Super Mamás

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 “suffering Olympics” so many of us can get caught up in. We can’t wait to keep watching Brittney grow as a mom and to see what her future has in store. Super Mamás IG: @_supermamas Facebook: Super Mamás Twitter: @_supermamas Website: http://supermamas.com/ This is a Redd Rock Music Podcast IG: @reddrockmusic www.reddrockmusic.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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! Super Mamás IG: @_supermamas Facebook: Super Mamás Twitter: @_supermamas Website: http://supermamas.com/ This is a Redd Rock Music Podcast IG: @reddrockmusic www.reddrockmusic.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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! Super Mamás IG: @_supermamas Facebook: Super Mamás Twitter: @_supermamas Website: http://supermamas.com/ This is a Redd Rock Music Podcast IG: @reddrockmusic www.reddrockmusic.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Learn more about Dr. Cam here Super Mamás IG: @_supermamas Facebook: Super Mamás Twitter: @_supermamas Website: http://supermamas.com/ This is a Redd Rock Music Podcast IG: @reddrockmusic www.reddrockmusic.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Super Mamás IG: @_supermamas Facebook: Super Mamás Twitter: @_supermamas Website: http://supermamas.com/ This is a Redd Rock Music Podcast IG: @reddrockmusic www.reddrockmusic.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Lean more about Cindy and her work here. Super Mamás IG: @_supermamas Facebook: Super Mamás Twitter: @_supermamas Website: http://supermamas.com/ This is a Redd Rock Music Podcast IG: @reddrockmusic www.reddrockmusic.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Super Mamás IG: @_supermamas Facebook: Super Mamás Twitter: @_supermamas Website: http://supermamas.com/ This is a Redd Rock Music Podcast IG: @reddrockmusic www.reddrockmusic.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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! Super Mamás IG: @_supermamas Facebook: Super Mamás Twitter: @_supermamas Website: http://supermamas.com/ This is a Redd Rock Music Podcast IG: @reddrockmusic www.reddrockmusic.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Learn more about Liseth here. Super Mamás IG: @_supermamas Facebook: Super Mamás Twitter: @_supermamas Website: http://supermamas.com/ This is a Redd Rock Music Podcast IG: @reddrockmusic www.reddrockmusic.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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! Super Mamás IG: @_supermamas Facebook: Super Mamás Twitter: @_supermamas Website: http://supermamas.com/ This is a Redd Rock Music Podcast IG: @reddrockmusic www.reddrockmusic.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 share with others. Watch La Estrella here Learn more about Song for Charlie here Super Mamás IG: @_supermamas Facebook: Super Mamás Twitter: @_supermamas Website: http://supermamas.com/ This is a Redd Rock Music Podcast IG: @reddrockmusic www.reddrockmusic.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Super Mamás IG: @_supermamas Facebook: Super Mamás Twitter: @_supermamas Website: http://supermamas.com/ This is a Redd Rock Music Podcast IG: @reddrockmusic www.reddrockmusic.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 a brand-new episode to start off 2026 with the Super Mamás Super Mamás IG: @_supermamas Facebook: Super Mamás Twitter: @_supermamas Website: http://supermamas.com/ This is a Redd Rock Music Podcast IG: @reddrockmusic www.reddrockmusic.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Super Mamás IG: @_supermamas Facebook: Super Mamás Twitter: @_supermamas Website: http://supermamas.com/ This is a Redd Rock Music Podcast IG: @reddrockmusic www.reddrockmusic.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Super Mamás IG: @_supermamas Facebook: Super Mamás Twitter: @_supermamas Website: http://supermamas.com/ This is a Redd Rock Music Podcast IG: @reddrockmusic www.reddrockmusic.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Follow Doris on Instagram @mijadoris Super Mamás IG: @_supermamas Facebook: Super Mamás Twitter: @_supermamas Website: http://supermamas.com/ This is a Redd Rock Music Podcast IG: @reddrockmusic www.reddrockmusic.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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! Super Mamás IG: @_supermamas Facebook: Super Mamás Twitter: @_supermamas Website: http://supermamas.com/ This is a Redd Rock Music Podcast IG: @reddrockmusic www.reddrockmusic.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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! Learn more about Community Services Unlimited here. Super Mamás IG: @_supermamas Facebook: Super Mamás Twitter: @_supermamas Website: http://supermamas.com/ This is a Redd Rock Music Podcast IG: @reddrockmusic www.reddrockmusic.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices