#S1E12 – My favorite person is my badass grandma – Clelia Proença

Clelia Proença is my favorite person in the world. She happens to be my grandma, but, above all, she is a woman ahead of her time. She is an entrepreneur and a real estate investor. She opened her first and incredibly successful business at the age of 62! She never let anything stop her and she had to find ways to fight the patriarchy without the patriarchy even noticing it. It takes a lot of emotional intelligence, which she has plenty, I guarantee you. My grandma does not speak English, so my sister, Luana Proença, who’s an actress, kindly accepted to play my grandma during today’s episode. The original interview happened in Portuguese, and today you will hear the English version. 

Last year I had a tattoo done on my left forearm in her honor, with all the flowers she loves. In the night prior to the event she wrote me the following note: “Laila, I couldn’t sleep last night. Your attitude is so profound, I can’t imagine where and when I was able to engrave myself in your glorious and determined trajectory. That made me search, in my own past, people that have tattooed my soul, making it better. You are a beautiful, colorful, and loving tattoo, that I gladly carry with me since the day you were born”. Are you guys crying yet?

This wraps up the first of the many seasons we will have of The Honest podcast. I wanted to send a special thanks to the Tumpats team, the podcast producing company. Flavio Ferrer, the strategist, Kelly Gequelin, the manager, Lucas Panisson, the incredible editor, that together with Gustavo Slomp created our amazing podcast song! I couldn’t have done without you guys! You are a delight to work with! Thank you to all of you who listen to our podcast, it is made with pure love and joy! To many more podcasts! Love, Laila. 

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