September 18, 2025 • 31 mins
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We discuss the guilt many Latinas feel when spending money on healthy foods and why investing in quality nutrition is actually a smart financial decision in the long run.
• The "expensive food vs. bills to pay" mindset often ignores the hidden costs of cheap food
• Spending on over-the-counter medications, doctor visits, and lost productivity from feeling unwell adds up
• Many of us maintain a double standard - happily spending on designer items but hesitating on quality food
• Cheap food now equals expensive health problems later
• We often fail to connect how food directly impacts our energy, mood, focus, and physical symptoms
• The money we "save" on cheaper foods is often spent on snacks, coffee, and treats between unsatisfying meals
• Food is not just survival fuel but the foundation of our health and wellbeing
• Investing in quality nutrition teaches children valuable lessons about health priorities
• Taking care of your health through food is not selfish - it's strategic for your entire family's wellbeing
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hello friends, welcome back to the podcast.
As always, thank you so muchfor being here, for listening
every week, your support, thelikes, the comments, the shares.
We appreciate it to get theword out there that there's a
podcast catering to Latinas whowant to be healthy, this kind of
(00:21):
information.
Okay, let's be healthy Latinastogether.
Anyways, moving on, I I amreally looking forward to this
topic because it is one of themain things that holds us back
in our wellness journey and isone of the main topics where
(00:44):
I've gotten so much pushback onfrom a lot of loved ones,
especially older generations andthese beliefs might be kind of
lingering in you as well and isholding you back, all right.
So what I'm gonna talk abouttoday is why we feel guilty
(01:07):
spending money on quote, unquote, fancy foods, organic foods,
when we got bills to pay.
When we got those bills to payand, trust me, I'm not being
insensitive here I very wellknow, very accurately know, how
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expensive groceries are.
Okay, I have two sons who arecurrently nine and 11 and they
eat so much, so much, and it'skind of exhausting to be feeding
these kids all the time.
I get that.
(01:49):
So I'm not over here preachinglike spend all your coins on
your groceries.
Hello, buy all the fancy foodand get all this.
No, no, I get it.
There needs to be a balance.
You probably have a budget, ornot, for groceries and food and
it can become really expensive.
(02:11):
However, there is this kind ofgive and take where we might not
be realizing how much we'reshortchanging ourselves with our
food and how big of an impactand how much more expensive
buying foods that are notaligned with your health and
(02:31):
wellness journey, buying supercheap food, might be for us.
Okay, I get all sides of thestories because sometimes I've
been walking in the grocerystore.
I remember the other day I wasin Costco and the Kiwis were
like I don't know, almost $20.
And I was like what?
No, we are not getting Kiwistoday because that price is out
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of control.
We're just going to have topick something else until they
came back down in price becauseit was wild, wild.
Okay, I get it, but I'm nottalking about just one food
versus the other here.
Okay, I'm talking about thisnotion that it feels so selfish
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when we spend any kind of moneyon ourselves, providing our own
needs and prioritizing notproviding prioritizing our own
needs and prioritizing ourhealth, and it is guilt stricken
.
And I get that because I myselfand working on not
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shortchanging myself when itcomes to so many things and I
will happily spend my coins forbuying my kids extra things or
buying people gifts or spendingmoney on XYZ and when it's
purely for me and for me slashfamily, when it comes to food,
(04:02):
I'm like, nah, what's thecheapest option?
Nah, it's okay, I'll justbypass that, I'll be okay with
this little bit over here.
We need to let that go.
We need to let that go becausewhat we do not understand,
especially when it comes to food, is how cheap food now equals
expensive, later expensivecycles that actually cost you
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more in the longterm than justinvesting in quality nutrition
upfront for yourself and, inturn, your family.
Right, like kids, it takes alittle while longer over here,
but what we don't see with thechildren is that we're creating
habits and beliefs andexpectations for them the same
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way that they came to us fromour older generations.
And let me tell you, the firsttime I presented a loved one
with actual, real butter thatwasn't margarine, whipped up,
inflammatory oils.
They looked at me like I hadthree heads because they were
like how am I going to paydouble the price for less than a
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third of the container.
Because you know thosemargarine containers, the
country crock and and theparkways and all that, you can
fit your whole body in thatcontainer, you can wear that
thing as a hat.
And if you get a container ofactual butter and I'm talking
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wholesale to wholesale here,like Costco margarine to Costco
butter or BJ's margarine to BJ'sbutter, and they're like what I
get four times the amount forless than half the price in this
country crock container or inthis parkway container, and I
get it.
But what a lot of us fail torealize is how those kinds of
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things are making us feel.
So we are buying the cheapstuff, the thing that gives us
the most amount of bang for ourbuck, the thing that's on sale,
just because right, Like, justbecause we're going to save a
few cents on this and it's goingto last us longer.
But what we don't realize isthat then we go spending so much
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money at the drugstore for Tumsand Pepto-Bismol and Tylenol
and Advil and Motrin anddoctor's visits and all these
things where we are feeling soinsanely bad from the food
choices that we're making.
So again, the cheap foodchoices that we're making now
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really has a big impact on uslater, not just on buying
over-the-counter medication.
What ends up happening as wellis that we feel so unwell.
Well, it kind of goes hand inhand, right.
We're feeling so unwell, we buythese medications, but it
affects our energy, it affectsour quality of life, it affects
how we show up, it affects howmuch our creativity right, our
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creativity, our spontaneity, ourplayfulness, like it really has
an effect all around, and thisis not just with groceries I'm
talking about.
I'm talking about your choiceswhen you're having takeout as
well, like I've seen peoplespend tons and tons and tons of
money on designer bags, ondesigner cars, on their outfits,
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on their makeup, on theiraccessories, and then they're
out here eating the cheapestamount, like the cheapest food,
fast food possible, and I'm notsaying don't enjoy these things.
Every once in a while you do,you right, you like.
What you like, however, ishaving a double standard for
ourselves, where we're like wedon't have money, I don't want
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to have money to pay for this,but then again you have the most
fabulous high-end handbagcollection, and guess who's
going to suffer in the longterm?
You, not your handbags, right?
So it's this double standard of, I don't have money to spend on
these foods, or I have guilt tospend on these foods, but we
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will happily drop cash on thatbrunch.
We'll happily drop cash onthose extra accessories you
don't need.
We'll happily drop cash onevery other thing.
And every single time, when itcomes to feeding yourself, when
it comes to the most importantthing that you can do for
yourself, we hesitate and westand back.
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Because food should be cheapand it is a waste and we feel
guilty.
But where are you going?
Where are you going to wearyour bag to?
Where are you going to driveyour car to when you're sick in
bed, when all you're doing isgoing to the doctor's office
because you feel so insanelyunwell?
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And a lot of what we don't do iswe fail to build a connection
as to how what we eat makes usfeel Not just now, right, like
there's people who it's twohours later and they have a
stomach ache, they have brainfog, they have no energy,
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they're lethargic, they havefoggy brains, right, you can't
think straight.
And they never make theconnection as to I ate XYZ, I
had XYZ ingredients, okay, I hadXYZ.
Quality of food is alwayssomething else.
Right Is always how tired theyare, that they had a late night,
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that they're getting old, thatand those things might
contribute, but guess what alsomight contribute to help you
feel actually so much better,even if you didn't sleep well,
even if you are tired, even ifyou had a bad day at work or a
very stressful day at work isthe quality of the food that you
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are feeding yourself.
So it goes both ways, not justwith groceries, but also the
types of foods that you'rechoosing to buy in the streets,
when the first thing you thinkabout is how much is this going
to cost me monetarily like mypockets, instead of how much is
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this going to cost mehealth-wise.
What kind of impact is thisgoing to have on myself and
therefore my family?
Because you might be thinkingabout the coins, right.
However, you're not thinkingabout the impact that illness on
you also has on your family,and I want to be very clear and
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reiterate that.
If money's tight and you'rebudgeting and you have very
specific spending limits fordifferent things in your life,
that are necessities, I get it,but there's always a choice you
can make when it comes to food.
Sometimes you might not knowwhat it is, and that is the
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missing gap of information thatyou need.
But sometimes you do or yourealize it, but what we want to
focus on is just the monetarypiece, right, just the monetary
piece, and not how our health isalso going to be impacted by
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the stuff that we're eating andbuying.
And back to the point, because,honestly, I was like what.
A lot of times the money isthere and we want to spend it on
other areas, or we choose tospend it on other areas and we
just do not see the value offood.
I have had tons of people andloved ones say I just eat
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because I have to, I don't careto think about the quality of
food that I'm having, okay.
And then these are the samepeople with autoimmune
conditions.
These are the same peoplewondering autoimmune conditions.
These are the same peoplewondering why they cannot build
muscle.
These are the same peoplestruggling with certain aspects
of their health.
And again, they just see foodas I have to eat to survive, I
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have to eat because I'm hungry,it's so annoying and fine, you
can have those thoughts andthat's okay.
But what we also need torealize is how food is actually
the source of our health and ourlife most of the time.
Yes, there's stress right,we're not going to undermine
those things, but we're reallyfocusing on food, right?
Yes, there's stress.
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Yes, there's sleep.
Yes, there's hydration, whicheven that plays a role.
Right, like the quality of yourhydration.
However, food is something wedo multiple times a day that can
really make or break how we arefeeling.
Okay, so, buying the two for onedeal like buying what you're
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used to getting right, like whatyour family used to get, and
not questioning it.
Always looking for the cheapestthings in the supermarket and
not really understanding what itis past the price point Okay,
maybe you can get the cheapestthing.
However, you want to be mindfulof the ingredients.
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You want to be mindful of whatyour health goals are.
You want to be mindful ofexactly how these products are
making you feel, and I canabsolutely guarantee you that
you can find a product within asimilar price point.
That is also honoring yourhealth.
That is also honoring yourhealth.
Okay, that is also honoringyour health.
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So I want you to start makingthe distinction of is the way I
feel physically?
Is the way I'm being impactedphysically with all this
digestion issues, with lowenergy, with maybe my hair
falling out, with just beinghangry all the time.
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Is that worth the money thatyou're saving, and how much
money are you actually saving?
And what kinds of examples areyou sharing with your family?
Right?
What is it that you're doing?
Because, again, I'll go back tothis notion of I eat anything
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and being so proud of that,which I've been mentioning in my
content here and there andagain in the past.
It served our parents, itserved our grandparents.
What they were eating was notsimilar to the stuff that's out
here now.
The way of life was a littlebit different, you know.
And now the way of life, theway things are and the crazy
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abundance of food that there is,or lack thereof, the way it's
processed, the way it'sportrayed, and all of that looks
different, right, looksdifferent.
So I want you to think about thebroader consequences, aside
from saving a dollar or two,that the food choices you're
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making is having on your overallhealth, and this goes for
children as well, right, and howyou prioritize getting them.
Maybe the latest sneakers which, frankly, they outgrow within
six months.
Okay, and they're close,they're outgrowing within six
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months.
I like getting my kids nicethings, but I have a boundary
baby because I'm like this isyour budget for some sneakers,
because, guess what?
You are not going to fit intothese sneakers in six months.
So what I can do for you is getyou food to allow you to grow
well and to be well nourishedfor healthy growing, so that you
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can outgrow those damn sneakers.
Okay, because it is what it is.
So maybe if let's say you are aperson who budgets or who takes
money planning seriously andall that, how about is aligning
additional values to that whichis the health of yourself and
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your family, and seeing how youcan adjust your budget to fit in
items that are to the benefitof not just yourself but your
whole family, because spendingand investing money in your
health is actually not selfish,is actually not a waste of money
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.
It's strategic for the entirefamily's finances and wellbeing.
Because, again, illness is areal thing.
The way that food affects us inhealing or in getting sick is a
real thing.
So imagine the way we feel wheneither we are sick or our kids
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are sick.
And let's not even talk aboutsick like oh my gosh, I'm in the
doctor all the time or all ofthis.
It's literally just feelingunwell day in and day out.
That is miserable, just alwaysbeing bloated, always getting a
headache, always being sopreoccupied with how unwell you
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feel.
That takes up so much mentalcapacity that you don't even
have.
It takes up so much space thatit really impacts your finances,
because this is all you canthink of you are consumed with.
Oh my gosh, I'm hungry.
Oh my gosh, I'm bloated.
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Oh my gosh, I have a headache.
My joints hurt.
I need to reach for anothermedication.
I'm going to have to stop bythe doctor because I can't get
rid of this knee pain or backpain.
I need to figure out why I'malways bloated.
I need to figure out why I havesuch bad periods or acne or
anything like that.
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So, again, all of those thingsI just mentioned really, really
really do tie back to the foodsthat you're eating.
So, again, is this concept ofwhat are we feeling guilty about
when we are spending just alittle bit more on the foods
that are going to help us feelwell, give us mental clarity,
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give us space for maybegenerating more revenue for
yourself?
Maybe it allows you to performbetter at work, maybe it allows
you to bring a little bit morejoy and a little less stress
into your life because you arenot feeling so unwell all the
time.
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So it's really not a luxury forthe most part.
And, trust me, there are thingsthat are a luxury when it comes
to food Like we don't beneeding all of these different
fancy things out here that aremad expensive for no reason.
Like nobody need no KhloeKardashian popcorn, whatever is
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called cloud or whatever.
We don't be needing all thosethings.
So it's also a knowing of whatis like a luxury item that it's
literally mice, it's literallycorn, that you can get other
types of popcorn somewhere elseand what is actually just a
better option that might be inyour price range.
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All of these things areaccessible.
All of these things areaccessible.
Or what are the items that youget when they're just on sale?
Right, you can budget aroundthat, you can align yourself
around that and, honestly, thisis a lot of what I help my
clients do, because thisbudgeting conversation comes up
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often when my clients arediscussing it with their
partners or when they arelooking to spend just a specific
amount, let's say, onsupplements or on the foods that
they're having, or when they'rehaving takeout.
But what often they come torealize is that even if they're
spending a little bit extra ontheir actual meals or certain
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groceries.
They're actually spending lesson the long term because all of
a sudden they don't need allthese treats, they don't need
all these snacks, they don'tneed all of these extra things
that they were buying in between.
Because what you don't realizeis that you just look at your
big grocery bill but you don'tsee all these little things in
between that you're buying, likeall the extra waters and all
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the extra coffees and all theextra chips or protein bars or
nut snacks or whatever it isthat you're getting on the side
because your body actually needsfood.
We don't count those into ourbudgeting.
We just see the big grocerybill or we just see the one meal
that we need to get that maybeis a dollar or two cheaper than
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whatever else, and we assume wehave this assumption that, let's
say, real food is always moreexpensive.
And I have to say, yes,sometimes it is.
It's cheaper to get two fastfood burgers than a salad
somewhere else.
But again, how long are theseburgers two for five or whatever
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burger is going to keep youfull?
And how long is an actualbalanced meal that you're
getting?
How long is that going to keepyou full, so you're probably
buying more food on a moreregular cadence shorter cadence,
right?
Shorter timeframe every twohours every hour than buying an
actual substantial meal and nothaving to buy food again for
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another four hours, not havingto buy snacks again for another
four hours, not needing theextra two cups of coffee to
increase your energy, okay, somy clients and I work a lot on
this and they actually realizehow much more stable they feel,
how much less they're spendingon over-the-counter meds to
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allow them to feel better ontrips to the doctor, on snacks
in between their faux meals thatthey're having, and how it is
of value to them to feel well intheir body and that holds more
value than the extra $5 thatthey're going to spend on a meal
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that they're actually savingsomewhere else.
And their priorities start toshift as to what actually holds
importance to them in what theywant to spend money on versus
other things.
Right, like that's totally opento you and you can actually
explore that and see what holdsvalue as you get older and in
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your life, because it just feelsso much better to in your body,
like to be well in your bodywhen you put on those nice
clothes or when you wear thosebags or whatever.
You don't want to be a walkingzombie.
You don't want to be a walkingzombie when it comes to like, oh
, I'm just going to spend moneyon these things and feel like
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absolute shit.
And, trust me, there have beentimes where people say this out
loud.
They're like I feel so unwell.
I feel so unwell, but look atmy amazing outfit.
Okay.
So I want you to know thattaking care of your health
through food is really not aluxury expense.
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It's a smart investment thatsaves you money on healthcare
costs, it increases your energyto earn and provide more, and it
teaches your family thatwellness is a priority worth
budgeting for.
You are worth it and you don'tneed to bypass every single time
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that you're feeling unwell justto get the bag.
That term irks the crap out ofme.
Let's get the bag, let's getthe bag, let's be a girl boss
and do all these things, andthen we're literally on zombie
mode.
Why can't we work on gettingboth Okay?
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So let me tell you this insidemy one-on-one coaching, I help
you feel well while also beingsmart on how you're buying food.
Okay, because a lot of times,what's missing is this knowledge
piece of what to actually getand it becomes a lot less scary
to buy what you want and to buywhat you need.
That's the benefit of it.
You have the knowledge, youhave the skills, you know what
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to look for, you feel powerful,you feel confident and all of a
sudden you really get to go andget the bag while you're
actually feeling well.
It doesn't have to be one orthe other.
We're not self sacrificing here, right.
We're just almost reallyletting go of limiting beliefs
that has not allowed you to feellike your best self, because we
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are overriding our systems andnot connecting to it, because
we've been.
I know, for me, I grew up withgetting the cheapest things.
Or is it really worth payingmoney for a smaller container
where you can get a bigger one?
But what we're filling in theblank here is, when it comes to
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our health and wellness, how ishaving this option different in
our body over the other option,and what benefits does that hold
?
So with my clients again, Idon't leave my clients to figure
this out by themselves.
This is exactly what I'm herefor, because all my clients are
busy, they're high achieving,they really understand, they're
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in high, demanding careers andthey start to understand, like
man, I don't feel good, I'm noteating, I'm not nourishing
myself and I don't know how todo that.
And this is exactly where Isupport them, because I help
them build a strategy based ontheir needs.
I help them build the habits, Iarm them with knowledge and I
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also give them food productsstraight to our WhatsApp and
straight to our notes, becauseyou do have direct access to me
over WhatsApp in between ourclient calls, so therefore
you're not breaking your headtrying to go through every
single food label while you're abusy person Like these are
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things I give you inside theprogram as we work together.
So if you're wishing and you'rethinking to yourself like man, I
know that I want to have moreenergy.
I know that I want to nourishand feed my body better.
I know that doing these thingsbecause I've tried them before
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Is gonna allow me to show upmore like myself, is going to
allow me to feel better in myclothes, is going to give me the
energy to show up and work out,is going to give me the energy
to show up and work out, isgoing to give me the energy and
the groundedness to be a betterparent or a better partner, then
that's exactly what I supportyou with.
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If you're thinking this is whatyou want, I can help you bridge
those gaps that might be, thatare hard to fill in, or you
don't know what you don't know,or you don't want to spend so
long trying to figure it out, orif there are different
strategies, I support you infilling in those gaps in a
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culturally relevant way, in away that fits what you like,
your schedule, your lifestyle,your family, so that you're not
left flailing in the middle ofyour stress of the supermarket,
of takeout menus, trying tofigure out what's the best
option for you, and you'll startto realize what foods you need
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to get to allow you to feelbetter in the longterm.
And in the longterm I mean thatsame day, that same week,
because sometimes it takes us awhile to like bounce back from
feeling so unwell.
So, getting over this thoughtor not getting over it, right,
because it's very real I justwant to say I know it's very
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real, like these money woundsrun deep, these guilt wounds run
deep.
So I don't want to minimize itand it's like get over it, get
over yourself.
That's very insensitive.
However, working on them andknowing that these are many
roadblocks to get where you wantto be is worth it, okay, and
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that's something that we can dotogether inside one-on-one food
and hormone health coaching.
So if you're ready to getstarted and work on these
thoughts and make decisions thatare actually going to serve
your health and your pockets, Iinvite you to book a
consultation call with the linkin the show notes, or feel free
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to just send me a DM and we canchat.
Okay, I hope this was helpfuland I'll see y'all on the next
episode.
Bye.
Hello friends, welcome back to the podcast.
As always, thank you so muchfor being here, for listening
every week, your support, thelikes, the comments, the shares.
We appreciate it to get theword out there that there's a
podcast catering to Latinas whowant to be healthy, this kind of
(00:21):
information.
Okay, let's be healthy Latinastogether.
Anyways, moving on, I I amreally looking forward to this
topic because it is one of themain things that holds us back
in our wellness journey and isone of the main topics where
(00:44):
I've gotten so much pushback onfrom a lot of loved ones,
especially older generations andthese beliefs might be kind of
lingering in you as well and isholding you back, all right.
So what I'm gonna talk abouttoday is why we feel guilty
(01:07):
spending money on quote, unquote, fancy foods, organic foods,
when we got bills to pay.
When we got those bills to payand, trust me, I'm not being
insensitive here I very wellknow, very accurately know, how
(01:29):
expensive groceries are.
Okay, I have two sons who arecurrently nine and 11 and they
eat so much, so much, and it'skind of exhausting to be feeding
these kids all the time.
I get that.
(01:49):
So I'm not over here preachinglike spend all your coins on
your groceries.
Hello, buy all the fancy foodand get all this.
No, no, I get it.
There needs to be a balance.
You probably have a budget, ornot, for groceries and food and
it can become really expensive.
(02:11):
However, there is this kind ofgive and take where we might not
be realizing how much we'reshortchanging ourselves with our
food and how big of an impactand how much more expensive
buying foods that are notaligned with your health and
(02:31):
wellness journey, buying supercheap food, might be for us.
Okay, I get all sides of thestories because sometimes I've
been walking in the grocerystore.
I remember the other day I wasin Costco and the Kiwis were
like I don't know, almost $20.
And I was like what?
No, we are not getting Kiwistoday because that price is out
(02:58):
of control.
We're just going to have topick something else until they
came back down in price becauseit was wild, wild.
Okay, I get it, but I'm nottalking about just one food
versus the other here.
Okay, I'm talking about thisnotion that it feels so selfish
(03:20):
when we spend any kind of moneyon ourselves, providing our own
needs and prioritizing notproviding prioritizing our own
needs and prioritizing ourhealth, and it is guilt stricken
.
And I get that because I myselfand working on not
(03:42):
shortchanging myself when itcomes to so many things and I
will happily spend my coins forbuying my kids extra things or
buying people gifts or spendingmoney on XYZ and when it's
purely for me and for me slashfamily, when it comes to food,
(04:02):
I'm like, nah, what's thecheapest option?
Nah, it's okay, I'll justbypass that, I'll be okay with
this little bit over here.
We need to let that go.
We need to let that go becausewhat we do not understand,
especially when it comes to food, is how cheap food now equals
expensive, later expensivecycles that actually cost you
(04:27):
more in the longterm than justinvesting in quality nutrition
upfront for yourself and, inturn, your family.
Right, like kids, it takes alittle while longer over here,
but what we don't see with thechildren is that we're creating
habits and beliefs andexpectations for them the same
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way that they came to us fromour older generations.
And let me tell you, the firsttime I presented a loved one
with actual, real butter thatwasn't margarine, whipped up,
inflammatory oils.
They looked at me like I hadthree heads because they were
like how am I going to paydouble the price for less than a
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third of the container.
Because you know thosemargarine containers, the
country crock and and theparkways and all that, you can
fit your whole body in thatcontainer, you can wear that
thing as a hat.
And if you get a container ofactual butter and I'm talking
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wholesale to wholesale here,like Costco margarine to Costco
butter or BJ's margarine to BJ'sbutter, and they're like what I
get four times the amount forless than half the price in this
country crock container or inthis parkway container, and I
get it.
But what a lot of us fail torealize is how those kinds of
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things are making us feel.
So we are buying the cheapstuff, the thing that gives us
the most amount of bang for ourbuck, the thing that's on sale,
just because right, Like, justbecause we're going to save a
few cents on this and it's goingto last us longer.
But what we don't realize isthat then we go spending so much
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money at the drugstore for Tumsand Pepto-Bismol and Tylenol
and Advil and Motrin anddoctor's visits and all these
things where we are feeling soinsanely bad from the food
choices that we're making.
So again, the cheap foodchoices that we're making now
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really has a big impact on uslater, not just on buying
over-the-counter medication.
What ends up happening as wellis that we feel so unwell.
Well, it kind of goes hand inhand, right.
We're feeling so unwell, we buythese medications, but it
affects our energy, it affectsour quality of life, it affects
how we show up, it affects howmuch our creativity right, our
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creativity, our spontaneity, ourplayfulness, like it really has
an effect all around, and thisis not just with groceries I'm
talking about.
I'm talking about your choiceswhen you're having takeout as
well, like I've seen peoplespend tons and tons and tons of
money on designer bags, ondesigner cars, on their outfits,
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on their makeup, on theiraccessories, and then they're
out here eating the cheapestamount, like the cheapest food,
fast food possible, and I'm notsaying don't enjoy these things.
Every once in a while you do,you right, you like.
What you like, however, ishaving a double standard for
ourselves, where we're like wedon't have money, I don't want
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to have money to pay for this,but then again you have the most
fabulous high-end handbagcollection, and guess who's
going to suffer in the longterm?
You, not your handbags, right?
So it's this double standard of, I don't have money to spend on
these foods, or I have guilt tospend on these foods, but we
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will happily drop cash on thatbrunch.
We'll happily drop cash onthose extra accessories you
don't need.
We'll happily drop cash onevery other thing.
And every single time, when itcomes to feeding yourself, when
it comes to the most importantthing that you can do for
yourself, we hesitate and westand back.
(08:35):
Because food should be cheapand it is a waste and we feel
guilty.
But where are you going?
Where are you going to wearyour bag to?
Where are you going to driveyour car to when you're sick in
bed, when all you're doing isgoing to the doctor's office
because you feel so insanelyunwell?
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And a lot of what we don't do iswe fail to build a connection
as to how what we eat makes usfeel Not just now, right, like
there's people who it's twohours later and they have a
stomach ache, they have brainfog, they have no energy,
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they're lethargic, they havefoggy brains, right, you can't
think straight.
And they never make theconnection as to I ate XYZ, I
had XYZ ingredients, okay, I hadXYZ.
Quality of food is alwayssomething else.
Right Is always how tired theyare, that they had a late night,
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that they're getting old, thatand those things might
contribute, but guess what alsomight contribute to help you
feel actually so much better,even if you didn't sleep well,
even if you are tired, even ifyou had a bad day at work or a
very stressful day at work isthe quality of the food that you
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are feeding yourself.
So it goes both ways, not justwith groceries, but also the
types of foods that you'rechoosing to buy in the streets,
when the first thing you thinkabout is how much is this going
to cost me monetarily like mypockets, instead of how much is
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this going to cost mehealth-wise.
What kind of impact is thisgoing to have on myself and
therefore my family?
Because you might be thinkingabout the coins, right.
However, you're not thinkingabout the impact that illness on
you also has on your family,and I want to be very clear and
(10:46):
reiterate that.
If money's tight and you'rebudgeting and you have very
specific spending limits fordifferent things in your life,
that are necessities, I get it,but there's always a choice you
can make when it comes to food.
Sometimes you might not knowwhat it is, and that is the
(11:07):
missing gap of information thatyou need.
But sometimes you do or yourealize it, but what we want to
focus on is just the monetarypiece, right, just the monetary
piece, and not how our health isalso going to be impacted by
(11:29):
the stuff that we're eating andbuying.
And back to the point, because,honestly, I was like what.
A lot of times the money isthere and we want to spend it on
other areas, or we choose tospend it on other areas and we
just do not see the value offood.
I have had tons of people andloved ones say I just eat
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because I have to, I don't careto think about the quality of
food that I'm having, okay.
And then these are the samepeople with autoimmune
conditions.
These are the same peoplewondering autoimmune conditions.
These are the same peoplewondering why they cannot build
muscle.
These are the same peoplestruggling with certain aspects
of their health.
And again, they just see foodas I have to eat to survive, I
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have to eat because I'm hungry,it's so annoying and fine, you
can have those thoughts andthat's okay.
But what we also need torealize is how food is actually
the source of our health and ourlife most of the time.
Yes, there's stress right,we're not going to undermine
those things, but we're reallyfocusing on food, right?
Yes, there's stress.
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Yes, there's sleep.
Yes, there's hydration, whicheven that plays a role.
Right, like the quality of yourhydration.
However, food is something wedo multiple times a day that can
really make or break how we arefeeling.
Okay, so, buying the two for onedeal like buying what you're
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used to getting right, like whatyour family used to get, and
not questioning it.
Always looking for the cheapestthings in the supermarket and
not really understanding what itis past the price point Okay,
maybe you can get the cheapestthing.
However, you want to be mindfulof the ingredients.
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You want to be mindful of whatyour health goals are.
You want to be mindful ofexactly how these products are
making you feel, and I canabsolutely guarantee you that
you can find a product within asimilar price point.
That is also honoring yourhealth.
That is also honoring yourhealth.
Okay, that is also honoringyour health.
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So I want you to start makingthe distinction of is the way I
feel physically?
Is the way I'm being impactedphysically with all this
digestion issues, with lowenergy, with maybe my hair
falling out, with just beinghangry all the time.
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Is that worth the money thatyou're saving, and how much
money are you actually saving?
And what kinds of examples areyou sharing with your family?
Right?
What is it that you're doing?
Because, again, I'll go back tothis notion of I eat anything
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and being so proud of that,which I've been mentioning in my
content here and there andagain in the past.
It served our parents, itserved our grandparents.
What they were eating was notsimilar to the stuff that's out
here now.
The way of life was a littlebit different, you know.
And now the way of life, theway things are and the crazy
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abundance of food that there is,or lack thereof, the way it's
processed, the way it'sportrayed, and all of that looks
different, right, looksdifferent.
So I want you to think about thebroader consequences, aside
from saving a dollar or two,that the food choices you're
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making is having on your overallhealth, and this goes for
children as well, right, and howyou prioritize getting them.
Maybe the latest sneakers which, frankly, they outgrow within
six months.
Okay, and they're close,they're outgrowing within six
(15:36):
months.
I like getting my kids nicethings, but I have a boundary
baby because I'm like this isyour budget for some sneakers,
because, guess what?
You are not going to fit intothese sneakers in six months.
So what I can do for you is getyou food to allow you to grow
well and to be well nourishedfor healthy growing, so that you
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can outgrow those damn sneakers.
Okay, because it is what it is.
So maybe if let's say you are aperson who budgets or who takes
money planning seriously andall that, how about is aligning
additional values to that whichis the health of yourself and
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your family, and seeing how youcan adjust your budget to fit in
items that are to the benefitof not just yourself but your
whole family, because spendingand investing money in your
health is actually not selfish,is actually not a waste of money
(16:42):
.
It's strategic for the entirefamily's finances and wellbeing.
Because, again, illness is areal thing.
The way that food affects us inhealing or in getting sick is a
real thing.
So imagine the way we feel wheneither we are sick or our kids
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are sick.
And let's not even talk aboutsick like oh my gosh, I'm in the
doctor all the time or all ofthis.
It's literally just feelingunwell day in and day out.
That is miserable, just alwaysbeing bloated, always getting a
headache, always being sopreoccupied with how unwell you
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feel.
That takes up so much mentalcapacity that you don't even
have.
It takes up so much space thatit really impacts your finances,
because this is all you canthink of you are consumed with.
Oh my gosh, I'm hungry.
Oh my gosh, I'm bloated.
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Oh my gosh, I have a headache.
My joints hurt.
I need to reach for anothermedication.
I'm going to have to stop bythe doctor because I can't get
rid of this knee pain or backpain.
I need to figure out why I'malways bloated.
I need to figure out why I havesuch bad periods or acne or
anything like that.
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So, again, all of those thingsI just mentioned really, really
really do tie back to the foodsthat you're eating.
So, again, is this concept ofwhat are we feeling guilty about
when we are spending just alittle bit more on the foods
that are going to help us feelwell, give us mental clarity,
(18:34):
give us space for maybegenerating more revenue for
yourself?
Maybe it allows you to performbetter at work, maybe it allows
you to bring a little bit morejoy and a little less stress
into your life because you arenot feeling so unwell all the
time.
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So it's really not a luxury forthe most part.
And, trust me, there are thingsthat are a luxury when it comes
to food Like we don't beneeding all of these different
fancy things out here that aremad expensive for no reason.
Like nobody need no KhloeKardashian popcorn, whatever is
(19:15):
called cloud or whatever.
We don't be needing all thosethings.
So it's also a knowing of whatis like a luxury item that it's
literally mice, it's literallycorn, that you can get other
types of popcorn somewhere elseand what is actually just a
better option that might be inyour price range.
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All of these things areaccessible.
All of these things areaccessible.
Or what are the items that youget when they're just on sale?
Right, you can budget aroundthat, you can align yourself
around that and, honestly, thisis a lot of what I help my
clients do, because thisbudgeting conversation comes up
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often when my clients arediscussing it with their
partners or when they arelooking to spend just a specific
amount, let's say, onsupplements or on the foods that
they're having, or when they'rehaving takeout.
But what often they come torealize is that even if they're
spending a little bit extra ontheir actual meals or certain
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groceries.
They're actually spending lesson the long term because all of
a sudden they don't need allthese treats, they don't need
all these snacks, they don'tneed all of these extra things
that they were buying in between.
Because what you don't realizeis that you just look at your
big grocery bill but you don'tsee all these little things in
between that you're buying, likeall the extra waters and all
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the extra coffees and all theextra chips or protein bars or
nut snacks or whatever it isthat you're getting on the side
because your body actually needsfood.
We don't count those into ourbudgeting.
We just see the big grocerybill or we just see the one meal
that we need to get that maybeis a dollar or two cheaper than
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whatever else, and we assume wehave this assumption that, let's
say, real food is always moreexpensive.
And I have to say, yes,sometimes it is.
It's cheaper to get two fastfood burgers than a salad
somewhere else.
But again, how long are theseburgers two for five or whatever
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burger is going to keep youfull?
And how long is an actualbalanced meal that you're
getting?
How long is that going to keepyou full, so you're probably
buying more food on a moreregular cadence shorter cadence,
right?
Shorter timeframe every twohours every hour than buying an
actual substantial meal and nothaving to buy food again for
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another four hours, not havingto buy snacks again for another
four hours, not needing theextra two cups of coffee to
increase your energy, okay, somy clients and I work a lot on
this and they actually realizehow much more stable they feel,
how much less they're spendingon over-the-counter meds to
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allow them to feel better ontrips to the doctor, on snacks
in between their faux meals thatthey're having, and how it is
of value to them to feel well intheir body and that holds more
value than the extra $5 thatthey're going to spend on a meal
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that they're actually savingsomewhere else.
And their priorities start toshift as to what actually holds
importance to them in what theywant to spend money on versus
other things.
Right, like that's totally opento you and you can actually
explore that and see what holdsvalue as you get older and in
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your life, because it just feelsso much better to in your body,
like to be well in your bodywhen you put on those nice
clothes or when you wear thosebags or whatever.
You don't want to be a walkingzombie.
You don't want to be a walkingzombie when it comes to like, oh
, I'm just going to spend moneyon these things and feel like
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absolute shit.
And, trust me, there have beentimes where people say this out
loud.
They're like I feel so unwell.
I feel so unwell, but look atmy amazing outfit.
Okay.
So I want you to know thattaking care of your health
through food is really not aluxury expense.
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It's a smart investment thatsaves you money on healthcare
costs, it increases your energyto earn and provide more, and it
teaches your family thatwellness is a priority worth
budgeting for.
You are worth it and you don'tneed to bypass every single time
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that you're feeling unwell justto get the bag.
That term irks the crap out ofme.
Let's get the bag, let's getthe bag, let's be a girl boss
and do all these things, andthen we're literally on zombie
mode.
Why can't we work on gettingboth Okay?
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So let me tell you this insidemy one-on-one coaching, I help
you feel well while also beingsmart on how you're buying food.
Okay, because a lot of times,what's missing is this knowledge
piece of what to actually getand it becomes a lot less scary
to buy what you want and to buywhat you need.
That's the benefit of it.
You have the knowledge, youhave the skills, you know what
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to look for, you feel powerful,you feel confident and all of a
sudden you really get to go andget the bag while you're
actually feeling well.
It doesn't have to be one orthe other.
We're not self sacrificing here, right.
We're just almost reallyletting go of limiting beliefs
that has not allowed you to feellike your best self, because we
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are overriding our systems andnot connecting to it, because
we've been.
I know, for me, I grew up withgetting the cheapest things.
Or is it really worth payingmoney for a smaller container
where you can get a bigger one?
But what we're filling in theblank here is, when it comes to
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our health and wellness, how ishaving this option different in
our body over the other option,and what benefits does that hold
?
So with my clients again, Idon't leave my clients to figure
this out by themselves.
This is exactly what I'm herefor, because all my clients are
busy, they're high achieving,they really understand, they're
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in high, demanding careers andthey start to understand, like
man, I don't feel good, I'm noteating, I'm not nourishing
myself and I don't know how todo that.
And this is exactly where Isupport them, because I help
them build a strategy based ontheir needs.
I help them build the habits, Iarm them with knowledge and I
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also give them food productsstraight to our WhatsApp and
straight to our notes, becauseyou do have direct access to me
over WhatsApp in between ourclient calls, so therefore
you're not breaking your headtrying to go through every
single food label while you're abusy person Like these are
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things I give you inside theprogram as we work together.
So if you're wishing and you'rethinking to yourself like man, I
know that I want to have moreenergy.
I know that I want to nourishand feed my body better.
I know that doing these thingsbecause I've tried them before
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Is gonna allow me to show upmore like myself, is going to
allow me to feel better in myclothes, is going to give me the
energy to show up and work out,is going to give me the energy
to show up and work out, isgoing to give me the energy and
the groundedness to be a betterparent or a better partner, then
that's exactly what I supportyou with.
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If you're thinking this is whatyou want, I can help you bridge
those gaps that might be, thatare hard to fill in, or you
don't know what you don't know,or you don't want to spend so
long trying to figure it out, orif there are different
strategies, I support you infilling in those gaps in a
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culturally relevant way, in away that fits what you like,
your schedule, your lifestyle,your family, so that you're not
left flailing in the middle ofyour stress of the supermarket,
of takeout menus, trying tofigure out what's the best
option for you, and you'll startto realize what foods you need
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to get to allow you to feelbetter in the longterm.
And in the longterm I mean thatsame day, that same week,
because sometimes it takes us awhile to like bounce back from
feeling so unwell.
So, getting over this thoughtor not getting over it, right,
because it's very real I justwant to say I know it's very
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real, like these money woundsrun deep, these guilt wounds run
deep.
So I don't want to minimize itand it's like get over it, get
over yourself.
That's very insensitive.
However, working on them andknowing that these are many
roadblocks to get where you wantto be is worth it, okay, and
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that's something that we can dotogether inside one-on-one food
and hormone health coaching.
So if you're ready to getstarted and work on these
thoughts and make decisions thatare actually going to serve
your health and your pockets, Iinvite you to book a
consultation call with the linkin the show notes, or feel free
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to just send me a DM and we canchat.
Okay, I hope this was helpfuland I'll see y'all on the next
episode.
Bye.
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