Category: Show Notes
Closing out Healing Girl Summer with the very last lesson in Benchmarks are Bullshit: expand your bubble. This is also the last stop on the childfree Latina podcast’s summer series, and it’s about the moment you realize your comfort zone isn’t keeping you safe. In fact, it’s a prison of your own …
Healing Girl Summer stretches into July with the eponymous lesson from Benchmarks are Bullshit. Listen here: Or choose your favorite podcast player: As a species we love to measure and rank things. Benchmarks are everywhere, and sometimes even useful. Until they show up uninvited at our family gatherings, in our …
Healing Girl Summer continues with Lesson Three from Benchmarks Are Bullshit: you will change your mind. But that’s not a flaw, it’s how growth actually works. Listen here: Or choose your favorite podcast player: We break down why we treat reversible decisions like permanent ones, and how the story you’ve been …
We’re back, and we’re starting with a lesson you also probably could’ve used in college (or anytime): failure isn’t the end. It’s the whole point! Listen here: Or choose your favorite podcast player: This is episode 1 of 4 in the Healing Girl Summer mini-series, pulled from the manuscript Benchmarks Are Bullshit: Lessons …
TRIGGER WARNING: death of a parent On Friday, February 13th my life, and the life of everyone in my family, changed forever. Listen here: Or choose your favorite podcast player: In the aftermath, I’ve learned the power of The Specific Ask so I’m sharing that with you. While I grapple …
Thank you for sticking with LVMC during this extended hiatus! 2025 was a drag, right? Listen here: Or choose your favorite podcast player: So to keep 2026 from becoming a repeat of that misery, there’s big changes to announce about the podcast AND life! Starting with my upcoming live TEDx Pitch …
Thanks to our proudly racist government, it’s now open season to hunt people with brown skin. So I’ve made a decision to disassociate with platforms that support this. Listen here: Or choose your favorite podcast player: And that’s why you won’t hear this podcast on Spotify anymore. Free Palestine, Free …
Imagine immigrating to the US as a child, becoming a public health servant, and landing in Puerto Rico during a Zika outbreak. For eldest daughter and first gen Latina Bianca Alba, that’s simply been her life thus far. Listen here: Or choose your favorite podcast player: As the host of This …
Have you ever played childfree bingo? If you’re a childfree person, then the answer is probably, sadly, yes. Listen here: Or choose your favorite podcast player: But for the uninitiated, childfree bingo is a snarky reaction to the irritatingly recurrent questions and responses we receive when we reveal we don’t …
What’s it like to be both a childfree Latina and a Venezuelan transplant to the Great White North? Listen here: Or choose your favorite podcast player: Mafe Salazar knows a little something about that. Even though she might be in the “tourist season” of her entrepreneurial journey, Mafe shares how …
