In my latest episode, I'm thrilled to welcome Karina F Daves, my life coach, to unpack the complexities of personal health evolutions within the framework of our closest relationships. We dive into the nuances of adapting to healthier lifestyles while honoring the bonds with our mothers and partners, exploring the emotional landscape that accompanies such transitions.
Together, Karina and I dissect the delicate art of upholding dietary and wellness ambitions, especially when they clash with family customs and the occasional nudge to have "just one more" at gatherings. Sharing strategies and tales from my own path, we address the subtle dance of declining foods without sparking a family feud. It's a conversation filled with heart and humor, providing you with the tools to gracefully stand your ground and perhaps inspire a generational shift towards healthier habits.
Wrapping up with a heart-to-heart on the undeniable synergy between self-care and relationship clarity, we illuminate how a commitment to nutrition and physical activity is not just about looking good—it's about nurturing a deeper understanding of ourselves and those we love. By prioritizing our well-being, we not only transform our bodies but also bring into focus the patterns and dynamics that shape our interactions. Tune in for an episode that promises to be as enlightening as it is empowering, as we champion a lifestyle of health that enriches both our personal growth and our cherished relationships.
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In my latest episode, I'm thrilled to welcome Karina F Daves, my life coach, to unpack the complexities of personal health evolutions within the framework of our closest relationships. We dive into the nuances of adapting to healthier lifestyles while honoring the bonds with our mothers and partners, exploring the emotional landscape that accompanies such transitions.
Together, Karina and I dissect the delicate art of upholding dietary and wellness ambitions, especially when they clash with family customs and the occasional nudge to have "just one more" at gatherings. Sharing strategies and tales from my own path, we address the subtle dance of declining foods without sparking a family feud. It's a conversation filled with heart and humor, providing you with the tools to gracefully stand your ground and perhaps inspire a generational shift towards healthier habits.
Wrapping up with a heart-to-heart on the undeniable synergy between self-care and relationship clarity, we illuminate how a commitment to nutrition and physical activity is not just about looking good—it's about nurturing a deeper understanding of ourselves and those we love. By prioritizing our well-being, we not only transform our bodies but also bring into focus the patterns and dynamics that shape our interactions. Tune in for an episode that promises to be as enlightening as it is empowering, as we champion a lifestyle of health that enriches both our personal growth and our cherished relationships.
Connect with Karina
Instagram: @karinafdaves
Thank you so much for listening!
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Welcome to the Wealthy Generation Podcast. I am your host, naomi Jerez, your Bronx race, dominicana wife, mother of two new BFF and food and holistic health coach. I went from living a surface level healthy life to learning firsthand how to live my best life, rooted in wellness, and get my status back. Whether you're a wellness enthusiast, a food lover or simply curious about creating a healthier, more vibrant life, this podcast is your guide. We're going to dive deep into topics that will inspire you to make positive changes and elevate not only your well-being but those of generations before and after you. Stay tuned for exciting conversations, expert interviews and a whole lot of inspiration that will lead to action. Welcome to the Wealthy, wellthy Generation Podcast with me, your host, naomi Jerez. Hey friends, welcome back to the Wealthy Generation Podcast. That is WELLTHY. We're going to just jump right into it.
Naihomy:I have one of the most special guests on my show today. She was my life coach about two years ago. She let me, she helped me get my life in order and her name, so I'm very grateful that she's here with us to share her wisdom. I have very important questions to ask her. This episode is really dedicated to a lot of my clients and hopefully it will serve them, and if you're not, it will serve you as well. Her name is Karina F Dames. Can you introduce yourself please? Oh my gosh.
Karina:I was just telling Naomi, I was like I'm so happy for you, I'm so proud of you.
Karina:Like let's just chat away. So thank you so much for having me here. And like it's just so beautiful to see your journey and see. I love like watching your stories and seeing how many people you're helping and the impact that it's having and the messages that you show us. Like she's really really doing it and Naomi's really smart. I just want to put that out there. Like she's studying, yes, no, like she studies you so well and the two breakdowns I've had about my health. I call her because she's the one person that can walk me through what is happening and you know, and she even checks me. Like one time I was like you know, but it's like $700 and she's like well, I was like no.
Karina:Anyways, my name is Karina F Dave's. I'm a relationship coach and I help people stop arguing with their partners so that they can have more sex. And I think today's well, it's not my show. I'm out here trying to explain what we're talking about. You go?
Naihomy:Well, you're going to be helping us.
Naihomy:The reason why I asked Karina to join us in this conversation is because, after coaching for I don't know four years now, I've noticed that in coaching for my ladies to make progress, for them to feel confident in their journey, for them to start switching up their habits and creating this new lifestyle although it's a very personal journey and individualistic, the truth is that they also live in community. Food is part of community. The way we act and live and live our lives is often in relationship with other people that are very close to us. So, with that said, there are two relationships in particular that I have, you know, had to manage and communicate in myself and it is also true for a lot of the women who I coach which is the relationship with mom and the relationship with their partner, in two very different kind of aspects.
Naihomy:The relationship with mom is kind of this cold, dependent relationship where the mom is still feeding the client or she's still expecting them to act in a certain way, to be their support system, and then it leaves very little room for the woman going in this journey to be able to switch things up without feeling guilty or shame that they're no longer, that they're having to switch the way that their relationship looks with their mom and then with their partner oftentimes is they have children and they're used to taking on X amount of tasks in the home and now all of a sudden, in order to create space for them and for their health, they have to ask for support, ask for help and kind of detach themselves a little bit from all of the responsibilities they had and trust their partner to be able to handle what they used to handle before. So any initial thoughts that come up, we can take it one at a time, whether it's mom or partner.
Karina:Yeah, yeah, good, I like this. So I I was thinking about the relationship with the mom first. It's so interesting how much, like wellness and food, can be such a heavy impact from a parent. But it makes sense because they're the people that feed you for the majority of the beginning of your life, right? And so I was thinking about this in the sense that it's important to recognize how much programming that is instilled in us to look for that person, not just for love, but for advice and for the confidence of making the next decision.
Karina:So it makes sense that there is going to be friction when a new program is starting to be in place and when you start working with Naomi, she's going to literally educate you on not what just this food is, but what it does to your body.
Karina:And then what you're going to want to do is educate your mom and you're going to want to educate her and tell her like you know I'm making this up, but like, so Frito is actually not good for you, or a doble from Goya is actually not good for you because of this, this and this, and your mom's going to sit there and be like while she's cooking with the Sasan, like girl, like get out of here and that is going to cause friction, and what will also happen is that it will trigger confusion in you and you'll ask yourself well, I have such an allegiance to my mom, but I'm actually trying to do something better for my body.
Karina:So I'm working with a health coach Now, who do I believe, like, what do I do? And then you bring that friction, that disbelief, that guilt, that shame to the coaching call with Naomi. And what I want to offer you in that moment is that all of that is normal. All of that is normal. I think what's important is that it's not enough for us to just be like, stop worrying about what your mom thinks right, but more because when you're in that moment, you're going to worry about what your mom thinks right. I think what's more important for us to offer you in that moment is where can you make space to accept your mom for where she's at?
Karina:And I tell my clients this all of the time, which is like there is a big difference between acceptance and approval. And so you can accept that your mom is the way she is and she's making this meal with an ingredient like MSG or something, whatever it is that you may necessarily no longer want to eat, right, so you can accept her for still doing that, but it doesn't mean you have to approve of it. So what that means is like if your parent or your mom is making this big meal or she's talking to you about something, you can accept her for it and be like, oh, totally, mom, that's for you. Gotta go into this long history of why it sucks, because what it does to your mom is that she will then feel shame. She will then feel bad she. What is going to come up for your mom I'll bet you nine times out of 10, is that she will feel like you're telling her that she's a bad mom.
Naihomy:Yeah, yeah. So how would you well, you mentioned accepting where your mom is at right what about in situations where you wanna make a different choice and you're being guilted, maybe, into still going following the habits that you used to before, but now it's like oh no, no, like that actually makes my stomach hurt, that actually makes me feel really bad in my body. And then there's become this friction, because a lot of times food is connected to love and you don't love me anymore because you don't wanna eat my food right, yeah, that's hard.
Naihomy:Yeah, it is hard. What suggestions would you give somebody who loves their mom, builds community through food at home and, at the same time, is on this journey to love themselves, to take care of themselves, instead of just going along with the flow that they have been their whole life, when they're realizing, wow, when I eat this certain way, I feel sick?
Karina:That's deep A couple of things I would say. That just came up for me and here's the thing. This is more than just mindset. This is also about strategy and taking action. Because we can sit here and talk all about mindset, but Naomi and I have had many conversations about boundaries, about strategies and about even like what to say in those moments, and so I've been in these similar situations. For me, it's not my mom, it's my grandma.
Naihomy:Ok, yeah them too.
Karina:My grandma's like very big on wanting to share and she's like her eye is always watching if you're going to eat stuff or not.
Karina:Like it's weird, but I get it Because it's the way that they connect with us. They may not connect with talking about our careers or whatever, and so it's really understanding that a lot of these folks their main way to connect with us is food. Because they can't, they have trouble connecting with us in any other areas, and so what I would do with my grandma is like I would eat before I got to her house, like I would just eat on the way. I recently went to a family get-together that I knew was going to have food, that I'd try my best to stay away from gluten and I knew that I'd just have a lot of gluten, and so, on the way, I built myself a really quick salad.
Karina:Or you can just pick something up and I ate, so that what I was going to eat there wasn't going to be a lot. And now I know what you're thinking. But what if they ask you did you eat?
Naihomy:Yes, yeah, I'm not telling that, karina. No, vas a comer, vas a comer tampoco. Yeah.
Karina:And I'd be like no, no, no, no, I'm not hungry right now. I'm not hungry right now, but let me be, I'll wrap it up or let me help you. What else can I help you with? Like I'm telling you that your superpower, especially with your mom and your grandma and the older generation, is going to be and I know it sounds childlike, but what do they teach us with our kids? I don't know if it's called derail or reroute, but it's the same thing that you need to do with your family, because you will know, and you're going to try several times to have educated sort of conversations, enlightenment conversations, like the same conversations you try to have with your family after you came home the first semester of college.
Naihomy:Everybody knows how that Thanksgiving went.
Karina:It was horrible for everybody. We all came like the feminist movement and like this and that, and then all of our families were like where did you go? I thought I sent you to get an education and you're like no, I also came back with a movement. It's the same thing. It's like you went back to the College of your Health again and now you're coming back with this information and there's going to be resistance. And so you can try to have these conversations. But just know that it's important to ask yourself what's your intention here?
Karina:If your intention is to basically deconstruct 50, 60, 70 years of somebody's habits, it's going to take some time and you're going to have to be OK with that resistance. You're going to have to be OK with them feeling shamed. You're going to have to be OK with their thoughts because you're talking 50, 60, 70 years of a habit and here you come 30, 40 years in and being like no, I think there's a different way and they're going to look at you funny. So one yes, you can try to have those conversations, but recognize you're going to have resistance. Or two, after having those conversations, you can say to yourself you know what, I'm just going to go in there and reroute and show love and accept them for where they are.
Karina:So the next time my grandma offers me I don't know, for me it's always something gluten, or they forget I have a shrimp allergy, right I'm just like, oh, not, right now, I'm fine, it is what it is. And then it's like, but why not? And be like, why can't I help you with something? And it's just like no, no, I'm OK. Thank you so much. Or I know this sounds crazy, but I've actually. I'll be like all right, demo in poquito and I'll let them serve me a little bit and I just I've done the same thing.
Naihomy:You've done the same thing. I've done the same thing, especially with alcohol, because alcohol is a big one, because everybody feels uncomfortable for you not participating, because you're not participating.
Karina:I recently went to help my good friend Mariela at a weekend. Her mastermind and over. It's interesting that you're bringing up alcohol, so I. This actually wasn't a mental decision, this was a body decision.
Karina:So I'm sure you're the health coach that your body gives your mind sometimes messages, as opposed to the other way around, right? And so I've never been a heavy alcohol drinker. I mean maybe in my 20s when I was hitting at the club, but I would say that maybe within the last I don't know five years I've only really drank heavily during special occasions, and heavily I'm meaning like a shot, right or something. And after I had my son Levi, my body just became very sensitive to alcohol, where it just didn't feel right, and so I made the decision to stop drinking wine. And so I really don't drink wine, because every time I drink wine my hands swell up and I'm going to guess maybe it's the sugar, I don't know.
Karina:But I made my little analysis hypothesis. So then I was like, ok, then I'll only drink bourbon. So I started drinking only bourbon and it's interesting, I really wouldn't get drunk and I was like what's the purpose of drinking this? Am I trying to get drunk? Am I trying to socialize? I'm trying to have a good time, right? You start asking yourself all of these questions, and I'm not having any of these conversations with any of my family members anybody, right? And my families are very big beer drinkers. I've hated beer forever. The only beer I've ever loved is Blue Moon.
Naihomy:So anyway, yes.
Karina:Yeah, because any beer that I drink really messes with my stomach unless there's stomach free whatever beer. I don't know if that's the right word, but anyways, Naomi's brain is probably like it's the chemical in the beer that makes her stomach hurt right now. So, anyway, so recently I went on a trip and they had. I was like, all right, let me try a drink or whatever. And I, the last year or two, have become a very slow drinker.
Naihomy:And.
Karina:I was said. One of the girls was like, oh, you know, you didn't drink your drink. And I was like, oh, I'm a slow drinker. She goes no, no, no, you're a no drinker. And I was like maybe I am, Maybe I am not a drinker as much anymore Because I just put in it just didn't fit well with me and it was more of a body thing than a mindset thing. But I think to your point about family. I think for me it's about showing family that I can still have a good time without drinking.
Naihomy:Yeah, yeah, yeah, I think that's too, and what I've done a lot of times is, after the 50th time they asked me because they're so uncomfortable to see me with water, I'll say, yeah, I'll take it, but I never drink it. I'll either take it to the bathroom with me and throw it out, or, if it's outside, I'll tip it over on the ground or something like that. But what I always recommend to my clients is participate in the environment and bring something that you can join in on, whether that's a bottle of kombucha, usually something in a glass bottle, usually like something sparkly, and you can put it in a cup, and that way you're participating, you're drinking something, but it's something that feels good in your body and you feel comfortable with. Because I know those situations where there's peer pressure or you used to heavily participate in whatever it is that you're family is doing and then all of a sudden you choose not to anymore because you realize that it doesn't serve you. Then it causes that friction.
Karina:Yeah, that you were talking about. Yeah, I think that, and this is not about food, but I think the biggest, one of the biggest things that I stopped participating as much in, was gossip, which is very big.
Karina:Oh yeah you know culture, and then I get looked at like whenever they're talking about a thea and I'm like, well, maybe nobody really knows. You know how the is feeling and I'm like what? Like? You know she's working on some stuff, you know, and it's just like it's not just with food, it's habits that, yeah, have been passed down.
Karina:Like this podcast is called Generation right, so like the end of the day, like these are generational things that you are trying to break, and I think we focus so much on trying to break the, the generation before us, and what I want you to do is, instead of trying to focus on the breaking, I just want you to focus on the building. Yes, verse, the building, because I and I remember God telling me this a couple years ago, which is like you're not meant to intercess everything Right, which means like you're not meant to like shift the game for all the things in your family, but you can certainly build for the future, for the future generations, for the future, absolutely, if you're listening and like you're super exhausted from trying to have to change your mom or your grandma's mind, maybe you're not meant to break that, maybe you're just meant to build it.
Naihomy:Yeah, I absolutely agree, and I never, ever coach my clients are like you should teach your mom this or you should. I always say, like the biggest, the biggest change here is building the confidence in yourself and why you're doing it and living in that truth, in that new truth for yourself, because eventually, like if they want to notice, they will. So the changes that are happening you never, ever, ever, force anybody into a lifestyle you're trying to create. However, like you said, you do have to be okay with some friction, okay with some comments, and just know that it's not coming out of a bad place is just when people try to make sense of something they don't understand. They make a lot of assumptions and still is not to debunk all of those things. Yeah, either. It's like building your own confidence in that, yeah, yeah. So let's jump into partner.
Karina:Okay, tell me, tell me the problem.
Naihomy:Yeah, because you know, a lot of women come to me and when we first start coaching, it's like oh, we can't even talk about food or movement or any of that first.
Naihomy:The first thing we need to talk about is how we're going to create space in your life, space in your schedule for you to start to engage in these kinds of activities, and most often they need to ask for support or their, let's say, leaving the house to go to the gym, or they're building different kinds of meals for their family, or they're buying different kinds of groceries at the supermarket.
Naihomy:And there's this, especially as moms, there's this tight, I think, control that we try to keep on how things are done, either for our kids or for the home or something like that, and oftentimes what happens is that we need to be okay with releasing first, asking for the sport, and to being okay with things getting done in a different way. So often that causes a lot of friction and it becomes a stressor in the relationship and for the woman, which we also try and work on, because doing things and being stressed about it is this kind of counterintuitive. So I know you went on a healing journey and I know you spoke about in the beginning that we discussed a lot of things about your health and you have a partner and you have children. So how was it for you navigating those kinds of conversations and what kind of advice would you offer for a woman who really wants to make this change for herself but is really conflicted in asking for support and being okay with how things are getting done?
Karina:Such a good question and, before I talk about myself, I love that you painted this picture, because my relationship coach, bring, went off and I was like, oh, this is just an opportunity, this is not a problem, this is actually an opportunity, and Naomi and I have had so many conversations about how things aren't necessarily an issue, they're more so an opportunity for change, and I think that if this is you and the scenario that she just painted is you, I think it's first of all, it's so valuable that you walk your clients first through the control and first through that mindset stuff before the strategy, because I think that anybody in this particular scenario, it's important to know how much weight is on you and I'm not talking pounds, I'm talking about how much weight of managing the household, the children, is on you. If anything, I would be so fortunate to work with Naomi because she is literally the pentacle of the beginning of you having to look at your life and realize that it is not well balanced and that this partnership may not be a partnership, but maybe more so like there's just a lot of weight and responsibility on you. Now, whether that was to the default, whether that was you decided it, whether it was your spouse decided it. Whatever came to happen happened, but now it's for you to realize that this ain't right and we got to have some change. So you even feeling, like, how do I ask for support? That even is an opportunity for you to ask yourself why do I even have trouble asking for support? Is it because my partnership doesn't have the dynamic where we can ask support for each other? Is this a childhood trauma thing Like why is it even difficult? Do I not even have a supportive partner Like she's gonna help you unfold a lot of stuff there that has not anything to do with food, but more so about your relationship, which is super cool and awesome that you do that. But I think that for anybody listening, I don't want you necessarily to see this as an issue, but more of an opportunity to take a look and a pulse on, like what's the weather like in your relationship and the dynamic of where things are weighted on. So that's one. Two, I think.
Karina:For me, when I was sick for two years, it was back to back health issues with everything from like breaking my foot to living with a drain in my body for having an what's it called an abscess, a perino abscess, which is not fun, for two years, and over those two years I did have the support that I would have wanted. I also created a lot of boundaries with the people in my life that I necessarily felt like just weren't meant to be in my life anymore, and I think that as you're going on this wellness journey, that's gonna come up too. You're gonna realize that. You know, because here's what happens when you start working with Naomi.
Karina:You're also the food part. You're also going to stop eating certain foods that have given you fog brain right, that have not allowed you to think as clear, not allowed you to rest as much as you wanted to, and so, like I'm just gonna say a number A month working into her, you're gonna wake up and be like whoa everything is so clear, everything is so bright. You're gonna have these crazy epiphanies when you work with her and you're gonna be like holy crap.
Karina:Well, not holy, sorry God, but like crap like you know, cassandra or Yolanda or Sarah, I don't know Like it really isn't a good friend and it's crazy how much food even your wellness habits sort of doesn't allow you to see your life clearly. And so that is why the relationship stuff comes up, because as you get better in your wellness and as you get more clarity, you also start to take a good look around you and realize like dang, like that person ain't right, or like dang, my marriage needs some help. Or like you start realizing a lot more things than just food.
Naihomy:Yeah, I'm so glad you brought that up. I have never painted it in that way and it's 100% right what you're saying, that you do gain more clarity, because once you're not constantly in your brain about how you're not feeling well, about how you don't have energy, you can't think straight, you really cannot see clearly, like you said, what's happening around you. But all of a sudden, when you create more mental capacity, more mental space to see other things that are happening in your life because you're just taking such good care of yourself, then those things also start to come up. And yes, I do food, but I really specifically specify. I like specialize in holistic health, which includes relationships and includes your environment and includes all these things that we don't necessarily assume affect our health. But they do, but it does, yeah, but it does, it does, it does Cool. So I know you're a super busy woman, right, how? And I know I see you. I see you going to the gym, I see you making your meals. How do you cry out?
Karina:Are you proud?
Naihomy:of me.
Karina:I am so proud of you.
Naihomy:I tag.
Karina:Naomi half the time I'm like I think of me. It's never been my health coach officially, but I literally tag her and all my cause, I think about you all the time and that's only been off of maybe I don't know four or five conversations that we've had. I can just imagine your clients results, her and I just as friends. I've had maybe four or five conversations about my personal health journey and she's instilled in me certain things Like we talk about hormones, we talk about this like the thyroid, all this other stuff, and I'm just like, okay, okay, I got it and I'm a great student. So every single time.
Karina:I make something. I'm like look, look, look, naomi, look, I'm doing it and following it. Anyways, go ahead.
Naihomy:Yeah, I remember once time you called me, like at 8 am, and I'm like oh my God, what's going on, do?
Karina:you like that?
Naihomy:I did a job. Anyway, how do you make it okay to make this a priority for yourself? Because I know time is a big deal and I know your time, you know, has a lot of different areas tugging at it. You're an entrepreneur, you have full-time job, mom life, all those things, so how do you create the space to prioritize your health?
Karina:Such a good question and I'm going to say something that is like a little wild. But busyness is the enemy of relationships, and that includes the relationship with your body Mm.
Naihomy:Business is the enemy.
Karina:Yeah. So busyness is the enemy of relationships, and it includes the relationship with your body. I am never too busy to take care of myself. I could have answered that and said well, there's this strategy and I insta car, and no, when it comes to food, when it comes to food and taking care of my body, I am never too busy. I will be late to wherever I'm going.
Naihomy:I have had.
Karina:I'm sure Naomi has had this experience. I have had my entire car parked and running full kids in car seat waiting for me while I'm putting a lunchbox together because I am hungry and I am not going to eat. They want to have Wendy's. They can have Wendy's. I am not going to eat the Wendy's. I'm going to pack my lunch and eat on the way there. Now will I eat the Wendy's? Maybe sometimes, but in that moment I have hummus, I have olives, I have cucumbers, I have quinoa and I have a piece of chicken we made the day before. So I am sitting there putting everything together in a little bento box. We have at this point, maybe like four or six bento boxes. For that very reason, because I am not, I'm never too busy. I was five minutes late to coming on this podcast and I had already made an egg white omelet for breakfast in the morning and I passed by it and I was like I'll just be fine. I was like I know I'm already running late. I heated it up and when we opened the call, what was I doing? I was eating, you were eating, I was eating the omelet.
Karina:I am never too busy to take care of my body. Simply said, I'm never too busy to eat. I am never too busy to stretch, I am never too busy to go to Pilates. I am never too busy to go to the gym. I am never too busy. And my Pilates instructor hates me because I'm always late. The orange theory hates me because I'm always late, right, because when I'm going on the way there, I'm putting El Glutamine in a water, I'm shaking it, I'm grabbing a vitamin C packet and I'm shaking it. Or I'm thinking, oh, I want to pick something up later, so I need to grab my pure enzyme pills. Like I am like that strategy, like you're never too busy to take care of yourself. Why? What's your why? My why is because if I love these people so much and they need to have 100% of me, then it does them a disservice if I show up at 30%. Thank, you.
Karina:What type of sexual moments. Let me tell you something. Let me tell you something?
Karina:Yes, it's going to get spicy. Tell me, the best sex I've ever had with my husband has probably been within the last five, six years that I've been really taking care of myself and I've had dips. I remember I had a COVID dip which I think many people can join me on. And then Naomi knows that also during COVID, my sister was diagnosed with blood cancer. So that was two years for me where I gained 40, 50 pounds.
Karina:And it affects your intimacy. It affects your intimacy. It affects how you show up for your kids. And I was sitting at the bottom of the stairs and my husband comes up to me because everybody decides to talk to each other when it's not the right moment. And he's just like something's off. Am I off? Do you no longer find me attractive? And I was like no, I do, why. And he's like because we're not as intimate as we used to be. And I was like really. And he's like, yeah, it's been a couple of days. And I'm like, oh, and then I just break down and I'm like I don't like my body, I'm all alone. My husband's like oh, let's just figure out what you can do. Do you want to go back to the gym? Where can we invest?
Karina:And then that really started me all over again and before that I had been on a great health kick for five years. But when COVID and my sister hit, I went down for two years and I would say that ended. Probably that was 2022 is when I started working out and being healthy again and I knew what to do, but I wasn't doing it. I mean, I was slightly probably sad and depressed and all those things were happening and I would say I've only been on the up and up since like 2022. And that's only two years, if any.
Karina:Right so, but for me, I had to tell myself Karina, you've done this for five years. You know how to be healthy. You're never too busy to take care of yourself and that's my why and that's my why. And also, like it's sex, it's my family, it's my own capacity. Like you think about a lot about your clientele, but you think about people that have nine to fives and working in the corporate world. You want to be an amazing like team member employee Go take care of yourself. You want to be a bomb ass like parent? Go take care of yourself. You want to be an amazing partner? Go take care of yourself. That's how you will be amazing, not by like rushing all the time and hustling.
Naihomy:Oh my gosh, that is where we end, because this, this is this is what I try and and help people women understand that they really do need to take care of themselves If they want to. That person they think they're being by just overpouring is not actually who they want to be, because they're not taking care of themselves and they're probably doing things out of resentment and all that. So thank you so much for being here. I appreciate you. Thank you for sharing all of those gems. Please let us know how we can support you where we can find you.
Karina:You have a lot of great things coming, yes, okay, so I primarily live on Instagram and TikTok at my handle, karinaf, as in FrankDave, and I have a podcast called relationships. You understand, and, yeah, if listen, if you're interested in working together to stop arguing with your partner so that y'all can be more intimate, you can go to the link in my bio on my Instagram or at my website and just book a sales call. I want to help you and your partner just be better, because a better relationship begins with a better you. Yes, preach, thank you so much, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you. Thank you so much.
Naihomy:Karina, thank you for the time.
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