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We sat down as we got ready for Halloween and Día de Muertos to talk through all of our plans. From costumes to parties, we have so much going on. Paulina reflects on her kids choosing their own costumes, and how they’re showing their individuality. We also break down how to navigate boundaries when hosting other people’s kids as Bricia gets ready to host her party for Día de Muertos. Do we need to tell other parents when their kids will be playing in the neighborhood? Let us know what you think! 

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We’re back this week for our first ever Keeping Up recorded at the restaurant. We sat down at Guelaguetza to catch up on everything that’s happened since we last hopped on the mic. Our children and ourselves have come so far since we made the first episode of Super Mamás, and we can't wait to see what comes next. From trips to Vegas to recording in person there’s so much happening, and we’ll be back next time to keep sharing it all.  

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The quinceañera finally came, and we couldn’t be happier with how it went! Today, we reflect on the party and some of our favorite parts of the quinceañera. We were so impressed with how all the kids came together to celebrate, and it inspired us to keep making opportunities for our kids, especially teens, to socialize together. It can be tempting for our kids to disappear into a digital world, but it’s so important that we help them make meaningful connections in the real world. We can’t wait to keep watching our kids grow and supp...

This week, Paulina is deep in the final stretch of quinceañera planning, and Bricia is working on her new cookbook! We’re here to catch up on it all and reflect on how we’re working on ourselves along the way. Its so important to reflect and remember why you’re doing what you’re doing. Whether it’s planning the perfect party or writing a book, we’re setting intentions this week and making sure we keep sight of what really matters.  

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We’re officially in the middle of back-to-school season. In today’s Keeping Up, we dive into everything going back to school has brought into our lives from navigating our kids’ unique needs to managing AP classes. Paulina is also deep in quinceañera planning and Bricia just got back from an amazing trip to Montana! It’s so fun watching our kids grow up and enter new phases of life, and we’re taking you along the journey with us in this week’s episode.  

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Leslie Priscilla, the founder of Latinx Parenting, returns to talk all about her new book Chancla and share some of the parenting insights she's learned since the last time she joined us on the show. As the mother of three bi-cultural children, Leslie is passionate about culturally informed parenting and helping nurture families through academic and ancestral knowledge. Today, we explore healthy discipline, reparenting ourselves, and changing the narrative on parenting in the Latinx community.  

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We’re back this week for a much needed Keeping Up. So much has happened since we last got together from car accidents to broken feet. Despite some negatives, we’ve still had the best summer! We also cover some realizations life has taught us lately, and what we’re doing to learn from life going forward. We can’t wait to see what we have to share next Keeping Up! 

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Melissa Rojas of Chasing Camilla joins us this week to walk us through her personal and business journey. Melissa starts by sharing some of the struggle that led her to move out of Los Angeles and found her business. She also shares what she’s learned over the years of running Chasing Camilla, and what she’s looking forward to in the future. Whether you want to start a business or just reinvent yourself after hardship, Melissa’s story is so inspiring!

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Maryann, aka DJ Que Madre, is a role model for us all. She is an amazing DJ as well as a mother and community organizer for Better Transportation LA. Today, Paulina and Maryann cover it all from her DJ career to getting ready to send her daughter off to college. They also talk through Maryann’s role at First Fridays, and how she’s helping to make the event bigger and better than ever. 

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Summer is in full swing and we’re back with another Keeping Up going over all of our plans for the season. From family trips to camps, we have a packed schedule. We’re looking forward to some much needed family time, and getting some projects done for ourselves as well. And as always, we’re always looking for more ways to learn and grow this season. 

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Ana Flores has been on such a journey from her very first episode with us. Today, she joins us to walk through her latest life developments, from moving home to El Salvador to writing her new book Done With The Hustle. Ana shares her motivation to move home as well as the moment she realized she was done with hustle culture. Ana is such an inspiration, and we can’t wait to keep following her story... and to read her book when it comes out next year! 

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We’re back this week with another Keeping Up with the Super Mamás and we cover it all. Life moves so fast, and we feel like we’re in a completely different place than we were even just six months ago. From navigating school to setting a routine, we dive into what we’ve been up to since we last got to chat.  

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Andi Xoch, founder of Latinx with Plants, joins us today for a heartfelt conversation on everything from healing childhood wounds to caring for plants.  Andi founded Lantinx with Plants out of a desire to create a community and world that is more equitable through the power of plants. She educates the public on ancestral plant knowledge, and today she has some wisdom to share with us as well. Connecting with nature can be so healing, and Andi shares that it’s not just about having plants in your home but using nature to connect with each other as well. 

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What’s the best gift your parents ever gave you? In today’s Keeping Up, we reflect on some of the lessons we want to leave our kids with, and how we’re working toward teaching them. Paulina shares how her family practice perseverance on a hike in Yosemite, and Bricia talks about how moving to the United States was one of the best things to happen to her. We also touch on the latest happeings in our lives, from Bricia’s new self-driving car to the concerts we’ve seen lately! 

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This week we’re learning some lessons while we’re Keeping Up. We hear about Paulina almost running out gas and realize that we both should have keys to our business. We also share some of our favorite tech tools. Bricia is learning Claude and we both are loving speech to text tools like Whisper Flow. At the same time, we’re trying to help our kids embrace analog moments and learn to live life without technology. It’s all about balance, and that’s what we keep learning.

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Long-time friend of the show Brittney Valles joins us this week to take us behind the scenes of here experience closing down her restaurant to focus on motherhood. Now that her daughter is a year old, Brittney looks back on the time leading up to her birth and what motivated her to make the difficult decision to step away from owning a restaurant. She also shares all the things she’s learned over this past year of motherhood! Brittney gives us an honest take on being a mom and a strong reminder to not focus too hard on the “sufferin...

We cover it all this week from ayurvedic medicine to Paulina’s trip to Mexico for her son’s wedding! Paulina spent ten days in Mexico for two wedding ceremonies, and it was so great. She came back with a cold, but Dr. Bricia is here with some tips to start feeling better. We also take some time to reflect on one the traditions we loved celebrating as kids in Oaxaca, Di de la Samaritana. We hope you’re having a great start to Spring, and we’ll be back soon with another episode of Super Mamás!

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This week, we cover it all in another Keeping Up with the Super Mamás. Bricia shares how she’s working on loving herself more, and we reflect on how far we’ve come in life. We also reflect on the importance of community and how we’re cultivating confidence for ourselves. No one is perfect, but we can always shift our perspective on and grow our self-worth. And of course, we get all caught up on the latest things going on in both of our lives! 

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As our kids get older, we’re faced with the new challenge of learning how to parent pre-teens and teenagers. Today, Dr. Cameron Caswell joins us to talk through the complexities of parenting teens and give tips on how to manage the teenager years. Dr. Cam is an adolescent psychologist and parenting coach who parented her own daughter as a single mother. Today, she helps parents learn how to shift their parenting from control to influence. Dr. Cam gave us some great parenting strategies today, and we can’t wait to talk to her again and learn more.

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We’re finally back in the same state for another Keeping up with the Super Mamás! We dive in to how we’ve been taking care of ourselves this winter alongside some great Super Mamás picks like a new protein powder. We also get to talking all about Paulina’s trip to Oaxaca! Paulina brought a group of women on a retreat to Oaxaca, and it was such a great experience. She shares some of the lessons she learned and what the experience meant to her. It’s so important to form relationships with our fellow women. 

Many women spend years trying to find themselves beyond motherhood. Today, we talk with Cindy Canek to explore how deep healing, reconnecting with your inner child, and embracing silence can transform our lives and bring us back to ourselves outside of being a mother. Cindy shares her journey from darkness and trauma to a life rooted in spiritual practices like Reiki and energy healing. Today was supposed to be about Cindy, but she truly helped Paulina as well. We hope you can feel what we felt when you listen to this week’s episode. 

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This week we have an oldie but goodie featuring the mother-daughter duo behind Beautyblender! Rea Ann Silva is the founder and creator of Beautyblender, and her daughter Erica Dickerson is their Global Beauty Director. Erica also hosts the podcast Good Moms, Bad Choices. We spoke to the pair about managing mom guilt, single motherhood, and so much more. And of course, they had some great beauty tips to share.  

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This week Paulina sat down for a chat with Heather Pierantoni. You might recognize that last name; her husband is Victor Pierantoni. Heather is an occupational therapist and coach who helps parents and entrepreneurs unwind nervous system patterns that drive stress, reactivity, and burnout. She emphasizes the importance of co-regulation and has some great tips on how to co-regulate with your kids. We also get into parenting in the digital age and how different cultures view maternal care. Emotional regulation and prioritizing joy are so important, and we hope you learn as much from Heather as we did! 

This week we’re joined by Liseth Amaya who shares her inspiring creative journey. Liseth is a multidisciplinary painter and illustrator from Las Angeles who received her BFA in Fine Art from Central St. Martins, London. Today, Liseth opens up about her experiences as a child of immigrants, overcoming ADHD and dyslexia, and her passion for making art accessible to all. We also dive into the importance of creativity and play for both children and adults. Liseth’s story is a testament to the power of art, and we can’t wait to see what she creates next.  

This week we’re back with another keeping up. We touch base on how we’re doing with our New Years goals from drinking our greens to keeping our calendars in check. We’re embracing challenges in the new year too! Bricia wants to ice skate, and Paulina is going to run a half marathon (and actually train this time). We close out our catch up by learning about Paulina’s new tattoo. It's such a meaningful piece!

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This week we’re joined by Gabriela Diaz Arp, Ana Jimenez Lyle, and Gina Malagold; all of whom helped create the short film La Estrella. La Estrella was created in partnership with Song for Charlie. Song for Charlie is a family run non-profit that works to educate young people on the risks of pill abuse and the fentanyl epidemic. La Estrella is a bilingual short film rooted in the Latino experience which focuses on the impact of mental health struggles and fake pills in their communities. It’s such a powerful film, and we hope you’ll watch it and sh...

Happy New Year! How did you spend your holiday time? We spent ours learning to crochet, and we talk all about our trials and tribulations in today’s episode. We had such a restful break as a family, but we’re so happy to be back with the Super Mamás. This much needed Keeping Up recaps our holiday break as well as how we’re planning for the year to come. Stay tuned, because we have exciting things planned for 2026. 

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We’re back with another Oldie but Goodie to round out 2025. This week, we’re bringing back an episode with Dr. Ilan Shapiro where we talked all about our kids’ personal safety. Dr. Shapiro has great advice for how to talk to kids about personal and public safety and how to teach them to say something if they’ve seen something dangerous. He also shares how adults can be better listeners so that the children in the lift know that they are a safe person to come to when they feel unsafe. We’ll be back in the New Year with...

While we take a break for the holidays, we’re bringing back from Oldies but Goodies. This week, we have an episode all about the mind-gut connection with Dr. Emeran Mayer. Dr. Mayer is a UCLA professor, Gastroenterologist, and author. In this episode, he explains the complex signals that go from our gut to our brain when we eat. We also talk about fasting, the connection between food and stress, and how we can change our eating habits for a healthier mind and gut.  

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We’re back with our last Keeping Up before the New Year! We cover everything from attending our first middle school A Capella concert to see what happens when we add sugar back into our diet. Discussing Sabina’s concert made us reflect on what makes a good parent and why we want our kids to find “their thing”. It's so important that we remind them that they should do the things they love for themselves, not for external validation.  

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The wonderful Doris Anahi Muñoz joins us this week to chat all about her creative journey and how she has got to where she is today. Doris is a singer songwriter, daughter of immigrants, entrepreneur and writer. Inspired by the need to help her own undocumented parents in their legal process, she founded Solidarity for Sanctuary, a concert series that amplifies immigrant voices. Listen in to hear more about the different paths Doris has walked, and what’s coming next for the Latino Spirit Award winner.  

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We’re back this week for the first keeping up in a while now that Bricia is back from Oaxaca and there’s so much to catch up on! Paulina is getting ready for quinceañera season, and we get into how different hosting and invitation etiquette can be between cultures. We also dive into Bricia’s time in Oaxaca and what she learned for her next visit. We had so much fun learning and catching up today, and we hope you did too! 

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This week we are joined by Heather Fenney and Neelam Shamar, the co-directors of Community Services Unlimited. Heather has worked with or volunteered for CSU and has had a career in public policy at the state and national level. Neelam was one of the founding members of the Panther party in Britain and is a lifelong activist. Together, they have powerful inspiration and calls to action as we learn about their work at CSU. Make sure to keep an eye on our socials, because CSU is the next community partner for Tlayudas for good at Guelaguetza! 

This week we’re joined by Gabrielle Kaufman for a very important conversation on Maternal Mental health. It can be so easy to feel alone if you’re struggling as a new mom, but Gabrielle is here to remind you that help is available. She is a licensed professional clinical counselor, perinatal mental health specialist, and an educator. We cover warning signs to look for in ourselves and our friends as well as ways to make sure you’re taking care of your mental health as a new mom. Gabrielle is such a great resource, and we hope you all ta...

We’re back this week to catch up with the honorary third Super Mamá, our little sister Liz. Liz has officially made it to the one-year mark as a mom, and we’re so proud of her. We reflect on Liz’s first year of parenting and how important self-care, growth, and community are when you become a mom. If you enjoyed this episode with Liz, let us know! We can’t wait to have her on again in the future 

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Carina Luz Valladolid joins us this week for such an empowering episode. We explore how to find our identity outside of our role as mothers and how to let go of control to embrace change. Carina shares her own journey and how important it is to live authentically. Connecting with the divine and with our inner selves can be the key to living the life we want to live! Carina is so empowering, and we hope you walk away from this episode as inspired as we did. 

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Mónica Ramírez is a civil rights attorney, community organizer, and activist based in rural Ohio. Today, she shares her experience growing up in northwest Ohio in the farmworker community and how that impacted her decision to work to represent the rights of migrant workers, especially Latinas. Mónica is one of the founders of Poderistas and the founder of Justice for Migrant Women. She is doing such important work and on top of it all, she’s also a mom! 

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Sarahi Espinoza Salamanca returns this week to catch us up on all the amazing work she has been doing at DREAMer’s Roadmap and beyond. Sarahi now has her master’s degree and continues to advocate for first generation and undocumented students. DREAMer’s roadmap helps connect first generation and undocumented students with the resources they need to access a college education! Sarahi also shares how she balances her busy work life with family life, and some tips to help maintain balance like waking up early each day. Sarahi is such an inspiration, and we can’t wait to see what...

We’re back with another Keeping Up, and we dive into Paulina’s recent trip to Punta Cana, and what she realized when she got back! Spending a trip without a phone is scary, but Paulina shares that it helped her reframe her perspective on life. Now, she’s back and inspired to take charge and live intentionally. We encourage all of you to unplug! When you are online, try to shift your feed to more positive content. You might be surprised what a difference it makes!

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This might be one of our most inspiring, uplifting episodes ever. Today, Kathy Cano-Murillo gives us all her wisdom on how to foster creativity and be your best self. Kathy is the founder Crafty Chica where she has shared thousands of crafts and creative inspirations. We get into everything from how she started her business, to her secret to having a long, happy marriage. Kathy tells us that everyone has creativity within them, it’s just a muscle that we have to practice using!

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