Speaker 1: I just want to catch you guys up on what
Speaker 1: I've been up to. I tried IVF my mom's anniversary
Speaker 1: of her passing my Latin Grammy Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year.
Speaker 1: We won and it was awesome because then I just
Speaker 1: finished getting ready for the Red Carpet, which I wore
Speaker 1: that beautiful cold dress and I think it's the best
Speaker 1: freaking dress that I've wore in my life. For everyone
Speaker 1: that went to my Part one, thank you, guys. I
Speaker 1: love you guys so much, and wait for this year.
Speaker 1: We're coming back with fire God Will in testing testing
Speaker 1: one to three? Hello, is this thing working? Testing one
Speaker 1: to three? Hi, guys, It's cheek Ease and welcome to
Speaker 1: Season two of cheek Ease and Chill. I am so
Speaker 1: happy to be back behind the mic. So much has
Speaker 1: happened since we last spoke, and I can't wait to
Speaker 1: fill you guys in. I hope you all have had
Speaker 1: some Memory Bowl holidays and you're ready for a new year.
Speaker 1: So without further ado, let's get into this. This is
Speaker 1: cheek Ease and Chill, so we're officially in. How crazy
Speaker 1: is that? Guys? We have a brand new year ahead
Speaker 1: of us, and I have so much plan for this year,
Speaker 1: like so much, which I'll talk about in the next episode,
Speaker 1: but right now, I just want to catch you guys
Speaker 1: up on what I've been up to. I mean, I
Speaker 1: tried IVF, which that didn't really work out too well.
Speaker 1: I'll tell you about that later. My mom's anniversary ten
Speaker 1: year anniversary, you guys, of her passing my Latin Grammy
Speaker 1: win a nomination to the American Grammy. Oh my god.
Speaker 1: That's excited. Um, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year, Oh my god.
Speaker 1: The wrap up of my tour of Harena, Oh my gosh,
Speaker 1: that was so emotional. And yeah, I mean, so much
Speaker 1: has happened. Okay, let's talk a little bit about it.
Speaker 1: Like I said, I VF. I tried it, and I
Speaker 1: don't want to get into it too much right now,
Speaker 1: So I'm gonna have like a full episode on that
Speaker 1: because I think it's important to really just explain certain things.
Speaker 1: So I did start it, but I didn't finish it,
Speaker 1: so I'll tell you about that in another episode. Anyways. Okay,
Speaker 1: So my own's anniversary ten years. I can't say it enough,
Speaker 1: you guys. I can't believe it's already been ten years.
Speaker 1: I can't believe I've lived this long without my mother,
Speaker 1: Like I just don't know how it happened, when it happened.
Speaker 1: I just feel like it's the grace of God that
Speaker 1: poured upon my siblings and I to like help us
Speaker 1: get through everything. But let me tell you, I have
Speaker 1: felt her more than ever, starting like with the Grammys,
Speaker 1: I always start feeling her a lot, like October, November, December,
Speaker 1: going into the new year. So it's like I've been
Speaker 1: feeling her, you know, these past few months, and so
Speaker 1: much has happened. Two was very, very emotionally draining, I think,
Speaker 1: and I've explained this to you guys in past episodes
Speaker 1: for my siblings and I and everything that's happened. But
Speaker 1: I feel like towards the end of the year, my
Speaker 1: mom really showed up and showed off in all of
Speaker 1: our lives. And it was just beautiful to be able
Speaker 1: to celebrate her life because for her tenth ye anniversary,
Speaker 1: we did not want to mourn her. Although December nine
Speaker 1: is a sad day for us, we didn't want to
Speaker 1: mourn her. We wanted to celebrate her life. So that
Speaker 1: was a beautiful, beautiful moment. I had my siblings over
Speaker 1: my nieces and nephews, and we just wanted to spend
Speaker 1: time together and and celebrate the woman. So that was nice.
Speaker 1: So let's go back a little bit before that though,
Speaker 1: because we have the Latin Grammys. Oh my god. Okay,
Speaker 1: So I won my second Latin Grammy, you guys, and
Speaker 1: the Tuesday before the Latin Grammys, I found out that
Speaker 1: I was nominated for the American Grammy. Dude, that was
Speaker 1: something I hadn't even expected. I wasn't waiting for it.
Speaker 1: I was at the gym working out, getting ready and
Speaker 1: super zoned in on my first performs at the Latin
Speaker 1: Grammys um My nomination. So I was just like so
Speaker 1: engulfed in that. So when I got the call from
Speaker 1: my manager, Mr. Bull Richard Bull, he calls me. He
Speaker 1: never really calls me. We're not like, I'm not a
Speaker 1: phone person anymore of like just text me sort of
Speaker 1: thing or voice note me. So when he called me,
Speaker 1: I was like, Okay, what's going on? So I answered
Speaker 1: and he was like crying, He's probably gonna be super
Speaker 1: bad at me for saying this, but it's the truth.
Speaker 1: He was kind of like, and I'm like, oh my god,
Speaker 1: I swear to you. I thought something happened. I thought
Speaker 1: because Johnny drove to Vegas, so I thought, oh my god,
Speaker 1: did something happened to Johnny? Like right away, my syblies
Speaker 1: came to mind and I'm like, no, it's not. Jennica
Speaker 1: was here, because she was in Vegas with me. I
Speaker 1: was like Jackie, I just spoke to her. I was like,
Speaker 1: it has to be Johnny. But then I'm like no,
Speaker 1: like you know, and he's like and I'm like, what
Speaker 1: what happened? And he's like, we're nominated. I was like what.
Speaker 1: I was like, yeah, I know, We're nominated to Latin Grammy.
Speaker 1: Like he's like, no, no, no no, to the American Grammy.
Speaker 1: I was like what. So he was crying. He couldn't
Speaker 1: even like really like finished the sentence. It was so cute.
Speaker 1: And then I started crying and I got off like
Speaker 1: the freaking elliptical that I was on. I felt to
Speaker 1: my knees. I felt so weak, my legs were trembling
Speaker 1: because I had forgot or maybe I just I didn't
Speaker 1: even know what day I was living in you guys,
Speaker 1: I was just so focused and it was just a beautiful,
Speaker 1: beautiful surprise, and I was just like, Wow, this week,
Speaker 1: I could not get any better, and then it did.
Speaker 1: We won. We performed, we killed it, that song that
Speaker 1: I sang or my song, and then the song it
Speaker 1: came out beautiful. They were so respectful, they are so nice,
Speaker 1: they're so talented. Shout out to them. So the morning
Speaker 1: of November seventeen, the day of the Latin Grammys, we
Speaker 1: had rehearsals. So I went to rehearsals early in the morning,
Speaker 1: and I'm so glad we did rehearsals because I wanted
Speaker 1: it to be like you know, I was singing live
Speaker 1: and I wanted it to be perfect, So that was awesome.
Speaker 1: It went great. Then from there, Um, I don't even
Speaker 1: think I ate much that day, you guys, not because
Speaker 1: I didn't want to eat or feel like I was
Speaker 1: gonna feel bloated. I just wasn't really hungry. I was
Speaker 1: just so excited, so focused that I probably picked out
Speaker 1: a few things. But anyways, I went into hair and
Speaker 1: makeup fairly early because after rehearsals we had I think
Speaker 1: hair and makeup was at one and we stopped rehearsals
Speaker 1: at twelve thirty. We finished rehearsals at twelve thirty, So anyways,
Speaker 1: everything was kind of running a little late, and I
Speaker 1: wanted to be at they have like a pre show
Speaker 1: where my category was a part of. So there's a
Speaker 1: pre show of the Latin Grimes and there's a big show.
Speaker 1: So I was a little bummed out. I'm not gonna
Speaker 1: lie because I was like, oh, I wish it was
Speaker 1: like part of the big show. But I'm so happy
Speaker 1: that it turned out that way because it worked out
Speaker 1: so perfectly. So while I was getting ready, I wanted
Speaker 1: to get ready really quick so that I could be
Speaker 1: at the pre show too, maybe hopefully you know, get
Speaker 1: my award and have it their physic glee and be
Speaker 1: able to give my you know, my acceptance speech. But
Speaker 1: everything was running behind, so I was like, you know what,
Speaker 1: I'm just gonna relax. I'm gonna watch it on the
Speaker 1: laptop because it was live, and then that's how we
Speaker 1: found out. And it was perfect because my whole team
Speaker 1: was there. I didn't even know that everyone was recording
Speaker 1: until afterwards. Everyone had their phones on, like and I think,
Speaker 1: I think, oh, it's it's on Instagram, you guys. You
Speaker 1: guys could go check it out, like the actual video
Speaker 1: where I'm like, you know what, it's okay, it's okay,
Speaker 1: but anyways, we won, and it was awesome because then
Speaker 1: I just finished getting ready for the Red carpet, which
Speaker 1: I wore that beautiful gold dress, and I think it's
Speaker 1: the best freaking dress that I wore in my life.
Speaker 1: It's the best Red carpet that I've ever experienced, because
Speaker 1: that pressure of am I gonna win or not was
Speaker 1: completely off because I had already won. So everyone was
Speaker 1: congratulating me and I was just chilling on the red carpet.
Speaker 1: I was like, oh my god, the questions, We're gonna
Speaker 1: just be super chill. It's about my nomination and that's
Speaker 1: all it was. That everyone loved my dress. We won
Speaker 1: Best Dress. Hey, shout out to Ricky, my stylists, and
Speaker 1: also the designer Ray Ortiz. My glam team was on
Speaker 1: point that day. The entire look for the Latin Grammys,
Speaker 1: I feel like, was just top tier. I felt so beautiful.
Speaker 1: I don't know if that's conceited to say, but I
Speaker 1: felt so beautiful. I felt like it was just so
Speaker 1: different for me. Everything the hair, even the makeup, the dress,
Speaker 1: but that's how I pictured it. I wanted to be
Speaker 1: the Grammy. I was like, you know what, even if
Speaker 1: we don't take it home, I am still an award.
Speaker 1: I am still a trophy. So I want to look
Speaker 1: like a Grammy. So that was my inspiration. And I
Speaker 1: looked up a dress and we changed a few things,
Speaker 1: and I sent it to Ricky and I said, I
Speaker 1: want gold. I want to be dripping in gold because
Speaker 1: it represents the gold Latin Grammy and it also represents Honey.
Speaker 1: So that was my whole inspo behind it. The makeup,
Speaker 1: I wanted it super clean. The hair I wanted it up.
Speaker 1: I never do my hair up. It's very rare when
Speaker 1: I do my hair up for a red carpet. But
Speaker 1: I wanted everything to just be super elegant. And I
Speaker 1: think we just freaking we fucking killed it. You guys.
Speaker 1: Shout out to Team Thrive, to Jessica, Tony, Ricky, all
Speaker 1: the team, Oh me, everyone killed it. That day was
Speaker 1: uh amazing, amazing. It was just a beautiful week. You
Speaker 1: guys so successful. Then after the Latin Grammys, after we won,
Speaker 1: I performed at the House of Blues and I think
Speaker 1: I gave the best performance of my life. Becky g
Speaker 1: surprised me. I'm on thee I was there at the show.
Speaker 1: I had so many friends and family that drove in
Speaker 1: to just go see me at the House of Blues.
Speaker 1: Like everyone was just like went as like, she's gonna
Speaker 1: win and we're gonna celebrate her. So we all put
Speaker 1: that positive energy out there. Yeah, because my my I
Speaker 1: call my pastors, you know, mom and dad. So they
Speaker 1: got a flight that night and they're like, we know
Speaker 1: you're gonna win, even before they knew I won. So
Speaker 1: they're like, we're gonna go we know you're gonna win,
Speaker 1: and we're gonna go celebrate you. So everyone was just
Speaker 1: on the same frequency. It was beautiful. The show was nice.
Speaker 1: My friend Helen Atoa was there. Oh I gotta feel
Speaker 1: like I'm fregetting people. But anyways, it was like the
Speaker 1: best freaking show. It was a packed house. It was
Speaker 1: just awesome. So that week was was great. I'm so grateful.
Speaker 1: And you know, the American me is um In February.
Speaker 1: February five, we are nominated for the Best Regional Mexican
Speaker 1: Music Album. And this is very difficult, you guys, Okay,
Speaker 1: this this is the American Grammy. So it's like all
Speaker 1: of English music and then they have a small section
Speaker 1: for the best regional Mexican music. So there's like all kinds,
Speaker 1: there's like mighty actually they put everything all in one.
Speaker 1: So Cristian that is in that category. Mars um So,
Speaker 1: I mean, this is it's a pretty important category and
Speaker 1: it's just such an honor to be nominated with them.
Speaker 1: So pray for me, send us good energy. But let
Speaker 1: me tell you, I'm so confident in my album that
Speaker 1: I just I don't know. I think we have an
Speaker 1: amazing chance. So I'm just putting that out there. But again,
Speaker 1: and now that we're talking about and everything, let me
Speaker 1: tell you guys about my last show So and did
Speaker 1: on December three. I was in Nashville on December two.
Speaker 1: That show was freaking amazing. The crazy thing is I
Speaker 1: wanted to get in early to Nashville because I wanted
Speaker 1: to go sight seeing and shal you know, I want
Speaker 1: to kind of like open my horizons a little bit
Speaker 1: more because usually I'm that girl that stays in the
Speaker 1: hotel I work out, I relaxed. I was like, I
Speaker 1: don't want to do that. I want to go see Nashville.
Speaker 1: It's like freaking music city. Nope, I got there. We
Speaker 1: got in late the night before and the day of
Speaker 1: the show. On the second, I was like so exhausted.
Speaker 1: I slept the entire freaking day. I didn't get out
Speaker 1: of bed, I kid you, not until like probably five
Speaker 1: o'clock in the evening. I ate in bed. I was
Speaker 1: just so I think tired. I don't know, because November
Speaker 1: was such a heavy month. We did so much, thank God,
Speaker 1: so I was just like, oh my god, I just
Speaker 1: need to rest. So I slept the whole day. Anyways,
Speaker 1: I want to go work out. Then I started getting
Speaker 1: ready for hair and makeup. I didn't even go to
Speaker 1: sound check that day, you guys, But I'm so glad
Speaker 1: that I rested. I was like, I need all of
Speaker 1: the energy because in a way, after the Latin Grammys,
Speaker 1: my brain was kind of in like vacation mode, so
Speaker 1: like finishing those shows, I needed all of my energy.
Speaker 1: So anyways, um, Nashville was amazing. The crowd there was
Speaker 1: freaking lit, literally like a titty so lit, amazing, amazing,
Speaker 1: amazing crowd. We had a blast, and then the next
Speaker 1: day we went to Greensville. Were at the airport all
Speaker 1: day on the third, but everything worked out nicely because
Speaker 1: I was actually usually I gone stage at the night
Speaker 1: clubs like twelve thirty in the morning and that's really
Speaker 1: heavy because it's like twelve thirty two, like two o'clock.
Speaker 1: But I decided not to close the shows, um because
Speaker 1: I did these last two shows with Golden Companiello, which
Speaker 1: you guys have to listen to his music if you
Speaker 1: would never have. His name is got nun amazing, He's trending.
Speaker 1: His dreams are crazy on Spotify and anyways, check them out.
Speaker 1: So I had him closed because I was like, you
Speaker 1: know what, let me, let me go on first. But
Speaker 1: it was awesome because I was the one getting the
Speaker 1: crowd lit, you know what I mean. Like I was like, hey,
Speaker 1: you guys, he's coming after me, like get lit. So
Speaker 1: we were drinking and that show again, like I did
Speaker 1: something that I never do. I I got on my
Speaker 1: knees and I was dancing like a little like stripper.
Speaker 1: It was I don't even know where that came from.
Speaker 1: Every show on a tour is different, Like there's certain
Speaker 1: things that I say, like the outline of the show
Speaker 1: is always the same, Like I know what I want
Speaker 1: to say, but I always just go and I wean it,
Speaker 1: you know what I mean. Like I'm like I want
Speaker 1: to say what I feel in my heart in that moment.
Speaker 1: I want to do whatever it comes to me. I
Speaker 1: don't like to be like a little robot like okay,
Speaker 1: like this is what I gotta do, and this is
Speaker 1: what I have to say at this part. Like no,
Speaker 1: I've never been that type of artist. I never want
Speaker 1: to be that type of artists. Like I want to
Speaker 1: have blocking like where it's like, okay, at this moment,
Speaker 1: I go to this part of the stage. But that's
Speaker 1: the magic of the Aharina experience, you know. It's like
Speaker 1: I just realized we had twenty three shows, which I
Speaker 1: felt they were more like forty shows because we started
Speaker 1: to in April. So I had asked Richard. I was like,
Speaker 1: how many shows have I had. He's like, he's like,
Speaker 1: how how many does it feel like? And I said, oh,
Speaker 1: it feels like like forty at least. And He's like, dude,
Speaker 1: we've only done twenty three. Not only I mean twenty
Speaker 1: three a lot. You know, I'm very proud of myself,
Speaker 1: but it felt like more. And I have fans that
Speaker 1: have gone to like ten of those shows, have driven
Speaker 1: take flights to go see me. And I always asked him,
Speaker 1: you don't get tired of me, and they're like, no,
Speaker 1: it's crazy because i feel like I'm seeing you for
Speaker 1: the first time every time, and that is like mission
Speaker 1: accomplished for me. So I'm very proud. It was very sad,
Speaker 1: a bittersweet moment to like end my tour part one
Speaker 1: because I'm actually going to do part two in this year.
Speaker 1: I'll tell you guys more about that because there's a
Speaker 1: lot coming. But I was sad, but in a way,
Speaker 1: I was happy because I felt like I needed that break,
Speaker 1: you know. I was like, I'm sad, I'm gonna miss
Speaker 1: being on stage, but I've I've I've needed this break
Speaker 1: to kind of just plan you guys because i want
Speaker 1: to switch up the show completely. So I've already been
Speaker 1: writing things down how i want to change it, What
Speaker 1: songs I want to add, the Chickenese fans out there,
Speaker 1: I want to add marquarri that to this next, you know,
Speaker 1: tour part two, so a lot of surprises. So I'm
Speaker 1: going to be going to Brownsville again, hopefully for like
Speaker 1: a week to practice with the band in Brownsville, Texas
Speaker 1: to bring you guys an even better show. So that
Speaker 1: was awesome, But I'm grateful. I'm grateful for everyone that
Speaker 1: went to my part one. Thank you guys. I love
Speaker 1: you guys so much. And wait for it, wait for it.
Speaker 1: This year we're coming back. We're coming back with fire,
Speaker 1: God willen. But yeah, okay, so what else can we
Speaker 1: talk about? Oh? Well, Thanksgiving? So Thanksgiving with awesome. I
Speaker 1: had Thanksgiving at my house. It's my favorite holiday. I
Speaker 1: love to cook. I fried a turkey, I baked a
Speaker 1: turkey and just secret mean us. My big turkey was
Speaker 1: very good. In the breast area, it was very delicious,
Speaker 1: very flavorful. But on the leg side and last berras,
Speaker 1: it was undercooked. Oh my god. I was so embarrassed.
Speaker 1: No manches. Everyone was getting like, you know, the freaking breast.
Speaker 1: It was all beautiful and juicy and then okay, I
Speaker 1: want some leg and it was pink. Oh my god.
Speaker 1: I had to put it back in the oven. I
Speaker 1: was so embarrassed because I had my family, my siblings
Speaker 1: and the kids and like my my my little family,
Speaker 1: and then we had a Medio's family over for the
Speaker 1: first time. So it was like our first Thanksgiving together,
Speaker 1: you know, because last year I didn't have things Giving
Speaker 1: in my house because my house is a mess. I
Speaker 1: was still moving in so whatever. Not last year. But
Speaker 1: so anyways, this past Thanksgiving, like I was like, I
Speaker 1: really this my favorite holiday I want to host, and
Speaker 1: like I did this. I went all out. I got
Speaker 1: the house decorated, I cooked, my sister cooked, we all
Speaker 1: kind of cooked. And I was just so freaking embarrassed.
Speaker 1: But a Winnow. The fried turkey came out delicious, so good,
Speaker 1: you guys, like I did it like Casian style, so
Speaker 1: I buttered it up, putcation sauce, like all this seasoning rico.
Speaker 1: I also made like scallop potatoes for the first time.
Speaker 1: If you've never tried them, Oh my gosh, I swear
Speaker 1: to you. I would love to know how much butter
Speaker 1: is sold for Thanksgiving, for like Thanksgiving time, how much
Speaker 1: fucking butter because every recipe I don't know how much
Speaker 1: butter and freaking cream cheese and all this shit. Well
Speaker 1: not ship because it's so delicious. I love dairy products.
Speaker 1: I try not to eat them too much because they're
Speaker 1: not necessarily I feel like great for our like health.
Speaker 1: I mean, with keto, I eat it, but not as much. Anyways,
Speaker 1: that's a whole our conversation. But I was like, dude,
Speaker 1: everything has butter. I put so much butter in the
Speaker 1: scallet potatoes. I made cream of corn, and then Jennica
Speaker 1: told me how much better she used on the mashed potatoes.
Speaker 1: And then she made mac and cheese. No, no no, no, anyways,
Speaker 1: I'm curious to know. One day, I need to find
Speaker 1: out how much butter is sold around Thanksgiving time. Anyways,
Speaker 1: we played, we played. It was freaking awesome, you guys,
Speaker 1: it was. It was a great time. I am so grateful.
Speaker 1: And one thing I do regret we didn't do was
Speaker 1: we didn't go around the table, just maybe because there
Speaker 1: was like a lot of us, I want to say,
Speaker 1: maybe like a good forty and usually we go around
Speaker 1: the table and ask each person what are you grateful for?
Speaker 1: And that's the only thing I missed this year. But anyways,
Speaker 1: it was beautiful. Thanksgiving has been my favorite holiday since
Speaker 1: I could remember. I love Christmas, don't get me wrong.
Speaker 1: I love the feeling of Christmas and everything, but Thanksgiving
Speaker 1: is like you don't have to give someone a gift.
Speaker 1: It's since you're just getting together and it's a day.
Speaker 1: And I think we should all be grateful every single day.
Speaker 1: You know what, I mean, like have an attitude of gratitude.
Speaker 1: That's like the best way to live. But there's a
Speaker 1: designated day to say, hey, let me stop whatever it
Speaker 1: is that I'm doing and analyze and reflect on my
Speaker 1: life and be thankful for what I have, not for
Speaker 1: what I want, not for what I desire, not for
Speaker 1: what I want in five years or ten years. You're
Speaker 1: living in the moment and saying thank you God for X,
Speaker 1: Y and Z, even the most simplest things, like just
Speaker 1: things that I think we overlook sometimes, like even being
Speaker 1: able to to do this, like speak there, you know
Speaker 1: what I mean, like use our our our voice, things
Speaker 1: like that that I think we overlook and we take
Speaker 1: for granted sometimes. And it's just like it's that designated
Speaker 1: day to do that. And it's like coming together to
Speaker 1: eat because I love to eat and I love to
Speaker 1: cook and I love Thanksgiving dinner. I love Thanksgiving dinner.
Speaker 1: I love potatoes, I love gravy, I love turkey. It's
Speaker 1: just like it's my thing. So I don't know, I
Speaker 1: just feel like there's something so beautiful and magical, even
Speaker 1: more so than Christmas about Thanksgiving. I don't know. I mean,
Speaker 1: in Christmas is like Jesus's birthday. I mean, that's pretty magical.
Speaker 1: But like, I don't know, I just it just makes
Speaker 1: my heart happy. Thanksgiving just makes my heart happy. Like
Speaker 1: everyone knows around me that Thanksgiving is like my favorite holiday.
Speaker 1: So I hope you all had a beautiful Thanksgiving and
Speaker 1: you took that time to just be grateful for what
Speaker 1: you have and you continue with that attitude, especially now
Speaker 1: in this new year. All the holidays were amazing. My
Speaker 1: favorite part of the holidays is just especially now more
Speaker 1: than ever, is just being with my siblings, spending time
Speaker 1: with my partner, with my nieces and nephew, seeing their
Speaker 1: faces on Christmas, opening other gifts. I shopped for everyone,
Speaker 1: you guys, for my team. I didn't let only help
Speaker 1: me with anything. I did a lot of online shopping
Speaker 1: this year. I went to the mall and I picked
Speaker 1: and hand picked everyone's gifts for me. It's just really important.
Speaker 1: I just I love to give. I'm a giver, you guys.
Speaker 1: I'm I just love to see people smile. And I
Speaker 1: thank God for giving me the opportunity and the blessing
Speaker 1: to be able to bless other people and make them happy.
Speaker 1: So that's what I love about Christmas, and I'm so
Speaker 1: proud of myself for doing it all myself. And New Year's.
Speaker 1: Get the policy New Year's it's crazy because of course
Speaker 1: I celebrate New Year's. I live in the United States, obviously,
Speaker 1: like New Year's is important for all of us. You know,
Speaker 1: it's like kind of like a new start obviously. But
Speaker 1: my New Year's starts in February, and we can get
Speaker 1: into that later. But now we are in you know,
Speaker 1: and an de conejo I go based off of the
Speaker 1: Chinese calendar, so the new year starts in February. Anyways,
Speaker 1: that's a whole other story. We can get into that later.
Speaker 1: But it was beautiful being with my siblings, being with
Speaker 1: like my partner, enjoying ourselves and just being grateful for
Speaker 1: and looking forward toe and just leaving more than anything
Speaker 1: like the negative things that happened in two behind and
Speaker 1: just saying hoof. I washed myself of any like negativity.
Speaker 1: And you know, of course all the little rituals of
Speaker 1: like bathing in salt and wearing a consulto. You know,
Speaker 1: your panties, so Latina, you know, Maria, like the red
Speaker 1: ones for love, the yellow one represents abundance, lighting my candles,
Speaker 1: like cleansing the house, cleaning out my closet. All that
Speaker 1: stuff is part of like my New Year resolutions and
Speaker 1: New Year's like ritual. Should I say, so? That was awesome.
Speaker 1: Now let's focus on Chickens and Chill. We're back, and
Speaker 1: I have a lot of plans for Chickens and Chill.
Speaker 1: Like I said, I want to continue to interview and
Speaker 1: have deep conversations or fun conversations with my favorite peeps.
Speaker 1: So I'm gonna have a lot of guests, so stay
Speaker 1: tuned with that. I also wanted to change the pictures.
Speaker 1: I don't know if you guys noticed, you know, I
Speaker 1: changed the pictures of Chickens and Chill and also Dear Cheekies.
Speaker 1: I just want to kind of like a refresh in
Speaker 1: my mind. I'm like, okay, I'm very much like that.
Speaker 1: Like I'm like, okay, if I'm moving on to season
Speaker 1: two now, I need a new picture. I need to
Speaker 1: feel like renewed and refreshed myself. And I'm talking about
Speaker 1: the pictures of like the cover art of Chickens and
Speaker 1: Chill and Dear chickis you, guys, Because I have changed
Speaker 1: a lot in every way I feel, especially physically so
Speaker 1: I was like, I want a new cover picture cover art,
Speaker 1: so hopefully you guys are enjoying those. I wanted different
Speaker 1: colors and stuff just to kind of set the tone
Speaker 1: of like what's to come. So I do have a
Speaker 1: lot of surprises for you guys, a lot of things
Speaker 1: that I want to do this season, a lot of
Speaker 1: people that I want to interview, a lot of conversations
Speaker 1: that I want to have, stuff that I believe it
Speaker 1: or not, I wasn't able to talk about in season
Speaker 1: one of Chickens and Chill, but I am ready. I mean,
Speaker 1: a lot has happened, a lot I know is going
Speaker 1: to happen, and I want to talk to you guys
Speaker 1: about it. So this is been a beautiful space for
Speaker 1: me to share my thoughts, my deepest thoughts, and it's
Speaker 1: given me an opportunity to and that's just the best word.
Speaker 1: I can't find another word. It's just to just kind
Speaker 1: of like it's it's like, uh, I don't even know,
Speaker 1: it's like therapy. I always say that, like it's been
Speaker 1: Chickens and Show has been a form of therapy for
Speaker 1: me to be able to talk to this Mike and
Speaker 1: know the responsibility that I have and know that you
Speaker 1: guys listen to me, and I'm so grateful and have
Speaker 1: this space to just speak my truth and at my time,
Speaker 1: in my way without it being changed or you know
Speaker 1: what I mean. It's just I'm just excited. I'm excited
Speaker 1: to be back. I'm happy to be back. I am
Speaker 1: hoping that you guys are excited that I'm back. And
Speaker 1: of course Dear Cheekies is also back. You guys, I'm
Speaker 1: gonna be answering even more of your questions. Like I've
Speaker 1: always said, and I'll continue to say, you guys, nothing
Speaker 1: is off limits. And with Dear cheek Ease, I am
Speaker 1: not a psychologist, I'm not a therapist. I'm not a
Speaker 1: counselor you guys, but I can give you the best
Speaker 1: advice as if I was giving it to my sister,
Speaker 1: to my brother, to my boyfriend, to the people that
Speaker 1: I love. And if I don't know something the answer
Speaker 1: to something, I'll tell you that too, and I'll just
Speaker 1: send you a big hug. But I'm here to listen
Speaker 1: to you guys. So Dear Cheekis is also back season
Speaker 1: two of Dear Cheekies, so be excited. Make sure to
Speaker 1: send in your question to you guys for Dear Cheekies.
Speaker 1: But yeah, I think I've caught up with you guys
Speaker 1: on everything that's happened over the last couple of months.
Speaker 1: And in keeping with tradition, let's go ahead and get
Speaker 1: into our motivational Monday quote. So the quote for today
Speaker 1: is be proud of how you've been handling these past months,
Speaker 1: the silent battles you thought, the moments you had to
Speaker 1: humble yourself, wipe your own tears and pat yourself on
Speaker 1: the back. Celebrate your strength. I don't know who needs
Speaker 1: to hear this or who this is going to help
Speaker 1: with this motivational Monday quote. It just came from like
Speaker 1: the deepest part of my heart, so hopefully it helps
Speaker 1: you guys. Thank you guys so much for listening. It
Speaker 1: feels so good to be back. I can't wait to
Speaker 1: record more episodes and to speak with you all directly,
Speaker 1: and stay tuned for Dear Cheeks. New episodes drop every Wednesday.
Speaker 1: Do you need advice on love, relationships, health emas? I'm
Speaker 1: so excited to share with you that my Cheekies and
Speaker 1: Chill podcast will have an extra episode drop each week.
Speaker 1: I'll be answering all your questions, just leave me a
Speaker 1: voice message. All you have to do is go to
Speaker 1: speak pipe dot com, slash Cheeks and Chill podcast and
Speaker 1: record your questions. I can't wait to hear from you.
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