Motherhood is exciting and scary and takes so much more planning than we expect! There are the thousand-dollar strollers, health insurance deductibles, and a go bag you have no idea what to fill it with. And don’t even get me started on the health of the mother and their partner! It’s a lot, and I’ve been struggling to wrap my head around it all. Which is why I am so excited to introduce you all to my best friend and recent mother, Cristina Sandoval Lazaro!  

Cristina has two kids and has been trying her best to prepare me for motherhood in the future while she’s been raising her own family and a pack of baby goats (more on that in the episode). Cristina never sugarcoats anything, and she’s a wealth of information. If you’re planning on having kids any time soon, or at all, this episode is a great one to help you start planning.

In this week’s episode, we’re talking about the real cost (financially, mentally, and emotionally) of having a baby. There’s a lot I didn’t know about pregnancy, having the baby, and then raising that baby. I learned a lot from watching Cristina do it all, and I think she’s the best person I could have learned it from. She taught me all about everything from postpartum depression to what to pack in the go bag, and now she’s here to teach all of you too. 

Tune in to hear what you definitely need to prepare for as a new mom and what you can leave behind (so it doesn’t stress you out). 

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Every first-gen Latina I know has some kind of moving-out story. For some people, moving out of their family’s home just makes sense. It’s the next logical step into adulthood. But for us, it’s an uphill battle to regain our freedom!

Latinas who grew up in very traditional households have a completely different moving-out experience from some of our non-Latina friends. We are expected to stay home until we get married, so it’s also expected to live with the fact that we will miss out on the freedom of living alone. And if we do move out despite these cultural norms, we are treated like we’re betraying the family or being disrespectful. 

Despite all the hoops we have to jump through, we do end up finding our own apartments, and our own versions of freedom. But let’s talk about those hoops for a second. 

In this week’s episode, we’re talking about how to prepare mentally, financially & culturally to live solo as a first-gen woman. We’re talking about the expected and the unexpected battles for our freedom. I didn’t expect to be overwhelmed with anxiety just because my first apartment was too quiet, but it happened, and it was devastating. There’s so much you don’t know until it happens, so let’s talk about it so that you’re prepared for anything. 

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Making more money than your parents is such a Latina, eldest daughter of immigrants thing we didn’t expect to deal feel so guilty about, but it happened anyway. Whether it’s because we have a hard time talking about money in general or it’s the crushing guilt keeping us from saying anything, keeping all these feelings locked up inside of us isn’t going to help anyone. 

Because if we don’t address it, all these guilty feelings manifest themselves into weird and sometimes destructive habits. Like it did for me, and as weird as they were, I’m sure that some of you have done them all before. 

In this week’s episode, we’re talking about what happens when you start making more money than your parents. It feels weird! You start to feel so guilty, start hiding shopping bags, and are afraid that you can’t relate to your culture if you aren’t suffering. But that couldn’t be further from the truth! So let’s explore why, and what you can do to start feeling better.

Tune in to hear all about my struggles with feeling normal about financial freedom and how to start letting go of survival thought patterns that don’t serve you anymore. 

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It’s finally here! I have been dreaming of this podcast for a very long time, and it’s finally come to life! I knew I needed to make this podcast because everyone in our community is struggling in one way or another. We are going through the messy middle of our lives and have no way of talking about it, and I wanted to fix that.

For those who don't know me yet - hola, I'm your host, Brenda Diaz! I’m a first-generation Latina, macro social worker, public servant, and the creator of The Mujeres of Milestones. For over ten years, I’ve dedicated my public service career to empowering children, women, and families. And now, I’m bringing those macro-level tools into micro-level personal growth - so we can all step into our next chapter with confidence.

In this week’s episode, we’re talking about what you can expect from this podcast and how we can connect! The Mujeres of Milestones podcast is a community-based podcast where we can talk about the messy middle and also empower ourselves to feel better about the journey to the milestones we’re reaching for. So if you have any stories you want to share, questions you have, or if you want to just sit and be with our community, subscribe to this podcast! We’ll post episodes every Wednesday, and we’ll also be having guests on soon! Leave a comment and one of your questions could be answered on the podcast!

Tune in to this week’s episode to hear how my friends and I are struggling with the milestones of adulthood and what we’re doing to work through the messy middle of life.

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Hola hola! Welcome to The Mujeres of Milestones podcast. Thank you so much for giving me a little piece of your day—it truly means the world to me.

This podcast has been on my head heart and soul for a really long time because Throughout my career as a social worker and my own journey as a first-gen Latina, I realized we women face so many barriers when reaching for our next milestone—not because we lack drive, but because we were never taught how to rewire our thought patterns and expand our possibilities.

So, I created this space for us—a place where I can share what’s worked for me, where guests can share their own real stories and lessons, and where we can have the honest, real-talk conversations we all need.

Together, we’ll will explore practical tools like journaling, visualization, EFT and Bilateral tapping and look at the deep-seated beliefs, thought patterns, and subconscious stories that shape how we see ourselves, and figure out how to rewire them, so we can confidently step into every milestone ahead.

For those who don't know me yet—hola, I'm your host, Brenda Diaz! I’m a first-generation Latina, macro social worker, public servant, and the creator of The Mujeres of Milestones. For over ten years, I’ve dedicated my public service career to empowering children, women, and families. And now, I’m bringing those macro-level tools into micro-level personal growth—so we can all step into our next chpater with confidence.

Tune in to hear how grown women are navigating the big—and sometimes pretty messy—milestones of adulthood. We’re talking about all of it: relationships, career shifts, money, homeownership, travel, motherhood, healing generational patterns, and everything in between.

Porque cada nuevo capítulo es una oportunidad -  to see yourself, your possibilities, and your whole life differently. The milestone isn't the destination... it's the invitation.

Así que... let’s get started!