This week, Vee gets raw and honest about weight gain, body image, and the toxic norms so many of us grew up with in Latino households. After a quick life update on mom guilt, Vivi’s allergies, cheer competitions, and the chaos of spring cleaning, she opens up about her lifelong struggle to gain weight and the shock (and joy) of finally seeing the scale go up at a recent doctor’s visit. Instead of chasing “smaller,” she shares why her dream body is about strength, health, and feeling good, not fitting into anyone else’s standards. Vee dives into how normalized it is in our culture to comment on kids’ bodies, give nicknames like flaquita or gordita, and make jokes that actually leave deep scars and shape how we see ourselves for years. She reflects on unlearning that toxicity, breaking those patterns for the next generation, and reclaiming the way we talk about our own bodies at home. She shares the affirmations and mindset shifts that are helping her heal, build self-worth from the inside out, and give other mujeres permission to honor their own journeys whether they’re trying to lose, gain, or simply feel at peace in their skin.

In this spicy episode, Vee kicks things off with a candid catch-up about spring break, underboob sweat, and a spontaneous family beach day that has her reflecting on her own childhood and the “cool mom” who inspired the way she parents now. She then dives into all the messy reality TV she’s been binging—Love Overboard, Temptation Island, Perfect Match, Love Island, and Beyond the Villa—sharing her opinions on the cast, relationships, and why these shows have her in a chokehold. Vee also celebrates Karol G making history as the first Latina to headline Coachella and unpacks the complicated pressure Latin artists face when speaking out on immigration and ICE. To close, she taps into full “Spanish baddie 101” mode with a funny mini-lesson on Puerto Rican Spanish curse words, giving her listeners a playful crash course in how to insult like a real boricua.

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In this episode of The Chisme Coroner, Vee catches you up on spring break life, from museum-hopping in Washington D.C. and soaking in art and history, to outlet shopping, Disney Crocs, and experimenting with new styles as she navigates her mid-30s and tries to “elevate” her look. Then she gets vulnerable about intentional parenting as a Puerto Rican mom—what it means to parent on purpose instead of autopilot, to choose connection over control, and to raise an emotionally healthy child while still healing her own childhood wounds. Vee opens up about breaking generational cycles around fear, yelling, and emotional suppression, learning to set boundaries without screaming, apologizing to her daughter when she’s wrong, and re-parenting the little girl inside her who didn’t always feel heard. At the heart of it all, she shares her desire to raise a strong, confident, emotionally safe Latina daughter who doesn’t have to recover from her childhood, and speaks directly to all the parents who are healing and breaking cycles while still showing up every day, even when they’re not okay.