After 30 with Cara Eriguel

What happens when biology says “decide now,” but your heart isn’t sure? On this episode, we chat with Harvard-trained fertility specialist Gabriela Rosa to unpack the biological clock, societal pressure, reproductive choices, and the difference between wanting motherhood and being taught to want it. A candid conversation about fertility, identity, and trusting yourself when there is no single right answer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

My mom’s 3rd time on the podcast, we still had so much to cover and unpack (haha) My mom and I love each other deeply but still, for the longest time, somehow missed each other emotionally. Then, later in life, we both found out we had ADHD - and suddenly, years of misunderstandings, emotional overwhelm, people pleasing, masking, tension, and mother-daughter growing pains started making sense in a completely different way. In this deeply personal episode, my mom and I talk about motherhood, daughterhood, ADHD, healing, emotional overwhelm, and what it looks like to finally meet each other with more gentleness, understanding, and grace. If you’ve ever felt “too much,” misunderstood, or wished for softer conversations with the people you love, this one is for you. ✨ BONUS: Share this episode on your IG Stories or Facebook, tag After30 with Cara Eriguel and Heartworks Healing , and get 30% OFF the Stories We Carry online journaling workshop happening on May 30, 2026 — a gentle writing-to-heal space for women learning to finally come home to themselves. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What if support didn’t have to be loud to be life-changing? We sit down with permaculture designer and Tuminugan Farm steward, Renee Perrine, for a conversation that started with something simple- a video of someone walking uphill, and another person placing just two fingers on their back. Not pushing. Not carrying. Just… there. And somehow, the climb became easier. We explore what’s really happening in the body when we receive even the lightest form of support—and why so many of us, especially women in our 30s and 40s, have been conditioned to carry everything on our own. From working with natural systems on the land to understanding how humans move through challenge, this episode gently reframes what strength can look like. Because maybe it’s not about carrying more. Maybe it’s about allowing just enough support to keep going. If you’ve been feeling like you have to hold it all together—this one’s for you. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On the pilot episode of this Becoming Season, we talked about emotional ownership, about finally saying things out loud, feeling all the feels (shame, resistance, anger, fear) and still “doing it” so we can finally be our most authentic selves and feel fully “real”. Okay, now, what happens after that? What happens when you stop performing, stop shrinking, and realize you don’t need to keep proving you’re enough? What happens when you are just fully yourself, unapologetically? In this episode, we talk about the quiet shift that comes after emotional honesty - the moment you start living from who you really are instead of who you think you should be. We talk about the “bee analogy”, how something scientifically “not supposed to fly” simply does what it was created to do - and why purpose might look less like striving and more like being. We talk about: life after emotional ownership dropping the front and letting yourself be seen (ooh scary, i know) self-trust vs self-performance If Episode 1 cracked something open, this episode is about learning how to live from that opening. You don’t need permission to be who you are. You just need to begin. Afraid, unready, unsure. I absolutely love hearing from you. Please connect with me on @after30withcaraeriguel or @caraeriguel, also on Facebook. Talk soon, luv! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We live in a time where no one is ever fully gone. Old chats. Saved voice notes. “Last seen.” Archived messages. Technology has made it possible to revisit people long after they’ve left our lives. But is that helping us heal — or keeping us stuck? In this episode of After 30, we talk about grief in the age of AI, digital attachment, and the illusion of control. What does it mean to hold on to someone through data? If you could talk to them one last time, would you? And who do you become when you finally choose to let go? This is a conversation about modern love, digital ghosts, and the quiet maturity of surrender. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.