La Vida Más Chévere de Childfree Latinas

Send a text to share your thoughts! Ep #72 - In part 1 of a two-part interview, we're diving into an enlightening conversation with Yoreim Virella, a Diásporican, humanitarian, entrepreneur, and content creator.  Yoreim shares her personal journey about growing up in a predominantly Catholic town and navigating societal expectations, including wondering if she should have a child to avoid bei...

Send a text to share your thoughts! Ep #71 - Dive into the insidious nature of diet culture with Dra. Hortencia Jimenéz, a sociologist, professor, author, and health coach. She highlights the interconnectedness of diet culture with systemic oppression (calling it a spider web) and the importance of dismantling toxic cultural norms. So how do we, like little flies, free ourselves from the web and a...

Send a text to share your thoughts! Ep #70 - Dive into Human Design with childfree Latina, actor, and coach Ydaiber Orozco, as we explore some burning questions like:  What the heck is Human Design? Is Human Design based on science? Is Human Design a cult? Can I change my Human Design? What kind of tool is Human Design? Whether you're a skeptic or a fan of personality frameworks like Myers-Br...

Send a text to share your thoughts! #69 - Misogyny: that's what Project 2025 is advocating for and this Childless Cat Lady isn't having it. For every social media warrior who proudly declares #IUnderstandTheAssignment, there's a counterpart ready to gleefully embrace a wave of Christofascist extremism that threatens to strip women of our hard-earned freedoms. So what is the assignme...

Send a text to share your thoughts! Ep #68 - What's the fastest way to offend your potential wedding guests? Commenters on Threads and Instagram posted a million different options for telling people to leave their "trophies" at home. In Part 5 of the childfree wedding series,  childfree couple Paulette and Ryan are once again reading through the crudest yet humorous ways to say &quo...

Send a text to share your thoughts! Ep #67 - What's the "proper" way to tell your guests you want a childfree wedding? From the etiquette of hosting an adult-only affair to the most tactful ways to convey this message to your guests, we're all over this sometimes-taboo topic. Childfree couple Paulette and Ryan Erato have some experience in this arena. And after going viral on T...

Send a text to share your thoughts! Ep #66 - Part 3 in the childfree wedding series comes to us in the form of an email from Vivian, a now "retired" childfree housewife.  Vivian's wedding planning started off as a wild ride navigating family expectations, Catholicism, and even some social shaming, all because she dared to say "I don't want kids."  Having now been marr...

Send a text to share your thoughts! Ep #65 - Burnout isn't a gold medal earned at the Exhaustion Olympics. It's totally avoidable,  but in our hustle culture, we often wear exhaustion like a badge of honor. Trust that there's nothing honorable about sacrificing your health. Take it from someone who has suffered the consequences! Us childfree Latinas are especially susceptible to thi...

Send a text to share your thoughts! Ep #64 - What happens when you’re suddenly abandoned by your pack? Loneliness is a universal human emotion that can often go unaddressed and underestimated in its impact. In a society where the focus is too often on productivity and success, acknowledging feelings of isolation and vulnerability can be perceived as a weakness. In this heartfelt episode, host and...

Send a text to share your thoughts! Ep #63 - "Where are you from?" is a question asked all too often of people who are visibly "not white." So what does it mean to be American in a melting pot of immigrants?   Picking up where we left off last time, guest Amanda reflects back on her 5 years in Japan and we touch on certain taboo topics like: race vs ethnicity vs nationality how...

Send a text to share your thoughts! Ep #62 - Continuing the study of the parallels in various cultures, we're celebrating AAPI month by exploring the world of childfree adulthood with Amanda from Six Degrees of Cats podcast in Part 1 of this two-part episode.  Where do Latinidad and East Asian/Midwestern cultures overlap? You'd be surprised! And despite their radically different upbringi...

Send a text to share your thoughts! Ep #61 - Since host and childfree Latina Paulette Erato was ironically born on Mexican Mother's Day (which is always observed on May 10th), she's turning May into a celebration of The Otherhood, aka Non-Mom May! Non-Mom May is a fiesta dedicated to amplifying the stories of women and non-binary individuals living fulfilled lives without children. It is...

Send a text to share your thoughts! Ep #60 - Self-proclaimed and proud black sheep Shweta Ramkumar sits down with resident childfree Latina Paulette Erato to discuss the parallels between Southern Asian and Latine cultures. And while both cultures can be conservative, sexist, and patriarchal, both women have been fortunate to have supportive families when it comes to their childfree choices. As a...

Send a text to share your thoughts! Ep #59 - What's it like to have a sibling that doesn't want kids? Batman enthusiast, professional marketer, sports/pop culture podcaster, and baby brother Erik Fontanez joins his childfree sister Paulette Erato to discuss this question. It's a candid and lighthearted discussion about the dynamics of being a childfree individual within their family...

Send a text to share your thoughts! Ep #58 - Ever fantasize about moving abroad, and what that could look like in your life? Childfree couple Paulette and Ryan did just that, trading their Los Angeles-based routine for a new adventure in Puerto Rico. But moving to a tropical paradise wasn't all sausages and rainbows. The couple gets real about the unexpected challenges they faced—from dreamy...

Send a text to share your thoughts! Ep #57 - What does media bias have to do with how marginalized groups are perceived? EVERYTHING. Media bias—the way we see certain groups on TV and in movies—has a massive impact on how we view people in real life. And whether or not we see them as real human beings, or merely caricatures we don't have to care about. If people in the margins don't comp...

Send a text to share your thoughts! Ep #56 - This special Valentine's week episode is dedicated to smashing The Patriarchy by tapping deep into the well of your self-love. Because if you want to live your vida mas chévere , if you want to design your best childfree Latina life, you need to have a healthy relationship with yourself. How do you get that? Listen in for practical tips on how to p...

Send a text to share your thoughts! Ep #55 - Following up from the last episode about how Monica Rivera became her own best friend, this time Monica tells us how her inner critic inspired her to start her own business coaching enterprise for women of color aptly named YOU WANNA DO WHAT?! There's also the question many childfree Latinas grapple with—thanks to the toxic cultural habit that allo...

Send a text to share your thoughts! Ep #54 - Monica Rivera had to learn to become her own best friend. But how do you do that when you’ve lost everyone you’ve ever loved? In this two-part episode, business coach and TEDx speaker Monica shares how losing her entire biological family in a short period of time afflicted her not only with a deep grief, but also a unique kind of loneliness. And how she...

Send a text to share your thoughts! Ep #53 - If you hate new year's resolutions, or the idea of "new year, new me" then you might like a Word of the Year better. This episode guides you through setting an intention for your year ahead (as opposed to concrete SMART goals) via a seven-step method for finding the perfect word. It's a unique approach that includes reflecting on the...

Send a text to share your thoughts! Ep #52 - Want more confidence? Hack your brain! While brain hacking sounds mysterious (if not illegal—and painful!), it's simply the latest way to describe an effective neuroscientific method that rewards you with a “hit” of the happiness (or pleasure) hormone, dopamine. You can harness this to increase your motivation, which then fuels your confidence and...

Send a text to share your thoughts! Ep #51 - Storyteller Talia Molé, an activist, anthropologist, and artist, shares her journey confronting societal pressures, the impact of language on reproductive rights, and her mission to redefine motherhood. From fighting for a hysterectomy to battling for debt forgiveness, Talia is a powerhouse. In this re-released episode, we dive deep into the significanc...

Send a text to share your thoughts! Ep #50 - It's celebration time! Having achieved 50 episodes, it's a great time to use this milestone moment to look back on where we've been, how we got here, and where we're going to continue this journey of living our best lives—la vida más chévere! With that are 6 recurrent themes that guide the essence of host Paulette Erato's life w...

Send a text to share your thoughts! Ep #49 - Another childfree wedding success story —this time, it's a childfree destination wedding!  Bride Andrea Watt shares her experience in throwing the childfree wedding she always wanted: at sunset on the beach with only a small group of adults as guests. It doesn't sound very demanding for a bride. But of course, wedding planning is never without...

Send a text to share your thoughts! Ep #48 - Today's toxicity ripe for dismantling: the stigma around therapy. Brown people prefer not to air their dirty laundry with strangers, but bury their mental and emotional distress for fear of being labeled weak or crazy. All that does is create a cycle of pain that becomes harder and harder to break with, and is passed on to future generations. Enoug...