A Hero's Welcome Podcast

About A Hero's Welcome Podcast

A Hero’s Welcome Podcast Hosted by Liliana Baylon and Maria Laquerre Diego, both LMFT-S and RPT-S A Hero’s Welcome is a podcast for therapists, supervisors, and mental health professionals who want honest, culturally responsive conversations about clinical work, trauma, play therapy, supervision, and the humanity of being a helper. Each episode brings practical insight, real stories, and thoughtful reflection for clinicians who want to serve with depth, humility, and courage. We discuss mental health topics, including psychotherapy models, clinical interventions, trauma-informed practices, and the role of cultural humility in therapeutic work. Our guests share their experiences serving children, families, and communities impacted by systemic stressors, offering insights and practical tools for fellow practitioners. Whether you're looking to deepen your understanding of culturally competent care or seeking a community that values diversity and inclusion, A Hero’s Welcome offers a space for reflection, learning, and growth. Hosts: Liliana Baylon liliana@lilianabaylon.com Maria Laquerre-Diego maria@anewhopetc.org

Publisher

Maria Laquerre-Diego, LMFT-S, RPT-S & Liliana Baylon, LMFT-S, RPT-S

Category

health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

1 Feb 2024

Latest episode

27 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

71 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   27 Aug 2026

   When Conferences Stop Filling Your Bucket

   Send us Fan Mail Conferences can feel like a gamble: hundreds (or thousands) of dollars, time away from clients, travel fatigue, and the hope that you’ll walk out with something that actually changes your work. We’re Maria and Liliana, and we’re naming the quiet frustration a lot of therapists carry, especially if you’re balancing caretaking, dynamic disabilities, or the financial realities of private practice. When conferences used to “fill the bucket” and now leave you thinking “Was that wo...

2. 

   13 Aug 2026

   Leading With A Broken Heart with Marisol Solarte-Erlacher

   Send us Fan Mail Your heart can be broken and you can still lead well, but you have to stop treating that ache like evidence you’re failing. We sit down with Marisol, a former mental health therapist of 21 years turned resilience consultant and trauma-informed leadership trainer, to name what so many helping professionals are carrying right now: grief that doesn’t resolve neatly, emotional labor that doesn’t get seen, and the pressure to keep performing competence when the world feels unstabl...

3. 

   9 Jul 2026

   Why Child Healing Requires Parent Work And System Change with Waldo Winborn

   Send us Fan Mail We open with a simple image: sometimes you really do have to set things on fire. Not to destroy for fun, but to make room for a cleaner rebirth, the kind that doesn’t pretend the old “phoenix” left no ash behind. From there, we get practical fast, talking with Waldo, a clinician in southern New Mexico known for his trainings in EMDR and sand tray work, about what it actually means to help children heal inside the systems they live in. We keep coming back to one uncomfortable...

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

1,786

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

5 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 61 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

71

Social presence

0

YouTube

68

Engagement

60

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