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🌿✨ Time For Me · Peace in a Pod

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  Hey, hey soul tribe, welcome back to Peace in a Pod.
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  I am Loretta and thank you so much for tuning in today.
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  So I wanted to share a couple weeks ago, several weeks ago, me
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  and my hubs went out to Puerto Rico and we had an amazing time.
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  I got to spend time with my bestie, Vicky.
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  Love you girl. And we, we, I was able to show
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  him more of the island. There was some, some areas that
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  he didn't get to a lot of areas that he didn't get to explore
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  The first time we went because we only went for a week.
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  This time it was 2 weeks. So we were able to venture out a
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  lot further and do a lot more and oh, and if there are any
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  listeners that are fans of craft beer, quick shout out to Box Lab
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  Brewery, La Taberna, Lupulo, Ocean Lab, Fog Brewing, Miramar
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  Brewing, Old Harbor Brewery, Santurce Brewery, Service, Aria,
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  Callejon and Eltap. If you haven't been to Puerto
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  Rico, you are missing out and you need to get out there and
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  explore this this island and enjoy yourself some delicious
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  craft beer. So many microbreweries out
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  there. I was blown away because when I
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  lived there, I left in 2015 when I lived there.
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  Well, when I lived there, I wasn't really a big craft beer
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  person, but I probably would have tried more if I would have
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  known about craft beer. But yeah, if you're, if you
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  haven't been there, you're missing out.
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  You need to go. You need to check out the
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  island. Beautiful people, beautiful
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  food, beautiful place and beautiful drinks.
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  But yeah, so we're able to explore more of the island and I
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  was able to get some time in with my girl.
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  But I wanted to talk about the self-care part of this because,
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  you know, we think about how much time we're dedicating to
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  work and how much energy we putting into work.
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  And you feel like you don't ever get anything back.
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  You're just kind of like going and going.
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  And it's just like, when am I going to get a break and not
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  feel so exhausted all the time? And you know, it was my
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  husband's idea to go back to PR because we went prior the first
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  visit that he, he went with me was prior to us getting married.
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  So now he was able to, to experience more and do more on
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  the island. So it was a very, very fun trip.
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  We got some much needed beach time.
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  And I love being by the beach. I love being near oceans.
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  I love the water. It is the most soothing,
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  soothing place on earth for me. I just love the sound of the
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  water, the feel of the water, the feel of the sand, the wind.
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  I don't know, I just love it. I'm a beach person and I could
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  just live on the beach forever, but the the energy that I feel
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  when I'm out there, it's like rejuvenating.
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  That's the only way I can explain it.
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  I feel like I'm rejuvenating when I'm at the beach.
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  And taking care of our mental, physical, emotional and
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  spiritual pillars are very, very important.
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  We don't want to overdo and extend ourselves so much to the
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  point of depletion. And you have to be able to keep
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  that balance, keep a balance somewhere to where you enjoy
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  your work, but you also enjoy your personal time.
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  And you need that personal time away from work in order to like
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  cleanse and refresh and reset. So don't forget about you.
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  You are the key component. And if you're not in the right
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  place mentally, physically, emotionally, spiritually, then
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  how can you be of service to others?
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  You have to be in the right space with these pillars in
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  order for you to be of service to others.
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  If you're constantly giving and draining, then you're not even
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  going to be any good for yourself.
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  You know, prior to heading out to PR, my hubs and I, we
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  actually went camping with some friends like that weekend prior
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  to us leaving and well, weekend kind of went into the the week.
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  But just being out in nature, being out in what Mother Nature
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  would, what is God's creation like, what is provided from the
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  earth, from the land is for me the most soothing environment.
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  Now I will say when I was younger, I was just like, first
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  of all, I don't camp. Like camping is crazy, like
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  wildlife, crazy people out there in the woods, like I'm not going
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  out there. I thought it was just like some,
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  some craziness. But the older I got and the more
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  connected with nature that I became, the more interested I
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  was. And one of my friends that I
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  used to work with when I was in human resources, he is a him and
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  his wife are very big campers. So they invited us and, you
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  know, we had a great time the first time.
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  So we went again. And I'm like, I can actually get
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  into this camping thing. It's just so soothing, like
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  being out there and, you know, looking at the stars and feeling
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  the wind and hitting some trails.
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  Your mind is like so clear and free and just being like we
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  were, we were on a, on a, a mountain.
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  So just being up there, it's so freeing.
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  And you know, I just felt so relaxed and calm and it was like
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  a little reset. Now I don't have the craziness
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  from the previous work environment, the toxicity that I
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  was going through that is no longer in my life.
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  But to just be able to get out of the house and just connect
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  with nature, It's just a very freeing feeling and a refreshing
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  feeling that I just enjoy and just kind of like dumping all
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  your cares and worries, like just leave it with the land,
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  just set it free. And when you come back, you feel
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  great. I mean, when I go out in nature,
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  my, I am talking up a storm. I'm releasing everything that's
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  in me that could be of any concern and just letting it go
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  with nature, you know, I just leave it with the land.
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  And I always feel refreshed and rejuvenated when I come back
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  from a nature trip. Always.
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  And I've been getting into like bird watching a lot more, which
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  is not something I've ever really care to do.
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  But the more I get out in nature and like start walking trails, I
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  start seeing these birds that I don't recognize, the more
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  curious I become. I'm a Leo, so I am quite curious
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  about things. But, you know, I just been kind
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  of curious of like the types of birds that live here.
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  So yeah, I've been like really interested in the birds.
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  When I hear them, I'm like, if I don't recognize the sound, I'll,
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  you know, try to find the bird and see what it is.
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  But yeah, you know, I just wanted to talk about self-care
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  and just make sure that we are all applying in some way, shape
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  or form some attention to ourselves in a self-care manner.
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  And for me, my number one thing is getting out in nature.
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  One of the best relaxing ways and quickest ways that I can
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  just feel cleansed and recharged.
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  Just so beautiful. But anyways, just know that
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  sometimes you need to disconnect from everything and focus on
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  yourself in order for you to continue to live a healthy,
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  loving, balanced life. So go outside and get grounded
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  with nature. It doesn't matter if you're
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  hugging a tree, standing barefoot on the ground.
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  Just whatever you do, take care of yourself.
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  Thanks again for tuning in to Peace in a Pod.
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  I am Loretta and I will catch you all next time.
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  Bye. Thank you all so much for tuning
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