Welcome to Dismantling Diet Cultured: F*ck Being Calladita

La Vida Más Chévere de Childfree Latinas creator and host Paulette Erato joins me for a powerful conversation about choosing your own path—even when it goes against cultural expectations.

As the founder of Latinas In Podcasting and a proud Spanglish podcaster, Paulette is no stranger to challenging the narratives we’ve been fed. In this episode, we talk about what it means to reject motherhood not out of lack, but out of self-knowing. Paulette reminds us that there’s nothing wrong with designing a life outside the traditional blueprint—and that being different doesn’t mean being broken.

We also get into: 

✨ Why not wanting kids isn’t selfish—it’s sovereign
✨ How joy and community are radical acts of resistance for

Latinas
✨ Dismantling toxic cultural scripts and rewriting them in our

own voice

From sunsets and Belgian ales to deep conversations on liberation, Paulette brings wisdom, wit, and a refreshing perspective you won’t want to miss.

Follow Paulette on IG: @pauletteerato [email protected]

Website: https://pauletteerato.com/

Email: [email protected]

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Dismantling Diet Culture: Fuck Being Calladita, is the only spanglish anti-diet podcast where your host Dr. Hortencia Jimenez shares her personal experience with diet culture, tips and strategies and education content to help you understand diet culture and systems of oppression so that you can have the tools to challenge diet culture. Current and future generations do not deserve to inherit your diet culture trauma and I’m here to help you. If you are on a mission to heal body and food traumas and embody your authentic self unapologetic, welcome to Dismantling Diet Culture: Fuck Being Calladita

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Disclaimer: This podcast is for educational purposes only and is not intended to substitute therapy or medical advice. Please speak with a licensed therapist if you experience trauma triggers or a registered anti-diet dietitian with any nutritional questions.

In this solo episode, I reflect on what it means to care for ourselves—mentally, emotionally, and physically—during heavy times. With everything happening globally, nationally, and even in our own homes, it’s no surprise that many of us are feeling overwhelmed, anxious, or ungrounded.

I share my own experiences with mental health and how I’m learning to meet myself with grace, compassion, and softness—even when I’m not showing up “perfectly.” I talk about how our relationships with food and our bodies are deeply impacted by stress, grief, systemic oppression, and community struggles—and why now, more than ever, we need to reject shame and lean into nourishment and rest.

This episode is a gentle reminder: you are not alone. You matter. And your needs are valid—even when the world tells you to keep going, keep grinding, and keep shrinking.

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Don't forget to follow me on Instagram and TikTok @⁠drhortenciajimenez⁠and visit⁠www.hortenciajimenez.com⁠

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Dismantling Diet Culture: Fuck Being Calladita, is the only spanglish anti-diet podcast where your host Dr. Hortencia Jimenez shares her personal experience with diet culture, tips and strategies and education content to help you understand diet culture and systems of oppression so that you can have the tools to challenge diet culture. Current and future generations do not deserve to inherit your diet culture trauma and I’m here to help you. If you are on a mission to heal body and food traumas and embody your authentic self unapologetic, welcome to Dismantling Diet Culture: Fuck Being Calladita

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Disclaimer: This podcast is for educational purposes only and is not intended to substitute therapy or medical advice. Please speak with a licensed therapist if you experience trauma triggers or a registered anti-diet dietitian with any nutritional questions.

In this powerful episode, we sit down with Cynthia Flores, a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist, speaker, and host of the Heal & Manifest Podcast. A leading voice in the Latinx/e mental health space, Cynthia shares her journey and the work she does to support first-generation cycle breakers—especially Latinas—on their path to healing and self-discovery.

We talk about:
✨ The unspoken rule to stay quiet at home & school
✨ Navigating the educational system as a first-gen student
✨ Growing up in a monolingual Spanish-speaking home
✨ The power of radical acceptance & surrender
✨ And how healing allows us to take up space unapologetically 💫

Whether you're navigating generational trauma, seeking healthier relationships, or learning to embrace your full voice—this episode is for you.

Follow Cynthia on instagram @cynthiafloresmft

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Don't forget to follow me on Instagram and TikTok @⁠drhortenciajimenez⁠and visit⁠www.hortenciajimenez.com⁠

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Dismantling Diet Culture: Fuck Being Calladita, is the only spanglish anti-diet podcast where your host Dr. Hortencia Jimenez shares her personal experience with diet culture, tips and strategies and education content to help you understand diet culture and systems of oppression so that you can have the tools to challenge diet culture. Current and future generations do not deserve to inherit your diet culture trauma and I’m here to help you. If you are on a mission to heal body and food traumas and embody your authentic self unapologetic, welcome to Dismantling Diet Culture: Fuck Being Calladita

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Disclaimer: This podcast is for educational purposes only and is not intended to substitute therapy or medical advice. Please speak with a licensed therapist if you experience trauma triggers or a registered anti-diet dietitian with any nutritional questions.

Welcome to another solo episode!

In this episode, I dive into the social construction of aging and explore the immense societal pressure women face to age "gracefully." From the wellness and beauty industries promoting anti-aging products to the deeply ingrained belief that women must retain their youthful appearance, I unpack how these messages shape our perceptions of aging. I also tackle the double standard that exists for men, who are often celebrated for growing older, while women are penalized.

I also analyze how diet culture plays a pivotal role in reinforcing these harmful standards, urging women to fixate on their weight, appearance, and age.

Join me in challenging these societal norms. Let’s reframe beauty, worth, and self-acceptance in a world that tells us to do the opposite.

This is an episode about rejecting ageism, breaking free from diet culture, and learning to appreciate the wisdom that comes with growing older.

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I would greatly appreciate if you can leave a review for this podcast Dismantling Diet Culture: F*ck Being Calladita on⁠Apple Podcasts⁠!

Don't forget to follow me on Instagram and TikTok @⁠drhortenciajimenez⁠and visit⁠www.hortenciajimenez.com⁠

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Dismantling Diet Culture: Fuck Being Calladita, is the only spanglish anti-diet podcast where your host Dr. Hortencia Jimenez shares her personal experience with diet culture, tips and strategies and education content to help you understand diet culture and systems of oppression so that you can have the tools to challenge diet culture. Current and future generations do not deserve to inherit your diet culture trauma and I’m here to help you. If you are on a mission to heal body and food traumas and embody your authentic self unapologetic, welcome to Dismantling Diet Culture: Fuck Being Calladita

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Disclaimer: This podcast is for educational purposes only and is not intended to substitute therapy or medical advice. Please speak with a licensed therapist if you experience trauma triggers or a registered anti-diet dietitian with any nutritional questions.

Welcome to another episode

Today, I have the honor of sharing space with my friend and colega, Bianca Hernandez. Bianca is the Director of Community Engagement at the Monterey County Rape Crisis Center, where she supports survivors of sexual violence, human trafficking, and child abuse through crisis intervention and prevention work.

Bianca holds an M.A. in Sociology from San José State University, where her research focused on high school sex education curricula in California—specifically how sexual consent is taught. She currently teaches Sociology and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at both SJSU and Hartnell College.

Bianca is deeply passionate about higher education, reproductive rights, and comprehensive sex education.

In this episode, we reflect on Sexual Assault Awareness Month and dive into important conversations around sexual trauma, eating disorders, and how to meaningfully support survivors. Bianca brings deep insight and compassion to this dialogue, and I’m so grateful to share this space with her.

This is a powerful episode you don’t want to miss.

Follow the Monterey County Rape Crisis Center on instragram: @mtryrapecrisis

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I would greatly appreciate if you can leave a review for this podcast Dismantling Diet Culture: F*ck Being Calladita on⁠Apple Podcasts⁠!

Don't forget to follow me on Instagram and TikTok @⁠drhortenciajimenez⁠and visit⁠www.hortenciajimenez.com⁠

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Dismantling Diet Culture: Fuck Being Calladita, is the only spanglish anti-diet podcast where your host Dr. Hortencia Jimenez shares her personal experience with diet culture, tips and strategies and education content to help you understand diet culture and systems of oppression so that you can have the tools to challenge diet culture. Current and future generations do not deserve to inherit your diet culture trauma and I’m here to help you. If you are on a mission to heal body and food traumas and embody your authentic self unapologetic, welcome to Dismantling Diet Culture: Fuck Being Calladita

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Disclaimer: This podcast is for educational purposes only and is not intended to substitute therapy or medical advice. Please speak with a licensed therapist if you experience trauma triggers or a registered anti-diet dietitian with any nutritional questions.

In this solo episode, I hold sacred space for our abuelitas—the ones who nurtured us with tender love and the ones who carried their love in silence, often hardened by struggle. Too often, abuelitas are romanticized in media, portrayed as purely loving figures, yet the reality is more complex. 

Some provided warmth and comfort, while others, shaped by their own trauma, expressed love through discipline, distance, or even harm.

In this episode, I honor all abuelitas—the ones who cooked for us, prayed for us, and held us close, and the ones who were strict, tough, or even hurtful. Holding multiple truths is essential: they were products of their time, shaped by colonialism, patriarchy, and generational trauma. But we are the bridge between past and future.

In this episode, I explore:
🌿 The tenderness and wisdom many abuelitas passed down
🔥 The hard realities of tough and even abusive grandmothers
🔗 Breaking intergenerational cycles while honoring our roots
🕯 Ways to hold space for grief, love, and healing

We carry  our abuelitas lessons, but we do not have to carry their wounds. 

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I would greatly appreciate if you can leave a review for this podcast Dismantling Diet Culture: F*ck Being Calladita on⁠Apple Podcasts⁠!

Don't forget to follow me on Instagram and TikTok @⁠drhortenciajimenez⁠and visit⁠www.hortenciajimenez.com⁠

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Dismantling Diet Culture: Fuck Being Calladita, is the only spanglish anti-diet podcast where your host Dr. Hortencia Jimenez shares her personal experience with diet culture, tips and strategies and education content to help you understand diet culture and systems of oppression so that you can have the tools to challenge diet culture. Current and future generations do not deserve to inherit your diet culture trauma and I’m here to help you. If you are on a mission to heal body and food traumas and embody your authentic self unapologetic, welcome to Dismantling Diet Culture: Fuck Being Calladita

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Disclaimer: This podcast is for educational purposes only and is not intended to substitute therapy or medical advice. Please speak with a licensed therapist if you experience trauma triggers or a registered anti-diet dietitian with any nutritional questions.

In this episode, I had the honor to be in community with Sharet Garcia, an educator, entrepreneur, and fierce advocate for undocumented communities. Born in Oaxaca, Mexico, and now based in Los Angeles, Sharet shares her journey immigrating to the U.S, the challenges she faced and why she founded UndocuProfessionals, a mentorship and opportunity network designed to uplift undocumented, DACA, and mixed-status individuals.

We discuss the challenges and triumphs of navigating higher education and the workforce without legal status, the power of mentorship, and how UndocuProfessionals is bridging the gap between education and professional development. Join us for an inspiring conversation on resilience, advocacy, and the fight for equitable opportunities for undocumented immigrants.

Follow Sharet on IG: undocuprofessionals

Website: sharetgarciag.weeby.com

Email: [email protected]

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I would greatly appreciate if you can leave a review for this podcast Dismantling Diet Culture: F*ck Being Calladita on⁠Apple Podcasts⁠!

Don't forget to follow me on Instagram and TikTok @⁠drhortenciajimenez⁠and visit⁠www.hortenciajimenez.com⁠

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Dismantling Diet Culture: Fuck Being Calladita, is the only spanglish anti-diet podcast where your host Dr. Hortencia Jimenez shares her personal experience with diet culture, tips and strategies and education content to help you understand diet culture and systems of oppression so that you can have the tools to challenge diet culture. Current and future generations do not deserve to inherit your diet culture trauma and I’m here to help you. If you are on a mission to heal body and food traumas and embody your authentic self unapologetic, welcome to Dismantling Diet Culture: Fuck Being Calladita

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Disclaimer: This podcast is for educational purposes only and is not intended to substitute therapy or medical advice. Please speak with a licensed therapist if you experience trauma triggers or a registered anti-diet dietitian with any nutritional questions.

Welcome to another solo episode!

Have you ever felt like the gym was a place of punishment rather than empowerment? In this episode, we’re reclaiming fitness from diet culture and toxic industry standards. Movement should be about joy, healing, and self-connection—not about shrinking yourself, earning food, or pushing through pain just to meet unrealistic standards.

I’ll be sharing a personal moment from my own fitness journey. Strength training, for me, isn’t just about muscle—it’s a way to process emotions and reconnect with my body in a way that feels powerful.

We’ll talk about:

💪🏾 How diet culture distorts our relationship with exercise

✨ Reframing movement as healing not punishment

🏋🏽‍♀️ Tips for starting your fitness journey without toxic fitness narratives

💖 How movement can be a tool for emotional release and healing.

Whether you’re new to working out or trying to heal your relationship with fitness, this episode is for you. Let’s move in ways that feel good, celebrate our strength, and redefine what fitness means—without shame, restriction, or guilt.

Here are some amazing accounts you should follow that promote a healthy relationship with fitness and body: 

@healthyphit

@radicallyfitoakland

@movewithmarcia

@kiraonysko

@theantidiettrainer

@decolonizing_fitness

@feministpowerhour

@thepowerliftingsocialworker

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I would greatly appreciate if you can leave a review for this podcast Dismantling Diet Culture: F*ck Being Calladita on⁠Apple Podcasts⁠!

Don't forget to follow me on Instagram and TikTok @⁠drhortenciajimenez⁠and visit⁠www.hortenciajimenez.com⁠

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Dismantling Diet Culture: Fuck Being Calladita, is the only spanglish anti-diet podcast where your host Dr. Hortencia Jimenez shares her personal experience with diet culture, tips and strategies and education content to help you understand diet culture and systems of oppression so that you can have the tools to challenge diet culture. Current and future generations do not deserve to inherit your diet culture trauma and I’m here to help you. If you are on a mission to heal body and food traumas and embody your authentic self unapologetic, welcome to Dismantling Diet Culture: Fuck Being Calladita

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Disclaimer: This podcast is for educational purposes only and is not intended to substitute therapy or medical advice. Please speak with a licensed therapist if you experience trauma triggers or a registered anti-diet dietitian with any nutritional questions.

Welcome to another solo episode!

Valentine’s Day is often marketed as a day for couples, reinforcing the idea that love and fulfillment only come from romantic relationships. But what about those of us who are single, healing, or simply don’t buy into the commercialized pressure of this holiday?

In this episode, I dive into the societal expectations surrounding Valentine’s Day, from its heteronormative and consumer-driven messaging to the deeper ways it can impact self-worth. I  explore how single folks can reclaim this day for self-love, healing, and community care.

I’ll share tangible strategies for embracing love in all its forms—self-love, platonic love, and collective care—so you can honor this day in a way that nourishes YOU. 

Whether you’re spending it solo, with friends, or redefining what love means on your own terms, this episode is for you.

Let’s unlearn, heal, and celebrate love in all its expansiveness.

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I would greatly appreciate if you can leave a review for this podcast Dismantling Diet Culture: F*ck Being Calladita on⁠Apple Podcasts⁠!

Don't forget to follow me on Instagram and TikTok @⁠drhortenciajimenez⁠and visit⁠www.hortenciajimenez.com⁠

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Dismantling Diet Culture: Fuck Being Calladita, is the only spanglish anti-diet podcast where your host Dr. Hortencia Jimenez shares her personal experience with diet culture, tips and strategies and education content to help you understand diet culture and systems of oppression so that you can have the tools to challenge diet culture. Current and future generations do not deserve to inherit your diet culture trauma and I’m here to help you. If you are on a mission to heal body and food traumas and embody your authentic self unapologetic, welcome to Dismantling Diet Culture: Fuck Being Calladita

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Disclaimer: This podcast is for educational purposes only and is not intended to substitute therapy or medical advice. Please speak with a licensed therapist if you experience trauma triggers or a registered anti-diet dietitian with any nutritional questions.

Welcome to another episode!

In this episode, I sit down with the incredible Alyssa Aparicio (she/her)—a Bronx-born multimedia creatrix, CEO, and founder of Pussy Empowered™. Through retreats, events, classes, and her Pussy Empowered Podcast, Alyssa is redefining embodiment and self-expression in a way that is sex-positive, sex worker inclusive, and deeply liberating.

As an erotic performer and choreographer, she is passionate about creating safe spaces for people to reconnect with their bodies, embrace pleasure, and unlearn shame. We dive into her journey, the intersections of creativity and sensuality, and how reclaiming erotic expression is an act of empowerment.

Tune in for a conversation that challenges societal norms, celebrates self-expression, and invites you to step into your fullest, most embodied self.

Follow Alyssa on IG: @sensual_radiance

Website: http://pussyempowered.com

Email: [email protected]

I would greatly appreciate if you can leave a review for this podcast Dismantling Diet Culture: F*ck Being Calladita on⁠Apple Podcasts⁠!

Don't forget to follow me on Instagram and TikTok @⁠drhortenciajimenez⁠and visit⁠www.hortenciajimenez.com⁠

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Dismantling Diet Culture: Fuck Being Calladita, is the only spanglish anti-diet podcast where your host Dr. Hortencia Jimenez shares her personal experience with diet culture, tips and strategies and education content to help you understand diet culture and systems of oppression so that you can have the tools to challenge diet culture. Current and future generations do not deserve to inherit your diet culture trauma and I’m here to help you. If you are on a mission to heal body and food traumas and embody your authentic self unapologetic, welcome to Dismantling Diet Culture: Fuck Being Calladita

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Disclaimer: This podcast is for educational purposes only and is not intended to substitute therapy or medical advice. Please speak with a licensed therapist if you experience trauma triggers or a registered anti-diet dietitian with any nutritional questions.