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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Hello everyone, welcome to our Spiritual
Spotlight series.
Today I'm joined by CarolinaMorelle.
She's the founder ofEquivalence Health, a devout.
She is a devout Christian and acertified holistic health and
lifestyle coach who supportsorganizations both sacred and
secular.
She's also a TEDx speaker andshe also does keynote talks,
workshops and team healthcoaching.
(00:24):
Thank you so much for coming onSpiritual Spotlight Series.
I'm so happy you're here.
Thank you for having me.
I'm really honored to be here,so we're just going to jump
right in.
So how do you intertwineholistic health practices with
your Christian faith and yourcoaching, and why is this blend
essential for your spiritualgrowth?
Speaker 2 (00:42):
Wow, that's a really good question.
So before I became a holistichealth coach, when I would hear
the word holistic I would thinklike, oh, it's TBGB.
This is like so weird.
But really what I came tounderstand in my education and
as I've gone through severalyears of being in my world is
holistic is just about embodyingthe whole person.
(01:04):
It's your mind, your body, yoursoul, your heart, all the things
I feel like in my work,especially with Christian women,
that is one area that they tendto overlook when it comes to
health.
It's like, oh yeah, we have ourbedtime, read our Bible and
have our things, and theneverything else is separate and
really it's like so intertwinedtogether.
(01:26):
So that's how I just kind ofblend the two.
And not everybody that I workwith is gonna be a woman of
faith and that's totally okay.
But the ones that are, whenthey really grasp, like wow,
you're actually glorifying Godby taking care of yourself,
because then you have the energyto go do what you were put on
the start to do.
It's a beautiful thing.
It's a very transformativemindset shift.
Speaker 1 (01:47):
Absolutely, and I really respect the fact that you
don't have to be a Christian towork with you.
Like it's amazing that youhonor anyone, no matter what
journey they're on.
I think that's beautiful.
So, in your experience, whatare some unique challenges that
Christian women face inmaintaining their health, and
how do you address these in yourcoaching?
Speaker 2 (02:09):
One big thing that I see is this guilt of putting
myself first, especially moms.
Right, your mom, I'm a mom, weget it.
There's this thing about beingselfless and serving your church
, community and all the otherthings, but God forbid that you
(02:30):
should take care of yourself andthat you're doing yourself and
your family a very hugedisservice by doing that.
So a lot of times that you haveto address that, like, hey, it's
totally okay that you aretaking care of yourself, because
you cannot give, as the sayinggoes, from an empty cup.
Right, gotta put that oxygenmask on first, as everyone says.
Speaker 1 (02:48):
That is a really really good point, I think.
Why do you think that womenespecially have such guilt for
taking care of themselves?
Speaker 2 (02:58):
Gosh, that's a great question, I think, depending on
the culture that you grow up inlike I'm Cuban American and us
Latinas we are all about ourhusbands and our families, right
?
Speaker 1 (03:11):
That's a good point, yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:13):
I will tell you, you see, a lot of obese Latinas.
They don't take care ofthemselves because they're so
busy cooking and cleaning andtaking care of everybody else.
So I think a lot of it iscultural.
For one, I think some of itdoes stem from the church.
Just because you know different, there's different beliefs in
different churches.
But I think that there's thismindset of I'm holier when I'm
(03:38):
in a place of service, and againyou go back to that place of
like, oh, but wait, I'mmiserable and I haven't slept
and I haven't.
When's the last time I washedmy hair, put some makeup on?
Like when's the last time I'veeaten a healthy meal or moved my
body?
And oh, but that's selfish.
So again it gets put on theback burner.
So I think it's the two things.
(03:59):
I think it's culture and Ithink it's I'm sorry cultural.
I think some of it is differentchurch beliefs and I think, too
, you also generationally, likewhat did your mom do and what
did your grandmother do and whatdid your great grandmother do?
And there's that shame thatcomes along down the line of
like, well, you're my mother,your grandmother would have
(04:21):
never gone to the YMCA beforeshe made a five course dinner or
whatever that thing is, thatyour grandma did or your great
grandmother did so that's what Ithink.
Speaker 1 (04:33):
But your grandmother probably also wasn't working a
full-time job.
We're looking at our cell phoneall day either.
I mean, I do feel like so much.
I wanna ask you this question,and this is completely off topic
Do you feel like society as awhole hasn't caught up to the
amount of work that womenactually have to do in this day
(04:54):
and age?
Oh gosh, I think there is.
Speaker 2 (04:58):
Unless you are a mom, I don't think you really grasp
what we do for our families,Husbands.
I think I'm very blessedbecause my husband is a saint
all right, man does everythingtoo, and he comments a lot like,
wow, you're building a businessand you're managing a house and
the kids managed to have cleanunderwear every day.
(05:19):
Oh, my gosh, and the plants andthe dog have been alive, Bro, I
don't know.
But I think, in general, ifyou're not a mom, you just don't
grasp how much mental energy wegive out, thinking about
so-and-so has okay, how manykids do you have?
Like four kids?
Okay.
They all have sports practiceor theater or whatever after
(05:41):
school, on top of homework, ontop of laundry, cooking,
cleaning.
You've got your own work you'retrying to do and you're trying
to take care of yourself.
Speaker 1 (05:48):
I mean, I feel like us women we work 10 jobs, 10
full-time jobs 100% agree withyou and I would say I would like
to commend your husband foracknowledging the amount of work
that you do.
Speaker 2 (06:00):
I will say that.
Speaker 1 (06:01):
I'm very lucky, too, that my partner is the same way
he cooks, he cleans, he does itall, and I'm always like thank
you so much.
I appreciate all that you do.
Speaker 2 (06:08):
It's such a blessing to have somebody that, like they
come in, that's it.
They get it.
Oh my gosh, cause you know theyget the worst of you, then it's
a team effort.
Speaker 1 (06:17):
It's not a one-off position Like I love.
I'm sorry we're going off topichere, but it kills me seeing
videos online about men who arecommended for watching their
kids.
No, they're your children,honey, you made them Exactly.
No, no, no, how to create them?
Like?
Hmm, okay then my friends.
Speaker 2 (06:38):
I wash, I wash the kids today.
Big fricking deal.
Speaker 1 (06:42):
You want a reward.
I mean that will actually comeout of my mouth.
Like I don't want to.
I like them.
I love that.
So thank you to your husbandfor actually acknowledging all
that you're doing as well.
So I'm going to shift to bed.
So how has your role as awomen's ministry speaker
influenced your approach towellness and spiritual teachings
(07:03):
?
Speaker 2 (07:06):
How is it?
Speaker 1 (07:07):
influenced.
She's like it hasn't moved.
Speaker 2 (07:09):
Next question oh well , it's just because it's so.
You know, before I became ahealth coach, I had been in
full-time music ministry forover 15 years.
That was on the first like.
I got deathly ill after myyoungest was born and that's
what ended up like almost diedand that's what ended up leading
me into the work I'm in now,like I I tell us a little bit
(07:30):
about that, about you gettingreally sick and in transitioning
kind of like it sounds likeyour life's purpose.
Yeah, yeah.
So I had been full-time musicministry.
I had a band.
We were scheduled to go out ontour three months after my
youngest son was born and I hada really rough pregnancy.
And then I, when my son iscoming out, I find out I'm group
(07:55):
B positive.
Have no idea, because I'm proudof him.
No, I was supposed to get mytest results that day but I went
into labor early so I got allof one bag of penicillin in me
and it wasn't enough.
And then they kept me in thehospital the next day.
Nothing, I'm good.
No, it was good.
Four days later I am 104 and ahalf degree fever.
(08:15):
I mean shaking, dry, heaving.
I couldn't control my bowels,like like, so sick, and I got
immediately admitted back intothe hospital and it took a few
days for the cultural sugarbucket.
They thought I had meningitis.
I did not see my test resultsfrom when I went into labor.
I am a good groupie, likethey're like different units.
Speaker 1 (08:39):
We don't know how to review records.
They did not know.
Speaker 2 (08:41):
They're like they thought that epidural needle got
lodged in my butt, Like it wascrazy.
Come on, I'm like y'all, but Iwas in and out of consciousness
the whole time.
You wouldn't really know.
I mean honestly I couldn'tcommunicate.
I cannot communicate.
My husband was like jugglingthe newborn.
My parents were running in.
I mean it was.
It was a circus.
Yeah I.
I was in the hospital for aweek, home for a week with a
(09:06):
nurse on an IV line giving methe medications I come off that
and I get hit with C difficileand that.
Both these things almost killedme.
The doctor looked at me andhe's like you are lucky to be
alive.
Like I can't even believe youhad a baby.
Then you got groupie and thenyou got this, like I should.
So I remember laying in thehospital and being like remember
(09:30):
clears day?
I was looking up at the ceilingand I was like I don't know how
this is going to get turned formy good, but I know it will.
So, long story made short, Ihad a two and a half year
recovery and over those 30months I because I had because I
had C diff and it's antibioticinduced, like I can't take
antibiotics.
Speaker 1 (09:51):
You can't, absolutely , and that's not just run out of
your system.
Speaker 2 (09:55):
No, I mean, I'm eight years out and I'm still healing
my gut.
And you know, the doctors werelike, well, you have to do
everything you can to stayhealthy.
And I'm like, what do I do?
Like I don't know.
I'm like, okay.
So anyway, I you know I've hadso many horrible after effects
from group B and C, diff and allthis medication, severe anxiety
(10:18):
.
All of a sudden they're likewhat is this Like?
Why don't I, you know?
So I ended up going on thisjourney.
I never expected to go on andall the things that I used to
snub my nose at were what endedup helping my body to recover.
And with that I was like, wow,this is incredible.
And at the time, you know, Ihad stepped down from my role at
the church.
We ended the tour plans Like Ihad to get well, like everything
(10:42):
became about me being a healthywife and mother, my husband
needed a wife.
My kids needed a mom.
So I remember like I wassitting on our dining room table
and I was like what can I dothat would incorporate?
I have a visual communicationsdegree.
I've been on a stage since Iwas 15.
I love public speaking.
(11:03):
I used to keynote for thingsall the time and then falling in
love with nutrition and allthese like Chinese medicine
things and.
Ayurvedic medicine and herbsand oil, all these things, All
like things that I got I wouldlike.
Why wouldn't you just take apill?
Speaker 1 (11:19):
I can't even swallow a pill, but like.
Speaker 2 (11:21):
why would any science respecting woman like put oils
on her back to like?
Speaker 1 (11:29):
why would any like?
Why so they work, they work.
Speaker 2 (11:34):
So I suddenly stopped myself.
So what was happening was myhusband was traveling a lot.
I was never alone for like ayear and a half.
I was never, ever, ever alone,because I just never knew how I
was going to feel.
So I was always with somebodyand he always came home sick.
My three-year-old was alwayscoming home sick from preschool,
(11:54):
which meant the baby and Iwould get it, and it hit me 10
times harder and lasted 10 times.
By the time I healed, everyone'sgood, and then my husband comes
back from the next trip sickand the cycle starts all over
again, exposing you, yeah Right.
So I started like trying allthese hippie things that I used
to make fun of.
Stop getting sick so much.
My husband stops getting sick,my justice stops getting sick.
(12:14):
No one stops getting sick.
I'm like, wow, I can heal now.
So I'm like there's somethingto this and I fell in love with
it.
Neighbors, friends, everyonestarts coming to me like what do
I do for X, y and Z?
Cause I don't want to takeantibiotics.
I'm like oh, try this, Like what.
There has to be something thatI could do with myself that
would incorporate all of that,plus things I said earlier.
(12:35):
Like I don't know.
Three weeks later I found outabout this career called health
coaching and I was like, what isthis?
So I ended up going back toschool.
I went to two.
I went one for holistic healthcoaching and one for plant
medicine.
Cause I wanted to work withdoctors and I wanted to
understand the herbs and oilsand like, just have a basic
understanding of it and Ihaven't looked back.
(12:58):
I love that, yeah, and so whenyou asked me about like ministry
and this, like this is myministry, yeah, absolutely.
It's helping them to heal,helping them to feel good, stay
healthy, so they have the energyto do what God put them on the
sword to do.
That's ministry.
Speaker 1 (13:16):
Absolutely, and I like that you were open to maybe
taking a road that you weren'tnecessarily comfortable with to
begin with.
Speaker 2 (13:23):
Had no idea this happened.
I still get to like do music achurch here and there when I
want to.
It's fine, but I mean I can'teven imagine tour life now.
Now I'm like, okay, I like tosleep way too much and I don't
like eating junk food.
Speaker 1 (13:35):
I love that, but it works for me.
I love that.
Now, do you still do thisenergy Rx method?
Yeah, my energy prescription,can you?
Can you tell us a little bitabout the energy prescription
method and how it enhances bothspiritual and physical
well-being, cause that soundsfascinating.
Speaker 2 (13:52):
Yeah, so that is what I do with my one-on-one
coaching clients, cause that'sover a period of three months.
Speaker 1 (13:59):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (14:00):
Not everybody needs three months of health coaching,
but I speak about this and thenI use this in my practice.
But it's basically rebootingyour or changing your mindset
around your wellness Cause.
So I find with people and youprobably see this too in your
work so much of it starts in ourmind 90,.
Speaker 1 (14:21):
Oh my gosh, jess.
We could talk about this forhours.
Mindset is the number one startfor everything.
The body keeps the score, guys.
Speaker 2 (14:29):
Yes, yeah, that book is amazing too.
Yes it is.
So I work with people first andforemost on getting around the
mindset part, then rebootingyour body and retaining your
results.
So I take people through babysteps because I do not believe
in eating the entire pie at onceand then having them be worse
(14:49):
than when I found them.
But I teach people in thisthree part method like the basic
building blocks of a healthylife and lifestyle and
unfortunately we just are nottaught these things growing up.
You know, I mean I had onesemester of health in ninth
grade.
I am a pretty six year oldwoman.
That was a long time ago, it'strue, I mean.
Speaker 1 (15:10):
I'm a registered nurse and right now, my big goal
for this year is to focus onhealth and well-being and
shifting to a plant-based dietand everything.
And I'm a registered nurse whoruns a pediatric and internal
medicine office.
I'm looking for somebody suchas yourself, like I'm like, even
today driving work, I'm like Ineed nutritionist, like I mean
(15:32):
honestly, like this is the thingand I'm a nurse.
Yeah, it's so sad.
Speaker 2 (15:37):
And you know it's so.
The people that I tend to draw,they are not women that want to
lose 50 pounds, they are womenthat are like I.
Just I'm second to second hard,and I know that sounds so
cliche, but that is whateveryone says to me.
But it's true.
Like I feel growth, I feelyucky in my skin.
Yeah, I want to fit into myclothes.
I don't want six pack abs, Idon't care about that, I just
(15:59):
want to feel better and I wantsomebody to tell me what to do
and how to start, because I'mconfused.
There's so much information outthere and it's overwhelming for
me as a health coach.
What's up School for it?
Like, come on, it'soverwhelming.
So really, I love getting towork with women like that,
because they're just open,they're like sponges and they're
willing to do the work.
And sometimes it's not hugetweaks, sometimes it's just it's
(16:24):
little shifts.
It's little shifts, yeah,little shifts.
It's like, you know, a coupleof supplemental changes, maybe.
Maybe it's a couple of changesto the diet or when you're
eating, how much you're eating.
Like you know, maybe you need15 more minutes to sleep will
make a huge shift.
So it's true, it's not.
You know, you're not spendingtens of thousands of dollars.
(16:44):
You're really just getting backto the basics.
But that's where that energyprescription really works very
well, because one of the biggestthings people see is the shift
to the energy and that's why Icall it the energy.
Speaker 1 (16:56):
And it's I mean honestly.
A lot of people want to havemore energy.
When push comes to shove, it'sthat they feel exhausted because
they don't like you said,they're not sleeping enough,
they're not eating right,they're not exercising.
But if you were to sit thereand say to them well, I do like
give them the pie.
They're not going to do it.
It's too overwhelming.
Speaker 2 (17:14):
And when you do baby steps and like when you see, oh
okay, I can do this little thingand I could do it consistently,
then it's like you feel butterabout yourself, you feel better.
I mean like all right, well,what's next?
What else can I do?
Speaker 1 (17:29):
I love that.
You know it's.
Speaker 2 (17:31):
I love what, I love what I do so.
Speaker 1 (17:33):
I love this.
Tell me about your TEDx talk,because when this goes live,
we'll be linking your TEDx talk,so tell us all about the TEDx
talk.
Speaker 2 (17:44):
Okay.
Well, there's only so much Ican say, because I am Okay, tell
us the secret information.
Let me, let me tell you what Ican tell you.
Okay, tell us what you can tellus by the time that, like this
goes live, you will be able tofind it.
Speaker 1 (17:57):
Yes, I'm going to link it.
I'm going to link it for anyonelistening.
I'm going to link her TEDxtalks and she's going to give us
a little teaser about it.
Speaker 2 (18:03):
So we have a theme for our group and it's the
currency of and mine is thecurrency of intentional living,
and it's all around waking upNice and I had three deaths in
my family, all back to back, I'msorry, all tragic, and you
would have thought me almostdying, would have woken me up
(18:24):
out of my slumber, out of the gogo go, but it was kind of just
like the oh, the crust of myeyes, like oh but it was when I
faced my sister in love dyingthree weeks after two cousins
were killed in the service bybuilding collapse in Miami, and
I was giving the eulogy.
Not only did I give the eulogy,I sang part of the eulogy and
(18:47):
that was it.
It was my wake up and Irealized in that moment I was
like holy cow, you have so manymore lives, in fact, and you do
not know when your time is up.
Man, you, you, please.
We all think we have, we have,like all.
Millions of years and we don'tare not guaranteed the next five
minutes.
Let's be real.
Speaker 1 (19:04):
I'm.
I think that's amazing.
Yeah, so that is all on.
Speaker 2 (19:11):
To be careful what I say no, it's okay, Stop, it's
okay.
I want to say this to you.
I want to say this to you soOne.
Speaker 1 (19:18):
I'm sorry they went through these tragic events, but
going through tragic events isreally rocket fuel for ascension
, so it really changes yourperspective.
I myself went through a tragicloss with my brother committed
suicide and I 100% it's likenext level.
It makes you realize like yourlife is short and we are all
(19:41):
here with a mission and apurpose and we need to get to it
.
Speaker 2 (19:45):
You know I'm so excited about your TEDx.
Thank you, I am so excitedabout it.
Speaker 1 (19:51):
It's gonna be amazing waking up.
What a beautiful topic for thisyear.
Honestly, goodness, let me askyou this how do you guide
individuals and integratingtheir faith into every aspect of
life, including health, familyand career?
And maybe you don't, becausethey don't have to be
faith-based?
Speaker 2 (20:08):
Yeah, so for the ones that are, I will tell you,
scripture talks about doingEverything you do as unto the
Lord.
Hmm, so when I'm working, whenI'm folding clothes, when I'm
cooking food, you know whetherI'm, you know, keynoting it
something.
I'm not doing it for somebodyelse, I'm doing it for God, and
(20:29):
I'm right.
So my focus is always on howcan I use my gifts to glorify
God and serve others, becauseit's not about me, it's not
about me at all, I'm just aconduit for something else.
Yeah, so For the women that Iwork with that are faith-based
when I am helping them to justtake a bird's-eye view at all
(20:51):
these different areas of theirlives.
Speaker 1 (20:52):
Mm-hmm I.
Speaker 2 (20:55):
Get the nudges and I just know like what I'm supposed
to sound so weird, but youraudience is.
Speaker 1 (21:04):
No, you're just, you're a vessel, you're you're
about self or something.
Speaker 2 (21:08):
So sometimes I just know, like what questions to ask
.
I know, I know, you knowsomething going on here.
You know, and, and, just reallybeing able to point them back
to the promises of scripture,and, yeah, abundant living, and,
and, and.
Then for the people that aren'tChristian per se but they are,
you know, they are spiritual.
So, like I have a good way ofbeing, I could speak to anybody
(21:28):
to be and, but the language isdifferent, but the intention is
the same and it's like alright,you're here for a reason, right?
Speaker 1 (21:37):
When we talk like as a Spiritual and I'm, I'm working
with the angels or whatever,it's always God, angels,
universe.
Like God first and foremost,like that's.
That's what I believe.
I believe in God, I pray to Godevery single day, you know, and
I just like to bring in abigger scope of people.
Speaker 2 (21:53):
Yeah, I love that.
I think that's awesome.
Speaker 1 (21:55):
He's awesome that so, before I ask you the last
question, if anyone isinterested in working with you
and your 101 programs I knowthat you do on corporate Work as
well, which I think is amazingwhat is the best place for them
to go to?
Speaker 2 (22:09):
You can go to my website.
It's equity balance, healthcalm and it's eq ui balance,
health calm and I will make sureto link that as well.
Yeah, you can find all my stuffon there.
I'm super active on Instagram.
Oh, what's your Instagramhandle?
That's Carolina R Morelle.
Yeah, that's where you can findme, and I've got in my link
(22:35):
tree in Instagram everything andyou can get everything off
there.
Everything's on there.
I've got a whole bunch of freecheat sheets that you can
download to get you going onthis journey.
There's something for everybody.
I don't just do one-on-one agroup coaching I have.
I have my mom programs.
I have ebooks like I've mademyself accessible to Everybody's
(22:57):
budget.
Speaker 1 (22:59):
This is actually gonna lead to our last question.
So for our listeners who areseeking to improve their health
and spirituality, what is onepiece of advice would offer to
help them to begin their journeytowards our purpose-driven
wellness?
Speaker 2 (23:13):
Get quiet every day.
I feel like we are bombardedwith noise and destruction all
the time and you cannot hearyour own heart speak if you do
not take Time to be quiet everyday and just sit, even if it's
five minutes, just be quiet.
Start there and you know thatyou're like I'm telling you,
like your own heart is gonna belike hey, I need to sleep more.
(23:35):
Yeah, okay, I need you, likeyou need to forgive, so-and-so
or whatever the next thing thatyou're needing, and it'll come
with a quiet.
Speaker 1 (23:42):
Yeah, absolutely.
Well, I want to say thank youso much for coming on the
spiritual spotlight series.
I am super excited foreverything that's upcoming for
you.
Thank you, I'm honored to behere I.
Hello everyone, welcome to our Spiritual
Spotlight series.
Today I'm joined by CarolinaMorelle.
She's the founder ofEquivalence Health, a devout.
She is a devout Christian and acertified holistic health and
lifestyle coach who supportsorganizations both sacred and
secular.
She's also a TEDx speaker andshe also does keynote talks,
workshops and team healthcoaching.
(00:24):
Thank you so much for coming onSpiritual Spotlight Series.
I'm so happy you're here.
Thank you for having me.
I'm really honored to be here,so we're just going to jump
right in.
So how do you intertwineholistic health practices with
your Christian faith and yourcoaching, and why is this blend
essential for your spiritualgrowth?
Speaker 2 (00:42):
Wow, that's a really good question.
So before I became a holistichealth coach, when I would hear
the word holistic I would thinklike, oh, it's TBGB.
This is like so weird.
But really what I came tounderstand in my education and
as I've gone through severalyears of being in my world is
holistic is just about embodyingthe whole person.
(01:04):
It's your mind, your body, yoursoul, your heart, all the things
I feel like in my work,especially with Christian women,
that is one area that they tendto overlook when it comes to
health.
It's like, oh yeah, we have ourbedtime, read our Bible and
have our things, and theneverything else is separate and
really it's like so intertwinedtogether.
(01:26):
So that's how I just kind ofblend the two.
And not everybody that I workwith is gonna be a woman of
faith and that's totally okay.
But the ones that are, whenthey really grasp, like wow,
you're actually glorifying Godby taking care of yourself,
because then you have the energyto go do what you were put on
the start to do.
It's a beautiful thing.
It's a very transformativemindset shift.
Speaker 1 (01:47):
Absolutely, and I really respect the fact that you
don't have to be a Christian towork with you.
Like it's amazing that youhonor anyone, no matter what
journey they're on.
I think that's beautiful.
So, in your experience, whatare some unique challenges that
Christian women face inmaintaining their health, and
how do you address these in yourcoaching?
Speaker 2 (02:09):
One big thing that I see is this guilt of putting
myself first, especially moms.
Right, your mom, I'm a mom, weget it.
There's this thing about beingselfless and serving your church
, community and all the otherthings, but God forbid that you
(02:30):
should take care of yourself andthat you're doing yourself and
your family a very hugedisservice by doing that.
So a lot of times that you haveto address that, like, hey, it's
totally okay that you aretaking care of yourself, because
you cannot give, as the sayinggoes, from an empty cup.
Right, gotta put that oxygenmask on first, as everyone says.
Speaker 1 (02:48):
That is a really really good point, I think.
Why do you think that womenespecially have such guilt for
taking care of themselves?
Speaker 2 (02:58):
Gosh, that's a great question, I think, depending on
the culture that you grow up inlike I'm Cuban American and us
Latinas we are all about ourhusbands and our families, right
?
Speaker 1 (03:11):
That's a good point, yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:13):
I will tell you, you see, a lot of obese Latinas.
They don't take care ofthemselves because they're so
busy cooking and cleaning andtaking care of everybody else.
So I think a lot of it iscultural.
For one, I think some of itdoes stem from the church.
Just because you know different, there's different beliefs in
different churches.
But I think that there's thismindset of I'm holier when I'm
(03:38):
in a place of service, and againyou go back to that place of
like, oh, but wait, I'mmiserable and I haven't slept
and I haven't.
When's the last time I washedmy hair, put some makeup on?
Like when's the last time I'veeaten a healthy meal or moved my
body?
And oh, but that's selfish.
So again it gets put on theback burner.
So I think it's the two things.
(03:59):
I think it's culture and Ithink it's I'm sorry cultural.
I think some of it is differentchurch beliefs and I think, too
, you also generationally, likewhat did your mom do and what
did your grandmother do and whatdid your great grandmother do?
And there's that shame thatcomes along down the line of
like, well, you're my mother,your grandmother would have
(04:21):
never gone to the YMCA beforeshe made a five course dinner or
whatever that thing is, thatyour grandma did or your great
grandmother did so that's what Ithink.
Speaker 1 (04:33):
But your grandmother probably also wasn't working a
full-time job.
We're looking at our cell phoneall day either.
I mean, I do feel like so much.
I wanna ask you this question,and this is completely off topic
Do you feel like society as awhole hasn't caught up to the
amount of work that womenactually have to do in this day
(04:54):
and age?
Oh gosh, I think there is.
Speaker 2 (04:58):
Unless you are a mom, I don't think you really grasp
what we do for our families,Husbands.
I think I'm very blessedbecause my husband is a saint
all right, man does everythingtoo, and he comments a lot like,
wow, you're building a businessand you're managing a house and
the kids managed to have cleanunderwear every day.
(05:19):
Oh, my gosh, and the plants andthe dog have been alive, Bro, I
don't know.
But I think, in general, ifyou're not a mom, you just don't
grasp how much mental energy wegive out, thinking about
so-and-so has okay, how manykids do you have?
Like four kids?
Okay.
They all have sports practiceor theater or whatever after
(05:41):
school, on top of homework, ontop of laundry, cooking,
cleaning.
You've got your own work you'retrying to do and you're trying
to take care of yourself.
Speaker 1 (05:48):
I mean, I feel like us women we work 10 jobs, 10
full-time jobs 100% agree withyou and I would say I would like
to commend your husband foracknowledging the amount of work
that you do.
Speaker 2 (06:00):
I will say that.
Speaker 1 (06:01):
I'm very lucky, too, that my partner is the same way
he cooks, he cleans, he does itall, and I'm always like thank
you so much.
I appreciate all that you do.
Speaker 2 (06:08):
It's such a blessing to have somebody that, like they
come in, that's it.
They get it.
Oh my gosh, cause you know theyget the worst of you, then it's
a team effort.
Speaker 1 (06:17):
It's not a one-off position Like I love.
I'm sorry we're going off topichere, but it kills me seeing
videos online about men who arecommended for watching their
kids.
No, they're your children,honey, you made them Exactly.
No, no, no, how to create them?
Like?
Hmm, okay then my friends.
Speaker 2 (06:38):
I wash, I wash the kids today.
Big fricking deal.
Speaker 1 (06:42):
You want a reward.
I mean that will actually comeout of my mouth.
Like I don't want to.
I like them.
I love that.
So thank you to your husbandfor actually acknowledging all
that you're doing as well.
So I'm going to shift to bed.
So how has your role as awomen's ministry speaker
influenced your approach towellness and spiritual teachings
(07:03):
?
Speaker 2 (07:06):
How is it?
Speaker 1 (07:07):
influenced.
She's like it hasn't moved.
Speaker 2 (07:09):
Next question oh well , it's just because it's so.
You know, before I became ahealth coach, I had been in
full-time music ministry forover 15 years.
That was on the first like.
I got deathly ill after myyoungest was born and that's
what ended up like almost diedand that's what ended up leading
me into the work I'm in now,like I I tell us a little bit
(07:30):
about that, about you gettingreally sick and in transitioning
kind of like it sounds likeyour life's purpose.
Yeah, yeah.
So I had been full-time musicministry.
I had a band.
We were scheduled to go out ontour three months after my
youngest son was born and I hada really rough pregnancy.
And then I, when my son iscoming out, I find out I'm group
(07:55):
B positive.
Have no idea, because I'm proudof him.
No, I was supposed to get mytest results that day but I went
into labor early so I got allof one bag of penicillin in me
and it wasn't enough.
And then they kept me in thehospital the next day.
Nothing, I'm good.
No, it was good.
Four days later I am 104 and ahalf degree fever.
(08:15):
I mean shaking, dry, heaving.
I couldn't control my bowels,like like, so sick, and I got
immediately admitted back intothe hospital and it took a few
days for the cultural sugarbucket.
They thought I had meningitis.
I did not see my test resultsfrom when I went into labor.
I am a good groupie, likethey're like different units.
Speaker 1 (08:39):
We don't know how to review records.
They did not know.
Speaker 2 (08:41):
They're like they thought that epidural needle got
lodged in my butt, Like it wascrazy.
Come on, I'm like y'all, but Iwas in and out of consciousness
the whole time.
You wouldn't really know.
I mean honestly I couldn'tcommunicate.
I cannot communicate.
My husband was like jugglingthe newborn.
My parents were running in.
I mean it was.
It was a circus.
Yeah I.
I was in the hospital for aweek, home for a week with a
(09:06):
nurse on an IV line giving methe medications I come off that
and I get hit with C difficileand that.
Both these things almost killedme.
The doctor looked at me andhe's like you are lucky to be
alive.
Like I can't even believe youhad a baby.
Then you got groupie and thenyou got this, like I should.
So I remember laying in thehospital and being like remember
(09:30):
clears day?
I was looking up at the ceilingand I was like I don't know how
this is going to get turned formy good, but I know it will.
So, long story made short, Ihad a two and a half year
recovery and over those 30months I because I had because I
had C diff and it's antibioticinduced, like I can't take
antibiotics.
Speaker 1 (09:51):
You can't, absolutely , and that's not just run out of
your system.
Speaker 2 (09:55):
No, I mean, I'm eight years out and I'm still healing
my gut.
And you know, the doctors werelike, well, you have to do
everything you can to stayhealthy.
And I'm like, what do I do?
Like I don't know.
I'm like, okay.
So anyway, I you know I've hadso many horrible after effects
from group B and C, diff and allthis medication, severe anxiety
(10:18):
.
All of a sudden they're likewhat is this Like?
Why don't I, you know?
So I ended up going on thisjourney.
I never expected to go on andall the things that I used to
snub my nose at were what endedup helping my body to recover.
And with that I was like, wow,this is incredible.
And at the time, you know, Ihad stepped down from my role at
the church.
We ended the tour plans Like Ihad to get well, like everything
(10:42):
became about me being a healthywife and mother, my husband
needed a wife.
My kids needed a mom.
So I remember like I wassitting on our dining room table
and I was like what can I dothat would incorporate?
I have a visual communicationsdegree.
I've been on a stage since Iwas 15.
I love public speaking.
(11:03):
I used to keynote for thingsall the time and then falling in
love with nutrition and allthese like Chinese medicine
things and.
Ayurvedic medicine and herbsand oil, all these things, All
like things that I got I wouldlike.
Why wouldn't you just take apill?
Speaker 1 (11:19):
I can't even swallow a pill, but like.
Speaker 2 (11:21):
why would any science respecting woman like put oils
on her back to like?
Speaker 1 (11:29):
why would any like?
Why so they work, they work.
Speaker 2 (11:34):
So I suddenly stopped myself.
So what was happening was myhusband was traveling a lot.
I was never alone for like ayear and a half.
I was never, ever, ever alone,because I just never knew how I
was going to feel.
So I was always with somebodyand he always came home sick.
My three-year-old was alwayscoming home sick from preschool,
(11:54):
which meant the baby and Iwould get it, and it hit me 10
times harder and lasted 10 times.
By the time I healed, everyone'sgood, and then my husband comes
back from the next trip sickand the cycle starts all over
again, exposing you, yeah Right.
So I started like trying allthese hippie things that I used
to make fun of.
Stop getting sick so much.
My husband stops getting sick,my justice stops getting sick.
(12:14):
No one stops getting sick.
I'm like, wow, I can heal now.
So I'm like there's somethingto this and I fell in love with
it.
Neighbors, friends, everyonestarts coming to me like what do
I do for X, y and Z?
Cause I don't want to takeantibiotics.
I'm like oh, try this, Like what.
There has to be something thatI could do with myself that
would incorporate all of that,plus things I said earlier.
(12:35):
Like I don't know.
Three weeks later I found outabout this career called health
coaching and I was like, what isthis?
So I ended up going back toschool.
I went to two.
I went one for holistic healthcoaching and one for plant
medicine.
Cause I wanted to work withdoctors and I wanted to
understand the herbs and oilsand like, just have a basic
understanding of it and Ihaven't looked back.
(12:58):
I love that, yeah, and so whenyou asked me about like ministry
and this, like this is myministry, yeah, absolutely.
It's helping them to heal,helping them to feel good, stay
healthy, so they have the energyto do what God put them on the
sword to do.
That's ministry.
Speaker 1 (13:16):
Absolutely, and I like that you were open to maybe
taking a road that you weren'tnecessarily comfortable with to
begin with.
Speaker 2 (13:23):
Had no idea this happened.
I still get to like do music achurch here and there when I
want to.
It's fine, but I mean I can'teven imagine tour life now.
Now I'm like, okay, I like tosleep way too much and I don't
like eating junk food.
Speaker 1 (13:35):
I love that, but it works for me.
I love that.
Now, do you still do thisenergy Rx method?
Yeah, my energy prescription,can you?
Can you tell us a little bitabout the energy prescription
method and how it enhances bothspiritual and physical
well-being, cause that soundsfascinating.
Speaker 2 (13:52):
Yeah, so that is what I do with my one-on-one
coaching clients, cause that'sover a period of three months.
Speaker 1 (13:59):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (14:00):
Not everybody needs three months of health coaching,
but I speak about this and thenI use this in my practice.
But it's basically rebootingyour or changing your mindset
around your wellness Cause.
So I find with people and youprobably see this too in your
work so much of it starts in ourmind 90,.
Speaker 1 (14:21):
Oh my gosh, jess.
We could talk about this forhours.
Mindset is the number one startfor everything.
The body keeps the score, guys.
Speaker 2 (14:29):
Yes, yeah, that book is amazing too.
Yes it is.
So I work with people first andforemost on getting around the
mindset part, then rebootingyour body and retaining your
results.
So I take people through babysteps because I do not believe
in eating the entire pie at onceand then having them be worse
(14:49):
than when I found them.
But I teach people in thisthree part method like the basic
building blocks of a healthylife and lifestyle and
unfortunately we just are nottaught these things growing up.
You know, I mean I had onesemester of health in ninth
grade.
I am a pretty six year oldwoman.
That was a long time ago, it'strue, I mean.
Speaker 1 (15:10):
I'm a registered nurse and right now, my big goal
for this year is to focus onhealth and well-being and
shifting to a plant-based dietand everything.
And I'm a registered nurse whoruns a pediatric and internal
medicine office.
I'm looking for somebody suchas yourself, like I'm like, even
today driving work, I'm like Ineed nutritionist, like I mean
(15:32):
honestly, like this is the thingand I'm a nurse.
Yeah, it's so sad.
Speaker 2 (15:37):
And you know it's so.
The people that I tend to draw,they are not women that want to
lose 50 pounds, they are womenthat are like I.
Just I'm second to second hard,and I know that sounds so
cliche, but that is whateveryone says to me.
But it's true.
Like I feel growth, I feelyucky in my skin.
Yeah, I want to fit into myclothes.
I don't want six pack abs, Idon't care about that, I just
(15:59):
want to feel better and I wantsomebody to tell me what to do
and how to start, because I'mconfused.
There's so much information outthere and it's overwhelming for
me as a health coach.
What's up School for it?
Like, come on, it'soverwhelming.
So really, I love getting towork with women like that,
because they're just open,they're like sponges and they're
willing to do the work.
And sometimes it's not hugetweaks, sometimes it's just it's
(16:24):
little shifts.
It's little shifts, yeah,little shifts.
It's like, you know, a coupleof supplemental changes, maybe.
Maybe it's a couple of changesto the diet or when you're
eating, how much you're eating.
Like you know, maybe you need15 more minutes to sleep will
make a huge shift.
So it's true, it's not.
You know, you're not spendingtens of thousands of dollars.
(16:44):
You're really just getting backto the basics.
But that's where that energyprescription really works very
well, because one of the biggestthings people see is the shift
to the energy and that's why Icall it the energy.
Speaker 1 (16:56):
And it's I mean honestly.
A lot of people want to havemore energy.
When push comes to shove, it'sthat they feel exhausted because
they don't like you said,they're not sleeping enough,
they're not eating right,they're not exercising.
But if you were to sit thereand say to them well, I do like
give them the pie.
They're not going to do it.
It's too overwhelming.
Speaker 2 (17:14):
And when you do baby steps and like when you see, oh
okay, I can do this little thingand I could do it consistently,
then it's like you feel butterabout yourself, you feel better.
I mean like all right, well,what's next?
What else can I do?
Speaker 1 (17:29):
I love that.
You know it's.
Speaker 2 (17:31):
I love what, I love what I do so.
Speaker 1 (17:33):
I love this.
Tell me about your TEDx talk,because when this goes live,
we'll be linking your TEDx talk,so tell us all about the TEDx
talk.
Speaker 2 (17:44):
Okay.
Well, there's only so much Ican say, because I am Okay, tell
us the secret information.
Let me, let me tell you what Ican tell you.
Okay, tell us what you can tellus by the time that, like this
goes live, you will be able tofind it.
Speaker 1 (17:57):
Yes, I'm going to link it.
I'm going to link it for anyonelistening.
I'm going to link her TEDxtalks and she's going to give us
a little teaser about it.
Speaker 2 (18:03):
So we have a theme for our group and it's the
currency of and mine is thecurrency of intentional living,
and it's all around waking upNice and I had three deaths in
my family, all back to back, I'msorry, all tragic, and you
would have thought me almostdying, would have woken me up
(18:24):
out of my slumber, out of the gogo go, but it was kind of just
like the oh, the crust of myeyes, like oh but it was when I
faced my sister in love dyingthree weeks after two cousins
were killed in the service bybuilding collapse in Miami, and
I was giving the eulogy.
Not only did I give the eulogy,I sang part of the eulogy and
(18:47):
that was it.
It was my wake up and Irealized in that moment I was
like holy cow, you have so manymore lives, in fact, and you do
not know when your time is up.
Man, you, you, please.
We all think we have, we have,like all.
Millions of years and we don'tare not guaranteed the next five
minutes.
Let's be real.
Speaker 1 (19:04):
I'm.
I think that's amazing.
Yeah, so that is all on.
Speaker 2 (19:11):
To be careful what I say no, it's okay, Stop, it's
okay.
I want to say this to you.
I want to say this to you soOne.
Speaker 1 (19:18):
I'm sorry they went through these tragic events, but
going through tragic events isreally rocket fuel for ascension
, so it really changes yourperspective.
I myself went through a tragicloss with my brother committed
suicide and I 100% it's likenext level.
It makes you realize like yourlife is short and we are all
(19:41):
here with a mission and apurpose and we need to get to it
.
Speaker 2 (19:45):
You know I'm so excited about your TEDx.
Thank you, I am so excitedabout it.
Speaker 1 (19:51):
It's gonna be amazing waking up.
What a beautiful topic for thisyear.
Honestly, goodness, let me askyou this how do you guide
individuals and integratingtheir faith into every aspect of
life, including health, familyand career?
And maybe you don't, becausethey don't have to be
faith-based?
Speaker 2 (20:08):
Yeah, so for the ones that are, I will tell you,
scripture talks about doingEverything you do as unto the
Lord.
Hmm, so when I'm working, whenI'm folding clothes, when I'm
cooking food, you know whetherI'm, you know, keynoting it
something.
I'm not doing it for somebodyelse, I'm doing it for God, and
(20:29):
I'm right.
So my focus is always on howcan I use my gifts to glorify
God and serve others, becauseit's not about me, it's not
about me at all, I'm just aconduit for something else.
Yeah, so For the women that Iwork with that are faith-based
when I am helping them to justtake a bird's-eye view at all
(20:51):
these different areas of theirlives.
Speaker 1 (20:52):
Mm-hmm I.
Speaker 2 (20:55):
Get the nudges and I just know like what I'm supposed
to sound so weird, but youraudience is.
Speaker 1 (21:04):
No, you're just, you're a vessel, you're you're
about self or something.
Speaker 2 (21:08):
So sometimes I just know, like what questions to ask
.
I know, I know, you knowsomething going on here.
You know, and, and, just reallybeing able to point them back
to the promises of scripture,and, yeah, abundant living, and,
and, and.
Then for the people that aren'tChristian per se but they are,
you know, they are spiritual.
So, like I have a good way ofbeing, I could speak to anybody
(21:28):
to be and, but the language isdifferent, but the intention is
the same and it's like alright,you're here for a reason, right?
Speaker 1 (21:37):
When we talk like as a Spiritual and I'm, I'm working
with the angels or whatever,it's always God, angels,
universe.
Like God first and foremost,like that's.
That's what I believe.
I believe in God, I pray to Godevery single day, you know, and
I just like to bring in abigger scope of people.
Speaker 2 (21:53):
Yeah, I love that.
I think that's awesome.
Speaker 1 (21:55):
He's awesome that so, before I ask you the last
question, if anyone isinterested in working with you
and your 101 programs I knowthat you do on corporate Work as
well, which I think is amazingwhat is the best place for them
to go to?
Speaker 2 (22:09):
You can go to my website.
It's equity balance, healthcalm and it's eq ui balance,
health calm and I will make sureto link that as well.
Yeah, you can find all my stuffon there.
I'm super active on Instagram.
Oh, what's your Instagramhandle?
That's Carolina R Morelle.
Yeah, that's where you can findme, and I've got in my link
(22:35):
tree in Instagram everything andyou can get everything off
there.
Everything's on there.
I've got a whole bunch of freecheat sheets that you can
download to get you going onthis journey.
There's something for everybody.
I don't just do one-on-one agroup coaching I have.
I have my mom programs.
I have ebooks like I've mademyself accessible to Everybody's
(22:57):
budget.
Speaker 1 (22:59):
This is actually gonna lead to our last question.
So for our listeners who areseeking to improve their health
and spirituality, what is onepiece of advice would offer to
help them to begin their journeytowards our purpose-driven
wellness?
Speaker 2 (23:13):
Get quiet every day.
I feel like we are bombardedwith noise and destruction all
the time and you cannot hearyour own heart speak if you do
not take Time to be quiet everyday and just sit, even if it's
five minutes, just be quiet.
Start there and you know thatyou're like I'm telling you,
like your own heart is gonna belike hey, I need to sleep more.
(23:35):
Yeah, okay, I need you, likeyou need to forgive, so-and-so
or whatever the next thing thatyou're needing, and it'll come
with a quiet.
Speaker 1 (23:42):
Yeah, absolutely.
Well, I want to say thank youso much for coming on the
spiritual spotlight series.
I am super excited foreverything that's upcoming for
you.
Thank you, I'm honored to behere I.
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