Some conversations make you laugh. Some make you uncomfortable.
The best ones make you feel understood.
Welcome to Say It Straight Sessions with TLC, where Tonichi Achurra-Parekh, Larah Diaz-Sta. Maria, and Claire Sommereux-Alfonso talk about the realities women rarely admit out loud from navigating leadership and ambition to relationships, boundaries, identity, and everything in between.
These aren't conversations reserved for CEOs or women who've "made it." They're for every woman who's ever questioned herself, felt stretched too thin, celebrated a win that somehow still felt lonely, or wondered if she's the only one figuring it out as she goes.
With honesty, humor, and perspective earned through experience, every episode feels like sitting down with the friends who tell you the truth, remind you you're not alone, and somehow leave you lighter than when you arrived.
Because life doesn't come with all the answers.
But it gets a little easier when someone says it straight.
Passing the Leadership DNA, Empowering Others, and Building Impact | Costs of Leadership
Leadership is remembered less for the spotlight it stood in and more for the light it gave others. Leadership is often measured in wins and milestones, but its greatest joy comes from seeing people grow, teams succeed, and lessons endure long after the work is done. In Episode 9 of Off The Agenda with TLC, Tonichi, Larah, and Claire reflect on the costs of leadership that lingers: the moments of standing firm for a team, the joy of watching someone grow into their own strength, a...
22 Jun 2026
Belonging, Identity, and the Weight of Visibility: Pride Month with Off the Agenda with TLC
Pride isn’t just about the colors we see in June. In Episode 7 of Off The Agenda with TLC, Tonichi, Larah, and Claire sit with stories and voices from the LGBTQ+ community sharing what visibility, courage, and belonging really look like. Each guest video opens a window into lived experience. They talk about what it means to hold hands in public, to face microaggressions, to find resilience in high school hallways, and to insist on inclusion that is more than just symbolic. What comes th...
8 Jun 2026
Guidance, Gaps, and The Many Faces of Fatherhood | The Men Who Shaped Us
In this Father’s Day episode of Off The Agenda, Tonichi, Larah, and Claire reflect on the men who shaped their lives. Not just fathers, but father figures, stepfathers, grandfathers, and the quiet presence of who stepped in when it mattered most. They share honest, personal stories about growing up with very different experiences of fatherhood: presence, absence, rebuilding relationships, and learning what steady love can look like in different forms. From childhood memories to adult reflecti...
25 May 2026
Seen by Many, Known by Few | Gladys Reyes on Off the Agenda with TLC
Maybe the real work is staying yourself after others label you. In Episode 5 of Off The Agenda with TLC, Tonichi, Larah, and Claire are joined by special guest Gladys Reyes for a conversation that goes way beyond the “kontrabida” everyone grew up knowing her for. From her Little Miss Philippines days to becoming one of television’s most iconic kontrabidas, Gladys opens up about growing up in the public eye while trying to hold on to who she is outside of the roles people remember her for.&nbs...
11 May 2026
Grace, Grit, and Getting It Wrong: What Motherhood Actually Teaches You
You think you know yourself. And then you become a mom. In Episode 4 of Off The Agenda with TLC, Tonichi, Larah, and Claire set aside their leadership hats and get into the role that changed them most: motherhood. This is their Mother's Day episode, and it is exactly what you would expect from three women who never do anything halfway. They talk about who they were before: the ambitious one, the happy-go-lucky one, the self-directed one who lived by a strict rule book, and what happened to ...
27 Apr 2026
The Brutal Truths of Leading People Nobody Prepares You For
Nobody hands you a manual. They just hand you a team and wish you luck. In Episode 3 of Off The Agenda with TLC, Tonichi, Larah, and Claire get into the conversation that every leader has quietly had with themselves at some point, but rarely out loud. What does leadership actually cost? And would you have signed up for it if someone had been honest with you from the start? From the myths they believed as young managers, to the hard calls that followed them home, to the moments they realized t...
13 Apr 2026
Chasing Validation vs. Chasing Goals: That Gold Star Isn’t Your North Star
Nobody handed it to you. You just decided you needed it, and then spent the next two decades running after it. Is it worth it, though? In Episode 2 of Off The Agenda with TLC, Tonichi, Larah, and Claire trace it all the way back: to gold stars on homework, to recitation ribbons, to being the reliable one, the academic one, the entertainer in the family. Before any of them had a title or a corner office, the chase had already begun. This is the origin story. The one that explains how three hig...
30 Mar 2026
Nobody Checked. So We're Checking Now.
What does it actually cost to look like you have everything together? Welcome to the very first episode of Off The Agenda with TLC — the podcast where we, Tonichi Achurra-Parekh, Larah Diaz-Sta. Maria, and Claire Sommereux-Alfonso (or TLC!) finally stop performing for the room and start talking to each other (and you) for real. This is the one we've been building to: raw, unscripted, and honestly overdue. In this maiden episode, we introduce ourselves (not the LinkedIn version) but the real o...
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