April 10, 2025 • 39 mins
"No pasa nada" – a simple Spanish phrase that means "nothing is happening" or "it's going to be okay" serves as the powerful life motto for our guest, Nidia Soriano. This philosophy has carried her through life's most challenging moments, transforming what initially appeared as devastating setbacks into divine redirections.
Nidia opens up about the multifaceted approach she takes toward mental wellness – from tapping techniques and journaling to prayer and therapy. She and host Yanni share a profound moment of connection discussing how the combination of professional therapy and a strong relationship with God created transformative changes in their lives. "Between getting rebaptized and dedicating and getting a relationship with the Lord and therapy, those two things changed my life," Yanni reflects, with Nidia wholeheartedly agreeing.
The conversation takes a touching turn when Nidia reveals a parenting moment that stopped her in her tracks – her daughter coming home to ask, "Do you think I'm pretty?" Her response evolved into a beautiful morning ritual of affirmations where her daughter now confidently declares: "I am beautiful, I am strong, I'm confident." This practical application of self-love demonstrates how parents can proactively build their children's emotional resilience from an early age.
Perhaps most compelling is the discussion of the "ripple effect" our attitudes and actions have on those around us. Nidia articulates how our emotional state affects everyone we encounter throughout our day, creating either positive or negative chains of interaction. This perspective reinforces our responsibility to cultivate positivity not just for ourselves but as a gift to our communities.
The episode concludes with a powerful reminder about self-love rooted in spiritual identity: "You are a child of God." When we truly internalize this truth, it transforms how we view ourselves and others, creating waves of love and acceptance that extend far beyond our immediate circle.
Ready to discover how standing in your truth can transform your perspective on life's challenges? Listen now and join the conversation about faith, mental health, and finding the courage to love yourself first.
Standing In Your Truth Podcast with Yanni Thomas
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hello everyone, welcome to Standing In your
Truth podcast with your host,yanni.
On this podcast you'll hearYanni, family and friends having
open-ended discussions onanything from faith, finances,
relationships and how to staymotivated during life's trying
times.
Make sure to follow on allsocial media platforms.
(00:23):
The social media link is in thebio.
Sit back and get ready to enjoy.
Speaker 2 (00:31):
Hello everyone, welcome to another episode of
Standing your Truth Podcast.
I am your host, yanni.
How's everyone's day going?
Mine has been a tad bit on thehectic side, but I'm just going
to say it's blessed.
The Lord has allowed me to beable to look out for family
(00:51):
members and give advice tofriends, so all is well.
But this podcast episode is notabout me, so we're going to
move right along.
I have my guest here and I'mgoing to allow her to introduce
herself.
Speaker 3 (01:06):
Hello everyone.
My name is Nydia Soriano.
I am a fellow Odessan, born andraised Are you born and raised
here.
Speaker 2 (01:15):
Yeah, I'm born and raised here I don't know girl,
where's my gold star?
I'm like okay, okay, okay.
Speaker 3 (01:21):
And I am a mother, I'm a non-profit enthusiast and
I am a true believer of God andall the wonderful things.
Speaker 2 (01:30):
I like that.
What did you say?
Non-profit?
What Enthusiast.
I'm not doing that.
What do you like to do?
Speaker 3 (01:38):
I like to volunteer is how I say that?
Hey, some people get voluntold.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
That's me a lot of times when I poke my head and
stuff, but anyway.
So let's start with our housequestion and just begin to get
to know you before we touch intoum the life model.
So what motivates you?
Speaker 3 (01:54):
what motivates me, my children.
I have a son and a daughter, a10 year old and nine year old
and honestly, it's it's mymotivation every single day.
They are the most amazinglittle creatures and they are in
that amazing stage where theyask you all the things and they
follow directions at least minedo.
We haven't hit the teenageyears.
(02:14):
I'm not looking forward to that.
I hear it's awful, but for nowthey're still in that
make-believe world where you cantalk to them about dragons and
the princesses and stuffedanimals and you know, just just
building a world around themthat they get to be kids.
That's my motivation that'ssweet.
Speaker 2 (02:30):
I always wonder, like , when parents are raising like
a boy and a girl, are thereclear parenting like different,
like different ways you have todo things versus how you do for
your daughter versus your son?
Is that like?
Speaker 3 (02:41):
I don't, I don't do, I'm more of a.
You get the same thing, you eatthe same thing you and all the
wonderful things.
But um, they're veryunderstanding and we have
conversations.
We're very big on communication.
They understand that you know,when you bring a toy over for
one, that doesn't necessarilymean the other will get one, and
vice versa, and so we have avery good understanding but
(03:01):
that's real life, like that'sreal life kudos to you for
teaching them that, because somekids don't understand it's
not a real world yeah, yeah,they don't understand that until
they're a teenager and then bythen it's like uh-oh, maybe a
little too late.
Speaker 2 (03:14):
Um, how do you protect your mental health?
Speaker 3 (03:17):
oh goodness, this is a wonderful question.
I am all about mental health.
Okay, girl, I do the work, I dothe work.
Uh, you name it, I do it.
I do something I startedrecently.
I started tapping, you know,like when you do the tapping and
the um, like theself-affirmation, and I have an
app and my best friend turned me, uh, onto it and it just kind
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of sets the mood in the morningafter prayer, uh-huh.
And so I do the tapping, I dothe podcast, I do the journaling
, I do okay you know, do mybible reading at night time, the
prayers I, I'm there.
I'm there with mental health.
I know the importance of it andI hope that people discover it
way more before I did look, Itell you all the time.
Speaker 2 (03:58):
I think if people just took I would say, at the
least maybe a year of therapy,they don't realize how free they
will be.
Speaker 3 (04:07):
We need to get shirts .
I'm not saying something likeyou know, are you in therapy?
Speaker 2 (04:11):
You need to, because we all do I'm telling you
between getting rebaptized andlike dedicating and getting a
relationship with the Lord andtherapy.
Those two things changed mylife.
Speaker 3 (04:21):
Isn't that the truth?
I feel that people tell me allthe time, oh my gosh, you always
seem so happy or you got ittogether like no, I do the work
because, trust me, a couple ofyears ago you will see nothing
of what you saw today.
But you know, it takes thetherapy to get you where you're
at.
Speaker 2 (04:36):
for sure, yeah, but I mean we all have something
either we're dealing with, havedealt with this baggage, there's
issues, but I mean, if we don'tput like you said, we don't put
the work in and you know, Ifeel that a lot of people give
up on therapy because they onlytry one route.
Speaker 3 (04:49):
Yeah, and they're only educated that there's only,
you know, I don't know,counseling as opposed to.
Is it called emr?
Speaker 2 (04:56):
I don't know the the buzzing oh yeah, there's just so
many different routes to go.
Speaker 3 (05:00):
You can go you know faith-based Kelsey.
There's so many differentoptions so I advise people to
not, if it hasn't worked forthem, talk to somebody else and
find a different route, but youdefinitely need to talk to
somebody that's not directly inyour box.
Speaker 2 (05:13):
I think also you brought up a good point.
Um, I feel like people they tryone therapist and they're like
I'm never doing therapy becausethat one therapist either said
the wrong thing or didn't helpit or they didn't click, and I'm
like okay, cool, don't dotherapy with that person, go
find someone else it's like ahairdresser.
Speaker 3 (05:30):
If you don't like your haircut with one person,
guess what?
There's a thousand more.
Speaker 2 (05:33):
Go try it with someone else you know, that's,
that is the way I remember thatone too, because that is a
unique way of putting that.
So what advice would you giveyour younger self?
Speaker 3 (05:46):
To be bold.
To be bold, I don't.
It does not matter what coloryou are, what family you came
from.
We all have insecurities whenwe're younger, whether we don't
have the degree we're going tocommunity college, whether we're
missing, you know, we just comefrom a one home.
(06:07):
Whatever the situation is, um,I just wish I would have been.
I would be more bold walkinginto a room, more confident in
my ideas.
I just feel I would have, youknow, achieved a lot more
without waiting so long, if Ihad been just bold.
So I was just, uh, advice tomyself and I tell that to my
children just to be bold, saywhat you mean, mean what you say
, and you know, just walk withconfidence, definitely walk with
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confidence.
Speaker 2 (06:29):
I think, um, I realized that about uh two years
ago.
Yes, just be bold and just tobe you just be you.
Yeah, just be you don't realizethe importance of that for sure
.
Well, what is the one moment inyour life that really shaped
you or made a huge impact?
Speaker 3 (06:49):
I won't give specifics, but I was let go from
a job position at one point.
I was, you know, I was let go,I was fired, and it completely
broke my heart and my spirit.
But it taught me so many things, um for one.
It taught me to have patience.
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It reminded me that god has aplan and you have to trust it,
because had that event nothappened, something greater
wouldn't have taken place.
If I would have stayed in thatposition, I would have have been
stagnant and this wonderfulbreakthrough that I had almost a
year later, an entire yearlater, would have not happened.
So when the blessing came ayear later, I understood why
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that had to happen, if thatmakes sense.
So that was definitely abreakthrough and just a boost in
confidence.
But, more than anything, I'venever strayed away from God, but
it definitely restored it toanother level that I didn't have
prior to that.
So that was definitely themoment in every aspect of life.
Speaker 2 (07:55):
It sounded like you probably went from like.
I feel like when I was younger,before I got re-baptized, I was
more caught up in the religionversus the relationship with
Christ.
And I feel like when you gothrough moments like that,
especially my divorce and tryingto come out of that depression,
I realized I had to get intorelationship with him and
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actually get to know him andbegin to feel him.
Speaker 3 (08:20):
And you know, now, I'm that crazy.
I feel you know people mightthink like, oh, are you talking
on your AirPod?
Are you talking on phone?
I'm like no, I'm that crazy.
I feel you know people mightthink like, oh, are you talking
on your or your airpod, are youtalking on phone?
Speaker 1 (08:26):
like no, I'm just talking to God just having a
conversation.
You're driving down the road,yes it beats the road rage.
Speaker 2 (08:32):
I'm assuming that's the money well, some people
might need to be having thatconversation because they're
stuck on the road rage for sure.
All right, what is your mindset, um, when you are told no, or
door shuts?
Speaker 3 (08:46):
That happens to me often because I do work for a
nonprofit, so my official titleis Director of Fundraising and
Community Engagement.
The community engagement partis very fun.
It's a lot of networking, it'swhat everybody sees across
social media.
Now, what people don't see alot is the fundraising part.
When you are asking for sometype of support and it doesn't
(09:09):
happen, I don't.
I no longer see things as a no,I strongly see them as a almost
like a homework thing.
It's a project to me, a schoolproject.
If Yanni tells me no todonating, I don't know a
microphone to my organization.
I want to know why you said no.
I'm not going to ask youdirectly, but I'm going to do my
(09:30):
homework, homework on this, onthe entire situation.
And guess what?
I'm going to come back nextyear and I'm going to make the
same ask and it's going to beharder for you to tell me no,
because you've told me no onceand this time I come with
details and I know yourbackground and I know why you
told me no and I already workedon it.
So it's either it's notnecessarily for me, it's not.
Oh, I learned a lesson becauseI I'm doing my homework and I'm
coming back for it yeah, that'sI can see with you saying that,
(09:55):
now I can see why you'resuccessful.
Speaker 2 (09:59):
Thank you, like it's.
It's the work that you put init and the door being shut.
Speaker 3 (10:04):
I just don't believe in any door being shut there is.
I'm not a big Kardashian fan,I'm just not.
I think they're lovely, they'regreat, they're beautiful, but I
don't have their poster up on awall.
Yeah, but you know, goingthrough the nights of TikTok, I
saw, I heard of TikTok.
It was Kris Jenner.
As we know, she's so insanelysuccessful yeah but she said
when you get a no, you're justasking the wrong person.
(10:27):
Yeah, and and I I do believethat I don't, even if it's the
owner like maybe we need tospeak to the wife, maybe we need
to speak to them two together,maybe it's just the wrong time
and the place.
I just don't take that as adoor shut or a no.
It's just not an option.
For the most part, I'm not madat that I mean doing your
homework.
Speaker 2 (10:47):
Don't think I'm crazy .
No, I mean.
To me it makes sense because alot of times before I use like
when I've had to ask forsomething, and you go into it
with, like, you know, the ideaof like a cold call or just cold
asking without doing yourhomework, you kind of miss the
fact of like, like you said,maybe the wife is the one to ask
.
You know, the husband is notthe one.
(11:08):
Or you realize, oh, this personactually, you know, is really
into sports.
Speaker 3 (11:13):
Maybe we should ask them for the footballs, not the
other thing I had thisconversation with someone that
asked me to kind of come in anddo a little console on their uh
asking technique, um, and I saidyou know some people you
already know are going to be ano.
If you do your homework, so you, why waste your time?
So if you're going to be askingfor pta and you're at a
(11:35):
catholic school, um, and you'regoing to be asking the community
, then hit, hit the businessesthat you know are cath, that you
know have children in that area.
The grandparents are in thatschool.
So work on your list firstbefore you start cold calling
because, then you're wastingyour time and their time too.
You know what I mean, that'strue.
And that's a whole otherconversation.
(11:56):
Yeah, that is.
Speaker 2 (11:57):
Sally, you need to do a podcast on how to fundraise
for businesses.
Speaker 1 (12:02):
I believe you will execute it quite well.
Well, thank you.
Speaker 2 (12:05):
I'm just saying I'm like, I'm listening, I'm like,
oh, that makes so much sense.
Duh, why did we all think ofthis?
But comes back to the idea ofcommon, sense is not common, but
anyway, okay, now that we'redone with those, we get into the
juicy part.
I'm gonna give you a general.
Speaker 3 (12:25):
Oh, you're good what is your life motto?
Does it have to be in english,or can it be in spanish?
You?
Speaker 2 (12:34):
can?
You can say it in spanish, andthen, for those of us who have
not worked on our um espanol,you have to break it down for us
in english what is the onepopular app for?
Is it duolingo girl I've hadduolingo and it don't work for
me.
I also have, it's me not, notduolingo.
Um, I've also had a friend thatwas like I'll teach you like
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conversational spanish and Iknow like basics, like, like I
said, like I just froze, likelike taco, right, I'm like no,
no, no, no, no no.
I can like.
If someone asks you where thebathroom is, I know like banyo's
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bathroom, I know like just verybasic you can get by yes.
Now, if they talk too fast, I'mout.
So you have to slow the spanishdown.
And then, like, give me mybrain a second to process.
But I work at dps for a secondand I had to learn like I didn't
have to.
I chose to learn, uh like,driver license spanish, so like,
(13:38):
but I forgot all that it's beena minute, but I did learn it,
like I knew how to ask people,like what I asked people like
for the driver's license, I meanfor their um address or
something, I don't know, but Ilearned it.
I had a friend who actually putit uh phonetically on the uh
index card for me, so it wasn'tspelled.
That's a good friend, you knowshe is, that's still my friend.
Shout out to eunice um, but itwasn't.
(14:01):
Obviously it wasn't spelledcorrectly so someone looking at
it they wouldn't wouldn't know.
But if you say it then I was.
Yeah, but I had some customersthat were like really, really
sweet, usually it was the olderladies though, that would come
in.
They would be like, oh, andthey would tell her, like they
would tell Eunice.
We appreciate her for trying.
Okay, because I woulddefinitely jack up some words
hey, it's the effort that goes.
But yeah, for the a for effortyeah, but anyway, in my dream I
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would love to be a bilingual yes, so I am um.
Speaker 3 (14:29):
I I was put in esl, I think, third or fourth grade
but, my mother is a spanishspeaker.
Um, she, she's the same.
She can speak a little bit ofenglish, but you know, as full
conversation she's like, well,slow down a little bit, yeah,
but definitely.
Well, back to the question.
My life model is no pasa nadaand I think it.
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It comes from growing up andyou fall and you know we don't
mom like our moms used to.
You know my son gets a littlecut.
I'm like, oh my God, baby, comehere, I'm going to band it on
and kiss and sing a song.
Girl, we got cuts back in theday.
Speaker 1 (15:07):
I'm like you're fine.
Speaker 3 (15:08):
You're fine, get up and go.
So it was like my mom would sayno pasa nada.
So if you translate itcorrectly, it means um kind of
like chill, it's gonna be okay.
So no pasa nada to me is, nomatter how bad the situation is,
um, granted, this is not withlike health, with our kids, our
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family, because then you knowthat is something grand.
But if it's something work-wiseuh a rumor, uh tired being blown
out, whatever it is it's likeno pasa nada, like there's
nothing that cannot be fixed,whether it's actual physical
product item that you can't fix,or if it's in a in some type of
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relationship, whether that be afriendship, whether that be a
co-worker, no pasa nada, becauseif you have that conversation
with that person nine times outof ten, it's going to work out,
it's going to be fixed.
The problem is that people donot do confrontation well you
know, and when I say that, thenthat turns into people do not
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communicate well, and when youdon't communicate well, then
things get turned around and itgets turned into bigger things,
bigger stress, bigger problems.
So, uh, my thing is no pasanada.
I address the situation,whatever it may be, as soon as I
can, and you just roll with itand you keep going, but no pasa
nada you said so many things allat one time.
Speaker 2 (16:35):
I'm like, nope, people, we definitely don't do
confrontation well because a lot, of, a lot of times, we're, I
think, for more than one reasonfor one, like you said, we don't
do confrontation well because alot, of, a lot of times, we're,
I think, for more than onereason for one, like you said,
we don't know how to communicate, um, and I think also either
party in the confrontation, ifwe're not self-aware, we're
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either not, obviously not goingto communicate.
We're not even close toconflict and we're not even
going to know, like, how we'reactually feeling to be able to
communicate it.
Speaker 3 (17:03):
There's just so many things which what you said when
you said that there is so manythings, there's truly so many
things, but you know, I have I Irecently opened my twitter back
up because I was trying to openup the story about it's called
x now it's not twitter myaccount is still active,
apparently in some way oranother, and my uh, what is it
(17:24):
like?
Your entry sentence iscommunication is key.
I was like, oh my gosh, I knewit even then no.
Speaker 2 (17:29):
So yeah, half the adults don't, okay.
So wait, I was getting ready totry to say your motto.
Then I was like I will text itto you.
Wait, I want to say it.
Say it again no, no, okay.
I'm gonna walk around the house.
I bet you say that at any rushmexican restaurant or something.
I want to say it.
Say it again no, no, pasa nada,no pasa nada, oh, no pasa nada,
okay, yeah.
Speaker 3 (17:43):
I'm going to walk around the house saying that I
bet you say that at any Mexicanrestaurant or something and
they're going to smile becausethey know exactly what it means.
Speaker 2 (17:47):
Like you're right, boo, Nothing's going on, I mean
hey, so how has that affectedyour faith, or has it affected?
Speaker 3 (17:55):
your Um, well, I, I, you know there's just.
I could go on forever.
If we have the conversation onfaith, because the way it ties
in is because your faith andagain, this is in my personal
opinion your faith has to be sostrong that you believe that
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nothing is happening because Godis going to take care of it.
And I have reached a beautifulpoint in my life that I've
worked towards to believe that,to know, not believe to know
that it's going to work out,because God has planned it that
way for me, because if it is notfor me, he's going to take it
out of my life, because and Ipray on that and I know and I no
longer get hurt if a textmessage doesn't come back, if a
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plan doesn't go through, becauseit's just a part of God's plan.
So si no pasa nada.
And you know, if I plan forsomething bigger, whether it be
my five-year goal, my two-yeargoal, my, my goal of something
to happen next week, I know thatGod's going to take care of it
in the best way.
He knows how that's going toprofit me and my family.
That God's going to take careof it in the best way.
He knows how that's going toprofit me and my family, whether
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it's going to be a blessing infive years or.
You know, when I was let go, Ishould have and, honestly, at
the moment I didn't think thatmodel, I didn't think no, pasa
nada, because a lot of thingswere happening.
You know I wasn't employed, Iwas like, what am I going to do?
But I wish I would have thoughtthat I'd been more strong in my
faith during that time, becauseI would have been so much
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better with my stress levels.
But I often think how do peoplerise from a difficult situation
when they don't have theirstrong faith with God?
How, I don't know, and that's atrue answer.
I do not know, because if oneperson, if myself, can just come
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out of the water and breathefor a second, it's only because
I know God has me.
So if I didn't have that, Ican't tell you where I would be
mentally.
Worse than that, I can't tellyou where my kids would be at
mentally.
First and foremost, I want toI've done the work, the mental
work to be in a good place formy kids because, as you know, if
the parents are happy, thattrickles down to your children.
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When my children see me happy,they're happy and I have very,
very happy kids.
That is my biggest sense ofaccomplishment is when I see my
kids smiling and being wild.
And I've seen this in differentthings.
I've heard it in differentpodcasts that if your kids are
kind of acting up just aroundyou, it's because you're their
safe zone and my.
And then when kids are goofy,you will not see.
(20:33):
You will see some kids aroundtheir parents and they are
afraid to knock over water.
Um, I don't, I just don'tparent that't parent that way.
Accidents happen.
Learn from it and let's keepgoing and that's reflected back,
you know, and it's just.
We have to understand thateverything we do is a trickling
effect.
So how yanni is today on thepodcast, if you're in a bad mood
, guess what it might get me ina bad mood then I go back to the
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office and I'm in a bad moodand they go home and they're in
a bad mood.
And then those kids go back toschool and they're in a bad mood
.
Then they're teachers.
You know we do not understandhow important our actions are
sometimes or how our behavior,the way we react with each other
, but but yeah, but it's whenyou're saying about the trickle
effect.
Speaker 2 (21:14):
I think a lot of times, um, this is with my
non-parental like I don't haveany kids, this is just my.
What I've seen um, parentsdon't kind of realize that
you're sending your little oneto school.
So you know you're sendinghappy kids that are probably um,
great friends, look out for youknow their classmates and all
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that excellent, and like I thinkthat's definitely sets the tone
for the school and theclassrooms that they're in.
And, if I can be honest andjust my opinion, um, but then
there's parents are doing theopposite and they're not
pointing to their kids andthey're not teaching them that
and there's going to school andbeing little terrors and
probably giving the teacher youknow some trouble.
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Or they're using, you know,school as a cry for attention
because they're not getting itat home.
Speaker 3 (22:03):
So it's something that kind of.
One of the few moments thatmade me super sad this last year
was, uh, my daughter one daycame home from school and she
said you know, um, do you thinkI'm pretty?
And it just stopped me dead inmy tracks because, of course,
you think your children, yoursisters, your mother's the most
beautiful people in the world.
And you know, I got at her eyelevel and I'm like baby, ask me,
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tell me, what did you say she'slike?
Do you think I'm beautiful?
And that started a wholeconversation.
So then the next couple of days, when I was doing her hair, I
would say every morning, youhave to tell yourself and again,
this is just what I do.
I'm not saying it works foreveryone, but I know this is
what my daughter needed at themoment.
I said every day, when you wakeup in the morning, whether
you're at daddy's house or myhouse, I want you to look
yourself in the mirror and say Iam beautiful, I am strong, I'm
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confident.
And she just thought it was theoddest thing, she was not
rolling with it.
So when I would do her hair, Iwould say I am beautiful.
She would repeat it I am strong, you know, I'm confident.
And now if you see her say thatin the morning, you're like
girl chill, girl chill.
But I mean she's all over it.
But you have to have thoseone-on-one conversations with
your kiddos and build up theirself-esteem.
(23:10):
You know that's important.
Speaker 2 (23:12):
I have a what am I part of?
Big brothers, big sisters, so Ihave a little oh okay, and
that's one of the things that Itold her.
Well, I told her mainly um, youdon't beg for friends, because
at this stage where she was, Ithink, um, I felt like she was
like pretty much begging forfriends, like she would do stuff
(23:34):
and I'm like that's not whatyou usually do, or she would get
in trouble.
We all been there at some pointin our lives and you wish you
would have.
Speaker 3 (23:41):
I mean, hopefully people figure it out sooner
rather than later I didn'tfigure it out till later.
Some adults still haven'tfigured it out yes, absolutely,
and so no, that's wonderful,that, yeah, I'm just like this
is.
Speaker 2 (23:51):
And then I went, maybe about a month ago, on an
outing with her and her mom.
We were out somewhere, um, andher mom started something
similar and I said, hey, that'skind of what I told her like.
And she was like, yeah, that's.
I said I'm glad that she didn'tknow I was telling her that and
I didn't know that she wastelling her that.
So she's getting it on bothends.
So it's kind of cool to knowthat, um, her mom and I are
(24:13):
somewhat in sync as well.
I'm sure the child does notquite love that, but, um, I
don't get it later.
Yeah, I just think.
Just think it's important.
I don't know, I literally made apost this morning that I just
believe that one of my callingsis to empower and uplift the
people that are around me.
So rather it be a five secondconversation with you or a
stranger, if I can find a way,whether it be a smile, a thank
(24:34):
you, a doing something generousto hopefully uplift you and
remind you that you know Godcreated only one of you.
That is your superpower.
Um, he loves you.
You're seen, you're heard,you're needed, you're wanted,
you're valued.
Just, I think every singleperson, um, walking the earth
needs to be reminded of that.
Speaker 3 (24:54):
Yes, whether little person has a given talent.
Speaker 2 (24:57):
Yeah, use it yeah, but the problem I think, think,
with that statement is I wishpeople would take more time with
themselves to really learn whattheir talent is and realize
that they do have a talent.
I mean, it took me a long timeto figure out my list but you
did, I'm here 34 years later,but I'm here check her out.
(25:19):
Half of that came from we giveso much, those of us that have,
like servants, hearts.
We want to give, give, give,give, give, which is great, but
there has to be a boundary to it, because if I'm giving and my
cup is empty because I'm notmaking sure that you know I'm
performing at my you know leveland making that time with God
and personal growth and all that, then I can't really help you
(25:41):
get to your best because I'm notat my best.
Speaker 3 (25:44):
Yes, yes, and that I mean we can have conversations
all day, but and that goes intorelationships as well- you know,
a lot of people.
You end up being inrelationships again at one point
or another.
We're all there where you endup in a relationship where we're
giving more than you'rereceiving.
Speaker 2 (26:05):
So, yeah, no, where you end up in a relationship
where we're giving more thanyou're receiving, so yeah, no,
I'm with you on that one.
And that can be boyfriend,girlfriend relationships, or a
friendship, or even a family.
That type relationship, it'sliterally all of them, and I
think we also don't point thatout, that it's like it.
Speaker 3 (26:13):
That falls in every category of a type of
relationship and that's why weneed therapy, because your
therapist will call you out realquick one thing that's not the
nerve they be on is I'm like umsis.
So funny story is my sister isdoing her internship um with and
you know, in psychology, and soour conversations have changed
(26:35):
to where, you know, I'm likegirl, I need you to put sister
hat on, not therapist, I justneed you to listen, not judge.
And she's like well, the, thesister judges, okay.
I said okay, whatever, switchthe hats.
Speaker 2 (26:44):
I don't want you telling me how to take care of
it is hilarious, but I mean, Ifeel like those of us who have
that, that mind.
It's always there and I likehave to catch myself because I I
think I said it on here before,but so technically I'm a
certified life coach, okay, so Ifind myself giving little tips
(27:06):
and nippets and I'm like, wait,they didn't ask me for that.
And you know the average personis like, okay, they'll go about
their way.
But I'm like Yanni, chill,chill, chill.
Not everyone wants your advice,advice, and if they do,
depending upon they can pay forit.
So I'm just saying, absolutely,you know, that shows you how
(27:28):
that works.
Well.
Um, is there anything elseabout your life model that we
left off?
Any final things before we getto the last couple of questions?
um, no, no, just easy peasy easypiece, and I'll definitely say
that he'll be like what?
And I'm like, mind yourbusiness.
So what do you stand for?
Speaker 3 (27:52):
what do I stand for?
Yes, I stand for like.
I stand for justice.
I stand for all the good things, just good vibes, good people,
a good community, the simplicityof it.
Sometimes we make things harderthan they used to be, so I just
stand for just being aroundgood people and just doing good,
(28:13):
being good to yourself, beinggood to others.
It doesn't take a lot, it justdoesn't.
You know, that's as simple asit is it doesn't people?
Speaker 2 (28:24):
I don't know why people make it seem like it's so
hard to encourage and upliftand be kind and I'm like it's
actually really easy.
I feel like it takes the daysI'm having a bad day and it's
just rough.
I feel like that takes moreenergy out of me than the days
where I'm chilling and openingdoors or volunteering somewhere.
Those things are light and easy.
Speaker 3 (28:43):
Yeah, just love, be loved, you know, just find the
goodness.
Find the goodness and let go ofwhat doesn't serve you.
Speaker 2 (28:49):
Ooh, that's a bar.
Speaker 3 (28:50):
Just let go of what doesn't serve you, whether that
be honestly, whether it be it'seasier said than done.
But you know some people are sounhappy.
I hear people all the time sayyou know they just sound so
frustrated leaving work.
Now, don't get me wrong.
I have those days because I'm alittle bit overwhelmed to have
a big project coming up.
But you have to love what youdo, you some people.
(29:11):
You know your job is yoursecond home you have to love
your job.
Keep going till you find thatplace that welcomes you.
Speaker 2 (29:20):
But I'm sorry, that's not funny.
I I laugh because my thatreally came out loud.
Oh, it's not funny, I laugh.
I mean, let me explain, why Ilaugh so do tell man I I meant
the job I met.
I've been there for four months.
Okay, now I've been in odessafor about five years, like right
before COVID and I probablythis is probably like my sixth
(29:44):
job.
Speaker 3 (29:46):
Okay, so you took that literally.
You felt like you bounced assoon as you weren't feeling it.
Speaker 2 (29:50):
That's why I left off because I'm like, ooh, Because
my family's like you better getsomewhere to sit down.
Like you're getting older, whichI mean makes sense.
But each situation like I, canbreak down like dps great job, a
lot of stability.
I wanted to be in the communityI have a heart to serve.
Dps is not the job for that.
You just get cussed out everyday, unfortunately in english
(30:13):
and spanish.
Make sure that point is there,because I was smiling in one
dude's face and he was clearlycussing me out.
I had no idea.
Speaker 3 (30:20):
I'm gonna have to text all my fiascos.
I have eight of them no Isigned my mom's the eighth one,
but there's seven of them.
Okay, ladies, just a reminder.
Be nice, when you go to dps.
Speaker 2 (30:29):
Some of us will be trying, um, but they probably
are nice.
I'm telling you it's the youngones that were mean to me.
But anyway, um that I had a job, uh, 2-1-1.
Me and supervisors did not getalong.
We just different points ofviews, different type of
management styles.
I was there for six monthsWe've had that and I was like I
can't do it.
Actually, I mean we only havefour jobs oh, I'm forgetting one
(30:51):
before DPS Anyways.
And then I had the chamber,which was that job was a lot of
fun, opened different doors,doors, got to see different
things, um but I just wantedmore responsibility because that
was just an admin one.
Speaker 3 (31:06):
Oh yes, so I mean that's pretty much the reason
why I left that job.
Speaker 2 (31:09):
I imagine, yeah, connections there yeah but it's
just, I just I just wanted to bechallenged a little bit more.
So that's where I'm at, okay,but I'm big on, like I just it's
not fitting for me to be here,like, especially when I feel
like it starts to affect, um, mymental health.
Oh, absolutely, um, if I'mdreading coming to work and
(31:29):
don't actually no, this fourmonths, I don't think I really
dreaded going to work yet, butso it's because you're still
right.
Speaker 3 (31:35):
There has been jobs that I I worked at a medical
facility for a bit and there,there, I can remember exactly
where I was sitting in front ofthe mirror where I wanted to cry
because I just didn't want togo to work, um, and now there's
days that I don't want to go towork, but it's only because I
don't want to get out of bedthat's not because I hate my job
.
It's like I really want tosleep for another 30 minutes.
Speaker 1 (31:57):
Yeah, and then let me in yeah, it's just a different
vibe.
Speaker 2 (32:02):
So we're not telling you anyone, by the way, to go
quit your jobs, but I mean, if ashoe fits, you just know that
we this is, you know, a littlehelp with that.
But, anyway, when he said thatI just had the holler Because I
was like yeah, you should putthat out, are we okay?
I'm not I mean I'm cbr certified.
(32:23):
That doesn't mean I should bethe person to do it.
Look, I'm a very um,transparent, uh, vulnerable, uh
person I'm.
People say open book, but Imean I'm not a book that
everyone can read at the sametime.
Speaker 3 (32:34):
I'm gonna have to, I'm gonna have to steal that
from you.
Speaker 2 (32:37):
I'm just saying what I know, I saw, saw, I spent a
lot of time on Instagram butlike on, like motivational stuff
, and it was one.
It was like it's not that youdon't want your enemy to eat,
you don't want your enemy to eatat your table, and when I heard
that I was like yes, that'sexactly how I feel.
Go do you over there and I'mgoing to do me over here and I
(33:02):
applaud you from right here.
Yeah, but you just don't needto be, yeah, over there though.
Um, okay, so, last thing, youkind of feel like hit on it
earlier and you may go back tothat being the answer, but can
you leave our listeners with alittle motivation?
Speaker 3 (33:17):
inspire us my motivation, my words of
motivation would be as cliche asit sounds, but I do this.
I mean, I tell myself this thesame um to love yourself.
And again, it's easier said thandone and you have to put in the
work and you have to believe it.
(33:39):
But I promise you, if you loveyourself, the world will follow,
because when you love yourself,you see yourself in a certain
light and you will have othersaround you see you in that light
and when they don't, you willcatch it so quick that you will
walk away from it.
Speaker 2 (33:54):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (33:55):
And yeah.
Speaker 2 (33:56):
That's so true.
Speaker 3 (34:00):
Again circling back in your right right.
It took me longer to do that.
I've always there's adifference.
I've always been confident,work-wise, but to say I have
truly just believe I am.
You know it in um just aconfident manner just came
across, you know, after mydivorce, to be honest with you
because the divorce breaks youjust like anything else.
(34:22):
Any other breakup whether beingfired, a let go from a team,
whatever it may be losing, beingkicked out of a friend group,
whatever it is it kills yourspirit.
You have really have to putthat work to getting back to um,
just loving yourself, andloving yourself in a way that
you know is is worthy.
And you have to if you're abeliever and if you're not no
(34:43):
judgment, but when you thinkabout it, you are a child of God
.
You are a child of God and whenyou think of it that way, it
will change your entireperspective on how you love
yourself.
Because if you tell me thatwoman over there named Yanni,
that's a child of God.
There's no way I can disrespectyou.
You're a child of God.
(35:04):
I there's no way I candisrespect you.
You're a child of God andthere's no way I'm going to
disrespect myself or allowsomebody to disrespect me.
And when I, you look atyourself as being as a child of
God and everybody else aroundyou being that person, then
you're going to uplift them in away that you would uplift
yourself, or your family, yoursisters, your kids.
Um, so, yes, definitely, loveyourself, do the work.
Where don't you love yourself?
Why are we?
Why are we having that issue?
Why do you think that way?
And I say go to therapy.
But therapy looks different oneveryone.
(35:25):
When people hear therapy, theythink, oh God, I got to make an
appointment, I don't have time.
No, sometimes therapy meanstalking to your leaders in your
church group.
It means attending one woman'sretreat.
It means going to serve out inthe community.
Going to serve out in thecommunity um, sometimes you need
to see someone, um, someonegoing through a moment.
(35:50):
You know, if you go to ashelter and help there, you will
walk out of there knowingexactly what your blessings are
when you didn't see them before.
So there's a lot of ways tolearn to love yourself, to see
your blessings, and when youstart doing many steps to that,
whatever it may be, find yourfavorite podcast, start to
journal.
We, when you get a little bitolder, people tell you to
(36:11):
journal and that you're gonna besure like what am I gonna write
about?
But we get older, you startwriting about it.
You get to put your emotions onpaper and see what it is that
you have to work on in orderover anything.
When you love yourself.
Your people around you will seeit and you will see them start
to love themselves, and that'swhat you want.
(36:32):
You want everybody around youto just glow as much as you do
the ripple effect the rippleeffect?
yes, no monster, I'm very strongon that yeah, I mean it's, it's
a real thing.
That's literally how it goeslike it's, it's real when my
kids come home, um, you know,every now and then before now,
they're a little bit past it.
They're, you know, fifth andfourth, fourth and fourth and
(36:54):
third grade.
But you know they would say oh,you know, nydia was mean to me
at school and we'd have theconversation.
Well, did you say hi to Nydiabefore she was rude?
Were you nice to her beforehandand you got to understand, baby
, sometimes at home they don'thave a very happy place like you
do.
So if you didn't have a happyplace, would you be happy at
(37:15):
school?
They would say, no, okay, well,sometimes that's what that
happens.
But I, I promise you, if you'renice to them and they go home,
maybe they could take a littlebit happiness back home and fix
it.
So now I don't have to tellthem that.
They just do it naturally.
But it is definitely therippling effect.
It sounds like a podcast namedthe rippling effect I mean that
could be yours.
Speaker 2 (37:34):
just kidding, I'm just saying yeah, I mean, okay,
that was honestly some greatencouragement.
I think I needed to, you know,be reminded of that myself, to
love myself and remember, youknow, there's more than, like
you said, more than one way toshow love to yourself, but to
make sure that's part of my listof priorities to do so.
(37:58):
Thank you for that.
Thank you for coming on anddropping your life motto greatly
appreciated.
Thank you for having me noproblem at all, no problem.
Well, before we leave, I justwant to remind everyone that you
are loved, you are seen, youare heard, you are needed, you
are wanted, you are valued.
Um, like we stated earlier, uh,god has a plan for your life.
(38:24):
Just ask that you just spendsome time with him to figure out
what that plan is.
And I say figure out, I feellike you still don't figure out,
but if you talk to him, he'llhelp guide you through it,
because I feel like I figured it.
Sometimes I'm like, oh, that,and then I'm like, well, maybe
not actually this.
I think he's actually goinganother way.
So I mean, we're all winging ityeah so just, I think, just make
(38:46):
a priority to just be in hispresence.
Um, it's definitely going tochange and impact your life that
I can stay, I can say and standon for sure, um, but that's it
for us.
So peace out.
Speaker 1 (38:58):
Have a good one thank you for listening to another
episode of Standing in yourTruth with Yanni.
And if no one told you today,you are loved, you are beautiful
, you are needed and you matter.
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Speaker 2 (00:31):
Hello everyone, welcome to another episode of
Standing your Truth Podcast.
I am your host, yanni.
How's everyone's day going?
Mine has been a tad bit on thehectic side, but I'm just going
to say it's blessed.
The Lord has allowed me to beable to look out for family
(00:51):
members and give advice tofriends, so all is well.
But this podcast episode is notabout me, so we're going to
move right along.
I have my guest here and I'mgoing to allow her to introduce
herself.
Speaker 3 (01:06):
Hello everyone.
My name is Nydia Soriano.
I am a fellow Odessan, born andraised Are you born and raised
here.
Speaker 2 (01:15):
Yeah, I'm born and raised here I don't know girl,
where's my gold star?
I'm like okay, okay, okay.
Speaker 3 (01:21):
And I am a mother, I'm a non-profit enthusiast and
I am a true believer of God andall the wonderful things.
Speaker 2 (01:30):
I like that.
What did you say?
Non-profit?
What Enthusiast.
I'm not doing that.
What do you like to do?
Speaker 3 (01:38):
I like to volunteer is how I say that?
Hey, some people get voluntold.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
That's me a lot of times when I poke my head and
stuff, but anyway.
So let's start with our housequestion and just begin to get
to know you before we touch intoum the life model.
So what motivates you?
Speaker 3 (01:54):
what motivates me, my children.
I have a son and a daughter, a10 year old and nine year old
and honestly, it's it's mymotivation every single day.
They are the most amazinglittle creatures and they are in
that amazing stage where theyask you all the things and they
follow directions at least minedo.
We haven't hit the teenageyears.
(02:14):
I'm not looking forward to that.
I hear it's awful, but for nowthey're still in that
make-believe world where you cantalk to them about dragons and
the princesses and stuffedanimals and you know, just just
building a world around themthat they get to be kids.
That's my motivation that'ssweet.
Speaker 2 (02:30):
I always wonder, like , when parents are raising like
a boy and a girl, are thereclear parenting like different,
like different ways you have todo things versus how you do for
your daughter versus your son?
Is that like?
Speaker 3 (02:41):
I don't, I don't do, I'm more of a.
You get the same thing, you eatthe same thing you and all the
wonderful things.
But um, they're veryunderstanding and we have
conversations.
We're very big on communication.
They understand that you know,when you bring a toy over for
one, that doesn't necessarilymean the other will get one, and
vice versa, and so we have avery good understanding but
(03:01):
that's real life, like that'sreal life kudos to you for
teaching them that, because somekids don't understand it's
not a real world yeah, yeah,they don't understand that until
they're a teenager and then bythen it's like uh-oh, maybe a
little too late.
Speaker 2 (03:14):
Um, how do you protect your mental health?
Speaker 3 (03:17):
oh goodness, this is a wonderful question.
I am all about mental health.
Okay, girl, I do the work, I dothe work.
Uh, you name it, I do it.
I do something I startedrecently.
I started tapping, you know,like when you do the tapping and
the um, like theself-affirmation, and I have an
app and my best friend turned me, uh, onto it and it just kind
(03:39):
of sets the mood in the morningafter prayer, uh-huh.
And so I do the tapping, I dothe podcast, I do the journaling
, I do okay you know, do mybible reading at night time, the
prayers I, I'm there.
I'm there with mental health.
I know the importance of it andI hope that people discover it
way more before I did look, Itell you all the time.
Speaker 2 (03:58):
I think if people just took I would say, at the
least maybe a year of therapy,they don't realize how free they
will be.
Speaker 3 (04:07):
We need to get shirts .
I'm not saying something likeyou know, are you in therapy?
Speaker 2 (04:11):
You need to, because we all do I'm telling you
between getting rebaptized andlike dedicating and getting a
relationship with the Lord andtherapy.
Those two things changed mylife.
Speaker 3 (04:21):
Isn't that the truth?
I feel that people tell me allthe time, oh my gosh, you always
seem so happy or you got ittogether like no, I do the work
because, trust me, a couple ofyears ago you will see nothing
of what you saw today.
But you know, it takes thetherapy to get you where you're
at.
Speaker 2 (04:36):
for sure, yeah, but I mean we all have something
either we're dealing with, havedealt with this baggage, there's
issues, but I mean, if we don'tput like you said, we don't put
the work in and you know, Ifeel that a lot of people give
up on therapy because they onlytry one route.
Speaker 3 (04:49):
Yeah, and they're only educated that there's only,
you know, I don't know,counseling as opposed to.
Is it called emr?
Speaker 2 (04:56):
I don't know the the buzzing oh yeah, there's just so
many different routes to go.
Speaker 3 (05:00):
You can go you know faith-based Kelsey.
There's so many differentoptions so I advise people to
not, if it hasn't worked forthem, talk to somebody else and
find a different route, but youdefinitely need to talk to
somebody that's not directly inyour box.
Speaker 2 (05:13):
I think also you brought up a good point.
Um, I feel like people they tryone therapist and they're like
I'm never doing therapy becausethat one therapist either said
the wrong thing or didn't helpit or they didn't click, and I'm
like okay, cool, don't dotherapy with that person, go
find someone else it's like ahairdresser.
Speaker 3 (05:30):
If you don't like your haircut with one person,
guess what?
There's a thousand more.
Speaker 2 (05:33):
Go try it with someone else you know, that's,
that is the way I remember thatone too, because that is a
unique way of putting that.
So what advice would you giveyour younger self?
Speaker 3 (05:46):
To be bold.
To be bold, I don't.
It does not matter what coloryou are, what family you came
from.
We all have insecurities whenwe're younger, whether we don't
have the degree we're going tocommunity college, whether we're
missing, you know, we just comefrom a one home.
(06:07):
Whatever the situation is, um,I just wish I would have been.
I would be more bold walkinginto a room, more confident in
my ideas.
I just feel I would have, youknow, achieved a lot more
without waiting so long, if Ihad been just bold.
So I was just, uh, advice tomyself and I tell that to my
children just to be bold, saywhat you mean, mean what you say
, and you know, just walk withconfidence, definitely walk with
(06:28):
confidence.
Speaker 2 (06:29):
I think, um, I realized that about uh two years
ago.
Yes, just be bold and just tobe you just be you.
Yeah, just be you don't realizethe importance of that for sure
.
Well, what is the one moment inyour life that really shaped
you or made a huge impact?
Speaker 3 (06:49):
I won't give specifics, but I was let go from
a job position at one point.
I was, you know, I was let go,I was fired, and it completely
broke my heart and my spirit.
But it taught me so many things, um for one.
It taught me to have patience.
(07:10):
It reminded me that god has aplan and you have to trust it,
because had that event nothappened, something greater
wouldn't have taken place.
If I would have stayed in thatposition, I would have have been
stagnant and this wonderfulbreakthrough that I had almost a
year later, an entire yearlater, would have not happened.
So when the blessing came ayear later, I understood why
(07:36):
that had to happen, if thatmakes sense.
So that was definitely abreakthrough and just a boost in
confidence.
But, more than anything, I'venever strayed away from God, but
it definitely restored it toanother level that I didn't have
prior to that.
So that was definitely themoment in every aspect of life.
Speaker 2 (07:55):
It sounded like you probably went from like.
I feel like when I was younger,before I got re-baptized, I was
more caught up in the religionversus the relationship with
Christ.
And I feel like when you gothrough moments like that,
especially my divorce and tryingto come out of that depression,
I realized I had to get intorelationship with him and
(08:16):
actually get to know him andbegin to feel him.
Speaker 3 (08:20):
And you know, now, I'm that crazy.
I feel you know people mightthink like, oh, are you talking
on your AirPod?
Are you talking on phone?
I'm like no, I'm that crazy.
I feel you know people mightthink like, oh, are you talking
on your or your airpod, are youtalking on phone?
Speaker 1 (08:26):
like no, I'm just talking to God just having a
conversation.
You're driving down the road,yes it beats the road rage.
Speaker 2 (08:32):
I'm assuming that's the money well, some people
might need to be having thatconversation because they're
stuck on the road rage for sure.
All right, what is your mindset, um, when you are told no, or
door shuts?
Speaker 3 (08:46):
That happens to me often because I do work for a
nonprofit, so my official titleis Director of Fundraising and
Community Engagement.
The community engagement partis very fun.
It's a lot of networking, it'swhat everybody sees across
social media.
Now, what people don't see alot is the fundraising part.
When you are asking for sometype of support and it doesn't
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happen, I don't.
I no longer see things as a no,I strongly see them as a almost
like a homework thing.
It's a project to me, a schoolproject.
If Yanni tells me no todonating, I don't know a
microphone to my organization.
I want to know why you said no.
I'm not going to ask youdirectly, but I'm going to do my
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homework, homework on this, onthe entire situation.
And guess what?
I'm going to come back nextyear and I'm going to make the
same ask and it's going to beharder for you to tell me no,
because you've told me no onceand this time I come with
details and I know yourbackground and I know why you
told me no and I already workedon it.
So it's either it's notnecessarily for me, it's not.
Oh, I learned a lesson becauseI I'm doing my homework and I'm
coming back for it yeah, that'sI can see with you saying that,
(09:55):
now I can see why you'resuccessful.
Speaker 2 (09:59):
Thank you, like it's.
It's the work that you put init and the door being shut.
Speaker 3 (10:04):
I just don't believe in any door being shut there is.
I'm not a big Kardashian fan,I'm just not.
I think they're lovely, they'regreat, they're beautiful, but I
don't have their poster up on awall.
Yeah, but you know, goingthrough the nights of TikTok, I
saw, I heard of TikTok.
It was Kris Jenner.
As we know, she's so insanelysuccessful yeah but she said
when you get a no, you're justasking the wrong person.
(10:27):
Yeah, and and I I do believethat I don't, even if it's the
owner like maybe we need tospeak to the wife, maybe we need
to speak to them two together,maybe it's just the wrong time
and the place.
I just don't take that as adoor shut or a no.
It's just not an option.
For the most part, I'm not madat that I mean doing your
homework.
Speaker 2 (10:47):
Don't think I'm crazy .
No, I mean.
To me it makes sense because alot of times before I use like
when I've had to ask forsomething, and you go into it
with, like, you know, the ideaof like a cold call or just cold
asking without doing yourhomework, you kind of miss the
fact of like, like you said,maybe the wife is the one to ask
.
You know, the husband is notthe one.
(11:08):
Or you realize, oh, this personactually, you know, is really
into sports.
Speaker 3 (11:13):
Maybe we should ask them for the footballs, not the
other thing I had thisconversation with someone that
asked me to kind of come in anddo a little console on their uh
asking technique, um, and I saidyou know some people you
already know are going to be ano.
If you do your homework, so you, why waste your time?
So if you're going to be askingfor pta and you're at a
(11:35):
catholic school, um, and you'regoing to be asking the community
, then hit, hit the businessesthat you know are cath, that you
know have children in that area.
The grandparents are in thatschool.
So work on your list firstbefore you start cold calling
because, then you're wastingyour time and their time too.
You know what I mean, that'strue.
And that's a whole otherconversation.
(11:56):
Yeah, that is.
Speaker 2 (11:57):
Sally, you need to do a podcast on how to fundraise
for businesses.
Speaker 1 (12:02):
I believe you will execute it quite well.
Well, thank you.
Speaker 2 (12:05):
I'm just saying I'm like, I'm listening, I'm like,
oh, that makes so much sense.
Duh, why did we all think ofthis?
But comes back to the idea ofcommon, sense is not common, but
anyway, okay, now that we'redone with those, we get into the
juicy part.
I'm gonna give you a general.
Speaker 3 (12:25):
Oh, you're good what is your life motto?
Does it have to be in english,or can it be in spanish?
You?
Speaker 2 (12:34):
can?
You can say it in spanish, andthen, for those of us who have
not worked on our um espanol,you have to break it down for us
in english what is the onepopular app for?
Is it duolingo girl I've hadduolingo and it don't work for
me.
I also have, it's me not, notduolingo.
Um, I've also had a friend thatwas like I'll teach you like
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conversational spanish and Iknow like basics, like, like I
said, like I just froze, likelike taco, right, I'm like no,
no, no, no, no no.
I can like.
If someone asks you where thebathroom is, I know like banyo's
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bathroom, I know like just verybasic you can get by yes.
Now, if they talk too fast, I'mout.
So you have to slow the spanishdown.
And then, like, give me mybrain a second to process.
But I work at dps for a secondand I had to learn like I didn't
have to.
I chose to learn, uh like,driver license spanish, so like,
(13:38):
but I forgot all that it's beena minute, but I did learn it,
like I knew how to ask people,like what I asked people like
for the driver's license, I meanfor their um address or
something, I don't know, but Ilearned it.
I had a friend who actually putit uh phonetically on the uh
index card for me, so it wasn'tspelled.
That's a good friend, you knowshe is, that's still my friend.
Shout out to eunice um, but itwasn't.
(14:01):
Obviously it wasn't spelledcorrectly so someone looking at
it they wouldn't wouldn't know.
But if you say it then I was.
Yeah, but I had some customersthat were like really, really
sweet, usually it was the olderladies though, that would come
in.
They would be like, oh, andthey would tell her, like they
would tell Eunice.
We appreciate her for trying.
Okay, because I woulddefinitely jack up some words
hey, it's the effort that goes.
But yeah, for the a for effortyeah, but anyway, in my dream I
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would love to be a bilingual yes, so I am um.
Speaker 3 (14:29):
I I was put in esl, I think, third or fourth grade
but, my mother is a spanishspeaker.
Um, she, she's the same.
She can speak a little bit ofenglish, but you know, as full
conversation she's like, well,slow down a little bit, yeah,
but definitely.
Well, back to the question.
My life model is no pasa nadaand I think it.
(14:52):
It comes from growing up andyou fall and you know we don't
mom like our moms used to.
You know my son gets a littlecut.
I'm like, oh my God, baby, comehere, I'm going to band it on
and kiss and sing a song.
Girl, we got cuts back in theday.
Speaker 1 (15:07):
I'm like you're fine.
Speaker 3 (15:08):
You're fine, get up and go.
So it was like my mom would sayno pasa nada.
So if you translate itcorrectly, it means um kind of
like chill, it's gonna be okay.
So no pasa nada to me is, nomatter how bad the situation is,
um, granted, this is not withlike health, with our kids, our
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family, because then you knowthat is something grand.
But if it's something work-wiseuh a rumor, uh tired being blown
out, whatever it is it's likeno pasa nada, like there's
nothing that cannot be fixed,whether it's actual physical
product item that you can't fix,or if it's in a in some type of
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relationship, whether that be afriendship, whether that be a
co-worker, no pasa nada, becauseif you have that conversation
with that person nine times outof ten, it's going to work out,
it's going to be fixed.
The problem is that people donot do confrontation well you
know, and when I say that, thenthat turns into people do not
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communicate well, and when youdon't communicate well, then
things get turned around and itgets turned into bigger things,
bigger stress, bigger problems.
So, uh, my thing is no pasanada.
I address the situation,whatever it may be, as soon as I
can, and you just roll with itand you keep going, but no pasa
nada you said so many things allat one time.
Speaker 2 (16:35):
I'm like, nope, people, we definitely don't do
confrontation well because a lot, of, a lot of times, we're, I
think, for more than one reasonfor one, like you said, we don't
do confrontation well because alot, of, a lot of times, we're,
I think, for more than onereason for one, like you said,
we don't know how to communicate, um, and I think also either
party in the confrontation, ifwe're not self-aware, we're
(16:55):
either not, obviously not goingto communicate.
We're not even close toconflict and we're not even
going to know, like, how we'reactually feeling to be able to
communicate it.
Speaker 3 (17:03):
There's just so many things which what you said when
you said that there is so manythings, there's truly so many
things, but you know, I have I Irecently opened my twitter back
up because I was trying to openup the story about it's called
x now it's not twitter myaccount is still active,
apparently in some way oranother, and my uh, what is it
(17:24):
like?
Your entry sentence iscommunication is key.
I was like, oh my gosh, I knewit even then no.
Speaker 2 (17:29):
So yeah, half the adults don't, okay.
So wait, I was getting ready totry to say your motto.
Then I was like I will text itto you.
Wait, I want to say it.
Say it again no, no, okay.
I'm gonna walk around the house.
I bet you say that at any rushmexican restaurant or something.
I want to say it.
Say it again no, no, pasa nada,no pasa nada, oh, no pasa nada,
okay, yeah.
Speaker 3 (17:43):
I'm going to walk around the house saying that I
bet you say that at any Mexicanrestaurant or something and
they're going to smile becausethey know exactly what it means.
Speaker 2 (17:47):
Like you're right, boo, Nothing's going on, I mean
hey, so how has that affectedyour faith, or has it affected?
Speaker 3 (17:55):
your Um, well, I, I, you know there's just.
I could go on forever.
If we have the conversation onfaith, because the way it ties
in is because your faith andagain, this is in my personal
opinion your faith has to be sostrong that you believe that
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nothing is happening because Godis going to take care of it.
And I have reached a beautifulpoint in my life that I've
worked towards to believe that,to know, not believe to know
that it's going to work out,because God has planned it that
way for me, because if it is notfor me, he's going to take it
out of my life, because and Ipray on that and I know and I no
longer get hurt if a textmessage doesn't come back, if a
(18:43):
plan doesn't go through, becauseit's just a part of God's plan.
So si no pasa nada.
And you know, if I plan forsomething bigger, whether it be
my five-year goal, my two-yeargoal, my, my goal of something
to happen next week, I know thatGod's going to take care of it
in the best way.
He knows how that's going toprofit me and my family.
That God's going to take careof it in the best way.
He knows how that's going toprofit me and my family, whether
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it's going to be a blessing infive years or.
You know, when I was let go, Ishould have and, honestly, at
the moment I didn't think thatmodel, I didn't think no, pasa
nada, because a lot of thingswere happening.
You know I wasn't employed, Iwas like, what am I going to do?
But I wish I would have thoughtthat I'd been more strong in my
faith during that time, becauseI would have been so much
(19:25):
better with my stress levels.
But I often think how do peoplerise from a difficult situation
when they don't have theirstrong faith with God?
How, I don't know, and that's atrue answer.
I do not know, because if oneperson, if myself, can just come
(19:50):
out of the water and breathefor a second, it's only because
I know God has me.
So if I didn't have that, Ican't tell you where I would be
mentally.
Worse than that, I can't tellyou where my kids would be at
mentally.
First and foremost, I want toI've done the work, the mental
work to be in a good place formy kids because, as you know, if
the parents are happy, thattrickles down to your children.
(20:10):
When my children see me happy,they're happy and I have very,
very happy kids.
That is my biggest sense ofaccomplishment is when I see my
kids smiling and being wild.
And I've seen this in differentthings.
I've heard it in differentpodcasts that if your kids are
kind of acting up just aroundyou, it's because you're their
safe zone and my.
And then when kids are goofy,you will not see.
(20:33):
You will see some kids aroundtheir parents and they are
afraid to knock over water.
Um, I don't, I just don'tparent that't parent that way.
Accidents happen.
Learn from it and let's keepgoing and that's reflected back,
you know, and it's just.
We have to understand thateverything we do is a trickling
effect.
So how yanni is today on thepodcast, if you're in a bad mood
, guess what it might get me ina bad mood then I go back to the
(20:55):
office and I'm in a bad moodand they go home and they're in
a bad mood.
And then those kids go back toschool and they're in a bad mood
.
Then they're teachers.
You know we do not understandhow important our actions are
sometimes or how our behavior,the way we react with each other
, but but yeah, but it's whenyou're saying about the trickle
effect.
Speaker 2 (21:14):
I think a lot of times, um, this is with my
non-parental like I don't haveany kids, this is just my.
What I've seen um, parentsdon't kind of realize that
you're sending your little oneto school.
So you know you're sendinghappy kids that are probably um,
great friends, look out for youknow their classmates and all
(21:37):
that excellent, and like I thinkthat's definitely sets the tone
for the school and theclassrooms that they're in.
And, if I can be honest andjust my opinion, um, but then
there's parents are doing theopposite and they're not
pointing to their kids andthey're not teaching them that
and there's going to school andbeing little terrors and
probably giving the teacher youknow some trouble.
(21:58):
Or they're using, you know,school as a cry for attention
because they're not getting itat home.
Speaker 3 (22:03):
So it's something that kind of.
One of the few moments thatmade me super sad this last year
was, uh, my daughter one daycame home from school and she
said you know, um, do you thinkI'm pretty?
And it just stopped me dead inmy tracks because, of course,
you think your children, yoursisters, your mother's the most
beautiful people in the world.
And you know, I got at her eyelevel and I'm like baby, ask me,
(22:26):
tell me, what did you say she'slike?
Do you think I'm beautiful?
And that started a wholeconversation.
So then the next couple of days, when I was doing her hair, I
would say every morning, youhave to tell yourself and again,
this is just what I do.
I'm not saying it works foreveryone, but I know this is
what my daughter needed at themoment.
I said every day, when you wakeup in the morning, whether
you're at daddy's house or myhouse, I want you to look
yourself in the mirror and say Iam beautiful, I am strong, I'm
(22:49):
confident.
And she just thought it was theoddest thing, she was not
rolling with it.
So when I would do her hair, Iwould say I am beautiful.
She would repeat it I am strong, you know, I'm confident.
And now if you see her say thatin the morning, you're like
girl chill, girl chill.
But I mean she's all over it.
But you have to have thoseone-on-one conversations with
your kiddos and build up theirself-esteem.
(23:10):
You know that's important.
Speaker 2 (23:12):
I have a what am I part of?
Big brothers, big sisters, so Ihave a little oh okay, and
that's one of the things that Itold her.
Well, I told her mainly um, youdon't beg for friends, because
at this stage where she was, Ithink, um, I felt like she was
like pretty much begging forfriends, like she would do stuff
(23:34):
and I'm like that's not whatyou usually do, or she would get
in trouble.
We all been there at some pointin our lives and you wish you
would have.
Speaker 3 (23:41):
I mean, hopefully people figure it out sooner
rather than later I didn'tfigure it out till later.
Some adults still haven'tfigured it out yes, absolutely,
and so no, that's wonderful,that, yeah, I'm just like this
is.
Speaker 2 (23:51):
And then I went, maybe about a month ago, on an
outing with her and her mom.
We were out somewhere, um, andher mom started something
similar and I said, hey, that'skind of what I told her like.
And she was like, yeah, that's.
I said I'm glad that she didn'tknow I was telling her that and
I didn't know that she wastelling her that.
So she's getting it on bothends.
So it's kind of cool to knowthat, um, her mom and I are
(24:13):
somewhat in sync as well.
I'm sure the child does notquite love that, but, um, I
don't get it later.
Yeah, I just think.
Just think it's important.
I don't know, I literally made apost this morning that I just
believe that one of my callingsis to empower and uplift the
people that are around me.
So rather it be a five secondconversation with you or a
stranger, if I can find a way,whether it be a smile, a thank
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you, a doing something generousto hopefully uplift you and
remind you that you know Godcreated only one of you.
That is your superpower.
Um, he loves you.
You're seen, you're heard,you're needed, you're wanted,
you're valued.
Just, I think every singleperson, um, walking the earth
needs to be reminded of that.
Speaker 3 (24:54):
Yes, whether little person has a given talent.
Speaker 2 (24:57):
Yeah, use it yeah, but the problem I think, think,
with that statement is I wishpeople would take more time with
themselves to really learn whattheir talent is and realize
that they do have a talent.
I mean, it took me a long timeto figure out my list but you
did, I'm here 34 years later,but I'm here check her out.
(25:19):
Half of that came from we giveso much, those of us that have,
like servants, hearts.
We want to give, give, give,give, give, which is great, but
there has to be a boundary to it, because if I'm giving and my
cup is empty because I'm notmaking sure that you know I'm
performing at my you know leveland making that time with God
and personal growth and all that, then I can't really help you
(25:41):
get to your best because I'm notat my best.
Speaker 3 (25:44):
Yes, yes, and that I mean we can have conversations
all day, but and that goes intorelationships as well- you know,
a lot of people.
You end up being inrelationships again at one point
or another.
We're all there where you endup in a relationship where we're
giving more than you'rereceiving.
Speaker 2 (26:05):
So, yeah, no, where you end up in a relationship
where we're giving more thanyou're receiving, so yeah, no,
I'm with you on that one.
And that can be boyfriend,girlfriend relationships, or a
friendship, or even a family.
That type relationship, it'sliterally all of them, and I
think we also don't point thatout, that it's like it.
Speaker 3 (26:13):
That falls in every category of a type of
relationship and that's why weneed therapy, because your
therapist will call you out realquick one thing that's not the
nerve they be on is I'm like umsis.
So funny story is my sister isdoing her internship um with and
you know, in psychology, and soour conversations have changed
(26:35):
to where, you know, I'm likegirl, I need you to put sister
hat on, not therapist, I justneed you to listen, not judge.
And she's like well, the, thesister judges, okay.
I said okay, whatever, switchthe hats.
Speaker 2 (26:44):
I don't want you telling me how to take care of
it is hilarious, but I mean, Ifeel like those of us who have
that, that mind.
It's always there and I likehave to catch myself because I I
think I said it on here before,but so technically I'm a
certified life coach, okay, so Ifind myself giving little tips
(27:06):
and nippets and I'm like, wait,they didn't ask me for that.
And you know the average personis like, okay, they'll go about
their way.
But I'm like Yanni, chill,chill, chill.
Not everyone wants your advice,advice, and if they do,
depending upon they can pay forit.
So I'm just saying, absolutely,you know, that shows you how
(27:28):
that works.
Well.
Um, is there anything elseabout your life model that we
left off?
Any final things before we getto the last couple of questions?
um, no, no, just easy peasy easypiece, and I'll definitely say
that he'll be like what?
And I'm like, mind yourbusiness.
So what do you stand for?
Speaker 3 (27:52):
what do I stand for?
Yes, I stand for like.
I stand for justice.
I stand for all the good things, just good vibes, good people,
a good community, the simplicityof it.
Sometimes we make things harderthan they used to be, so I just
stand for just being aroundgood people and just doing good,
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being good to yourself, beinggood to others.
It doesn't take a lot, it justdoesn't.
You know, that's as simple asit is it doesn't people?
Speaker 2 (28:24):
I don't know why people make it seem like it's so
hard to encourage and upliftand be kind and I'm like it's
actually really easy.
I feel like it takes the daysI'm having a bad day and it's
just rough.
I feel like that takes moreenergy out of me than the days
where I'm chilling and openingdoors or volunteering somewhere.
Those things are light and easy.
Speaker 3 (28:43):
Yeah, just love, be loved, you know, just find the
goodness.
Find the goodness and let go ofwhat doesn't serve you.
Speaker 2 (28:49):
Ooh, that's a bar.
Speaker 3 (28:50):
Just let go of what doesn't serve you, whether that
be honestly, whether it be it'seasier said than done.
But you know some people are sounhappy.
I hear people all the time sayyou know they just sound so
frustrated leaving work.
Now, don't get me wrong.
I have those days because I'm alittle bit overwhelmed to have
a big project coming up.
But you have to love what youdo, you some people.
(29:11):
You know your job is yoursecond home you have to love
your job.
Keep going till you find thatplace that welcomes you.
Speaker 2 (29:20):
But I'm sorry, that's not funny.
I I laugh because my thatreally came out loud.
Oh, it's not funny, I laugh.
I mean, let me explain, why Ilaugh so do tell man I I meant
the job I met.
I've been there for four months.
Okay, now I've been in odessafor about five years, like right
before COVID and I probablythis is probably like my sixth
(29:44):
job.
Speaker 3 (29:46):
Okay, so you took that literally.
You felt like you bounced assoon as you weren't feeling it.
Speaker 2 (29:50):
That's why I left off because I'm like, ooh, Because
my family's like you better getsomewhere to sit down.
Like you're getting older, whichI mean makes sense.
But each situation like I, canbreak down like dps great job, a
lot of stability.
I wanted to be in the communityI have a heart to serve.
Dps is not the job for that.
You just get cussed out everyday, unfortunately in english
(30:13):
and spanish.
Make sure that point is there,because I was smiling in one
dude's face and he was clearlycussing me out.
I had no idea.
Speaker 3 (30:20):
I'm gonna have to text all my fiascos.
I have eight of them no Isigned my mom's the eighth one,
but there's seven of them.
Okay, ladies, just a reminder.
Be nice, when you go to dps.
Speaker 2 (30:29):
Some of us will be trying, um, but they probably
are nice.
I'm telling you it's the youngones that were mean to me.
But anyway, um that I had a job, uh, 2-1-1.
Me and supervisors did not getalong.
We just different points ofviews, different type of
management styles.
I was there for six monthsWe've had that and I was like I
can't do it.
Actually, I mean we only havefour jobs oh, I'm forgetting one
(30:51):
before DPS Anyways.
And then I had the chamber,which was that job was a lot of
fun, opened different doors,doors, got to see different
things, um but I just wantedmore responsibility because that
was just an admin one.
Speaker 3 (31:06):
Oh yes, so I mean that's pretty much the reason
why I left that job.
Speaker 2 (31:09):
I imagine, yeah, connections there yeah but it's
just, I just I just wanted to bechallenged a little bit more.
So that's where I'm at, okay,but I'm big on, like I just it's
not fitting for me to be here,like, especially when I feel
like it starts to affect, um, mymental health.
Oh, absolutely, um, if I'mdreading coming to work and
(31:29):
don't actually no, this fourmonths, I don't think I really
dreaded going to work yet, butso it's because you're still
right.
Speaker 3 (31:35):
There has been jobs that I I worked at a medical
facility for a bit and there,there, I can remember exactly
where I was sitting in front ofthe mirror where I wanted to cry
because I just didn't want togo to work, um, and now there's
days that I don't want to go towork, but it's only because I
don't want to get out of bedthat's not because I hate my job
.
It's like I really want tosleep for another 30 minutes.
Speaker 1 (31:57):
Yeah, and then let me in yeah, it's just a different
vibe.
Speaker 2 (32:02):
So we're not telling you anyone, by the way, to go
quit your jobs, but I mean, if ashoe fits, you just know that
we this is, you know, a littlehelp with that.
But, anyway, when he said thatI just had the holler Because I
was like yeah, you should putthat out, are we okay?
I'm not I mean I'm cbr certified.
(32:23):
That doesn't mean I should bethe person to do it.
Look, I'm a very um,transparent, uh, vulnerable, uh
person I'm.
People say open book, but Imean I'm not a book that
everyone can read at the sametime.
Speaker 3 (32:34):
I'm gonna have to, I'm gonna have to steal that
from you.
Speaker 2 (32:37):
I'm just saying what I know, I saw, saw, I spent a
lot of time on Instagram butlike on, like motivational stuff
, and it was one.
It was like it's not that youdon't want your enemy to eat,
you don't want your enemy to eatat your table, and when I heard
that I was like yes, that'sexactly how I feel.
Go do you over there and I'mgoing to do me over here and I
(33:02):
applaud you from right here.
Yeah, but you just don't needto be, yeah, over there though.
Um, okay, so, last thing, youkind of feel like hit on it
earlier and you may go back tothat being the answer, but can
you leave our listeners with alittle motivation?
Speaker 3 (33:17):
inspire us my motivation, my words of
motivation would be as cliche asit sounds, but I do this.
I mean, I tell myself this thesame um to love yourself.
And again, it's easier said thandone and you have to put in the
work and you have to believe it.
(33:39):
But I promise you, if you loveyourself, the world will follow,
because when you love yourself,you see yourself in a certain
light and you will have othersaround you see you in that light
and when they don't, you willcatch it so quick that you will
walk away from it.
Speaker 2 (33:54):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (33:55):
And yeah.
Speaker 2 (33:56):
That's so true.
Speaker 3 (34:00):
Again circling back in your right right.
It took me longer to do that.
I've always there's adifference.
I've always been confident,work-wise, but to say I have
truly just believe I am.
You know it in um just aconfident manner just came
across, you know, after mydivorce, to be honest with you
because the divorce breaks youjust like anything else.
(34:22):
Any other breakup whether beingfired, a let go from a team,
whatever it may be losing, beingkicked out of a friend group,
whatever it is it kills yourspirit.
You have really have to putthat work to getting back to um,
just loving yourself, andloving yourself in a way that
you know is is worthy.
And you have to if you're abeliever and if you're not no
(34:43):
judgment, but when you thinkabout it, you are a child of God
.
You are a child of God and whenyou think of it that way, it
will change your entireperspective on how you love
yourself.
Because if you tell me thatwoman over there named Yanni,
that's a child of God.
There's no way I can disrespectyou.
You're a child of God.
(35:04):
I there's no way I candisrespect you.
You're a child of God andthere's no way I'm going to
disrespect myself or allowsomebody to disrespect me.
And when I, you look atyourself as being as a child of
God and everybody else aroundyou being that person, then
you're going to uplift them in away that you would uplift
yourself, or your family, yoursisters, your kids.
Um, so, yes, definitely, loveyourself, do the work.
Where don't you love yourself?
Why are we?
Why are we having that issue?
Why do you think that way?
And I say go to therapy.
But therapy looks different oneveryone.
(35:25):
When people hear therapy, theythink, oh God, I got to make an
appointment, I don't have time.
No, sometimes therapy meanstalking to your leaders in your
church group.
It means attending one woman'sretreat.
It means going to serve out inthe community.
Going to serve out in thecommunity um, sometimes you need
to see someone, um, someonegoing through a moment.
(35:50):
You know, if you go to ashelter and help there, you will
walk out of there knowingexactly what your blessings are
when you didn't see them before.
So there's a lot of ways tolearn to love yourself, to see
your blessings, and when youstart doing many steps to that,
whatever it may be, find yourfavorite podcast, start to
journal.
We, when you get a little bitolder, people tell you to
(36:11):
journal and that you're gonna besure like what am I gonna write
about?
But we get older, you startwriting about it.
You get to put your emotions onpaper and see what it is that
you have to work on in orderover anything.
When you love yourself.
Your people around you will seeit and you will see them start
to love themselves, and that'swhat you want.
(36:32):
You want everybody around youto just glow as much as you do
the ripple effect the rippleeffect?
yes, no monster, I'm very strongon that yeah, I mean it's, it's
a real thing.
That's literally how it goeslike it's, it's real when my
kids come home, um, you know,every now and then before now,
they're a little bit past it.
They're, you know, fifth andfourth, fourth and fourth and
(36:54):
third grade.
But you know they would say oh,you know, nydia was mean to me
at school and we'd have theconversation.
Well, did you say hi to Nydiabefore she was rude?
Were you nice to her beforehandand you got to understand, baby
, sometimes at home they don'thave a very happy place like you
do.
So if you didn't have a happyplace, would you be happy at
(37:15):
school?
They would say, no, okay, well,sometimes that's what that
happens.
But I, I promise you, if you'renice to them and they go home,
maybe they could take a littlebit happiness back home and fix
it.
So now I don't have to tellthem that.
They just do it naturally.
But it is definitely therippling effect.
It sounds like a podcast namedthe rippling effect I mean that
could be yours.
Speaker 2 (37:34):
just kidding, I'm just saying yeah, I mean, okay,
that was honestly some greatencouragement.
I think I needed to, you know,be reminded of that myself, to
love myself and remember, youknow, there's more than, like
you said, more than one way toshow love to yourself, but to
make sure that's part of my listof priorities to do so.
(37:58):
Thank you for that.
Thank you for coming on anddropping your life motto greatly
appreciated.
Thank you for having me noproblem at all, no problem.
Well, before we leave, I justwant to remind everyone that you
are loved, you are seen, youare heard, you are needed, you
are wanted, you are valued.
Um, like we stated earlier, uh,god has a plan for your life.
(38:24):
Just ask that you just spendsome time with him to figure out
what that plan is.
And I say figure out, I feellike you still don't figure out,
but if you talk to him, he'llhelp guide you through it,
because I feel like I figured it.
Sometimes I'm like, oh, that,and then I'm like, well, maybe
not actually this.
I think he's actually goinganother way.
So I mean, we're all winging ityeah so just, I think, just make
(38:46):
a priority to just be in hispresence.
Um, it's definitely going tochange and impact your life that
I can stay, I can say and standon for sure, um, but that's it
for us.
So peace out.
Speaker 1 (38:58):
Have a good one thank you for listening to another
episode of Standing in yourTruth with Yanni.
And if no one told you today,you are loved, you are beautiful
, you are needed and you matter.
Be sure to follow on Facebookat Standing in your Truth
Podcast with Yanni.
Also on Instagram Talks withYanni.
(39:19):
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