La Vida Más Chévere de Childfree Latinas
Childfree Latinas: you’re not alone. You're a movement! This podcast is here to make that loud and clear.
Hosted by speaker and community builder Paulette Erato, this Spanglish show digs into what it really means to choose a life sin hijos in a culture that treats motherhood like an obligation. But we don’t stop there! LVMC pushes past the surface-level “childfree” conversation and into the messy, cultural beliefs we were all raised with: the silence, the guilt, the constant self-sacrifice, the pressure to make ourselves small, agreeable, and convenient.
Every other Tuesday, Paulette (and sometimes guests) invites childfree Latinas y Latines to say F THAT! Let’s unpack the toxic traditions and generational scripts that keep us calladitas. Because once you see how these patterns show up in our careers, relationships, families, finances, creativity, and identity, you can’t UNSEE it. So let’s do what it takes to unlearn them without burning down our entire lives.
This is not a judgment zone, but it’s also not a polite one. It’s a space where we name things out loud: machismo, marianismo, internalized misogyny, cultural expectations, and all the emotional labor we were told was just part of being “a good girl.”
By mixing real talk, sharp analysis, and bilingual humor, the show helps you let go of the old burdens we were raised to carry: the duty to please everyone, the fear of disappointing la familia, and the constant need to defend your choices. If you’re ready to trust yourself more, reclaim your time, live on your own terms, and design a life that actually feels like yours, you’re in the right place.
And that’s a burrito!
La Vida Más Chévere de Childfree Latinas
BIG ANNOUNCEMENT! Introducing La Vida Más Chévere
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Introducing La Vida Más Chévere!
Still the same great content you've come to expect about overcoming cultural roadblocks and imposter syndrome, but with an even better name. That's what living la vida más chévere means: loving your childfree Latine life without shame or regret.
Now a bi-weekly podcast, porque, you know.
Like what you hear? Reach out to send your thoughts, and don't forget to grab a limited edition LVMC baseball t-shirt. Check it out at pauletteerato.com/shop.
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[00:00] Paulette: ¡Buen dia mi gente! If you're listening to this on a podcast app and notice that the cover art is a little different, you might be thinking, ¡ay carajo! What happened here? And if you haven't noticed anything different, then that's fine. But remember a few episodes back when I said that the title of the show was going to change? That the Maker Muse Podcast for Childfree Latines was aysh, a working title.
[00:25] Well, I changed that. So welcome to La Vida Más Chévere. And there's a tagline: through the childfree lens. So technically the entire thing is: La Vida Más Chévere Through the Childfree lens with Paulette Erato. So now you know exactly what we're talking about.
[00:45] So what's changed other than some branding, the title, the website, and all of my social media?
[00:53] Honestly not much else. The new title just better matches the subject matter you've been enjoying for the past year, and you don't even have to subscribe to a new show. This one will continue to drop into your favorite podcast app like it always has. Just every other week now, instead of every single week.
[01:11] Porque, you know, that's just how it.
[01:14] But you can continue to expect the same high level quality, interviews, and shit you wanna know about. Also, hopefully más español as I'm working on getting better at that too. So stick around for the ride and I cannot wait to share the rest of La Vida Más Chévere with you in the coming weeks.
[01:34] And to give you a little preview of what the next few months of La Vida Más Chévere has in store for you: we're gonna be talking about esas cosas that matter to us childfree Latines. Like: sterilization options, what's on the other side of deciding to be childfree and how you can gain confidence to make that decision. How to deal with some shame that may come up while making these decisions.
[01:58] And of course, more examples in our own community that you can model your own thriving life after if you so please. We're gonna talk about a lot of other things too, cuz y'all have been up in my DMs with comments like, why haven't you covered this thing? Or, can we talk about this? And I'm here for it. So if you've got any questions, any thoughts or any ideas for what you wanna hear about on this podcast, my DMs are always open, and now even easier to get to because I changed them all to my own name.
[02:28] I'm at Paulette Erato everywhere: Twitter, TikTok, or Instagram. Yeah, it's my name, Paulette Erato, and of course, I'll leave you a link in the show notes. Stay tuned mis amigues, and that's a burrito.
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