Speaker 1: Hello, Hello, Happy Monday. I'm sitting here at my studio
Speaker 1: ready to record today's episode because I'm super excited. Today
Speaker 1: we're going to talk about wellness tips. There are so
Speaker 1: many habits I've picked up over the years that really
Speaker 1: made a difference in my life, and I wish I
Speaker 1: would have known about them sooner, you guys. Lucky for you,
Speaker 1: your big sister Cheeky's is here to tell you all
Speaker 1: about them. I'm going to try to keep this brief
Speaker 1: but informative. Maybe you guys can look at this as
Speaker 1: an audio guide you can come back and reference at
Speaker 1: a later time. I don't know what to start off with, you, guys.
Speaker 1: Are a lot of things that I've tried throughout the
Speaker 1: years that have done wonders for me, and certain things
Speaker 1: that I've been doing lately that I'm absolutely in love with,
Speaker 1: and I was like, I need to share this with
Speaker 1: the world. You guys are my world, and I want
Speaker 1: to share with you. Okay, So one of the things
Speaker 1: that I just recently started doing is oil pulling and
Speaker 1: tongue scraping. I don't know how in the world I
Speaker 1: did not know about this sooner. Because I want to
Speaker 1: go to the dentist every six months, you guys, for
Speaker 1: my cleaning. So the point is I've been doing it
Speaker 1: for the past I want to say, two months, and
Speaker 1: I am in love. Okay. So what is tongue scraping
Speaker 1: and what is oil pulling? I did my research. I'm
Speaker 1: gonna read some things for you, guys, and then I'll
Speaker 1: give you my personal take on it. Okay. Tongue scraping
Speaker 1: is using a metal or copper tool to gently remove
Speaker 1: the coating of toxins, bacteria, and build up from your tongue.
Speaker 1: Each morning. Oil pulling follows swishing oil like cold preass coconut,
Speaker 1: sesame or some flour in your mouth for five to
Speaker 1: twenty minutes to draw out deep toxins. So this is
Speaker 1: the way of daily detox It is important to do
Speaker 1: like daily detoxing like this, like oil pulling, tongue scraping
Speaker 1: for your liver because the less toxins that we have
Speaker 1: in our body, the less chances of disease forming and
Speaker 1: living in our body. That and also inflammation, and we're
Speaker 1: going to talk about that moving forward. But my gosh, guys,
Speaker 1: what I do in the morning, I wake up, I
Speaker 1: drink water, I put the oil straight in my mouth.
Speaker 1: It's one that I bought off of Amazon actually, and
Speaker 1: it's organic. It's coconut oil with some mint. The one
Speaker 1: that I bought comes with like a little cap, like
Speaker 1: you know when you buy medicine, and it like has
Speaker 1: a cap and it tells you like it measures it's
Speaker 1: about I don't know, like yeah, like a tablespoon. I
Speaker 1: would say a tablespoon and a half. Not only is
Speaker 1: it great for you, and it clears your tongue and
Speaker 1: from bacteria and toxins and all that, and whitens your
Speaker 1: teeth right, and it helps your gums the gum health
Speaker 1: as well, but swishing is also an exercising for your
Speaker 1: jaw and neck. So when I heard that, I was like, oh,
Speaker 1: I am missing a day because you know, we're getting
Speaker 1: older out here and I've lost weight and my neck
Speaker 1: is just not the same. So I've been very like
Speaker 1: self conscious about it. So when I heard that, I
Speaker 1: was like, oh my gosh, I'm doing this. So now
Speaker 1: I'm doing it for like ten minutes. At first, I
Speaker 1: couldn't do it more than two minutes because it kind
Speaker 1: of does hurt your mouth a little bit, like you're swishing.
Speaker 1: So it's a little sore. But I've worked my way
Speaker 1: up to ten minutes. And all I do is I
Speaker 1: put the oil in there. I'm swishing, literally like swishing
Speaker 1: it through my teeth. Obviously, like don't swallow it. You're
Speaker 1: not supposed to swallow it. Don't spit it out in
Speaker 1: your sink either, because it could clog up the pipes.
Speaker 1: I spit it out in the trash can, and it's
Speaker 1: a little thick. It's a little weird at first, and
Speaker 1: it takes a little bit of time to get used to. Anyway,
Speaker 1: while I'm doing that, I'm swishing, i am lighting my incense.
Speaker 1: I'm setting the tone for like my meditation and stuff.
Speaker 1: And you know, I'm not like just sitting there. I'm
Speaker 1: actively doing something. And then I just spit it out
Speaker 1: and I brush my teeth. So what I do my
Speaker 1: process is I tongue scrape first and then I do
Speaker 1: the oil pulling, then I brush my teeth. Okay, it
Speaker 1: is a bit of a process, but again this is
Speaker 1: self love, self care, so I highly recommend it. Okay,
Speaker 1: I love it. My teeth feels better, like I feel
Speaker 1: like I don't have bad breath, like even if I
Speaker 1: eat onion or anything like that. Like my taste buds. Guys,
Speaker 1: I'm so much better, Like now I came. I if
Speaker 1: something's too salty, I feel it right away, like I'm
Speaker 1: eating less salt because of it as well. So it
Speaker 1: has a lot of great benefits. Look into it. Highly
Speaker 1: recommend it. And here here's why it's powerful. Okay. It
Speaker 1: removes bad breath causing bacteria, prevents cavities and gum disease naturally,
Speaker 1: whitens the teeth, supports digestion by improving oral flora, reduces
Speaker 1: the bacterial load that leads to inflammation in the body,
Speaker 1: boost energy, mental clarity, strengthens the connection between oral health
Speaker 1: and gut health. This is the reason I started doing
Speaker 1: and I learned about the oil pulling and the tongue scraping.
Speaker 1: Was because of that holistic doctor that I went to
Speaker 1: that started me on this whole, like reminded me and
Speaker 1: brought me back to myself of like being organic and
Speaker 1: doing these things. And it was because of my digestion.
Speaker 1: She told me, you need to start tongue scraping. She
Speaker 1: took my poles, she didn't take any blood. All she
Speaker 1: did was like, let me see your tongue and from
Speaker 1: my tongue health. She was able to see what I
Speaker 1: was dealing with. So our tongue shows a lot of
Speaker 1: our health. And this is like a pract just like
Speaker 1: indigenous practice, guys. So this is from like years and
Speaker 1: years ago. So look into it again. You can go
Speaker 1: back and listen to this again. And now I want
Speaker 1: to move on because again I said, I want to
Speaker 1: make this as brief as possible. Okay. Another thing that
Speaker 1: I've been doing is cold face plunging. Okay, I don't
Speaker 1: know if you guys have seen it on social media.
Speaker 1: After I started like looking into it, it's been all
Speaker 1: over my feet because you know, our phones listen to us.
Speaker 1: But that's another conversation. I know about obviously cold plunging
Speaker 1: like when you submerge your body, but I didn't know
Speaker 1: about the face. And funny enough, what I would do
Speaker 1: while I was going to the gym was I would
Speaker 1: always grab ice cubes and roll them up in a
Speaker 1: little napkin and like put them on my eyes to
Speaker 1: help like my eyes from like depuffing and tightening and stuff.
Speaker 1: So anything that's cold is good for your skin. It's
Speaker 1: great for your skin. Even when I shower, I shower
Speaker 1: with like warm water. I do the whole thing, and
Speaker 1: then right before I get out, I do like as
Speaker 1: cold as I possibly can. It's just so good for you.
Speaker 1: All you do is just I mean, could be a
Speaker 1: little inconvenient, but you know you have to go downstairs
Speaker 1: or you have to go to your refrigerator from your
Speaker 1: bedroom and grab the ice cubes. You know, I know,
Speaker 1: but again, these are all things that are great for
Speaker 1: you and the super beneficial, so I think it's worth it.
Speaker 1: Just wake up a little earlier and do it. And
Speaker 1: I just grab a normal bole, fill it up with
Speaker 1: cap water, put some ice, wait for it to melt,
Speaker 1: and then I plunge my face about three times, and
Speaker 1: I do it for ten to fifteen seconds at a time.
Speaker 1: You have to hold your breath, obviously, and then just
Speaker 1: count in your head slowly one, two, three, you know,
Speaker 1: until you get to ten or whatever you can handle,
Speaker 1: because after the first time, your nose gets a little numb.
Speaker 1: But the tightness, the depuffing you guys, amazing. So let
Speaker 1: me read because this is straight from the internet, guys,
Speaker 1: so it's not something that I made up. I wanted
Speaker 1: to make sure that I'm giving you guys the right information.
Speaker 1: Dunking your face in cold water or using ice tools
Speaker 1: to stimulate blood, float and refresh the nervous system. Okay,
Speaker 1: and these are the benefits. Reduces puffiness and tightened skin,
Speaker 1: Booth circulation and glow, calms the nervous system and stress response.
Speaker 1: Supports lymphatic drainage okay, depuffing huge and my rosacea. It
Speaker 1: helps with my roseacea, helps regulate oil production and skin clarity.
Speaker 1: But also, guys, it's like a free natural facelift and
Speaker 1: a mood reset because it does. I feel like it
Speaker 1: wakes me up and I'm like ready to go to
Speaker 1: the gym. It's it's like a little bit of a
Speaker 1: pre workout. It's amazing. Or if you just if you
Speaker 1: don't want to work out, like if you have a
Speaker 1: meeting or word, don't, it's so good. I love it. Plus,
Speaker 1: it trains your nervous system to handle stress more calmly.
Speaker 1: That is the truth. And I have been experiencing it.
Speaker 1: I haven't been doing it for long, guys, it's been
Speaker 1: a month, but I am loving it and I highly
Speaker 1: recommend it. Try it or not, it's up to you now.
Speaker 1: Breath work is another one. Okay, I've been doing breath
Speaker 1: work for a long time, and I freaking love it
Speaker 1: and I want to talk about it because sometimes obviously
Speaker 1: we're breathing, like right now, I'm like breathing, But when
Speaker 1: you breathe intentionally, like hold it. And then when you
Speaker 1: do those things when I'm stressed out, when I'm having
Speaker 1: a bad day, which I've been experiencing lately, a lot
Speaker 1: has been going on, I'm like, Okay, we can change
Speaker 1: our entire mood, guys, with just taking a deep breath
Speaker 1: and letting out the stress. Even making that noise does
Speaker 1: something to your shoulders, to your neck. It resets your mind.
Speaker 1: And this is what the internet says. Okay, just so
Speaker 1: you see that it's true, and I'm just here to
Speaker 1: tell you and affirm it and confirm Okay. Intentional breathing
Speaker 1: practices to activate healing, calm, and connection. It clears stagnant
Speaker 1: energy and emotional blocks, regulates the nervous system, reduces anxiety, panic,
Speaker 1: and overthinking. Very true. Here's a big one for the
Speaker 1: women and for men, but mainly for us women. Lowers
Speaker 1: cortisol and inflammation. Okay, we hear a lot of inflammation.
Speaker 1: You see, everything is inflammation. I don't know if you've
Speaker 1: seen that so far. But inflammation, guys, it lives in
Speaker 1: our body. And we talked about this guys with a doctor,
Speaker 1: a holistic doctor here on Cheeki's and Chills. So check
Speaker 1: out that episode. Because inflammation, you guys, is a real thing,
Speaker 1: and that's why turmeric is very important to take. I'm
Speaker 1: not a doctor again, I'm just suggesting these are things
Speaker 1: that have helped me. Because inflammation causes disease. It also
Speaker 1: can cause cancer. There's a lot of inflammation in the body,
Speaker 1: in the gut, in the organs, you guys. So breath
Speaker 1: work again, you can look up on YouTube and there
Speaker 1: are a lot of apps. There are a lot of
Speaker 1: people on TikTok as well doing breath work and teaching
Speaker 1: people how to do the square. I think it's I
Speaker 1: believe it's called square breathing. Amazing. Guys, you heard all
Speaker 1: of the benefits. Look it up, see what works best
Speaker 1: for you. Okay, if that's something that interests you. But
Speaker 1: another thing is mouth taping at night. Okay, I've heard
Speaker 1: about mouth taping a lot. One of my friend's husbands
Speaker 1: does it and he said, hey, Cheeky's, I super highly
Speaker 1: recommend it, and I ignored it for a while until
Speaker 1: I saw an ad that came up, and I think
Speaker 1: because I had been talking about it, it came up.
Speaker 1: And what caught my attention was that it can also
Speaker 1: help with the excess fat under our chin. So with
Speaker 1: the jaw line, I'm super obsessed with, like making sure
Speaker 1: my jawline looks good right now. I don't know why,
Speaker 1: but it's like I'm doing exercise, I'm doing all these
Speaker 1: things for it. So when I saw that, I was like, hey,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna try it and see. And then I saw
Speaker 1: and I researched all the benefit and I'm like, oh
Speaker 1: my god, this is amazing. I should have listened to
Speaker 1: Rob my friend's husband a long time ago, because he's
Speaker 1: been doing it for a long time. Okay, so what
Speaker 1: is it. It's lightly taping the mouth closed at night
Speaker 1: to encourage nasal breathing after COVID. Guys, I got COVID
Speaker 1: three times. It messed up all my sinuses and my
Speaker 1: nose has never been the same. So I started breathing
Speaker 1: through my mouth a lot, especially when I was asleep,
Speaker 1: and obviously that's not good. So moving forward, what I'm
Speaker 1: saying is improves oxygen intake and sleep quality. It really
Speaker 1: does supports oral health and prevents dry mouth, reduces snoring
Speaker 1: and jaw tension. That's where the jaw thing comes in, guys.
Speaker 1: Supports heart and brain health. I've noticed I have a
Speaker 1: clearer mind when I wake up. I'm not even lying.
Speaker 1: It also encourages proper facial structure and nitric oxide production. Guys,
Speaker 1: these are all great things. And no, you're not gonna
Speaker 1: grab some tape from like your drawer and put tape
Speaker 1: on your mouth like they have special tape that's not
Speaker 1: going to irritate your skin. I have very sensitive skin,
Speaker 1: and I found a good tape that says, okay, great
Speaker 1: for sensitive skin. You can find it at you can
Speaker 1: find it on Amazon. You can find it. Just google
Speaker 1: mouth tape and a bunch will come out. I'm not
Speaker 1: gonna recommend the one I use, because the point here
Speaker 1: is you guys, doing your own research and seeing what
Speaker 1: works best for you. But I have felt the difference,
Speaker 1: like I have slept so good. I put it on
Speaker 1: Emilia the last two nights and he told me, he's like, Babe,
Speaker 1: I don't know if it's the tape or I don't
Speaker 1: know if it's because we're not smoking right now cannabis.
Speaker 1: He's like, but the dreams that I've been having have
Speaker 1: been so vivid. He's like, I had some deep, deep sleep, babe,
Speaker 1: And I think it has to do with the mouth tape,
Speaker 1: and I've seen him wake up with more energy. Try
Speaker 1: it and then you decide. But it is amazing. I
Speaker 1: don't know if you guys have heard about red light therapy.
Speaker 1: I have been doing that for a while, and I
Speaker 1: started doing it because I have very poor circulation, and
Speaker 1: that's something that I've known for a long time. And
Speaker 1: I do the vibrating plate and the red light therapy
Speaker 1: can be pricey, I will say that, but there are
Speaker 1: places that are offering it. It's coming up a lot more,
Speaker 1: and I wanted to just bring it up because it
Speaker 1: is something that I think is important for all of us,
Speaker 1: because a lot of us don't get a lot of
Speaker 1: sun exposure. There's nothing better than the natural sun. But
Speaker 1: red light therapy is different and it has a lot
Speaker 1: of great benefits. And I have seen and have felt
Speaker 1: a big difference. And I wish I would have known sooner, honestly,
Speaker 1: like in my twenties, because I think it would have
Speaker 1: helped my circulation a lot. Yeah, because I get a
Speaker 1: lot of water retention and stuff like that, and I
Speaker 1: think I would have been able to prevent it a
Speaker 1: lot sooner. But anyway, we're learning, we're living and learning, okay.
Speaker 1: So it is a healing treatment to promote regeneration at
Speaker 1: the cellular level. It boosts collagen and skin elasticity. It's
Speaker 1: very hard for me to say that word, but elasticity
Speaker 1: reduces wrinkles and sun damage, m M calms, ro satia,
Speaker 1: and acne. I have roseatia. It's been helping that a lot.
Speaker 1: Enhances thyroid and hormonal health, speeds up muscle and joint recovery,
Speaker 1: reduces inflammation in the body. Inflammation again, it is great. Again,
Speaker 1: I have, you know, bad circulation. I'm trying to like
Speaker 1: age gracefully. So wrinkles, it has been phenomenal. It also
Speaker 1: helps again with your joints. I do it like three
Speaker 1: times a week. I sit in front of my light.
Speaker 1: It is important to buy if you're going to purchase one,
Speaker 1: to buy a quality like look at the reviews and
Speaker 1: make sure that it is a high quality red light
Speaker 1: because there's some that are out there. Because it's becoming
Speaker 1: so popular, guys that don't buy just a cheap one
Speaker 1: because you know, I know, I'm telling you. I know
Speaker 1: it could be expensive, but it has to be a
Speaker 1: good one. So please look at the reviews. That's one
Speaker 1: thing I will tell you, because I almost got bumboozled
Speaker 1: and bought one that was like, Okay, it's like less expensive,
Speaker 1: but it was not. It was actually going to cause damage.
Speaker 1: So that's why I'm saying, make sure you're reading your
Speaker 1: reviews and doing your research on whatever it is that
Speaker 1: you're buying. But again, there are places a lot of
Speaker 1: spas are coming out and they offer it and you
Speaker 1: could do it once a week and they have like
Speaker 1: these full body ones. It helps with scars as well,
Speaker 1: like if you have scars. I have scars from like
Speaker 1: my boob reduction, and I feel like it's been helping
Speaker 1: flattening them out as well and lightening them. So highly
Speaker 1: recommend it. And you know what, I'm not going to
Speaker 1: go into the other ones that I had because I
Speaker 1: was going to talk about daily detalks body brushing. You guys,
Speaker 1: I don't want to get into the details because I
Speaker 1: want to make this as short and pretty and informative
Speaker 1: as I possibly can. But if you guys like this episode,
Speaker 1: let me know. If you want to hear about these
Speaker 1: other things. I will gladly elaborate and talk about it
Speaker 1: a little bit more. But look into it. The daily detalks,
Speaker 1: especially the liverty talks. We talked about that before. Body brushing,
Speaker 1: wearing a night guard, daily movement, all that stuff. We
Speaker 1: can get into the nitty gritty if you want a
Speaker 1: second part of it. But I did want to talk
Speaker 1: to you guys about inflammation and how important it is
Speaker 1: to reduce it in our bodies by not only taking supplements,
Speaker 1: speak to your doctors right about supplements, but also by
Speaker 1: not eating certain things. And if you guys want to
Speaker 1: know a little bit more about certain foods and how
Speaker 1: it affects your skin and your health. Followed doctor Julie Greenberg,
Speaker 1: and we also have an episode with her, so you
Speaker 1: can go ahead and listen to it. So, too much
Speaker 1: inflammation can lead to hormonal imbalances, Okay, something I've dealt with,
Speaker 1: And a lot of things that we eat, guys, A
Speaker 1: lot of the stuff that's in our food is causing that,
Speaker 1: and is causing even the stuff that we put on
Speaker 1: our skin. If we're putting too much fragrance on our skin,
Speaker 1: on our body, you guys, it will cause a lot
Speaker 1: of hormonal imbalances, okay, autoimmune disease, heart problems, fertility struggles,
Speaker 1: mental health challenges, chronic pain and fatigue, premature aging, and
Speaker 1: autoimmune disease. Guys, that for me is one of the
Speaker 1: biggest things, especially for disease and if you're trying to
Speaker 1: get pregnant and all that stuff, which is why I'm
Speaker 1: changing the way that I'm eating and changing my lifestyle
Speaker 1: and taking things out of my house that aren't good
Speaker 1: for me. Even my lotion, my body lotion right now
Speaker 1: is fragrance free. I am really looking at the ingredients
Speaker 1: and making sure that the things that I'm putting on
Speaker 1: my body and putting in my body, foods and everything,
Speaker 1: the less ingredients the better, Okay. And reducing inflammation helps
Speaker 1: you prevent disease, reclaims your energy, regulates emotions, heal, naturally,
Speaker 1: feel vibrant, present in your body. And I'm not gonna lie.
Speaker 1: I do feel a lot better and I do have
Speaker 1: a lot more mental clarity. So I just wanted to
Speaker 1: have this episode. Sorry. I know we talked about a
Speaker 1: lot of different things, and I wanted to make it short, cute,
Speaker 1: and informative, but hopefully some of this stuff will help you. Again,
Speaker 1: I know it's a lot of information, but just choose
Speaker 1: one to start with, one that resonates with you, one
Speaker 1: that you're like, Okay, this one I'm going to start
Speaker 1: with because I know it's a lot to do at once,
Speaker 1: and if you do want to know a little bit
Speaker 1: more about things, because I do a lot of different
Speaker 1: things now, things that are making me not only feel better,
Speaker 1: but I feel like even look better, like more vibrant.
Speaker 1: And I just want to share because you know, chickens
Speaker 1: and chill is all about that, about sharing, because I
Speaker 1: care about you. Sharing is caring, And yeah, I hope
Speaker 1: you like this this episode. I'm sorry if it was
Speaker 1: a lot, but I just want to share. That's it.
Speaker 1: And I want to make the world's a better place,
Speaker 1: one hard at a time, and it starts with you, guys.
Speaker 1: All right, guys, So I'm going to take a deep breath.
Speaker 1: Try the breath work if you want to start with that,
Speaker 1: because you don't have to buy anything. Just start with that.
Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, it is life changing, guys. Right now,
Speaker 1: I'm going to take a deep breath because I just
Speaker 1: said a lot mix helling good positive energy because I
Speaker 1: hope and pray that it helps you, sending you love
Speaker 1: and light, and I thank God for you. I love
Speaker 1: all my listeners, each and every single one of you, guys.
Speaker 1: I'm so grateful, And you guys also help make me
Speaker 1: feel better. So thank you, and I hope that I'm
Speaker 1: doing the same for you. So thank you for coming
Speaker 1: back to my podcast and listening and learning and growing
Speaker 1: and glowing. I love you so much, and I will
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