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🍂 Healthy Habits for the Fall Hustle · The Eye Believe Podcast

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  hey everyone
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  welcome back to the Eye Believe Podcast
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  I'm Megan
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  and today our guest is a returning fan favorite
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  we have Leah and Sheri Wernecke with Wernecke Wellness
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  welcome ladies
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  thank you for having us again
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  yes we're so excited that you're here with us today
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  so the episode today we wanna talk about
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  we're going into fall it's about to get really busy
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  it's almost October so
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  what are some ways that we can maybe make a plan
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  before we get into the crazy
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  so that things don't go too terribly crazy
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  as far as our health and wellness
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  so I would say since time is moving very quickly
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  a lot of it is staying ahead of the game
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  and not falling behind
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  into the fall season you know
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  it's full of kids bringing home germs
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  everyone's getting sick
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  and a lot of times when you're doing things naturally
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  if you are behind the game
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  then you're gonna have to play catch up
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  and it's gonna be harder to play catch up
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  yeah so
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  we'd like to really encourage people
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  to stick to the basics
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  so make sure you're eating good food
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  you're getting good sleep when it's dark out
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  I know it's dark in the mornings
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  it's dark at night but get outside some
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  get some fresh air you know
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  open those windows for a little bit
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  air out the house um
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  make sure you're moving I know for me
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  when it gets starts getting cold and dark
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  I would rather curl up on the couch
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  um
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  but get out and get moving
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  and you have to keep your body going
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  or it is gonna get sick um
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  paying attention to your gut health
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  mm hmm things that you're putting in
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  we need to nourish our bodies
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  or like Leah said you know
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  kids are gonna bring germs home
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  anywhere you go you're surrounded by sick people
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  and you're gonna catch everything
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  yep so um
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  we really like sticking to the basics
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  which is a lot harder in the winter yeah
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  absolutely I'm with you
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  if it's dark and cold out
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  I just wanna be on the couch It's so hard to make yourself get up and go sometimes
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  yes well
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  we have started in our family
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  my son lives close to us so every night
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  we all strap on our little lights
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  so we don't get hit by cars
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  and we do a one mile walk every night at 8pm
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  and so I think sometimes
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  having someone that's accountable
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  we'll push you to do it
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  cause last night I did not wanna walk in the dark
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  um we live in the country
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  like I have no idea what's ever gonna be on the road
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  nope
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  but having someone who does it with you
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  makes a big difference and so he said
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  you know we're gonna continue doing this all winter
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  which I'm not sure I'm completely with
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  but I will do it yeah
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  so find a good headlamp
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  and just find a buddy and get outside and keep moving
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  yeah
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  yeah that's so true
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  I used to have a friend that
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  we used to walk in the mornings
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  before we got the kids up for school
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  and in the winter it was dark and
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  I mean
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  like we
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  we would walk in snow boots sometimes
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  and we did it because we
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  because we had that accountability buddy
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  so it's definitely it's
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  it's hard to get started though
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  so let's focus on getting started for a minute
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  what are some healthy habits that we can put in place
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  now before it gets cold
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  before things get crazy
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  cause we've got a little bit of time
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  before we really hit the fall swing
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  yeah I would say setting smaller goals that you can
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  that you know you're gonna stick with
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  because once you can get into the routine
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  of those smaller goals
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  you're going to want to do them more
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  because you're gonna see how good you feel
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  so even with the walking
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  if you're not walking right now
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  going and walking for a mile is gonna feel awful
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  and you're not gonna wanna do it all the time
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  but if you can just get out and even walk for like
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  five to 10 minutes you're gonna start seeing changes
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  and start feeling better
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  so then you're gonna want to do it more
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  yeah I think Leah is right
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  I think it's little things that are obtainable
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  um so even when it comes to eating
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  you know maybe you cut out a certain ingredient
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  you say our household's no longer going to eat sugar
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  and you start finding other ways to
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  you know eat the things you want
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  but in a healthier way you could do that
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  you know another end of it
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  you could start having phones be turned off
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  an hour before everyone goes to sleep
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  because we know that sleep is vitally important
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  so pick something pick something in your diet
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  in your movement in your sleep
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  maybe it's in your mindset
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  maybe it's meditating a little bit more
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  but just I don't know
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  we used to say get better 1% every day
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  and then someone said 1% isn't a lot
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  but I'm like what
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  it is a lot like
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  over 30 days that's 30%
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  but just pick little things that you can do
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  cause I think people make these big grand
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  you know
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  ideas so they have an all or nothing mindset
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  where they think they have to change everything
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  and then they can do it for
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  like one or two days
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  and then they get overwhelmed
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  because not only do they have to
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  be doing everything healthy
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  but then they have to go get presents for the kids
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  or go get this ready for this dinner
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  and then it just falls apart
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  yeah and then you order pizza and eat a box of cookies
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  and then feel guilty the next day
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  like oh no
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  I've abandoned all of my goals
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  yeah and that
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  you know that is the other thing too
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  we talk a lot with our clients
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  is do the meal prepping on the weekends
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  because life is hectic
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  when school starts and kids are sick
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  and you have football games to go to
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  you know everything starts getting crazy
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  yeah and the first thing you do is you grab junk to eat
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  or you order junk to eat
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  we like to keep our fridge packed
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  you like on the weekends
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  we might cook a lot of quinoa
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  or roast a lot of veggies or do things like that
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  so it's in the fridge and that's our go to
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  um we have
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  you know leftovers every night
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  which I know some people can't do leftovers
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  if their histamines are high
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  but many nights we have leftovers
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  cause the day has been very
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  very busy and I haven't had time
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  but we have healthy options then
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  versus what I would prefer to do
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  is just order something not healthy
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  but then we pay the price and we don't feel good
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  yeah so
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  feeling good is a really good motivator
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  to keep doing things a little differently
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  very true I love everything you just said
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  and you're so right about the 1%
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  like it might sound like it's not even worth it
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  because it's not enough to make a difference
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  but that adds up so fast
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  yes it does
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  and even with mindset um
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  we've been using
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  what is the little app we use on our phone
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  do you remember that gives us like
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  a daily I am
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  it's called I am it's an app
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  and it just gives like
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  positive reinforcement to yourself
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  which sounds so silly but sometimes you need them
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  but some days just changing your mindset
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  and seeing things differently
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  that's your 1% better
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  because you know
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  you can eat all the right food
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  and move and do everything
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  but if your mindset needs changed
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  everything you're doing is gonna fail
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  so sometimes it's just you know
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  taking care of the mind and the belief system
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  and things like that and slowly chopping away at that
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  so it's um
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  even walking today Leah was like
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  oh it's so cold this morning
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  and I'm like we have to change our mindset
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  because for the next five months
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  we're just complaining about the cold
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  we're in trouble yeah
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  so it's you know
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  it's figuring out what your greatest need is
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  that you need to change it might be your mindset
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  it might be your diet it might be your movement
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  it's gonna be different for all of us
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  it might be meal prepping
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  it's whatever you need you know
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  you assess that you need to change in your life
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  or in your family's life
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  yeah so instead of saying
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  it's cold we'll say it's refreshing
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  I'm not there yet refreshing
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  it really wakes you up in the morning
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  I know it's it's a whole mind game
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  but I recognize that we're getting there yeah
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  yeah absolutely
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  so and as far as getting there
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  it's gonna start getting colder
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  but we're also going into holidays
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  what do you guys recommend people do
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  for holiday parties
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  is there a way to enjoy foods in moderation
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  without falling off the wagon
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  or are there some healthy swaps we can make
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  what do you recommend
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  so there are definitely healthy swaps that you can make
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  it does take more kind of planning ahead
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  like if you're going to a party
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  you have to kind of think
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  what would I wanna bring that I could enjoy
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  um there's a lot of websites out there that have great
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  even holiday time like swaps
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  but we tend to tell people
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  we have this conversation a lot with many clients
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  is you aren't gonna remember the food
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  that's at the parties but
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  you're gonna remember the time
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  that you spent with the people
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  and so it's going back to that mindset
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  it's the food yes
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  you need to eat food to survive
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  but it's not the important thing
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  during the holiday season
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  during the holiday season
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  it's about spending time with those that you love
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  and making those memories
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  that will last a lot longer than that food will
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  yeah but you can
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  you can make swaps yeah
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  like that is part of the mindset of
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  you know it's not oh
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  I can't eat that it's an empowering like
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  I choose that I'm going to eat something healthy
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  or I choose
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  I'm going to skip that and just enjoy this conversation
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  because I wanna feel a certain way
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  but on the flip side that you can
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  you know if you have a cheat day and you eat something
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  just enjoy it and the next day
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  get back at it yeah
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  or like Leah said
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  make swaps like
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  we no longer we never use sugar
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  and I know never is a strong word
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  but we never use sugar we'll use local honey
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  we'll use organic maple syrup
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  but that is a choice we made
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  because I just I don't want it in my body
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  if I eat sugar I hurt the next day
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  so when I go to a party I choose
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  I would rather feel good tomorrow morning than eat that
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  it's almost like that food is evil to me
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  you know but you can make it
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  you know with maple syrup
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  like Leah makes cinnamon rolls often
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  and they're healthy she uses coconut oil
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  she uses maple syrup or honey
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  we use some you know
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  berries or apples or pears
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  she makes it with sourdough
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  so it's not like we never eat anything good
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  we just do a little bit extra work
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  that what we eat is nourishing our bodies
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  and not tanking us yeah
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  but I do think like
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  society has turned food into this
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  I don't know like
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  we feel deprived if we can't do something
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  but I wanna encourage people
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  feel empowered of the decisions you're making
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  to not eat certain things
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  because I don't know
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  we were listening to a song
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  and it was like my body is a vessel
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  and I thought yes
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  like your body is a vessel
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  and what do you fill it with
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  you're gonna fill it with things
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  that make you feel good
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  versus leave you depleted and awful
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  and so with the holidays I mean
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  we do holiday dinners we have snacks and sweets
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  but we just choose a different route
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  than what society typically chooses
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  if that makes sense
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  that's a great great way to look at it
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  I actually
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  I found a recipe the other day that I can share
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  cause it's so simple it was just um
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  peanut butter powder and apple sauce
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  and you rolled it together into balls
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  and dipped it in chocolate
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  and it was like a Reese's dupe
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  yes
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  my teenagers were so like
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  it was crazy because I actually set it up
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  I was like remember guys
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  these are healthy like
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  because I didn't want them to be like Ew
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  it's gross so I was like
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  remember these are healthy
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  like it was
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  yeah
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  wow that's amazing yeah
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  and um
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  my oldest ate one of them and he was like
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  these are amazing like
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  why are you saying this and I was just like
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  oh thank god
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  cause they were good but
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  you know when you're
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  cause your taste buds do change
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  and when you're used to a certain you know texture or taste
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  and then it's different it takes a while before you really start
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  liking the different
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  yes
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  yeah and you can get there but it takes a minute
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  yeah it does
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  well that's
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  we always make a we call it fudge
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  but it's coconut oil uh huh
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  local honey and cacao
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  and it makes a fudge you can add things to it
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  we've added like
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  pumpkin seeds or walnuts or
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  you can add anything to it
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  but it's healthy and it tastes like fudge
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  yeah it's really good
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  we've gotten to the point
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  I have a two year old grandson
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  and he will even ask if I give him a snack
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  he'll say Mimi
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  is this a healthy snack and if I say yes he will eat it
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  he knows so
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  yeah but see
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  you don't you don't have to deprive yourself
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  you just have to look a little deeper
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  yeah and if you can save yourself from being sick
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  you're gonna make up time anyway
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  looking up you know
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  look up a few recipes that are healthy
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  so that you aren't sick for
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  you know some of these sicknesses last a couple weeks
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  yeah it's
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  it's very true and like
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  you know
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  just in the same vein of the healthy swap recipes
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  if you're on Instagram or TikTok
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  whatever you're on
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  the algorithym will show you what you're looking at
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  and if you just type that in and watch a couple
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  you'll get a ton and you'll get so many great ideas
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  um I don't know
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  it's kind of a viral one
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  you guys have probably all seen this one
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  where you take a date
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  and you stuff it with a pecan or some kind of a nut
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  and a almond butter
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  and then you dip that in chocolate
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  and it's supposed to be like a snickers
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  those are amazing
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  I think they taste better than a real snickers
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  they're so good
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  they are yes
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  and kids will eat those too
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  yeah my kids love those
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  definitely like those
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  those recipes are out there for free
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  you can go find them for sure
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  mmm hmm I will say though
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  we tell people it is okay to get sick though
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  yeah I mean
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  getting sick is a part you know
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  of your body's defense system
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  it gets sick it fights it
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  and then you get stronger
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  so I don't want people to think too like oh
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  if I do everything if I get sick
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  I've done something wrong
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  we get sick I mean
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  it's just part of living
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  but I will say that
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  when you are fighting a sickness in a healthy way
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  you know you have to kind of plan ahead
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  yep of things you take
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  um we do make like
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  a fire cider we do make garlic and honey
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  which is very simple it sounds disgusting
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  I know but you chop up garlic
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  submerge it in honey
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  garlic is an amazing food
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  and the honey is amazing so
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  you have two foods that are highly beneficial
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  that you can take often
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  it's things like that that do take preplanning
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  the fire cider I think it's six weeks
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  you can look up a recipe
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  fire cider recipes are all over the place
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  yeah um
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  but there are things you can do ahead of time
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  so that when you are sick
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  you have like
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  an arsenal of things to help you
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  what do you do with the honey and garlic
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  do you just eat like
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  a spoonful of it together
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  yep you do
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  yeah it sounds gross
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  it sounds gross
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  and sometimes you have to put it on something
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  like I think we've put it on eggs before
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  yeah I mix it in my eggs
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  yeah
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  but a lot of people I mean
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  there's a lot of people who just swallow garlic
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  I can say sometimes I swallow it
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  I'll take the honey and the garlic
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  and put it in my mouth and then take a sip of water
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  and almost take it like a pill
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  ok
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  which is a little gross sometimes but
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  it does work yeah
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  but the fire cider we really like
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  I mean you can use it like a salad dressing because you
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  you put all of your ingredients in a big container
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  and then you pour apple cider vinegar on it
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  so it is apple cider vinegar based
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  and we use it as a salad dressing
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  and if we're sick then we we take it often
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  but it's yeah
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  it takes some time I just made mine the other day
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  it's in a huge container yeah
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  and I'll probably make more
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  because there are people in my life who don't make it
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  and when they get sick they come to me so
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  that's smart so I've seen fire cider a few times
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  and I kind of did want to make it
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  and then when I saw Leah post
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  that you guys made it the other day
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  I got very excited casue I thought oh
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  I was very excited to talk to you guys about it
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  do you have a favorite version of the recipe
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  that we can link or do you just kind of make what up
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  like do you add what's on hand no
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  I buy we always have to buy
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  there are many different recipes out there
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  um
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  the one that we just did we added cranberries to it
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  which I think that's the first year
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  first time that we've ever done that
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  but it's typically you add like horseradish onion
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  jalapeno garlics
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  jalapenos oranges
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  I there is a whole bunch of turmeric
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  black pepper ginger yeah
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  this one I made I added a bunch of herbs
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  the only one year we made it and added rose hips
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  I it was like Mexican rose hips
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  that I read it was disgusting
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  so that I would encourage people not to use
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  if you see the recipe
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  but it is you know
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  it's just chalk full of things that are antimicrobial
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  antiviral antibacterial
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  anti everything bad that could be in your body
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  and so it's very potent yeah
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  and I don't know why we only make it in the winter
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  because we like the taste of it
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  yeah um
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  but I think when you're stuck inside
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  you know it is more for when you are sick
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  but it could be used all the time
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  but yeah
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  I encourage you
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  make it now and let it sit for about six weeks
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  um
• 19:52
  in the honey and garlic you could make two
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  let that sit for a little bit
• 19:57
  but things like that like I said
• 19:59
  make ahead of time yeah
• 20:00
  um
• 20:02
  there's different homeopathics
• 20:04
  you can buy ahead of time cause what we find
• 20:06
  when you're trying to be healthy
• 20:09
  most box stores don't carry healthy versions of things
• 20:13
  when you get sick some of them do carry the oscillococcinum
• 20:17
  that's really good yeah
• 20:19
  for when you start to feel symptoms of
• 20:21
  like any sort of flu
• 20:23
  you take that on the first sign of the symptom
• 20:26
  so some places do have that
• 20:28
  but a lot of the others they yeah tend to not have
• 20:33
  yeah
• 20:35
  what what do you guys think about um
• 20:37
  like compresses do you use those at all
• 20:40
  you is it like a Castor oil compress
• 20:45
  I I used it a lot on my chest
• 20:50
  if I can feel stuff building in my chest
• 20:52
  then I'll put it on my chest and do that
• 20:54
  you can mix different essential oils with it too
• 20:57
  um to help open up the airways
• 21:00
  I think
• 21:00
  peppermint or eucalyptus is really good for that
• 21:03
  and then we put a cotton T-shirt over it
• 21:06
  and sleep with it or keep it on all day
• 21:09
  a lot of people though
• 21:10
  use Castor oil like
• 21:12
  over your liver or for digestive issues
• 21:16
  I use it I use it probably about three times a week
• 21:19
  I just put Castor oil over my liver
• 21:21
  over my digestive area and I sleep like that
• 21:25
  um it's really good at helping the body to detoxify
• 21:30
  so that's what Leah said when she gets a cold
• 21:32
  she puts it on her chest um
• 21:34
  the other thing that we do utilize a lot is a red light
• 21:40
  we use loom box
• 21:41
  there's so many different ones out there
• 21:43
  you just have to do your research
• 21:45
  I know loom box is good so I know I can say that one
• 21:48
  but it's just a little rectangular red light
• 21:52
  and so you can put it on your chest
• 21:56
  for our little one
• 21:57
  I put it on his back when he starts feeling raspy
• 22:00
  and that red light just helps
• 22:02
  you know to fight whatever is going on
• 22:07
  love that awesome
• 22:08
  I actually I did get a red light
• 22:10
  and then um
• 22:11
  used it for a little while
• 22:12
  and then uh
• 22:13
  it's been collecting dust
• 22:14
  for a while so thanks for bringing that up
• 22:17
  cause I will I will get it out and start using it again
• 22:20
  um yeah
• 22:53
  so those are some really really great tips ladies
• 22:56
  thank you so much is there anything else that
• 23:00
  just as far as like seasonal um
• 23:03
  tips when it's winter and it's icky and it's yucky
• 23:06
  and we're just not feeling ourselves
• 23:10
  so I would say with that one
• 23:12
  focusing on gut health cause
• 23:15
  there is a direct connection
• 23:16
  from your brain to your gut
• 23:18
  so really kind of fueling your gut
• 23:21
  making sure you're putting good things in
• 23:23
  to help support gut health
• 23:24
  that's one way another way is
• 23:28
  making sure you're getting sunlight in your eyes
• 23:29
  first thing in the morning
• 23:31
  when we do get that sunlight in our eyes
• 23:33
  at the start of the day
• 23:34
  it signals so many cellular functions
• 23:37
  and tells our body it's time to start waking up
• 23:40
  when we're exposed to artificial light
• 23:41
  first thing in the morning
• 23:42
  it makes our body think that it's basically
• 23:45
  halfway through the day already
• 23:46
  which can kind of put us in that slump
• 23:48
  because our circadian rhythm is off
• 23:50
  yeah
• 23:51
  so some things you can do with that is even wearing
• 23:54
  we hear about blue blockers all the time at night
• 23:58
  you can actually wear them in the morning also
• 24:01
  until the sun comes up because that was always my issue
• 24:05
  I kept hearing get sun in your like
• 24:06
  or yeah
• 24:07
  get light in your eyes I'm like
• 24:09
  but it's not even light out until I
• 24:11
  I swear like
• 24:12
  8 o'clock at night I've already been
• 24:14
  or in the morning excuse me
• 24:17
  so you can wear blue blockers in the morning
• 24:20
  mm hmm so that the artificial light that we have
• 24:23
  isn't messing up your body
• 24:25
  and then I think connection is so big
• 24:28
  I feel like we're becoming more isolated in the world
• 24:33
  so it's kind of stepping out
• 24:35
  making connections laughing
• 24:38
  enjoying things
• 24:40
  they make the winter more doable
• 24:42
  and I know that it's hard
• 24:44
  I know for me my kids are grown and out of the house
• 24:48
  and I need a house full of people
• 24:51
  but we know connection makes everything better
• 24:56
  so reach out you know
• 24:57
  make some connections that you might not otherwise do
• 25:00
  but chances are
• 25:01
  that person is in desperate need of connection too
• 25:05
  and I think that really helps in the winter too
• 25:09
  you know to help with that
• 25:10
  like season disorder that a lot of people feel
• 25:13
  yeah that's such a great tip
• 25:16
  I do feel like that's a huge part of it
• 25:17
  and I'm glad you mentioned the blue light blockers
• 25:20
  because that is also my issue
• 25:22
  it's dark already I mean we get up
• 25:25
  when it's dark now and it's still september
• 25:28
  I know It's just gonna get worse
• 25:30
  yes yep
• 25:31
  yes yeah
• 25:32
  we'll be wearing those glasses
• 25:34
  three hours in the morning three hours at night
• 25:37
  yeah but what a great tip
• 25:39
  um that's wonderful
• 25:41
  well ladies
• 25:41
  thank you so much for being here
• 25:43
  this has really been very helpful
• 25:45
  and I'm I'm excited for the holidays
• 25:48
  I'm excited for all all the fun that's coming
• 25:49
  but I know that we gotta prep and prepare for it
• 25:52
  so that we don't get off our routines too much
• 25:58
  absolutely so thank you for that
• 26:00
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• 26:02
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