October 12, 2025 • 12 mins
this week of the #selflove100 is all about self-awareness- noticing how we fuel and nourish our bodies with intention. similar to our very first week of awareness and reflection- this time we're really focusing on what we're putting into our bodies.
from the meals that energize us to the habits that drain us, this episode invites you to slow down, reflect, and reconnect with what truly makes you feel good from the inside out. it’s not about perfection- it’s about presence.
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(00:00):
Welcome back to theSelf-Love Archives podcast.
I am your host, Julia Salvia.
I am so gratefulthat you are here.
You are coming into the podcastat the perfect time because
for the rest of 2025, we aredoing the self-love 100, 100
Days of Loving Yourself more soon December 31st of this year.
(00:22):
You are going to look backat the last couple of weeks
that you have spent in 2025saying, oh my goodness,
I love myself more, and Ican promise you that if you
implement these habits, theseroutines, and join us every
single week here on the podcastfor only about 10 minutes.
These are super,super short episodes.
(00:43):
For that reason so that youcan take everything that
you've learned, take it withyou throughout the week,
and come back the next weekfor the next challenge.
You will love yourselfmore by the end of 2025.
(01:05):
We are on week number five,episode four, week number five,
and this week I have to sayI really dislike this week.
And that's because of myown insecurities and my
own issues, and probablythe number one thing that
I struggle with the most.
(01:27):
I am always, always,always trying to find
balance in the ways that Inourish and fuel my body.
And it seems to be the one thingthat I really struggle with.
And I've, I've gotten itdown pat in the past and
I've done really well,but it is the first.
Habit to go when all hellbreaks loose, I guess in life.
(01:53):
Or when life gets crazy or yougo on vacation and come home.
It's like the number one thingthat I really struggle with.
So knowing that, I want youto know that if it's also
something that you strugglewith, that you are not alone.
Um, I. I'm very cognizant ofthe type of language I use when
speaking about the ways thatwe fuel and nourish our bodies,
(02:15):
because number one, it is sodifferent across every single
human in this world, right?
From man to woman to childto adult, to someone who,
um, has this or someone whois that it's so incredibly
different and there are so many.
(02:38):
Different ways that we cannourish and fuel our bodies,
but there are also so manydifferent ways that we can
nourish and fuel our bodiesaccording to what we like, who
we are, the environments thatwe live in, and our capacity
and privilege that we have.
So knowing all of that thisweek is not about really doing
(03:02):
anything except for awareness.
Similar to our very firstweek of the Self-Love 100, we
took a whole entire week tojust be aware of where we are
at, and I think that's themost, most, most important
part of this journey in thischallenge is to really become
(03:26):
more self-aware of yourself,because it's one thing in these.
Challenges and sometimes theseridiculous diets or these
things that everybody is justjoining in on these trends.
Like it's one thing todo those things and it's
another to actually be awareof how things affect you.
(03:51):
And how things make you feel,and that's what I want you
to focus on for this week.
So we are not going to bepaying attention necessarily
to our calorie intake or whatthis has in it or what that
has in it, or if we're goingout to dinner this Thursday
or what we for breakfastevery day, or what we don't
eat for breakfast every day.
(04:12):
What I just want you to dothis entire week is take the
week to become more self-aware.
And what that means issimilar to our week one,
is when it comes to theways that you are fueling
and nourishing your body.
So what you're taking,um, what, what you're
intaking into your body.
And that goes far beyond.
(04:33):
But let's focus on theinternal this week.
Everything that you areeating, everything that you
are consuming, whether thatis a food, um, a liquid, a
vitamin supplement mineral.
Anything across the board,anything that you are giving
to give your body energy.
(04:55):
'cause that's what fooddoes for us, right?
Gives us our vitamins andminerals to help our body
function the way that it'ssupposed to, and it also
provides us with energy, whichis what makes us function.
I want you to take note ofthe foods or the things that
you are consuming that mightnot make you feel so good.
Whether that's not makeyou feel good, physically,
(05:16):
mentally, emotionally, areally, really great example.
So as I've noticed recentlyas I've gained a little bit
of weight, there are a lot of,lot of, lot of different things
going on and puzzle piecesthat kind of all fit together.
But if we're just focusingon this one thing, I have
been getting what's calledesophageal spasms, and that's
(05:39):
like right in the center of.
My chest, it feels really tight.
Some people say that it'ssimilar to the way that
like a heart attack feels.
It's, it is a very,very, very intense pain.
Um, but with a lot of researchand bouncing it off of my
doctors and things like that,it seems just like something
that has happened because ofthe weight that I've gained.
(06:02):
And it's has, has justkind of like almost.
Made my esophagus feel smaller,so I'm not able to swallow
certain foods as easilyas I was once was before.
It's a part of.
Gerd, if you've ever heardof gerd, without getting
(06:24):
into so much detail about it.
The point is, is that it is veryuncomfortable and it's really
painful, and I started to noticeit maybe a couple of months ago
and realized, okay, what are thefoods that are causing this to.
Be more inflamed.
(06:44):
What is, what are the foods thatI'm eating that are causing my
esophagus to be more inflamed?
Has nothing to do with whatI like, what I don't like.
Just point blank.
Let's be very self-aware andask myself, what is hurting?
What is making this?
What is triggering itessentially, and I kind of
(07:06):
came down to a couple ofthings that are very specific.
Actually.
It is potatoes, reallypotatoes of any kind.
Pasta but not soft pasta.
It's only withsuper aldente pasta.
I know cries, criesin Italian cries.
But like super Alden say pasta.
(07:27):
It does not happen with riceor any other grains like
bread or anything like that.
And then occasionally itwill happen with any sort
of like seltzer or bubblydrink, but not always.
Usually it's more of like ifit's already happening from
all of these other things, likethe super aldente pasta or the
potatoes, it'll, a bubbly drinkwill make it 10 times worse.
(07:50):
That's one thing thatI've personally been
really self-aware of.
The plan movingforward from that.
Self-awareness is somethingthat we're going to work
on next week, but this weekI don't want you to judge
yourself for anything.
I don't want you toset up an action plan.
(08:10):
All I want you todo is be aware.
Another thing that I want toadd in here in regards to being
aware of what you're consuming,how you're nourishing and
fueling your body, is this.
Notice how you feel beforeyou eat something, while you
eat something, and how youfeel after you eat something.
(08:32):
And that goes with howyou feel physically,
mentally, and emotionally.
How do these things that youare choosing for yourself,
eating and then digesting,like how do those things
make you feel mentally,physically, and emotionally?
Are you making yourselffeel guilty for eating
(08:53):
specific things or eatingsomething at a specific time?
Do you feel fineprior to eating it?
Feel guilty while you'reeating it, but feel fine after.
I want you to noticethese feelings.
Do you feel amazing before, fineduring, and then shitty after.
(09:14):
For me, that's a perfectexample of the esophageal
spasms that I'm having.
Like I feel fine before,not so great during, and
then pretty shitty after.
And then after I'vedigested, like everything's
perfectly fine.
Like nothing kind of comesfrom that, but now that I'm
self-aware, and I know thatthis happens every time I
(09:35):
go to have that same dish orthat same type of food that
makes me feel that way, I'mquestioning myself before I'm
nervous, during and after.
Just depends on whetheror not it made my body
inflamed and made thatesophageal spasm happen.
So taking that as you will.
(09:56):
I just want you to be awarethis week, please do not be
hard on yourself as I knowthat a lot of us can be.
Food is not something thatshould make us feel guilty.
It's not something thatwe should, I genuinely
think we should havenecessarily any feelings
(10:18):
around besides good ones.
Food is fuel and nourishingand fueling our bodies in
the ways that our body needsis completely different
from everyone else.
Completely different fromeveryone else, and I want
(10:39):
you to let that sink in.
So whatever your findings arethis week, I want you to take
them with no emotion, almostlike writing it down on a piece
of paper and saying, okay.
No emotion, no positive, nonegative emotions, no emotion.
(11:00):
Being self-awareis exactly that.
It's just being aware ofhow you feel mentally,
physically, and emotionally.
And that is it for this week.
Next week we're gonnago into refining.
Those findings, thatself-awareness that you had
with yourself this week tosee how to move forward so
(11:22):
that you can learn more aboutyourself and your body and how
to nourish and fuel your bodyin the ways that you need.
Thank you so much for hangingout with me this week, sending
you all of the love in theentire world, and if you have
any questions about anything.
Please know that I amnot a nutritionist.
(11:45):
I am not a dietician,I'm not a doctor.
I'm none of those things.
All that I am here is a bestie,a best friend for you to help
you learn more about you.
And I think that self-awarenessis at the forefront
and the top of that.
And when we have that, we cangive ourselves more self-love.
(12:07):
Self-love is all aboutthe learning process of
ourselves and when we canlearn more about ourselves,
we can love ourselves more.
We can get closer to feelingfully irrevocably in love with
who we are, but we need to knowwho we are inside, out and all
around in order to do that.
(12:29):
I'll see you back herenext week for week six.
I love you.
Have the best week ever.
Welcome back to theSelf-Love Archives podcast.
I am your host, Julia Salvia.
I am so gratefulthat you are here.
You are coming into the podcastat the perfect time because
for the rest of 2025, we aredoing the self-love 100, 100
Days of Loving Yourself more soon December 31st of this year.
(00:22):
You are going to look backat the last couple of weeks
that you have spent in 2025saying, oh my goodness,
I love myself more, and Ican promise you that if you
implement these habits, theseroutines, and join us every
single week here on the podcastfor only about 10 minutes.
These are super,super short episodes.
(00:43):
For that reason so that youcan take everything that
you've learned, take it withyou throughout the week,
and come back the next weekfor the next challenge.
You will love yourselfmore by the end of 2025.
(01:05):
We are on week number five,episode four, week number five,
and this week I have to sayI really dislike this week.
And that's because of myown insecurities and my
own issues, and probablythe number one thing that
I struggle with the most.
(01:27):
I am always, always,always trying to find
balance in the ways that Inourish and fuel my body.
And it seems to be the one thingthat I really struggle with.
And I've, I've gotten itdown pat in the past and
I've done really well,but it is the first.
Habit to go when all hellbreaks loose, I guess in life.
(01:53):
Or when life gets crazy or yougo on vacation and come home.
It's like the number one thingthat I really struggle with.
So knowing that, I want youto know that if it's also
something that you strugglewith, that you are not alone.
Um, I. I'm very cognizant ofthe type of language I use when
speaking about the ways thatwe fuel and nourish our bodies,
(02:15):
because number one, it is sodifferent across every single
human in this world, right?
From man to woman to childto adult, to someone who,
um, has this or someone whois that it's so incredibly
different and there are so many.
(02:38):
Different ways that we cannourish and fuel our bodies,
but there are also so manydifferent ways that we can
nourish and fuel our bodiesaccording to what we like, who
we are, the environments thatwe live in, and our capacity
and privilege that we have.
So knowing all of that thisweek is not about really doing
(03:02):
anything except for awareness.
Similar to our very firstweek of the Self-Love 100, we
took a whole entire week tojust be aware of where we are
at, and I think that's themost, most, most important
part of this journey in thischallenge is to really become
(03:26):
more self-aware of yourself,because it's one thing in these.
Challenges and sometimes theseridiculous diets or these
things that everybody is justjoining in on these trends.
Like it's one thing todo those things and it's
another to actually be awareof how things affect you.
(03:51):
And how things make you feel,and that's what I want you
to focus on for this week.
So we are not going to bepaying attention necessarily
to our calorie intake or whatthis has in it or what that
has in it, or if we're goingout to dinner this Thursday
or what we for breakfastevery day, or what we don't
eat for breakfast every day.
(04:12):
What I just want you to dothis entire week is take the
week to become more self-aware.
And what that means issimilar to our week one,
is when it comes to theways that you are fueling
and nourishing your body.
So what you're taking,um, what, what you're
intaking into your body.
And that goes far beyond.
(04:33):
But let's focus on theinternal this week.
Everything that you areeating, everything that you
are consuming, whether thatis a food, um, a liquid, a
vitamin supplement mineral.
Anything across the board,anything that you are giving
to give your body energy.
(04:55):
'cause that's what fooddoes for us, right?
Gives us our vitamins andminerals to help our body
function the way that it'ssupposed to, and it also
provides us with energy, whichis what makes us function.
I want you to take note ofthe foods or the things that
you are consuming that mightnot make you feel so good.
Whether that's not makeyou feel good, physically,
(05:16):
mentally, emotionally, areally, really great example.
So as I've noticed recentlyas I've gained a little bit
of weight, there are a lot of,lot of, lot of different things
going on and puzzle piecesthat kind of all fit together.
But if we're just focusingon this one thing, I have
been getting what's calledesophageal spasms, and that's
(05:39):
like right in the center of.
My chest, it feels really tight.
Some people say that it'ssimilar to the way that
like a heart attack feels.
It's, it is a very,very, very intense pain.
Um, but with a lot of researchand bouncing it off of my
doctors and things like that,it seems just like something
that has happened because ofthe weight that I've gained.
(06:02):
And it's has, has justkind of like almost.
Made my esophagus feel smaller,so I'm not able to swallow
certain foods as easilyas I was once was before.
It's a part of.
Gerd, if you've ever heardof gerd, without getting
(06:24):
into so much detail about it.
The point is, is that it is veryuncomfortable and it's really
painful, and I started to noticeit maybe a couple of months ago
and realized, okay, what are thefoods that are causing this to.
Be more inflamed.
(06:44):
What is, what are the foods thatI'm eating that are causing my
esophagus to be more inflamed?
Has nothing to do with whatI like, what I don't like.
Just point blank.
Let's be very self-aware andask myself, what is hurting?
What is making this?
What is triggering itessentially, and I kind of
(07:06):
came down to a couple ofthings that are very specific.
Actually.
It is potatoes, reallypotatoes of any kind.
Pasta but not soft pasta.
It's only withsuper aldente pasta.
I know cries, criesin Italian cries.
But like super Alden say pasta.
(07:27):
It does not happen with riceor any other grains like
bread or anything like that.
And then occasionally itwill happen with any sort
of like seltzer or bubblydrink, but not always.
Usually it's more of like ifit's already happening from
all of these other things, likethe super aldente pasta or the
potatoes, it'll, a bubbly drinkwill make it 10 times worse.
(07:50):
That's one thing thatI've personally been
really self-aware of.
The plan movingforward from that.
Self-awareness is somethingthat we're going to work
on next week, but this weekI don't want you to judge
yourself for anything.
I don't want you toset up an action plan.
(08:10):
All I want you todo is be aware.
Another thing that I want toadd in here in regards to being
aware of what you're consuming,how you're nourishing and
fueling your body, is this.
Notice how you feel beforeyou eat something, while you
eat something, and how youfeel after you eat something.
(08:32):
And that goes with howyou feel physically,
mentally, and emotionally.
How do these things that youare choosing for yourself,
eating and then digesting,like how do those things
make you feel mentally,physically, and emotionally?
Are you making yourselffeel guilty for eating
(08:53):
specific things or eatingsomething at a specific time?
Do you feel fineprior to eating it?
Feel guilty while you'reeating it, but feel fine after.
I want you to noticethese feelings.
Do you feel amazing before, fineduring, and then shitty after.
(09:14):
For me, that's a perfectexample of the esophageal
spasms that I'm having.
Like I feel fine before,not so great during, and
then pretty shitty after.
And then after I'vedigested, like everything's
perfectly fine.
Like nothing kind of comesfrom that, but now that I'm
self-aware, and I know thatthis happens every time I
(09:35):
go to have that same dish orthat same type of food that
makes me feel that way, I'mquestioning myself before I'm
nervous, during and after.
Just depends on whetheror not it made my body
inflamed and made thatesophageal spasm happen.
So taking that as you will.
(09:56):
I just want you to be awarethis week, please do not be
hard on yourself as I knowthat a lot of us can be.
Food is not something thatshould make us feel guilty.
It's not something thatwe should, I genuinely
think we should havenecessarily any feelings
(10:18):
around besides good ones.
Food is fuel and nourishingand fueling our bodies in
the ways that our body needsis completely different
from everyone else.
Completely different fromeveryone else, and I want
(10:39):
you to let that sink in.
So whatever your findings arethis week, I want you to take
them with no emotion, almostlike writing it down on a piece
of paper and saying, okay.
No emotion, no positive, nonegative emotions, no emotion.
(11:00):
Being self-awareis exactly that.
It's just being aware ofhow you feel mentally,
physically, and emotionally.
And that is it for this week.
Next week we're gonnago into refining.
Those findings, thatself-awareness that you had
with yourself this week tosee how to move forward so
(11:22):
that you can learn more aboutyourself and your body and how
to nourish and fuel your bodyin the ways that you need.
Thank you so much for hangingout with me this week, sending
you all of the love in theentire world, and if you have
any questions about anything.
Please know that I amnot a nutritionist.
(11:45):
I am not a dietician,I'm not a doctor.
I'm none of those things.
All that I am here is a bestie,a best friend for you to help
you learn more about you.
And I think that self-awarenessis at the forefront
and the top of that.
And when we have that, we cangive ourselves more self-love.
(12:07):
Self-love is all aboutthe learning process of
ourselves and when we canlearn more about ourselves,
we can love ourselves more.
We can get closer to feelingfully irrevocably in love with
who we are, but we need to knowwho we are inside, out and all
around in order to do that.
(12:29):
I'll see you back herenext week for week six.
I love you.
Have the best week ever.
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