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88. Enjoy Vacation without Strict Wellness Rules: Traveling to see Benitođ° In PR
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Wellness on vacation doesn't mean strict rulesâit means making choices that help you fully enjoy your trip without feeling sick or exhausted afterward. We share practical strategies for balancing indulgence with self-care while exploring new destinations.
⢠Identify water sources immediately upon arrival to stay hydrated in hot climates and counteract travel dehydration
⢠Pack protein powder packets for quick morning fuel or late-night options when restaurant timing doesn't align with hunger
⢠Move your body in ways that feel goodâhotel gyms, walking tours, local fitness classes, or simple in-room stretching
⢠Balance your plate at meals when possible, but prioritize food safety over rigid nutrition rules in certain destinations
⢠Practice the "double-fist" method with alcoholic beveragesâwater in one hand, cocktail in the otherâto minimize sugar crashes
⢠Share desserts and local treats instead of ordering individual portions to sample everything without overwhelming your system
⢠Get adequate rest to recover from busy days of exploration and travel activities
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What's up. What's up, what's up. Friends, welcome back to Wealthy Generation Podcast. Last week, we spoke all about getting ready for travel for seeing Bad Bunny in Puerto Rico. At least, that's what I'm basing my advice on, that's what I'm basing my suggestions on, on what I'm doing for this specific trip, and hopefully it serves you as well. So if you haven't listened to last week, please go ahead and do so.
Speaker 1:This is a continuation of that episode where in the last episode, I spoke about how do I prep to go away, how do I prep for travel, because a lot of times it's not just like getting cute, doing your lashes, your hair, your nails, your wax, like all of that. All of that is 100% important. A lot of times, what we miss is how do we take care of ourselves internally? And if you're on a wellness journey, if you really want to be mindful you want to about how you're eating, how you're moving your body, about your health, if you want to be mindful of how you feel when you go away, or you have this idea that every time you go away, you get sick or you drop the ball or you fall off track or anything like that, and then it's really hard to get back on. I feel you I've been there before myself where I'm trying to adopt this. You know wellness lifestyle and I do a pretty good job, but especially when I get back, it's really hard and it just takes practice. I remember my first year or two. That was pretty difficult for me. Either way, I want to share with you what I do when I get to my vacation. We spoke again last week about how do we prep for that, like, how do I pack to go to the airport on my travel days? What do I take with me? What do I put in my luggage? So today I'm going to cover what do I do when I actually get to my destination, and in this case it will be Puerto Rico, but it can be like an all-inclusive resort and, yeah, the details change a little bit depending on where you're going and I can maybe touch on a few of those things.
Speaker 1:But it doesn't matter where you're going If it's like a road trip and you're going somewhere nearby or you're taking a plane somewhere else. Also, I think it matters to like what the accessibility, what the accessibilities are where you go. I know sometimes for, let's say, if I'm traveling for the Dominican Republic, I want to plan a little bit different, depending on things I enjoy and I need, because either I can't find them there although now I think that there's a lot of things I can find over there or I don't want to spend the time trying to find them over there, or I cannot take things from here because I'm traveling internationally, whereas if you're going somewhere within the United States is a lot easier most of the time to find things because the big box businesses are still around, right that you can go and pharmacies and, for better or for worse, amazon things like that where you can have things delivered. But sometimes things are not as accessible everywhere else that you're going. So it's not about being super strict with myself.
Speaker 1:When I go on vacation, I really do want to relax, I want to enjoy. I am a foodie through and through, so I love trying local cuisine, places and foods that the destinations are famous for. I definitely want to not be stressing out about every single thing I'm eating and drinking At the same time. I do not enjoy feeling unwell. I don't want to end up with a stomach ache or not doing well, and you're going to see that. There's some, let's say, unconventional advice I might give here and suggestions that you might not be expecting and I'll explain that, too here. And suggestions that you might not be expecting and I'll explain that too. Whether it's the drinks, whether it's food, whether it's desserts, it's stuff I want to try. And two, my body speaks to me. Or there are different ways to do the same things that you're doing at home. For example, when it comes to movement, I might not be going to the gym and lifting weights the same way I do here in New York, but I might be exercising in different ways when I get out there, wherever I'm going. So those are options as well. And on the last episode, I also spoke about bringing tools with you that might be helpful, depending on where you're going. So let's talk about it.
Speaker 1:Where I'll be staying in Puerto Rico is a hotel that has a lot of amenities. It is not an all-inclusive hotel. I love those kinds of hotels, but this one is not like that. So one of the things that I like to do when I get to my new place is explore. Especially, I want to locate where things are. I want to see where the gym is, I want to see where my room is. I want to see if there's a little convenience store where the help desks are who I can speak to, who I can speak to. Usually, on my way to the places I want to see if there's any stores nearby.
Speaker 1:One of the main things I like to get when I go to hotels that are not all inclusive is water. That is literally my number one stop every single time. When I went to Las Vegas, I went straight up into CVS and I got a gallon of water. Ask my roommate. When I went to Virginia a few weeks ago, that's the same thing. I identified a supermarket. I got a gallon of water, various gallons of water, because I was with the whole family. It's no different here.
Speaker 1:Water keeps us hydrated. It can serve you so well. It serves me for my morning protein shakes if I want to have a tea. So I'm not out here being like a wrinkly grape raisin being dehydrated. Dehydration can make you feel so extremely sick. Dehydration can make you feel so extremely sick. Trust me.
Speaker 1:I passed out on the New York City subway when I was very young because I was dehydrated AF. I was new to the corporate world. I was just drinking coffee day in and day out. I thought it was really cute, then I would be drinking alcohol all the time. I was in my early twenties and I got so dehydrated that I literally fainted in the subway. Not cute, not a good look. Okay, amiga, not a good look.
Speaker 1:So water is the number one thing I can put my electrolytes in there. I am in a hot place, I am in a place where I am involuntarily sweating and I just want to have that available for me. So when I get to my hotel, that's usually one of the first things. I tend to shy away from buying water at hotels, because they tend to be sold at a premium and it's very small bottles. But if there's nowhere else to grab your water, then yes, please go ahead, get whatever it is that you need. So what does this water serve me for while I'm in my hotel room? It can serve me as to have a cup of room temperature water in the morning. Sometimes I have lemons with me, sometimes I don't. Sometimes there's microwaves to warm up your water. Or if I'm on a local trip, maybe I'll take my milk frother that I also use as a water warmer with me. All true stories, all I have witnesses for okay, don't play with me and like setting the tone for myself.
Speaker 1:Nice warm water with lemon or without lemon, some room temperature water can get your digestive system going in the morning. It can give it a little cleanse, it can rehydrate you after many hours of not sleeping, it can help you take your morning supplements so many things Okay and it can also help with building my protein shake, which in the last episode I discussed, I take like little packets where I can bring with me and I can use that. Why do I want to do that? Why do I want to think of all those things? Because sometimes you just want to chill in the room for a while. It is not an all-inclusive place, or you might not be wanting to go and grab breakfast right away, right, you don't want to go rush. Or you don't want to spend hours and hours and hours without eating and then overstuff yourself when you go and find a breakfast place, right? So the morning time is a great time to start to set the tone for the day, to kind of blunt and settle down.
Speaker 1:Sugar roller coasters, blood sugar roller coasters. Remember, you're in the heat, you may or may not be dehydrated, you've been traveling and the best thing that, one of the best things you can do is kind of put your body at ease by at least giving it substantial fuel and by substantial fuel is not like you're eating a ton, right, but if you're getting, you're getting some protein in in the. But if you're getting some protein in in the morning, you're getting some hydration in. It can really help you settle your mood, settle your blood sugar, settle your stress, like your cortisol, all of those things before you even head out, and not making it a rush either. Now, another option is room service Hello, in a rush either. Now. Another option is room service Hello.
Speaker 1:That's totally the case too, but usually I'm the type of person that likes to go out and explore new places. I love to explore new restaurants, new brunch spots, new breakfast spots. So rarely am I getting room service for breakfast. So, yeah. So having a protein shake, having water, having all of that in the room is so clutch, okay. So what else do I have? Yes, okay. So another thing I do I'm looking at my little list, y'all. That's what I'm doing, because I try to organize this for you and for me. Let's be real for me Sometimes, what also happens when I'm on vacation is that either I'm eating really late because I'm out late or I'm eating too much, like I'm overeating a little bit, because I enjoy the things, because I'm trying to like, try as many things as possible, whatever the reason might be, and sometimes I wake up and I'm trying to like, try as many things as possible, whatever the reason might be, and sometimes I wake up and I'm not hungry at all.
Speaker 1:I, although I don't do intermittent fasting, I do try and stick to time-restricted eating, which is giving my digestive system a full 12 hour break from food. And again, that can vary depending on the circumstances. Because you know, if I'm out and I'm at the concert and it ends super late I've been hearing that it ends around, I don't know it's three hours long. So nine, 10, 11, 12, you're out and it's like one in the morning and I'm hungry, your girl is hungry, your girl is going to eat. Okay, like there's none of this, oh my gosh, it's too late to eat. Like, if I'm hungry I'm going to eat. So it just depends, right. But sometimes, especially when we're out, or at least for me, when I'm eating out a lot, my stomach is just like things just get backed up and there's just too much going on.
Speaker 1:So not always do I have the protein shake early or first thing in the morning, because I just like to continue to give my digestive system a break to go enjoy more of the rest of the day, but again, it's always an option there. Or I sometimes use it in the nighttime, where maybe I'm back in my hotel room and it's later in the day and I just need something quick. And this is something I did when I was in Virginia and Ocean City a lot where I had taken not necessarily I took powder, but I also took like pre-made bottles of just shakes and I kept them in the hotel refrigerators. And it was just such a lifesaver when it was late at night and I was hungry or we were taking forever to get ready in the morning. Like it's just a really good option to have to just help yourself like blunt that blood sugar or like give yourself fuel when you need it, when you're not eating at your regular times. Um, and you need like a little bridge between your meals, cool.
Speaker 1:So what else do I do in my hotel? Sometimes, actually almost in all vacations, I have worked out in the hotel gym. And if I don't work out in the hotel gym, I usually do something in the room. There's been times where I just use an extra hotel bathroom towel and I'll lay it on the floor and I'll do some stretching or some like floor mat, floor Pilates or some just plain old body weight workouts. Now, with YouTube, it's great because you can follow something along. You can just do something that feels good for you. There's been times where I use my resistance bands, as I spoke to about in the previous episode, and I'll use that. One time there was, like this really big bench in my hotel room, a time when I was in Colorado, and I just use the bench to to do like walk-ups and things like that.
Speaker 1:Um, and like I spoke about in the last episode, I always bring some workout clothes with me. Or there's been times where I just move naked, for real, for real, or like in my underwear. It doesn't have to look a certain way. The point is to move your body and it depends on why I'm doing it or why I'm not doing it. Usually, my body is just so used to moving that I truly, truly crave it, especially depending on where I am in my cycle. My body just really desires movement. So I honor that In the road trip I took to Virginia and Ocean City, I really didn't want to work out at all.
Speaker 1:I was burnt out, I was really tired, I really wanted to take that time to rest and sleep in, and that's what I did, although there were times where I did a lot of walking because we were exploring the new places. But it's not like it was oh my gosh, I have to get a workout and let me go walk purposefully. It was just more organic, like naturally exploring, let's go walk, and it ended up being really long walks, which was great, but it wasn't formal workouts. However, stuff that you can do is, if you have workout apps, you can use that. You can use plain old YouTube. You can use whatever feels good for your body.
Speaker 1:The point is that sometimes people are like oh, I'm on vacation, so I'm not doing anything, and you're not necessarily taking into consideration if that's what your body's asking for or not, if that is actually going to allow you to feel better and sometimes it does. So that's all I'm saying. And if you have goals right, if you want to keep up your momentum, things like that, then it's a good idea to do it. It's not a punishment to go work out. It is a privilege to go work out and again, I'm not saying that you have to go do it but is this whole mindset of I'm on vacation so I'm not doing anything, or this is not a place to work out? Any place is a place to work out. Your body, again, does not know the difference between you being at home and you being on vacation. Depends right home and you being on vacation depends right Like it can needs to adjust temperature changes, altitudes, things like that, but still it needs a certain kind of input and you might feel better if you do it. So it was more checking in on your mindset, right? If this is a lifestyle you want to adapt and keep your habits going, it doesn't mean that you do it as often as you might do it at home, as intense as you might do it at home. However, it can still be very beneficial to do something or to try something new.
Speaker 1:Another thing I like to look up when I go on vacation sometimes there are classes hosted by the place you're staying in, and this is very hotel focused, right? If you're in like Airbnb land, then that might be different. However, I still like to check the neighborhoods where I'm staying at and maybe try new classes there. There was one time I went to like Pennsylvania or something and the hotel I was staying in was actually attached to an athletic center and in that athletic center they were holding strength classes like lay mills, body pump, and I loved those classes. So, guess what? I just showed up, I signed up, I paid for the class or whatever, and there was a bunch of local people, women, they knew each other and I was over here in the back of the class being awkward AF, but it worked for me. I just tried something new. I never saw these people ever again. Um, there's also, like I said, sometimes classes that are hosted by the venues. They have like sunset yoga or sunrise yoga, or they have pool Pilates or pool aerobics. They might have Zumba and dancing and all these other things.
Speaker 1:So make it fun for yourself. Explore other ways that you might want to move. Maybe it's just walking on the beach, maybe it's going for a swim. The point is to keep your body active and moving, especially if you're being living your best foodie lifestyle. Like myself, you want to like, keep everything moving and going, and it doesn't have to take that much time. It can be incorporated right into the fun things that you're getting done, so it's not like you're carving out separate time every single time to get some movement in, cool. So this is stuff that happens where you are staying.
Speaker 1:Now let's quickly talk about what happens when I leave the hotel Granted, like, even if you're, let's say, in an all-inclusive resort, when you're not actually leaving, you can still take tips from here because you're like leaving your bedroom right and you're going out to, like, the rest of the space or or the venue that you're staying in. So I usually depending, take my water bottle with me. I like to take my water bottle with me full of water to ensure that I keep hydrating. I don't know exactly, like, the location I might be at, so I don't know if there's going to be accessible water to me when I want to buy one. You know I also try and reduce the use of plastic and how much water I'm having from plastic bottles and sometimes, trust me, that's the only way like I am putting water from plastic bottles into my water bottle. So that's probably not even fair to stay on vacation, huh? At home I do have water filters, but I sometimes just don't want to have to think about where to buy things if it's not accessible to me or if I'm not walking around or if it's not right there. Right In all-inclusive resorts, they usually just give you water bottles at the bars, so I just go ahead and grab that. They stock them in the room. So there I'm usually not walking around with water bottles. But let's say, if I want to go into the city, into San Juan, to explore places, and I'm able to take a little bag with me, sometimes I do take my water bottle with me, and if I don't, for whatever reason, then I'm mindful of wherever I make a stop I grab a bottle and I have some and then I keep it moving.
Speaker 1:So another thing I try and do when I'm out is I eat my meals. I try my best not to skip meals. Okay, especially, like I said, breakfast setting the tone for the day. The protein shake for me is not breakfast per se. It's just like this settling of my blood sugar, giving my body some fuel, getting some fuel in within about an hour to an hour and a half of waking up. And usually that for me is not actual food, is more of the protein beverage or maybe some yogurt, things like that at home. So I like to go grab formal breakfast and have some sort of lunch and dinner. When I'm having those meals, I like to go grab formal breakfast and have some sort of lunch and dinner. When I'm having those meals I try to follow the same kind of plate balance that I do at home. Whereas I'm having a good serving of protein, my carbohydrates usually fats are incorporated in the oils, but in a place like Puerto Rico is probably covered by avocados.
Speaker 1:Um, veggies, if they're safe and I want to make this clear because oftentimes vegetables either are not safe to eat things like salads, like raw salads or they're not appealing to eat. People just don't know how to make them. And I don't make this a big deal for myself. If it's not safe to eat it, I won't have it. I just have the protein and the carbs, like straight up, rice and beans and chicken, like straight up.
Speaker 1:I remember one time we were in a beach town in the Dominican Republic and a loved one tried to order salad at the beach and I was like, oh no, we're not doing that. There was no proper places to wash salads, to disinfect salads, there was like no actual running water like that to do any of those things, and the safest thing to eat there was deep fried food. And it's really funny, because one of the things I try to be mindful of is not having too much deep fried food. It just is too heavy for my stomach, it makes me bloated, it makes me sluggish and I don't enjoy feeling that way, although sometimes it is super, super tasty. So I'll have.
Speaker 1:I just don't want that to be my meals all the time, to consist of just deep fried foods. But let me tell you, at this beach, this is what you had, like it was the safest thing to eat because it was cooked in oil, it was fried and all the bacteria was gone. Um, I had eaten in a place similar to that before and I had tried to get like camarones al ajillo, like garlic shrimp, and it did not end well for me because I got so, so sick. So the next time I went back there I was like, give me the deep fried fish with the deep fried tostones, I don't care, I was hungry, I wanted to eat and in terms of food safety, that was the safest thing to have. So it's also that kind of mindfulness.
Speaker 1:We don't need to stick to every single rule all the time. So even though I love having a good portion of vegetables on my plate or salad or something like that, it's not applicable in all situations and I want you to know that too, because sometimes we think that these wellness rules are so hardcore, but they're really not Okay. We also need to have like a little bit of mindfulness of food safety and accessibilities to different things and where the food is being prepared at the same time. So if you, if you can don't skip meals um, if you can don't skip meals, just have your version of breakfast, lunch and dinner, so that way you remain more stable. Have your snacks, have your desserts, have whatever you want, and also keeping in mind food safety concerns.
Speaker 1:Another biggie, biggie, biggie, biggie, biggie for vacation is alcohol. Y'all don't be drinking no water, but let me tell you how much y'all be drinking alcohol out there. So this is the main thing that gets you effed up, and I don't mean like in a drunk way. I mean that most of the time, what's being consumed is super duper sugary drinks. They're made with thick syrups that come from I don't know where. They add a lot of sugar to them and we have so many. We're having a good time and we have a lot of them and that makes us feel so incredibly sick. I can tell you stories upon stories about how I've lost full days of vacation because I just had way too many sugary drinks everything from like a crap ton of rum and Coke in Jamaica, you know. You know, like that Appleton rum with Coca-Cola. Yes, I used to down Coca-Cola, all right, it was just so good and I have the pictures of it as well.
Speaker 1:I remember when I was, when I went to Vegas and I literally could not eat for an entire day. I wanted to freaking cut my stomach out of my body because it hurt so freaking bad. I remember I ended up eating like around four or 5 PM the next day because my stomach hurts so bad. And what was this from? You know those wild coyote drinks in Las Vegas that they have like a gazillion slushy machines. I thought it was so cute to walk around with one of those boot cups up and down drinking all these slushies Again, not the alcohol, the insane amount of sugar and chemicals that those drinks have in them.
Speaker 1:And then another time in Aruba I had so many caipirinhas, and if you don't know about caipirinhas, yes, it has lemon, yes, it has. I think it's mint and other things, but what it also has is like two to three teaspoons of sugar, not that much if you're having, well, whatever Like if you're having one or two, maybe that big of a deal, but I didn't have one or two, I had like 10. Okay, and I felt so incredibly sick. So things like sangria and piĂąa coladas and whatever slushy drinks you're having, again is not to rain on your parade, but it is to make you aware that we try to go all out when we're on vacation and it's like let me drink this, let me drink that and, to be honest, like your body is just like what the fuck is happening right now. Like one day you're giving me like not that much food and we're not drinking this much alcohol and we're not having this much sugar. And then, from one day to the next, everything changes and in your mind, in your consciousness, you know that you're on vacation, you know that you paid for this, you know that you're going all out, you know that you want to have a great time and your poor body is blind to this and it's just like what the fuck is happening. I need to troubleshoot course correct ASAP, asap.
Speaker 1:Okay, so is not not have alcohol is being mindful of what you're having? And please, double fist, and by double fist I mean have a frigging cup of water in one hand and your drink in the other hand. Be mindful of how many of these sugary beverages you're having, one behind the other. What are they putting in these things? Are they being made fresh? Are they making them with fake syrups? Right, that is just like high fructose corn syrup with red 40. What is making up the colors in your bob marley drink?
Speaker 1:Okay, like sure, it looks cool and that's as much pleasure as I want to get from that drink. I just want to look at it and be like, wow, that is so pretty. But I don't want it inside of me to make me feel so sick. Now, do I want to try new things? Absolutely. Do I want to try amazingly fresh cocktails? Yes, and you know what, if I really feel like having a drink and that is all that is available in certain places, then to me I just have a beer, if I can. Right, I know, like, also, some beers have gluten inside. It's not a preferred choice for everybody, but sometimes even wine can be so sweet that it bothers my stomach, especially sweet wines like Moscato's or certain Rieslings and things like that. So, unless they be having some Prosecco or some crisp rosĂŠ or something like that. So I think those are usually the two big things If I'm talking to my foodie fam and my fam that likes to have drinks and have a good time.
Speaker 1:And again there can be this balance of I'm having a good time and I want to keep having a good time. I don't want to wake up sick to my stomach the next day or that night. I know I've been on vacations where my friends are just done by dinner and I would get so pissed because I'm like I want to go eat again, I want to go have my dinner, I want to try these places and y'all are out here planchados en la cama, because y'all just overdid it throughout the beginning of the day and no judgment right, everybody to their own devices. But I'm specifically talking to the crowd of who's with me, like you want to have a good time, you want to explore all these things and you don't want to feel like death. And let me tell you, a lot of my clients have gone on many vacations where it's like less, less, you know, turn up and they've been pretty good in terms of feeling good. Not that they did a good job, but they were feeling good and they were still able to participate in whatever they wanted to participate. But it's just that like delineation between I've had enough or I really don't need three drinks of those specific ones, or trying something, and being like this is not for me.
Speaker 1:Asking questions. And again, even if you work on staying hydrated and having your meals, that alone is a game changer. That alone, okay. We need to be mindful of how much time we're spending in the sun, of how much we're sweating, things like that, because that can also kind of take you out when we're not used to like having that much heat on us for a specific like so so long, and that's actually one of the things that gets me and that gives me a migraine. So that's's why sometimes I'm like, yes, let me have this water, let me stand in the shade for a few minutes. So this is basically how I handle these things. When I'm out here, I really want to be mindful of how I'm feeling.
Speaker 1:So there's also the treats, right, like desserts, and at home I'm not having dessert every single day and every single meal that I'm having. But let's say I'm on vacation and there's like a bunch of desserts to try yes, yes, please, and thank you. Like this is yes, yes, please and thank you. Like this is this is what we live for. Like this is the enjoyment of life. This is why I do the 80% of the work to have this kind of enjoyment. When it comes around, even here at home in New York, when there's new dessert places that pop up and things like that, I want to go try them. So what are some things that I'm definitely excited to try in PR? And those are things like alcapurrias, limber, tostones de pana, quesito, medalla de beer, mofongos, fresh cocktails yes, I am down for that and I am excited for that.
Speaker 1:The trick, too, when it comes to treats, is knowing when you've had enough you don't have to finish every single thing that you purchase and knowing when to just share with your friend. A lot of times, I just share with my partner or share with a friend. Most of the time, we don't need a whole one to ourselves. We can just go ahead and share, and I like to walk as much as I can. All right, and when possible, I'll go to bed at a reasonable time. If it's not like full on time, then I try and go to bed at a decent time so I'm not completely exhausted the next day, because appropriate rest really plays a big role as well.
Speaker 1:So you want to unwind from all the exploration, the busy days? Give your body a break in that way, okay, so I hope these things, these tips, were super helpful. You and from the first episode where I spoke about bringing electrolytes and all these things, these are stuff like things that you can carry with you or buy when you get to these places. I think I can bet money that this is like the top two or three things that affects us when we're traveling between the hydration, skipping meals or eating like things that are not aligned with us all the time, even if there are other things that are safe for us to eat, they really do a number on us, and something that I really work on with my clients, as I said in the first episode, is really setting the mindfulness, the awareness and the knowledge base to be able to make these decisions without feeling like you're restricting or you're missing out or anything like that, because they have directly built connections with how it makes them feel and, most of the time my clients come in with goals like, oh, I want to lose a bunch of weight, I want to look good in my clothes, look good in my clothes, things like that, and very quickly it changes to I want to feel good, like they did not realize how, for how long they had not been feeling well and how addicting it is just to feel good, not to be bloated all the time, not to have digestive issues all the time, not to be tired and fatigued and have brain fog all the time.
Speaker 1:That is equally as valuable, not spoken about enough or brought to the awareness of part of feeling well in your body, part of your health journey. Because, again, a lot of times it's just about the external, the external, the external and how we're looking. But I can guarantee you that the more you feel well on the inside, the more you will look good on the outside. There's no way around it. The way you're feeling on the inside oftentimes reflects as to how you feel and you look on the outside. So you want to pay attention to both.
Speaker 1:All right, I hope these suggestions, these tips, were super helpful for you. I have to say that, if you want more support on these topics. If you are excited to go on vacation and, like, really own it, really feel confident, have that knowledge base that I'm really feel confident, have that knowledge base that I keep mentioning. And if you really want to not really want to, I actually know that you really want to but if you've been having a rough time building these habits, it feels super hard. You know a lot, you know what might work for you and you're having a hard time with implementation and you also want to understand what you don't know, right Like you don't know what you don't know and learn new perspectives and new like add skills to your toolbox and maybe different ways of doing habits that are a better fit for you. That's exactly what I can support you with in one-on-one food and hormone health coaching, and we worked together for six months so that we can take our time in mapping all these things out right and understanding how you feel and processing and building on a great foundation that we're going to build together. So that's essentially what, at a super high level, it would look like to work together in food and hormone health coaching.
Speaker 1:Now, if you have further questions, if you're interested in learning more, I invite you to book a consultation call with the link in the show notes, or you can go ahead and send me a message either on Instagram or via email, and I'm happy to continue the conversation there, because I know one of the main pain points is I have a hard time building the habit, building the habit, and the thing is that life is very spontaneous, let's say, or we're not in the same place all the time, we're always switching up, and I think something that trips people up is coming out of routine or coming out of a specific plan.
Speaker 1:But when you have the knowledge and the tools with you, then that a lot of times is enough to go ahead and make decisions that are aligned and how to manage your mind while you're at it. Like I said in episode one, the number one best thing that I take with myself on these trips is my brain and my knowledge base Okay and the variety of tools and habits that I have to be able to pull from when I'm in different situations. And that's exactly what I want for you, friend. So I can't wait to keep in touch, I can't wait to talk to you, and I hope you have an amazing time on your vacation. I'll talk to you later. Bye.