate this special podcast to Mayra's aunt, "Tia Anni", as well as to all those who fibnd themselves bedridden, AND to all the caregivers. Becuase of Jesus, we have hope. And this hope is not devoid or disapointing, but is our ANCHOR and CONFORT. Listen in as Mayra and special guest, Isaac, share on this hope we have in Christ Jesus. This world is not our home.2023-11-1036 minConfessions with MayraS4-E4 - Being AccountableIn this season, Mayra has been taking us through practical ways we can love God, our neighbors, and ourselves. In this ephisode Mayra (and special guest) conitnue with loving ourselves. Another way of loving yourself is being accountable and taking responsability for your actions. Listen in as Mayra and Isaac talk through how we can love ourselves by being accountable.2023-11-0428 minConfessions with MayraS4-E3 Loving YourselfA major way we can learn to love ourselves is by taking care of ourselves physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. Your health plays a significant role in first loving yourself to be able to love others. Listen in as Mayra give wisdom, insight, and confessions on practical ways we ought to love ourselves as we love our neighbor.2023-10-2725 minConfessions with MayraS4-E2 As You Love YourselfPutting the first things first. The first commandment is the most important. But what does it mean to "Love your neighbor as yourself"? Listen in as Mayra shares the importance of loving ourselves, not through our own opinion, but through God's narative about us through His Word!2023-10-2028 minConfessions with MayraS4-E1 Introduction (Loving God Is Loving People)We are finally back and ready for our new season (season 4) where we will be conversating with the reality of Loving God and Loving People; the confessions (good and bad) about walking this out in our daily lives. Tune in with us this season and please don't hesitate to reach out to share your story!2023-10-1621 minConfessions with MayraS3-E20 The Love InsideTo wrap up season 3, Mayra explains how Love inside of us longs to be manifested outwardly starting withe the ones closest to us. The very fact that you desire to love more better is the truth that Love is inside of you. Keep striving forward!2023-09-0121 minConfessions with MayraS3-E18 Self ControlDid you ever think of self control as the ability to control yourself? But self control is possible and can be attained, but not of our own will. Listen in as Mayra explains the need for relying on the Holy Spirit to help us cultivate the very important attribute. Self Control2023-05-2616 minConfessions with MayraS3-E17 Kindness & GoodnessWhat is Kindness? What is Goodness? These characterisitics of God (fruit of the Spirit) can seem very similar but are distinct in there essence. Listen in as Mayra explains the difference of the two and how we can learn to grow in both being kind and toward being good when it comes to character in our daily lives.2023-05-1228 minConfessions with MayraS3-E16-Confession’s AnniversaryThank You! It's been 1 yr since we started this podcast and couldn't be more thankful to you for sticking with us this past year! Listen in as Mayra and guest (Isaac) reflect on this past year. Isaac also confesses some personal times of weakness that in looking back has served as we witness of how God is faithful to hear and answer our prayers. We hope you enjoy this podcast and continue to listen as we introduce new topics and new guests for this next comong year. THANK YOU!2023-05-0537 minConfessions with MayraS3-E15 - Bearing Fruit (w:Chinto)Bearing fruit is a life long process and just as a fig tree requires for the owner to cultavate and work the soil around it for it to produce fruit, so is God to us. Listen in as special guest, Chinto Banda, joins us this session to talk about bearing fruit and giving some confessions that will help you in your walk, to not give up, but continue even when it seems messy. The idea of adding ferterlizer to crop might seem erroneous, but is just what it needs.2023-04-211h 10Confessions with MayraS3-E14 - FaithfulnessWhat is the first that comes to mind when you here the word "faithfulness"? In this episode, Mayra confesses with simplicity what faithfulness is and how we ourselves can work at and cultivate a faithful lifestyle. We hope this really encourages you and helps you to Not Give Up and Not Quit.2023-04-1419 minConfessions with MayraS3-E13 HOPE Jesus our HopeWhat is Hope? It's not a what, but a who. Even though things may not go to "our favor", there is still a greater hope than what we desire to obtain or get. It's Him! Listen in as Mayra get's us to a place of reflecting on this Easter weekend, that Hope came down. Our Sunday is here! Our Hope Is Here!2023-04-0727 minConfessions with MayraS3-E12 Patience(Waiting)So what does patience look like? If I doubt, get frustrated, or get discouraged mean that I'm not patient? Tune in to listen how Mayra a guides us to recognize that patience is simply waiting and ultimatley NOT quitting. If you're honest, you'll see how you are already doing it, if you're beliver.wcmpodcast22@gmail.com2023-03-3026 minConfessions with MayraS3-E11 - PatienceWhat is patience? Why would it be compared to a fruit? The truth is, you might already by cultivating this beautiful virtue and not even know it. Listen in as Mayra walks us though practical ways to cultivate this powerful characteristic. Patience2023-03-2428 minConfessions with MayraS3-E10 - Fighting for Your PeacePart of cultivating and working for a Fruit of peace in our lives looks like actually fighting for it. And the beauty of it in all reality is that God is the One fighting for you and with you as you fight. Listen in as Mayra confesses to a weakness hindering the peace in her marriage, that took time to overcome. Our hope is that in this you also may find Hope. Peace is attainable and worth fighting for.2023-03-1830 minConfessions with MayraS3-E9 Peace: Guilt vs ConvictionCan our peace be stolen? Can our peace be forfited or lost? Listen in as Mayra shares on how sometimes our Peace is and can be stolen, but also how we sometime voluntarity give it up by giving in to our own selfish wants and desires. How can we keep it? Convition vs Condemnation2023-03-1032 minConfessions with MayraS3-E8 PeaceWhat does it mean to bear fruit (from John 15:16) and (Galatians 5:22-23)? The Fruit of the Spirit. In this episode Mayra confesses to fear and worry and the opposite which is Peace. One of Fruit, we are comanded to bear. How can we have peace in such a crazy world? Tune in to hear how Mayra has learned to fight for having peace, even in the midst of chaos.2023-02-2425 minConfessions with MayraS3-E7 Being LovesickWhat does it mean to be lovesick? Why is fasting and prayer a means to embracing a lovesickness for Jesus and His Presence? Listen in as Mayra shares her heart on the joy of being lovesick. It's more than a need, it's a want in need of His Presence!2023-02-1726 minConfessions with MayraS3-E5 Fasting & Results/Guest: Saraí SánchezSo what does happen when we fast? What does it look like when we do it? Listen in as we sit down with our special guest Sarai Sanchez as she gives "confessions" of what it looks like to fast and how it transforms us.2023-02-1045 minConfessions with MayraS3-E4 What Happens When We Fast?What really happens when you fast? What is the reward of fasting if any? Does it always have to be food? Do I have to pray? Listen in as we try to answer and work through these questions that we all have at some point concerning fasting.2023-01-2743 minConfessions with MayraS3-E3 Not Too Young to FastCan kids fast? Introducing fasting as a family can encourage everyone in the household to continue through and not give up. Listen in as our girls (Melody-11 and Evely-8) give us their perspective and how they have felt during this time of fasting for the very first time. It's a Promise. It's a Gift. It's an Honor to be able to give up something we love for Him; The One We Love Most!2023-01-2027 minConfessions with MayraS3-E2 Why We FastWhy do we fast and what does the Bible teach about fasting? Did Jesus fast? Listen in as we explain why we fast and what it should ultimately produce in us. It's our foluntary gift to our Amazing God!2023-01-1338 minConfessions with MayraS3-E1 Fasting&PrayerWhat does it look like to fast and pray? Who does it? Why do we do it? Listen in as Mayra dives in to confessions on her own journey with fasting and prayer. It's a battle between our spirit and our flesh.2023-01-0629 minConfessions with MayraS2-E17 (Part 2) Knowing GodThis is Part 2 of Episode 17. Continue listening as our guest (Nuno Banda) unfolds personal examples on knowing God in different seasons in our lives and how He is a never-ending well of God. Such a mystery are His ways, yet He so gracefully reveals them to us if we seek it.2022-12-3027 minConfessions with MayraS2-E17 (Part 1) Knowing GodHow do you know God? How do you know when it's HIm speaking? Listen in as Mayra and our special guest (Nuno Banda) develope what it is to know God and how to know Him. This is part 1 of 2, so be sure to continue on to part 2 at your own time and convenience.2022-12-3043 minConfessions with MayraS2-E16-Trusting GodHow do we Trust God? We can't trust what and whom we don't know. We trust what we KNOW to be relable and what we are FAMILIAR with, so it only makes sense to put the knoweldge of God at the top of our list to be able to trust Him more.2022-12-0230 minConfessions with MayraS2-E15 Living A Greatful LifeBeing thankful even in the smallest of things is big and goes a long way. Listen in with Mayra as she helps us navigate the road to a life of gratefulness and gratitude. Remember where you were and how far you've come. God is Good!2022-11-1827 minConfessions with MayraS2-E14 Gratefulness HabitBeing grateful doesn't come natural to the human body and mind. We have to workout our attitude towards being and living greatful just like any other habit. Listen how Mayra shows us how we can move to being more grateful even in the midst of heardache and pain.2022-11-1121 minConfessions with MayraS2_1 - E13 Being Thankful and ContentWhat does it mean to be thankful and what does it mean to be content? What is the importance of being content in all things and how will it strengthen us to do ALL things? Listen in while Mayra explains why Paul says "I can do all things through Christ..." as being part of a thankful lifestyle.2022-11-0431 minConfessions with MayraS2-E12 - Offended at God?Offended at God? Something not talked about much, but more common than we think is when we are offended at God for something in our lives; un-answered prayer, hurt, mistreatment, sickness, death, etc. Listen how you can navigate being offended at God in our last podcast this season of Forgiving.2022-10-2928 minConfessions with MayraS2-E11 Forgiving YourselfForgiving yourself. Probably one of the most difficult people to forgive is our ownselves. Listen as Mayra guides us in ways we can forgive even the most unforgivable person we may know and most familiar with. Ourselves.2022-10-2127 minConfessions with MayraS2-E10-Forgiveness in the Church, Guest: Susie MarquezWhat does it look like when forgiveness needs to happen even within the church. Our guest invite, Susie Marquez2022-10-1443 minConfessions with MayraS2-E9 Parenting-Forgiving Your Parents FirstWe are a result of our parent's form and way of parenting whether the lack of or the "overprotective" parenting. Now that we are parents or future parents, the same grace that we want for us needs to be the same grac that we need to give to ours.2022-10-0726 minConfessions with MayraS2-E8 Forgiving Without ApologyWhat if the offendor never apologizes or recognizes the offense towards you? Can you and will you forgive without receiving what you long to hear; an acknowlegement and/or an apology. What can you do if you never do?2022-09-3026 minConfessions with MayraS2-E7 When You Are The OffendorIn this episode, Mayra lays it all out, confession of a time when she was the offender and the process she went through to make mends and seek closure. Listen how we can easily become prideful and ignore our own faults and weaknesses. Reality hurts, but it is a necessary part of living free and unguarded.2022-09-1630 minConfessions with MayraS2-E6 Forgivenss is Not WeaknessRecap on previous episode, and focus on how forgivness actually makes you stronger and not weaker. But it's a process and some take longer than others, but doesn't mean it's less powerful. We can't extend mercy, grace, and forgivenss if we aren't first willing to receive it.2022-09-0924 minConfessions with MayraS2-E5 The Process of Forgiving-guest Veronica BandaWe first apologize for no intro or music, this one recorded differenct and couldn't edit. What does the process of forgiveness look like? How do you know you are healed from the hurt and offense. And what does that look like? *Guest, Veronica Banda2022-09-0241 minConfessions with MayraS2-E4-Freedom in ForgivenessForgiveness brings freedom to live free of hate and revenge. It lifts the heaviness that living offended can bring. But we can't do it on our own, or by our own will.2022-08-2627 minConfessions with MayraS2-E3 Christlike Forgiveness, Guest IsaacForgiving is being Christlike and is a commandment not an option. Our special guest for this episode was my love and husband Isaac Vasquez.2022-08-1951 minConfessions with MayraS2-E2-BitternessBitterness. Unforgiveness tied to bitterness, the root of strife and discord. How we can check ourselves for any root that might be lingering.2022-08-1235 minConfessions with MayraSeason2-Episode1Intro to Season 2 talking about Forgiveness, forgiving and asking for forgiveness.2022-08-0516 minConfessions with MayraS1-Final-Fruit of the Spirit"So Iron Shapens Iron", what does it mean? Why forgive? What we do and how we respond after we've been offended or hurt is so important. Only Holy Spirit can give us the grace to walk out an live out the Fruit of the Spirit.2022-06-1925 minConfessions with MayraMarriageMarriage is a gift and is more special than we can think. It's a beautiful covenant. Listen as I give a little of what I've learned in these 19 years of marraige, what has helped and can help you as well.2022-06-1023 minConfessions with MayraFamily-SummerTimeFamily talk, unscripted, and raw. Listen as I pull my kids in and ask a few questions on fun, faith, and summer time expectations. He has made us all different and specially unique. Embrace each one!2022-06-0325 minConfessions with MayraApprovalHave you ever been stuck for approval by others and felt held back? Listen as I work through my raw times of approval and have received freedom.2022-05-2724 minConfessions with MayraMother's DayMy journey and struggle with not being able to have children and how the Lord was so gracious to answer my prayer and heart's desire.2022-05-2027 minConfessions with MayraEmotional Independence - Special Guest Christy HernandezEmotional Freedom is possible from carrying layers of emotional baggage and being set free and healed from from anxiety, depression, and restlessness.2022-05-1341 minConfessions with MayraS1 E3-Birthday MonthYou were important enough to be put on God's calendar for the day you were born. He was anticipating your arrive to this earth! God thinks and smiles upon you and loves to look at you!2022-05-0627 minConfessions with MayraE2 Small BeginningsDon't despise small beginnings. Embrace the season you are in and don't compare.2022-04-2923 minConfessions with MayraS1 E1Introduction to new podcast "Confessions With Mayra" and stepping out in Faith.2022-04-2515 min