ZILLION TRILLION
ZILLION TRILLION
Podcast Description
Motherhood is chaos, and let’s be real—none of us actually know what we’re doing. Hosted by Victoria de la Fuente, a mom, fashion expert, and pro at winging it, Zillion Trillion is where you’ll find real talk about parenting without the sanctimommy nonsense. Each episode, Victoria chats with authors, friends, and other brilliant humans who also happen to be parents about the joys, the meltdowns, and the "is this normal?" moments of raising tiny humans. Think of it as a convo with the mom friend who keeps it brutally honest, slightly sarcastic, and 100% on your side. Because if we’re all just making it up as we go, we might as well do it together. zilliontrillion.substack.com
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The podcast covers themes surrounding parenting, ambition, and societal pressures with episodes like 'Motherhood & Work: Why We’ve Been Told the Wrong Story' exploring the redefinition of success for parents, and 'Rethinking Boyhood: The True Price of Male Privilege' addressing the challenges faced by young boys in today's society. The focus areas include the challenges of balancing work and family, emotional struggles in parenthood, and shifting cultural narratives.
Motherhood is chaos, and let’s be real—none of us actually know what we’re doing. Hosted by Victoria de la Fuente, a mom, fashion expert, and pro at winging it, Zillion Trillion is where you’ll find real talk about parenting without the sanctimommy nonsense. Each episode, Victoria chats with authors, friends, and other brilliant humans who also happen to be parents about the joys, the meltdowns, and the “is this normal?” moments of raising tiny humans. Think of it as a convo with the mom friend who keeps it brutally honest, slightly sarcastic, and 100% on your side. Because if we’re all just making it up as we go, we might as well do it together.
There’s something deeply dystopian about the fact that even journaling has become aspirational content.
Somewhere along the way, writing down your thoughts turned into another optimization ritual. Another thing women are supposed to do perfectly. Beautiful notebook. Perfect handwriting. Peaceful morning routine. No children screaming in the background. No notifications. No real life.
Which is why this conversation with Laura Rubin genuinely changed the way I think about journaling. Not because she romanticizes it, but because she completely strips the performance out of it.
We talk about overthinking, anxiety, emotional spirals, indecision, nervous system overwhelm, and why most of us are no longer cognitively capable of the wellness routines we keep trying to force ourselves into. She explains why journaling is less about “dear diary” introspection and more about organizing thought before your brain organizes chaos for you instead.
Laura also shares the exact prompts she uses when you feel reactive, stuck, emotionally flooded, disconnected from yourself, or unable to figure out what you actually want anymore beneath all the noise.
But honestly, the moment that stayed with me most was when she described asking a room full of successful women to simply write down things they liked and one of them realizing she genuinely no longer knew. Not loved, liked.And I think that says something pretty devastating about the moment we’re living in.
This episode felt less like productivity advice and more like permission. Permission to stop trying to do wellness perfectly. Permission to slow your brain down long enough to actually hear yourself think again.
If your brain has felt loud lately, I think you’ll love this one.
When was the last time you sat quietly long enough to hear what you actually think?
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