WEBVTT - KATRINA MCGHEE 0:00:05.519 --> 0:00:11.520 Welcome, Welcome, Welcome, my friend. We have another fantastic podcast 0:00:11.680 --> 0:00:15.040 for you today as we wrap up the first month 0:00:15.200 --> 0:00:19.759 of the new year and head into February. February the 0:00:19.840 --> 0:00:24.599 month of love, the month of romance, the month of 0:00:24.640 --> 0:00:29.680 all matters of the heart. And while I have dedicated 0:00:29.760 --> 0:00:34.440 my entire career, almost my whole life on radio, has 0:00:34.440 --> 0:00:37.720 been spent talking about the ups and downs, the highs, 0:00:37.840 --> 0:00:42.840 the lows, the hurt, the healing, the joy of our 0:00:43.080 --> 0:00:48.440 emotional hearts, falling in love, the love of our children 0:00:48.479 --> 0:00:51.680 and our grandchildren. Today, I'm going to be joined by 0:00:51.680 --> 0:00:54.280 a very special guest that's going to encourage us to 0:00:54.280 --> 0:00:58.680 build a better relationship with our physical hearts. Are actual 0:00:58.960 --> 0:01:02.600 blood pumping in the chest, that organ that we all 0:01:02.640 --> 0:01:06.560 need to live. Hearts. The month of February is American Heartment. 0:01:06.720 --> 0:01:09.720 And when the American Heart Association encourages us to go 0:01:09.880 --> 0:01:13.000 Red for women, the hope is that by wearing red, 0:01:13.040 --> 0:01:16.120 it will help to bring awareness to the fact that 0:01:16.240 --> 0:01:22.200 cardiovascular disease. Heart disease is a leading cause, the leading 0:01:22.240 --> 0:01:25.679 cause of death for women, number one, ahead of all 0:01:25.720 --> 0:01:31.039 other illnesses and injuries that's concerning. That's an issue that's 0:01:31.040 --> 0:01:33.840 something we need to pay attention to because there's a 0:01:33.880 --> 0:01:38.520 tremendous amount we can do for ourselves to increase our 0:01:38.800 --> 0:01:43.399 heart health and reduce our chance of leaving our loved 0:01:43.400 --> 0:01:46.959 ones behind premature ly. I mean, we gotta do what 0:01:47.000 --> 0:01:49.000 we gotta do to stay as healthy as we can. 0:01:49.080 --> 0:01:52.720 Write with us today on this podcast is a Force 0:01:52.840 --> 0:01:57.840 to be Reckoned with Katrina McGee, Executive vice president of 0:01:57.880 --> 0:02:01.559 the American Heart Association. She has been working to educate 0:02:01.600 --> 0:02:04.400 folks about women's health issues for a few decades. Now 0:02:04.640 --> 0:02:07.040 she knows what she's talking about. 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I'm so 0:02:58.520 --> 0:03:01.119 excited to get to talk to you today. I got 0:03:01.160 --> 0:03:05.400 to meet you years ago. I think we were in 0:03:05.600 --> 0:03:09.560 Dallas or Fort Worth. It would be in Dallas and 0:03:09.680 --> 0:03:13.480 you as my business partner. Craig says, Remember she is 0:03:13.520 --> 0:03:17.320 a force to be reckoned with. That was his description, 0:03:18.440 --> 0:03:21.080 and I laughed. I said, oh, I remember her. She's 0:03:21.160 --> 0:03:27.399 like energy plus energy. You're like the energizer bunny. Absolutely, 0:03:27.600 --> 0:03:30.440 I would you know what I believe in Burton with 0:03:30.480 --> 0:03:33.359 gratitude and ending with grace. So I'm I'm just trying 0:03:33.400 --> 0:03:36.200 to keep it positive all day long. Though I was, well, 0:03:36.240 --> 0:03:38.560 if you start with gratitude and you end with grace, 0:03:38.960 --> 0:03:42.240 how can you go wrong? I learned years ago a 0:03:42.280 --> 0:03:45.480 little trick, well not a trick, but a little wisdom 0:03:45.600 --> 0:03:49.920 or a little truth that few people share or teach, 0:03:49.960 --> 0:03:52.400 and maybe they don't know it because I didn't know it. 0:03:53.080 --> 0:03:58.080 And that is that every time I've encountered a major issue, 0:03:58.160 --> 0:04:01.400 a major problem, something that I it was a major heartache, 0:04:02.240 --> 0:04:07.120 every time, without fail, God used that to push me 0:04:07.240 --> 0:04:12.280 to a much better understanding of grace, of mercy, of 0:04:12.320 --> 0:04:17.200 goodness and I stopped looking at problems as problems and started, 0:04:17.400 --> 0:04:19.880 you know, kind of reframing them as Okay, God, this 0:04:19.920 --> 0:04:23.479 is an opportunity. This is like back to college. This 0:04:23.560 --> 0:04:26.200 is the college of hard knocks. What are you trying 0:04:26.240 --> 0:04:30.480 to teach me? That is the truth? So it absolutely is. 0:04:30.680 --> 0:04:33.840 I believe that with all my heart. I asked out 0:04:33.839 --> 0:04:37.560 a long time ago to help me love people like 0:04:37.760 --> 0:04:40.120 God loves people. And I don't think I knew what 0:04:40.200 --> 0:04:45.599 I was asking at the time, because what does he do. 0:04:45.800 --> 0:04:49.200 He doesn't just like supernaturally cover us with that grace 0:04:49.240 --> 0:04:52.279 and love so that oh we're so happy and and 0:04:52.279 --> 0:04:59.800 and patient. No, he gives us those life lessons exactly, exactly. 0:05:00.360 --> 0:05:03.359 Oh my goodness, that is so true. This is you know, 0:05:03.400 --> 0:05:06.800 this is my second time working at American Heart Association, 0:05:06.839 --> 0:05:10.599 and I told my team the first time I worked there, 0:05:11.120 --> 0:05:14.000 I wanted to change the world, like I felt like 0:05:14.080 --> 0:05:16.480 I could make a difference around the world, and this 0:05:16.600 --> 0:05:20.760 was so awesome. And now I just want to love people. 0:05:21.240 --> 0:05:23.240 You know, I want to make a difference to the 0:05:23.320 --> 0:05:25.960 person in front of me, because I have discovered when 0:05:25.960 --> 0:05:29.680 I focused on that, it totally just the atmosphere. If 0:05:29.760 --> 0:05:32.880 you really want to transform community, you really want to 0:05:32.920 --> 0:05:35.880 transform lives, you have to start with the people that 0:05:36.040 --> 0:05:38.640 got places in your path and just love them, just 0:05:38.760 --> 0:05:41.560 love them the life. And so that is that is 0:05:41.640 --> 0:05:44.880 my passion. Now. It's not about trying to change the world. 0:05:44.920 --> 0:05:47.000 It's it's one heart at a time for me. And 0:05:47.080 --> 0:05:51.640 I'm I'm so grateful. I'm so grateful, um to be 0:05:51.880 --> 0:05:56.640 in that position. And um yeah, even in the midst 0:05:56.640 --> 0:05:58.920 of all of our chaos, I just feel like they're 0:05:58.960 --> 0:06:04.000 such opportunity be and story And well, I wrote a 0:06:04.080 --> 0:06:06.760 book by that title a couple of years ago, just 0:06:06.800 --> 0:06:09.360 talking about that very thing that in order to change 0:06:09.400 --> 0:06:12.960 the world for good, I can't see any way to 0:06:13.000 --> 0:06:15.520 do it on a large scale except by doing it 0:06:15.640 --> 0:06:19.440 on a small scale, by starting with the people in 0:06:19.520 --> 0:06:22.479 your house, and then expanding to the people in your family, 0:06:22.600 --> 0:06:25.279 and then the people in your circle and the people 0:06:25.320 --> 0:06:27.600 in your community. And if we can do that, if 0:06:27.640 --> 0:06:32.560 we can be kind and loving and generous and patient, 0:06:33.520 --> 0:06:37.680 we can change the world for good. Yeah. I believe 0:06:37.760 --> 0:06:41.360 that too. So I'm going to send you some copies 0:06:41.520 --> 0:06:43.960 of my book that you can share with whoever you're 0:06:44.000 --> 0:06:47.800 inspired to share them with. But today Katrina McGee. I 0:06:47.800 --> 0:06:50.880 want to introduce you to my audience who have not 0:06:51.040 --> 0:06:54.560 had the pleasure of meeting you, because you are such 0:06:54.600 --> 0:06:59.320 a beautiful woman. God has graced you with external beauty 0:06:59.400 --> 0:07:02.200 and internal beauty. But the thing that I love most 0:07:02.240 --> 0:07:06.000 is that you have spent your entire career helping women 0:07:06.240 --> 0:07:10.560 to love themselves and take better care of themselves. And 0:07:10.600 --> 0:07:14.360 that's not a message we hear often enough. It is 0:07:14.400 --> 0:07:19.720 absolutely true. I believe when women band together and passionate purpose, 0:07:19.800 --> 0:07:23.840 there nothing we can't do. And it has been my 0:07:23.960 --> 0:07:28.880 life's pleasure to teach women, equip women, empower them to 0:07:29.040 --> 0:07:32.840 take care of themselves, of their health, to live their 0:07:32.880 --> 0:07:36.360 lives with grace for themselves and for each other. And 0:07:36.440 --> 0:07:40.000 so I am honored to meet your audience. And it's 0:07:40.040 --> 0:07:42.160 been some time with you today. So we're going to 0:07:42.240 --> 0:07:45.120 talk about a lot of things. First off, first and foremost, 0:07:45.160 --> 0:07:48.560 February is American Heart Month and you are with the 0:07:48.600 --> 0:07:52.080 American Heart Association. And I read a fact before I 0:07:52.160 --> 0:07:55.280 interviewed you that blew me away. And this is something 0:07:55.320 --> 0:08:01.120 that my podcast director, my my executive producer shared with 0:08:01.160 --> 0:08:04.640 me that one out of three women will die of 0:08:04.720 --> 0:08:08.600 heart diseases. That could that possibly be correct? Yeah, heart 0:08:08.640 --> 0:08:11.840 disease is the number one killer of women. But the 0:08:11.960 --> 0:08:15.160 challenges most of them don't know it. I mean, it's 0:08:15.240 --> 0:08:18.360 really crazy because we think it's all these other things 0:08:18.760 --> 0:08:21.880 and yet it's heart disease. And so part of what 0:08:21.920 --> 0:08:25.920 we're doing this February in particular is founding the alarm 0:08:26.080 --> 0:08:30.200 to younger women, to more diverse women. Um that heart 0:08:30.200 --> 0:08:32.160 disease is the number one killer and we kind of 0:08:32.200 --> 0:08:34.240 lived dear, We've got to get into driver's be of 0:08:34.240 --> 0:08:37.679 our own health. How can that possibly be? When I 0:08:37.720 --> 0:08:40.360 think of heart attack, If you say the word heart 0:08:40.360 --> 0:08:43.760 attack or heart disease and I closed my eyes, I 0:08:43.920 --> 0:08:47.640 see uh an elderly or middle aged man sitting in 0:08:47.679 --> 0:08:50.439 front of a TV set with a beer in his hand, 0:08:51.160 --> 0:08:54.080 you know, having a heart attack. That's what in my 0:08:54.200 --> 0:08:58.280 mind heart disease is. And when I'm reading these statistics 0:08:58.320 --> 0:09:01.720 and the number of young women, the number of women 0:09:01.800 --> 0:09:05.600 my age and younger that are leaving us premature lee 0:09:05.679 --> 0:09:09.440 because of heart disease, how can that speak a trita? Well, 0:09:09.440 --> 0:09:11.679 part of it is that we just don't know and 0:09:11.800 --> 0:09:15.440 we think it's something else. Sometimes the symptoms for women 0:09:15.520 --> 0:09:20.319 manifest differently, so we're misdiagnosed or we missed accused ourselves. 0:09:20.800 --> 0:09:24.120 Many of us have uncontrolled hypertension, and they call it 0:09:24.200 --> 0:09:27.040 the silent killers, so you don't know you have it, 0:09:27.360 --> 0:09:30.680 and things just get progressively worse. And then there, of course, 0:09:30.960 --> 0:09:33.160 you know the things that we can control, like our 0:09:33.200 --> 0:09:36.800 diet and exercise, which have been so hard lately in 0:09:36.840 --> 0:09:41.599 the middle of the pandemic. We prioritize everything else for 0:09:42.160 --> 0:09:45.120 and our health is the thing that gets pushed to 0:09:45.160 --> 0:09:47.920 the thigh for I'm raising my hand and giving you 0:09:48.000 --> 0:09:52.480 an amen, because that's me. That's me. I have high 0:09:52.480 --> 0:09:55.720 blood pressure. I know I need to walk every day. 0:09:55.760 --> 0:09:58.080 If I walk two or three miles a day, my 0:09:58.200 --> 0:10:00.719 health is good, my heart is strong, blood pressure is 0:10:00.800 --> 0:10:04.800 under control that with my medication. If I don't, and 0:10:04.880 --> 0:10:07.600 because I'm home schooling the kids now and they're out 0:10:07.600 --> 0:10:11.760 of school in the pandemic and work, I can't even 0:10:11.800 --> 0:10:15.200 tell you the last time I had a chance to walk. Yeah, 0:10:15.240 --> 0:10:17.480 it's crazy. I mean, women wear a lot of hats 0:10:17.600 --> 0:10:20.600 and so this is definitely not a judgment. This is 0:10:20.640 --> 0:10:23.320 not a you should be doing better type moment for me, 0:10:23.400 --> 0:10:27.560 because I believe in embracing grace and so that you 0:10:27.600 --> 0:10:31.679 know the things that we prioritize, they're important, that's for sure. 0:10:31.840 --> 0:10:34.640 They are still things we have to do. And yet 0:10:34.760 --> 0:10:38.360 we have to find moments, moments that we can take 0:10:38.400 --> 0:10:41.360 the kids out and go for a walk together, or 0:10:41.440 --> 0:10:44.120 take thirty minute time out. You know. I tell people 0:10:44.320 --> 0:10:47.680 scheduled joy breaks in your day. The other thing that 0:10:47.760 --> 0:10:51.080 exercise does for you, oh my goodness, it releases those 0:10:51.200 --> 0:10:55.160 positive Endortman. Then you just you would be so amazed 0:10:55.360 --> 0:10:58.480 how much a walk outside or just a little bit 0:10:58.480 --> 0:11:02.560 of exercise will change your mental faith for the better. Amen. 0:11:03.400 --> 0:11:06.079 That's so so true for me. I have to give 0:11:06.120 --> 0:11:10.840 myself a time out sometimes because I'm getting fussy with 0:11:10.880 --> 0:11:12.680 the kids, and then I just have to go out 0:11:12.720 --> 0:11:16.200 and stand outside and breathe deep. So let's I don't 0:11:16.240 --> 0:11:19.160 like statistics because I think a lot of people tune 0:11:19.160 --> 0:11:23.160 out or get lost with statistics. But this is important 0:11:23.200 --> 0:11:26.720 stuff to share. Uh. The number one killer of women 0:11:27.000 --> 0:11:31.720 is cardiovascular disease, claiming the lives of one in three. 0:11:32.760 --> 0:11:37.720 One woman dies every seventy five seconds in the world 0:11:37.800 --> 0:11:42.120 from cardiovascular disease. Yeah, it's crazy, right, and yet you 0:11:42.200 --> 0:11:44.840 don't really hear about it. And that's why our Go 0:11:45.040 --> 0:11:48.200 Red for Women movement is so important because it is 0:11:48.760 --> 0:11:52.000 you know, women having a conversation just like you and 0:11:52.120 --> 0:11:54.760 I think, girl, are you taking care of yourself? When's 0:11:54.800 --> 0:11:57.080 the last time you check your blood pressure? Let's go 0:11:57.120 --> 0:11:59.280 out and walk together. Let's take the kids and just 0:11:59.360 --> 0:12:01.920 go out for a walk. You know, it is woman 0:12:02.040 --> 0:12:05.040 to woman standing with each other and for each other, 0:12:05.200 --> 0:12:08.160 challenging us to take better care of ourselves. I mean, 0:12:08.200 --> 0:12:10.760 we we have to do it, because if we don't 0:12:10.800 --> 0:12:14.800 remind each other be each other's accountability partner, you know, 0:12:15.080 --> 0:12:19.839 encourage each other to to see the doctor, to take 0:12:19.880 --> 0:12:22.560 our blood pressure metagin, to do all the things we 0:12:22.679 --> 0:12:25.160 know to do, we could so easily set it to 0:12:25.200 --> 0:12:29.520 the side. Here's another fact that blew me away. And 0:12:29.640 --> 0:12:34.880 because of my eight daughters, six of them are black women, 0:12:34.960 --> 0:12:38.240 Black girls that are growing into black women. And I 0:12:38.360 --> 0:12:42.720 read a statistic more than half fifty seven of women 0:12:42.800 --> 0:12:49.320 of color and close to of Hispanic women have some 0:12:49.520 --> 0:12:54.560 form of cardiovascular disease. Yeah, that's that's right, not only 0:12:55.040 --> 0:12:58.480 to have some form of cardiovafter disease, but to have 0:12:58.679 --> 0:13:01.520 lower outcomes from it. But you know the good news 0:13:01.559 --> 0:13:04.559 about that is there are things we can do, and 0:13:04.640 --> 0:13:08.280 so you know, I go back to sharing the words, 0:13:08.720 --> 0:13:11.240 telling each other, you know, we have to take care 0:13:11.280 --> 0:13:16.760 of ourselves, ensuring that you know, as as African Americans 0:13:16.840 --> 0:13:21.040 and Latin active women, that we participate in critical trials, 0:13:21.080 --> 0:13:23.480 that we speak up, that we get involved in our 0:13:23.480 --> 0:13:27.240 own health care, because it is possible to survive. You know, 0:13:27.480 --> 0:13:31.680 most strokes are preventable, and people don't know that. So 0:13:31.800 --> 0:13:34.400 when people when you think about it, there is so 0:13:34.480 --> 0:13:37.520 much that we can do to be healthier, that we 0:13:37.600 --> 0:13:39.880 can do to take care of ourselves. And I really 0:13:39.880 --> 0:13:44.200 like to focus there because the statistics can be overwhelming, right, like, 0:13:44.240 --> 0:13:46.600 oh my god, I'm gonna get it anyway. But the 0:13:46.640 --> 0:13:48.560 truth is there's a lot that you can be to 0:13:48.600 --> 0:13:53.400 reduce your risk. So obviously walking, um, being healthy, making 0:13:53.440 --> 0:13:57.920 healthy eating choices, uh, saying no to the extra Cuba 0:13:58.000 --> 0:14:02.760 butter that I put in the mash but potatoes, Oh man, 0:14:02.880 --> 0:14:06.240 I made, Katrina, I made the best sour cream mashed 0:14:06.240 --> 0:14:11.200 potatoes last night. But I know they're they're not hard healthy. 0:14:11.320 --> 0:14:13.880 I know that. You know what the funny thing is, 0:14:14.040 --> 0:14:18.079 I tend to look at our diet and say, you know, 0:14:18.240 --> 0:14:22.200 overall balanced diet. You know, everything in moderation, and so 0:14:22.240 --> 0:14:26.000 if you are eating lots of leafy green vegetables, lean meat, 0:14:26.520 --> 0:14:29.880 if you're not having the sour cream masctates every night, 0:14:30.280 --> 0:14:33.880 you're probably okay. I think that we have to approach 0:14:33.880 --> 0:14:36.440 our nutrition from a balanced perspective. And it's one of 0:14:36.480 --> 0:14:40.280 the things that I love about American Heart Association is 0:14:40.320 --> 0:14:44.200 they don't generally operate an extreme You know, um, there 0:14:44.440 --> 0:14:47.360 is the balance to everything in life, and so part 0:14:47.400 --> 0:14:50.440 of it is making sure that you see your health 0:14:50.440 --> 0:14:54.600 care provider regularly, your doctor and nurse practitioner or whomever 0:14:55.360 --> 0:14:57.560 takes care of your health with you, and that you 0:14:57.680 --> 0:15:01.040 be a partner in that, like you ask questions about 0:15:01.080 --> 0:15:05.320 how to take best care of yourself, that you challenge 0:15:05.440 --> 0:15:08.200 things that you don't agree with and not just take 0:15:08.240 --> 0:15:11.560 things for granted. That you take the medication um that 0:15:11.720 --> 0:15:15.400 is prescribed, and do all you can make sure that 0:15:15.520 --> 0:15:19.440 you're following an overall healthy lifestyle. You know, moderation in 0:15:19.480 --> 0:15:23.080 our food, diet and exercise. And I don't mean exercise 0:15:23.240 --> 0:15:25.280 like ready to fall out every day. You don't have 0:15:25.320 --> 0:15:28.040 to go to a jam like you said, a great 0:15:28.080 --> 0:15:30.720 walk of thirty minute walk every day will be wondrous 0:15:30.760 --> 0:15:33.880 for your health. Okay, So what would you say if 0:15:33.920 --> 0:15:37.480 you if you lived here closer in my area and 0:15:37.520 --> 0:15:42.120 we were being safe, you know, taking all the precautions. Uh. 0:15:42.320 --> 0:15:44.480 Should we get together once a day, once a week. 0:15:44.520 --> 0:15:49.080 How can we assisters, friends, encourage one another, help one 0:15:49.120 --> 0:15:53.480 another to stay healthy and build those stronger bonds of 0:15:53.800 --> 0:15:57.560 heart love the emotional kind. What what would we do, 0:15:57.880 --> 0:16:01.600 like paint a picture for me? What you would suggest 0:16:01.840 --> 0:16:05.680 for women who are listening right now and men, because 0:16:06.000 --> 0:16:09.040 you know we all we all need to have healthy hearts. 0:16:09.400 --> 0:16:14.600 Just give me some simple tips you said, green leafy vegetables. 0:16:15.120 --> 0:16:17.320 My husband and I have been making salads every night 0:16:17.320 --> 0:16:20.520 for dinner since COVID hit because we thought, wow, we 0:16:20.600 --> 0:16:23.520 really need to have a strong immune system, so let's 0:16:23.560 --> 0:16:27.160 get more green leafy vegetables into ourselves and the kids. 0:16:27.160 --> 0:16:30.400 So that's one change that we've made. We have a 0:16:30.440 --> 0:16:33.160 green leafy vegetable with every meal now. But what are 0:16:33.200 --> 0:16:38.080 some other little simple things we can do to help ourselves? 0:16:37.880 --> 0:16:39.520 And so let me just say, you gotta have some 0:16:39.600 --> 0:16:42.000 fun with it, right because we've been in the house 0:16:42.040 --> 0:16:44.400 for a while now, or you know, we've kind of 0:16:44.440 --> 0:16:46.800 gotten in a rut. So my girlfriends and I at 0:16:46.800 --> 0:16:48.680 the part of this year decided to be like this 0:16:48.840 --> 0:16:51.720 little recupe slap thing. So every week we have a 0:16:51.760 --> 0:16:54.840 group text and we're posting in their new recupe. Because 0:16:54.840 --> 0:16:56.760 I don't know about you, but I got tired of 0:16:56.840 --> 0:17:00.960 everything that I could cook, so I needed to inspiration 0:17:01.200 --> 0:17:03.760 and um, the latest thing I've had, I noticed is 0:17:03.840 --> 0:17:07.840 so corny. But I made the best kale style of 0:17:07.960 --> 0:17:10.879 the praisings and little raisins, and then I roasted the 0:17:10.880 --> 0:17:13.600 ponds and oh my god, it was so good. And 0:17:13.640 --> 0:17:17.320 I had this brilled case and kicking on top of it. 0:17:17.320 --> 0:17:20.000 It was so yummy. It was so yummy. Um. But 0:17:20.520 --> 0:17:24.600 it's about eating different things and finding things that appeal 0:17:24.760 --> 0:17:28.159 to your palette, because it's not just one thing. You know, 0:17:28.200 --> 0:17:31.000 I love Brussels sprouts. Some people hate Brussels sprouts. So 0:17:31.600 --> 0:17:34.480 you won't know unless you try some things that you 0:17:34.520 --> 0:17:37.040 haven't tried before. So that's the first thing I get 0:17:37.080 --> 0:17:39.439 out of the food rut and try something. News. Do 0:17:39.480 --> 0:17:41.800 you have a website or something where you can post 0:17:41.840 --> 0:17:45.199 those recipes from your girl friends for all of us 0:17:45.280 --> 0:17:49.600 to enjoy. Do you know what I don't have a website, 0:17:49.640 --> 0:17:52.520 I can post those recipes, but I can give you 0:17:52.600 --> 0:17:55.520 hundreds of recipes from the American Heart Association. There was 0:17:55.560 --> 0:17:58.560 a great one I tried that had spaghetti splash in 0:17:58.600 --> 0:18:00.800 it with some spaghetti us on top of it, so 0:18:00.920 --> 0:18:03.480 instead of the noodles, you put the spaghetti sauce in there, 0:18:03.800 --> 0:18:05.960 and it was really super yummy. So we'll have to 0:18:06.040 --> 0:18:08.480 send you some links to some of those great recipes 0:18:08.520 --> 0:18:11.520 so we can try something different. Well, we love we 0:18:11.520 --> 0:18:14.000 We raised spaghetti squash at our farm, so we love 0:18:14.080 --> 0:18:16.280 doing that. That's when we've been doing for years, is 0:18:16.359 --> 0:18:19.480 using the spaghetti squash instead of noodles. But I'm just 0:18:19.520 --> 0:18:22.000 thinking for my listeners, if they go to the American 0:18:22.040 --> 0:18:26.879 Heart Association website, will they find a plethora of fabulous 0:18:27.000 --> 0:18:31.960 recipes that they can start incorporating. Absolutely. If you go 0:18:32.040 --> 0:18:34.919 to heart dot org, there's a healthy Living cab and 0:18:34.960 --> 0:18:39.080 it will have recipes there for you. Uh. There is 0:18:39.119 --> 0:18:43.560 a wonderful meditation on there called Calm Abiding when you're 0:18:43.600 --> 0:18:47.439 feeling anxious or overwhelmed. I'm learning how to do this 0:18:47.480 --> 0:18:51.639 little five to seven minute meditations is a beautiful thing. Um. 0:18:51.680 --> 0:18:56.199 There's also some quick, simple exercise videos on what our 0:18:56.320 --> 0:19:00.200 YouTube and our website, so really anything you need, I'm 0:19:00.200 --> 0:19:04.000 a like overall healthy lifestyle perfectives can be found our 0:19:04.040 --> 0:19:08.720 healthy for Good Things. Okay again, that address is heart 0:19:08.920 --> 0:19:13.960 dot org. Heart dot org and that's so easy, especially 0:19:13.960 --> 0:19:16.440 since the month of February is all about the heart, 0:19:16.600 --> 0:19:21.160 so heart dot org and then Healthy Living and Live 0:19:21.359 --> 0:19:25.200 Fierce are places people can go just for some some 0:19:25.359 --> 0:19:27.800 tips to get started, because that's the hardest part. I 0:19:27.800 --> 0:19:30.679 mean for me, once I get started, it's like a 0:19:30.800 --> 0:19:34.439 ball rolling down the hill. Once the ball gets rolling, 0:19:34.480 --> 0:19:39.160 I'm pretty good about follow through. It's the getting started. Yeah, 0:19:39.720 --> 0:19:41.920 it's the getting started, and part of it is just 0:19:42.000 --> 0:19:44.439 sticking with it. That's why I love that I have, 0:19:45.040 --> 0:19:47.879 you know, girlfriends who are walking with me during the 0:19:48.040 --> 0:19:51.840 path during the month of January, just to try different 0:19:51.880 --> 0:19:55.320 things and get out of my comfort zone, and you know, 0:19:55.600 --> 0:19:59.000 just to even introduce myself to new foods that I 0:19:59.040 --> 0:20:01.679 don't normally eat. I mean, I know, you have a 0:20:01.760 --> 0:20:05.639 firing growth fresh vegetables, but some people don't, you know, 0:20:05.880 --> 0:20:08.680 I'm always surprised when I talk to people who don't 0:20:08.760 --> 0:20:11.720 really try a variety of vegetables because there's so much 0:20:11.840 --> 0:20:14.200 yummy stuff out there. I would have insured to state, 0:20:14.200 --> 0:20:18.040 there's probably something for everyone. We picked even though it's winter. 0:20:18.200 --> 0:20:21.800 We picked Swiss shard. I still have Swiss shard that 0:20:21.840 --> 0:20:24.480 grows in the garden. I picked some the other day 0:20:24.560 --> 0:20:26.440 and cooked it up for the kids and put a 0:20:26.480 --> 0:20:31.879 little vinegar balsamic vinegar on it, and they loved it. 0:20:32.040 --> 0:20:36.360 So introducing more vegetables, more green leafy vegetables in their 0:20:36.400 --> 0:20:39.399 diet has definitely been a good thing. And again I 0:20:39.440 --> 0:20:42.240 did that when COVID hit because I thought the best 0:20:42.240 --> 0:20:44.280 thing we can do is be proactive, and so I 0:20:44.359 --> 0:20:46.840 just started looking up the things that we need to 0:20:46.840 --> 0:20:50.680 build our immune system, and it always came back to green, 0:20:50.800 --> 0:20:56.240 leafy vegetables. Yeah. Yeah, you know, nature gives death virtually 0:20:56.280 --> 0:20:59.760 everything we need for healthy living. And we've come so 0:21:00.080 --> 0:21:03.159 far away from eating fresh fruit and vegetables on a 0:21:03.240 --> 0:21:05.439 regular basis, and most of us have a lot of 0:21:05.440 --> 0:21:08.879 processed food in our diet. But I find that the 0:21:08.960 --> 0:21:12.080 more that you eat from the earth, the more you 0:21:12.200 --> 0:21:17.040 shop on the outer rim of the supermarket in general, 0:21:17.080 --> 0:21:20.080 the healthier you are. And so if you practice when 0:21:20.119 --> 0:21:22.840 you go to the store, go a ring around the 0:21:22.880 --> 0:21:26.560 grocery store first, shot the outer aisle of the grocery 0:21:26.560 --> 0:21:29.399 store where all the fresh fruit and vegetables are, the 0:21:29.480 --> 0:21:32.480 fresh meats are, the fresh Jesus are. If you can 0:21:32.520 --> 0:21:35.639 shop the majority of the time there, you're probably eating 0:21:35.640 --> 0:21:38.560 pretty healthy. Yeah, don't even go down those aisles with 0:21:38.600 --> 0:21:41.480 the processed food. Don't even go down because if you 0:21:41.520 --> 0:21:44.000 go down, you're gonna be tempted. A bag of chips 0:21:44.119 --> 0:21:47.080 is gonna jump off the shelf into your cart, and 0:21:47.160 --> 0:21:49.679 before you even get home, it'll be half gone. So 0:21:49.760 --> 0:21:55.840 don't even go down those aisles. So true, at least 0:21:55.960 --> 0:21:58.400 us in my house. I mean, a bag of chips 0:21:58.480 --> 0:22:00.720 might last a day, day and a half, and I 0:22:01.000 --> 0:22:03.399 can have little kids that live here. See that's a 0:22:03.440 --> 0:22:06.440 problem with having little kids, as you always have an excuse, Oh, 0:22:06.480 --> 0:22:09.520 I'm getting this for the kids. No you're not. No, No, 0:22:09.680 --> 0:22:11.960 When you see me going through the line and I 0:22:12.000 --> 0:22:14.840 have one of those little little debbies in the cart, 0:22:14.960 --> 0:22:18.000 or I got one of those little Bama pies, the pecampie, 0:22:18.480 --> 0:22:20.639 don't let me lie through my teeth and tell you 0:22:20.680 --> 0:22:28.040 these are for the kids. Uh huh. So we're gonna 0:22:28.080 --> 0:22:31.119 try and live in healthier lifestyles. We're gonna wear red 0:22:31.400 --> 0:22:35.439 on the fifth of February to get everybody talking about 0:22:35.480 --> 0:22:39.800 this and thinking about this and how can we reach 0:22:40.920 --> 0:22:45.200 the minorities, the population that is underserved and has no 0:22:45.359 --> 0:22:49.360 clue how important this is. How can we help our 0:22:49.400 --> 0:22:53.240 sisters to live longer, live healthier, and be more blessed. 0:22:53.320 --> 0:22:55.520 What can I do? I mean, as a mom, I 0:22:55.560 --> 0:22:57.639 know what I'm gonna do, and I know a conversation 0:22:57.680 --> 0:22:59.840 I'm going to have with all my girls, But what 0:23:00.000 --> 0:23:02.399 else can I do? Well? I think one of the 0:23:02.480 --> 0:23:05.439 things we all can do is to help spread the 0:23:05.440 --> 0:23:09.200 words were read on February fifth, but then actively talk 0:23:09.240 --> 0:23:12.240 about it and share the information that the Heart Association 0:23:12.320 --> 0:23:15.640 puts out, you know, communities around the country. The American 0:23:15.680 --> 0:23:21.640 Heart Association has um partnership with faith based organizations, with 0:23:22.160 --> 0:23:27.640 organizations that serve African American and Hispanic community, and we 0:23:27.720 --> 0:23:30.400 need volunteers all the time. So if this is your 0:23:30.400 --> 0:23:34.480 passion point to help spread the word and under resource communities, 0:23:34.520 --> 0:23:38.080 definitely reach out to your local American Heart Association and 0:23:38.119 --> 0:23:41.560 find out how you can get engaged. If you're active 0:23:41.600 --> 0:23:45.600 on social media where read post about it, continue to 0:23:45.640 --> 0:23:48.520 share it with your friends that elevate the word and 0:23:48.560 --> 0:23:52.680 then finally, you know, reach out to your circle personally. 0:23:52.840 --> 0:23:55.119 I really feel like reaching out to the women in 0:23:55.160 --> 0:23:57.960 your life that you love, reaching out to the women 0:23:58.000 --> 0:24:01.080