Some wounds come from losing someone. Others come from having someone who is still alive but was never truly there.

In this episode of Angeles The Podcast, I open up about one of the most personal parts of my story: growing up with a father who never wanted to be the father I needed.

I share what it felt like to watch other little girls experience their father’s love, protection, and presence while secretly wishing I could have that too. From rejection and abandonment to witnessing the pain my mother endured, these experiences left wounds that followed me into adulthood.

But through it all, God has been teaching me something beautiful: my earthly father may not have chosen me, but my Heavenly Father always has.

This episode is for every daughter or son who has ever questioned their worth because of a parent’s absence. For the little girl still waiting to be chosen. For the adult still healing from childhood rejection.

You are not forgotten. You are not unwanted. You are loved by a Father who will never abandon you.

“Even if my father and mother abandon me, the LORD will hold me close.” — Psalm 27:10 (NLT)

Today, I can finally say something that means so much to me:

“I am God’s little girl. I always have been.”

Let’s talk about healing, forgiveness, breaking generational cycles, and discovering our identity in the Father who never left.

With love,
Maria Angeles 🤍

What happens when God asks you to let go of something that wasn’t bad, something you prayed for, built, loved, and thought would be part of your future?

In Episode 7, I’m sharing the story behind Angeles Company and why I’m learning that an ending doesn’t always mean failure. Sometimes a season has simply completed what it was meant to do.

We’ll talk about surrender, rejection, changing plans, and trusting God when the next chapter doesn’t look like the one you imagined. Through Ecclesiastes 3:1 and stories throughout Scripture, we’re reminded that people may leave, plans may change, and seasons may end, but God remains.

For a long time, I thought Angeles Company was the vision.

Now I realize it was the beginning of the vision.

Something new is coming. 🤎

Can you forgive someone and still struggle to trust again?

In Angeles The Podcast, we’re having an honest conversation about jealousy, insecurity, broken trust, marriage restoration, comparison, and the parts of our hearts that can still hurt even after things begin to change.

We’ll talk about where insecurity comes from, the difference between forgiveness and rebuilding trust, recognizing triggers versus discernment, and why another person’s reassurance can’t always heal what God wants to address within us.

Healing doesn’t mean forgetting what happened. It means no longer allowing what happened to control who you’re becoming.

“Search me, O God, and know my heart.” — Psalm 139:23 NLT

If you’re learning how to trust, forgive, love, and heal again, this conversation is for you. 🤍