Super Mamás

Who knew that becoming a mom is so much like running a business? Only our friend, Ellen Marie Bennett. She’s a new mom, founder of the brand Hedley & Bennett, and an incredibly accomplished woman who has changed the culinary industry. She talks about her birth story (including her 40 hour labor!), why it’s necessary for both parents to be a part of the postpartum experience, and how becoming a mot...

A few weeks ago, we let you know that Bricia was out for the week due to a minor surgery. In this episode, she tells the story behind her nose surgery and why she needed to correct it. After a nose job as a teen and years of terrible breathing problems afterwards, Bricia decided a few years ago to finally get the problem fixed. The story of her surgery day is a little nerve wracking for the Lopez...

Whoa, talk about a real GIRL POWER episode! This week we interview not just one, but TWO incredible super mamas: Rea Ann Silva, creator & founder of Beautyblender and her daughter, Erica Dickerson, Global Beauty Director of Beautyblender and podcast host of Good Moms, Bad Choices. The two have worked together basically since the conception of Beautyblender (when Erica started assembling products i...

We’re getting so close to summer, we can almost taste it! And speaking of tasting, this week’s guest is an expert at wanderlust flavors. We interview Adrienne Borlongan, co-founder of Wanderlust Creamery, an artisanal ice cream shop in Los Angeles. She creates all of the flavors, just opened their sixth store location and still has time to be a boss mama to her 3 littles. We talk about why delegat...

School is almost out for summer and we can feel our children getting more excited as each school week ends! But even though it feels like things have gone back to normal with fewer masks, warmer weather and summer vacation plans of travel & family outings, it doesn’t mean that COVID-19 has left us for good. In honor of Children’s Day and in partnership with Juntos Sí Podemos, this week’s episode f...

These ladies are putting our sister relationship to shame! In this episode we interview twin sisters, Sarah & Boo Simms, owners of Lady & Larder. You can thank them for being one of the forces that started the charcuterie board trend that’s all over social media right now! Sarah & Boo are big on family and they talk to us about how they balance their work and personal relationship. They also talk...

It feels like life is starting to get back to normal! This episode is a classic catch-up session between the sisters. With travel, birthdays and kid’s activities, it’s been a minute since they have been home and able to chat. Bricia is still spending her weekends going to baseball and Joshua Tree, but Paulina was finally able to catch her breath at home, so she got a jump start on her spring clean...

One of our greatest amigas, Patty Rodriguez, is back for a new episode! If you’re Angelenos like we are, you know that she just made a major move, leaving KIIS FM after over 15 years as a producer. Now she’s ready to grow in other ventures and she’s starting with helping her community. Patty talks to us about equity crowd funding for her company, Lil Libros, and why the time is right for our commu...

As mothers, let’s be honest - after the past two years, we are burnt out. In this episode Dr. Veronica Eyo, LCSW, talks about how we can learn to repair the relationships we have with our partners, kids and even ourselves, after what was a dark period for many of us. We lost a lot of time connecting with our partner because we were focusing on our health, working & learning remote and other factor...

Shining a spotlight on community resources is something we love, and today’s episode features one of our favorite organizations. This week we interview Jessika Ahlberg, program director at My Safe Harbor in Anaheim, California. This organization focuses on empowering mothers and strengthening families through education programs and community get togethers, and the success rate of program graduates...

Good days and bad days are normal and this vent session will remind you that we all go through it. First, Paulina starts with the story of how she lost her toenail. We’ll give you fair warning: if you’re squeamish, you might want to skip to minute 12 of our episode. And that’s not all that happened! Then Bricia talks about her latest cookbook and the stress of creating new recipes on top of work a...

The time has come… for the dreaded puberty talk! Our guest Dr. Marni Sommer, professor at Columbia University and co-author of “A Girl's Guide to Puberty and Periods” sits down to share how parents shouldn’t be embarrassed to talk to their kids about growing up. She explains the secret to talking to your daughters about their bodily changes is by being a source of safe, factual information. Dr. Ma...

This week we interview Dina Samson, restauranteur and co-founder of RE:Her. The non-profit started as a covid-era support group for women owned restaurants like Guelaguetza & Dina’s Rossoblu and Superfine Pizza, and now continues to support & encourage women in the hospitality industry and the communities they serve. Dina also runs us through how she structures the rest of her restauranteur work w...

Tired of gifting the same toys to kids? Our guest this week is super papá, Elian Savodivker, CEO and founder of Nabu. His startup helps parents find amazing experiences like summer camps, museums, and sporting events which then family and friends can contribute as much as they want making the perfect birthday or holiday gift. He also talks about running the Stanford Latino Entrepreneurship Initiat...

This week’s guest is comedian, Aida Rodriguez. She’s the first latina with an hour long comedy special on HBOMax and after this interview, we know exactly why she deserves it. From being “unhoused” to shooting her special during a hurricane, Aida talks about why we need to lift up Latinx creators, why we don’t always have to be victims but can be victors and that unless we have a healthy mental he...

Surprise! We’re back after a much needed break. No, we weren’t fighting. We needed to let the podcast take a backseat while we focused on ourselves, our families and especially our mental health. We felt we needed to recharge because 2021 was more difficult than 2020 in a sense - we were dealing with the aftermath of the beginning of the decade. But now we’re refreshed and we're catching you up on...

We have a Latina television icon on the show! We interview actress & writer, Sonia Manzano, AKA Maria from Sesame Street. This super mama has over 40 years experience bringing quality television to children & families on Sesame Street, and now she’s helping teach even more heartfelt lessons through her new PBS show, Alma’s Way. Together we talk about the importance of representation and why age ap...

We’re back from a long hiatus! We recorded this episode earlier this month but  mom/work life has gotten the best of us so we’re publishing now, a few weeks later. The end of the year always gets busy for us whether it's work, milestone birthdays, holidays and even Paulina’s eye. We are so excited to get back to recording and we promise more new episodes are coming your way! Come catch up with us!...

Breathing is something we do naturally, without giving it a thought, but what happens when you breath on purpose, when you do it properly? According to Ana Lilia a certified breath work coach, teacher and healer, it can literally change your life.  Ana Lilia specializes in managing anxiety, unique stress, fears and overwhelm amidst world affairs and in this episode she shares with us all the benef...

This week we have a venting Session with the Super Mamás, Paulina got a phone call from school saying one of her daughters got into a fight at school and immediately the Mom Guilt kicked in, Is it my fault? Am I doing something wrong? Am I a bad mom? When our kids do something considered bad, we immediately start blaming ourselves as parents, but is it really our fault? How can we divide our time...

This week is all about feeling good inside and out! We got to chat with the amazing Dani Solorio, a renowned herbalist, Certified Nutrition Health Coach and founder of Compton Health Bar, a Holistic wellness space in Compton California.  Dani's mission to bring Good to the Hood has become a movement that gives people in the community more access to Holistic practices to improve physical and emotio...

Karla Martínez de Salas is a twin mama and Editor in Chief of Vogue MX & Vogue Latin America. We talk about her journey in fashion, traveling the world and working at different magazines before landing in Mexico City, where she now works at Vogue. Karla is changing the industry by featuring people of different skin tones, backgrounds, body shapes and more in the magazine. She does this not only fo...

How is summer break almost over?! This week we're catching up with each other since our kids have been so busy at summer camp, which they’ve loved. We talk about the friendships they made during camp and new skills - like singing, piano lessons and skateboarding - they’re picking up & thriving in. By the way, did you know it takes 10k hours to master a skill? Lastly we’re dropping some special gem...

We all know that when we eat good food we feel good, but what does that have to do with our mind? Gastroenterologist, UCLA professor & author Dr. Emeran Mayer has had a career long interest in the brain-gut connection and this week he tells us about the complex signals that go from your brain to your gut when we eat. We also talk about fasting, the connection between food & stress and how we can c...

This week we interview Kristine Rodriguez, founder & CEO of GRL Collective, a lifestyle brand for grls that give a f*ck. This badass chick, with her activist mind and empathetic heart, created GRL Collective to give back, represent communities of color, and do whatever it takes to protect our planet for the future generations. She talks about going viral on social media (even we reposted her image...