{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Honest Thoughts on Surviving Online Hate (The Ripple Effect Podcast ft. Ileana Garcia: Part Two)","description":"If you listened to Part 1, you already know Ileana Garcia doesn\u2019t hold back. Part 2 goes somewhere I honestly didn\u2019t expect when we sat down to record it. We start with something that still visibly stings a little: the Wall Street Journal feature that was supposed to be a proud moment for her and instead turned into something else entirely. Ileana walks me through what actually happened behind that headline, and by the end of that story, I understood exactly what her brother meant when he called it \u201cengagement by enragement.\u201d Ileana tells me about the anonymous accounts that stitched her videos together just to mock her, the men who show up in her comments for no reason other than cruelty, and the moment she almost shut her whole account down over it. What struck me most wasn\u2019t the hate itself, it was how clearly she\u2019s learned to tell the difference between the comments that are actually about her and the ones that are really about whoever\u2019s typing them. But this conversation isn\u2019t only about what\u2019s hard. Ileana opens up about why she\u2019s stayed close with her ex-husband, and why that friendship makes complete sense to her even when it confuses everyone else. And she shares a little about her new relationship, and what it\u2019s like to build something new while an audience is watching the whole thing unfold. If Part 1 was about the decision to leave, this one is about everything that gets rebuilt in the years after. Ileana\u2019s as funny and as unguarded here as she was in Part 1, maybe even more so. If you haven\u2019t listened to Part 1 yet, start there first, then come back for this one. Ripple On!!! More About the Guest Ileana Garcia is the creator behind Illy in the Streets on TikTok, where she\u2019s built a following of over 50,000 by talking openly about what life actually looks like after leaving a long marriage. Featured in The Wall Street Journal, her content covers the parts most people go through quietly: the agonizing decision itself, navigating friends and family, guilt and sadness, untangling finances, and the slow work of reinvention and reflection. She\u2019s just as candid about what comes after, from dating again to building new relationships, and doesn\u2019t shy away from talking about the internet hate that comes with putting your life online. Before entering content creation, Ileana spent her career in enterprise sales, and it shows in the way she naturally tells a story. Ripple with Ileana Garcia: TikTok More About the Host Steve Harper is the founder of Ripple Central and host of The Ripple Effect Podcast, where he explores what it really takes to build authentic, meaningful relationships. He also owns Owner Insite, a construction project management software company. Steve runs The Pond, a community built around intentional connection and 8-Minute Ripple events. Ripple with Steve Harper Instagram Facebook X Website ","author_name":"The Ripple Effect Podcast with Steve Harper","author_url":"https:\/\/rippleeffect.libsyn.com\/podcast","html":"