January 16, 2023 • 28 mins
Chiquis welcomes her sister Jenicka Lopez back to the show to discuss a recent bombshell revelation about her biological father. Jenicka talks about why she decided to open up about the topic now, what her family did and didn’t know and the reaction she has received. Chiquis and Jenicka also reveal they’ve had suicidal thoughts and how therapy has helped.
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Speaker 1 (00:03):
This is something that was huge in our family and
it was a big shock, and it was a big
shock for Jessica. Obviously you first handle like what it
did to me, like the damage and the healing that
I had to go through. You know, a lot of
people are also asking me if I knew about this
whole thing, And I'll be honest with you, guys. I mean,
I'm want to be very transparent and yeah I did.
I did know. I want to talk to you about
(00:25):
your fitness journey. I still have my little moments. I'm
just like trying to maintain my body and really just
take care of myself and make sure that my money
is a wasted Hello everyone, and welcome to Cheeks and Chill.
If this is your first time tuning in, my name
is Cheek Ease. I'm a singer, songwriter, author and entrepreneur.
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But on this podcast, I'm speaking to you as a woman.
This is a space where I can be really honest
and vulnerable with you about topics I've never really opened
up about before and I'm really happy you're here, so
thank you for joining me. On today's episode, We're going
to be speaking with one of my favorite people in
the entire world, my sister Jennica. So, without further ado,
(01:08):
let's get into today's episode. This is Checks and Chill.
So I have my sister JENNICKI here with me today
and we're going to be talking about a few topics
she's opened up about on her new podcast. It's called Overcomfort.
Welcome Jenny, welcome back, Actually, thank you, thank you, loving here.
(01:30):
I call her Jenny, I call her Penny, I call
her so many different things. Um, but yes, you have
been on here a few times. Are you really do
you really like being on Chickens and Chill Jenna, be honest, Yeah,
it's all It's nice. It's chill. It's chill. She said,
that makes you happy. People love to hear from you,
and now that you have a podcast, like I'm loving it, Jennica.
You're getting a lot of love and support. I think
(01:51):
it's freaking awesome. You told me when you started your
podcast that you wanted to do it for like, to
for self heal and to help other people. Is this
this correct? Can we elaborate a little bit on this? Yes,
I definitely want to just bring some type of like awareness,
awareness to just topics that I guess can be taboo
(02:15):
or that are really just not talked about, especially like
my generation, people that like my age, that are struggling
and just never really talked about or just have anyone
to connect with. And I feel like that's why you know,
we are We have the position that we are in
like our family, and you know, we have the influence
(02:36):
to be able to help people, and I just ultimately
want to do that and guide people. I mean, my
life is perfect, but I still want to be able
to just give advice on how I've overcame certain things.
And I think that's freaking amazing coming from a young
lady that was so shy and wanted to hide from
(02:57):
the cameras and stuff like that, and just to see
you come into your own and really just own that
and now doing this, and I think a lot of people.
I get so many messages that they love your podcast,
that you've really helped them, and that just makes me
very proud as a sister slash mom, you know. And
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and your first episode, Jennica was was I mean a bombshell.
It so for those of you that are listening and
haven't heard Jennica's podcast, Overcomforts her first episode and in
her first episode, she's telling everyone that when she was
twenty three, she found out that the father that she
thought was her father for all of her life wasn't.
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So there's a biological sperm donor that she has, and
then she has the dad, Juan Lopez, who basically raised her,
and I think that's what she considers her dad without
any disrespect to her biological father. So, um, this is
something that was huge in our family and it was
a big shock, and it was a big shock for Jessica.
(04:03):
Why did you feel that it was important for you
to to start this journey with with that topic. Well,
like I mentioned in the podcast, I felt like, you know,
it gave me the space to be open. I want
to be able to be as open and vulnerable with
people as possible, like and for guests to come and
feel welcome to feel the same way. Like obviously you
(04:25):
first handle like what it did to me, like the
damage and the healing that I had to go through
when I had that experience. So I just felt like,
you know what, I'm just gonna release it. And it
was at the end of the year when I filmed that,
when I recorded that episode, I was just like, you
know what, I'm gonna leave it in two, like it's
just time to just let it go, like stop holding
(04:47):
this secret or burden on me, and then I could
just like start fresh, right, Yeah, because it was something
I mean, this is something we talked about, like about
on your podcast. I was a guest on your podcast,
and you know, I almost lost my little sister, you guys,
because of it wasn't just this situation that she had
(05:08):
was keeping in for like a year and a half,
but other things were happening, but I almost I almost
lost her, and it was very scary for me. So
I'm very grateful for your podcast over Comfort, because this
is a wave even holding yourself accountable, you know what
I mean, because now you're a voice for other people,
you know what I mean. And this was a very
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heavy topic. And I saw, you know, we want I
Want on a live the other day, you guys. Um
I think I don't know, like a couple of weeks ago,
and I just went on there and I was just being,
you know, act in the full because I had seen
some stuff that really pissed me off. Someone that's ridiculous,
and was commenting on Jennica's podcast and what she spoke
about and thought that she shouldn't that she shouldn't talk
(05:50):
about this because my mom is not here to defend herself. Anyways,
I really just really really made me upset. You know
a lot of people are also asking me if I
you about this whole thing, and I'll be honest with you, guys.
I mean, I'm one to be very transparent, and yeah,
I did. I did know for a long time. I
had heard things here and there. I had had some
conversations with my mom that I don't really want to
(06:12):
get into right now or or get into detail, but
my mom did kind of open it up to me.
And I know my mother would have told Jennica when
the time was right. But you guys have to remember
that Jennica was fifteen when my mom passed, and she
was too young. I think I think if my mom
would have been here now, she would have been right
there with Jennica on her podcast talking to everyone about it.
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Because my mom was went to face her. I don't
want to say mistakes, because I don't feel that it
was a mistake, but like she was, she the one
to face what's the good word for it, true exactly
the facts and anyways, I mean I It wasn't necessarily
a secret. It wasn't like something I was planning on
keeping from Jenica. But if she ever asked me, if
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it ever came up the way it did, then I
said I was going to be honest. I'm not gonna
lie to her. And that's how it happened. I mean,
what respond did you get? Like on the comments, Surprisingly,
it's a lot normal than I thought it would be,
and like people didn't feel alone, but like little do
they know, Like I didn't feel alone anymore where. It's like,
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you know it's been happening. It's like, oh wow, like
it's normal. Apparently happens a lot. It happens a lot.
It happens a lot, and which is okay. People you know,
have their moments and things happen, and you know, I'm
really grateful I did get, you know, all the bad comments.
But it's kind of like at the I knew it
was coming. I knew at the end of day that
it was coming and what they were going to say,
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and it's like already prepared myself. It wasn't like it
hurt me this this and that. It's like it is
what it is like and at the end of the day,
it's my truth and and what I feel. And as
long as I got your guys support and your support, like,
it felt fine for me. Yeah, because your siblings, all
of us definitely supported. Yeah for sure. What do you
(07:58):
feel about your mother's extended family or the extended family,
because I did see your mother's mother some things that
she said, and I you know what, and I some
people might talk shit and say, oh my gosh, like
how disrespectful, but she really, like she calls us Jenny's kids,
So why can't she be Jenny's mother, my mother's mother.
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So what do you feel about that? You know? Um,
I think that's just been so disconnected from that side
that it's just it really doesn't phaze me anymore. And like, respectfully,
it's an older generation, and you know, they don't know
a lot of things that mom did that we know
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or things that you know she went through, and it's
for us, it's different and it's not gonna get to
me because at the end of the day, like they
didn't go through it, I did, exactly. I'm very proud
of you for that, I mean, and for those of
you that may not know, and I'm not trying to
bring shut up. But it is something that to me
a little bit, but she was just I guess they
asked her my mother's mother. They asked her in an interview,
(09:07):
what do you think about Jensica talking about it? And
I guess she said, you know, there's something that I
would have taken to my grave. But you know what,
I this is why it's so important for me and
I and I and I think that my mom would
have expected me to have my sister's back. That's what
she taught us is to have each other's back. And
my mom is no longer here unfortunately physically, so my
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responsibility as an older sister is to be there for
my sister who is here. And if this is going
to help her heal, and through her healing, heal other
people and help other people, then f what anyone else
has to say, even if it's my mom's family. Like,
I don't care what they have to say, because, like
Jenica just said, she's the one that went through it.
We went through it with her, and never did they
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come and ask, how are you do you need anything?
You know what I mean? Like it's just so it's
like you have no room to say anything. So respectfully,
anyone that has anything that I could say, suck it.
Do you wish that you would have known sooner? Um? No,
(10:18):
I think things happened at the time that I have,
like for a reason, like maybe when that when I
first found out. Yeah, but I think now that I've
found out what I need to find out, Like, I
think it happened at the perfect time when I knew too.
How old were you? This is like a two years
ago almost right, So you're at twenty three when you
found out. So talking about that, we call Jennica Bodiqa.
(10:40):
She's a vote because her biological father is Puerto Rican.
So Jessica, how do you feel about that? Honestly? Like,
how do you feel about being Puerto Rican? Like half
Puerto Rican? It's cool, Yeah, it's just what it is.
I don't I don't feel it. So it's kind of
just there. But do you feel closer to like bad
(11:00):
Bunny now because he's yeah, right, yeah, look at it.
I wish you to see he's like a huge bad
bunny fast I love him. No, but you know I
would I would like to tap into that and see,
you know, culture wise, like what there is and I
don't know it's something I'm interested in, but I'm not like,
I'm not gonna change who I am currently, you know
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what I mean. Yeah, but one thing I will like.
Jennica has like a really like beautiful skin tone like
all of us like. And I think that definitely comes
from her Puerto Rican side, like she danns so nicely
since she was little. So it's like, I feel like
that's kind of cool, Like I want to like be Colombian,
you know what I mean, Colombian or like I love
you mean you look Columbia. You're like you have a
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toxic Oh my god, thank you, thank you so much, Shakida,
Carol g. You know, maybe in my next life I'll
we have Mexican, have Colombian because I love being Mexican,
don't get me wrong. But I feel like, you know,
like God and you have the ask for it too.
But I mean she does. Jennica since she was little
has always or younger should I say, Because when she
(12:09):
was little with her dad Juan, she would listen to
like a bunch of like you know what I called
by some music you know um what I sing? You
know um. She would listen to a lot of banda
and stuff, but now like you've always been into like
Regaton and stuff, like for Christmas, she made coquito, you guys, right, cokito,
which is a Puerto Rican alcoholic drink. Dude, she killed it.
(12:30):
It was so barm So I don't know. I want
to I want you to cook more Puerto Rican food
for us. Okay, And we gotta go to Puerto Rico soon, Jenica,
I think that was on my Christmas list. I'm like, you, guys,
just give me money to go on a trip. I
want to go travel. Okay, I'll take you to Puerto
Rico this year towards the end of the year. No,
for real, we gotta go. We gotta go to Puerto Rico.
I loved it when I went for my honeymoon. Anyway, Okay, So, Jenny,
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I know you talked about this on your podcast, but
do you have like advice for my listeners that are
probably going through a similar situation. What's your advice to
to the daughter and to the mother. I definitely think
that overall, if any anybody could take anything from this,
I think it's like for like the mothers, like you
could you could wait, but don't wait too long because
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then comfort that comes anger and those mistakes and it's
okay to make mistakes or to like have a history
or have a past like that. That's totally fine. It's
better to know now rather than later. And for the
you know, the kids, the sons, the daughters, like, it's
gonna be okay, like as confusing as it is, like,
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don't let it change who you are as a person
who raised you, and don't come in with expectations of
like these people. It's kind of just you're surrounded with
great people already, I know people that have been in
the same situation, and you're surrounded with great people that
love and care for you, and you're going to be
just fine. Trying to you guys, I'm okay, I'm not
(14:05):
gonna get because she hates it when I get like
so like, you know, but I'm proud of her. I'm
so fucking proud of you. I think that you've come
so so far and just to hear you speak and
how much here you are. You've always been very mature.
But yeah, this, I know is a very tough situation
and I think that you came out on the other
side of it like even better, like to the point
(14:25):
where now you know you can. You have this space
to share these thoughts and this advice with people. So anyways,
I'm not going to get all mushy and stuff. But okay,
So another thing you opened up about on your podcast
is the fact that you attempted suicide, which is something
you and I have both attempted. Actually, I attempted suicide
once and I thought about it a lot of times.
(14:47):
I've been through it a lot and which is really
scary you guys, um And unfortunately it's more it's more
common than you think. According to the c d C
in there were one point two million people that attempted SUSI,
So it happens a lot. And I think that God
has given us this platform to talk to you guys,
to help you guys, to tell you guys, hey, yes
we come out on TV. Yes we're saying yes we
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do this yet, but at the end of the day,
we also are human and we go through these feelings
and we know what you guys are going through. So
I just wanna know how you're feeling now, Jessica, Like,
how how are you doing now now that you've talked
about it, and yeah, have you have you accepted it completely? Like,
are you feeling better mentally? Are you still like struggling
(15:30):
with the anxiety and like depression, how is that going? Um?
I definitely struggle with anxiety. The oppression has definitely like
slowly gone away, and it's it comes like in waves,
and I've just learned to accept it and it be there,
but not really fully let it overcome my life. And
(15:51):
I think that's the mistake a lot of people do,
is like when people are having these symptoms or feelings,
like you get too much in your head about it,
and that's when you start feeling like there's no other way.
There's not like there's how is this ever going to
get better? And I think, you know, thank God for
therapy and honestly having open conversations with people, letting you,
(16:14):
letting them know like, look, I'm going through this is
what I'm feeling, Like I want you to know so
that you're aware and um, that way you don't feel
alone in it. And it doesn't mean that that person
has to have like the best advice to tell you.
They could just listen. And I think that's what people need,
is that people need you to listen instead of talking
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back or giving advice. It's kind of like, I just
need you to know that I'm going through this and
it hasn't been easy, but I want to let you
know and be accountable with you so that way you
can see and maybe help me or just I just
want to feel like I'm not alone. But ultimately, I
like I think God, like I'm okay, Like I've I've understood,
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I've processed that, and you know, it's badly it is.
It is becoming happens all the time, and social media
is like a facade and people don't really understand it
and like they don't understand people aside from behind the phone.
So I think it's just having compassion and being kind
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to everybody and really just know that not everyone's healing
is the same or people grow in different ways in
different paths and slower than others, and and that's okay.
It's just being compassionate with people and really just understanding
that not everyone has the same path as you, and
just being a listener. I think sometimes it just helps
(17:39):
to like this, how got it there? And just talk
to someone, you know what I mean, I mean talking
about that. Are you still in therapy? Mm hmm, yeah,
that's good. I think it's you know, I go on
and off on it, Like there's months that I take
a break and then I go back on, and I
just think, you know, you guys know I always say this.
I'm a huge advocate for you know, a therapy and
and just speaking to someone like Jennica said, and just
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letting your feelings out and letting someone know. And I
saw this quote the other day, and I don't remember
it word for word, but it was something like, be compassionate,
be gentle with other people because you never know what
they're going through, you know what I mean. It's kind
of like like you just gotta see it that way,
Like if someone doesn't smile, someone's route, it's just instead
of like cussing them out, it's kind of like, you
know what, I'm gonna bless them because I don't know
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what they're going through, you know what I mean. So
it's just about being compassionate. And you know, if you
guys need help, UM the suicide hotline, you guys, if
anyone has those thoughts, if anyone has if you're thinking,
like I'm telling you I've thought about it, The hotline
number you guys is eight. You can call or text
that number. Just putting that out there, you know, because
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I know, um, you know, life isn't oh, it's it's
not easy, you know what I mean. So you're not alone,
Like Jennica said, You're definitely not alone. Let's go ahead
and shift gear a little bit. I want to talk
to you about your fitness journey. I saw Jessica. You
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guys in the gym this morning. You're on it. You've
been waking up at five in the morning. Try. Yeah,
today I woke up at six, but it's still early.
Have to give myself the time to like meditate and
pray before and then okay, because your body is definitely
you look great like I saw her today, you guys,
I was there. I woke up really early. I woke
up at five and then I was at the gym
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by like six thirty, a little late because of the rain.
But that's that's something that my mom really like instilled
in us in a good and bad way, like taking
care of us or taking care of our bodies and
like our nutrition and everything. And I think my mom
for that. Sometimes it affected me in a more negative way,
and I think we talked about it a little bit
on one of the other partcasts we were on. But anyways,
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um so tell me, how is that going. You got
your tummy tuck last year, right, it's gonna be a
year in April. Yeah, I'm very happy. I'm very happy.
I feel lighter. I feel like there was like an
energy that I need to just let go of because
I work so hard to like to get it off.
I'm just like I could breathe and I feel I
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feel better and even then, like I still have my
little moments. I'm just like trying to maintain my body
and really just take care of myself and make sure
that um my money isn't wasted. Yeah, I know, I
know what you mean, because I'm not gonna lie like
I've gotten light bulb like in my life, you know,
like a couple of times and anyways, and then you
don't take care of yourself. And that's what I love
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that you're doing. Like you're still on it, you know
what I mean. I think that's important because people think, oh,
it's just an easy fix, and I could just go
and start eating shit again or like eating like ship.
But no, like you have to even sometimes work out
harder and take care of yourself more after getting plastic surgery.
I'm a huge I love surgery. I I think plastic
surgery whatever, like, do your thing. I'm not one that's
going to judge you. So if you ask me, should
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I get a tell me to Should I get my mamma?
Tell you yes. But I'm also going to tell you
you gotta work out, you gotta eat right because that
ship ain't a forever magical fix. Okay. So but right now, okay,
so what are you doing? Tell me a little tell
us a little bit about like what you're doing right now, Like,
you know, you're doing this thing that I think it's
kind of cool and I think you should share it
a little bit. What the thing the seventy day thing? Oh,
(21:15):
the seventy five days soft? Oh? Yeah, Like what thing
are you talking about? Um? Okay, So normally at the
beginning of the year, I always like to fast twenty
one days. So like I'm incorporating that with just uh.
It's a mental and physical challenge. It targets you mental
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and physical physically. And what it does is it has
these rules. There's seventy five days soft and seventy five
day hart. So soft is you work out every day
for forty five minutes with one active rest dam which
is like cardio or going for a walk or a hype. Right, Okay,
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Then it's drinking one gallon of water and maintaining a diet,
and soft is drinking on social occasions, but I'm choosing
not to. I don't really have like that. Yeah you're
not a big drinker. Yeah, I'm not a big drinker.
So I'm choosing like, I'm just not gonna drink. And
if I if the situation comes up, I'm like, okay,
I'll have a drink, but I usually don't. And then
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it's reading ten pages of a book, so it's also
feeding you mentally, like it could be any book that
you want. So right now I'm doing a devotional with
a church, so I'm spiritually feeding myself. And then after
that twenty one days is over, then I go ahead
and start like whatever book I want to Jen Nica,
this is me freaking snapping my fingers. That's tight, and
(22:40):
she's doing it. You guys. I'm like, damn, look at her. Okay,
all right, are you gonna get your books under what?
Because you said you want to? I do want to? Yeah,
I think you should. I think it would be it
would be because like I think about him, like do
I really want to, Like I don't know, I don't
know if I want kids, Like i'd rather not. Okay,
maybe later, that's something I have to talk with my
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husband or whatever at that time. But it's like I'd
rather adopt first, Like that's me. So it's like I
want to get my body done, you know what I mean.
So it's like I don't know I would want to.
I would I really want to like get my boobs done. Yeah,
because you want to go you want to be a thought?
How what do you say a thought in bob or
what do you call it? What do you say? I
(23:22):
thought and embop it? Yeah, she wanted a thought and
embop it. So yeah, I think you should just get
your tinsted. Is there anything that you wish you would
have known before getting like plastic surgery? No, I feel
like I did enough research. I didn't I knew what
I need to know. My sister is a pro, so sure,
I am love it. My mom too. It's like it's
not it's not something that's like for us, you know
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what I mean? Yeah? And I dude, I babysat her.
I took care of her, and I think I was
a very good nurse and she did honestly, though, Jennico,
you're very strong. Though you're a very strong young lady.
I was like she wanted to do everything herself. Was like,
sit your use down. But yeah, I think that if
you want to get bobs, and I think you should,
I definitely think you should. Okay so quickly because you know,
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I know a lot of people like want to know, um,
what was the healing process like for you? I mean
I saw, like I'm telling you were very strong, but
like anyone that's maybe thinking about getting a tummy tuck, like,
what was the healing process? Um? Pain wise, I didn't
feel any pain. It was just more soreness, like I
had worked out super harder, like I got hit by
a truck and I was just sore, like super sore.
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But it wasn't painful, and like it sounds weird, but
it wasn't painful. And I think it's just being patient
with yourself, with your body and understanding that things take
a lot of time. Like I was already anxious to
get back into the gym, and I had to wait
to get approved and cleared by the doctor and it's
just being really patient with yourself and kind of just
getting used to like your whole new body. Yeah, And
(24:52):
I think, just to piggyback on that, I think it's
also important that, like Jennico just said, she did her
research and she made sure she found the right doctor
and her doctor's freaking amazing. So I think it's knowing
and that you have a good doctor and he took
her his time with her, so I think that also
helped with the healing process. I personally feel you had
an amazing doctor. Um, how many consultations did you go
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to before you had the surgery? I only did one
and it was virtually because he was in Arizona, saw
how to do with sending pictures. Then he called me
He's like, look this is what we could do. This
is how much and that was it. And then I
didn't see him until like week before. It was like
your prep and that was it. Yeah. I know he
(25:37):
was good. But I think this guy works like on
on curvy women and does like specializes on yeah, on
plus size. So if you ask me, I'm gonna be
that person that's going to tell you go for it.
It is your life, it is your body and you
have all the right to rocket. This is however you want,
you know, So anyway, you guys listened to her podcast.
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It's really good over Comfort, you guys, and um, just
for people I don't know, they might already follow you,
but can you please just give your Instagram one more time?
Jenica Instagram. It's Jennica underscore Lopez. Jennica underscore Lopez, and
you're keeping Lopez correct that we already cleared. Okay, just
for everyone that's just nosey and wants to know. Um,
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but okay, well, Jennica, it's always a pleasure. Thank you
so much for always being open to coming onto my podcast.
People love you, they really do. We get very good
feedback when you're on, so so thank you. And yeah,
just on for your podcast. It's just over Comfort, right.
Oh yeah, you could find out Spotify, Apple Podcasts and
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thank you mama. Thank you so much for being vulnerable,
for opening up, for helping other people, and you guys know,
before we leave, I always have a motivational quote for
you and because that's how we do when we do
what we do. Oh, I have a few. I'm just
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the energy in the room, self confidence is the best outfit, rocket,
and own it. Those are the motivational quotes for this
week and they were inspired by Eugenica. So there, there
you have it. That's how you know how I feel
about you. I love Eugenica. Thank you, Princess. I love
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This is something that was huge in our family and
it was a big shock, and it was a big
shock for Jessica. Obviously you first handle like what it
did to me, like the damage and the healing that
I had to go through. You know, a lot of
people are also asking me if I knew about this
whole thing, And I'll be honest with you, guys. I mean,
I'm want to be very transparent and yeah I did.
I did know. I want to talk to you about
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your fitness journey. I still have my little moments. I'm
just like trying to maintain my body and really just
take care of myself and make sure that my money
is a wasted Hello everyone, and welcome to Cheeks and Chill.
If this is your first time tuning in, my name
is Cheek Ease. I'm a singer, songwriter, author and entrepreneur.
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But on this podcast, I'm speaking to you as a woman.
This is a space where I can be really honest
and vulnerable with you about topics I've never really opened
up about before and I'm really happy you're here, so
thank you for joining me. On today's episode, We're going
to be speaking with one of my favorite people in
the entire world, my sister Jennica. So, without further ado,
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let's get into today's episode. This is Checks and Chill.
So I have my sister JENNICKI here with me today
and we're going to be talking about a few topics
she's opened up about on her new podcast. It's called Overcomfort.
Welcome Jenny, welcome back, Actually, thank you, thank you, loving here.
(01:30):
I call her Jenny, I call her Penny, I call
her so many different things. Um, but yes, you have
been on here a few times. Are you really do
you really like being on Chickens and Chill Jenna, be honest, Yeah,
it's all It's nice. It's chill. It's chill. She said,
that makes you happy. People love to hear from you,
and now that you have a podcast, like I'm loving it, Jennica.
You're getting a lot of love and support. I think
(01:51):
it's freaking awesome. You told me when you started your
podcast that you wanted to do it for like, to
for self heal and to help other people. Is this
this correct? Can we elaborate a little bit on this? Yes,
I definitely want to just bring some type of like awareness,
awareness to just topics that I guess can be taboo
(02:15):
or that are really just not talked about, especially like
my generation, people that like my age, that are struggling
and just never really talked about or just have anyone
to connect with. And I feel like that's why you know,
we are We have the position that we are in
like our family, and you know, we have the influence
(02:36):
to be able to help people, and I just ultimately
want to do that and guide people. I mean, my
life is perfect, but I still want to be able
to just give advice on how I've overcame certain things.
And I think that's freaking amazing coming from a young
lady that was so shy and wanted to hide from
(02:57):
the cameras and stuff like that, and just to see
you come into your own and really just own that
and now doing this, and I think a lot of people.
I get so many messages that they love your podcast,
that you've really helped them, and that just makes me
very proud as a sister slash mom, you know. And
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and your first episode, Jennica was was I mean a bombshell.
It so for those of you that are listening and
haven't heard Jennica's podcast, Overcomforts her first episode and in
her first episode, she's telling everyone that when she was
twenty three, she found out that the father that she
thought was her father for all of her life wasn't.
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So there's a biological sperm donor that she has, and
then she has the dad, Juan Lopez, who basically raised her,
and I think that's what she considers her dad without
any disrespect to her biological father. So, um, this is
something that was huge in our family and it was
a big shock, and it was a big shock for Jessica.
(04:03):
Why did you feel that it was important for you
to to start this journey with with that topic. Well,
like I mentioned in the podcast, I felt like, you know,
it gave me the space to be open. I want
to be able to be as open and vulnerable with
people as possible, like and for guests to come and
feel welcome to feel the same way. Like obviously you
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first handle like what it did to me, like the
damage and the healing that I had to go through
when I had that experience. So I just felt like,
you know what, I'm just gonna release it. And it
was at the end of the year when I filmed that,
when I recorded that episode, I was just like, you
know what, I'm gonna leave it in two, like it's
just time to just let it go, like stop holding
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this secret or burden on me, and then I could
just like start fresh, right, Yeah, because it was something
I mean, this is something we talked about, like about
on your podcast. I was a guest on your podcast,
and you know, I almost lost my little sister, you guys,
because of it wasn't just this situation that she had
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was keeping in for like a year and a half,
but other things were happening, but I almost I almost
lost her, and it was very scary for me. So
I'm very grateful for your podcast over Comfort, because this
is a wave even holding yourself accountable, you know what
I mean, because now you're a voice for other people,
you know what I mean. And this was a very
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heavy topic. And I saw, you know, we want I
Want on a live the other day, you guys. Um
I think I don't know, like a couple of weeks ago,
and I just went on there and I was just being,
you know, act in the full because I had seen
some stuff that really pissed me off. Someone that's ridiculous,
and was commenting on Jennica's podcast and what she spoke
about and thought that she shouldn't that she shouldn't talk
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about this because my mom is not here to defend herself. Anyways,
I really just really really made me upset. You know
a lot of people are also asking me if I
you about this whole thing, and I'll be honest with you, guys.
I mean, I'm one to be very transparent, and yeah,
I did. I did know for a long time. I
had heard things here and there. I had had some
conversations with my mom that I don't really want to
(06:12):
get into right now or or get into detail, but
my mom did kind of open it up to me.
And I know my mother would have told Jennica when
the time was right. But you guys have to remember
that Jennica was fifteen when my mom passed, and she
was too young. I think I think if my mom
would have been here now, she would have been right
there with Jennica on her podcast talking to everyone about it.
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Because my mom was went to face her. I don't
want to say mistakes, because I don't feel that it
was a mistake, but like she was, she the one
to face what's the good word for it, true exactly
the facts and anyways, I mean I It wasn't necessarily
a secret. It wasn't like something I was planning on
keeping from Jenica. But if she ever asked me, if
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it ever came up the way it did, then I
said I was going to be honest. I'm not gonna
lie to her. And that's how it happened. I mean,
what respond did you get? Like on the comments, Surprisingly,
it's a lot normal than I thought it would be,
and like people didn't feel alone, but like little do
they know, Like I didn't feel alone anymore where. It's like,
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you know it's been happening. It's like, oh wow, like
it's normal. Apparently happens a lot. It happens a lot.
It happens a lot, and which is okay. People you know,
have their moments and things happen, and you know, I'm
really grateful I did get, you know, all the bad comments.
But it's kind of like at the I knew it
was coming. I knew at the end of day that
it was coming and what they were going to say,
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and it's like already prepared myself. It wasn't like it
hurt me this this and that. It's like it is
what it is like and at the end of the day,
it's my truth and and what I feel. And as
long as I got your guys support and your support, like,
it felt fine for me. Yeah, because your siblings, all
of us definitely supported. Yeah for sure. What do you
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feel about your mother's extended family or the extended family,
because I did see your mother's mother some things that
she said, and I you know what, and I some
people might talk shit and say, oh my gosh, like
how disrespectful, but she really, like she calls us Jenny's kids,
So why can't she be Jenny's mother, my mother's mother.
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So what do you feel about that? You know? Um,
I think that's just been so disconnected from that side
that it's just it really doesn't phaze me anymore. And like, respectfully,
it's an older generation, and you know, they don't know
a lot of things that mom did that we know
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or things that you know she went through, and it's
for us, it's different and it's not gonna get to
me because at the end of the day, like they
didn't go through it, I did, exactly. I'm very proud
of you for that, I mean, and for those of
you that may not know, and I'm not trying to
bring shut up. But it is something that to me
a little bit, but she was just I guess they
asked her my mother's mother. They asked her in an interview,
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what do you think about Jensica talking about it? And
I guess she said, you know, there's something that I
would have taken to my grave. But you know what,
I this is why it's so important for me and
I and I and I think that my mom would
have expected me to have my sister's back. That's what
she taught us is to have each other's back. And
my mom is no longer here unfortunately physically, so my
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responsibility as an older sister is to be there for
my sister who is here. And if this is going
to help her heal, and through her healing, heal other
people and help other people, then f what anyone else
has to say, even if it's my mom's family. Like,
I don't care what they have to say, because, like
Jenica just said, she's the one that went through it.
We went through it with her, and never did they
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come and ask, how are you do you need anything?
You know what I mean? Like it's just so it's
like you have no room to say anything. So respectfully,
anyone that has anything that I could say, suck it.
Do you wish that you would have known sooner? Um? No,
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I think things happened at the time that I have,
like for a reason, like maybe when that when I
first found out. Yeah, but I think now that I've
found out what I need to find out, Like, I
think it happened at the perfect time when I knew too.
How old were you? This is like a two years
ago almost right, So you're at twenty three when you
found out. So talking about that, we call Jennica Bodiqa.
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She's a vote because her biological father is Puerto Rican.
So Jessica, how do you feel about that? Honestly? Like,
how do you feel about being Puerto Rican? Like half
Puerto Rican? It's cool, Yeah, it's just what it is.
I don't I don't feel it. So it's kind of
just there. But do you feel closer to like bad
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Bunny now because he's yeah, right, yeah, look at it.
I wish you to see he's like a huge bad
bunny fast I love him. No, but you know I
would I would like to tap into that and see,
you know, culture wise, like what there is and I
don't know it's something I'm interested in, but I'm not like,
I'm not gonna change who I am currently, you know
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what I mean. Yeah, but one thing I will like.
Jennica has like a really like beautiful skin tone like
all of us like. And I think that definitely comes
from her Puerto Rican side, like she danns so nicely
since she was little. So it's like, I feel like
that's kind of cool, Like I want to like be Colombian,
you know what I mean, Colombian or like I love
you mean you look Columbia. You're like you have a
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toxic Oh my god, thank you, thank you so much, Shakida,
Carol g. You know, maybe in my next life I'll
we have Mexican, have Colombian because I love being Mexican,
don't get me wrong. But I feel like, you know,
like God and you have the ask for it too.
But I mean she does. Jennica since she was little
has always or younger should I say, Because when she
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was little with her dad Juan, she would listen to
like a bunch of like you know what I called
by some music you know um what I sing? You
know um. She would listen to a lot of banda
and stuff, but now like you've always been into like
Regaton and stuff, like for Christmas, she made coquito, you guys, right, cokito,
which is a Puerto Rican alcoholic drink. Dude, she killed it.
(12:30):
It was so barm So I don't know. I want
to I want you to cook more Puerto Rican food
for us. Okay, And we gotta go to Puerto Rico soon, Jenica,
I think that was on my Christmas list. I'm like, you, guys,
just give me money to go on a trip. I
want to go travel. Okay, I'll take you to Puerto
Rico this year towards the end of the year. No,
for real, we gotta go. We gotta go to Puerto Rico.
I loved it when I went for my honeymoon. Anyway, Okay, So, Jenny,
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I know you talked about this on your podcast, but
do you have like advice for my listeners that are
probably going through a similar situation. What's your advice to
to the daughter and to the mother. I definitely think
that overall, if any anybody could take anything from this,
I think it's like for like the mothers, like you
could you could wait, but don't wait too long because
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then comfort that comes anger and those mistakes and it's
okay to make mistakes or to like have a history
or have a past like that. That's totally fine. It's
better to know now rather than later. And for the
you know, the kids, the sons, the daughters, like, it's
gonna be okay, like as confusing as it is, like,
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don't let it change who you are as a person
who raised you, and don't come in with expectations of
like these people. It's kind of just you're surrounded with
great people already, I know people that have been in
the same situation, and you're surrounded with great people that
love and care for you, and you're going to be
just fine. Trying to you guys, I'm okay, I'm not
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gonna get because she hates it when I get like
so like, you know, but I'm proud of her. I'm
so fucking proud of you. I think that you've come
so so far and just to hear you speak and
how much here you are. You've always been very mature.
But yeah, this, I know is a very tough situation
and I think that you came out on the other
side of it like even better, like to the point
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where now you know you can. You have this space
to share these thoughts and this advice with people. So anyways,
I'm not going to get all mushy and stuff. But okay,
So another thing you opened up about on your podcast
is the fact that you attempted suicide, which is something
you and I have both attempted. Actually, I attempted suicide
once and I thought about it a lot of times.
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I've been through it a lot and which is really
scary you guys, um And unfortunately it's more it's more
common than you think. According to the c d C
in there were one point two million people that attempted SUSI,
So it happens a lot. And I think that God
has given us this platform to talk to you guys,
to help you guys, to tell you guys, hey, yes
we come out on TV. Yes we're saying yes we
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do this yet, but at the end of the day,
we also are human and we go through these feelings
and we know what you guys are going through. So
I just wanna know how you're feeling now, Jessica, Like,
how how are you doing now now that you've talked
about it, and yeah, have you have you accepted it completely? Like,
are you feeling better mentally? Are you still like struggling
(15:30):
with the anxiety and like depression, how is that going? Um?
I definitely struggle with anxiety. The oppression has definitely like
slowly gone away, and it's it comes like in waves,
and I've just learned to accept it and it be there,
but not really fully let it overcome my life. And
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I think that's the mistake a lot of people do,
is like when people are having these symptoms or feelings,
like you get too much in your head about it,
and that's when you start feeling like there's no other way.
There's not like there's how is this ever going to
get better? And I think, you know, thank God for
therapy and honestly having open conversations with people, letting you,
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letting them know like, look, I'm going through this is
what I'm feeling, Like I want you to know so
that you're aware and um, that way you don't feel
alone in it. And it doesn't mean that that person
has to have like the best advice to tell you.
They could just listen. And I think that's what people need,
is that people need you to listen instead of talking
(16:35):
back or giving advice. It's kind of like, I just
need you to know that I'm going through this and
it hasn't been easy, but I want to let you
know and be accountable with you so that way you
can see and maybe help me or just I just
want to feel like I'm not alone. But ultimately, I
like I think God, like I'm okay, Like I've I've understood,
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I've processed that, and you know, it's badly it is.
It is becoming happens all the time, and social media
is like a facade and people don't really understand it
and like they don't understand people aside from behind the phone.
So I think it's just having compassion and being kind
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to everybody and really just know that not everyone's healing
is the same or people grow in different ways in
different paths and slower than others, and and that's okay.
It's just being compassionate with people and really just understanding
that not everyone has the same path as you, and
just being a listener. I think sometimes it just helps
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to like this, how got it there? And just talk
to someone, you know what I mean, I mean talking
about that. Are you still in therapy? Mm hmm, yeah,
that's good. I think it's you know, I go on
and off on it, Like there's months that I take
a break and then I go back on, and I
just think, you know, you guys know I always say this.
I'm a huge advocate for you know, a therapy and
and just speaking to someone like Jennica said, and just
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letting your feelings out and letting someone know. And I
saw this quote the other day, and I don't remember
it word for word, but it was something like, be compassionate,
be gentle with other people because you never know what
they're going through, you know what I mean. It's kind
of like like you just gotta see it that way,
Like if someone doesn't smile, someone's route, it's just instead
of like cussing them out, it's kind of like, you
know what, I'm gonna bless them because I don't know
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what they're going through, you know what I mean. So
it's just about being compassionate. And you know, if you
guys need help, UM the suicide hotline, you guys, if
anyone has those thoughts, if anyone has if you're thinking,
like I'm telling you I've thought about it, The hotline
number you guys is eight. You can call or text
that number. Just putting that out there, you know, because
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I know, um, you know, life isn't oh, it's it's
not easy, you know what I mean. So you're not alone,
Like Jennica said, You're definitely not alone. Let's go ahead
and shift gear a little bit. I want to talk
to you about your fitness journey. I saw Jessica. You
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guys in the gym this morning. You're on it. You've
been waking up at five in the morning. Try. Yeah,
today I woke up at six, but it's still early.
Have to give myself the time to like meditate and
pray before and then okay, because your body is definitely
you look great like I saw her today, you guys,
I was there. I woke up really early. I woke
up at five and then I was at the gym
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by like six thirty, a little late because of the rain.
But that's that's something that my mom really like instilled
in us in a good and bad way, like taking
care of us or taking care of our bodies and
like our nutrition and everything. And I think my mom
for that. Sometimes it affected me in a more negative way,
and I think we talked about it a little bit
on one of the other partcasts we were on. But anyways,
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um so tell me, how is that going. You got
your tummy tuck last year, right, it's gonna be a
year in April. Yeah, I'm very happy. I'm very happy.
I feel lighter. I feel like there was like an
energy that I need to just let go of because
I work so hard to like to get it off.
I'm just like I could breathe and I feel I
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feel better and even then, like I still have my
little moments. I'm just like trying to maintain my body
and really just take care of myself and make sure
that um my money isn't wasted. Yeah, I know, I
know what you mean, because I'm not gonna lie like
I've gotten light bulb like in my life, you know,
like a couple of times and anyways, and then you
don't take care of yourself. And that's what I love
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that you're doing. Like you're still on it, you know
what I mean. I think that's important because people think, oh,
it's just an easy fix, and I could just go
and start eating shit again or like eating like ship.
But no, like you have to even sometimes work out
harder and take care of yourself more after getting plastic surgery.
I'm a huge I love surgery. I I think plastic
surgery whatever, like, do your thing. I'm not one that's
going to judge you. So if you ask me, should
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I get a tell me to Should I get my mamma?
Tell you yes. But I'm also going to tell you
you gotta work out, you gotta eat right because that
ship ain't a forever magical fix. Okay. So but right now, okay,
so what are you doing? Tell me a little tell
us a little bit about like what you're doing right now, Like,
you know, you're doing this thing that I think it's
kind of cool and I think you should share it
a little bit. What the thing the seventy day thing? Oh,
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the seventy five days soft? Oh? Yeah, Like what thing
are you talking about? Um? Okay, So normally at the
beginning of the year, I always like to fast twenty
one days. So like I'm incorporating that with just uh.
It's a mental and physical challenge. It targets you mental
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and physical physically. And what it does is it has
these rules. There's seventy five days soft and seventy five
day hart. So soft is you work out every day
for forty five minutes with one active rest dam which
is like cardio or going for a walk or a hype. Right, Okay,
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Then it's drinking one gallon of water and maintaining a diet,
and soft is drinking on social occasions, but I'm choosing
not to. I don't really have like that. Yeah you're
not a big drinker. Yeah, I'm not a big drinker.
So I'm choosing like, I'm just not gonna drink. And
if I if the situation comes up, I'm like, okay,
I'll have a drink, but I usually don't. And then
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it's reading ten pages of a book, so it's also
feeding you mentally, like it could be any book that
you want. So right now I'm doing a devotional with
a church, so I'm spiritually feeding myself. And then after
that twenty one days is over, then I go ahead
and start like whatever book I want to Jen Nica,
this is me freaking snapping my fingers. That's tight, and
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she's doing it. You guys. I'm like, damn, look at her. Okay,
all right, are you gonna get your books under what?
Because you said you want to? I do want to? Yeah,
I think you should. I think it would be it
would be because like I think about him, like do
I really want to, Like I don't know, I don't
know if I want kids, Like i'd rather not. Okay,
maybe later, that's something I have to talk with my
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husband or whatever at that time. But it's like I'd
rather adopt first, Like that's me. So it's like I
want to get my body done, you know what I mean.
So it's like I don't know I would want to.
I would I really want to like get my boobs done. Yeah,
because you want to go you want to be a thought?
How what do you say a thought in bob or
what do you call it? What do you say? I
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thought and embop it? Yeah, she wanted a thought and
embop it. So yeah, I think you should just get
your tinsted. Is there anything that you wish you would
have known before getting like plastic surgery? No, I feel
like I did enough research. I didn't I knew what
I need to know. My sister is a pro, so sure,
I am love it. My mom too. It's like it's
not it's not something that's like for us, you know
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what I mean? Yeah? And I dude, I babysat her.
I took care of her, and I think I was
a very good nurse and she did honestly, though, Jennico,
you're very strong. Though you're a very strong young lady.
I was like she wanted to do everything herself. Was like,
sit your use down. But yeah, I think that if
you want to get bobs, and I think you should,
I definitely think you should. Okay so quickly because you know,
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I know a lot of people like want to know, um,
what was the healing process like for you? I mean
I saw, like I'm telling you were very strong, but
like anyone that's maybe thinking about getting a tummy tuck, like,
what was the healing process? Um? Pain wise, I didn't
feel any pain. It was just more soreness, like I
had worked out super harder, like I got hit by
a truck and I was just sore, like super sore.
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But it wasn't painful, and like it sounds weird, but
it wasn't painful. And I think it's just being patient
with yourself, with your body and understanding that things take
a lot of time. Like I was already anxious to
get back into the gym, and I had to wait
to get approved and cleared by the doctor and it's
just being really patient with yourself and kind of just
getting used to like your whole new body. Yeah, And
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I think, just to piggyback on that, I think it's
also important that, like Jennico just said, she did her
research and she made sure she found the right doctor
and her doctor's freaking amazing. So I think it's knowing
and that you have a good doctor and he took
her his time with her, so I think that also
helped with the healing process. I personally feel you had
an amazing doctor. Um, how many consultations did you go
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to before you had the surgery? I only did one
and it was virtually because he was in Arizona, saw
how to do with sending pictures. Then he called me
He's like, look this is what we could do. This
is how much and that was it. And then I
didn't see him until like week before. It was like
your prep and that was it. Yeah. I know he
(25:37):
was good. But I think this guy works like on
on curvy women and does like specializes on yeah, on
plus size. So if you ask me, I'm gonna be
that person that's going to tell you go for it.
It is your life, it is your body and you
have all the right to rocket. This is however you want,
you know, So anyway, you guys listened to her podcast.
(25:58):
It's really good over Comfort, you guys, and um, just
for people I don't know, they might already follow you,
but can you please just give your Instagram one more time?
Jenica Instagram. It's Jennica underscore Lopez. Jennica underscore Lopez, and
you're keeping Lopez correct that we already cleared. Okay, just
for everyone that's just nosey and wants to know. Um,
(26:19):
but okay, well, Jennica, it's always a pleasure. Thank you
so much for always being open to coming onto my podcast.
People love you, they really do. We get very good
feedback when you're on, so so thank you. And yeah,
just on for your podcast. It's just over Comfort, right.
Oh yeah, you could find out Spotify, Apple Podcasts and
(26:40):
on YouTube. There you have it, guys, all right, Well,
thank you mama. Thank you so much for being vulnerable,
for opening up, for helping other people, and you guys know,
before we leave, I always have a motivational quote for
you and because that's how we do when we do
what we do. Oh, I have a few. I'm just
(27:02):
gonna read them all right. So the quotes for today
are don't adapt to the energy in the room, influence
the energy in the room, self confidence is the best outfit, rocket,
and own it. Those are the motivational quotes for this
week and they were inspired by Eugenica. So there, there
you have it. That's how you know how I feel
about you. I love Eugenica. Thank you, Princess. I love
(27:27):
you so now, have a great day everyone. Jenica, have
a great day. I'll see you later. And um, thank
you guys for listening. Mocho and I will see you
on the next episode of cheek Ease and Chills. Do
you need advice on love, relationships, health emas. I'm so
(27:47):
excited to share with you that my Cheekies and Chill
podcast will have an extra episode drop each week. I'll
be answering all your questions. Just lead me a voice message.
All you have to do is go to speak pipe
dot com, slash Cheeks and Chill podcast and record your questions.
I can't wait to hear from you. This is a
(28:11):
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