The Level Up Latina Podcast

Welcome to April's random show covering everything from our Netflix and Chill highlights, to Disney reunions, and dating our kids. We laugh, we share, and we spend time feeling our easygoing selves. This is one of those shows everyone can tune into for a lighthearted reset, travel inspiration, and girl-gang time!   Like, listen, and share with your besties, comadritas, y familia. 

In a fast-moving world, it might feel overwhelming to stay relevant. Are you savvy enough... woke enough... conscious enough? We all ponder how the world changes and if we're keeping up with it all. Stream today's show for practical advice to help you grow and change along with a career that is bound to change too. We may not get it all right, all the time, but we sure do try! Listen, like, and sh...

A listener asked us about this topic. In their words, they said, "keep it real, real with me." All too often people tell us simple things about what it's like to become a mom, such as: "You'll know when it's right." "You'll know what to do." "It will come naturally." But more often than not, there's really much more to it.  We don't talk enough about all the things that do happen to new and even e...

We all know them... we may even have been them at some point in our lives, but that there are toxic humans walking the earth, there are! We tackled this topic together in episode 145 of the LUL podcast. There we were sitting in a room (literally juntas) recounting stories of childhood, college, the working world, and beyond. In each of those phases, we remembered the toxic power moves levied again...

On this week's show, we bring you our routine random episode, and in it, we talk about all things faith. Whether you grew up loving or hating organized religion, believing in a higher power or being skeptical about the whole thing, we very randomly dig into the topic of growing up Catholic. It was an easy chat on a sometimes complicated matter. Join the chatter and follow-up by telling us your tak...

We are together juntitas for this one.... so you know it's GOOD! Bear with us as we talk all things work in the traditional sense and as jefitas running our own company at LUL. This work has its perks and its tough times too, so we wanted to share our take on the differences between working for you and working for someone else. Also, get a glimpse into what it's like to work with your lifelong fri...

Today we have Rebecca Contreras, the author of “Lost Girl-From the Hood to the White House to Millionaire Entrepreneur” as our guest. Rebecca has a very powerful story. Everyone will leave this episode feeling so inspired and ready to build a legacy. As an author, entrepreneur, and change agent, Rebecca's goal is to help women transform the way they see themselves and to have them empower those ar...

You may not know this, but the women of LUL love to travel! Their bond was built on many of those magical trips... from sin city to the big apple, business retreats in Mexico, to tropical adventures from Costa Rica to Brazil.   Whether traveling in the US, island hopping in the Caribbean, or exploring across Asia and Europe.... we've got many cost-savings tips to share. Don't miss this episode fil...

There are many moments in life where we feel like "we just can't" and in those tough times, we feel you! Other times, we feel like the world is telling us we can't. Often "the world" in question is as close as family members challenging our deepest desires and aspirations. In this show, we discuss how we've taken ourselves from "I CAN'T" to "HOW CAN I?" We talk about the guilt that comes with "wan...

Here we are... time for our monthly chatter download about nothing and everything under the sun. This month we have a very special announcement involving motherhood. Do not miss it. Besides that we go in hard as we like to every month, talking about the usual randomness of life whether that's phone sex, new job opportunities, or self-care rituals. You must stream and tune in for some fun-loving re...

Welcome to another episode of the Level Up Latina podcast. Today we have Bricia Lopez as our guest. Bricia is a long-time entrepreneur, and co-founder of SuperMamas, a podcast and community empowering mujeres through motherhood. Bricia is also the author of “Oaxaca: Home Cooking from the Heart of Mexico.” Her journey started decades ago when her family opened Guelaguetza in Los Angeles, a restaura...

Every relationship is so unique, and while you can't predict what might make you call it quits, today we share our stories of life's romantic ups in downs... what we never tolerated, can't believe we did, or what we lived through and instead of "breaking the deal" we stayed.  Romantic relationships grow and change and never quite stay the same and while we wish every relationship could work, not a...

Today we bring you our first guest of the year and with it, we bring a revolution of wealth, abundance, and literal richness with Linda Garcia of In Luz We Trust. Ever thought about the connection between money and spirit, connected your financial mindset to healing, or struggled to embrace the idea that WEALTH IS FOR ALL and not just the lucky few?... then this episode is for you! Hell, this show...

It's here... the one where we talk about anything and everything and even our kids chime in. Hear us chat about it all birthdays, vacays, covid catching up to us, and as ALWAYS, good eats! 

There's so much that comes with being bilingual and proud of it. On today's show, we discuss our journeys speaking Spanglish, code-switching, and even what it's like to raise bilingual and worldly kids. We dig into what it feels like being raised in the middle of two generations and cultures, what that means in the professional world, and how we strive to erase the self-consciousness brought on by...

Today we are excited to share so many of our "aha" moments from our Guilt-Free Squad book club. The inaugural book: For Brown Girls with Sharp Edges and Tender Hearts: A Love Letter to Women of Color by Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodriguez cracked us open and we can't wait to share... In this chat, we cover only a few of the incredibly profound details of this work of art. From religion to relationships...

Welcome 2022! As we take on a new year we bring you a bit of a random episode.  While checking in with each other, we hope to check in with you! How's 2022 treating you so far? Share in the comments - we'd love to hear from you! In this week's show, we cover coping in the aftermath of a Covid diagnosis, simplifying your new year's inspiration, and adjusting expectations in uncertain times. Check i...

In this, our last episode of 2021, we bring you a life coach's guide to hacking your new year's resolutions. With years of experience coaching clients to level up, we've learned so many essential lessons and strategies along the way. Let this upcoming year be the one that transforms your life once and for all. Get the inspo. to prepare you to set any goal at any time of year. More importantly, und...

Are you considering asking for consistent time-off for therapy? Unsure where to start? Not certain your office culture will embrace it? Don't miss this episode. You know how it is at LUL we talk therapy conversations in the workplace, but couldn't leave out covering it in our homes with old-school parents or partners. Normalizing therapy and its value can't come soon enough and this topic of discu...

This week's episode was brought to us by an avid podcast listener. We are covering communication and improving it with those from generations before us, in the workplace, in love, and everywhere in between.  We simply cannot live without proper communication. However, let's keep it very real. Great communication is hard. Confrontation, conflict, even just misunderstandings add to communication cha...

We love bringing you our tip of the day. Today, we bring you our favorite TIPS OF THE YEAR! Who are we kidding though? This is the random show, so while talking about all things tips, life, and success, we also delve into milestone birthdays, Paris vacations, client competitions, and more. Be warned this might be a tipsy Tip of the Year since wine was flowing! In all seriousness, this is a show th...

In yet another super inspiring episode of the Level Up Latina podcast, today we have California State Senator Monique Limón as our guest. Monique is a native of our beloved Santa Barbara, our hometown during our college years at UCSB. Like us, Monique was also a member of Hermanas Unidas during such a formative time in our lives.  She is only the 2nd woman and 1st Latina to hold this seat in offic...

Today, we bring you another important and honest conversation all about how to handle the resistance life throws our way! Sometimes resistance shows up as people, situations, or even our own limiting mindsets and negative self-talk. Whatever the source, it sure holds us back, and we want it to hold us back NO MORE! In our usually candid way, we talk strategies and tips from our own journeys, and s...

In today's show, we hear from a longtime friend and academic educator, Emily Aguirre. Her vulnerable and candid conversation inspires transparency in all of us. LUL and Emily settle in discussing everything from college to career, online dating to marriage, and finally, infertility to motherhood. This is a beautiful conversation among friends who didn't have the kinds of upbringings where women di...

To celebrate Halloween last month we did a very special LIVE episode! Guests could listen, chat, and even call in real time! Thanks to all who joined in on our goofy holiday-inspired live show. It was our fanfavorite random show! Take a listen and let us know if we should do more of these. Did you join the live show? Had fun... tell us all about it. We love hearing from you!