EP. 195: Reinvention, AI, and Walking Away from Success with Dulce Toscano
Release Date: 07/29/2025
EP. 211: From Layoff to Launch: How Sarah Built Financial Freedom Through Entrepreneurship
Ch*ngona Revolution
One of my Courage Driven Latina clients, Sarah Tulloch, is a podcast production manager, and fun fact: she’s been managing this podcast for over three years! She created the podcast launch course that’s in the Courage Driven Latina Portal, and she’s even helped her fellow courage driven Latinas launch their podcasts and post consistently. Today, she’s an expert on all things podcasting with a successful business, but her life was very different just a few years ago. She lost her courage and didn’t know how to get it back, so she joined the Courage Driven Latina program. Sarah...
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EP. 210: Behind the Scenes of My Telemundo Interview: Lessons in Courage, Confidence & Doing It Messy
Ch*ngona Revolution
Getting a live TV segment on Telemundo was a huge life lesson for me. I am a confidence coach, and I teach my clients to have courage, but I was also so freaking scared when this opportunity came to me. For one thing, it was completely in Spanish, and Spanish is my second language; it was live, so I couldn’t ask it to be edited in any way, and I only had a few hours to prepare to be on national TV. The universe was giving me what I wanted, but I was so scared of messing it up, I thought about saying no. In the end, I did the interview. And if you saw my post about it on social...
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EP. 209: How to Feel Rich in Courage (Even When Money Feels Tight): 3 Steps to Build Confidence & Negotiate What You’re Worth with Evie Prete
Ch*ngona Revolution
So many of my clients feel trapped because of their financial situation. And it sucks because when you’re living from paycheck to paycheck, it’s hard to manifest a new life because you’re living in survival mode. There is, however, a way to break free from this feeling and finally manifest abundance. And we’re going to show you how to do it. Evie is a Latina Salary Negotiation Coach, Speaker, and Podcaster who specializes in helping women negotiate five-figure salary increases. Through her coaching and the Self Worth Accelerator Mastermind, she has empowered women to step into their...
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EP. 208: The Real Reason You’re Not Taking Action — And How to Finally Start
Ch*ngona Revolution
Sometimes you’re stuck for a season. Sometimes it’s a few months. For me, it was an entire year. All during 2024, I felt like I had a little rain cloud following me around. It affected my work, my life, and my creativity. And after reading some of the survey answers I got back, I realized that a lot of you were going through the exact same thing. I was able to get myself out of that weird funk I was in, so I wanted to help you guys do the same. That weird funk is survival mode, and it can happen at any time. Whether you’re fighting with a loved one, having a hard time at...
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EP. 207: The # 1 Strategy to Help You Overcome Perfectionism and Manifest Your Goals
Ch*ngona Revolution
Your perfectionism is holding you back - in more ways than one. You don’t need another degree or the latest and greatest camera to get started. Waiting for the right set of circumstances is just you letting fear take over your life again, and if you want to manifest your goals, we have to do the work to overcome that fear. Perfectionism is nothing more than fear of not being good enough. Perfectionism is us trying to control the outcome of any given scenario. We are trying to prove ourselves, and because we are trying to prove ourselves, rather than believing that we are already...
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EP. 206: Let Go of the Timeline: How to Stop Feeling Behind and Start Moving
Ch*ngona Revolution
Believe it or not, I rarely, if ever, have everything figured out all at once. If one thing is going well, something else is giving me issues. Like, my business is doing great, but my relationship with one of my parents isn’t. I’m completing my goal of going to more speaking events, but I haven’t completed my goal of owning a home. I feel behind, and even though I know it will all work out, it still feels scary in the moment. So what can we do after we validate our own feelings? We make a plan and we stick to it. Because our feelings are valid, but we can’t let them hold...
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EP. 205: Harnessing Fear into Power — ICE raids, generational trauma, and how we rise
Ch*ngona Revolution
It’s true that the current attacks on our community are dangerous and disorienting. That’s the point of them: to confuse us into giving up hope. But the Latino community has always been resilient, and we will rise above this. There are so many ways we can fight back and protect each other. In fact, there are tons of non-violent actions every single one of us can take right now if we want to. Non-violent action is one way we can pour our strength back into ourselves so that we have each other's backs. I’ve been thinking long and hard about this, and I’ve found a few ways...
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EP. 204: When Gratitude Turns Into Guilt: The First-Gen People Pleasing Trap
Ch*ngona Revolution
Did you know that being grateful and being a people pleaser are two different things? It can sometimes feel like they’re the same, but being a people pleaser means that you are self-sacrificing for someone else, like your parents, for example. There’s no sacrifice in feeling or being grateful. So why does it feel like we can’t be good daughters if we’re not self-sacrificing? People pleasing is more prevalent than you think, especially among first-generation Latinas. Our parents sacrificed so much to get us the best opportunities they could, so sometimes it feels selfish to...
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EP. 203: How I Landed 40 Under 40 By Being Magnetic, Not Hustling
Ch*ngona Revolution
Winning the Latina 40 Under 40 award was such a surreal experience, especially when it finally clicked that I had manifested winning this award years ago! This is one of the coolest things I've manifested that I’ve never shared on the podcast before, so we’re going to talk about it today! This award didn’t just fall out of thin air for me. I worked hard to build up my business and my community so that I could be ready to be recognized for the work I was doing. And yes, the universe conspired in ways I had no idea were possible, and for that I am extremely grateful. And, with...
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EP. 202: The Magnetic CEO Method Webinar
Ch*ngona Revolution
You can use the power of manifestation to create an entirely new life for yourself in just six months. I’ve had clients attract over $100k in new client contracts, get hired to do speaking engagements all over the world, and manifest paid maternity leave for their new family. And they all did it with my Magnetic CEO Method. The Magnetic CEO Method training uses manifestation and neuroscience to triple your opportunities without 3x the effort. I’ve witnessed so many women manifest way beyond their wildest dreams using this method, and it’s ushered in an incredibly abundant...
info_outlineIf you’ve been listening since the beginning of this podcast, then you might recognize this week’s guest, Dulce Toscano! She’s returning to the podcast to share her brand new business, The School of AI. She left her successful coaching business, deleted all her socials, and started fresh on an idea that she says is going to change the world.
Dulce Toscano is an AI consultant, educator, and the founder of The School of AI. The School of AI helps Coaches, Creatives, and Service Providers integrate AI into their business so that they can earn more, scale faster, and reclaim hours every week. A former business coach and digital nomad, Dulce pivoted to AI after seeing its power to level the playing field for women and first-gen entrepreneurs. Today, her training programs and custom AI solutions turn AI into a strategic partner for content creation, client engagement, and business growth. For Dulce and The School of AI, AI isn’t just a productivity hack; it is a pathway to true financial and business freedom.
In this week’s episode, Dulce shares why she walked away from her successful coaching business to go all in on AI. She says that AI is the future, and I believe her. I’ve been a client of hers before, and she taught me how to utilize AI to make my business more efficient where it matters the most. Dulce says that AI is a tool, and the better we can use it, the more successful we’ll be. Tune in to find out more about AI and how she reinvented herself in just a few months.
Resources Mentioned:
EP. 14: Making Untraditional Choices in the Latinx/e Community with Dulce Toscano
Follow Dulce on:
IG: @theschoolof_ai
Threads: @theschoolof_ai
TikTok: @biancaacervantes_
LinkedIn: Dulce Toscano
Follow Erika on:
Instagram @theerikacruz
TikTok @theerikacruz
LinkedIn
Website:
http://www.theerikacruz.com
How to work with Erika:
Join the waitlist for the Courage Driven Latina program here!
Join the waitlist for the Magnetic Mastermind here.