On this episode of Passive Income for Mamas Podcast, Nellie talks about health, wellness, and self-care for busy moms.
This episode is sooooooo important…what I’m promising myself to do in 2024 my HEALTH!!!!! #healthiswealth
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Shout out to the amazing Kristen Rourke for sponsoring this very important episode. Comment HEALTH for her free health chat and give her a follow!
On this episode of Passive Income for Mamas Podcast, Nellie talks about health, wellness, and self-care for busy moms.
This episode is sooooooo important…what I’m promising myself to do in 2024 my HEALTH!!!!! #healthiswealth
We will chat about:
Shout out to the amazing Kristen Rourke for sponsoring this very important episode. Comment HEALTH for her free health chat and give her a follow!
I could not be more excited for this episode, which sounds crazy because we're talking about health, wellness, fitness, because health is wealth like first and foremost health as well. And I thought it would be really fun and impactful if I shared what I am promising to do in 2024 when it comes to my health and wellness, and me in general. So grab a pen and paper as long as you aren't driving, and take some notes. And I would love I would love to know what you're promising to do this year for your health and wellness because it is so imperative that we take care of ourselves. And this episode is coming at the perfect time because I don't know if you can hear but I'm getting over the gnarliest sinus yuckiness. It knocked me on my ass like, I have not been as sick as I've been for this long and so long. And so we're gonna get into that today. And we're going to talk about all things health and wellness as your BFF. I am not a health practitioner, I am not a nutritionist, or any of those things. So this is truly me being on this journey with you being your BFF sharing what I'm doing, and most importantly pointing you to the experts. So I could not be more honored and grateful to have our sponsor of today be Kristen Rourke, she is one of the most amazing human beings we have known each other for a couple of years now. And she is the CEO and creator of a busy mom BOD that is truly dedicated to make sure mothers are getting the time and attention that they deserve with their health and well being. And she is so real, so lovable, so supportive, like you like just this, like calming energy to her. And she's on a mission to help as many moms as she possibly can around the world, prioritize themselves and give her a follow connect with her, she has a complimentary health chat, you will not be disappointed. Just trust me, trust me, you will be so grateful. And prioritizing you is is the top priority like it gets to be. And I know that that is not always easy coming from a mom of two. And obviously both kids under six years old, life is crazy. And moms don't get sick days. So although I've been sick, it's not so easy to take care of yourself when you are sick. So I've been doing the best that I can, especially with a supportive partner has helped and great clients that I've you know, needed to shift a few things. So everyone's been just so kind and checking in. And, you know, I think that's where I want to start having a supportive loving community, near and far, is so huge, and the good times and in in the challenging times. And so it that emotional well being, like, I do believe we get to always prioritize your emotional well being before any burpees or protein or any of those things, because sometimes you just need to crawl into bed, and to have a good cry, and to read a good book and to get extra sleep. And that was me and 2023 like it was all about emotional well being. And then I really like ramped it up towards the end of the year and ran a half marathon which was incredible, like on all the levels, running a half marathon. I highly recommend it. I know. It seems hard and it is hard. And also so worth it like on race day, you will thank yourself. Like it's such a good way to challenge yourself and expand your comfort zone. So much though, so that I'm the crazy person that's like, you know what? I'm gonna promise myself in 2024 I am running a full marathon and registration is open for the Columbus full marathon. And when I was sick, I almost signed up and I stopped myself because I was like, I want to enjoy the moment I press send, like, I don't want to be sick and snotty and all of the things. So I did pause and stopped myself like I am going to sign up. I've already talked about it too. Too much. I've already made the promise to myself. But I was like I really want to enjoy that moment because I think what we like the energy that we put around I found anything is really, really important. And so it's up the early bird pricing is still good. And it's good for like a few more weeks. So I'm excited to, to fully feel better and, and make that sign up. So that's the first promise. Now, that is an October, which is actually a really good thing. So I'll be signing up very soon. And then the race happens in October, you can't fake a, you will, you can't really fake a full a half marathon and you really can't fake a full marathon like you have to prepare or you will, like it's more likely that you will hurt yourself. And so I actually like that because my brain something in my brain when I know that that's the case, like, it does something to me in the best way possible. I'm like, Okay, it's time to rise to the occasion and the woman that is going to run that full marathon in October. So Oh, my gosh, I mean, January's almost gone. At this point, so holy, like nine months away, the woman that will be there, like who I'm becoming, to be able to run a full marathon, I can't wait to meet her. Like, I truly can't wait to meet her because it takes months and months to train hours and hours, hours, miles and miles and miles, right? What you put into your body, like I already have a game plan. The Nike Run app is fabulous. So it already has like your running schedule in there. And it's a free app, a free app. And that is like, where I also want to go with this conversation because, like, it's free to go run outside, right? It's it cost about like, I think, I think the full marathon is $150 to sign up. But I've spent more target, right. And this is like investing in my health and fitness, right? It's free to go run outside the Nike app is free meditating is free. Water, for the most part is free, right? Like, there are so many free resources and all categories of life that we do under utilize, I think I know I do at least. And so those are like I have a little list of promises when it comes to my health and well being. And a lot of them are free or very inexpensive. And I think that that is so important to acknowledge, like journaling, books, like I mean, technically, you can go to the library, I will be doing audible, but I even know, the library has a similar version of audible, that you can read audiobooks, right? Like, I always recommend, and I myself, go go to the free stuff, there are, there is a wealth of information out there. And resources and support that is either free and or very, very affordable, that can give you so much momentum and impact your life and so many beautiful, amazing, powerful ways that we I I'm gonna take responsibility, I don't want to take responsibility for you. I know I under utilize and so I am tapping into those things. Even I've been looking in our pantry, what meals can we make? Like, what supplies do we have around our house? Like, we tend to always go outside of what we already have. But like let's use what we have around us and what's at our fingertips that we can really up level and up grade every aspect of our life. And on this episode, health, right. And when I think health I think mind, body and soul, like all of it, like from the internal stuff to the external stuff, feeling good, looking good, being good, right? Being better, being stronger, being calmer. And so everything on my plan and my vision with my promise of prioritizing my health is really focused on that like being better, right? I know there's so much that I can do to be better. And I think there's that beautiful duality of I'm proud of the progress I've made like I birthed two babies. And that is no small feat. I have recovered from two C sections. I have been growing a business right like it's there's such a duality of I'm proud of who I am and what I've done for my health and fitness like I I've been going on an ADHD journey and I got meds last year and it was life changing. I've been through therapy like there's so much that I have done and I think it is important to acknowledge yourself for those things and be proud of those things and it's totally okay and it gets to be calibrated that you still want to do better or you desire more or you want to go deeper? Like, I think that that gets confused a lot because then it's like well aren't when will you ever be happy and it's like, well, especially with my health and fitness and my health and well being, I feel like there's always room to expand, there's always room to go deeper and the more we take care of ourselves, like it truly, truly does impact every area of our life, like in so many beautiful ways. Like I do want to take you back in time really quickly, when I wasn't taking care of myself and I was burnout. Like I think back I literally barely slept. Like I was running a nonprofit organization working three jobs like it makes me so sad to think about. I was living paycheck to paycheck, I was so burnout. So lost and confused. Like, I didn't know it then at least I pretended not to know. I was so anxious. I had so much trauma, so many money blocks. I was like 40 pounds over like overweight for where I wanted to be. Didn't go the doctor didn't go to therapy, right? Anxious, anxious, anxious, I didn't know I had ADHD. It is a freaking miracle that I was able to do what I did, then being in that body. Like when I really look back, like hindsight is always 2020. Like, I'm like, I want to hug her. Like if that were my daughter, like, I would just want to like hug her and love her and be like, Oh my gosh, she was so burnt out. She was so exhausted. She was so filled with anxiety and trauma. And she was just getting by she was in true survival mode and did not even know it. But yet, everyone else was saying that she was so successful I was you're gonna cringe when you hear this. I literally probably drink a Red Bull every morning with a pop tart. Every morning. Like that's not even a moderation like every now and then I'll have like a sugar free Red Bull. Like when I'm craving one. Very rarely. But this was like, every morning, a rental like a large Red Bull, and a pop tart. And, like, so bad. It's so bad. I did not drink water, right? Like No wonder. And I had panic attacks on while driving, my whole body would go numb. To the point where I saw doctor after doctor one doctor was very sure that I had Ms. Which if you Google MS is very serious. And it terrified me like he's like I'm pretty sure you have Ms. Well come to find out. I just wasn't taking care of myself. So back then this was before before I had kids back then I was like, I remember because the episodes of driving and my body going numb happened, like multiple times a week. And there was one in particular time that I was like I can't. It was like a come come to Jesus moment. I was like, I can't keep living like this. I can't keep being like this. Like, it is my responsibility. I am an adult, right. Like it was a very young adult, but still. And I was like, I've like I've got to start somewhere. And I want to tell you that after that day, like I magically got better. But I didn't. Like I'm just being honest. Like, I started I tried and I self sabotage, right? Because when you're in that thick of where you're at, it's not as easy as just like, oh, just do better. And you do better, right? I self sabotage to the crap out of that, like, come to Jesus moment. Like I try and I am proud of that. But like, I remember like I hired a personal trainer after that. And I was going to the gym and paying the personal trainer, but I just told you that I was living paycheck to paycheck. So then I was spending more money. And then I remember her asking me one day, she was like, How's your health? Or how's your eating going? And I'm like, great. It was terrible, right? It was so terrible. And I say this now with like laughter but like, I don't know what else to do, because it's just it was that bad. And again, hindsight is 2020 but then finally, I got my ish together. And I literally joined a health and fitness challenge and went all in worked out like I worked out every morning I drink a shake. Like I did all the things like there was like a little checkbox and I like did all the things and I wouldn't you know it I started feeling amazing. Like to the point where like my hair at the time was really long and it got shorter and shorter and shorter. My, my face got thinner and thinner and thinner. I like got so much energy. i It was so interesting to me when people started to notice that I lost weight. And like the confidence boost, like that's what I'm in for now, like just the confidence, you can't put a price tag on your actual like health and well being and your confidence, like, we're going for the Holy Grail here, ladies and 2024. Like it's all of it like, to me, it's not necessarily like the weight on the scale because I would much rather be like, You know what, I feel strong, I feel energized, I feel powerful, I feel calm, I feel excited, right, like the weight, like the weight on the the number on the scale does matter. I don't want to push that away just as much as money in the bank matters, right, but it's not the whole story. And so I've just learned so much of her all the years. And obviously having two babies, my weight, my weight has gone up and down, my wellbeing has gone up and down. I've been very open about postpartum depression, both times I was more open this this round than it was last round. With Emma in. So I just think all of this is just so important to have more open conversations, which is why I love having this space. And I have some more exciting things in the works to just show you like more behind the scenes, and just being really real, like probably too, too real. Like at times, you're gonna be like, okay, that lady did that need to know that. But I don't see anyone in my space on the internet there could be there, they could be out there, I'm not gonna say that they're not. But I don't see anyone sharing the behind the scenes stuff deeply and showing you and going through the journey with you as like a BFF. And that's really like, what I'm here to do is to show you that like, I'm just a mom in Columbus, Ohio, that has the ups and the downs. And the most imperfect leader, imperfect human, but has big hopes, and dreams and desires not only for myself, but for so many women out there. Like I've been having so many private conversations with women more recently, and the pain, like I'm gonna cry, the pain that women are going through alone, isolated, it breaks my heart, like it really really does, like woman after woman come into my DMs sharing very deep, dark challenges that they're having. And it really, it reaffirms me that I'm on track with what I'm doing, that the world needs, what I have to offer just as much as the world needs, what you have to offer. And I have deep, deep, deep promises this year, and I'm talking about them more and more and more to hold me accountable, like hold me accountable to because I even in the last few years have self sabotage and I don't want to shame myself. Because I've birth to babies, there's been a pandemic, there's been, you know, other personal challenges in there. And I don't want to shame myself for self sabotaging because, you know, I love the saying, self sabotaging is also self protecting. And I've just been noticing my patterns more recently, and course correcting because I don't want to do that anymore. i I want to just fully trust the process. And and not run away and be okay. And like the love and acceptance and the full embrace because none of us know how long we have here. And so one of my favorite books of last year was the comfort zone. If you haven't read it, it changed my life like truly changed my life. And it really talked about how you actually don't need to get out of your comfort zone to go after big goals and dreams. You can expand your comfort zone and it's actually so much better for your well being. Because you're not like constantly in stress mode. Like when you get out of your comfort zone. It's almost like think of a woman. I don't know if you know this story, like I'll just use this as an example. I was extremely pregnant with boon and I was leaving a networking event and it was in the dark. And I was at like I thought a safe place. And this woman asked me Question in the dark when I was walking out of the mall, and I was alone, and very pregnant, and she asked me a question about the food court. And I was like, oh, yeah, it's, it's, you know, it's just right up there. And I pointed and she said, Oh my gosh, it's just so cold, would you be willing to drive me there. And as much as I am a helper, I'm also a mama bear, and a woman. And unfortunately, we live in a world where women don't necessarily feel safe doing that, like I didn't know her. And it like, I didn't feel comfortable. So I didn't do it, especially being pregnant. And I remember one of my girlfriends saying, the area that I I was in is a very popular place for human trafficking. And I was a woman that is pregnant. That is like the biggest target. And I'm not to say that that was the case. She genuinely could have just wanted a ride. And also, I didn't feel comfortable. So I said, No. And I said, Sorry, I can't and I walked away. And I called my husband as I was walking away, because you just you never know. And so I share that example, because getting out of your comfort zone is so much like that situation. If I would have said yes, I would have been terrified during like, is she going to rob me? Is she going to kidnap me? Like kidnap Mom Mom nap? I don't know what people say but like human traffic, right? Like I would have been so on edge so scared. And then yes, what I've done a kind deed to like, drive the person you know, a might not even a mile It wasn't even that far. I walk all the time, she would have been okay, I ran a half marathon last year. Come on, go go walk, just getting. And so I would have been so on edge and terrified mentally, physically, emotionally, it wasn't worth it. And so I use that example, because our big goals and dreams and hopes and desires when we keep getting out of our comfort zone and we go so far away from safety expecially as women, your whole nervous system is all out of whack. Like, all out of whack. And so you regulating through anything is so critical and so important. So powerful. Now, if a friend that I love and I feel safe with would have been like, hey, it's kind of cold. Can you drive me up to the food court and be like, oh, yeah, sure, let me turn on the heat. Let me get your butt warmer on Rayleigh, let me get the music on. That's how we need to approach our big hopes, dreams and desires that was in the comfort zone, right. And so it may feel like it goes slower. But when you're regulated during it, you actually feel so much better. So health is wealth. Everything that I'm focusing on from a health standpoint, that share is mind body soul connection, upgrading feeling so much better. So I drink happy juice every single morning. It's clinically proven to health with help with your gut, your mental health, your energy, your metabolism, all the things and I have been so proud of myself, I do not miss a day I get excited about it. I still do drink coffee. But I minimize it. And the happy juice is it does make me happy. I like it. I enjoy it. It tastes amazing. And it's, it's worth it. Like I love it so much. We've been meal planning, excuse me, that has felt really, really good not only from a health standpoint, but a budget standpoint. I do know though, in all of my years of learning, I'm still not prioritizing my protein level that I need every day most women are not getting the protein per day consistently that they really need. And a couple of years ago when I was training for a bodybuilding competition, and then I broke my tailbone. We'll see if we get back to that I want to do the full marathon that feels more exciting to me. Anyways, but when I was training for it, I was like so adamant of like making sure I got my protein in and I was like cutting weight like crazy with prioritizing my protein and the person that I was working with at the time. She said, most women don't get their protein goal every single day. And when you actually just focus on protein, like everything else does matter. Don't get me wrong, but it can be overwhelming when you're trying to focus on all the food groups. So when you prioritize protein the most and really nail it every single day as best as you can. It radically changes everything like it's like the base, this is coming from a BFF like this is the base of everything. So that Do something I do want to like up my game on in addition to water, I was doing really, really well before the holidays and I just got out of my routine. And now it's in that I got sick. So it's time to get back. And I'm excited about that I have noticed I don't have it with me, it's downstairs, but a huge cup with a straw. I crushed it, I crushed it with my water. So it's like finding little things like that, that I know really worked with with me. And I got to the point where I now have one of those cups everywhere, like out visually, because that also helps my brain. So I have one in the car. I have one in my office. I have one downstairs. And when I can see it, it's like a mental cue of like, oh, yeah, let's drink some water. And the straw just really helps to anyone else. Is that just a me thing. There are some more vitamins that I want to incorporate into my day to day, a grounding mat. So one of my dear friends and passive income school students, Michelle, her and I were talking the other day, she sleeps on a grounding mat. Like she puts it under her sheet. I have never thought to do that. If you know anything about grounding mats. They're like yoga mats, but better. And she told me that like just casually, this is what like BFFs do. i My mind was literally blown. She's like, you spend so many hours sleeping every single night. Why would you not lay on a grounding mat? Like she like not in a bad way. She was just saying like, matter of factly like you sleep, you know, ideally six to eight hours a night. And I was mind blown with that. I was like oh, grounding mat. Let's go right. So just little hacks like that can make a world of a difference. I love doing night meditations. You're sleeping, you might as well rewire your brain during write like why not pick anything that you want on YouTube? It is there. Tony Robbins has a really good health, health and wellness book. And I really want to read that this year. And he gives lots of like good tips of taking care of your body. And obviously he's been able to do some like remarkable things. So that is on my list. Also joining the gym, so I love going out and running and doing things at home. But I also know I thrive going to a gym just as much as going to an office and the gym that I will be joining I've used in the past and I love it. And they have childcare built in at no additional cost. This is like the best mom hack. And I know Kristin who's sponsoring today even talks about her gym does the same thing. And so check out your gym gyms near you even just for the childcare. So where I will be joining has a spa has a cafe has you can do I think it's up to two and a half hours of childcare every single day. It's either two to two and a half hours. It has a pool, it has a sauna, it has a hot tub. And then of course yes it has the actual gym. But for I think when I joined last time it was like 100 bucks for me and Emma. So that is like a big part of our going to be our summer time gameplan they have summer camps there they have a rock climbing wall. So I'll still drop Boone off. But I figured mommy daughter health and wellness dates like she can go to the childcare for a little bit. But then we can like hang out there all freaking day, for no extra cost. Like we can go to the we can go to the pool, we can then go to the rock climbing wall we can go to they have a basketball court, like we can go to the cafe and sit there and have lunch like I can sit in work, they have free Wi Fi like, I'm okay with spending a little bit of money when I can see the ROI like really any amount of money, like it's all about your perspective. And so for no additional cost. It's worth just the childcare alone. So that is on my list, come February to get like into flow and go there. They even have workout classes that are included. It's just like, no brainer, no freaking brainer. I have more books that I want to read that are on my wish list. I've been journaling more than I've ever journaled before and it's been so helpful. I have a mindset hack that I do with my journaling, just to make it very simple and easy. It's called flipping so any belief that you have you flip it, and then you anchor it. It's really cool. I don't I made it up unless I I don't think I got it anywhere. I just started doing it. Maybe I learned it from somewhere, but it works. That's all that matters. So and I just like it literally came to me one day and I was like, This is so cool. So I do that all the time and it really helps and just journaling thoughts and ideas. I do a lot A video journals that I'll be releasing to all the things. So what else is on here? I've been going to a dermatologist to take better care of my like actual like skin. I want to establish a new relationship with a new, like practitioner like a main health and wellness practitioner. And then what else is on my list here? Oh, yes, this is important too. So less stuff. I'm over the stuff, I'm over all the toys, even my clothes, I have literally I'm looking at my empty racks, I have minimized my clothing more than I ever have. Like, I just want simplicity, less decisions. We have, like planned out all of our meals for a month. And my next step is and I'll do a separate episode on like organization, because there's a lot of things that I'm doing from like a simplified standpoint, but I think they do impact your mental wellness. And so we planned out all of our meals for the entire month. And it like is saving so much mental bandwidth. It's so nice. So my next game plan is to plan out all outfits not just for me, but my kids too, for a whole month. I know. I believe in us, I know we can do it. And I'm like everyone is getting 30 pairs of underwear. Because if I don't have the energy or don't desire to do my laundry, as long as I know, we've got all 30 outfits and everyone has clean underwear. I am okay with that laundry stacking, and then I'll knock it out in one day, once a month. Like unless there is something that someone desperately needs washed, we will do that. But like the mental bandwidth, of constantly doing the laundry, constantly cleaning up the toys, constantly going through my closet of like, What should I wear? I don't know, right? Like there's like, it's not an accident that Steve Jobs wore the same thing every single day. He didn't want the mental bandwidth. Like he had big goals and dreams and wanted like to be simplified. Now I've got to spice it up. I'm not as cool as Steve Jobs where I can wear the same exact thing every day. But less decisions. I'll plan all my outfits out for a month. And I'll call it a day. And if I need to swap it, I'll swap it but it's still less decisions, which means less mental decision energy, which I like. And I appreciate. So less stuff, more routines, I am a creature of habit. Once I get into a routine good or bad. It's hard to stop. And so I know that about myself. So it's like actually a good thing just to keep getting into the routine. Keep anchoring it keep reaffirming it keep rinsing and repeating over and over and over. And just like the water. I do very, very well with like visual cues. So if something is laying out, it will very much be like a great visual cue, like I have tripods. This will be in the organization episode. I have tripods everywhere. So I don't have to move by tripods. There's like $10 on Amazon, I have so many of them. So now I have strategically placed them. I have one in my car. I have one in my closet. I have one downstairs, I have one in my office, I never have to think about where's their drive out there. There's actually two in my car just in case I need different options, right? Like, as women, we are making so many decisions every single freaking day, every minute of every single day. It takes a toll on you. And so it's really, where can we make things easier? Where can we automate things? Where can we simplify, and I really do believe it impacts you mind, body and soul and so many other ways, but those particularly less scrolling. I want more conversations. I love social. Don't get me wrong. I do want to scroll. I love going through stories. I love scrolling to see what people are up to. I love cheering people on, but not to the point where you're not you, me. I'm doing it 10 hours a week, 14 hours a week, like track your screen time. And it will like blow your freakin mind. So I love that Facebook in particular, has a separate messaging app. So from a screentime perspective, if I'm in my messenger more than I'm in my actual Facebook, that's good. We have all of my content like my main baseline content, planned out recorded scheduled. So like even when I was sick, everything was still working like a well oiled machine. All of our ads were running all of our sequences were running like the team was running and that but also was so nice and so appreciated. And it took like the commitment, the promise to make it happen. It's something that I've been wanting to do for so long, and was self sabotaging and self sabotaging, which is why I'm so passionate about what I teach, and what I like who I help, because I know what it feels like to feel overwhelmed by all the things and to, to, you know, not implement. And I also know what it feels like on the other side. And like, my goal is to just help as much as I can get you to the other side, because it does feel so good. So more deep connections with women, near and far. But just like truly genuinely connecting with women, there's one woman in particular that's going through a really hard time and I was just like, What can I do to help? And she's like, can you come over and clean my house, I was like, Oh my gosh, I love cleaning. She's like, I'll help right. Like, that's, that's how we want to live my life. Like, that's, that's the true authentic Nelly, like, that is who she is. She just wants to help. Now it can't be at the expense of my mental health, or my well being or my family. So there's like that beautiful balance. And I feel like I have enough awareness and a enough confidence in myself to like, check in with myself and speak up with myself or for myself that it didn't have before. So I'm excited about that. And just overall experiences, especially healthy experiences. So like, going and getting my nails done with somebody or going pole dancing, that's something that I've been wanting to do. I'm hosting a virtual 5k, right, like, these are things that like light me up. And I want to do them with other people going for walks in the park, going and playing at the park with Mr. Right, like doing more life experiences versus stuff, right? Like those are like I'm a quality time, human being like, I love a gift every now and then. But like your time, especially if you're at like a high vibe human. biggest gift ever, like biggest gift ever. I love it, I crave it, I want I want more of it. And how I do that is taking care of myself, like having the energy to do all the things. So I have many, many more episodes coming up of other promises that I have for this year and giving you like a behind the scenes look, one it holds me more accountable. And I love episodes like that and content like that. I think it's just really cool to hear what other people are doing. And just know I want to hear what you're doing to so like, this is not a one sided conversation, I want to hear from you. I want to know what you're doing. And I want to cheer you on too. Because this is the year like, I'm not this is no BS. This is the year where women are like, I'm done living life as status quo. Like, you're not meant to be mediocre, like you are already an incredible, amazing, capable, powerful woman that maybe has just been covered up with a lot of hard times, right, a lot of just stress and overwhelm. And so it's hard to see the forest through the trees, when you've been through a lot of hard. But it doesn't have to be that way forever. And the the shift from goals to promises, has been everything for me. Like everything in my journal, I write I promise, I promise I promise I promise fill in the blank. Today. That's what I shared with you today like this is my promise to myself is to do better, way better when it comes to prioritizing my health and fitness. Like I always joke if I was like casted for a role where I had to get like super healthy. That oh my gosh, I could like crush it because that's your job, right? Like, if you're getting casted for a role, where they're paying for a nutritionist, you're in the gym all day, like, you know that there's a deadline where you're going to have to like, do whatever it is that you're getting casted for and you have to be super, like, strong and healthy and amazing. Like most of us would crush it. Like and so why can't we do that? Like, we can totally pretend Right? Like let's pretend a little bit. Let's play and pretend that you're getting casted for the most epic movie that is going to premiere at the end of 2024. And you the goal is that you are so hot. So on fire so confident. You feel amazing, right? Like you are a force to be reckoned with. Like, what would that movie title be? What would the plot be? What would be the prep Right? Like play A pretend humor yourself. And it would be so interesting, because every movie takes a lot of time and effort and resources to premiere. But the return on the really good movies is massive profit. And profit is not always monetary. When I finally lost that weight before kids, every aspect of my life radically was impacted. It was the catalyst to why I'm here right now talking to you, like, truly, my online journey started with loving myself and taking care of myself before I made a dime. And it was so interesting to me, when people started seeing me show up, I was recording videos, with no calls to actions, no sales pages, no business plan, I was just sharing my journey. And I really do want to get back to that, because that is truly me, like, truly, truly me. And so many people would reach out to me and be like, What are you doing? Can I buy what you're drinking? Can I do the workouts that you're doing? And I was just like, I think so yeah, let me figure this out. Right. And that's how it started. Like, that's truly how it started. And it kept coming and kept coming and kept coming. I was like, Holy shit, this feels amazing. Like, I just made money or night. What? Right? So when we actually prioritize ourselves, and take care of ourselves and love ourselves through it, every aspect of our life, like I'm reminding myself of this, every aspect of my life radically positively is impacted when I when I show up that way, when I choose to show up that way, and choose to show up that way consistently. So I That's my promise this year. And I'm going to keep talking about it and keep talking about it and keep talking about it and know it's one for accountability, and two, to inspire held least one human like, hopefully, that's you like at least one human out there and impact one human, I have lots more, but like my goal is always one at a time. Because that feels really good to me one at a time. And just know like use the resources that you have. Right now. To get started. Use the time that you have, use the resources that you have asked for help. Google, Google, Google, YouTube, YouTube, YouTube, like there are massive, massive, massive resources right at your fingertips. And when we just slow down for a hot second, love ourselves through it, start to get that momentum and start to feel better. Like having this sinus yuckiness. For as long as I have, I physically could not do so many things like my eyes would close like, we, again, not we, I don't wanna take responsibility for you. I take my health for granted. And I don't want to do that anymore. I don't want to take money for granted, I don't want to take time for granted. I don't want to take my health for granted, I want to treat every resource around me even more sacred, like just so sacred, and love it and appreciate it. And my words, and my actions are truly what showed that more than anything like words and actions and making sure that they fully aligned. And I don't think that that's being perfect either. Like, I'm gonna still have a little bit of crumble cookie every now. But I know I can do better. I know I can do better with water, protein connect, like everything that I've talked about health and wellness, vitamins, all the things. So I'm going to do better. I know that I can do better. And there's probably things that I haven't talked about tonight. Oh, I didn't talk about my bloodwork. I want to get my bloodwork done. But there's still even more that I'm sure will pop up when it comes to health and fitness. And that I think that's important too. I don't have to have the whole plan to get started. Get started and the plan will be added. It's just who we are like we I think as humans we're like but I need to know every single step. We've seen at least now we need to know one step, one step and then we do that step. And then we like reassess. And then we'll do the next step and the next step and the next step. So I'm super, super excited. I want to hear from you. Thank you again for Kristin. Make sure you check out Kristen, she's a great resource for you. Give her a follow busy mom bod. She's one of my top sponsors for 2024. If you are interested in sponsoring an episode, it's $25 per episode, there's other opportunities. I would love to have you involved in our 5k That's virtual and just chit chat with you and cheer you on. This is what it's all about. And I'm in excited to get back to just loving and connections and cheering and supporting and this is the year that so many women get fired up, fueled up and make so much money and live just an amazing life like this is a very pivotal year for so many, including you so health as well. Go take care of yourself