1 00:00:00,720 --> 00:00:02,840 (Transcribed by TurboScribe.ai. Go Unlimited to remove this message.) Hi, it's the Urban Lady Prepper, and this 2 00:00:02,840 --> 00:00:04,740 is a two-part interview with Gary and 3 00:00:04,740 --> 00:00:06,120 Hannah from the Eye Opener Society. 4 00:00:06,540 --> 00:00:10,280 We discuss detoxing, home cooking versus frankenfood, and 5 00:00:10,280 --> 00:00:11,160 traveling with kids. 6 00:00:11,640 --> 00:00:11,880 Enjoy. 7 00:00:22,070 --> 00:00:24,930 Hi, it's the Urban Lady Prepper, and I 8 00:00:24,930 --> 00:00:27,530 have a very special episode here. 9 00:00:27,670 --> 00:00:29,810 I have the awesome Gary and Hannah for 10 00:00:29,810 --> 00:00:33,450 the equally awesome Eye Opener Society podcast, who 11 00:00:33,450 --> 00:00:36,610 are co-podbean people, I guess is the 12 00:00:36,610 --> 00:00:37,510 best way to put it. 13 00:00:37,510 --> 00:00:38,430 We're both on Podbean. 14 00:00:39,050 --> 00:00:41,530 We kind of found each other in a 15 00:00:41,530 --> 00:00:44,910 Facebook group that Podbean has, and immediately just 16 00:00:44,910 --> 00:00:45,870 kind of hit it off. 17 00:00:46,230 --> 00:00:48,270 They were super supportive of me, and I'm 18 00:00:48,270 --> 00:00:50,130 still a relatively new podcaster. 19 00:00:50,850 --> 00:00:52,930 They're both very experienced in doing this kind 20 00:00:52,930 --> 00:00:54,470 of thing, and they've just been really helpful 21 00:00:54,470 --> 00:00:57,690 and supportive, and they were my very first 22 00:00:57,690 --> 00:01:00,650 podcast interview, which I was extremely grateful for. 23 00:01:01,130 --> 00:01:02,370 You know, you're super nervous when you do 24 00:01:02,370 --> 00:01:03,650 something new, and you never know how it's 25 00:01:03,650 --> 00:01:04,330 going to turn out. 26 00:01:04,870 --> 00:01:06,910 It didn't sound too crazy, so that worked 27 00:01:06,910 --> 00:01:07,170 out. 28 00:01:07,550 --> 00:01:08,830 I figured this would be a very good 29 00:01:08,830 --> 00:01:11,030 time to return the favor and have them 30 00:01:11,030 --> 00:01:11,670 on my show. 31 00:01:12,270 --> 00:01:14,170 If you guys would like to introduce yourself. 32 00:01:15,470 --> 00:01:15,950 Certainly. 33 00:01:16,130 --> 00:01:16,910 My name is Gary. 34 00:01:17,250 --> 00:01:17,790 I'm Hannah. 35 00:01:18,090 --> 00:01:20,290 We are part of the Eye Opener Society. 36 00:01:20,630 --> 00:01:23,310 We have our little podcast that deals with 37 00:01:23,310 --> 00:01:26,650 basically everyday life, its challenges, and we're just 38 00:01:26,650 --> 00:01:27,630 regular everyday people. 39 00:01:27,910 --> 00:01:30,250 No special certifications or anything like that, because 40 00:01:30,250 --> 00:01:32,550 we feel that I think most people want 41 00:01:32,550 --> 00:01:35,950 to hear advice, life advice, from people that 42 00:01:35,950 --> 00:01:38,750 are actually going through it, just regular, ordinary, 43 00:01:39,050 --> 00:01:39,750 everyday people. 44 00:01:40,690 --> 00:01:43,230 Hannah and I, I'm her stepdad. 45 00:01:43,350 --> 00:01:47,090 She's my stepdaughter, so we've got a special 46 00:01:47,090 --> 00:01:48,410 bond, the yin and the yang. 47 00:01:48,830 --> 00:01:49,710 Yeah, for sure. 48 00:01:50,470 --> 00:01:53,110 Yes, and I enjoy that banter, that back 49 00:01:53,110 --> 00:01:53,530 and forth. 50 00:01:53,630 --> 00:01:56,230 I think it's great, but yeah, I'm just 51 00:01:56,230 --> 00:01:57,390 really glad that we found each other. 52 00:01:57,550 --> 00:01:58,350 I enjoy your show. 53 00:01:58,490 --> 00:02:01,430 Also, while you're here, I know you guys 54 00:02:01,430 --> 00:02:04,430 have done some expanding, and you've incorporated some 55 00:02:04,430 --> 00:02:07,449 new programming into the Eye Opener Society, if 56 00:02:07,449 --> 00:02:08,789 you wanted to mention that really quick. 57 00:02:09,330 --> 00:02:10,710 Yeah, for sure. 58 00:02:10,870 --> 00:02:12,890 It's been a labor of love. 59 00:02:13,030 --> 00:02:13,990 It really has been. 60 00:02:14,790 --> 00:02:19,330 I'm very passionate about the podcast, Eye Opener 61 00:02:19,330 --> 00:02:20,730 Society, and what we do. 62 00:02:21,610 --> 00:02:24,790 Recently, on your show, we had Brittany, who 63 00:02:24,790 --> 00:02:27,150 is our other co-host, who usually sits 64 00:02:27,150 --> 00:02:28,210 in with us occasionally. 65 00:02:28,850 --> 00:02:32,330 She was being guided on how to do 66 00:02:32,330 --> 00:02:34,170 a podcast, because we wanted her to have 67 00:02:34,170 --> 00:02:37,150 her own show, and life happens. 68 00:02:37,790 --> 00:02:40,070 It's been very difficult for her to actually 69 00:02:40,070 --> 00:02:41,550 get that show out there. 70 00:02:42,590 --> 00:02:44,770 With that, I said, I said, wow, I 71 00:02:44,770 --> 00:02:46,990 would like to still have another show within 72 00:02:46,990 --> 00:02:47,550 a show. 73 00:02:48,150 --> 00:02:50,630 I just one day came up with all 74 00:02:50,630 --> 00:02:54,110 of these ideas, and I got right now 75 00:02:54,110 --> 00:02:55,830 two additional podcasts. 76 00:02:56,050 --> 00:02:57,390 We work with Elaine. 77 00:02:57,870 --> 00:02:59,590 She's part of Arcane Oracle. 78 00:02:59,770 --> 00:03:01,830 She has a business where she does tarot 79 00:03:01,830 --> 00:03:03,830 card readings, horoscope readings. 80 00:03:04,030 --> 00:03:07,830 We've supported her ever since we started even 81 00:03:07,830 --> 00:03:09,070 our previous podcast. 82 00:03:09,970 --> 00:03:11,790 I asked her if she could do every 83 00:03:11,790 --> 00:03:12,250 month. 84 00:03:12,390 --> 00:03:13,930 The first of every month, she comes on, 85 00:03:13,930 --> 00:03:16,290 she does tarot and horoscope readings based on 86 00:03:16,290 --> 00:03:16,630 the month. 87 00:03:16,930 --> 00:03:18,530 She goes through every sign. 88 00:03:19,410 --> 00:03:20,490 It came out so good. 89 00:03:20,610 --> 00:03:21,390 That's the Arcane. 90 00:03:21,610 --> 00:03:23,750 I couldn't believe how great it came out. 91 00:03:24,230 --> 00:03:25,890 That's Arcane Oracle podcast. 92 00:03:26,650 --> 00:03:30,710 Then we got Sunset Child, who is a 93 00:03:30,710 --> 00:03:33,970 friend of our new podcast that's going to 94 00:03:33,970 --> 00:03:36,690 be coming out in October, Halloween. 95 00:03:37,690 --> 00:03:41,390 Sunset Child is, wow, I don't even know 96 00:03:41,390 --> 00:03:42,730 how to describe it. 97 00:03:42,950 --> 00:03:45,210 It's going to start actually tomorrow. 98 00:03:45,410 --> 00:03:47,930 We're airing it as of this date. 99 00:03:48,270 --> 00:03:51,030 She does the Out There podcast, and it's 100 00:03:51,030 --> 00:03:55,410 all about the government conspiracies, coverups, UFOs. 101 00:03:57,090 --> 00:04:00,850 It's so uncohesive, which I like about it. 102 00:04:01,790 --> 00:04:05,450 It's very, very eerie, but she dedicates her 103 00:04:05,450 --> 00:04:09,630 life to basically finding these UFOs that are 104 00:04:09,630 --> 00:04:11,410 taking energy from the sun. 105 00:04:11,690 --> 00:04:13,830 She believes in a flat earth and the 106 00:04:13,830 --> 00:04:14,570 firmament. 107 00:04:15,870 --> 00:04:18,269 Everything she says, though, when I speak to 108 00:04:18,269 --> 00:04:19,990 her, it sounds so believable. 109 00:04:20,170 --> 00:04:21,710 It's not that I don't believe her at 110 00:04:21,710 --> 00:04:24,870 all, because I actually do, but I told 111 00:04:24,870 --> 00:04:26,910 her, you need your own podcast on this. 112 00:04:26,970 --> 00:04:29,150 It's going to be so different for everybody. 113 00:04:29,910 --> 00:04:30,390 That's out. 114 00:04:30,470 --> 00:04:32,950 That's Sunset Child's Out There podcast in October, 115 00:04:33,070 --> 00:04:34,970 Halloween, and Lund. 116 00:04:35,590 --> 00:04:37,850 She's an inspiring writer, and she spent her 117 00:04:37,850 --> 00:04:40,270 life growing up in an actual house that 118 00:04:40,270 --> 00:04:40,850 I was in. 119 00:04:41,670 --> 00:04:47,170 She does a blog, hauntedandwaiting.blog. I told 120 00:04:47,170 --> 00:04:48,910 her she needs to do her own podcast 121 00:04:48,910 --> 00:04:51,350 too, based on her growing up in there 122 00:04:51,350 --> 00:04:53,070 and spirits and the other world and all. 123 00:04:53,450 --> 00:04:55,010 We have a lot going on, because I'm 124 00:04:55,010 --> 00:04:56,870 going to be doing my own show, live 125 00:04:56,870 --> 00:04:59,390 show on Podbean starting October 13th. 126 00:04:59,850 --> 00:05:02,370 I'm just going to be doing basically a 127 00:05:02,370 --> 00:05:03,270 relaxation show. 128 00:05:03,790 --> 00:05:05,430 Before the start of the week, people can 129 00:05:05,430 --> 00:05:06,330 come on, join us. 130 00:05:06,590 --> 00:05:07,910 I'm just going to sit there, and we're 131 00:05:07,910 --> 00:05:09,810 going to talk about ways to relax, to 132 00:05:09,810 --> 00:05:11,250 meditate, and how to get ready for the 133 00:05:11,250 --> 00:05:11,470 week. 134 00:05:11,610 --> 00:05:12,930 We got a lot going on. 135 00:05:13,090 --> 00:05:14,350 We do have a lot going on. 136 00:05:15,050 --> 00:05:15,490 All right. 137 00:05:15,570 --> 00:05:16,070 Well, great. 138 00:05:16,370 --> 00:05:17,890 Again, I'm glad you guys are here. 139 00:05:18,230 --> 00:05:19,730 I will try to catch up with all 140 00:05:19,730 --> 00:05:20,110 of that. 141 00:05:20,270 --> 00:05:24,010 There's so many great podcasts on Podbean. 142 00:05:24,330 --> 00:05:26,330 Just the podcast, it's hard to wrap your 143 00:05:26,330 --> 00:05:28,910 head around all of the shows, but I 144 00:05:28,910 --> 00:05:30,150 will definitely check those out. 145 00:05:30,970 --> 00:05:33,090 You're talking about doing a relaxation thing. 146 00:05:33,170 --> 00:05:35,190 I think that's a really good segue into 147 00:05:35,190 --> 00:05:36,830 one of the things I was really curious 148 00:05:36,830 --> 00:05:40,110 about that you've done before you launched the 149 00:05:40,110 --> 00:05:41,010 Eye Opener Society. 150 00:05:41,250 --> 00:05:44,230 The Old Man's podcast, he does a live 151 00:05:44,230 --> 00:05:46,610 show every Monday, and it's great, very lighthearted, 152 00:05:47,090 --> 00:05:48,390 good way to start a Monday. 153 00:05:49,090 --> 00:05:51,790 I was in the chat just hanging out, 154 00:05:51,910 --> 00:05:53,930 because it was a whole conversation about food 155 00:05:53,930 --> 00:05:56,170 and how there's so much of it's not 156 00:05:56,170 --> 00:05:58,510 healthy and all these different things they're adding 157 00:05:58,510 --> 00:06:00,190 to the food and cost and just all 158 00:06:00,190 --> 00:06:01,390 things food related. 159 00:06:02,270 --> 00:06:04,730 Gary had mentioned that after he did a 160 00:06:04,730 --> 00:06:06,930 detox, things were different for him. 161 00:06:06,930 --> 00:06:09,250 And it was just a quick line, but 162 00:06:09,250 --> 00:06:10,650 I'm like, oh, I didn't mean to ask 163 00:06:10,650 --> 00:06:12,010 him about that, because I know he went 164 00:06:12,010 --> 00:06:12,450 through that. 165 00:06:12,850 --> 00:06:14,950 I would just like to start there, because 166 00:06:14,950 --> 00:06:16,990 there's so much going on with food between 167 00:06:16,990 --> 00:06:20,970 the cost of the food, inflation, which are 168 00:06:20,970 --> 00:06:22,370 things that I talk about on my show, 169 00:06:22,730 --> 00:06:26,690 with wars affecting that, the drought situation, the 170 00:06:26,690 --> 00:06:27,550 water situation. 171 00:06:27,890 --> 00:06:29,910 There's so much going on that affects our 172 00:06:29,910 --> 00:06:30,190 food. 173 00:06:30,310 --> 00:06:32,770 It's not just one person deciding that a 174 00:06:32,770 --> 00:06:33,610 carrot's going to be $5. 175 00:06:34,110 --> 00:06:36,930 There's so many different factors involved that's out 176 00:06:36,930 --> 00:06:38,190 of everyone's control. 177 00:06:39,110 --> 00:06:41,190 But one thing that is in our control 178 00:06:41,190 --> 00:06:44,950 is what we choose to buy is very 179 00:06:44,950 --> 00:06:45,370 important. 180 00:06:45,550 --> 00:06:46,710 We have to make it count. 181 00:06:47,490 --> 00:06:49,190 And we also want it to be healthy, 182 00:06:49,250 --> 00:06:50,890 because there is so much trash out there 183 00:06:50,890 --> 00:06:52,030 that's not great for us. 184 00:06:52,770 --> 00:06:54,610 If you could speak on that and just 185 00:06:54,610 --> 00:06:57,670 let everyone know how you got to the 186 00:06:57,670 --> 00:07:00,430 decision that you wanted to detox, how you 187 00:07:00,430 --> 00:07:02,090 did it, how you got through it. 188 00:07:02,130 --> 00:07:03,230 Were you like super hangry? 189 00:07:03,450 --> 00:07:04,950 I mean, was it something easy? 190 00:07:05,510 --> 00:07:07,970 And is it something that you've managed to 191 00:07:07,970 --> 00:07:08,350 maintain? 192 00:07:09,670 --> 00:07:10,210 Well, yeah. 193 00:07:10,250 --> 00:07:11,930 Thank you for actually bringing it up, because 194 00:07:11,930 --> 00:07:13,870 it's something that's actually more spiritual to me, 195 00:07:13,930 --> 00:07:16,050 and that's what really started me into it. 196 00:07:16,790 --> 00:07:19,170 With meditation, it's one thing, because you have 197 00:07:19,170 --> 00:07:20,910 to always, and Hannon and I, we spoke 198 00:07:20,910 --> 00:07:22,250 about it on a couple of our podcasts. 199 00:07:22,250 --> 00:07:24,570 It's mind, body, soul. 200 00:07:24,770 --> 00:07:25,830 It's all connected. 201 00:07:27,130 --> 00:07:30,130 And if your body is not healthy, then 202 00:07:30,130 --> 00:07:31,950 nothing else is going to be healthy, including 203 00:07:31,950 --> 00:07:32,690 your mind. 204 00:07:33,310 --> 00:07:35,310 And you need to have a very clear, 205 00:07:35,810 --> 00:07:37,410 concise mind when you're meditating. 206 00:07:38,190 --> 00:07:41,910 I decided to start fasting because I wanted 207 00:07:41,910 --> 00:07:43,850 the same, for the same reasons you mentioned, 208 00:07:44,510 --> 00:07:45,290 with food. 209 00:07:46,190 --> 00:07:49,010 And Hannon and I, we always talk about 210 00:07:49,010 --> 00:07:51,630 this, like how I could ruin people's meals. 211 00:07:51,850 --> 00:07:54,950 Because if I go out shopping, I'm reading 212 00:07:54,950 --> 00:07:57,210 labels, and I'm seeing if it's got more 213 00:07:57,210 --> 00:08:00,210 than like four ingredients in it, and I'm 214 00:08:00,210 --> 00:08:01,090 questioning it. 215 00:08:01,370 --> 00:08:03,690 I'm questioning the health benefits of it. 216 00:08:04,570 --> 00:08:08,850 I, myself, for years, I've just eaten whatever 217 00:08:08,850 --> 00:08:11,050 I wanted, and I'm a real foodie myself. 218 00:08:11,170 --> 00:08:13,990 I enjoy food so much. 219 00:08:14,550 --> 00:08:17,130 And I have no problem trying new things, 220 00:08:17,130 --> 00:08:18,170 no matter what it is. 221 00:08:18,170 --> 00:08:21,290 The only problem I have is that a 222 00:08:21,290 --> 00:08:23,590 lot of this stuff, especially here in America, 223 00:08:23,610 --> 00:08:27,550 it's just processed, and there's so much sugar. 224 00:08:27,910 --> 00:08:31,830 Sugar is more of an epidemic than even 225 00:08:31,830 --> 00:08:34,429 drugs, and people don't realize the addiction that 226 00:08:34,429 --> 00:08:35,470 we have to it. 227 00:08:36,150 --> 00:08:38,650 I wanted to cut it out because I 228 00:08:38,650 --> 00:08:42,510 was diagnosed with type two diabetes, which I 229 00:08:42,510 --> 00:08:44,350 just didn't, because I always seen myself as 230 00:08:44,350 --> 00:08:46,830 completely healthy, but my numbers were off the 231 00:08:46,830 --> 00:08:47,030 charts. 232 00:08:47,130 --> 00:08:48,910 My sugar level was just so high. 233 00:08:50,050 --> 00:08:52,650 So I decided, hey, instead of listening to 234 00:08:52,650 --> 00:08:55,310 doctors, because I think doctors, right away, they 235 00:08:55,310 --> 00:08:56,850 just put you on medication, but they don't 236 00:08:56,850 --> 00:08:57,970 get to the root cause. 237 00:08:59,110 --> 00:09:02,150 The root cause is actually the food that 238 00:09:02,150 --> 00:09:03,310 we are consuming. 239 00:09:04,250 --> 00:09:06,070 Again, I'm not a doctor, and I'm not 240 00:09:06,070 --> 00:09:07,110 here giving advice. 241 00:09:07,230 --> 00:09:07,690 Please don't. 242 00:09:07,770 --> 00:09:09,190 I did this all on my own, under 243 00:09:09,190 --> 00:09:10,310 my own accord. 244 00:09:10,870 --> 00:09:13,950 Don't take everything I say as medical advice, 245 00:09:14,150 --> 00:09:14,390 please. 246 00:09:14,950 --> 00:09:17,030 But I just cut out food for a 247 00:09:17,030 --> 00:09:19,050 while because I looked into fasting, because I 248 00:09:19,050 --> 00:09:21,690 was looking into it for the meditation aspect. 249 00:09:23,030 --> 00:09:25,950 When I started it, I said, I'm just 250 00:09:25,950 --> 00:09:27,890 going to see how long I could go 251 00:09:27,890 --> 00:09:28,570 without food. 252 00:09:29,450 --> 00:09:29,970 Two weeks. 253 00:09:31,490 --> 00:09:34,730 I had really very, very limited, only if 254 00:09:34,730 --> 00:09:37,590 I really needed something just to get a 255 00:09:37,590 --> 00:09:39,030 little bit of energy in me, but it 256 00:09:39,030 --> 00:09:39,810 was very small. 257 00:09:39,810 --> 00:09:41,570 But I cut out food, and I just 258 00:09:41,570 --> 00:09:43,230 stuck to drinking water only. 259 00:09:44,870 --> 00:09:47,290 It was, the first two days were only 260 00:09:47,290 --> 00:09:49,630 probably the hardest, because I think your body 261 00:09:49,630 --> 00:09:52,910 just gets hungry because we're so used to 262 00:09:52,910 --> 00:09:54,690 putting food in our mouth whenever we think 263 00:09:54,690 --> 00:09:55,150 about it. 264 00:09:56,650 --> 00:10:00,910 So after the second day, even when I 265 00:10:00,910 --> 00:10:02,370 was hungry, my body just said, it's not 266 00:10:02,370 --> 00:10:03,390 a big deal. 267 00:10:03,870 --> 00:10:04,510 It really did. 268 00:10:04,570 --> 00:10:06,250 After two days, I felt fine. 269 00:10:06,290 --> 00:10:07,410 I wasn't getting hungry. 270 00:10:08,130 --> 00:10:10,510 And after that second week, I was shocked 271 00:10:10,510 --> 00:10:11,550 how quick it went. 272 00:10:12,150 --> 00:10:16,590 I didn't have any type of real strong 273 00:10:16,590 --> 00:10:18,850 cravings for food, because after two weeks, my 274 00:10:18,850 --> 00:10:21,090 body said, okay, we can eat again. 275 00:10:21,490 --> 00:10:22,930 And when I started to eat, I found 276 00:10:22,930 --> 00:10:24,890 I don't eat nearly as much. 277 00:10:26,030 --> 00:10:29,990 I only eat now in limited servings and 278 00:10:29,990 --> 00:10:30,390 portions. 279 00:10:30,950 --> 00:10:32,690 And I said, okay, when I go back 280 00:10:32,690 --> 00:10:34,510 to eating, I'm cutting out all the processed 281 00:10:34,510 --> 00:10:35,090 garbage. 282 00:10:35,550 --> 00:10:37,030 I'm going to try and stick to something 283 00:10:37,030 --> 00:10:38,330 as natural as I can. 284 00:10:40,090 --> 00:10:43,610 And further on this, I cut out my 285 00:10:43,610 --> 00:10:45,030 favorite things in the world. 286 00:10:45,790 --> 00:10:48,970 I initially cut out, obviously, sugars and breads 287 00:10:48,970 --> 00:10:51,650 and passes, which are all carbohydrates, which turn 288 00:10:51,650 --> 00:10:52,150 to sugars. 289 00:10:52,630 --> 00:10:54,470 And it was very difficult to give that 290 00:10:54,470 --> 00:10:54,770 up. 291 00:10:55,670 --> 00:10:58,350 But I found- I can't imagine that. 292 00:10:58,670 --> 00:10:59,650 I know. 293 00:10:59,650 --> 00:11:00,250 You're buying. 294 00:11:01,170 --> 00:11:03,770 So I figured out, hey, I'll eat healthy, 295 00:11:03,850 --> 00:11:07,070 and I'll eat only green leafy stuff, broccoli, 296 00:11:07,470 --> 00:11:12,030 Brussels sprouts, spinach, iceberg lettuce, my favorite stuff. 297 00:11:12,890 --> 00:11:16,350 And it turns out that is actually just 298 00:11:16,350 --> 00:11:18,190 as bad for you than anything else. 299 00:11:18,650 --> 00:11:19,330 It's plants. 300 00:11:19,510 --> 00:11:21,230 Your body doesn't digest it properly. 301 00:11:21,350 --> 00:11:22,990 There's bloating and gas. 302 00:11:23,470 --> 00:11:25,610 So I cut that out as well, and 303 00:11:25,610 --> 00:11:27,550 I stick to basically just proteins now. 304 00:11:28,410 --> 00:11:30,590 And I'll tell you, I've stuck through it. 305 00:11:30,690 --> 00:11:31,550 I still fast. 306 00:11:31,650 --> 00:11:33,790 I sometimes go now three days without eating. 307 00:11:33,950 --> 00:11:36,150 I only limit myself to one meal a 308 00:11:36,150 --> 00:11:38,330 day, and it's usually only proteins. 309 00:11:39,050 --> 00:11:42,130 And I feel lighter, healthier. 310 00:11:42,410 --> 00:11:43,670 My mind is clearer. 311 00:11:44,690 --> 00:11:46,730 My skin improved. 312 00:11:46,950 --> 00:11:49,430 I don't have that itchy skin that I 313 00:11:49,430 --> 00:11:50,050 used to have. 314 00:11:50,310 --> 00:11:51,830 I just found that there was just so 315 00:11:51,830 --> 00:11:53,290 many benefits from it. 316 00:11:53,870 --> 00:11:55,450 And then if I try to eat the 317 00:11:55,450 --> 00:11:57,230 way I did before and I put something 318 00:11:57,230 --> 00:11:59,630 in my body that I haven't had in 319 00:11:59,630 --> 00:12:01,450 a while, I don't agree with it at 320 00:12:01,450 --> 00:12:01,710 all. 321 00:12:02,410 --> 00:12:04,130 So it's been an adventure, but it's been 322 00:12:04,130 --> 00:12:04,890 very easy. 323 00:12:05,770 --> 00:12:07,970 Because I also heard from someone else who 324 00:12:07,970 --> 00:12:09,450 was doing the same kind of thing. 325 00:12:09,730 --> 00:12:11,890 And after they're like, okay, I did it. 326 00:12:11,930 --> 00:12:12,870 I showed that I can do it. 327 00:12:12,890 --> 00:12:14,270 And they went back to eating something that 328 00:12:14,270 --> 00:12:15,230 they really, really liked. 329 00:12:15,250 --> 00:12:16,430 And not only did it not agree with 330 00:12:16,430 --> 00:12:17,610 them, it didn't taste as good. 331 00:12:17,690 --> 00:12:20,290 It wasn't nearly as satisfying. 332 00:12:20,290 --> 00:12:21,930 Did you have that same kind of experience? 333 00:12:22,670 --> 00:12:22,970 Absolutely. 334 00:12:23,270 --> 00:12:27,330 Anything sugar now, I tasted it, and now 335 00:12:27,330 --> 00:12:30,610 it's overly sweet to the point where it's 336 00:12:30,610 --> 00:12:31,710 almost vomit inducing. 337 00:12:31,910 --> 00:12:33,410 So I really got to be careful of 338 00:12:33,410 --> 00:12:33,910 sweets. 339 00:12:34,630 --> 00:12:36,990 Even my favorite vegetables now, if I take 340 00:12:36,990 --> 00:12:39,210 it, it has such an, it's like all 341 00:12:39,210 --> 00:12:42,090 that gassiness and bloating. 342 00:12:42,290 --> 00:12:43,810 Now it's tenfold. 343 00:12:43,970 --> 00:12:46,370 So yeah, you do become ultra sensitive to 344 00:12:46,370 --> 00:12:47,290 that stuff now. 345 00:12:48,210 --> 00:12:48,610 Yeah. 346 00:12:48,610 --> 00:12:51,050 Well, that's good because I know that there's 347 00:12:51,050 --> 00:12:55,590 so many different dieting trends that people just 348 00:12:55,590 --> 00:12:57,130 don't know where to turn, but you found 349 00:12:57,130 --> 00:12:58,150 that that worked for you. 350 00:12:58,330 --> 00:13:01,150 So if someone's thinking about fasting, I mean, 351 00:13:01,190 --> 00:13:03,070 do you have any particular recommendations? 352 00:13:03,470 --> 00:13:05,770 Was there one that you followed or you 353 00:13:05,770 --> 00:13:07,030 just said, you know what, I'm just going 354 00:13:07,030 --> 00:13:08,690 to go cold turkey and not eat and 355 00:13:08,690 --> 00:13:09,430 just have water? 356 00:13:10,590 --> 00:13:12,510 Yeah, I did do the whole cold turkey 357 00:13:12,510 --> 00:13:12,810 thing. 358 00:13:12,910 --> 00:13:14,690 I didn't really research too much. 359 00:13:14,750 --> 00:13:17,170 I did research fasting and its benefits, but 360 00:13:17,170 --> 00:13:17,850 again, that's what I'm saying. 361 00:13:17,910 --> 00:13:18,550 I'm not a doctor. 362 00:13:18,690 --> 00:13:19,570 Don't take my advice. 363 00:13:19,990 --> 00:13:21,810 I suggest you do start out small. 364 00:13:21,970 --> 00:13:24,970 Limit yourself starting one meal a day, you 365 00:13:24,970 --> 00:13:27,350 know, usually right around four or five o 366 00:13:27,350 --> 00:13:27,470 'clock. 367 00:13:27,590 --> 00:13:28,970 This way, you're not going to bed on 368 00:13:28,970 --> 00:13:32,570 a full stomach and you're satisfying your cravings 369 00:13:32,570 --> 00:13:33,750 from not eating all day. 370 00:13:34,350 --> 00:13:35,950 That's a good way to start. 371 00:13:36,270 --> 00:13:38,390 And if you could continue one week with 372 00:13:38,390 --> 00:13:40,510 just eating one meal a day, and then 373 00:13:40,510 --> 00:13:42,730 you could kick back and maybe skip one 374 00:13:42,730 --> 00:13:43,610 day, not eating. 375 00:13:43,950 --> 00:13:45,690 That's a good way to start out. 376 00:13:46,630 --> 00:13:48,650 My nonprofessional medical advice. 377 00:13:49,170 --> 00:13:50,790 It did you a lot of good. 378 00:13:50,930 --> 00:13:52,530 And of course, that does the budget wonders 379 00:13:52,530 --> 00:13:54,410 because you're not buying food just to buy 380 00:13:54,410 --> 00:13:54,690 food. 381 00:13:54,750 --> 00:13:55,970 You're not eating just to eat. 382 00:13:56,570 --> 00:13:58,550 That all adds up. 383 00:13:58,910 --> 00:14:01,050 Did you do anything similar like that, Hannah? 384 00:14:01,270 --> 00:14:02,830 Or I mean, were you present when he 385 00:14:02,830 --> 00:14:04,610 was going through this and how miserable was 386 00:14:04,610 --> 00:14:04,810 he? 387 00:14:05,830 --> 00:14:09,130 Um, so I am an enabler. 388 00:14:09,610 --> 00:14:13,370 So, um, yeah, I'm not hope. 389 00:14:13,430 --> 00:14:15,250 So he'll go into these things where he 390 00:14:15,250 --> 00:14:17,170 like tries to fast for like a week 391 00:14:17,170 --> 00:14:19,510 and I'm like, Hey, I made brown sugar 392 00:14:19,510 --> 00:14:20,330 chicken. 393 00:14:20,910 --> 00:14:22,570 I know you really like when I make 394 00:14:22,570 --> 00:14:25,350 this and he's like, God damn it. 395 00:14:26,070 --> 00:14:27,930 So like catch him like coming up and 396 00:14:27,930 --> 00:14:30,230 like completely breaking, like in day three or 397 00:14:30,230 --> 00:14:32,290 day four, if I'm like making something that 398 00:14:32,290 --> 00:14:32,990 he can't resist. 399 00:14:33,050 --> 00:14:34,670 So I'm really a bad enabler when it 400 00:14:34,670 --> 00:14:35,270 comes to that. 401 00:14:36,730 --> 00:14:39,070 But, um, he's not really miserable when he 402 00:14:39,070 --> 00:14:40,330 gets into the moods like that. 403 00:14:40,330 --> 00:14:41,710 Like I'll text him like, Hey, I made 404 00:14:41,710 --> 00:14:42,030 dinner. 405 00:14:42,110 --> 00:14:43,310 And he'd be like, thanks. 406 00:14:43,410 --> 00:14:45,390 And I just let it be unless it's 407 00:14:45,390 --> 00:14:47,290 something that like, I just want to be 408 00:14:47,290 --> 00:14:48,090 a dick that day. 409 00:14:48,130 --> 00:14:51,210 And I'm like, Hey, I made this, like 410 00:14:51,210 --> 00:14:52,350 you better eat this or it's going to 411 00:14:52,350 --> 00:14:53,370 hurt my feelings. 412 00:14:55,670 --> 00:14:55,990 Yeah. 413 00:14:56,110 --> 00:14:57,190 I mean, now, and then I'm sure just, 414 00:14:57,310 --> 00:14:58,790 I mean, there's, I also hear that there's 415 00:14:58,790 --> 00:14:59,930 a mental clarity that comes with it. 416 00:14:59,930 --> 00:15:01,230 I know too, that as I changed my 417 00:15:01,230 --> 00:15:03,570 diet, my diet wasn't so great growing up 418 00:15:03,570 --> 00:15:05,950 and being a Gen X, or I think 419 00:15:05,950 --> 00:15:07,350 we were the Guinea pigs for a lot 420 00:15:07,350 --> 00:15:08,110 of that stuff. 421 00:15:08,150 --> 00:15:10,650 A lot of that ultra process, super convenient 422 00:15:10,650 --> 00:15:14,590 food and detoxing off of that was difficult. 423 00:15:14,690 --> 00:15:16,910 And I noticed the change in, I just 424 00:15:16,910 --> 00:15:18,010 wasn't so foggy. 425 00:15:18,630 --> 00:15:21,270 And that was probably the most important thing 426 00:15:21,270 --> 00:15:22,770 that I realized it's like, okay, if I'm 427 00:15:22,770 --> 00:15:24,510 going to spend money on food, I want 428 00:15:24,510 --> 00:15:26,090 food that makes me feel good. 429 00:15:26,430 --> 00:15:27,970 And I don't feel like I could either 430 00:15:27,970 --> 00:15:29,570 a go right to sleep or be, I 431 00:15:29,570 --> 00:15:30,410 can't count to 10. 432 00:15:30,610 --> 00:15:31,050 Yeah. 433 00:15:31,510 --> 00:15:32,950 Have that, you know, just that, that awful 434 00:15:32,950 --> 00:15:34,950 kind of foggy feeling where you just feel 435 00:15:34,950 --> 00:15:35,430 kind of dumb. 436 00:15:36,530 --> 00:15:39,310 I think with me, I, um, I kind 437 00:15:39,310 --> 00:15:40,030 of eat what I want. 438 00:15:40,050 --> 00:15:42,230 Like, I don't think I eat that bad, 439 00:15:42,230 --> 00:15:44,530 but I definitely think I can make improvements 440 00:15:44,530 --> 00:15:45,970 on how I eat. 441 00:15:46,050 --> 00:15:47,650 I'm just a really big food girl. 442 00:15:47,650 --> 00:15:50,130 Like I just love all types of food, 443 00:15:50,170 --> 00:15:53,830 like, and I'm also like, I swear, I 444 00:15:53,830 --> 00:15:55,530 tell everyone, I'm like, I'm secretly a food 445 00:15:55,530 --> 00:15:57,510 critic because I'll be at a restaurant or 446 00:15:57,510 --> 00:15:58,450 I'll be at like an event. 447 00:15:58,450 --> 00:16:00,370 And I'm like, this is kind of dry. 448 00:16:01,510 --> 00:16:03,570 This needs this, even though I have no 449 00:16:03,570 --> 00:16:05,510 culinary experience at all. 450 00:16:06,370 --> 00:16:07,930 I think it's something to be said for 451 00:16:07,930 --> 00:16:09,390 when you, when you, when you love to 452 00:16:09,390 --> 00:16:10,870 cook, if you're a foodie and you like 453 00:16:10,870 --> 00:16:11,350 to cook. 454 00:16:11,910 --> 00:16:14,010 And especially if you're at the point where 455 00:16:14,010 --> 00:16:15,950 you're using a lot of more natural ingredients, 456 00:16:15,990 --> 00:16:17,390 you didn't make anything from scratch. 457 00:16:17,390 --> 00:16:19,470 And I actually just did a blog on 458 00:16:19,470 --> 00:16:19,790 that. 459 00:16:19,970 --> 00:16:21,770 You know, there's so many people like, I 460 00:16:21,770 --> 00:16:23,230 don't really cook or I don't really have 461 00:16:23,230 --> 00:16:23,990 time to cook. 462 00:16:24,610 --> 00:16:27,190 I think your perspective changes when you get, 463 00:16:27,650 --> 00:16:28,850 even if you get good at only making 464 00:16:28,850 --> 00:16:30,910 a couple of things and then your taste 465 00:16:30,910 --> 00:16:32,750 buds start to change because now you're not, 466 00:16:32,930 --> 00:16:35,170 you're not eating what someone else is putting 467 00:16:35,170 --> 00:16:36,570 in a box and you're warming up. 468 00:16:36,650 --> 00:16:38,370 You're actually putting in what tastes good to 469 00:16:38,370 --> 00:16:38,730 you. 470 00:16:38,850 --> 00:16:40,890 And then we start tasting other people's stuff. 471 00:16:40,950 --> 00:16:42,470 It's like, you know, this really isn't that 472 00:16:42,470 --> 00:16:42,770 good. 473 00:16:42,870 --> 00:16:43,390 Mine is better. 474 00:16:44,430 --> 00:16:46,310 You ain't got nothing on me, Betty Crocker. 475 00:16:46,750 --> 00:16:47,130 Yeah. 476 00:16:47,250 --> 00:16:48,830 I mean, I just recently went out to 477 00:16:48,830 --> 00:16:53,810 a I, I don't get out much these 478 00:16:53,810 --> 00:16:54,050 days. 479 00:16:54,150 --> 00:16:55,530 I'm kind of in the little pepper cave 480 00:16:55,530 --> 00:16:57,750 and I said, you know what, I need 481 00:16:57,750 --> 00:16:58,970 to get out of the house and I 482 00:16:58,970 --> 00:17:00,590 need to, you know, I said, let me 483 00:17:00,590 --> 00:17:01,810 just go to this new place that opened 484 00:17:01,810 --> 00:17:01,990 up. 485 00:17:02,050 --> 00:17:02,990 Let me, you know, support. 486 00:17:03,589 --> 00:17:06,490 And it was good, but it was like, 487 00:17:06,609 --> 00:17:07,170 you know what? 488 00:17:07,290 --> 00:17:08,650 I could have done this. 489 00:17:08,950 --> 00:17:09,050 Yeah. 490 00:17:09,050 --> 00:17:13,030 You're like, I could have saved 20 bucks. 491 00:17:13,109 --> 00:17:13,250 Yeah. 492 00:17:13,630 --> 00:17:13,869 Yeah. 493 00:17:13,990 --> 00:17:15,430 I mean, I just kind of treated myself 494 00:17:15,430 --> 00:17:16,589 a little bit because it was, you know, 495 00:17:16,670 --> 00:17:17,970 things have been going really good. 496 00:17:17,990 --> 00:17:19,530 I've been very grateful to how things have 497 00:17:19,530 --> 00:17:20,970 been progressing and like, you know, let me 498 00:17:20,970 --> 00:17:21,430 just get out. 499 00:17:21,470 --> 00:17:22,369 And it was a beautiful day. 500 00:17:22,450 --> 00:17:23,470 Some was out and I'm like, yeah, I'm 501 00:17:23,470 --> 00:17:23,970 just going to go. 502 00:17:24,050 --> 00:17:24,829 I'm going to have a beer. 503 00:17:25,089 --> 00:17:27,230 I'm going to have a nice lunch. 504 00:17:27,310 --> 00:17:28,390 And then I'm like, yeah, you know what? 505 00:17:28,930 --> 00:17:29,610 Yeah, it was all right. 506 00:17:31,050 --> 00:17:31,330 Yeah. 507 00:17:31,370 --> 00:17:33,150 I think with me the biggest thing for 508 00:17:33,150 --> 00:17:34,070 me is I have a son. 509 00:17:34,230 --> 00:17:35,830 He's a little over two and a half 510 00:17:35,830 --> 00:17:38,530 now, and he is, he has a dairy 511 00:17:38,530 --> 00:17:41,130 allergy, so he's vegan. 512 00:17:42,050 --> 00:17:44,370 And, you know, with that happening, I'm like, 513 00:17:44,410 --> 00:17:46,370 okay, well, you know, that kind of makes 514 00:17:46,370 --> 00:17:48,390 it him automatically more healthy. 515 00:17:48,530 --> 00:17:49,970 Cause you know, dairy has like a lot 516 00:17:49,970 --> 00:17:52,230 of fats and, you know, excessive sugars, unless 517 00:17:52,230 --> 00:17:53,410 you're getting like raw milk. 518 00:17:53,410 --> 00:17:55,150 But so he's on like an almond milk 519 00:17:55,150 --> 00:17:57,890 now with him, you know, when I was 520 00:17:57,890 --> 00:18:01,490 pregnant, I really just researched on like behaviors 521 00:18:01,490 --> 00:18:03,870 with kids and like how food affects kids 522 00:18:03,870 --> 00:18:04,690 behaviors and stuff. 523 00:18:04,770 --> 00:18:06,570 So my child is actually completely die free 524 00:18:06,570 --> 00:18:07,090 as well. 525 00:18:07,450 --> 00:18:08,850 Um, I don't give him any types of 526 00:18:08,850 --> 00:18:09,910 artificial dyes. 527 00:18:10,010 --> 00:18:12,270 Um, the times that he has had dyes, 528 00:18:12,270 --> 00:18:13,910 it is Gary can attest. 529 00:18:14,070 --> 00:18:16,710 It is noticeable insane behavior. 530 00:18:17,250 --> 00:18:18,330 I limit my child's sugar. 531 00:18:18,510 --> 00:18:20,550 Um, he's only allowed X amount of sugars 532 00:18:20,550 --> 00:18:20,990 a day. 533 00:18:21,090 --> 00:18:22,390 I'm not going to be a completely heartless 534 00:18:22,390 --> 00:18:25,170 mama and take sugars away, but I definitely 535 00:18:25,170 --> 00:18:25,890 limit it. 536 00:18:25,890 --> 00:18:27,770 Um, especially cause I feel bad cause the 537 00:18:27,770 --> 00:18:29,530 kid can't have ice cream unless it's like 538 00:18:29,530 --> 00:18:32,290 dairy free ice cream, but I definitely pay 539 00:18:32,290 --> 00:18:35,290 more mind and attention into what my child 540 00:18:35,290 --> 00:18:36,650 consumes than I do. 541 00:18:36,650 --> 00:18:38,070 Cause I grew it's like you said, like 542 00:18:38,070 --> 00:18:39,330 we kind of grew up with all this 543 00:18:39,330 --> 00:18:41,670 processed food, like here's your hot pocket. 544 00:18:42,130 --> 00:18:44,770 Here's your wine, your bowl, your pizza, your 545 00:18:44,770 --> 00:18:45,690 here's your dinner. 546 00:18:46,150 --> 00:18:47,430 But you know, when you turn it over, 547 00:18:47,510 --> 00:18:48,990 the Prince really, really, really tiny. 548 00:18:49,670 --> 00:18:50,070 Yeah. 549 00:18:50,230 --> 00:18:51,610 See, I don't do that with my son. 550 00:18:51,650 --> 00:18:53,470 Like I try to, you know, of course 551 00:18:53,470 --> 00:18:55,750 it's and that gets really expensive. 552 00:18:55,930 --> 00:18:57,270 That's like one of the biggest things for 553 00:18:57,270 --> 00:18:59,070 me too, is like, I've raved about this 554 00:18:59,070 --> 00:19:00,610 on one of our podcasts before and I've 555 00:19:00,610 --> 00:19:01,350 gone off the rails. 556 00:19:01,350 --> 00:19:04,070 It's just, it's very sad to me that 557 00:19:04,070 --> 00:19:06,610 the things that are actually like die free 558 00:19:06,610 --> 00:19:09,970 and dairy free and like what my kid 559 00:19:09,970 --> 00:19:13,550 is required to eat are so outrageously expensive. 560 00:19:13,870 --> 00:19:15,830 It is not cheap. 561 00:19:16,170 --> 00:19:16,450 Yeah. 562 00:19:16,710 --> 00:19:19,490 You know, which is, I think a way 563 00:19:19,490 --> 00:19:21,450 to encourage people that there's, you know, if 564 00:19:21,450 --> 00:19:23,270 you don't like paying this much for vegetables, 565 00:19:23,370 --> 00:19:25,650 then maybe if you can start growing them, 566 00:19:25,730 --> 00:19:26,930 right. 567 00:19:27,230 --> 00:19:29,270 Start getting away from that because the convenience 568 00:19:29,270 --> 00:19:30,310 is bad for your health. 569 00:19:30,330 --> 00:19:32,750 And if you don't have your health, really 570 00:19:32,750 --> 00:19:34,390 don't have it, don't have anything. 571 00:19:34,590 --> 00:19:38,010 And speaking of your son, you recently came 572 00:19:38,010 --> 00:19:38,770 back from your trip. 573 00:19:39,130 --> 00:19:39,530 Yeah. 574 00:19:39,650 --> 00:19:42,230 I listened to your episode about how you're 575 00:19:42,230 --> 00:19:44,030 kind of anxious because it seemed like it 576 00:19:44,030 --> 00:19:46,270 was, it sounded like you're going out of 577 00:19:46,270 --> 00:19:46,550 the country. 578 00:19:46,630 --> 00:19:47,470 I don't remember if you said. 579 00:19:47,590 --> 00:19:48,670 Yeah, I went to Cancun. 580 00:19:49,390 --> 00:19:51,310 Oh, that sounds good. 581 00:19:51,710 --> 00:19:54,030 But yeah, you sounded kind of anxious about 582 00:19:54,030 --> 00:19:56,630 going and I just figured you would like 583 00:19:56,630 --> 00:19:58,890 to share with everyone what it's like to, 584 00:19:59,130 --> 00:20:00,450 and on top of that, now he also 585 00:20:00,450 --> 00:20:01,730 has dietary requirements too. 586 00:20:01,850 --> 00:20:03,170 So you're traveling with a two-year-old 587 00:20:03,170 --> 00:20:05,490 to a foreign country who has dietary needs. 588 00:20:05,650 --> 00:20:06,330 Oh yeah. 589 00:20:06,450 --> 00:20:08,770 So it live up to your anxiety or 590 00:20:08,770 --> 00:20:09,650 was it not as bad? 591 00:20:10,170 --> 00:20:10,550 It did. 592 00:20:10,750 --> 00:20:13,390 It lived fully up to my anxiety. 593 00:20:13,650 --> 00:20:17,230 And then I was like, when it was 594 00:20:17,230 --> 00:20:20,170 like day one and I was like sobbing, 595 00:20:20,210 --> 00:20:21,790 I was like, we should not have done 596 00:20:21,790 --> 00:20:22,230 this. 597 00:20:22,430 --> 00:20:27,770 Like, just because it was very limited to 598 00:20:27,770 --> 00:20:29,310 what my child could eat there. 599 00:20:29,590 --> 00:20:32,850 Um, I had issues with going through customs. 600 00:20:33,270 --> 00:20:35,530 Um, cause I brought like cases of his 601 00:20:35,530 --> 00:20:37,210 milk with me because he, I was like, 602 00:20:37,230 --> 00:20:38,430 I don't know if Mexico is going to 603 00:20:38,430 --> 00:20:40,990 have almond vanilla milk, like he likes. 604 00:20:41,290 --> 00:20:42,990 So I brought cases of milk with me. 605 00:20:43,050 --> 00:20:44,790 Like I came prepared and they were having 606 00:20:44,790 --> 00:20:45,970 like issues with it. 607 00:20:46,130 --> 00:20:47,530 They didn't want me to have any in 608 00:20:47,530 --> 00:20:48,330 my carry on. 609 00:20:48,370 --> 00:20:49,870 And I was like, my kid needs milk. 610 00:20:49,930 --> 00:20:51,190 This is the first time he is on 611 00:20:51,190 --> 00:20:51,970 a damn plane. 612 00:20:52,650 --> 00:20:55,170 Um, but yeah, it was definitely an anxious 613 00:20:55,170 --> 00:20:55,730 experience. 614 00:20:55,870 --> 00:20:56,890 It was fun. 615 00:20:57,030 --> 00:20:58,750 He had a really good time as far 616 00:20:58,750 --> 00:21:00,090 as like when he did have his good 617 00:21:00,090 --> 00:21:02,470 moments going in the lazy river. 618 00:21:03,070 --> 00:21:05,150 Um, I cut loose a little bit, you 619 00:21:05,150 --> 00:21:07,090 know, I had, it was unlimited drinks. 620 00:21:07,270 --> 00:21:09,630 So, you know, I was hitting the bar, 621 00:21:09,710 --> 00:21:11,070 hitting the bar. 622 00:21:11,630 --> 00:21:13,870 Um, I can't tell you how many mud 623 00:21:13,870 --> 00:21:16,650 slides I had, but it was definitely something 624 00:21:16,650 --> 00:21:18,430 that I wish I would have experienced when 625 00:21:18,430 --> 00:21:20,110 he was a little bit older and, you 626 00:21:20,110 --> 00:21:22,210 know, had more, better listening skills, but it 627 00:21:22,210 --> 00:21:25,010 was still overall a good experience to have, 628 00:21:25,050 --> 00:21:28,750 but the dietary restrictions were definitely very difficult 629 00:21:28,750 --> 00:21:29,630 to keep up with. 630 00:21:29,850 --> 00:21:32,170 Um, but in Mexico, a lot of the 631 00:21:32,170 --> 00:21:34,070 things that like we have here in America, 632 00:21:34,070 --> 00:21:36,290 like for example, a lot of their cereals, 633 00:21:36,290 --> 00:21:39,350 they're made with real, um, like dyes from 634 00:21:39,350 --> 00:21:41,710 turmeric and stuff versus just red dye 40 635 00:21:41,710 --> 00:21:42,150 and stuff. 636 00:21:42,210 --> 00:21:43,650 So that was a really big plus. 637 00:21:43,730 --> 00:21:44,330 Oh, wow. 638 00:21:44,350 --> 00:21:44,670 Okay. 639 00:21:44,870 --> 00:21:45,130 Yeah. 640 00:21:45,330 --> 00:21:47,790 I'm sure that's something, you know, I was 641 00:21:47,790 --> 00:21:49,370 like, Oh yes, somewhere new. 642 00:21:49,430 --> 00:21:50,730 And you have no idea what they have. 643 00:21:50,810 --> 00:21:52,330 There was like this buffet restaurant. 644 00:21:52,330 --> 00:21:53,310 Cause I went to an all inclusive. 645 00:21:53,310 --> 00:21:55,530 So like they had boxes of these cereals. 646 00:21:55,630 --> 00:21:56,810 So I just like kept putting some of 647 00:21:56,810 --> 00:21:58,750 my bag for snacks for the rest of 648 00:21:58,750 --> 00:21:59,310 the day. 649 00:21:59,790 --> 00:22:01,490 Um, cause I was like, they're dive free. 650 00:22:01,610 --> 00:22:02,530 This is a win-win. 651 00:22:02,950 --> 00:22:03,190 Yeah. 652 00:22:03,670 --> 00:22:04,010 Yeah. 653 00:22:04,210 --> 00:22:07,870 Since my show speaks in particular to single 654 00:22:07,870 --> 00:22:10,290 moms as well as solo women, but as 655 00:22:10,290 --> 00:22:12,830 a mom with a young son traveling, having 656 00:22:12,830 --> 00:22:17,050 had that experience, what would you recommend to 657 00:22:17,050 --> 00:22:18,370 young mothers who are like, you know, Oh, 658 00:22:18,370 --> 00:22:19,470 I finally get a chance to take a 659 00:22:19,470 --> 00:22:19,970 vacation. 660 00:22:20,130 --> 00:22:21,450 I'm taking the kids. 661 00:22:21,810 --> 00:22:23,090 Do you have any advice? 662 00:22:24,290 --> 00:22:27,690 Definitely don't fall into the trend that the 663 00:22:27,690 --> 00:22:33,490 getting busy books and over, over packing for 664 00:22:33,490 --> 00:22:35,190 like on your child's carry on. 665 00:22:35,490 --> 00:22:38,070 I found that, you know, I had an, 666 00:22:38,270 --> 00:22:41,330 I had his tablet, I had coloring books. 667 00:22:41,410 --> 00:22:43,830 I had like the whole nine in this 668 00:22:43,830 --> 00:22:45,370 carry on that ended up being to the 669 00:22:45,370 --> 00:22:46,490 point that I had to carry it. 670 00:22:46,490 --> 00:22:47,730 Cause he couldn't carry it because it was 671 00:22:47,730 --> 00:22:48,150 too heavy. 672 00:22:48,190 --> 00:22:51,870 And I think I actually overwhelmed him by 673 00:22:51,870 --> 00:22:53,610 just trying to keep him distracted. 674 00:22:53,810 --> 00:22:55,110 It was only a three and a half 675 00:22:55,110 --> 00:22:57,250 hour plane ride, but I think I just, 676 00:22:57,610 --> 00:22:59,930 he got very antsy and overwhelmed because I 677 00:22:59,930 --> 00:23:02,210 was like, okay, the tablet's not working anymore. 678 00:23:02,810 --> 00:23:03,830 Here's coloring book. 679 00:23:03,910 --> 00:23:04,350 Here's this. 680 00:23:04,390 --> 00:23:06,230 And I think it was just overloading and 681 00:23:06,230 --> 00:23:07,690 overstimulating his brain. 682 00:23:07,850 --> 00:23:10,070 So my advice would definitely be just to 683 00:23:10,070 --> 00:23:12,270 maybe have like two or three different options, 684 00:23:12,690 --> 00:23:14,110 definitely have plenty of snacks. 685 00:23:14,190 --> 00:23:16,730 Cause I think that's what saved me and, 686 00:23:16,770 --> 00:23:18,770 you know, make sure they're drinking because, you 687 00:23:18,770 --> 00:23:20,990 know, take off and landing my kiddo has 688 00:23:20,990 --> 00:23:21,610 ear tubes. 689 00:23:21,770 --> 00:23:24,990 So he has already like difficult years. 690 00:23:25,650 --> 00:23:27,210 So I definitely just made sure he was 691 00:23:27,210 --> 00:23:28,070 drinking and stuff. 692 00:23:28,330 --> 00:23:31,070 But I think it's also important to realize 693 00:23:31,070 --> 00:23:33,590 that I had to prep myself. 694 00:23:33,590 --> 00:23:35,670 Like I was in the airport bathroom and 695 00:23:35,670 --> 00:23:37,350 I was like, you are not the first 696 00:23:37,350 --> 00:23:39,690 woman who has flown with a toddler before. 697 00:23:40,110 --> 00:23:42,270 If your kid screams, it's going to happen 698 00:23:42,270 --> 00:23:45,330 to probably a thousand more women today. 699 00:23:45,490 --> 00:23:46,650 You are not the first one. 700 00:23:46,710 --> 00:23:48,870 So I think just really mentally preparing myself, 701 00:23:49,150 --> 00:23:51,610 like not to feel embarrassed or not to 702 00:23:51,610 --> 00:23:55,110 get overstimulated is what I really did best. 703 00:23:55,230 --> 00:23:56,490 Cause at the end of the day, like 704 00:23:56,490 --> 00:23:57,850 he screamed and cried on the plane and 705 00:23:57,850 --> 00:23:59,070 I was like, it is what it is. 706 00:23:59,170 --> 00:24:00,230 There's nothing I can do. 707 00:24:00,290 --> 00:24:01,350 He just needs to get it out. 708 00:24:01,650 --> 00:24:04,370 He needs to feel, did you ever get 709 00:24:04,370 --> 00:24:06,110 a few minutes to just kind of just 710 00:24:06,110 --> 00:24:08,490 lounge and just, you know, what kind of 711 00:24:08,490 --> 00:24:10,170 self-care were you able to do? 712 00:24:10,870 --> 00:24:11,230 Yeah. 713 00:24:11,350 --> 00:24:13,350 So it was my husband and me and 714 00:24:13,350 --> 00:24:16,310 my, my in-laws, I think it was 715 00:24:16,310 --> 00:24:20,870 four days in, we actually were able to 716 00:24:20,870 --> 00:24:21,810 go to the spa. 717 00:24:22,070 --> 00:24:24,050 So we booked it right when my son's 718 00:24:24,050 --> 00:24:24,910 nap time was. 719 00:24:25,550 --> 00:24:27,830 So I got my son down for a 720 00:24:27,830 --> 00:24:29,350 nap in like perfect timing. 721 00:24:29,610 --> 00:24:31,130 It was like 10 minutes before the spa 722 00:24:31,130 --> 00:24:31,530 appointment. 723 00:24:31,850 --> 00:24:33,350 It was about like an hour and a 724 00:24:33,350 --> 00:24:34,910 half, two hour long spa appointment. 725 00:24:34,970 --> 00:24:36,510 And he napped for an hour and a 726 00:24:36,510 --> 00:24:37,190 half for it. 727 00:24:37,230 --> 00:24:38,410 So my in-laws only had to deal 728 00:24:38,410 --> 00:24:39,470 with him for 30 minutes. 729 00:24:40,310 --> 00:24:43,090 So that was the relaxation I got during 730 00:24:43,090 --> 00:24:43,630 that time. 731 00:24:44,550 --> 00:24:46,850 So, but other than that, he was pretty 732 00:24:46,850 --> 00:24:47,230 chill. 733 00:24:47,250 --> 00:24:48,570 Like when we went back to our room. 734 00:24:48,910 --> 00:24:53,210 So in general, with a toddler, what do 735 00:24:53,210 --> 00:24:55,310 you have any advice for, you know, a 736 00:24:55,310 --> 00:24:56,750 young mother who might feel maybe at the 737 00:24:56,750 --> 00:24:59,250 end of her tether, as far as keeping 738 00:24:59,250 --> 00:25:01,510 her cool, just anything that you could share 739 00:25:01,510 --> 00:25:03,610 from your experience, especially since like you say, 740 00:25:03,630 --> 00:25:05,290 he has dietary needs and he might have 741 00:25:05,290 --> 00:25:06,630 the other issues. 742 00:25:06,990 --> 00:25:07,430 Yeah. 743 00:25:07,650 --> 00:25:10,370 So my son also has a speech, like 744 00:25:10,370 --> 00:25:12,370 a slight, a slight speech delay, which Gary 745 00:25:12,370 --> 00:25:12,850 can attest. 746 00:25:12,970 --> 00:25:14,670 It's gotten so much better just as he's 747 00:25:14,670 --> 00:25:15,250 gotten older. 748 00:25:15,370 --> 00:25:17,570 And Gary can also attest that I am 749 00:25:17,570 --> 00:25:20,110 constantly overstimulated and overwhelmed. 750 00:25:20,790 --> 00:25:24,050 But I think what, like my biggest advice 751 00:25:24,050 --> 00:25:26,110 that I'm still honestly trying to learn. 752 00:25:26,210 --> 00:25:27,570 And like I said, my son's over two 753 00:25:27,570 --> 00:25:29,750 and a half is to just enjoy the 754 00:25:29,750 --> 00:25:32,850 moments, enjoy the bad ones, enjoy the good 755 00:25:32,850 --> 00:25:35,250 ones, enjoy the hard ones because they're only 756 00:25:35,250 --> 00:25:39,090 little ones, you know, they're still learning and, 757 00:25:39,090 --> 00:25:41,070 you know, my thing is, is that I 758 00:25:41,070 --> 00:25:43,690 have to, I beaten myself up because I 759 00:25:43,690 --> 00:25:46,630 sometimes forget that I need to allow my 760 00:25:46,630 --> 00:25:49,350 child to explore his emotions and feel his 761 00:25:49,350 --> 00:25:51,590 emotions instead of being like, why are you 762 00:25:51,590 --> 00:25:52,050 crying? 763 00:25:53,210 --> 00:25:54,850 Um, so that's a big thing that, like 764 00:25:54,850 --> 00:25:56,270 I said, I'm still working on it. 765 00:25:56,270 --> 00:26:00,110 Um, but just enjoying the little things and 766 00:26:00,110 --> 00:26:03,590 realizing that your child, your kids aren't born 767 00:26:04,230 --> 00:26:06,270 programmed to cope. 768 00:26:06,830 --> 00:26:10,470 You have to give your child those skills 769 00:26:10,470 --> 00:26:13,810 and allow them to teach them to them, 770 00:26:13,870 --> 00:26:16,290 to themselves on how to deal with these 771 00:26:16,290 --> 00:26:16,710 emotions. 772 00:26:16,710 --> 00:26:19,970 And it's definitely hard, especially during like terrible 773 00:26:19,970 --> 00:26:22,510 twos, which I'm going through right now, but, 774 00:26:22,590 --> 00:26:25,090 um, I'm very patient with my child and 775 00:26:25,090 --> 00:26:27,950 I, I let him be like really free 776 00:26:27,950 --> 00:26:31,150 spirited and I bring him outside all the 777 00:26:31,150 --> 00:26:31,590 time. 778 00:26:31,590 --> 00:26:34,270 Um, I like to let him ground and 779 00:26:34,270 --> 00:26:36,410 take his shoes off and let him release 780 00:26:36,410 --> 00:26:39,150 his energy into, you know, the universe because 781 00:26:39,150 --> 00:26:42,570 the universe, we've talked about this in some 782 00:26:42,570 --> 00:26:43,310 of our podcasts. 783 00:26:43,310 --> 00:26:44,850 It's just so important to do that. 784 00:26:45,230 --> 00:26:45,650 That's grass. 785 00:26:45,910 --> 00:26:46,350 Absolutely. 786 00:26:46,530 --> 00:26:46,710 Yeah. 787 00:26:47,170 --> 00:26:47,610 Yeah. 788 00:26:47,690 --> 00:26:48,670 Well, that's great. 789 00:26:49,130 --> 00:26:51,510 And I just think it's sometimes that, yeah, 790 00:26:51,510 --> 00:26:53,330 I realize you're married with, but with single 791 00:26:53,330 --> 00:26:54,730 moms is like, if they're working and then 792 00:26:54,730 --> 00:26:56,490 they might have one kid, maybe a couple 793 00:26:56,490 --> 00:26:59,550 of kids trying to figure, you know, is 794 00:26:59,550 --> 00:27:00,050 it just me? 795 00:27:00,130 --> 00:27:01,250 Am I the only person that's like kind 796 00:27:01,250 --> 00:27:01,750 of losing it? 797 00:27:01,790 --> 00:27:02,910 Am I doing everything right? 798 00:27:03,530 --> 00:27:06,090 And your perfection is, I don't think it's 799 00:27:06,090 --> 00:27:06,550 possible. 800 00:27:07,090 --> 00:27:07,430 Exactly. 801 00:27:08,370 --> 00:27:09,710 So just there's no such thing as a 802 00:27:09,710 --> 00:27:10,330 perfect mom. 803 00:27:10,870 --> 00:27:11,030 Yeah. 804 00:27:11,470 --> 00:27:12,830 And just to give them, give yourself some 805 00:27:12,830 --> 00:27:13,230 grace. 806 00:27:14,170 --> 00:27:15,490 I'm still learning that. 807 00:27:24,490 --> 00:27:27,090 Thanks for listening to part one of my 808 00:27:27,090 --> 00:27:28,810 interview with Gary and Hannah from the Eye 809 00:27:28,810 --> 00:27:29,590 Opener Society. 810 00:27:30,070 --> 00:27:32,210 Tomorrow, I'll be uploading part two, where we 811 00:27:32,210 --> 00:27:34,490 talk about how convenience foods are damaging us 812 00:27:34,490 --> 00:27:36,870 and our kids, how better food 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