WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.040 --> 00:00:02.799 Hi, everyone, Welcome back to another podcast episode. My name is Alisha 2 00:00:02.839 --> 00:00:06.120 Gogin, the host of the Globe Secrets podcast, where I help you expand 3 00:00:06.120 --> 00:00:09.000 your mind and become more self aware so that you can glow up into the 4 00:00:09.039 --> 00:00:14.599 best version of yourself. Boy, are we feeling it today? In fact, 5 00:00:14.759 --> 00:00:19.640 I have been feeling it all month. The winter blues they got me. 6 00:00:19.839 --> 00:00:22.320 They got me in a choke hold. But I want to talk about 7 00:00:22.359 --> 00:00:27.239 five things that have been grounding me that have been truly helping me get out 8 00:00:27.280 --> 00:00:32.399 of this winter blue, this depression, this struggle that we all seem to 9 00:00:32.439 --> 00:00:36.560 face every year when the season's change. Now, listen, I knew that 10 00:00:36.600 --> 00:00:41.159 the winter blues had me in a choke hold when I realized I was drinking 11 00:00:41.479 --> 00:00:44.240 more than one cup of coffee every day. And that is not a habit 12 00:00:44.320 --> 00:00:47.719 that I want to continue to bring in to the wintertime or the new year. 13 00:00:47.840 --> 00:00:50.320 Not only do I know that it's low key, just a way to 14 00:00:50.359 --> 00:00:54.079 cope. I just know that trying to have a second cup of coffee every 15 00:00:54.159 --> 00:00:57.719 day is not actually picking me up. Now, what I have been drinking 16 00:00:57.759 --> 00:01:02.560 recently is magic mind productivity, Because listen, what I'm not gonna do is 17 00:01:02.600 --> 00:01:06.840 pick up bad habits during the winter time just to have to wean myself off 18 00:01:06.879 --> 00:01:08.359 in the springtime. I'm not doing it now. I know you can only 19 00:01:08.400 --> 00:01:12.480 see this if you're watching on YouTube, but these magic mind shots are my 20 00:01:12.640 --> 00:01:17.280 favorite thing. I have been drinking them since September. So in these shots 21 00:01:17.280 --> 00:01:21.719 they actually have new tropics, macha adaptagens, and vitamins. So I feel 22 00:01:21.719 --> 00:01:25.599 like this is way better in my personal opinion, than drinking coffee, because 23 00:01:25.640 --> 00:01:29.239 what is coffee doing to me other than giving me more anxiety. So anyways, 24 00:01:29.319 --> 00:01:32.719 every time I start the podcast, I will be having my magic mind 25 00:01:32.760 --> 00:01:37.439 shot because we're not doing coffee again, We're not doing the second cup. 26 00:01:37.799 --> 00:01:40.560 If you guys are interested in magic mind shots, then I will have their 27 00:01:40.599 --> 00:01:42.959 information down below, as they are the sponsor of today's episode. So two 28 00:01:44.040 --> 00:01:48.000 quick things before we get into the five things that will help you beat Winter 29 00:01:48.120 --> 00:01:51.359 blues. One, my book is ready for pre ordered, The Ultimate Glow 30 00:01:51.400 --> 00:01:53.959 Up Guide, which is not only a book, but a journal guide to 31 00:01:55.040 --> 00:01:57.319 self growth, self care, and becoming the best version of you. You 32 00:01:57.319 --> 00:02:00.920 can get this book on Amazon. You can get a chapters. You can 33 00:02:00.920 --> 00:02:02.640 get at Burns and Nobles. You can get it really wherever you get your 34 00:02:02.640 --> 00:02:06.680 books, all of the information and all the links for my book will be 35 00:02:06.719 --> 00:02:09.000 down in the description, and when you pre order the book, you can 36 00:02:09.199 --> 00:02:14.719 get my free shadow Work Inner Child Discovery Journal prompt Guide if you have not 37 00:02:14.759 --> 00:02:16.800 already gotten that, and the instructions to be able to get that journal guide 38 00:02:16.800 --> 00:02:21.159 will also be in the description below. And also for anyone who didn't watch 39 00:02:21.360 --> 00:02:23.120 Monday's episode, I did talk about the giveaway, so if you want to 40 00:02:23.240 --> 00:02:27.400 enter, definitely go listen to that episode and the giveaway for that will be 41 00:02:27.439 --> 00:02:30.719 closing on December eighteenth. So the first way that you're going to beat Winter 42 00:02:30.800 --> 00:02:37.719 Blues is to have a mindset shift. And this mindset shift has been getting 43 00:02:37.800 --> 00:02:42.960 me through it, which is it won't be like this forever. And you 44 00:02:43.199 --> 00:02:47.080 need to apply this mindset shift to whatever you have going on in your life. 45 00:02:47.159 --> 00:02:51.759 Apply this to your finances, Apply this to your love life, Apply 46 00:02:51.879 --> 00:02:54.840 this to maybe you're in a phase of your life right now where you're just 47 00:02:55.039 --> 00:02:58.599 lonely, even if you have friends, even if you have a boyfriend, 48 00:02:58.840 --> 00:03:01.319 whatever it is. Maybe people are far away from me right now. Maybe 49 00:03:01.400 --> 00:03:06.120 you're on your grind, maybe there's just not much to do socially right now. 50 00:03:06.159 --> 00:03:08.479 Maybe you're in school right now, maybe you're working towards a fitness goal. 51 00:03:08.560 --> 00:03:15.240 Whatever it is, understand that this too shall pass. Truly, and 52 00:03:15.319 --> 00:03:20.000 recently, since I've been preparing for my book launch, there's a lot of 53 00:03:20.039 --> 00:03:24.080 content that I've been having to pre upload and edit and work on, and 54 00:03:24.360 --> 00:03:29.120 I think December is honestly one of the busiest months for most creators, I 55 00:03:29.120 --> 00:03:31.879 feel, especially for me in the self development industry, I feel like a 56 00:03:31.879 --> 00:03:36.080 lot of people are going through it, meaning there's a lot of content to 57 00:03:36.159 --> 00:03:38.599 make for you guys, to help you guys get through it, but also 58 00:03:38.680 --> 00:03:40.680 preparing for the new year. There is just a lot of things. And 59 00:03:40.680 --> 00:03:44.000 then on top of it, like I just said, my book launch, 60 00:03:44.120 --> 00:03:46.319 there's so many things that I'm obviously working on behind the scenes, and lately 61 00:03:46.319 --> 00:03:51.159 it's been making me feel really lonely. But in the times that I've been 62 00:03:51.199 --> 00:03:58.360 witnessing this not emptiness but just loneliness, I remind myself, this is not 63 00:03:58.479 --> 00:04:02.879 going to last forever. This is not to deny or not feel the loneliness 64 00:04:02.879 --> 00:04:05.759 sometimes that we feel, for sure, and I'll let myself do that. 65 00:04:06.479 --> 00:04:12.280 But even this past, specifically this past weekend, I was just working on 66 00:04:12.560 --> 00:04:15.599 everything, and I was reminding myself, this is not going to be forever. 67 00:04:15.199 --> 00:04:18.319 You know, even with your book launch. You're going to launch your 68 00:04:18.319 --> 00:04:20.680 book, and this doesn't mean I'm never gonna stop talk Like obviously, I'm 69 00:04:20.680 --> 00:04:24.160 gonna keep talking about my book, but there's just things right now that I 70 00:04:24.240 --> 00:04:26.920 have to do, and it crunch time, and it's a lot of brain 71 00:04:27.000 --> 00:04:29.879 power, and it's a lot of editing, and there's a lot of nights 72 00:04:29.879 --> 00:04:33.079 where I am just alone and I just you know, I can't really escape 73 00:04:33.079 --> 00:04:35.959 it, and it feels lonely. But I remind myself, this is not 74 00:04:36.480 --> 00:04:40.120 going to be like this forever. And I think that you really need to 75 00:04:40.160 --> 00:04:45.160 apply that to whatever it is right now that you're feeling down about or confused 76 00:04:45.319 --> 00:04:47.920 or lost with. I even definitely think if you're going through anything to do 77 00:04:48.040 --> 00:04:53.680 with relationships, I feel like that has always been something that's helped me. 78 00:04:54.120 --> 00:04:56.920 The mindset shift of this is not always going to be like this forever. 79 00:04:57.040 --> 00:04:59.879 And what I like to do when I think about things that are making me 80 00:05:00.079 --> 00:05:03.519 feel sad or alone or depressed, I always think, Okay, how is 81 00:05:03.560 --> 00:05:06.759 my life going to be in six months? How is my life going to 82 00:05:06.759 --> 00:05:11.560 be in one year, It's gonna look different. And bringing it back to 83 00:05:11.600 --> 00:05:15.120 relationships. Okay, the relationship that you have right now, maybe it's not 84 00:05:15.160 --> 00:05:17.120 working out, maybe you feel alone, maybe you're confused, maybe you're whatever 85 00:05:17.160 --> 00:05:23.199 it is. Think about the dream relationship that you actually want in your life. 86 00:05:23.240 --> 00:05:26.079 How would that look, how will that feel? What would this guy 87 00:05:26.120 --> 00:05:29.040 be treating you like? Where will you be going, where will you be 88 00:05:29.079 --> 00:05:31.680 traveling to? What will your home look like? What your love look like? 89 00:05:32.040 --> 00:05:35.639 All of these amazing things. Let's not continue to focus and dwell on 90 00:05:35.680 --> 00:05:39.680 the things that are not working right now or are not feeling that good. 91 00:05:40.000 --> 00:05:43.360 We can honor those feelings, we can let them out, we can feel 92 00:05:43.399 --> 00:05:45.879 bad about it, whatever we need to do. But at the end of 93 00:05:45.959 --> 00:05:48.959 the day, it is important that we have this mindset shift of Okay, 94 00:05:49.519 --> 00:05:54.759 we're here right now where it doesn't feel the best, but we are going 95 00:05:54.839 --> 00:05:58.879 somewhere. And it's important because if you don't have this mindset, then you 96 00:05:58.920 --> 00:06:01.600 will dwell. I'll sit in your bed every single day just waiting for something 97 00:06:01.639 --> 00:06:04.879 to change. But you have to be the one to change. And I 98 00:06:04.920 --> 00:06:10.480 even think about this with my gym workout that I did today. It was 99 00:06:10.560 --> 00:06:14.199 really hard. I definitely had to, you know, get past all of 100 00:06:14.199 --> 00:06:15.600 the thoughts that come up in my head. But I'm so used to having 101 00:06:15.680 --> 00:06:20.120 some of these thoughts that, you know, these little old limiting beliefs, 102 00:06:20.120 --> 00:06:24.680 if you can't do this, or is this too hard, or let's just 103 00:06:24.720 --> 00:06:27.800 negotiate ourselves out of this next rep, and maybe we can only do three 104 00:06:27.879 --> 00:06:30.560 rounds instead of four, like all that stupidness. And I remind myself in 105 00:06:30.600 --> 00:06:33.759 the moment, those are just old thoughts that don't need to be my truth. 106 00:06:33.800 --> 00:06:38.000 I don't need to live them out. But what I do in the 107 00:06:38.040 --> 00:06:40.439 times where I feel like, oh my gosh, Okay, I have twelve 108 00:06:40.439 --> 00:06:45.319 reps and I'm lifting two hundred and fifteen pound hip thrust right now. This 109 00:06:45.360 --> 00:06:47.800 is hard and I'm only on Rep six, I like to tell myself just 110 00:06:47.879 --> 00:06:51.399 do one more, focus on the next one, focus on number seven. 111 00:06:51.439 --> 00:06:55.879 Okay, you did that. We can do eight, we can do nine, 112 00:06:56.120 --> 00:06:58.720 we can do ten, we can do it. You have to tell 113 00:06:58.759 --> 00:07:01.439 yourself in those moments, this is something that I've gotten so good at doing 114 00:07:01.600 --> 00:07:05.079 in all aspects of my life, and this is the thing that has gotten 115 00:07:05.120 --> 00:07:09.000 me results in my life, because, like I said, if you don't 116 00:07:09.000 --> 00:07:12.399 have a voice inside your head saying you can do it, you will easily 117 00:07:12.439 --> 00:07:15.839 not do it. There's been so many times where I just didn't care to 118 00:07:15.079 --> 00:07:18.480 have that voice in my head and I dropped. And you can do it. 119 00:07:18.680 --> 00:07:20.800 You have more power than you think. But you have to be the 120 00:07:20.800 --> 00:07:25.639 one to tell yourself that. And it's nice to have friends and family tell 121 00:07:25.680 --> 00:07:29.000 you that. It's nice to have me tell you that, but at the 122 00:07:29.040 --> 00:07:30.600 end of the day, you're going to be the one who has to tell 123 00:07:30.600 --> 00:07:34.040 yourself that over and over again until that becomes your truth, all right. 124 00:07:34.120 --> 00:07:40.839 Number two is to have a routine. Now, we talk about routines a 125 00:07:40.879 --> 00:07:43.959 lot, and I feel like everyone knows that they it's good to have a 126 00:07:44.040 --> 00:07:47.439 routine, but I think, especially in the winter time, to have a 127 00:07:47.519 --> 00:07:55.160 routine is to release dopamine in your brain. Okay, when you let's say 128 00:07:55.199 --> 00:07:59.360 a morning routine that you have and maybe there's like three things in your morning 129 00:07:59.399 --> 00:08:03.720 routine. One you're making your bed, Two you're making sure you have a 130 00:08:03.839 --> 00:08:07.519 nourishing meal before you have coffee, and three you're going on a walk. 131 00:08:07.639 --> 00:08:11.360 Whatever those look like for you. That's just in an example, when you 132 00:08:11.639 --> 00:08:16.040 check those three things off of your list, you actually release dopamine in your 133 00:08:16.040 --> 00:08:22.160 brain, and that is the same chemical that you would get from things that 134 00:08:22.160 --> 00:08:26.319 are not necessarily the best, but in quick, fast doses will make you 135 00:08:26.319 --> 00:08:31.399 feel amazing. Fast food, binge eating, scrolling on TikTok, talking to 136 00:08:31.439 --> 00:08:35.759 a guy who love bombs you but then falls back. You can go even 137 00:08:35.799 --> 00:08:37.919 as far as drugs, which we're not going as far as drugs, but 138 00:08:39.559 --> 00:08:41.960 things like that. Obviously we want healthy ways to release dopamine. And when 139 00:08:43.000 --> 00:08:46.720 you actually accomplish things, yes, you are going to feel better about yourself, 140 00:08:46.759 --> 00:08:50.519 even if it's the smallest things. And not only that, not only 141 00:08:50.559 --> 00:08:54.240 that, it has been shown and doctor Huberman did talk about this on one 142 00:08:54.240 --> 00:08:58.240 of his podcasts about dopamine, and I will have it linked down below. 143 00:08:58.279 --> 00:09:03.759 It's a really long podcast and it's very scientifical and girl, just get ready. 144 00:09:03.000 --> 00:09:09.240 But and I've heard other people say this too, when you're actually on 145 00:09:09.279 --> 00:09:13.720 a pursuit to a goal, there's actually don't mean being released as well. 146 00:09:13.919 --> 00:09:16.919 So it's not even the fact that you got the goal body or you got 147 00:09:16.960 --> 00:09:20.679 the money in the bank account, it's the fact that you're waking up every 148 00:09:20.759 --> 00:09:24.039 day and you're checking one, two, three off your to do list and 149 00:09:24.080 --> 00:09:26.879 you're one step closer to getting that dream life. Now, your morning routine 150 00:09:26.879 --> 00:09:31.840 doesn't need to be like super goal oriented, but I just think in general, 151 00:09:31.039 --> 00:09:35.000 to get you through these long, gloomy days, it can be very 152 00:09:35.039 --> 00:09:41.919 beneficial for you to have a routine that you It's not that you're looking forward 153 00:09:41.960 --> 00:09:43.759 to it, but you know, these are certain things that you're gonna do 154 00:09:43.840 --> 00:09:48.440 every single day to release That don't mean, honestly, now, something that 155 00:09:48.480 --> 00:09:52.320 I do from my routines. I have many routines for different things, but 156 00:09:52.440 --> 00:09:56.759 one of them that I've been talking about a lot is to have a weekly 157 00:09:56.600 --> 00:10:01.840 deep self care routine. So I'm doing my hair care, my skincare, 158 00:10:01.000 --> 00:10:05.879 body everything like I'm making it a whole entire thing. And when I do 159 00:10:05.960 --> 00:10:09.080 that every single week, not only am I feeling accomplished, like I'm moving 160 00:10:09.120 --> 00:10:13.120 towards something like an end goal in the way, even though there's not a 161 00:10:13.200 --> 00:10:16.480 huge end goal with my self care routines, genuinely, I just know that 162 00:10:16.519 --> 00:10:20.759 it's great, but I know that I'm doing something good for myself every single 163 00:10:20.840 --> 00:10:26.720 week, and naturally, it just makes me feel less down, less alone, 164 00:10:26.279 --> 00:10:30.840 less depressed, because I know, well, every week I'm doing my 165 00:10:30.879 --> 00:10:35.080 self care, I'm doing this routine, I'm getting something off of my list, 166 00:10:35.240 --> 00:10:37.120 I'm doing this for myself and if I want to think about some of 167 00:10:37.120 --> 00:10:41.120 the benefits, which is always something good to do when the times you don't 168 00:10:41.120 --> 00:10:45.080 really want to do something is to think about, Okay, well girl, 169 00:10:45.600 --> 00:10:48.320 do you know how amazing your hair is going to look in the springtime? 170 00:10:50.080 --> 00:10:52.879 Do you know how nice your glues are going to look in the springtime? 171 00:10:54.600 --> 00:10:56.840 Yeah, you don't really know right now, but just know that is coming, 172 00:10:58.000 --> 00:11:00.879 you know. And I do find the more you mind yourself of those 173 00:11:00.879 --> 00:11:03.399 things, the less you have to do it, because it just becomes kind 174 00:11:03.399 --> 00:11:05.320 of like a natural thought of yeah, I know this is good for me, 175 00:11:05.440 --> 00:11:09.080 or yeah, I'm looking forward to this. So have a routine. 176 00:11:09.120 --> 00:11:11.879 It doesn't have to be a morning, a night, a new routine, 177 00:11:11.159 --> 00:11:15.799 a freakin' i don't know, a five am routine before you're nine to five, 178 00:11:15.840 --> 00:11:18.600 and then your six pm routine before your freaking night routine. Like, 179 00:11:18.879 --> 00:11:22.600 you don't need to overwhelm yourself, especially if you don't really have many routines, 180 00:11:22.960 --> 00:11:26.559 but just having a little mini routine in the morning or at night, 181 00:11:26.720 --> 00:11:31.519 or even a weekly routine that you are feeling grounded in will really help you 182 00:11:33.000 --> 00:11:37.799 ground yourself in something that you know is going to do so much good for 183 00:11:37.879 --> 00:11:39.879 you your health, your wellness, your mindset, your whatever. Now. 184 00:11:41.000 --> 00:11:46.440 Number three is to have a reward. Now, a reward could be so 185 00:11:46.519 --> 00:11:50.279 many different things. Rewarding yourself at the end of the week by having your 186 00:11:50.320 --> 00:11:54.720 fancy coffee at a coffee shop house that is probably really expensive to go to 187 00:11:54.799 --> 00:11:58.080 every single day. If maybe once a month you have budgeted something where you 188 00:11:58.120 --> 00:12:01.240 can buy yourself something cute. If you're like more of a material girl, 189 00:12:01.360 --> 00:12:05.320 maybe you're going on a monthly massage or a weekly massage if you got the 190 00:12:05.320 --> 00:12:09.399 money like that, or maybe simply you have something planned once a month, 191 00:12:09.480 --> 00:12:11.639 once a week, whatever it is, And we can put all of those 192 00:12:11.720 --> 00:12:16.039 under the umbrella of a reward. But I think it's really important for you 193 00:12:16.120 --> 00:12:20.279 to know that you are looking forward to something like something is gonna come out 194 00:12:20.320 --> 00:12:24.360 of whatever it is, even if you're not necessarily rewarding yourself for let's say, 195 00:12:24.399 --> 00:12:28.879 like going to the gym for the week, or having your morning routine 196 00:12:28.919 --> 00:12:31.279 for the week, or like whatever it is, it's just having something to 197 00:12:31.360 --> 00:12:35.720 look forward to. During the winter months, especially, we feel like it's 198 00:12:37.039 --> 00:12:43.120 endless cycles and days Like lately it has been so gloomy every single day. 199 00:12:43.159 --> 00:12:45.759 It just feels like the same day over and over and over and over again. 200 00:12:45.799 --> 00:12:48.480 And I'll give you an example. This weekend, like I already said, 201 00:12:48.600 --> 00:12:50.720 lots of work, it was kind of down. I was actually supposed 202 00:12:50.720 --> 00:12:52.919 to see some friends and stuff like that, and I planned everything, but 203 00:12:52.000 --> 00:12:56.480 like things all got canceled essentially, so I just ended up working. But 204 00:12:56.600 --> 00:12:58.679 as I was working, you know, changing my mindset It's not gonna be 205 00:12:58.759 --> 00:13:03.799 like this. And then something that followed it was reminding myself, oh my 206 00:13:03.840 --> 00:13:07.759 gosh, you know what my best friend's birthday is on Thursday next week, 207 00:13:07.919 --> 00:13:11.600 not Joy by the way, my best friend from my hometown, and she's 208 00:13:11.639 --> 00:13:15.440 having a dinner. All the girls are coming up. It's gonna be so 209 00:13:16.000 --> 00:13:18.480 good. And I'm just gonna hold onto that. I'm just gonna know that 210 00:13:18.559 --> 00:13:22.039 what I'm doing right now it's gonna be worth it. I'm gonna get my 211 00:13:22.120 --> 00:13:24.120 work done, I'm gonna do everything that I can, and then on Thursday, 212 00:13:24.360 --> 00:13:26.639 I'm gonna have my day and I'm gonna go out my girls and I'm 213 00:13:26.639 --> 00:13:31.919 gonna have the best time ever. That really helped me through this weekend of 214 00:13:31.960 --> 00:13:35.159 feeling really alone. And you know, you might not have like plans with 215 00:13:35.200 --> 00:13:39.039 a friend, but maybe it's with your boyfriend. Maybe you have a date 216 00:13:39.120 --> 00:13:43.240 night planned, or maybe you have a massage, or you know something that's 217 00:13:43.279 --> 00:13:45.799 free. Maybe you're going to a Christmas market. I went to the Distillery 218 00:13:45.879 --> 00:13:50.320 Restrict on the weekend or actually it was Thursday with my friend and it was 219 00:13:50.399 --> 00:13:54.799 free, although I do think that it costs something during certain times of the 220 00:13:54.840 --> 00:13:56.240 month. But whatever, there's so many things that you can find. By 221 00:13:56.279 --> 00:14:00.919 the way, I do have how to romanticize winter on my Mai channel Alicia 222 00:14:00.960 --> 00:14:03.879 Gogin if you want to see like what I've been getting up to and the 223 00:14:05.320 --> 00:14:07.000 gift ideas and things that I've been doing. So I don't know, that's 224 00:14:07.039 --> 00:14:11.840 just a video that you can watch, but even something as having a show 225 00:14:11.919 --> 00:14:16.600 to watch at the end of the night, like I right now love my 226 00:14:16.679 --> 00:14:20.759 Real Housewives, I love the Kardashians right now. I know that Vanner Pump 227 00:14:20.840 --> 00:14:24.919 is coming in January, I believe, I don't know, there's just something 228 00:14:24.080 --> 00:14:28.000 about you know, turning off that endless cycle that you kind of are always 229 00:14:28.120 --> 00:14:33.159 in and turning on something that's more lighthearted. And you know, we could 230 00:14:33.279 --> 00:14:37.240 easily it's fine. I'll just after work, I'll just scroll on TikTok all 231 00:14:37.279 --> 00:14:41.120 the time, and like, yeah, I do that sometimes, but it 232 00:14:41.159 --> 00:14:43.759 doesn't hit the same, it doesn't feel the same. After I'm off of 233 00:14:43.799 --> 00:14:46.200 TikTok. I don't feel good. For the most part. I don't feel 234 00:14:46.200 --> 00:14:50.200 good when I've been scrolling, or you know, maybe some people won't feel 235 00:14:50.200 --> 00:14:54.159 good when they're watching reality TV show. I love it personally, like I 236 00:14:54.240 --> 00:14:58.080 just really it's so different than what I usually consume. But find something that 237 00:14:58.120 --> 00:15:03.360 you genuinely actually enjoy. And now, for me, I'm not the most 238 00:15:03.360 --> 00:15:09.360 social person, but this specific night with my friends on Thursday, I know 239 00:15:09.440 --> 00:15:11.240 it's gonna be great. I know it's gonna be great because we're planning, 240 00:15:11.279 --> 00:15:15.639 we're being intentional. We're going to a really nice restaurant, we're gonna go 241 00:15:15.679 --> 00:15:20.039 out to a place we all love. We're all getting ready like it's planned. 242 00:15:20.080 --> 00:15:22.960 It's not just this off the whim oh, just come out to the 243 00:15:22.960 --> 00:15:24.720 city because like there's nothing to do. That's good too. If you need 244 00:15:24.759 --> 00:15:28.600 to do that, do that, And I do think planning something weekly monthly 245 00:15:28.720 --> 00:15:33.639 can really again ground you and this energy of like, you know what, 246 00:15:33.200 --> 00:15:37.679 I've got this, I can do this, I can get through this time 247 00:15:37.799 --> 00:15:41.559 of my life, all right. Number four, Whatever it is you spend 248 00:15:41.600 --> 00:15:48.399 the most time doing, do your best to romanticize that time or that process. 249 00:15:48.519 --> 00:15:52.159 So, whether that be the gym school right now, working on your 250 00:15:52.200 --> 00:15:56.399 finances, finding your career, self care practice, going on a healing journey. 251 00:15:56.679 --> 00:16:00.639 Usually the things that you're wanting to spend the most time on tend to 252 00:16:00.679 --> 00:16:04.600 have an end goal, which is great, But how can you romanticize and 253 00:16:04.799 --> 00:16:11.399 enjoy that process, because essentially you're probably gonna have to do this quite often 254 00:16:11.639 --> 00:16:18.120 a lot of the times, and when it's wintertime, when there's not sun 255 00:16:18.200 --> 00:16:21.440 coming out, or when it's cold, or when even doing this for so 256 00:16:21.639 --> 00:16:25.240 long, sometimes you can easily fall back into old ways. And I think 257 00:16:25.279 --> 00:16:30.240 something that can really help you get to your goal or even just get through 258 00:16:30.320 --> 00:16:34.440 this period of time is to enjoy the process. Is to romanticize your little 259 00:16:34.480 --> 00:16:37.679 routine. So at the beginning of the year, when I was working out, 260 00:16:37.759 --> 00:16:41.080 I didn't necessarily have a routine or like this identity that I was stepping 261 00:16:41.120 --> 00:16:45.159 into. I kind of just was going and getting myself into the gym, 262 00:16:45.200 --> 00:16:48.440 which is great. You don't have to romanticize everything, and I don't suggest 263 00:16:48.440 --> 00:16:51.200 you do because it just becomes too much. But I started to be aware 264 00:16:51.240 --> 00:16:53.559 of the things that were making me feel really motivated to go to the gym 265 00:16:53.600 --> 00:16:56.879 and things that weren't. Now, when it comes to motivation, you can't 266 00:16:56.919 --> 00:17:00.519 always be motivated with everything. And I am going to actually make a video 267 00:17:00.679 --> 00:17:04.119 on motivation on my main channel as well, probably to do with health and 268 00:17:04.119 --> 00:17:08.240 fitness, because I'm that's what I do. But for me, what helps 269 00:17:08.319 --> 00:17:15.960 me not have so many thoughts about negotiating myself out of the gym is looking 270 00:17:15.000 --> 00:17:18.079 forward to the gym and how do you look forward to the gym? And 271 00:17:18.160 --> 00:17:22.240 for me, it is a playlist that I know these songs are getting me 272 00:17:22.359 --> 00:17:26.680 in the mood. These songs remind me of who I want to be when 273 00:17:26.680 --> 00:17:30.400 I'm in the gym, when I'm out the gym, when I'm wearing my 274 00:17:30.480 --> 00:17:33.480 outfits, when I'm feeling the most alive. I also have workout sets that 275 00:17:33.519 --> 00:17:37.359 fit me right and I feel good in I wear my hoodies sometimes I have 276 00:17:37.480 --> 00:17:41.920 my headphones that give me the best sound that I could possibly have, especially 277 00:17:41.920 --> 00:17:45.880 when I'm doing leg days. I'm also making sure that my workouts are tailored 278 00:17:45.920 --> 00:17:49.319 to what I actually enjoy to do, along with making sure that my workouts 279 00:17:49.359 --> 00:17:56.319 are actually sustainable and for me personally. I've actually cut down how many exercises 280 00:17:56.359 --> 00:17:59.119 that I do in the gym for my leg days, and I usually only 281 00:17:59.160 --> 00:18:03.640 stick to two main exercises. I do my activation, my warm up, 282 00:18:03.680 --> 00:18:07.079 and then I do two exercises. I'll switch them sometimes depending on what and 283 00:18:07.160 --> 00:18:10.079 of course, like i'm lifting certain ways, I'm changing them all the time. 284 00:18:10.240 --> 00:18:11.160 I used to be a personal trainer, by the way, if anyone 285 00:18:11.400 --> 00:18:14.759 did not know that, and health coach, and I went to school for 286 00:18:14.839 --> 00:18:17.000 health and wellness, so I feel like it's kind of easy for me to 287 00:18:17.039 --> 00:18:19.359 program myself. But still these are things outside of what I even learned in 288 00:18:19.359 --> 00:18:23.079 school. Honestly, just taking things very very slow and just knowing myself and 289 00:18:23.160 --> 00:18:27.599 also having food that I look forward to eating afterwards to make sure that I'm 290 00:18:27.640 --> 00:18:32.519 fueled when I do this process. Going to the gym is not hard for 291 00:18:32.559 --> 00:18:34.880 me. It's not something that I dread doing. Is it hard? Yes. 292 00:18:34.960 --> 00:18:37.200 Do I know that it's going to be hard some of the times, 293 00:18:37.240 --> 00:18:41.279 like harder than others, even if like I'm on a period or whatever it 294 00:18:41.359 --> 00:18:45.160 is. Yeah, but you know, the pre and post and the during 295 00:18:45.799 --> 00:18:49.119 me doing these small little things, I really do enjoy it. And I 296 00:18:49.160 --> 00:18:52.559 think that there's been many times where I've wanted to go on a fitness journey 297 00:18:52.559 --> 00:18:55.920 and I didn't really have that, Like I didn't really care about a playlist, 298 00:18:55.960 --> 00:18:57.640 or I would just play random music, or I didn't sit down and 299 00:18:57.720 --> 00:19:02.160 curate a playlist. I didn't look for the clothing that made me feel the 300 00:19:02.200 --> 00:19:03.920 best. I didn't visualize the person that I really wanted to be. And 301 00:19:03.960 --> 00:19:07.839 I'll give you another example. When it comes to deep work sessions. For 302 00:19:07.920 --> 00:19:11.359 me and deep work, it really just means like turn off your phone, 303 00:19:11.440 --> 00:19:15.240 D and D right on your computer or do whatever journal or whatever the heck 304 00:19:15.279 --> 00:19:17.759 you want to do for like however long you want to do it, usually 305 00:19:17.759 --> 00:19:22.039 around like an hour or like ninety minutes. Recently, because it's been really 306 00:19:22.039 --> 00:19:25.720 depressing at night, like the sun sets at down near four point thirty, 307 00:19:25.759 --> 00:19:27.920 and on top of that it's usually gloomy all day, I know that I'm 308 00:19:27.920 --> 00:19:32.480 going to be still working into the night, and you know, my body 309 00:19:32.559 --> 00:19:37.680 is definitely transitioning to this no sunlight vibes and it doesn't like it. And 310 00:19:37.759 --> 00:19:42.119 so instead of just sitting on my laptop and you know, being crunched up 311 00:19:42.200 --> 00:19:47.640 and really uncomfortable and just you know, not really having a process, I 312 00:19:47.799 --> 00:19:51.799 like to kind of set myself up. Whether that's in my office or out 313 00:19:51.839 --> 00:19:52.960 in my living room, depends on where I want to work. I have 314 00:19:53.079 --> 00:19:56.160 my lighting, right, I'll put on some jazz music. I'll make sure 315 00:19:56.200 --> 00:20:00.680 that I eat or I have a water, I'll have my magic mind, 316 00:20:00.720 --> 00:20:03.759 whatever I have. Like, I have a whole little setup, and I 317 00:20:03.799 --> 00:20:07.119 turn off my phone, I make sure my area is clean and nice, 318 00:20:07.240 --> 00:20:11.079 and then I start working. That makes me not only more motivated, but 319 00:20:11.119 --> 00:20:15.440 I feel more clear minded. I feel like I'm actually like in the process 320 00:20:15.480 --> 00:20:18.759 of doing things instead of just sitting up and opening up my laptop and just 321 00:20:18.839 --> 00:20:21.920 going away. Sometimes you have to do that, yes, but because I 322 00:20:21.920 --> 00:20:25.759 spend so much time doing that on the nights where it feels very depressing, 323 00:20:26.559 --> 00:20:33.039 I no longer dread another three hours of editing when I kind of know, 324 00:20:33.279 --> 00:20:36.079 well, actually it's kind of enjoyable when I put on the music, you 325 00:20:36.119 --> 00:20:38.440 know, when I get into a comfy outfit and maybe I have my little 326 00:20:38.480 --> 00:20:41.880 drink with me and everything is kind of clean, and I give myself this 327 00:20:41.920 --> 00:20:48.839 time like it goes by quicker. I don't feel so resistant to do it. 328 00:20:48.960 --> 00:20:52.119 So whatever routine that you have to do, romanticize it. And I 329 00:20:52.119 --> 00:20:53.960 even think about when I used to drive to work, when I used to 330 00:20:55.039 --> 00:20:59.880 be a bartender and server. Obviously I did not enjoy working those long hours. 331 00:21:00.359 --> 00:21:03.160 It wasn't the most fun thing. But what I would make sure to 332 00:21:03.240 --> 00:21:07.559 do is I made sure to leave enough room in the morning to have my 333 00:21:07.640 --> 00:21:11.799 morning routine, like to put my time and effort into myself. But also 334 00:21:11.039 --> 00:21:14.839 as I was driving to work, I always made sure that I had a 335 00:21:14.880 --> 00:21:18.240 podcast that was talking about a specific topic that I personally was interested in. 336 00:21:18.240 --> 00:21:22.480 Maybe it was feminine energy, if it was healing self development. Maybe I'm 337 00:21:22.519 --> 00:21:27.319 really into oral health or hair health. There's so much content, there's so 338 00:21:27.599 --> 00:21:33.039 even listening to audiobooks, Like, there's so many things that you can fill 339 00:21:33.079 --> 00:21:36.000 your time with that will really help you get through those moments. And I've 340 00:21:36.039 --> 00:21:40.880 had so many of them, guys, And I'm talking when I was seventeen 341 00:21:40.960 --> 00:21:44.240 eighteen. When I first went on that self improvement journey, I was waking 342 00:21:44.319 --> 00:21:45.440 up. And this is when I lived in a toxic environment, you know 343 00:21:45.480 --> 00:21:48.519 how I Sometimes I say I lived in a traphouse. I did, but 344 00:21:48.519 --> 00:21:52.119 I don't like to talk about it too much, but I did at one 345 00:21:52.160 --> 00:21:55.759 point, and that's actually where my self development started. And I really had 346 00:21:55.759 --> 00:21:59.319 to make sure that my environment was exactly the way. I romanticized everything. 347 00:21:59.400 --> 00:22:00.839 I made sure that my room was nice. I made sure that I had 348 00:22:00.839 --> 00:22:03.720 certain routines. I would have a journal routine, a morning routine, and 349 00:22:03.799 --> 00:22:06.680 make sure that I go to the gym. When I went to the gym, 350 00:22:06.680 --> 00:22:08.640 I would be listening to a podcast. I listened to a podcast while 351 00:22:08.680 --> 00:22:11.400 I was at the gym. I just did so many things to kind of 352 00:22:11.440 --> 00:22:15.279 get me through those times. And I am so grateful. I always will 353 00:22:15.319 --> 00:22:18.839 say, I look back at the seventeen year old version of me, and 354 00:22:18.880 --> 00:22:23.279 I'm so grateful that I decided to And this is not even about self work, 355 00:22:23.319 --> 00:22:27.000 whatever it is. I decided to choose things that were going to allow 356 00:22:27.039 --> 00:22:32.079 me to get through the current period of life that I was in. And 357 00:22:32.640 --> 00:22:37.920 when I was seventeen, it wasn't the best, and you know, people 358 00:22:37.000 --> 00:22:41.880 definitely have it worse, but I also had it way worse than obviously I 359 00:22:41.920 --> 00:22:45.160 have Now I have a beautiful, amazing life and something that I always dreamed 360 00:22:45.160 --> 00:22:48.759 of. But it was because I would do those things now the last thing, 361 00:22:49.079 --> 00:22:52.039 and I kind of tied a few of these things into one under the 362 00:22:52.119 --> 00:22:57.839 umbrella of wellness. I think that you should, really, really, really 363 00:22:59.039 --> 00:23:03.720 and I know sometimes it's hard to prioritize three things, one being movement, 364 00:23:03.319 --> 00:23:10.279 one being sun, and one being nutrients. Now, movement can be any 365 00:23:10.319 --> 00:23:14.640 form, Okay, I just mean and for me personally, like go outside 366 00:23:14.720 --> 00:23:18.039 and take a ten minute walk. Please do that for yourself, whether you 367 00:23:18.119 --> 00:23:21.960 go to the gym or you do not, it is so good for yourself 368 00:23:22.000 --> 00:23:23.559 to get out. And you know, maybe you have a busy schedule, 369 00:23:23.640 --> 00:23:26.599 so maybe you're driving to work and then you're at work all day and then 370 00:23:26.640 --> 00:23:30.799 you're going to the gym, so I understand. But even essentially, let's 371 00:23:30.799 --> 00:23:36.359 say you go to the gym after work, park far away from the gym, 372 00:23:36.519 --> 00:23:38.319 make sure obviously that you're around people and like you're not like too far, 373 00:23:38.480 --> 00:23:42.160 and take that walk and get outside in fresh air. If you need 374 00:23:42.200 --> 00:23:45.720 to grab something from the store, push yourself to go walk to the store 375 00:23:45.759 --> 00:23:51.200 instead of Uber eats it or order it or leave it on Monday when you're 376 00:23:51.200 --> 00:23:53.559 gonna get all your shopping done, No, go and do those small little 377 00:23:53.559 --> 00:23:56.720 walks. I promise you it will make so much of a difference, because 378 00:23:56.799 --> 00:24:02.839 we're talking about nothing to do at this point with like end results or like 379 00:24:02.960 --> 00:24:08.079 body things or anything like that. When you are like depressed and it's the 380 00:24:08.119 --> 00:24:12.759 wintertime, lots of winter blues, your life force energy is a little bit 381 00:24:12.839 --> 00:24:17.839 stagnant. It can get stagnant a lot of the times. You know, 382 00:24:18.000 --> 00:24:22.079 we're cooped up, we're inner heads a lot, we are watching the screens 383 00:24:22.119 --> 00:24:25.559 all the time. And we don't have to demonize all of that, but 384 00:24:26.400 --> 00:24:30.759 just to remind yourself to keep moving this energy through you. And I mean 385 00:24:30.839 --> 00:24:36.079 even like your emotions, Like there's just something about moving your body that like 386 00:24:36.200 --> 00:24:38.880 sometimes you just can't even access some certain thoughts that come into your head until 387 00:24:38.960 --> 00:24:42.759 you move yourself. Maybe you don't even realize it, but like move your 388 00:24:42.880 --> 00:24:47.359 energy by going out on a walk or going to the gym, going in 389 00:24:47.359 --> 00:24:49.880 the treadmill, whatever it is. But I do think going outside is really 390 00:24:49.880 --> 00:24:53.640 beneficial. I just think the natural air is great. Now. Sun I 391 00:24:53.720 --> 00:24:56.240 know, for the most part, the sun ain't out. It ain't out 392 00:24:56.279 --> 00:24:59.720 in Canada, that's all I gotta say. But even if you don't see 393 00:24:59.759 --> 00:25:03.920 it, you actually do get some vitamin D even if it's cloudy out. 394 00:25:03.960 --> 00:25:07.079 So I do suggest you do that walk and you can get that sunlight. 395 00:25:07.359 --> 00:25:11.200 I like to make sure, especially to look at the weather. When I 396 00:25:11.359 --> 00:25:15.519 see a little bit of sun, which is not much these days, I 397 00:25:15.599 --> 00:25:18.400 will make sure to go outside. I feel like it's I'm doing myself a 398 00:25:18.599 --> 00:25:22.759 disservice if I look at the weather and it's sunny out and I don't go 399 00:25:22.799 --> 00:25:26.799 outside, Like that's insane. There's no reason on earth that I shouldn't go 400 00:25:26.839 --> 00:25:30.319 outside. And even if you work like corporate I used to work at corporate 401 00:25:30.359 --> 00:25:33.680 job as well, go outside on your lunch break and just do five ten 402 00:25:33.720 --> 00:25:37.279 minutes. Please do that for yourself. Even today, Actually, when I 403 00:25:37.279 --> 00:25:40.279 was sitting on my couch, I ended up getting a new rug and I 404 00:25:40.319 --> 00:25:42.480 was like moving everything and I was sitting down after and having my smoothie, 405 00:25:42.519 --> 00:25:45.400 and the sun came out for a little bit, and I didn't think the 406 00:25:45.440 --> 00:25:48.880 sun was gonna come out today, and I just I put everything down and 407 00:25:48.920 --> 00:25:51.440 I just like turn my face to the sun and I just basted there and 408 00:25:51.480 --> 00:25:55.119 I just sat there, and I was just like, take every possible moment 409 00:25:55.160 --> 00:25:56.680 that you can take this in right now, because it is not going to 410 00:25:56.759 --> 00:26:03.359 last. And it's just so crazy. I reflecting about how instantly you feel 411 00:26:03.680 --> 00:26:07.400 ten times better by simply the sun being out. It's actually really sad to 412 00:26:07.400 --> 00:26:11.440 think about it, because as soon as it's gone, it's like your mood 413 00:26:11.440 --> 00:26:15.279 has completely changed. But in general, just making sure that you maximize now. 414 00:26:15.319 --> 00:26:19.519 I will say, Vitamin D is something that I supplement with a lot 415 00:26:19.599 --> 00:26:22.720 in the winter time. I will make sure to have it in the morning, 416 00:26:22.960 --> 00:26:26.839 like what vitamin D? Put it under my tongue. Sometimes I'll just 417 00:26:26.880 --> 00:26:30.440 add into my smoothi's if I need to. It's just something that over time 418 00:26:30.000 --> 00:26:33.319 your body will start to really utilize. So I would suggest doing that. 419 00:26:33.400 --> 00:26:37.559 I have my supplements down below on I like to know what I have, 420 00:26:37.599 --> 00:26:41.880 like a little category if you're interested in the brands that I take or use. 421 00:26:41.039 --> 00:26:45.119 And then, like I said, nutrients. So I'm not going to 422 00:26:45.160 --> 00:26:48.599 push any sort of diet. You guys know, my thoughts about diets, 423 00:26:48.799 --> 00:26:53.200 and if you don't know, definitely go watch last week's episode all about how 424 00:26:53.240 --> 00:26:56.720 I heal my relationship with food. But I do think putting an emphasis on 425 00:26:56.920 --> 00:27:03.039 making sure that you are really fueling yourself with the nutrients that you need. 426 00:27:03.200 --> 00:27:07.480 And I just mean macro or micronutrients, So carbs, fat, proteins, 427 00:27:07.720 --> 00:27:11.960 all great, all a part of a balanced, beautiful diet, but also 428 00:27:11.200 --> 00:27:15.880 those vitamins and those minerals, making sure that you're getting magnesia, making sure 429 00:27:15.920 --> 00:27:18.160 that you're getting B twelve, all of these essential vitamins and minerals that you 430 00:27:18.200 --> 00:27:21.519 can get in food. I'm not saying I'm not like pushing any sort of 431 00:27:21.519 --> 00:27:25.559 supplement, but I just mean really making sure that you are feeding your body, 432 00:27:25.599 --> 00:27:29.039 because at the end of the day, it's like your life force energy 433 00:27:29.279 --> 00:27:32.400 bringing it back to that is a little bit dim right now, and what 434 00:27:32.519 --> 00:27:38.240 can help you really move energy but also feel energized is having balanced, healthy 435 00:27:38.440 --> 00:27:41.359 meals, having meals that are going to fuel you. Gone of the days 436 00:27:41.400 --> 00:27:45.839 where we are wired off of coffee one two cups of coffee a day. 437 00:27:45.839 --> 00:27:48.319 And I'm not saying that you can't have your coffee. I drink my coffee, 438 00:27:48.319 --> 00:27:51.599 but I make sure that I'm fueled as well. But we can't be 439 00:27:51.680 --> 00:27:55.240 doing that to our bodies. Having coffee maybe one meal, and that one 440 00:27:55.279 --> 00:27:57.240 meal is takeout meal, and that's it. And I'm busy and I'm stressed, 441 00:27:57.279 --> 00:28:00.480 and I'm just that, and you're wondering why you have like ruminating thoughts 442 00:28:00.480 --> 00:28:06.799 and anxiety every single day and you're feeling hopeless with life. I'm not saying 443 00:28:07.680 --> 00:28:10.920 you having a balanced meal is going to fix your depression, but I will 444 00:28:10.960 --> 00:28:14.119 say it will help. It will help when you wake up every day and 445 00:28:14.200 --> 00:28:17.200 decide, you know what, I am going to fuel my body with the 446 00:28:17.279 --> 00:28:19.279 essential nutrients that it needs, and I'm going to do this consistently, and 447 00:28:19.279 --> 00:28:23.519 I'm going to reap the rewards and the benefit. I used to be somebody 448 00:28:23.599 --> 00:28:30.559 who was really depleted and really stressed out, feeling very lethargic, and really 449 00:28:30.519 --> 00:28:34.240 just burnt out. And there was many reasons. Obviously, I was operating 450 00:28:34.240 --> 00:28:37.559 out of a place of lots of trauma that I didn't heal from. I 451 00:28:37.599 --> 00:28:41.440 needed to do a lot of healing practices. My nervous system was shot. 452 00:28:41.839 --> 00:28:45.799 But I was also doing really high intensity workouts that weren't really helping me with 453 00:28:45.799 --> 00:28:49.440 my hormones or my adrenals or anything like that. But also I just wasn't 454 00:28:49.480 --> 00:28:56.359 necessarily eating the best for myself. I was kind of eating whatever I wanted, 455 00:28:56.559 --> 00:29:00.440 whenever I wanted, sometimes not a lot, Like I would have maybe 456 00:29:00.480 --> 00:29:04.079 one meal a day sometimes because I wasn't even that hungry, and it would 457 00:29:04.119 --> 00:29:08.640 be I don't know, let's say, like a bagel with like bacon and 458 00:29:08.720 --> 00:29:12.960 chicken or something. I don't know what it was. But and I'm not 459 00:29:14.000 --> 00:29:17.880 saying that that's bad because this actually is a great meal. Sure have that. 460 00:29:17.880 --> 00:29:21.039 That's a good pre workout or sorry, postal workout meal. Chicken, 461 00:29:21.160 --> 00:29:25.839 bacon, mao, lettuce, tomato and a bagel, that'd be really good. 462 00:29:26.720 --> 00:29:29.599 But if that's the only thing that you're gonna eat every single day, 463 00:29:29.720 --> 00:29:33.880 coffee bag or coffee bag or coffee bagel, what nutrients is your body having 464 00:29:33.960 --> 00:29:40.240 other than that? Genuinely, and we're wondering why we don't feel so good, 465 00:29:40.519 --> 00:29:42.359 right, so we just want to think about holistically, how can we 466 00:29:42.400 --> 00:29:48.279 support ourselves mentally with the mindset shifts, physically by moving our life force energy 467 00:29:48.400 --> 00:29:53.960 and just getting out moving, breathing fresh air. But also what are we 468 00:29:55.039 --> 00:29:57.920 feeding our bodies because our bodies are listening, Our bodies are here. Do 469 00:29:59.039 --> 00:30:03.960 not ignore. These are some things that I am absolutely grounding myself in absolutely 470 00:30:04.000 --> 00:30:08.559 making a priority. I know that if I do not do these things consistently 471 00:30:08.640 --> 00:30:12.039 over the winter, it's just not going to allow me to have a more 472 00:30:12.079 --> 00:30:18.039 embodied, more beautiful, more present life. And I just think the fact 473 00:30:18.119 --> 00:30:21.599 that the winter can last so long, and I know some people don't live 474 00:30:21.640 --> 00:30:23.759 where it really is that gloomy, so you guys are just honestly lucky. 475 00:30:25.200 --> 00:30:27.400 But for the most of us, we cannot only live for summer. We 476 00:30:27.400 --> 00:30:30.880 cannot only live for spring and summer, Okay, And I know we kind 477 00:30:30.880 --> 00:30:33.279 of do in a way, and like a lot of things we do during 478 00:30:33.319 --> 00:30:37.200 the winter kind of are preparing ourselves for summer. But I do think that 479 00:30:37.200 --> 00:30:41.720 there's so many great things that does come out of your hibernation season. Lots 480 00:30:41.720 --> 00:30:45.079 of healing can be done, really pouring into your own cup. You know, 481 00:30:45.400 --> 00:30:49.200 just so many deaths and reverse that we all go through. But I 482 00:30:49.279 --> 00:30:55.119 just think that I'm not here to only live my life half the year. 483 00:30:55.599 --> 00:30:59.960 You know, I can go out with my friends and feel alive and feel 484 00:31:00.160 --> 00:31:06.799 well and feel energized during the wintertime, but it's going to take me committing 485 00:31:06.839 --> 00:31:08.960 and doing a few more things. And yeah, does it feel harder than 486 00:31:08.960 --> 00:31:12.680 it does in the summertime. Maybe sometimes, But I will say over the 487 00:31:12.759 --> 00:31:17.079 years, it has gotten so much easier for me to not feel like, 488 00:31:17.119 --> 00:31:18.240 oh my god, I have to do all these routines for the winter to 489 00:31:18.319 --> 00:31:22.519 keep me out of depression. It definitely still happens. I always talk about 490 00:31:22.519 --> 00:31:25.680 this on a healing journey. You're never going to like not be untouchable, 491 00:31:26.119 --> 00:31:29.680 but you don't go as low. And I used to go very, very 492 00:31:29.720 --> 00:31:32.720 low. I used to really fall into depression during the winter months. But 493 00:31:33.000 --> 00:31:37.079 the more times I got consistent at doing these these behaviors or these habits, 494 00:31:37.440 --> 00:31:41.200 the less I would fall into these depression modes. And they still happen. 495 00:31:41.319 --> 00:31:44.079 The dips still happen. Naturally, your body's going to feel the fact that 496 00:31:44.079 --> 00:31:48.160 the sun's not coming out. But because I have been pouring into myself, 497 00:31:48.359 --> 00:31:52.119 because I've been you know, moving my life force energy and really pouring into 498 00:31:52.160 --> 00:31:55.599 myself, telling myself it's not going to be like this forever. I'm moving 499 00:31:55.759 --> 00:31:59.839 through these lows a lot quicker in my life and that allows me to be 500 00:32:00.400 --> 00:32:04.480 That allows me to be available for whatever the universe is wanting to give me 501 00:32:04.599 --> 00:32:07.839 during the winter months, because the universe is here ready to give you some 502 00:32:07.880 --> 00:32:09.839 things. Girl. If you didn't know, okay, So if you're feeling 503 00:32:09.880 --> 00:32:15.279 down and depressed, just know, focus on yourself, do the best you 504 00:32:15.319 --> 00:32:17.119 can. And there's gonna be so many great things that are gonna come out 505 00:32:17.119 --> 00:32:20.200 of winter. It's not just gonna be in the summer. It's not just 506 00:32:20.200 --> 00:32:22.759 going to be in the spring. Cannot wait for it, yes, but 507 00:32:22.799 --> 00:32:25.440 there's so many great things that are gonna happen for us during this time. 508 00:32:25.680 --> 00:32:30.200 So that is it. I hope you guys enjoyed today's episode, And if 509 00:32:30.200 --> 00:32:32.319 you're listening on Spotify, you can leave a comment and let me know what 510 00:32:32.359 --> 00:32:36.039 you want to hear next. If you're on YouTube, you can comment down 511 00:32:36.079 --> 00:32:38.720 below let me know. Also any topics that you guys want me to talk 512 00:32:38.759 --> 00:32:43.519 about, you can leave it wherever you talk to me on social media, 513 00:32:43.559 --> 00:32:46.440 like we have the Instagram as well the Globe Secres podcast comments. 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