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Yes, So, on today's

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episode, we will be providing tips

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on self care and wellness

0:35

and fun ways to prioritize.

0:38

Prioritize yourself boque chika.

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You need, you need some self care,

0:42

you need some self love.

0:45

Definitely, definitely. No, I'm super excited

0:47

to be talking about this.

0:48

I know we talk about this on the daily. So

0:51

yeah, let's get some give some tips.

0:53

Yes.

0:54

So the first one that I have uh

0:56

in mind is embrace the

0:58

morning routine. So I don't know about you, Lily,

1:01

but I am. I'm a morning

1:03

person. Like I'm up, I'm up at

1:05

six, I'm up at seven, like I'm up early.

1:08

And I've learned as I've gotten older,

1:10

I've learned to really embrace

1:12

a morning routine to start

1:14

off your day with structure, like makes a whole

1:17

difference and sets a positive

1:19

tone for you for your entire

1:21

day and for example,

1:23

for myself, Like I can start off the morning

1:26

with gratitude. I'll

1:28

do a gratitude session

1:31

where I'm grateful for everything that I have. I'll

1:34

stretch, do my facial

1:36

routine. Then I'll get ready, go

1:38

for go to the gym, get a quick

1:40

cardio in, and then come back.

1:42

And it really sets the tone for

1:45

my day and it makes me feel one energetic

1:48

and two like just ready,

1:51

you know, just like ready and distress.

1:54

So that's I think it's really

1:56

important to embrace your morning routine. What's

1:58

your morning routine?

1:59

Like? Really, so I'm

2:02

kind of the opposite, Like I'm not a

2:04

morning person, and.

2:05

I really wish that I was, because.

2:08

I don't know, like you said, getting I don't know, I

2:10

wish that I could just like get up earlier

2:13

because there's just more.

2:16

You time.

2:17

I feel like when you wake up earlier, you

2:19

can do more things for yourself before

2:21

just jumping into your work day. But

2:26

what the time that I do wake up, You know,

2:29

I try to get up a little earlier than when

2:31

I start work, and

2:33

again, like I like kind of like you, I start

2:35

with a gratitude prayer. I

2:37

kind of I go, I try to like wash

2:40

my face, do like my skincare routine,

2:43

and then if I get up early

2:45

enough, I'll like to go on a walk by

2:48

where I live. There's a nice lake, so I

2:50

try to go on a little walk, make my coffee.

2:54

But again, it all just depends what

2:56

time I get up. But yeah,

2:58

like you said, adding some type

3:01

of fun element to

3:03

your morning routine really, you know, gets

3:05

you motivated into like, oh I like the mornings,

3:09

so definitely something that I'm working

3:11

on.

3:11

To love it, love it.

3:13

That's good.

3:14

Yeah, I think embracing morning

3:16

routines at your own pace and what feels

3:19

right for you and what makes sense.

3:21

Yeah, no, exactly, Like it's

3:24

funny we're talking. Well, I'm going to bring up New

3:28

Year's resolutions. One of my New Year's resolutions

3:31

every year is always like, oh this year, I'm

3:33

gonna wake up so much earlier, and like

3:36

I'll do it for you know, a

3:38

few weeks and then I don't know, just life

3:41

gets life.

3:43

It gets life, life starts lifing,

3:46

Life.

3:46

Starts lifing, and I stop

3:49

it. But no, definitely want

3:52

to keep trying

3:54

for that.

3:55

Yeah, and you know what, you know, it's

3:57

interesting because I don't even use it all

4:00

alarm clock, Like my body automatically

4:02

just wakes up.

4:05

Like I can.

4:06

Literally tell you I wake up like at seven. It

4:08

could be like six fifty eight or around

4:10

there, and it's I will literally

4:13

wake up on the dot see

4:16

into seven, I'm up within that time.

4:18

I don't even need an alarm clock. It's

4:21

crazy. I love

4:23

it.

4:23

I love it.

4:25

But the next tip to embrace

4:29

self care and wellness in a fun way

4:31

is to explore creative

4:34

hobbies.

4:36

When you engage in creative activities,

4:38

it.

4:39

Can be a wonderful way to

4:42

practice self care because when you're doing

4:44

that, you're really doing something for yourself, right,

4:46

You're not doing it for anyone else.

4:49

This can also offer like a mental.

4:51

Break from your day

4:53

to day work, from your day to

4:55

day activities. This is something

4:57

that you're doing for yourself and like something

5:01

that I like to do for

5:03

me for fun as a fun hobby, I

5:06

like to do stand up.

5:08

So the stand up.

5:09

For me is like a way that

5:11

I can release,

5:15

you know, from

5:18

the from the day to day. I get to

5:20

be creative. I get to write I get

5:22

to perform.

5:24

So yeah, definitely encourage

5:27

you to explore creative

5:29

hobbies that you like.

5:30

It could be anything, can.

5:31

Be painting, it can be writing,

5:33

it can be anything.

5:36

Really, Yes, No, I love that. I

5:38

think exploring creative hobbies and

5:40

new hobbies that I think

5:42

it's always good.

5:44

I think there's the.

5:46

Like by doing that, you're

5:48

able to just one you learn

5:51

something new and two you try it

5:53

right, you you push your limits.

5:55

You could join either an online community

5:58

like Letting that prove, or you

6:00

could take a local class to work

6:02

out something that I've been It's on my list

6:04

and I've been wanting to try, and I will

6:07

try. It is a pilates class. I

6:09

hear it's really good for your body.

6:11

I hear it's it's really good

6:14

for women with PCOS.

6:17

I have pcos, so pilates I've learned

6:19

that can be really good for your body.

6:21

So I'm like, it's on my it's on

6:23

my to do list, Like I want to try

6:26

pilates, so I

6:28

also want to try.

6:30

I want to take a pottery class.

6:33

I know.

6:33

So those are fun creative hobbies.

6:36

So I'm going to get into it. I'm

6:38

going to get into it and encourage everyone listening

6:41

to it to try try a new local

6:43

class, try something new, and

6:46

why not, right, why not.

6:48

Just do it now? Another

6:51

tip that this is

6:53

my favorite tip.

6:54

Actually, this is I really love this

6:56

tip that I'm about to give, and it's

6:59

set time for me time. Right,

7:01

Having me time is so essential,

7:05

So you want to make sure you carve that time

7:07

out for yourself because you

7:10

want to be free of any obligations or

7:12

distractions. Of course, with responsibility

7:14

not saying you put everything in the back burner, but

7:17

hey, even if it's like a fifteen minute break

7:19

and you're like, you know what this is going to be meantime,

7:21

I'm going to disconnect from many phones

7:23

for many and everything just to

7:26

reset or take a walk, have a

7:28

coffee day with yourself, take a long bath,

7:30

read a book, anything that just is

7:33

just you and you're embracing your alone

7:36

time. You're embracing yourself. I think

7:38

it's super important and it needs to be prioritized

7:41

so that you can hit that reset

7:43

button. Sometimes there's so much going on in our

7:45

lives that it's go,

7:48

go, go.

7:48

Go go, and we never stop.

7:50

But I think we need to stop and think about,

7:52

like, hey, what are you

7:54

know I need to prioritize some me time

7:57

to disconnect and simply just reset.

8:00

Yeah.

8:00

Absolutely.

8:01

I one thing that I like to do is

8:04

I like, in the evenings, once I'm

8:06

all like wrapped up with work, I

8:08

like to schedule just like a reading session, just

8:10

like in my room, and I'll put on a like

8:13

romanticize it, right, So I'll like make myself

8:15

a tea, I'll light a.

8:17

Candle out like on

8:19

my TV.

8:20

I'll put on like book reading

8:22

music or something, so in the background, it's like a

8:24

nice little cabin and

8:26

like an ambiyonce, like I make sure there's like

8:28

a good little ambiance, and then you know, I'll get out

8:30

my book and then I'll read a few chapters

8:33

and yeah, it's really just like relaxing.

8:36

You're just you're I'll focus on anything else and

8:38

it's just really you know, you're enjoying

8:41

your time with yourself.

8:43

Love it. Love that.

8:44

Okay.

8:45

So now moving on to the next

8:47

tip is get

8:49

moving with joyful

8:52

exercise.

8:53

Okay.

8:53

So I love this because exercising is

8:55

such a crucial component of

8:58

wellness.

9:00

We don't have to make it a chore.

9:01

And it doesn't even have to be like a

9:04

huge exercise or like

9:07

a big workout, like exercising can

9:09

really just be like going for a walk every

9:11

day.

9:12

You know, it doesn't have to be like

9:15

a huge class.

9:16

I personally enjoy hit

9:19

classes, so it's high interval training

9:21

for me.

9:22

I like things that.

9:24

Get me moving that I

9:27

can really see my

9:29

myself improve on.

9:31

I really enjoy those classes.

9:34

So definitely encourage

9:37

some joyful exercising time

9:40

and kind of like you were saying tunny like joining

9:42

a pilates class. There's

9:44

so many things out there that you can

9:47

join and really enjoy, even if it's

9:49

something at your home.

9:52

If you turn on like.

9:55

They have so many classes online for

9:57

like yoga.

9:58

Or stretching or like all these

10:00

different things that are available to you. You don't even

10:02

have to leave your house.

10:04

Yes, and you know what it reminds me.

10:07

Had an online working

10:09

out classes partnered

10:11

with Giselle, a fellow

10:13

Latina creator, and

10:16

we were surprised to see how many women

10:18

would join the class and we would like do

10:21

hit workouts, we would do incorporate

10:23

some dancing in between, and

10:26

it was just such a beautiful community and everyone

10:28

would just get excited

10:30

and pomped and ready for the day.

10:32

So check out those online classes.

10:34

Those are always really really good and

10:37

you can mix things up and bite a friend, right,

10:39

It's always good to invite

10:42

friends, meet new people. It

10:44

boosts up your social activity and

10:46

your mood and it.

10:48

Can motivate you, right, it can

10:50

motivate you.

10:51

And something that I always keep in

10:53

mind, it's like, I'm gonna go at my own pace,

10:55

but I also love to see what

10:57

my friends are doing. I also like to see

11:00

what other people how

11:02

they work out, So definitely incorporate

11:06

that.

11:06

So here's another

11:09

tip, and Lily, you know, I

11:11

love this.

11:13

And the next tip is indulged

11:16

in nature therapy.

11:19

Just the thought of it.

11:20

I want to go hiking now, I want to just or

11:22

just be a nature now. I love

11:25

nature, and I think it's really important

11:27

to connect your life with nature

11:29

and spending some time can

11:32

just in the outdoors can really have a

11:34

huge benefit for you mentally

11:37

and physically. Right, So,

11:39

whether it's a walk in the park,

11:42

a hike, a hike in the mountains,

11:44

a day at the beach, when you really immerse

11:46

yourself into natural surroundings,

11:49

it can really significantly

11:51

reduce stress and improve your well being.

11:53

And nature has, you know, it

11:56

has a gray, a way of grounding

11:58

us and providing us such peaceful

12:00

energy, peaceful landscape, and

12:03

just remove us from that busy life,

12:06

from that busy lifestyle. So definitely

12:09

encourage everyone just go into some

12:11

nature therapy. The other day, I did some

12:13

nature journaling and it

12:16

was just like it just felt refreshing. And I

12:18

went by myself. So actually I clocked in some

12:20

me time. I did nature therapy.

12:23

I have my body moving in a

12:25

fun and exciting way, so definitely hiking

12:28

is one of those.

12:28

And I sat on the under a tree, I had

12:31

my little drink, my little water,

12:34

and I.

12:34

Started, Yeah, I started journaling,

12:37

and it just felt so refreshing and

12:39

I felt very, very accomplished.

12:41

So definitely indulged

12:44

in nature therapy. Yeah.

12:46

No, I one hundred percent agree

12:48

with what you're saying. And it's

12:50

so important too, because I feel like most

12:53

of the day we're stuck inside a building,

12:55

we're stuck inside somewhere, our workplace.

12:58

So when you do get a chance to, you

13:00

know, be one with nature, it really

13:02

does boost up your your spirits,

13:05

your your mental health.

13:06

It's it's so good for you.

13:09

I too really enjoy I look forward

13:11

to it.

13:12

Even like I said, I try to go on a daily

13:14

walk during you know, every day,

13:16

and it's literally something that I look forward

13:19

to because I want to be outside.

13:20

I want to be you.

13:21

Know, listening to the birds chirping.

13:24

Just it really does, you know, make a.

13:26

Difference, absolutely,

13:28

one hundred percent.

13:31

Now, the next tip is practicing

13:34

mindfulness and meditation.

13:37

Incorporating mindfulness and meditation into

13:40

your daily routine can help you stay

13:42

present and manage

13:44

stress. You know, these practices

13:46

promote a sense of calm

13:49

and clarity, allowing you

13:51

to approach challenges with

13:54

a balanced perspective. You know, mindfulness

13:57

is also about being

14:00

fully engaged in the moment and

14:03

which can improve your focus

14:05

and overall sense of

14:07

well being.

14:08

Really, yes, I

14:10

love that. I love that you said practice mindfulness

14:13

and meditation. I personally love

14:17

sound bath meditation. Do you ever try

14:19

soundbath, Lily.

14:24

I don't think I've done a sound bad, but I've

14:26

heard really great things about it.

14:28

Honestly, it's live changing.

14:30

I've done it a few times, and you

14:33

just like immerse yourself. You just

14:35

meditate and and you almost feel like your

14:37

body is like in this out

14:39

of body experience. But it's really

14:42

really relaxing. That's like in your

14:45

like you just feel relaxed, You feel just

14:47

refreshed. So definitely encourage you

14:49

to explore different forms of mindfulness

14:51

and meditation and find what resonates

14:54

with you.

14:54

Right.

14:55

It could be sound bath, it could be guided meditations,

14:57

it could be breathing exercise,

15:00

or even mindful coloring can

15:02

be enjoyable ways to incorporate

15:05

these and start practicing these

15:08

into your life. But make it fun, right,

15:10

make it fun. You can make it a daily ritual

15:13

that you can look forward to. There's also

15:16

different apps, there's online resources

15:18

that can provide a variety of different

15:20

techniques to help you guide

15:23

through the sessions. I know there's

15:25

a session on It's on Netflix,

15:28

and it'll tell you what are you trying to do? Are you trying

15:30

to sleep? Are you trying to relax?

15:32

Are you trying to like? And then you select

15:34

it and then you have this animated

15:37

like at this animation that

15:39

walks you through it. And I think

15:41

it's from the call map. It could be from the callmat, but

15:44

I just think it's super cool. There's so many resources,

15:47

and really encourage it.

15:49

And one of the

15:52

almost almost last, almost final

15:56

recommendations and tips is unplug

15:58

and disconnect. Take your regular breaks

16:00

take breaks from technology, take breaks from

16:02

your phone, and it can really

16:05

improve your mental health and set aside,

16:07

set asign some time each day

16:09

to and plug from screens or

16:12

online.

16:12

Online.

16:13

Online is definitely a blessing for all of us,

16:15

but also it can be overwhelming. So

16:18

really encourage you to just disconnect

16:20

and do things that don't incorporate

16:23

anything that you know you have to

16:25

have your phone on, so it'll you'll

16:27

see the difference it makes on any kind of

16:29

stress levels.

16:30

Yeah.

16:31

No, absolutely.

16:32

One thing that I've tried to do

16:34

more of is I try to step

16:36

I try to give myself like, uh,

16:40

what is it.

16:41

I don't want to say timeline, but I can't think of a.

16:43

Better word for what I'm trying to say right

16:45

now, But like I can,

16:47

I try to tell give myself a limit,

16:50

a limit of how

16:53

long I can use like social

16:55

right or like any online website.

16:57

It's like, Okay, I can't, I won't.

17:00

I don't open up any app anything until

17:03

let's say nine am, and then

17:06

I'll finish by.

17:09

Six pm.

17:10

Right, so I have that window to

17:12

do like whatever I need to do, but

17:15

then after that, like no Amazon

17:17

shopping, no, like.

17:21

Social media.

17:22

Like I've tried to incorporate that just so

17:24

that after six PM or after you know,

17:26

whatever time, I said myself,

17:29

I'm not you know, looking

17:31

at my phone and just to take a break

17:33

from that disconnect because being on it a lot,

17:36

Yeah, sometimes can be overwhelming and stressful.

17:40

And the next tip is practicing

17:44

gratitude. Cultivating gratitude

17:46

can shift your mindset

17:49

and improve your overall

17:51

outlook on life. And I

17:54

I really really stand

17:56

by this tip because there's so

17:59

much there's so much, so much to

18:01

be grateful for

18:04

for every little thing, like in

18:06

your life, big or small.

18:09

Uh, when you really realize and count

18:11

your blessings and count everything that's

18:14

amazing in your life, you.

18:16

Really realize how how

18:18

good, how great your life is.

18:20

And Yeah, that's something that I definitely

18:23

put into practice. It's something that I try

18:25

to journal every day, like just write the little.

18:27

Things everything that I'm grateful.

18:30

I'm grateful for today.

18:30

I'm grateful for my friendships, my

18:33

family, you know, my

18:35

food, just my home. When

18:38

and then when you start to say it out loud, you're like, wow, like

18:41

this is amazing. I have such a good life.

18:44

Yes, yes, no, I think gratitude definitely

18:47

is important and it's great to incorporate

18:49

it in your daily life, right, just make it

18:51

your daily ritual. By even

18:55

if it means if you if you're

18:57

a writer, or if you just like to think

19:00

out loud, or if you just like to say it in your

19:02

mind, I think it's really important.

19:05

Or even a lot of people have.

19:06

Gratitude journals right where you

19:09

can share your gratitude,

19:11

share your gratitude with your friends, with your

19:13

family members, encourage them to join.

19:16

I think it's so important to just have

19:19

gratitude in your life overall, because

19:22

if you're able to listen to this podcast,

19:24

there's something that you have to be grateful for, right,

19:27

your senses, your ability to be here,

19:30

your ability to just see

19:32

your ability. You know, there's so many things

19:34

that we have as human beings

19:36

that we can be grateful for. So

19:39

it's definitely a good one. And our

19:42

last tip is connect

19:44

with love ones. So

19:47

spend quality time with your loved

19:49

ones or your cloth is really an

19:51

essential aspect of self

19:53

care because these connections really provide

19:55

emotional support a sense of belonging,

19:58

which are great for our

20:00

mental health.

20:01

Right, if you're.

20:01

Laughing, enjoying life, having a good time,

20:04

then why not make that effort to regularly

20:07

regularly connect with friends and family,

20:10

whether it's on the phone, whether it's a text,

20:12

a video call, an in person,

20:15

a cafecito, whatever it

20:17

is, really encourage you to set

20:20

time, have time for for those loved

20:22

ones and connect right, connect

20:25

in a deep level or just connect just

20:27

to hang.

20:27

Out, yeah, just to catch

20:30

up.

20:30

It really, it's

20:32

it's really great to connect with it really

20:35

with your loved ones, and

20:37

it really boosts up your your

20:39

energy, especially when you hang

20:41

around your loved ones.

20:43

That really do boost up your energy. So

20:47

yeah, no love this tip.

20:50

Yes, well, thank you all so

20:52

much for listening. We

20:54

have more to come, but

20:56

thank you so much for listening, and d

20:59

m us let us know, uh what

21:01

kind of tips you started you'll start to incorporate

21:03

or if there's any other ones that you would suggest,

21:06

we would love to learn and share it

21:08

out.

21:09

Yes, thank you for listening. Stay tuned, we

21:11

have so much more coming.