Category: Show Notes

#68 – Hilarious Fails of Childfree Wedding Invitations

What’s the fastest way to offend your potential wedding guests? Commenters on Threads and Instagram posted a million different options for telling people to leave their “trophies” at home. In Part 5 of the childfree wedding series, childfree couple Paulette and Ryan are once again reading through the crudest yet humorous …

#67 – Saying “I Do” Without the Diapers: 5 Rules for a Childfree Wedding

What’s the “proper” way to tell your guests you want a childfree wedding? From the etiquette of hosting an adult-only affair to the most tactful ways to convey this message to your guests, we’re all over this sometimes-taboo topic. Listen here: Or choose your favorite podcast player: Childfree couple Paulette …

#66 – Ditch the Flower Girl with Childfree Housewife Vivian Manganello

Part 3 in the childfree wedding series comes to us in the form of an email from Vivian, a now “retired” childfree housewife.  Listen here: Or choose your favorite podcast player: Vivian’s wedding planning started off as a wild ride navigating family expectations, Catholicism, and even some social shaming, all …

65 – Just Say No to Burnout with Karenna Soto

Burnout isn’t a gold medal earned at the Exhaustion Olympics. It’s totally avoidable,  but in our hustle culture, we often wear exhaustion like a badge of honor. Trust that there’s nothing honorable about sacrificing your health. Take it from someone who has suffered the consequences! Listen here: Or choose your …

63 – Where Do I Belong? Childfree Life on the Margins with Amanda B.

“Where are you from?” is a question asked all too often of people who are visibly “not white.” So what does it mean to be American in a melting pot of immigrants?   Listen here: Or choose your favorite podcast player: Picking up where we left off last time, guest …

62 – Cultural Reflections: Adopted & Childfree with Amanda B.

Continuing to explore the parallels in various cultures, we’re celebrating AAPI month by exploring the world of childfree adulthood with Amanda from Six Degrees of Cats podcast in Part 1 of this two-part episode. Listen here: Or choose your favorite podcast player: Where do Latinidad and East Asian/Midwestern cultures overlap? …

61 – Non-Mom May: Celebrating Otherhood by Building Community

Since host and childfree Latina Paulette Erato was ironically born on Mexican Mother’s Day (which is always observed on May 10th), she’s turning May into a celebration of The Otherhood, aka Non-Mom May! Listen here: Or choose your favorite podcast player: Non-Mom May is a fiesta dedicated to amplifying the …

60 – Unlearning Toxic Cultural Brainwashing with Shweta Ramkumar

Self-proclaimed and proud black sheep Shweta Ramkumar sits down with resident childfree Latina Paulette Erato to discuss the parallels between Southern Asian and Latine cultures. Listen here: Or choose your favorite podcast player: And while both cultures can be conservative, sexist, and patriarchal, both women have been fortunate to have …

59 – Candid Childfree Chat with Latino Dad & Batman Expert Erik Fontanez

What’s it like to have a sibling that doesn’t want kids? Batman enthusiast, professional marketer, sports/pop culture podcaster, and baby brother Erik Fontanez joins his childfree sister Paulette Erato to discuss this question. It’s a candid and lighthearted discussion about the dynamics of being a childfree individual within their family …