Ep. 42 What's Hot For Valentine's Day 2024 | HIS & HER Gift Ideas

Have you considered Valentine's Day a day to celebrate self-love for strong, independent women? This episode focuses on the importance of cherishing oneself. Whether alone or in a relationship, we explore ways to affirm and celebrate your worth. You will be inspired to enjoy life's little pleasures and learn how to make self-appreciation a daily routine rather than just a February festivity. I will share personal stories and offer practical tips on self-care and gratitude. Join me in redefining the day of love as a tribute to your unique journey.

In this episode, I will present some unique gift ideas for the important men in our lives. Gift ideas that go beyond the clichéd chocolates and roses and suggest items such as a personalized chef's knife for the man who loves to cook or a handwritten collection of reasons why he is your hero. From the heartfelt to the humorous, I share unique suggestions that align with the diverse passions and personalities of fathers, brothers, partners, and friends. Listen in as we explore how to make the men who support us feel seen and valued, with a range of surprises that speak louder than words.

As our Valentine's Day special ends, I warmly invite your stories and experiences. Did the creative gifting strategies resonate with you, or did you personalize them to create unforgettable moments? I am eager to hear all about it! Also, I encourage you to contribute to our vibrant community by sharing your insights. Your contributions help us evolve and improve our weekly gatherings. So, feel free to connect, suggest, and share how you celebrate love in all its beautiful complexity. Together, we can continue to empower and uplift each other, one heartfelt episode at a time. xo Much Love, Smilie

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Smilie Filomeno Rodriguez : 0:03

Hola Boschica. Welcome to the Smilie Empowerment Podcast. This is where we celebrate the strength, resilience, and determination of Latina women and all women who are constantly on the go, pushing through challenges and achieving their goals. I like to call these women Boschica, like me. If you're a you've woman Being a Boss chica can be hectic and overwhelming, but anything is possible with the right mindset, attitude, tools, and support. ready to We can all agree that life. Be uplifted, inspired, and empowered to take charge of your healing journey. you've come to the right place. Let me introduce myself. My name is Smilie Filomeno Rodriguez and Rodriguez, I am a Latina Life Empowerment Coach and a social worker.

Smilie Filomeno Rodriguez : 0:53

I started this podcast because I know what feeling alone and overwhelmed with past wounds and challenges feel like. I want to help you with self-discovery, self-love and self-empowerment so you can grow and thrive. Do you sometimes feel alone? This isn't a sola? Well, you're not alone. No, it's not a sola. You have me, your coach, smiley. In each episode, I'll share personal stories of resilience, healing tips, practical advice, strategies for managing your time and priorities, for improving your relationship with yourself and others, and insights on cultivating a positive and fulfilling, joyful life. So grab your earbuds and tea or coffee, take a deep breath and get ready to be inspired and encouraged. Let's begin this journey together and empower each other to become the best versions of our lives. Let's get started. You got this. Hey me, boss, chi, guys, just about that time, that's going to be Valentine's Day On February 14, I don't know if you've celebrated, but most people celebrate Valentine's Day on February 14.

Smilie Filomeno Rodriguez : 2:23

And yes, valentine's Day can also be a family tradition, right? So you just don't have to have a romantic love. It can also be Gallantines, what we call Gallantines where you're also celebrating the love between you and your bestie, your girl, as well as celebrating if you celebrate love right A romantic love, if you are a romantic right, and you want to celebrate that partner, your man, your woman, right? So it's so important for you to really look at what do you want to celebrate on Valentine's. What I mean by that is how actually you want to celebrate that day, and there are many people that celebrate the day going out to dinners. The number one gift is always chocolate. Who can say that chocolate is their favorite? Now, chocolate doesn't equal just love, but it does feel good in the tummy, right, ladies? And I wanted to share that this Valentine's Day and the whole month of February and months to come.

Smilie Filomeno Rodriguez : 3:36

I want you to focus on celebrating you self-love. We don't talk enough about it, right? We celebrate purpose and love on Valentine's Day, and all about love, and I am one that I am a romantic and I believe that love conquers all, and it is so beautiful to celebrate love universally on this day, right? However, it's not just for February 14. But if you are a fan of celebrating and going out on Valentine's Day, you don't have to wait to have a partner. You can get together with your girlfriend and go out. You can stay in and play games. Right?

Smilie Filomeno Rodriguez : 4:24

If you are by yourself, you can really celebrate the day by celebrating. You. Take yourself out, get your nails done, or take yourself out and go to a movie. Maybe it's your first time that you go to the movie theater by yourself. Now, let me just tell you this, ladies, that when you go out to the movies by yourself I've done it a few times, I am married. However, I have gone to the movies by myself and let me tell you it feels a little weird because and it's not my favorite, but it's very empowering, right. So it feels a little weird, ladies, because when you are in the movie theater by yourself people, you feel conscious of it. So you feel like everybody's looking at you, that maybe they're thinking, oh, she's here alone, she doesn't have someone, and you just get into your head. So if you are a girly, that's not in a relationship right now, in a romantic relationship, that is okay. Take this opportunity to embrace February 14. If you have not done that in past, do it this year and don't just let it be combined to the 14th of February. You can really celebrate self love and honoring yourself and pampering yourself and having time for you any other day of the year.

Smilie Filomeno Rodriguez : 5:45

But if you are one that you don't celebrate Valentine's Day, I want to encourage you to do so, because it can really be fun and you don't have to go all commercialized and buy tons of gifts or get so much into gift giving for yourself or for someone else. You can do things that are meaningful and that really possibly don't even have a lot of cost If you're on a budget. So I want to talk today about Valentine's Day because it's so. It's such a fun. For many people it's fun, but for other people it's not. And even if you're in a relationship, I've known partners and couples that don't really celebrate Valentine's Day as a couple, and that's okay as well.

Smilie Filomeno Rodriguez : 6:36

But if you are a couple that you do celebrate and you're feeling like, oh, I don't know what to get my partner this Valentine's Day, then today I'm going to hook you up with some ideas. Okay, whether you're a female or male, I'm going to hook you up with some ideas on gift giving, right? And also I want to share that Valentine's Day can also be a day that you give a special gift or special call to your mom, to your sister, to that bestie, to your girlies, to your ride or dies, right. So that's where the Galantine whole concept is right. So you can do that as well, in addition to your romantic relationship that you may want to gift, right. So I have some gift ideas for men, for him and for her as well, because I know that we do have here at Smiley Empowerment, I know that we have a lot of gentlemen that also are part of the Smiley Empowerment community. So, fellas, I'm not leaving you out. Okay, I am going to give you some tips, too, for gift giving for Valentine's Day or beyond, right, because you may have your lady right, your special person. They may have a birthday on another month, or if you celebrate other holidays, or just because gift. So all of these gifts can ideas that I'm going to share with you today you can really personalize them and use them at other times, not just for Valentine's Day. So if you're not a fan of Valentine's Day, maybe this is not the episode for you, but I'll surprise you because I'm going to give some gift ideas for her and him, so you might want to stick around and get some tips.

Smilie Filomeno Rodriguez : 8:30

Okay, ladies, you can agree that sometimes it's difficult to gift your man, right, that special man man in your life, or even if it's your brother or your dad, right, but just I don't know, men sometimes could be a little bit difficult to shop. It could be a little tricky at times and you may be running out of gift ideas because you've given your man everything under the sun, or your dad or your brother, right, or your best friends Some of us have male best friends, right. I mean you want to gift them on that day. That's kind of cool, right? So I wanted to share with you a few gift ideas that you can get for your man or that special gentleman in your life, and you can really get creative, ladies, you really can.

Smilie Filomeno Rodriguez : 9:25

It's important sometimes when you're giving a gift that maybe for you it's important or it's important to make a statement. Just show them how much you appreciate. Show them also how much you're listening, right? Sometimes our men in our life may drop hints as to things that they like. Not that they're telling you to get it for them, but they're just making observations and things that they may see. While you're watching TV, something may come up and they may show an interest or you can see that they look a little excited about it. So just pay attention to what your men, what they like, and it's important to give them or show them your appreciation. It may be that you don't have the budget or just don't want to spend money, so you can cook a really nice meal for them. Cook their favorite meal. That's a way of giving the gift, of exchanging, right, some love with food and breaking bread together. So cooking a nice meal for your man, it's a nice way to honor them and to show them that you care. You can also give them their favorite cologne if they have one.

Smilie Filomeno Rodriguez : 10:39

You can purchase airpods, right? They're very popular right now, right? You can also get a little bit more unique with the gift giving for your guy. Notice what they like, if they have any collections that they're doing cigar collections, or if they collect movies from the 80s or the 90s and you can find maybe a movie that maybe they had a hard time finding and that's a nice gift for them. You can also give some unique gifts to your guy if you notice that they like, let's say, batman. I know my hubby is a big Batman fan, so maybe you can get a Batman mug right With the head of Batman. It's really cool.

Smilie Filomeno Rodriguez : 11:22

I've seen that you can purchase something unique like Iron man, the mug of Iron man. That's a unique gift and for some of us we may think, oh, those gifts are corny. But to be honest with you, sometimes our guys could be a little corny too and they can appreciate, especially if they are fans of certain movies Star Wars right, you can give them a collectible item, you can give them a poster with. Then you cook a meal. You yourself may be a beautiful gift in the sense that you could have a nice lingerie and get really cool and sexy and then maybe do a little show for them. Right, I'm this. I hope you don't have the kids listening, because, even though this is not I'm not saying anything too detailed, but you can get very creative, ladies, really get creative with what can you. You know what can you give them that you can purchase or that you yourself Can really get creative with maybe having a game night. There's some games that are adult games, with some racy questions, right, and Activities that you could do with the game, so you can purchase these games and you and in your partner can play a game in the bedroom. That's spicing things up as well, okay, and maybe getting a little bit off the spicy and Sexy gifting. Maybe you can buy an engraved wallet. You can also possibly give them a funny movie. If they're into comedies, you can purchase that. You can also purchase for them a personalized mug with their name maybe great as dad or Great as hubby, right with their picture on it or with you and their picture on it.

Smilie Filomeno Rodriguez : 13:17

So there's some customized gifts that can also buy for your, your significant other, right, and Surprising him with the gift is cool too. You can really do some neat things with the gift. You can maybe leave the gift in the bathroom so when he wakes up he gets the gift there. You can give the gift at dinner time, if you would like. You can maybe buy a watch, a particular watch, a sports watch that maybe you've noticed he doesn't have a sports watch. That's a nice accessory, right. It's a fashion accessory that you can provide for him.

Smilie Filomeno Rodriguez : 13:50

If your guy likes music or plays the guitar, there's some items that you can purchase, from t-shirts to their famous rock star band that they like. You can purchase Mugs or even a journal book, like a book that is a little bit more manly, maybe has the imagery of a guitar, right. So these are just different gifts that you can get for your Significant other and that it could be different, right, and it differs in price range. If they like playing chess, there's, and and maybe they also like drinking, there's a chess drinking game that you could set. That you can get for them too, or a regular chess game. That's pretty cool, right. So these are just ladies, these are just some gift ideas. You can surprise them with Tickets to a show. Maybe your guy likes shows, right? Maybe it's something mid-mid-evil show that he likes, right. Maybe is giving him tickets to his favorite game. Or Even going as far as ladies you can, if you want to splurge a little more.

Smilie Filomeno Rodriguez : 15:00

You can do a little outing for the weekend, going to another state or travel somewhere to Philly, to Pennsylvania, somewhere, and you plan it. I did that for my hubby actually last year and he was just so thrown back because usually he's the one who's always Surprising me with trips and he just tells me just pack your bags, is warm weather, and he doesn't tell me where we're gonna go. It's always so exciting for our wedding anniversary and things like that. But last year I surprised him and I booked everything and, ladies, I can give you some tips to make it even more fun. I just told him, hey, pack your bags. And I told him that Because he doesn't work on weekends. So it was pretty cool because I said, friday, meet me at Grand Central with your duffel bag and that's it. And he was like what? And that was very exciting. And we ended up going to Philly. He didn't know, he didn't know what restaurants we were gonna go to when I booked it ahead of time and he was just surprised. So it's exciting sometimes to Put the element of surprise in your gifting, whether it's a small gift or whether it's a bigger gift, right?

Smilie Filomeno Rodriguez : 16:15

So guys also like to be surprised. Let me tell you, my hubby's face was priceless. It took him a little time to adjust because he's usually the leader in that, like I'm gonna book this for us and I'm the one planning, and it took him a little bit to adjust to the fact that I planned everything and and he was taken a little bit back by that and it took him a little time to process. But he loved it. He felt so pampered, he felt so special and it's great that on Valentine's Day, us women, we love to be pampered. I think Valentine's Day is mostly most significant to women, more than anything. But I did want to share that.

Smilie Filomeno Rodriguez : 16:55

Ladies, for our, for your romantic partners, for your man, for your boo, right, you want to show that appreciation on Valentine's Day. Now, on the reverse of that, my gentlemen's that are on here listening right, we also want to be very appreciative of your lady right that you have in your life as well, if that's your mom or sister. And I say this because Valentine's Day it's not only about romantic love, it's also love, right, and sometimes I like to give gift. I gift my mom for Valentine's Day. I've always done that since I was very young and she loves it, right, because it's me saying, hey, mom, I love you and I appreciate you on this day as well. Sometimes I gift my sisters We've done it in past also where we don't meet on Valentine's Day but later on we gift. I haven't done it in a while. So that's something that some years I do, some years I don't. So that's another idea.

Smilie Filomeno Rodriguez : 17:53

Your best friend if you have a best friend and you want to give them for Valentine's Day, you can, as well as an appreciation. However, for your lady right, for your Significant other, and you're a guy and you're like, oh my god, I am running out of ideas. I don't know what to get her. She's so complicated, she's so picky that all is valid. But just focus on letting her know that you love her, let her know how special she is, letting her know how special she is.

Smilie Filomeno Rodriguez : 18:26

And, guys, you know something it's amazing how we women and many of us we love. We can love fancy things, we can love expensive things, we can love the big gestures, but we also are very moved by the small gestures that are coming directly from you. So let's say you leave a love note, you know, besides that, give you, write a note with your own handwriting just saying how much you love her and why do you love her, why are you in love with her. And it's just amazing how special we feel when we are told by you directly how you love us right, how much you love us actually right, and you can put that note. You can leave it in the bathroom with a sticky right note so when she wakes up and goes she sees that note there. You can write a love letter to her, and that you can. It can be accompanied by the chocolates that you maybe want to give her, her favorite flowers, right, her favorite perfume.

Smilie Filomeno Rodriguez : 19:36

Now, guys, I want to share this with you Do not gift your lady, your special person, every year for the last five and seven years and six years or whatever it is that you are the same perfume over and over. I know it's her favorite, but get creative. I know that many women I don't know ladies, both chicas how do you feel about that? But isn't it exciting when you envision your guy shopping for you and what it does is that you think at that moment, whatever he did, he was out there thinking of you. I know that's how I feel. So when they put details to the gift, no matter how expensive or how small it is. It's just so exciting to know that your guy was out there really thinking of you, maybe breaking a sweat, trying to get you that perfect gift, making it special. So just make it special, guys, right? Whatever it is, just make it special.

Smilie Filomeno Rodriguez : 20:35

And again, if you're on a budget just as I told the ladies if you're on a budget or you just simply don't want to spend a lot of money, you have other priorities that are significant for you and your lady, then that's okay. Then get creative, just as I mentioned. Maybe you can cook for her, maybe you can take her to the movies and you guys can have a nice movie, eat at home first, right, to make it more economical, if you find that that's something for the budget. Maybe you say you know what I'm going to cook for her at home and then we're going to go out to the movies and not really spend money on dining out. Or if you're one that you guys are always eating in and you haven't splurged, then hey, go out to that nice restaurant, get yourself out there if you wanted to on that day. Going out to restaurants on that day can be a headache as well, because it can be really packed, especially if you don't have reservations. So make sure you have reservations, but if not, then make it a nice dinner home, right?

Smilie Filomeno Rodriguez : 21:41

Then you can splurge, maybe, on the gift giving. Maybe, guys, you can put different gifts in different spots of your apartment or of your home and then play a game for her. You give clues and she finds the gifts. That's a nice way of keeping the fun in the equation, right? And some of the gifts that are pretty popular, I would say, or that you know your lady best, right. You can also think about what is she like, think about what are the things that she enjoys, right, and you can really rethink those gifts through. Just, don't pick up anything, because you can tell when the person didn't put a lot of thought in their gift giving.

Smilie Filomeno Rodriguez : 22:28

And for some of us, our love language is receiving gifts and also giving gifts, right, that may be your lady's love language. And, again, you may have a partner who's not big on gifts. But it's up to you. If, also, you want to express yourself through a gift, it's okay, right, there's nothing wrong with that. So let's talk a little bit about what kind of gifts you can give your lady, and I know that that's exciting right To give your lady some gifts. And I know that there could be picks that are popular, that people are talking about, buzzing about and things like that. So it's important, right. So, your lady, you can give her anything from jewelry, right, custom jewelry. You can give her a set of mugs with her name engraved, or the family names, right, or the kids names if you guys have kids.

Smilie Filomeno Rodriguez : 23:23

You can get very sexy, and this is not just for your girlfriend. I know that there's some gifts. So as I was doing research, it was like specific If it's a girlfriend and then if it's your wife, it's different. And you know what? You can be sexy with your wife too. You could get some nice Kim's fits everybody thongs right, a pack of five. You can be looking out for that, and it could be very sexy to give her that. You could give her some lingerie from Victoria's Secret. You can really get very sexy with that with her, and that's okay as well as you can work with her mind.

Smilie Filomeno Rodriguez : 23:58

You can give her a gift that can also go a long way her favorite author, if you know her favorite author, get a gift right. It's very popular right now. Out there, knock, knock, what I love about you book, and I think it's about $10. You can give her that with you know you can also get hoop earrings. Maybe she likes hoop earrings. Right, diamonds, girls, right, girls like diamonds. If you want to splurge a little more maybe you've been saving up or you just don't know what you just can and you can give her, you know, diamond earrings.

Smilie Filomeno Rodriguez : 24:33

But it's so important for you to really look at your person that you care for and you love, and what are they, what are they about? Right, what do they like? So you can get anything from very sexy sexy couples, sex toys that you may want to purchase Again, I hope none of the kids are listening, even though I'm not getting graphic but you can get some sexy toys for the bedroom and that's a romantic gesture, that something you both enjoy together. You can give her a massage, and that's also a fun thing to do together. These are things you can pair up with your gifts, right? You might say you know what? I'm gonna give her a nice, I'm gonna write a nice love note with some chocolate, her favorite flowers, and then I'm going to cook for her. Or then I'm going to give her a massage at night and then I'm gonna give her maybe her favorite perfume or a perfume that she's been looking at and you wanna give it to her right.

Smilie Filomeno Rodriguez : 25:46

And if you are also contemplating of giving a gift to a friend that just had a baby or something like that, it could be if you're a female or male, but if you want to give a gift to your mom or to your best friend that's a female, you can give silk pajamas that they're always so nice, right and smooth. You can give nice slippers that are comfortable, maybe engraved with their initials. Just make your lady or the women in your life feel joyful and cared for. And you can always be romantic also, and some of you guys lack a little bit of being romantic, and I am not blaming you or anything like that, but you can learn to be a bit more romantic. Okay, there's no excuse. Right now there's the internet YouTube, I mean. There's videos on everything, and that's a skill set that you can develop.

Smilie Filomeno Rodriguez : 26:42

And don't be afraid to celebrate love in your unique way and show the affection. More than anything is showing each other the affection and not only treating your lady or your man or whoever you are honoring that day on Valentine's Day, not just that day. Do spontaneous things on a regular day just because Don't wait just to Valentine's Day. However, now that we're in Valentine's Day, and if you're a significant person, values giving and values this type of attention in Valentine's Day and they love Valentine's Day, it's their favorite, one of their favorite days to share then get involved. Do something right. This is for men and women I'm saying this advice to both and every season is different.

Smilie Filomeno Rodriguez : 27:37

Every year is different. We've gone through so much, so it's important to understand that maybe you are not financially able this year to go all out, but you can do something. You could do a dinner at home. You could get creative. You can play a game, a sexy game. You could watch your favorite movies at home with dim lights, candle lights. You could set the tone with nice romantic music, right. So there's a range of things that you can do but shake it up. A lot of couples sometimes say I'm stuck in boredom or I don't feel that we are connected. So do things to be intentional, to connect, and I say this because sometimes we think about all the gifts and gift giving in the gestures, but at the end of the day, if you and your couple or you and your friend there's also gallantines are not connected. No gift in the world is going to draw you guys into being more connected. It could be very temporarily. You're excited, but the relationship still has to grow and be fostered and be nurtured right, whether that's a romantic relationship or a platonic relationship.

Smilie Filomeno Rodriguez : 28:53

On Valentine's Day, everybody's just celebrating together love. It feels good to celebrate it together. You don't have to make it into a big, huge thing if you don't want to, but if you do, it's okay. But most importantly, honor yourself and the person you love. Whether you purchase gifts, whether you write them a love letter, whether you cook for them, whether you take them out dancing for the first time in a long time, whether you go out to the movies together and then to a nice restaurant, or whether you go out and you just go to a pizzeria and just laugh at your first date and go back to that pizzeria where you first went on a date, or go back to the place when you first went on a date anything that cultivates that love that you have for each other is important and worth it, because you're both worth it and in your friendships, your friends are also worth you.

Smilie Filomeno Rodriguez : 29:54

Saying on Valentine's Day or on any other day hey, a text I love you, I care about you, or here's a gift. It could be a just because gift their favorite book from an author that they love. It could be a game, right, a board game that they love and they have fun with. So just explore what does your partner and the people in your life that you do wanna share a gift with, or the time with what do they like. It just feels so good to make someone else happy.

Smilie Filomeno Rodriguez : 30:25

And then, before I close, I want to emphasize that I've been talking about self-love. So it's so important for you to learn to love yourself, to prioritize yourself, to give yourself what maybe others may not be giving you. Give it to yourself first, right. So now, on Valentine's Day, if you're not too happy with the gift you got or the romantic gesture, or if you're in a group of girlies because you're all single and you're going out and maybe they didn't go out with you this year or somebody forgot to call you, it's okay. Just do your best to work also on yourself, on gifting yourself. Maybe you wanna take yourself out to that movie theater. Maybe you wanna take yourself out to that restaurant, your favorite restaurant and sit there and enjoy it, because you don't have to wait for anyone else to give yourself the enjoyment that you want out of life.

Smilie Filomeno Rodriguez : 31:27

It does feel good when other people pay attention to us, when other people gift us, when other people share their love with us, loving in action, like I say right Cause a lot of us use the word love I love you, I love you, but how are you demonstrating that? How are we loving each other in action and we can fall short. Give each other grace, give yourself grace. Give your partner grace, give your friends grace, cause sometimes we get very caught up on you didn't do this and you didn't do that. Give people grace. Everybody's going through different things and you may not even know what people are going through, even your own partner feeling a bit stressed and not sharing with you, and they're not in the mood to do certain things. So if this Valentine's Day he says you know what? I rather wanna stay home than talk about? Okay, what's going on. You don't wanna go out? Okay, what's going on, so let's make the best out of it here in the home. So I hope that these tips helped you. I hope you enjoy a beautiful Valentine's Day.

Smilie Filomeno Rodriguez : 32:24

Whether you celebrate it or not, it's a day that you are alive. It's a day that people are celebrating, highlighting love, and love is every day, so it's not just one day. However, collectively, we are all enjoying that one day. Give it your best, whether you stay home, whether you go out, whether you don't celebrate it, but you just are living life to the fullest and to the best of your capability. It's celebrating it anyway. Celebrating the day that you are here, each day that you're here is a gift, and each day that you can be with your partner, with your friends, with your parents, right With your siblings, it's great.

Smilie Filomeno Rodriguez : 33:07

Think about it, because one day that one person will not be around and it's something that we have to look at that while people are living, we want to show our love and appreciation in the way that we feel most comfortable and most authentic and genuine. So I'm not asking you to do anything that doesn't feel genuine for you. However, if there's anything you want to improve and that you want to say, you know what? I want to be a little bit better with giving certain gifts or being a little bit better the way I show love and everybody shows love in different ways, but be considerate about the other person, the way they love and the way they like to be loved, and talk about it. It's good to talk about, too, like what would you like or what do you need, what do you need from me, how would you like for me to express certain things and then see if you can honor that. And if you genuinely can't, then let the person know. And they should accept you as you are, as long as you're not harming them physically, right, causing harm. We have to accept each other as we are and give grace and hope that each individual makes the best out of their situation and really works on themselves to improve so they can share from a place of the cup full, then the cup empty, and then you are very stretched and you don't give the best to others, okay.

Smilie Filomeno Rodriguez : 34:31

So happy Valentine's Day. Celebrate your love, honor your love, especially your love of self, okay, and the love of others, because we are here to engage with others and be loved. As much as we love others, we want to receive love. So it's an exchange, love for love. So enjoy it. I love you guys, I love this community, I love what we are creating here. It's my name Parliament and I give my love to everyone, and globally, because I have people in Germany and India and Slovenia, just in different places in Canada and Puerto Rico, in the different states of the United States, listening to me.

Smilie Filomeno Rodriguez : 35:18

So I want to say that love is universal and we have to continue loving each other, have more grace. We need to have more grace with one another and love one another the way we want to be loved, and some of us don't know how to be loved, and that's very important, because sometimes you say, yeah, I want them to love me the way I want to be loved, but sometimes we don't even know what that looks like. So just be open to feel the love, and love is kind. Love could be passionate. Love could be kind. Love is not jealousy. Love is not hatred. Love is not envy. Love is not selfish to the point where you don't want what's best for the other person. Love is very kind. Love is very generous. Love is peace. So love each other, enjoy each other, have fun, create memories, take photos, enjoy Love and laugh. So make the best out of it.

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I hope that you enjoyed the gift-giving ideas and you go out and make the best out of it. Reach out to me. Let me know how your Valentine's Day was. Let me know if any of the tips helped and how did it go for you. Keep connected and we will be together again next week, so take good care of yourself. Let me know how you're liking the podcast, the episodes, any ideas for new episodes? Please follow. Put the bell so you can have notifications when I go on. Leave your reviews. When you can Leave reviews, follow me on Instagram Smiley Empowerment and take good care of yourself and of each other Besitos pexitos.