Her Wisdom Era
Claim This Podcastby Ana Flores and Cristy Marrero
Podcast Overview
<p>Conversations for Latinas in midlife, with Ana Flores & Cristy Marrero. Her Wisdom Era is where midlife meets its match — two amigas talking reinvention, money, visibility, and everything we were never supposed to say out loud. Every episode brings real talk with powerhouse Latina guests who are rewriting what this chapter looks like on their own terms. Season 1 features a Pulitzer Prize winner, a three-time Emmy winner, a Grammy-winning Broadway star, a TIME100 Next honoree and more powerhouse Latinas in midlife. </p><p>Bilingual in English and Spanish, porque some things just hit different en español.</p><p>Welcome to your wisdom era. Estás entre sabias.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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July 7, 2026
La Terapia with Rocío Navarro
<p>In this season finale, Rocío sits down with Ana Flores and Cristy Marrero as "the season's therapist" to process together all the wisdom gathered across months of conversations. They talk about why hitting rock bottom is part of the journey, about the ancestral memory we carry from our mothers and grandmothers, about the perfect metaphor of the chrysalis — which dissolves completely before becoming a butterfly — and about why midlife is not a crisis: it's a reckoning, a becoming, a rebirth. As Rocío said, "Water doesn't force its way through. It finds the opening." And so will you.</p><p>Rocío Navarro was a school dean in Los Angeles until her body shut down: three days unable to walk. A dream sent her to Guatemala; she spent 50 days in absolute silence and found her path as a water healer. Today she helps other women release what they've been carrying in their bodies without even knowing it.</p><p>Chapters:</p><p>00:00 - 01:56 Ana & Cristy open the season finale</p><p>01:56 - 05:12 Why close with "La Terapia"?</p><p>05:12 - 06:49 Meet Rocío: healer, writer, activist</p><p>06:49 - 11:34 The burnout that changed everything</p><p>12:31 - 15:07 Why water healing? </p><p>17:04 - 20:32 Total demolition and rebuild</p><p>20:32 - 22:32 Midlife as rebirth</p><p>22:32 - 27:40 "Tocar fondo"</p><p>29:33 - 33:06 Processing the season's wisdom together</p><p>33:06 - 36:03 The pain of falling apart and the courage it takes</p><p>36:03 - 42:09 The feminine rising</p><p>42:09 - 47:14 How to heal without self-punishment</p><p>47:14 - 50:01 Midlife is not a crisis. It's a reckoning</p><p>50:10 - 51:18 "Entre Sabias": rapid fire questions</p><p>51:18 - 53:05 Support Rocío</p><br><p>Subscribe so you don't miss any episode of Her Wisdom Era: real conversations for Latinas in midlife. We are a bilingual podcast, so some episodes will be in Spanish, others in English, and others in Spanglish.</p><p> You can use YouTube's dubbing feature to listen to your way.</p><p> Follow Rocío Navarro: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/water_healing/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/water_healing/</a> </p><p>Listen on Spotify: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/0RXdkULADYMnsFdhJQpnVU?si=7b8417c8b6c642f4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://open.spotify.com/show/0RXdkULADYMnsFdhJQpnVU?si=7b8417c8b6c642f4</a> </p><p>Apple Podcasts: <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/co/podcast/her-wisdom-era/id1891507683" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://podcasts.apple.com/co/podcast/her-wisdom-era/id1891507683</a> </p><p>Join us on Substack: <a href="https://www.herwisdomera.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.herwisdomera.com/</a> </p><p>Follow us on Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/her.wisdomera/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/her.wisdomera/</a> </p><br><p>And YouTube:</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@herwisdomera" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/@herwisdomera</a> </p><br><p>Her Wisdom ERA is hosted and executive-produced by Christy Marrero and Ana Flores </p><p>Our producer and editorial coach is Laura Ubaté</p><p>Theme music and sound engineering by Stephen Herman from Explosion Robinson, aka El Santo. </p><p>Social media by Team Belu. </p><p>Branding by Leticia Vidaurri</p><br><p><br></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
June 23, 2026
The Trauma That Didn't Start With Us, with Dr. Mariel Buqué
<p>She studies the only trauma that's passed down through our family lines, and she says the healing starts in the body, not the story. On this episode, Cristy Marrero and Ana Flores sit down with Afro-Dominican holistic psychologist and author of Break the Cycle, Dr. Mariel Buqué.</p><br><p>For generations, Latinas lived inside intergenerational trauma before anyone had a name for it. We called it being strong. We called it sacrifice. Dr. Mariel Buqué explains why so many of the narratives we've carried our whole lives were never even ours to begin with. She walks us through how trauma moves through the family, not just in behavior but in our biology, and why the body remembers what the mind isn't ready to say yet.</p><br><p>This is one of the most personal conversations we've had. Ana announces that she has decided to move back to El Salvador. Cristy names her own postpartum depression. And Dr. Mariel shares the meditation that led her back to a man she hadn't spoken to in 16 years.</p><p>Come share wisdom with us. </p><br><p><strong>Chapters:</strong> </p><p>00:00 - 02:54 Intro: The trauma we called something else</p><p>02:54 - 08:26 Defining intergenerational trauma: biology + psychology </p><p>08:26 - 13:00 "Calladita te ves más bonita" </p><p>16:13 - 20:14 How trauma lives in biology </p><p>20:14 - 22:53 Postpartum and the nervous system </p><p>28:58 - 35:35 "40 years of survival mode": the rocking chair reset </p><p>38:58 - 42:05 Ana's announcement </p><p>42:05 - 47:02 The intergenerational higher self & a love rekindled </p><p>47:02 - 52:54 Breaking cycles in micro-moments</p><p>52:54 - 58:12 How do we know we broke the cycle? </p><p>58:12 - 1:01:39 The Tía stories</p><p>1:01:39 - 1:03:12 Mariel's Wisdom Era: reinvention, peace, freedom </p><p>1:03:12 - 1:05:06 "Entre Sabias": rapid-fire questions </p><p>1:05:06 - Rocking chairs & the ripple effect of healing</p><br><p>Our podcast is bilingual, so our episodes will be in English, Spanish, or Spanglish, depending on our guests. You'll find them labeled in our feed, or you could use YouTube's dubbing feature to listen your way. </p><p>Listen on Spotify: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/0RXdkULADYMnsFdhJQpnVU?si=7b8417c8b6c642f4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://open.spotify.com/show/0RXdkULADYMnsFdhJQpnVU?si=7b8417c8b6c642f4</a> </p><p>Apple Podcasts: <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/co/podcast/her-wisdom-era/id1891507683" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://podcasts.apple.com/co/podcast/her-wisdom-era/id1891507683</a> </p><p>Join us on Substack: <a href="https://www.herwisdomera.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.herwisdomera.com/</a> </p><p>Follow us on Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/her.wisdomera/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/her.wisdomera/</a> </p><br><p>And YouTube:</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@herwisdomera" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/@herwisdomera</a> </p><br><p>Her Wisdom ERA is hosted and executive produced by Christy Marrero and Ana Flores </p><p>Our producer and editorial coach is Laura Ubaté</p><p>Theme music and sound engineering by Stephen Herman from Explosion Robinson, aka El Santo. </p><p>Social media by Team Belu. </p><p>Branding by Leticia Vidaurri</p><br><p>We are Her Wisdom Era, a global visibility and reinvention platform for Latina women in midlife. </p><br><p><br></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
June 9, 2026
Chef Marcela Valladolid: Knowing When to Walk Away After 30 Years of Hustle
<p>She was the first Latina chef to have a show on The Food Network, and she decided to walk away to create a legacy of her own. On this episode, Cristy Marrero and Ana Flores sit down with Emmy-nominated chef, author, and founder of Matriarca, Marcela Valladolid. </p><p>She launched her new business at 47 years old. </p><p>For 15 years, Marcela was one of the most recognizable Latina faces in food media. She had the shows, the cookbooks, the platform. And she walked away from all of it, not because she failed, but because she was exhausted from being the version of herself that someone else had designed.</p><p>Marcela did as midlife women do: she reinvented herself. She built something entirely hers: Matriarca, a clean, intentional pantry brand rooted in the Latino community, Mexican culture, and two decades of earned trust. She did it at 47, raising her kids, learning how to surf in her downtime, and finally choosing the life she deserved. </p><p>On this episode, we talk about:</p><ul><li>The real cost of walking away from the Food Network after 15 years</li><li>Why she says the hustle was physically draining her body and soul</li><li>How online cooking classes with her sister became the spark that started everything</li><li>The birth of Matriarca and why she needed the brand to outlive her</li><li>What going alcohol-free taught her about her own instincts</li><li>The wisdom of surfing at 47</li><li>Why success is holding grief and gratitude in the same 24 hours</li><li>"In our culture, the more a woman sacrifices, the more sacred she becomes. But nobody is giving you a medal at the end."</li><li>What her Wisdom Era actually feels like: trusting her intuition without asking permission</li></ul><p>If you’ve ever felt “ungrateful” because you had opportunities you’ve never dreamed of, yet the dream became hustle and burnout, this episode is for you!</p><p><strong>Chapters:</strong> </p><p>00:00 - 01:55 Intro: ownership as reinvention</p><p>01:55 - 06:35 Being shaped by the network: "How short do you want it?" </p><p>06:35 - 09:40 Walking away from the pinnacle: "I was getting nothing but viewership" </p><p>09:40 - 13:20 "It was liberating": shedding the persona that drained her </p><p>13:20 - 17:10 The moment she knew it was the right call </p><p>17:10 - 23:00 The birth of Matriarca: building what the market was missing </p><p>23:00 - 29:15 Community as the foundation: they show up because she showed up first </p><p>29:15 - 34:00 Going alcohol-free and the personality behind the decision </p><p>34:00 - 38:10 The wisdom of surfing: no role, no fear, just you </p><p>38:10 - 43:40 "It was not a straight line to become a jefa": the messy process of success </p><p>43:40 - 47:20 "We are the elders now": the matriarchs she carries </p><p>47:20 - 51:00 What she wants her kids to see — not the company, the joy </p><p>51:00 - 54:30 "No medal for martyrs": breaking the sacrifice cycle </p><p>54:30 - 57:10 Marcela's Wisdom Era: trusting intuition for the first time </p><p>57:10 - 01:00:00 "Entre Sabias": Rapid-fire questions </p><p>01:00:00 Closing: Solitude as the essential ingredient</p><p>Our podcast is bilingual, so our episodes will be in English, Spanish, or Spanglish, depending on our guests. You'll find them labeled in our feed, or you could use YouTube's dubbing feature to listen your way.</p><p>Listen on Spotify: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/0RXdkULADYMnsFdhJQpnVU?si=7b8417c8b6c642f4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://open.spotify.com/show/0RXdkULADYMnsFdhJQpnVU?si=7b8417c8b6c642f4</a> </p><p>Apple Podcasts: <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/co/podcast/her-wisdom-era/id1891507683" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://podcasts.apple.com/co/podcast/her-wisdom-era/id1891507683</a> </p><p>Join us on Substack: <a href="https://www.herwisdomera.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.herwisdomera.com/</a> </p><p>Follow us on Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/her.wisdomera/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/her.wisdomera/</a> </p><br><p>And YouTube:</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@herwisdomera" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/@herwisdomera</a> </p><br><p>Her Wisdom ERA is hosted and executive produced by Cristy Marrero and Ana Flores, </p><p>Our producer and editorial coach is Laura Ubaté</p><p>Theme music and sound engineering by Stephen Herman from Explosion Robinson, aka El Santo. </p><p>Social media by Team Belu. </p><p>Branding by Leticia Vidaurri</p><br><p>We are Her Wisdom ERA, a global visibility and reinvention platform for Latina women in midlife.</p><br><p><br></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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<p>Conversations for Latinas in midlife, with Ana Flores & Cristy Marrero. Her Wisdom Era is where midlife meets its match — two amigas talking reinvention, money, visibility, and everything we were never supposed to say out loud. Every episode brings real talk with powerhouse Latina guests who are rewriting what this chapter looks like on their own terms. Season 1 features a Pulitzer Prize winner, a three-time Emmy winner, a Grammy-winning Broadway star, a TIME100 Next honoree and more powerhouse Latinas in midlife. </p><p>Bilingual in English and Spanish, porque some things just hit different en español.</p><p>Welcome to your wisdom era. Estás entre sabias.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
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