Eliane Gallero Is the Jefa Redefining Wellness for a New Generation of Latinas
When Venezuelan content creator and host Eliane Gallero opens up about mental health, she doesn’t do it for likes. She does it because, at 19, she started experiencing panic attacks and thought she was “an alien” for struggling in silence. Social media hadn’t yet offered the community it does today, so years later, Gallero made it her mission to be the friend who breaks the taboo Latinas are so often taught to keep.
Gallero tells FIERCE that talking is the first step to healing any situation. And in a culture where resilience often means staying silent, she’s flipping the script. “We’re taught to be caretakers, to be strong for our families, to push through without complaining—and while there’s beauty in that strength, there’s also pain when we don’t allow ourselves to be vulnerable.”
How Eliane Gallero is using affirmations, journaling, and gratitude to stay grounded
Gallero’s WhatsApp channel is filled with journaling prompts, affirmations, and messages that spark joy. But she makes it clear: she shares them not because she’s “healed,” but because she needs them too. “Everything I send to them is because I needed to read it and work on it too,” she explains.
These practices aren’t just content—they’re daily rituals. Journaling, she says, helps name what she’s feeling. “Our minds are SO SMART and SO DUMB at the same time,” Gallero laughs. “We can create any reality that we want, but we are not able to realize or identify what is happening to us unless we take it out of our brain first.”
Gratitude, meanwhile, keeps her focused on abundance. And affirmations? They’re on sticky notes across her bathroom mirror. “I also speak them out loud until I feel them in my gut,” she says. Her go-to phrases: “I am worthy,” “The universe conspires in my favor,” and “I deserve love.”
Unlearning el “échale ganas”: Why Eliane Gallero wants softness for Latinas
Like many first-gen Latinas, Gallero was raised hearing phrases like “échale ganas” and “no te quejes.” And while she acknowledges these messages came from love, she also recognizes how they taught us to ignore our feelings. “They also taught us to keep going even when we are hurting, which is COMPLETELY NOT OK!”
Unlearning that mindset hasn’t been easy. But Gallero is committed to honoring her emotions without guilt and creating space for others to do the same. “Rest is respected, vulnerability is celebrated, and softness is allowed,” she says of the healing spaces she cultivates through social media and on her WhatsApp channel.
Her approach is not about rejecting culture, she clarifies, but evolving with it. “We can still ‘echarle ganas,’ but from a place of love and not pressure.”
Behind the scenes of her wellness routine
With a packed schedule that includes hosting Mi Casa Es Tu Casa (powered by Airbnb) and Lo Dije o Lo Pensé on Básico Stream, Gallero is constantly holding space for others. But how does she hold space for herself?
“Holding space for others is something I LOVE, but I’ve learned that I can’t pour into anyone if I’m not full myself,” she says. That starts with daily check-ins: “How am I, really?” And for Gallero, self-care isn’t aesthetic. It’s not always yoga or journaling in golden light. Sometimes it’s turning her phone on airplane mode. Sometimes it’s crying without guilt.
She also sees therapy as a privilege, one she recognizes not everyone has access to. So she shares the tools she learns from therapy and spiritual work with her audience. “Self-care for me is about listening to my soul, my mind, and my body, honoring my energy, and remembering that rest is not a reward, it’s a requirement.”
The first step to reclaiming your peace
If there’s one piece of advice Gallero wants people to take from her platform, it’s this: start with your breath.
“Breathing is our superpower, and yet we forget to breathe,” she says. “It sounds simple or stupid, but when everything feels overwhelming, just pausing to take a few deep, intentional breaths can bring you back to yourself.”
For Gallero, peace doesn’t come from perfection. It comes from presence. “Not in perfection, but in presence. La paz empieza contigo.”
As Gallero continues sharing her journey through vulnerability, community care, and radical softness, she’s reminding Latinas everywhere that our wellness matters—and that healing, like everything else, is something we can do together.
