The UpLift Pod
Get uplifted with Tessa Zavala and Cy Herrera—two attorneys redefining what it means to live, heal, and grow on your own terms. Through honest conversations, bold perspectives, and real-life stories, they unpack mental health, personal growth, and liberation—challenging the narratives that keep us stuck and offering new ways forward. This is your space to question the rules, unlearn the pressure, and step into a more whole, empowered version of yourself. No burnout. No perfection. Just real growth.
Episodes

Sunday Oct 01, 2023
Sunday Oct 01, 2023
Do you ever question yourself, hold yourself back, take pause before going for the next big thing? Invoke your 5-year-old self with Tessa and Cy as they challenge us to push past our hesitancies to create the world we deserve. You are worthy and now is your time! Your younger self is counting on you.

Sunday Sep 10, 2023
Sunday Sep 10, 2023
Are you feeling stuck? Wondering how you got where you are in life? Is what you are doing everyday really bringing you joy? Join Tessa and Cy as they challenge us to dig deep and Marie Kondo our lives to a life worthy of you! We all have our priorities, but maybe it’s time to take stock and make sure our priorities include our happiness and self-determination. You are worthy of the life of your wildest dreams!

Sunday Sep 03, 2023
Sunday Sep 03, 2023
We’ve all been there. We want something so bad and we get a “no” or a “you’re not ready yet.” But instead of taking that to mean we have some imagined deficiency, what if we turned it around to understand that this person is just not ready for us? That they simply do not know how to value us for what we know we are worth and get us closer to stepping into all our greatness. Next time the universe tells you “no,” we challenge you to seek the people, the place, the opportunity that is the moment. The one you deserve - the one that will take you where you are truly destined to go. On the path to personal liberation and realizations of all your wildest dreams. You are a phenom and some people just aren’t ready to handle that!

Sunday Aug 20, 2023
Sunday Aug 20, 2023
Ready to make the switch from a scarcity mindset into abundance? Tune in to this convo on practical ways to get there! This week Tessa and Cy explore the many ways that we can make this shift in our mentality and set ourselves up to fully step into our greatness while building up others around us. Join in and move into your endless potential!

Sunday Jul 30, 2023
Sunday Jul 30, 2023
So often we find ourselves holding back. But why? Do we really believe we can’t do it or are we afraid of how we’ll be seen if we do!? Let’s talk about where that doubt and fear really comes from. Because you got this and if it feels a little scary and exciting - maybe you should go for it! Join us as we call out unfounded fears and lift each other up to be brave, courageous, and kind to ourselves and others to take us all to the next level together! ¡Adelante!

Friday Jul 21, 2023
Friday Jul 21, 2023
The strong ones. The ones with a good head on their shoulders. The ones that “have it all together.” They are the ones everyone goes to for advice and emotional support. But who is doing this for them? Join Tessa and Cy for a conversation on how we support our busiest and strongest friends and loved ones. And how we give ourselves permission to make space and time to care for our own health and wellness. Because we are all worthy. ✨

Friday Jul 14, 2023
Friday Jul 14, 2023
Criticism is a dirty word but there is no shame when we see the best in each other and choose to lift up instead of punching down. Listen in as Tessa and Cy dissect where our impulse to criticize one another comes from and challenge us to take a new approach. One where we meet people where they are with no judgment and with radical empathy and love. Let’s lift each other up above ignorance, over fear, and beyond our limiting mindsets together.

Tuesday Jul 04, 2023
Tuesday Jul 04, 2023
Does a certain relative or social media influencer make you feel like you can never measure up? Does negative self talk creep in and convince you that you have to suffer and struggle to reach some unattainable and unreasonable expectation set for you by someone else? Run away and break free! Join Tessa and Cy on a journey of discovering how to define your own path and trust your instincts to lead you through the many phases of your complex and winding life story that you flow through. Your story is yours alone and it is a great one! Let’s reject perfectionism and embrace liberation together, right now.

Friday Jun 16, 2023
Friday Jun 16, 2023
Are you ready for an evolution? It’s time to see beyond ourselves and make this about each other. Join Tessa & Cy on their journey toward making the world a better place one interaction at a time!

Sunday Jun 04, 2023
Sunday Jun 04, 2023
Sometimes we don’t even notice it, but we all feel the pressures of “being perfect.” It pokes at us as we scroll, as we passively take in ads and reality TV content, it stings when someone we love tosses a casual criticism or hurtful joke our way. All of it cumulates in our subconscious and tells us we are not good enough, that we should be leading our lives differently. But the tricky thing about perfectionism is it doesn’t really exist outside of the power we give it in our own minds. Get liberated with Tessa & Cy and free your mind and spirit to do what YOU want without apologies, without justification. You are worthy of the best life you can imagine for yourself!








