Super Mamás

This week we have yet another #MomBoss with us, our friend Evelyn Jimenez is here to share her story. Evelyn became a single teen mom when she was 17 years old but that didn’t stop her from achieving her dreams, and thanks to her focus and determination she is now an executive in the fashion industry. Evelyn found love again and became a mommy for the second time less than 2 years ago. She will tell us what is like to raise a pre-adult and a toddler at the same time and how different her experiences have been being a mom once as a teenager and again as an adult.​

This week’s guest Roxie Jimenez is the owner of one of the Fit4Mom franchises in LA, which houses Stroller Strides. Our episode started out being about health and staying active, but Roxie opened up and shared with us one of the hardest experiences she has lived. Miscarriage. A very hard subject to speak about in our community as it is surrounded with shame and pain for all involved. Roxie is extremely brave and wanted to share her story in hopes to reach anyone out there that has gone through this same situation and to let them know that they are not alone and how speaking out has helped her slowly heal.

MOM This week on the show we have the #QueenMom that started it all, our beautiful Mother, Maria de Jesus. The backbone of the family, and our biggest example of sacrifice and love for her children. She shares with us her story on how she lived her 40 dias (40 days) when Paulina was born back in Oaxaca where she was taken care of by her mother and grandmother with all the rituals and very strict rules new mothers had when giving birth and how her experiences changed over time with each one of her children. She also shares a lot of “remedios tradicionales” (traditional remedies) that have been passed on by generations and that you can still try at home with your little ones. Oh! And the question of who is the favorite daughter is finally answered! You know you don’t want to miss that!!

Our dear friend Ariana Stein comes to the show this week to share her amazing story. Aside from holding a corporate job, Ariana is the Co-Founder of Lil Libros and Founder of 1800-PET TAXI. She gives us a glimpse into her busy life and how she balances being a mom and a wife while still kicking butt at what she does, teaching us once again that you can accomplish anything as long as you work hard and dream big. She also shares with us a very personal story about how finding out she had a fibroid made her look at having children in a totally different light. And thou her pregnancy was tough she would totally do it again.

Paulina’s Best Friend of 20 years, Jackie Bravo joins us this week for a comadre session. We talk babies, cars, sex and trying to make time not only for ourselves, but for our friends and husbands too. We know that making time may sometimes sound impossible, but we explore different things we can all try to get a couple of minutes alone, get it together and come back refreshed to tackle whatever life throws at us.

This week on the podcast, Bricia invites Erika Orosco Cruz to the studio so she can finally tell us what is this RIE thing Bricia is always talking about. Erica has been using this technique for over 19 years with her 3 sons and now runs a children’s school with this philosophy. Even though RIE sounds very unfamiliar to us. Learn a little more about this parenting philosophy along with Paulina and find out if she was convinced to change her traditional ways to the RIE ways.

This week on the podcast we touch on a very difficult subject that still remains very much a taboo in our culture, Post Partum Depression. Our dear friend Elena Smith (Nena) comes to share her story on how she is learning to deal with this situation while caring for her toddler and six month old baby girl. Also, Paulina goes deeper into her own personal journey with Postpartum depression and talks about how seeking for help and speaking out has changed her life completely.

Our Girlfriend Betsy Aimee Cardenas shares her intimate story and teaches us that happiness isn't about being happy when everything is going your way, but about being happy regardless of what is happening outside of you.

Paulina's husband is here! Ramiro stopped by to give us the insight on daddy-hood and his reaction to their three year old asking about daddy's 'package' for the first time. We also discuss our non-existent 'sex talk' as children with our parents and share other personal embarrassing stories of our own.

What's the easiest way to keep our kids bilingual?! This week on our podcast, we have invited a dear friend of ours, Rebecca Bernard Aguiar, Co-Founder of World City Center, a dual-language Preschool to help us put some light on this subject and other school related issues. We talk about the struggles of maintaining our language alive, and the craziness behind getting our kids into preschool, TK and Kinder (and you thought labor was hard!).