Parenting Without Permission

Isabel Lopez
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Parenting Without Permission is the unfiltered parenting podcast where host Isabel Lopez brings on a new guest each episode to spill the beautiful, messy, triggering, and sometimes dark truth about raising humans. No fake perfection. No mom-shaming. Just raw stories about surviving, healing, breaking cycles, and parenting through chaos. If you've ever felt like you're winging it while unpacking your own trauma....welcome home!!! Explicit language, emotional triggers, unexpected tears, and uncomfortable truths ahead.

Episodes

  1. 10 JAN

    Breaking Cycles Isn’t Gentle or Harsh — Andreea's Story

    In this episode, Andreea shares her journey of growing up with an abusive parent, leaving to build a life of her own, and later returning to heal, not just for herself, but for her child. We talk about what it’s like to break cycles without swinging to extremes, how therapy helped her understand patterns instead of repeating them, and what it means to parent with intention when your own upbringing lacked emotional safety. This is a conversation about survival, boundaries, healing, and choosing a different path, even when it’s hard.

    26 min

  2. 3 JAN

    Still Here: Jake's Story

    Trigger Warning:This episode contains discussions of homelessness, sexual assault, and the loss of a child. These topics may be difficult for some listeners. Please listen at your own pace and take care of yourself. In this episode, Jake shares his story with honesty and vulnerability, including experiences that are often lived through silently. We talk about survival, loss, and the long road of carrying grief while continuing to show up for life. This is a heavy conversation, but it is also a deeply human one. Listener discretion is advised.

    38 min

  3. 12/12/2025

    Dealing With Teen Pregnancy, a Toxic Parent, and a BD… One WTF at a Time

    Becca joins me today to talk about the parts of teen pregnancy nobody prepares you for — especially when you’re navigating a toxic parent, a chaotic BD, and trying to grow up while raising a whole human. We get into the guilt, the survival mode, the patterns we inherit, and the WTF moments that break you and build you at the same time. If you’ve ever had to parent through trauma, heal while you’re still hurting, or carry responsibilities way too young… this episode is going to hit home. One cycle at a time. One boundary at a time.One WTF at a time.

    42 min

  4. 04/12/2025

    Parenting With a Ghost

    Some parents don’t leave… they just stop showing up.In this episode, we break down what it really feels like to co-parent with someone who is physically alive but emotionally, mentally, or consistently gone — a ghost in your child’s life and yours. We talk about:✨ The heartbreak and exhaustion of raising kids with an inconsistent parent✨ How disappearing acts affect a child’s trust, behavior, and emotional safety✨ What “ghost parenting” looks like in real life (the patterns we never talk about)✨ Why you stop chasing someone who should already be present✨ Rebuilding stability when the other parent drifts in and out✨ Breaking the cycle so your kids don’t repeat it If you’ve ever felt alone in a “two-parent” situation, this episode is validation, comfort, and clarity wrapped in one.You are not imagining it. You are not overreacting.Parenting with a ghost is real — and it leaves a mark. New episode of Parenting Without Permission every week.Follow to stay updated, and share with someone who needs to hear this.

    36 min

  5. 20/11/2025

    Healing from the Mom You Needed but Didn’t Get

    Parenting hits different when the woman who raised you was toxic, chaotic, or emotionally unavailable.This episode dives into what it’s really like to raise kids while still healing from the mother who left wounds you’re now trying to break. We talk about:• Mother wounds and the anger, grief, and guilt they create• Parenting when you were never emotionally parented• Being labeled “dramatic” or “ungrateful” for setting boundaries• Breaking patterns your mom still denies exist• Becoming the safe parent you needed growing up If you’re healing while raising, breaking cycles in real time, and trying to give your kids what you never got—this one is for you. About kids, not for kids.

    29 min

  6. 13/11/2025

    Dating a Parent: The Reality No One Warns You About

    What happens when you fall for someone who already has kids? In this episode, we’re talking about what it’s really like to date a parent when you don’t have kids of your own — the patience it takes, the boundaries you learn the hard way, the moments where you feel left out, and the emotional growth that hits you out of nowhere. We dig into the parts no one warns you about: the guilt, the schedules that don’t revolve around you, the love that feels complicated but worth it, and the way you end up learning more about yourself than you expected. Because dating a parent isn’t just about love, it’s about learning to step into a story that already started, and figuring out where you fit in it.

    31 min

  7. 06/11/2025

    The Traveling Mom Life: Work Trips, Mom Guilt & Midnight Snuggles

    Ever wonder what it feels like to be a new mom while your job keeps you living out of a suitcase?This week, I sit down with a traveling professional who’s learning how to balance flights, work deadlines, and motherhood — all while trying not to lose herself in the process. We talk about what no one really prepares you for: the guilt, the exhaustion, the quiet moments of pride that come when you realize you’re actually doing it.Because the truth is, parenting doesn’t pause when life gets chaotic — you just learn to adjust midair. This one’s for every parent who’s ever felt torn between showing up for work and showing up for their family.For anyone who’s ever questioned if they’re doing enough, being enough, or feeling enough. It’s messy, it’s emotional, and it’s real.🎙 Parenting Without Permission — about kids, not for kids.

    33 min

  8. 30/10/2025

    Breaking Machismo: We Refuse to Raise Emotionally Broken Men

    We were raised in homes where feelings were weaknesses, boys were told to “man up,” and daughters were taught to serve future kings who never learned how to love. Machismo wasn’t just an attitude, it was the family heirloom nobody asked for. In this first episode, two Latina moms go raw about growing up around emotionally unavailable men, watching our mothers shrink, and being told “así son los hombres” like it made abuse acceptable. But we’re not raising the next generation of emotionally damaged husbands and silent fathers. We’re raising boys who can love without power trips and feel without shame. If you were raised by machismo but refuse to pass it on, this one’s gonna hit deep. ➡️ Follow the podcast, share with a cycle-breaker, and leave a review if you're done raising emotionally unavailable men. 🔞 Explicit language, emotional triggers, unexpected tears, and uncomfortable truths ahead.

    39 min
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Parenting Without Permission is the unfiltered parenting podcast where host Isabel Lopez brings on a new guest each episode to spill the beautiful, messy, triggering, and sometimes dark truth about raising humans. No fake perfection. No mom-shaming. Just raw stories about surviving, healing, breaking cycles, and parenting through chaos. If you've ever felt like you're winging it while unpacking your own trauma....welcome home!!! Explicit language, emotional triggers, unexpected tears, and uncomfortable truths ahead.

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