You say you want the love, the money, the peace… but can you actually let yourself have it?

In this episode of YASKING, Arturo and Anthony crack open one of the most overlooked blocks in personal growth: the inability to receive. Not because you’re lazy. Not because you’re not “doing enough.” But because your nervous system — and your conditioning — is wired for self-protection, not openness.

We talk about:

• Why ease often feels unsafe (and how to shift that)
• The trap of efforting, control, and chronic proving
• How childhood, culture, and trauma shape our relationship to joy
• And what it actually looks like to rewire your system to receive — without guilt, without hustle, and without shrinking

This one’s not about “hacks” — it’s about truth.
You're allowed to let it be good.

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Some quotes don’t just call up patterns — they ask you to finally break them.

In this episode, Anthony and Arturo unpack four quotes that struck a nerve — about self-abandonment, over-giving, childhood conditioning, and the hope that keeps us holding on long after something stops being good for us.

Arturo explores the emotional residue of toxic relationships, what it means to stop shrinking for love, and how walking away can become an act of remembering who you are.

Anthony opens up about addiction, family, and the stories we inherit — and how healing begins when we choose truth over performance.

Together, we ask:
What if the pain you’re carrying isn’t the problem — but the story that told you to stay?

Because toxic relationships might be teachers, but they’re not home.
And the real work is learning how to choose yourself — again and again.

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What if the love that’s been breaking you… was actually pointing you back to yourself?

In this episode, we get painfully honest about toxic relationships — the ones that look like connection on the outside but feel like walking on eggshells inside. Whether it's a partner, a parent, a boss, or a best friend, we unpack how unhealed childhood dynamics keep us chasing familiar pain in adult relationships.

Arturo opens up about the subtler forms of toxicity that shaped him — emotional gaslighting, conditional love, control disguised as care — and what it really takes to break the cycle. Anthony speaks to the courage it takes to stop performing for love, and why walking away is more spiritual than dramatic.

Together, we explore:

• Why we mistake intensity for intimacy
• How the nervous system responds to unsafe love
• Why your trauma may be choosing your partner
• And how to stop being a mirror for someone else’s projections

This episode is a permission slip to grieve what never really felt safe — and to reclaim your worth without needing to earn it.

Because peace isn’t passive. It’s powerful.

YASKING with Anthony & Arturo is a weekly podcast about emotional fitness, queer healing, self-worth, and the audacity to take up space. Part soul work. Part storytelling. All truth.

Tune in to "YASKing with Anthony and Arturo" on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Don't forget to subscribe and follow Anthony on TikTok at @coachcatalino and Arturo on IG at @arturodiaz and TikTok @arturodiaznyc