EMOCIONES A LA DUCHA.

Raquel Andréa Álvarez y William Bustos Martínez

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Songs, therapy, and hard feelings made speakable.

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EMOCIONES A LA DUCHA treats music as the doorway into difficult emotional subjects. Raquel Andrea Álvarez and William Bustos Martínez move from songs and cultural references into careful conversations about violence at home, ghosting, bereavement, alcoholism, manipulation, and recovery.

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About EMOCIONES A LA DUCHA.

EMOCIONES A LA DUCHA is a Spanish-language emotional wellness show built around a simple but durable ritual: a song opens the door, then a difficult human problem is named out loud. The pace is unhurried. Raquel Andrea Álvarez often supplies the psychological frame, using examples to explain abuse, abandonment, grief, addiction, control, and fear. William Bustos Martínez brings the question-led rhythm, the musical bridge, and the cultural memory around each song. Together, the conversation feels closer to a careful kitchen-table exchange than a polished advice program. Recent episodes focus heavily on violence within the home. They separate physical abuse from economic control, emotional manipulation, negligence, threats, public facades, and the fear that leaving could make danger worse. The show is especially attentive to dependence: money, housing, children, family pressure, and the loss of personal networks all appear as forces that can trap someone in a harmful relationship. It also looks at the person who harms. Episodes on the profile of the abuser and on integrated psychopaths describe jealousy, dominance, sudden mood changes, strategic lying, gaslighting, and the confusion victims can feel when their own reality is questioned. Other episodes widen the emotional field. Grief after the death of parents becomes a conversation about family structures changing, siblings mourning differently, and household conflicts surfacing after a central figure is gone. Ghosting is treated as abandonment with social shame attached, not just a dating annoyance. Alcoholism is described through loss of control, dependency, family damage, and the false normality that can surround legal substances. Music gives the show its emotional vocabulary. Named songs, artists, and references become entry points into pain that listeners may recognize before they have words for it. The program can be grave. It stays warm. Its closing notes often carry faith-inflected hope, insisting that dignity, truth, help, and repair still matter after harm has been named.

Made for: For Spanish-speaking listeners drawn to warm, practical conversations about relationships, family wounds, grief, addiction, and emotional survival. It especially suits people who want psychological framing with cultural references, music, and a gentle spiritual undertone.

What sets it apart: The show uses a song as the emotional key for each episode, then follows it into grounded psychological conversation. Its mix of music memory, therapy language, familiar examples, and faith-tinged closure gives heavy subjects a human place to land.

In their own words

Es un podcast que aborda temas de bienestar emocional, apelando a las canciones que conectan con las historias y las realidades de las personas. Una conversación franca, amable y esperanzadora acerca de las emociones que nos cuestan procesar, y la manera más adecuada de gestionarlas.

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When a song cracks something open, Raquel and William help you name what came out.

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  • lyrics to open the door before psychology enters the room
  • a grounded explanation for why ghosting can bruise your self-worth
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  1. 1

    #59 Cómo salir de una violencia intrafamiliar.

    Hidden gem

    Psychologist Raquel Andrea Álvarez and co-host William Bustos Martínez use the 2002 Spanish song 'Salir Corriendo' by Amaral — written about a woman named Maika who fled her home — as the entry point for episode 59 on leaving intrafamilial violence.

    Apr 29, 2026·29m·2 clips
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    #58 Comprendiendo el perfil del maltratador.

    Apr 22, 2026·21m
  3. 3

    #57 El Maltrato Intrafamiliar.

    Hidden gem

    Raquel Andrea Álvarez y William Bustos Martínez abren el episodio de EMOCIONES A LA DUCHA con “La Puerta Violeta” de Rosalén, a quien presentan como María de los Ángeles del Carmelo Rosalén y ganadora del Premio Nacional de las Músicas Actuales.

    Apr 15, 2026·31m·2 clips
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    #56 El duelo por la muerte de los padres.

    Hidden gem

    Raquel Andrea Álvarez y William Bustos Martínez abordan el duelo por la muerte de los padres con el ejemplo de “Un besito más” de Jessy y Joy, escrita como homenaje a su padre muerto en 2013.

    Apr 8, 2026·30m·2 clips
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    #55 El Ghosting.

    Hidden gem

    Raquel Andrea Álvarez y William Bustos Martínez dedican el episodio #55 de Emociones a la Ducha al ghosting, usando la canción de Juliana Velázquez, "A grito erí", para hablar de una relación que termina sin despedida.

    Apr 1, 2026·31m·2 clips
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    #54 Los Psicópatas Integrados.

    Hidden gem

    Raquel Andrea Álvarez y William Bustos Martínez abren con "La Perla" de Rosalía y Yajritza y su esencia para hablar de la "psicopatía subclínica integral" y del verso "ladrón de paz".

    Mar 25, 2026·31m·2 clips
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    #53 Alcoholismo.

    Emociones a la Ducha #53 uses the song "Borracho hasta el amanecer" (Los Coquillos, later covered by Vilma Palma e Vampiros in the 1990s) to open a conversation on alcoholism.

    Mar 18, 2026·27m·2 clips
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    #52 La necesidad de control.

    Mar 11, 2026·30m
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    #51 La resiliencia.

    Mar 4, 2026·29m
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    #50 El trastorno de ansiedad.

    Dec 3, 2025·33m
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    #49 El amor obsesivo.

    Nov 26, 2025·25m
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    #48 El Síndrome del Salvador.

    Nov 19, 2025·27m
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    #47 El impacto emocional y social del divorcio.

    Nov 12, 2025·27m
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    #46 Cuando el corazón no se atreve a hablar.

    Nov 5, 2025·27m
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    #45 Cómo esperar sin desesperar.

    Oct 29, 2025·29m
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    #44 Conducta negativista y hostil hacia la autoridad.

    Oct 22, 2025·30m
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    #43 Los lenguajes del amor.

    Oct 15, 2025·28m
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    #42 Miedo al abandono.

    Oct 8, 2025·32m
  19. 19

    #41 La atracción por lo prohibido.

    Oct 1, 2025·26m
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    #40 La relación con nuestros hermanos.

    Sep 24, 2025·29m
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    #39 La aceptación del otro.

    Sep 17, 2025·31m
  22. 22

    #38 Las conductas autodestructivas.

    Sep 10, 2025·31m
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    #37 Víctimas del narcisismo: cómo sanar.

    Sep 3, 2025·30m
  24. 24

    #36 La importancia de la espiritualidad.

    Aug 27, 2025·31m
  25. 25

    #35 Dependencia emocional.

    Aug 20, 2025·30m
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    #34 El Trastorno de Personalidad Narcisista.

    Aug 13, 2025·29m
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    #33 La soledad emocional.

    Aug 6, 2025·28m
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    #32 La soledad como aliada.

    Jul 30, 2025·28m
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    #31 Relaciones amorosas abiertas.

    Jul 23, 2025·27m
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    #30 El silencio que grita: La depresión.

    Jul 16, 2025·31m
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    #29 Amor romántico y amor maduro.

    Jul 9, 2025·30m
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    #28 Las segundas oportunidades.

    Jul 2, 2025·31m
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    #27 La victimización.

    Jun 25, 2025·31m
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    #26 El valor de los recuerdos.

    Jun 18, 2025·31m
  35. 35

    #25 Las mascotas y su importancia en nuestra vida.

    Jun 11, 2025·31m
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    #24 ¿Existe la suerte?

    Jun 4, 2025·29m
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    #23 La inclusión social.

    May 28, 2025·31m
  38. 38

    #22 La idealización del rol de madre.

    May 21, 2025·27m
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    #21 El síndrome de la vida ocupada.

    May 14, 2025·30m
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    # 20 La adicción al sufrimiento.

    May 7, 2025·29m
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    #19 ¿A quién confiarle nuestra salud mental?

    Apr 30, 2025·31m
  42. 42

    #18 El síndrome del impostor.

    Apr 23, 2025·27m
  43. 43

    #17 Envejecer, un proceso natural.

    Apr 16, 2025·29m
  44. 44

    #16 Una conversación sincera sobre el suicidio

    Apr 9, 2025·30m
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    #15 El positivismo tóxico.

    Apr 2, 2025·30m
  46. 46

    #14 El duelo migratorio.

    Mar 19, 2025·31m
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    #13 La incondicionalidad familiar.

    Mar 13, 2025·30m
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    #12 Cómo resolver asertivamente los conflictos.

    Mar 5, 2025·28m
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    #11 Mentira e infidelidad.

    Feb 26, 2025·31m
  50. 50

    #10 Inestables sentimentales.

    Feb 19, 2025·31m
  51. 51

    #9 La manipulación en el ambiente laboral.

    Feb 12, 2025·29m
  52. 52

    #8 Cómo salir de una relación tóxica.

    Feb 5, 2025·29m
  53. 53

    #7 Las relaciones tóxicas.

    Jan 29, 2025·29m
  54. 54

    #6 Aprender a poner límites.

    Jan 22, 2025·29m
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    #5 La idealización.

    Jan 16, 2025·28m
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    #4 El éxito tardío.

    Dec 18, 2024·26m
  57. 57

    #3 Los nuevos comienzos.

    Dec 11, 2024·30m
  58. 58

    #2 El desapego: pérdida y duelo.

    Dec 4, 2024·26m
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    #1 Abrazando el dolor y la esperanza.

    Nov 27, 2024·27m