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November 8, 2023 14 mins

Hola, Hola! It’s Wednesday, and that means we’re back with another episode of Dear Chiquis. Thanks to Kaitlynn, Jasmine, Ana and Karen for submitting their questions this week. Today, we hear from Kaitlynn, who says she needs help figuring out how to be her authentic self; Jasmine has reached out to her cousin numerous times and wonders when she should throw in the towel; Ana wants to know how she can get out of a funk; and Karen is ready to start her own beauty bar. Submit your questions at speakpipe.com/chiquisandchillpodcast! And don’t forget to listen to “Chiquis and Chill” every Monday. They’re longer podcast episodes filled with personal stories and interviews with special guests.

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Speaker 1 (00:19):
Hello, everyone, it's your girl Cheeky's and you've reached the
voicemail box for Dear Cheeky's. I'm here to give you
advice on anything and everything you need help with. Maybe
you're going through a breakup, maybe you're having issues with
your family, or maybe you need help figuring out how
to balance your checkbook or how to start a business,
whatever the cases, I want to hear from you. Remember
these are my thoughts and opinions, and if you're suffering

(00:40):
from an issue or hardship, you should seek help from
a qualified professional. All right, Now go ahead and leave
your question at the sound of the beat.

Speaker 2 (00:48):
Hi, Janay, this is Caitlin. I just want to start
off by saying that I love you so much and
I support you so much and it really helped me
push through. I'm a big sister, but if I had
a big sister, I would say it to you, but
it's weird because then I have a crush on my
big sister. Anyway, let's get to the point. My question
is how do I be more extroverted. I'm a here stylist.

(01:12):
I've been in the beauty industry for a while and
I really just like in my business and in my
personal life. I really want to bring more my personality
out and not be so calculated. I'm a leo, so
you think i'd be more, you know, but I'm very timid,
very shy, and I really just want to bring that out.
I don't know if it's a lack of confidence, it's
the lack of what I do. Attend therapy, I do

(01:35):
try to eat healthy, you know, my body, soul. I
tried to take care of all that. It's still a block.
I'm still working on myself. But yeah, I just really
want to know how to not give a fuck what
people think, you know, and just really be me. I
feel like you're really you, Like you're really you, and
I really admire that. But anyway, I hope you get
to listen to this, and I love you and I

(01:55):
appreciate you, and I pray that you and your family
are always good. And yeah, with the.

Speaker 1 (02:02):
Caitlin, you are so cute. So what you have a
cruch on me or what not? Just kidding, but thank
you so much, thank you for those beautiful words. Well, look,
not giving a fuck takes a while. Okay, I've always
been pretty comfortable in my own skin, you know, but
now I feel even more so than ever I don't

(02:24):
care what anyone says or thinks because I've been through
so much and I've had to face so much adversity
that at the end of the day, what has helped
me just realize that I should not care at all
what the naysayers have to say, is focusing and honing
in on the people that know me, that live with me,

(02:45):
that surround me on a daily basis, that care about
what I'm doing, like the people that are really really
in my life. It's a balance between that and also
just knowing who I am deep down inside my heart
where I'm like, Okay, I'm living my life a good
in time. I go to sleep at night and I'm like, Okay,
did I do something good today? Do I feel good

(03:06):
about myself? If I were to pass away right now,
do I have a first class ticket to heaven?

Speaker 3 (03:11):
You know?

Speaker 1 (03:12):
And if my answer is yes, and I did a
good job with my day. And it's just taking it
day by day and just living your life with good
intentions for yourself but also and mainly for others that
it just I don't know if something changes once you
figure out what your calling is in this world. It
doesn't matter. No one else can stop you. But god,
I don't know if that made sense. I feel like
I was kind of everywhere, but it's just that's kind

(03:34):
of like what clicked in my head. And now I'm
really like unapologetically myself, like more than ever. But anyways,
I have a beautiful day. Okay. I hope that my
advice helped and I'm looking forward to hearing from you again. Okay, okay,
So next question comes from Jasmine.

Speaker 4 (03:53):
Hey, Chikiez, I love your podcast, by the way, I
had a question for you that kind of, you know,
hits close to the heart. I'm a cancer just like you,
and I think I take family matters a little bit,
you know, more sentimental. My cousin, which I've grew up
with since I was little, she was like a sister

(04:14):
to me. We kind of fell out like three years ago,
and I feel like I keep trying to reach out
to her. I think it's been like the third attempt
and she's not receptive to that, and I'm starting to
kind of like give up. And you know, I do
get emotional when I think about those things, because like
I'm the type of person that, like if something went wrong.

(04:35):
I always think that, especially if his family, like we
got to like hash it out, because it really isn't
worth it at the end of the day, when someone
isn't receptive to trying to hash things out, do you
just like give up on them, especially if they're family.
Just want to pick your brain about that, and I
don't know. Hopefully you can help a sister out. Thank
you again, love your podcast and I hope to get

(04:56):
to hear from you.

Speaker 1 (04:58):
Bye ooh An, I feel you. The crazy thing is
that I had a falling out with one of my
favorite cousins. We grew up together, and the whole thing like,
we had two falling outs, and I'll be honest, it
was my fault and I take full responsibility. So I
don't know what happened between you and your cousin, but regardless,
it doesn't matter if it was her fault, your fault.

(05:19):
The good thing here is that you are reaching out
to fix things. You're trying, and you have to try
until you feel like I think you've gotten to the
point where you're like, you know what, she's not receptive,
she's not open to it, and you have to respect that.
Everyone takes their own time to get over things. And
that's what happened with my cousin. I tried a couple
times before she was ready to talk to me, and

(05:40):
for her birthday or if I was thinking about her,
I would send her a message and since she wouldn't
respond until one day she was just like, you know what, Yeah, cool,
we got over it. But I think it's just a
matter of understanding. I have to respect her feelings and
respect her process and just maybe send a last message
and just say, hey, I'm here for you. The doors
to my heart and to my home always be open.

(06:01):
I love you, and if you ever want to talk,
I am here. Leave that door open. So that way
she knows the ball is in her court and whenever
she's ready to reach out, she will. But I commend
you for trying, and I think that's a beautiful thing
you can tell yourself moving forward, whether she reaches out
or not, hopefully she does. You know what I tried.
I want her to know that I love her and

(06:21):
that I'm here for her. And that's all you can
really do, bab, and just let time do what it
has to do, you know. So I hope that helped, Kay,
And thank you so much for listening to my podcast.
I appreciate you very very much. Okay, so our next
question comes from Anna Hi to give.

Speaker 5 (06:43):
I wanted to say that I love everything that you
have done. I am so re littable to you in
the sense that you have taken care of your siblings.
I love that about you, and that is what draw
me to you. That is what made me admire you
and want to be like you, and just you inspire me.

(07:03):
And I feel like I've lost my inspiration. I don't
know if it's because I hit the thirty years and
that just himming hard, or there's other things. I have
been going to therapy. As a Latina, it's not common,
so I don't talk to my family regarding that, but
I do talk to my family about everything else. So

(07:24):
I don't know what is going on at the moment
that I just feel stuck. I'm constantly drained. Oh I
want to do is sleep and I don't know what
it is that's happening. Do you have any advice or
any suggestions of how to get out of this?

Speaker 3 (07:40):
Please let me know.

Speaker 1 (07:41):
Thank you, and I get it. As women, aging is
not always easy, and I struggled with that. I can
be honest and tell you I struggled with that even now,
you know, because we live in a society where it's
so much pressure, especially for a woman. But when we
switch that, I don't know if that's what's going on
with you, but I'm just, you know, talking about it

(08:01):
because you said you turn thirty and like things have
changed once you go into your thirties. I feel like
my thirties have been the best years of my life.
But it takes a little while for you to understand
that and to see that. I just started looking at
it from a different perspective and saying, Wow, I've accomplished
so much at this age. I'm so grateful. Like once
we change our shift to being grateful, having an attitude
of gratitude, it just changes things. I'm not entirely sure

(08:24):
what's happening. It could be a series of things. Are
you moving your body enough? You know, are you working out?
Like working out it's not just for you to look better,
it's for you to feel better. It's to remove and
release toxins from your mind, from your body, from your soul.
So I would suggest definitely moving your body a little more,
even if that means taking a hike something outside. Something
where you're sweating at least few times a week. That's

(08:46):
going to help a lot. Prayer in meditation helps a lot.
Check your hormones. That's another thing. Our hormones change quite
a bit, especially once we turn thirty. Things just start changing.
My hair starts growing. Here do you start feeling more
tired and all this stuff. So it's completely normal. What
you're feeling is normal. It does sound to me that

(09:07):
you might be entering, and I say this respectfully, like
maybe a little bit of depression. So you have to
nip it in the bud right away. You have to
know I'm feeling these things. It's okay. I'm going to
embrace what I'm feeling, but you need to stop it.
Say you know what, as much as I want to sleep,
I'm I want to sleep for freaking ten hours. I'm
going to tell myself only eight hours. You have to

(09:29):
be very intentional and adamant about not letting yourself fall
into a dark place. It's an everyday thing. And believe me,
I understand, I have bad days. I have days where
I'm just like, oh my gosh, I can't and you
have to just say, okay, I'm going to allow myself
to feel this right now, but tomorrow I got to
get on my shit, you know what I mean, Like
you have to just say, Okay, what makes me feel good?
What makes my so happy? If going on roll coaster

(09:51):
makes you, just go do it, you know what I mean? Like,
whatever is gonna make you excited about life again? Find
those things and as what am I grateful for? Three things?
You can name at least three things that you're grateful
for today, trust me. So that's going to help all
that stuff. The good thing is you're doing therapy, which
I'm so proud of you. Oh my god, you guys,
let's round of applause for her, because honestly, therapy is

(10:13):
you guys know, I'm a huge advocate for therapy. So
I'm glad that you're doing therapy. So you're releasing that stuff.
But check your hormones, work out, make sure you're meditating,
whatever that means to you, like feed your soul with
good things, positive things in the morning. Hopefully that helps.
I want to hear from you, Aanna, you got this girl.
I feel you. But you're a beautiful woman in her
thirties that's going to conquer the world. Okay, believe that. Okay,

(10:38):
So our final question comes from Karen.

Speaker 3 (10:40):
Hi tikis, how are you hope you're doing amazing? I'm
not sure you remember it. About a couple months back,
I sent in a request for advice, just feeling so
lost because I had recently decided to leave my toxic job,
but I didn't really know what the heck was next
for me. So I had an epiphany and I kind
of realized and saw finally what it was that God

(11:03):
had intended for me to do, because I just felt
so excited and happy about it when I got that idea.
So I really want to open up a beauty bar.
I really want to go to a Statician school, get
my stetition license, and just do facials, lashes, brows, all
things beauty at my little beauty bar, run my own business,
which just made me so happy. So my issue is

(11:25):
how do I get started. Unfortunately I don't have any savings.
I used up all my savings during the time that
I took off to just kind of get my life
back together. So I kind of have an idea of
what it is I want to do, it's just very
unclear of how I'm going to get there. So do
you have any tips on how to start. I know
I definitely want to go back to school, but just

(11:46):
with no funds it's kind of hard, and then a
full time job it's even tougher. So just any tips
that you could possibly give me on where to start,
I would appreciate it. You're such a badass business woman
that I know you would know the right path. So
it just helped me and I I love you so.

Speaker 1 (12:00):
Much, caring, You're so cute. Thank you, Thank you for
that kiss. My soul needed it.

Speaker 4 (12:07):
Well.

Speaker 1 (12:07):
Thank you again for coming back on Dear Cheeky's. I
love hearing from you guys again. So this makes me excited. Okay.
So the good thing is you have a job, full
time job that's amazing, okay, and then you have this
epiphany or you have this epiphany and this idea, which
is wonderful. I love all things beauty apps so freaking lutely,
I would highly suggest obviously, you have a job, so

(12:27):
continue that and from every paycheck instead of going out
and instead of like buying yourself something or things that
you don't need, you need to put that money to
this side girl, whatever that may be. It could be
fifty dollars one hundred dollars two hundred dollars from your check. Okay,
where you're like, I'm not gonna eat out. I'm gonna
make some serious changes. I'm going to go back to
basics so that i can save this money for my

(12:48):
long term goal for my future. So you need to
do that first and foremost.

Speaker 3 (12:52):
Okay.

Speaker 1 (12:52):
Then you can also look into financing. Okay, you can
ask for a loan if you have hopefully you have
good credit. You guys, credit is huge in this world.
I tell you guys all the time. So hopefully you
have good credit and you can get financed. Also, they're
different cosmetology schools that provide that option as well, so
you know they'll give you a certain amount of time
to pay off the schooling. Like, there's different ways, it's

(13:15):
just really looking into it. Google this information. I don't
know where you're from, where you're at, but there are
programs and grants that you can look into to get
you started. So first of all, girl, though, save make
sure you're saving money. Okay. Even me, I tell myself
this all the time. I'm like, I'm not going to
eat out this week, Like I need to cook more
at home. Like little changes like that make a huge difference.

(13:36):
Oh my gosh, I'm excited for you. That's amazing though.
I love it. I've always wanted a beauty bar you guys.
That's the end of this episode, and I just want
to say thank you so much. I love hearing updates
from you guys, so keep them coming. Caitlin, Jasmine, Anna
and Karen. I appreciate you all for leaving me your questions.
Thank you so much. If you'd like to ask me
a question, head over to speakpipe dot com, slash Cheeky's

(13:57):
and Chill podcast. I can't wait to hear you. Bye bye.
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