Ep. 48 Empowering Strategies for Women—Get Out of Rut, Reclaim Energy, Transform Your Life Now

Ever felt like your spark has fizzled out, leaving you stranded in a maze of overwhelm? Today's heartfelt episode is all about rediscovering that inner flame. We're peeling back the layers of feeling stuck and sharing five steps that promise more than just a nudge in the right direction. Focusing on practicality and self-awareness, this episode serves as a guide towards empowerment and avoiding future slumps. We're on a journey together, so let's rally the courage to realign with our most authentic selves and rekindle the motivation we've been missing.

As we break free from limiting beliefs, I promote the transformational power of affirmations and the impactful effectiveness of journaling. Self-care isn't just a buzzword here—it's a lifeline to changing our energy and creating momentum. This episode provides actionable advice to embrace a life of positivity and progress, whether through physical activity or revamping daily routines. And there's no one-size-fits-all—"Every step is customized to suit your journey towards achieving wellness."

To wrap up, we dive into the art of micro-actions and the heartwarming act of gratitude, both essential to getting out of any rut. Through personal stories, including my leap of faith into Smilie Empowerment coaching, I highlight the power of change and new experiences in reigniting happiness. And remember, small gestures of kindness can lift both our spirits and those of others. It's about the collective power of support and connection, and I'm here to remind you—you're never alone. So, tune in, feel encouraged, and make a difference together, besitos.

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Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:03

Hola, boss Chica. Welcome to the Smiley 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 Boss Chica, like me. If you're a busy woman ready to be uplifted, inspired, empowered to take charge of your healing journey and be a Boss Chica, you've come to the right place. We can all agree, life can be hectic and overwhelming, but anything is possible with the right mindset, attitude, tools and support. Let me introduce myself.

Speaker 1: 0:45

My name is Smiley Filomeno Rodriguez and I am a Latina life empowerment coach and a social worker. 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? Well, you're not alone. You have me, your coach, smiley. In each episode, I'll share personal stories of resilient 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.

Speaker 2: 2:15

Hi, beautiful, I hope you are having a great Monday, a great week. If you are listening to this episode, you may be feeling a bit out of sorts. You may be feeling in a rut, in a funk sorts. You may be feeling in a rut, in a funk right, and it doesn't feel good. And I want you to know that you're not alone. Many of us feel overwhelmed in these times. We may be feeling a bit of a blah. Everything seems dark or grayish. So you're not alone.

Speaker 2: 2:42

I've had a few people tell me Smiley, we're on Mercury retrograde and it's in Arius, and what does that mean? And some people believe in the Mercury retrograde, others don't. However, if you're feeling in a rut, if you're feeling overwhelmed and you're feeling, lately, like nothing excites you, you feel disinterested, unmotivated. Again, you are not alone. I've been there so many times and getting out of a rut is not an easy thing to do. But that's why I'm dedicating this episode for you, because it is important for you to self-care and to really focus on yourself self-care and to really focus on yourself. So I want to share with you five simple yet could be uncomfortable, but I know that it could be very rewarding and you can get out of your rut with these five steps that are practical, simple steps that you can follow, and I know that you will be able to get out of your rut. So I wanna offer you the five strategies to guide you and help you to get out of that slump, to pick up your energy right, because, guess what, nobody wants to be feeling in a funk, one for yourself. You don't want that right. And then we affect others. We don't feel like we want to be interacting with people, and while it's good to take breaks and pause from interacting with people, what's most important is how do you feel when you are by yourself? And if you lately have been in a rut, don't worry, I got you. We're going to go through these five steps and you are going to be able to get your life together. You're going to be able to feel better.

Speaker 2: 4:28

So I want you to focus on these five steps. What I don't want you to do and I want to share this at the top of this episode what I don't want you to do is to become overwhelmed. That's why these steps are very simple and effective, but I don't want you to add too many more steps or too much where you start feeling again overwhelmed, because when we're in a rut, when we're feeling demotivated and we're in a funk, that indicates many times that we could be bored we could be experiencing burnout, right? So these five steps are flexible. They're interchangeable. However, if you follow these five steps, I'm going to explain to you how you can prevent from falling into these ruts frequently during the course of the year.

Speaker 2: 5:19

So what you want is to have less of these moments, right, that make you feel uncomfortable and you feel disinterested and you feel that you are not yourself, right, because it feels like someone else has taken over your body. I don't know if you have experienced it that way, but a lot of people have explained it to me. A lot of, especially women, have explained to me I feel like if somebody else took my body. I want to feel better, but I'm just in this rut, in this funk, right in a slum. So I wanna help you with this.

Speaker 2: 5:53

So the first step is for you to evaluate where you're at, acknowledge your feelings. So, in this first step to get you out of the rut, I want you to take a moment to acknowledge what you're feeling, because it's valid, it's also normal, and I want you to accept the current feeling as it is, without you judging yourself, without you shaming yourself, without you pressuring yourself. But this is important because I want you to feel what you feel. If you're feeling stuck, uninspired, you're feeling like you're having these negative thoughts, you're in a slum, I want you to evaluate your current situation and your current feelings because in that feeling there are lessons. So during this time that you're in a rut, you can get information about why you're feeling this way and that's a good indicator. So when in the future you may start feeling you're entering that rut, you'll be able to identify it sooner and be self-aware and take action to kind of avoid falling into the rut.

Speaker 2: 7:03

But right now you're in the rut. I know how it feels. It doesn't feel good and I want you, in the first step, to acknowledge that, because it's so important for you to acknowledge your feelings and emotions. And by recognizing those feelings and emotions, then you're able to have more choices right, because you are aware of your emotions and your needs and you can empower yourself, tap into that power to take control of your feelings and where are you heading. And where you're heading, it's out of the rut and I know it's going to be uncomfortable. I know it feels uncomfortable, but you will get to the other side, okay, great. So this is great that you have the first step, because I know you're feeling blah, you're feeling stuck, it doesn't feel good, but you can change it.

Speaker 2: 7:55

However, if you are one of those individuals that when you're given solutions or guidance, you automatically go into a negative thinking of I can't do it that seems too easy to be true and actually I can't do it or you're defending your feelings of being in a rut. I've been there myself. I've done that. I've defended my rut and be like I feel this way, leave me alone, this is where I'm at and that's the funk, right? However, how long are you going to stay in the rut? Because it affects your productivity at work, it affects your energy and, simply, you're not happy. You don't feel good when you're in a rut, right, and you can have a moment when you're in the rut that you're eating comfort food. You're like don't bother me, I just want to be alone, and you know what, that's okay for a short time, but when you're dwelling in it and it becomes this consistent feeling and being in a rut and everything bothers you and nothing interests you and you're demotivated and you are just not feeling that you have the spark of life and everything bothers you. That's not a place where you want to be for a very long time. That's why I want to offer you these strategies, so you can get out of your rut, because you can do it. And if you say I can and I will, then you will, and if you say I can't and I won't, then you won't. So you are in control. As much as I'm giving you this guidance, you are in control.

Speaker 2: 9:27

So in step two, and definitely in step one, when you acknowledge your feelings, you can also identify what are some of those limited beliefs. Right, you can really look at what are you believing that it's pretty limited to yourself, like I am not smart enough or I am so tired and this is always going to be this way, and everything looks gloomy, right, and you have these internal thoughts that really keep you in the rut. So I want you to be very aware in step one what are those limited beliefs, what are those negative thoughts that you're believing that keep you in the rut, that keep you stuck in the rut, because I want to challenge you. I want to challenge you to challenge your thoughts, to challenge your limited beliefs right and replace those limited beliefs with statements which are going to help you to take actions later on. That I'm going to ask you to. I want you to really affirm your strength, that you can get out of the rut, that you will get out of the rut and that you are motivated to do this. You need to start speaking to yourself like that.

Speaker 2: 10:44

At first it may not feel right. When you're first getting out of the rut and making these steps, it feels uncomfortable, and I feel you because I've been there, so I understand. But I also understand that once you start moving and once you start declaring and affirming I will get out of this rut, I am getting out of this rut, right, you will start making changes within yourself. So that first step is very clear. It's simple, it's something for you to do and you can journal it as well. Each of these steps, you can journal how you're feeling as you're doing the steps, what's challenging for you. Because then this offers you. Later on, when you look back into your journal or your notes, you could say, oh, this is how I was feeling when I did the first step and the second step, and it helps you because each time that you are coming across to feeling a little bit like you're going to get into a rut, into a funk, you'll be able to get out of it quicker and maybe even have that's my goal with you for maybe to even have less of these ruts, right? So step two is simple as well, remember. You don't want to complicate things. We're just working a little bit at a time. So here I have my notes because I want to be very precise with you and, in the interest of time, right, I want to make sure. So here I have my notes because I want to be very precise with you and, in the interest of time, right, I want to make sure. So my notes here.

Speaker 2: 12:09

On step two, I want you to focus on yourself.

Speaker 2: 12:12

What I mean by that? Focus on your wellbeing. So in step two, I want you to really shift. I want you to shift your energy. I want you to now tap into an energy that's going to get you to feeling better, and that will be your physical energy. I want you to focus on your body, right? I want you to focus on your mindset. In step two, I want you to focus simply on you. I don't want you to think about the problems that you have at work and you need to solve. I don't want you to think about the projects that you have to do in your business or at work. I don't want you to think about if you have to take the kids on this trip that's coming up next week. I don't want you to think about anything futuristic. I don't want you to think about anything that's on your to-do list at this moment. That's why I just want you to focus on you, on your wellbeing, on you feeling and tapping into and creating a good energy, an energy that's going to stimulate you and motivate you and push you forward. So you may say but I'm in a rut. How am I going to do that? By focusing on your physical, on resetting your physical energy. So for that, I need you to get moving.

Speaker 2: 13:32

So if you're a lady and you identify yourself as a lady, you are going to do a few things that make you feel good. What is that? I'm going to give you some examples. Okay, but you will select what you do for enjoyment. Okay, I'm going to give you examples. These are suggestions. They don't mean that this is what works for you, because everybody's different. These suggestions will help you to start energizing yourself, moving that stagnant energy and if you're a male, some of this can. Moving that stagnant energy and if you're a male, some of this can. It can also help you too, right? So for ladies, shave your legs right, get pretty, get pretty, put on a perfume that you like. It doesn't matter if you're going out or not. I've had ladies that tell me I only wear perfume if I'm going out, but if I'm home I don't. This is the time that I tell you do something different, do something new.

Speaker 2: 14:28

I know that the familiar is what feels good, but it's what actually has you right now in a rut, because sometimes we're bored. We're bored with our routines. We're bored with our routines. We're bored with the things that we're doing. We're bored with the work that we're doing. What I mean by that? As passionate as you are and it's caring throughout the year, there are times that you go through this season where everything just seems like you're in a blah state, and oftentimes that's when you are in your routine. You're doing the same of the same. Nothing's new, nothing's changed, or there's more work, more anxiety, overwhelming task and you're feeling burnt out. Sounds familiar.

Speaker 2: 15:07

So I want you, in step two, to focus on shifting that energy, getting yourself to move, to shake and to connect to things that make you feel good, and that is not only by the things that you're eating, the comfort food. That's not what I'm talking about. I'm talking about your physical state. Get moving, take a shower right, because when you shower, having the good hygiene be intentional. Maybe you want to do it twice in the day a nice bath at night and maybe during the day, a good, good, good shower. Some people even do cold showers. Right, that's just to change your state, to change your energy.

Speaker 2: 15:49

Focus on getting out of the house. So, when you're home, take a day maybe it's a Sunday, maybe it's a Saturday morning and you say, okay, I'm going to get out of this bed, I'm going to shake this off. Step two I'm going to focus on my wellbeing. I'm going to go get a good shower, I'm going to get out of this bed, I'm going to make my bed right. So then you can have a sense of accomplishment. These are small steps, right, and maybe you want to put your favorite jewelry, your favorite perfume, something that makes you look pretty For my guys. You possibly wanted to shave right or trim your beard, get groomed, or get out of the house and go to your barber right and do something to shift that energy, because it's so important to focus on yourself and I want you to have a sense of accomplishment. That's why the small micro actions like making your bed right that gives you a sense of accomplishment, changing the sheets, getting pretty sheets right or getting a brand new set, so you can feel better, go outside, take a walk, go to the park or maybe go to the mall, just because Don't make it into a big thing, just because Do some window shopping.

Speaker 2: 17:06

In step number two, what it is is moving, making sure that you are getting that energy that's stagnant to move. At first it's going to feel uncomfortable, but when you do it and you stick with it, then it starts feeling better. Have you ever been invited to a party and you're like you're in the funk, you're in a rut and you're like, oh no, I don't want to go, I'm in a bad mood, I don't want to do it. And your best friend convinces you and you're like, all right, all right, I'm going to go, and you end up getting there. At first you have a lot of resistance. You're still very focused on the emotions while you're in the rut of like I'm tired, I don't care about anything here, this is boring, and you're just focused on that negativity. But when you change your state, get dressed to go to the party or get to the party, you start loosening up little by little. Has that happened to you? And by the end of the night you're like having a blast and you're like, wow, and I was not going to come to this. So that's what I mean. You have to do the movement through the discomfort.

Speaker 2: 18:12

Okay, in step number three, I want you to change your environment. In step number three, it's all about very simple, simple. I don't want you to make big changes, but in step number three, I want you to look. If in your room you have a little bit of clutter in the corner or something small, not a major thing I want you to tidy up the room a little bit. Change the environment. Major thing. I want you to tidy up the room a little bit. Change the environment.

Speaker 2: 18:39

If you are living with a partner or roommates or your family and you find that there's a lot of commotion going on, things that are overstimulating you, or maybe they're a bit negative too, or in a rut. I want you to take a break from that environment and step out again, like we were mentioning before. But in step three, I want you to connect with a friend, and that could be also in you stepping out of the house, you're changing the environment. If you can change anything in your environment, like burning a nice vanilla candle or of the scent that you like, right, that brings you joy, that maybe triggers some good memories Be intentional about that.

Speaker 2: 19:21

That's how you change the environment in your home. It may be as simple as buying a candle, or you already have the candle that you haven't probably lit in a while. Turn it on. Maybe you put a little bit of music that makes you feel good, that connects not to sad memories, not to anything that makes you feel down right, we want energy that lifts you up. So that's also changing the state, changing your environment. Okay, and maybe when you go out, I want you to connect, maybe with a friend, text a friend, or I want you to do something nice, like maybe you go to a store and buy a card and just send and mail your just because card to your bestie, who maybe lives across town or in another state and just send it that good deed. That changes a little bit also your energy, all right. So remember, in step three you're going to really change a little bit the environment and you're going to connect with a friend, whether that's through a call, a FaceTime.

Speaker 2: 20:28

You want to be intentional to get out of the funk and the rut. To connect to others, because when we are in a rut, I don't know about you. You don't to connect to others, because when we are in a rut, I don't know about you. You don't want to talk to anybody. Everything bothers you. You don't want to deal with everything, like in Spanish todo te apetece, everything stinks. Nothing makes you feel good at the moment but that's because you're just focused in the rut. Right what you're feeling.

Speaker 2: 20:55

But if you are intentional to do the opposite, make these small changes right. Maybe you want to step out, changing your environment. You go out and you go to the gym that you haven't been in a long time, or you go out to the mall, like I said, and go window shopping. That's all changing your environment, right. And in the home, you can make the home a little bit more relaxing by putting soft music or putting the music that you enjoy, right, turning out a candle or incense that make you feel good just by the smell. Some people also have candles that smell like baked cookies. Or if you wanted to bake cookies I don't want to give you too many suggestions about baking cookies because I don't want you to overindulge yourself either but if you want to, a small batch and the house smells really nice. Or you want to boil some water with some orange peel, with cinnamon sticks and cloves, and you just boil that in the home, it just smells so good. These are things to change your environment okay and change your mood. It really does.

Speaker 2: 22:05

Now, in step four, we're coming close to the last two steps. I hope that this is being helpful because it's so important for us to adapt some of these practices so we can get out of the rut and be creating more of a life that we want, a little bit more happy and happiness could be very simple by just you taking action. These small steps in doing things that will create these small shifts, but they're very impactful just by doing activities and doing things that you enjoy and you know what you enjoy, because when you're not in the rut and you're having a good time, and even if it's been a long time that you haven't. But think of the times where you felt good, think of what made you smile, think about what fills your heart, what you feel connected to, what makes you feel excited Right now. If you're not feeling exciting, it's because you're doing the same of the same. Sometimes we are even in workplaces where we're no longer feel excited and maybe that's time to evaluate not saying you have to leave your job, but maybe you want to plan for in a year or two. You know what. I'm going to change careers or I'm going to change jobs because I'm pretty stagnant here emotionally and that also contributes to you feeling this fatigue, this rut, this feeling of blah. If that makes sense, please share with me how you're feeling. Let me know, because it's important for me to know if these steps are helpful. If you're finding that they're helpful, okay.

Speaker 2: 23:36

Now, in step four, I want you to take small action. I want you to take micro actions, right. So I just want you to be intentional about taking these micro actions. That means I don't want you to think of those big goals and think about every task, everything on the to-do list. On step four, I want you to reframe those tasks that are so big. I want you to take this time with the energy that you're building little by little In step four. I really want you to simplify those tasks and make them into very small micro tasks, micro action, where you are really practicing on breaking these steps very small.

Speaker 2: 24:23

So I'm going to give you an example it doesn't have to be that this is your example, or maybe it is an example in step four on how you are going to get out of the rut with this step is that you're going to take one thing. Let's just say that you have on your plate that you need to write a report next week, and it's about five pages or 10 pages, it doesn't matter how long, but it has you overwhelmed and because you've been in a rut, you've been procrastinating, you're upset about it, you're feeling blah, you don't even know what to write. It could also be you're writing a book, or you are writing an article or a blog, whatever the task is, but this example is in writing In step four. If this would be you right and you can adapt this to any other situation, I want you to put an alarm on your phone. If you have your phone, put an alarm and I want you to set it just for 10 minutes. So actually a timer. I want you to set the timer and you're just going to set the timer for 10 minutes and in these 10 minutes, if you have to write a report, or if you're writing a book, or if you're writing an essay or a paper and you've been stuck, I just want you to set 10 minutes on the timer for whatever that is that task. But we're going to break it into a micro action.

Speaker 2: 25:51

What does that mean? If you're writing an essay or starting to write the next chapter in your book or the first chapter, and you're going to just free flow, right? No pressures, no analyzing, no judging yourself, just saying, okay, here I am, I'm sitting down with a piece of paper or typing with my laptop or with my tablet and I'm just going to allow, allow the thoughts to come in, the ideas. Now, when you first do this, you might start getting these negative thoughts and you're going to just say, nope, you're going to speak to your thoughts and refrain I'm like that's not important, that's not what it is. I'm just allowing and you're just going to breathe in and breathe out and allow. So if you're waiting on that title of the book. You're just going to allow the ideas to start flowing and then just free flow writing.

Speaker 2: 26:40

You don't even have to write in a straight line, just a piece of paper. This is not something you're turning in. This is not something whether you do it with a piece of paper or if you're doing it on your tablet or in a desktop and you're typing, just allow your fingers whether it's holding a pen or typing to just be and see what comes up for you. You might come up with your title, the first three words of the title. You might notice that you start writing that report or typing. And then next thing, you know, when the 10 minutes are up, because you just allowed yourself time to think and to just flow, let the energy flow you will be surprised that you may start getting that momentum and you get the title or you start writing and next thing you know, in those 10 minutes you wrote a paragraph or you wrote the first sentence, and that's okay. I don't want you to do even more than that. If you find that you're in the flow right after the first sentence, and that's okay. I don't want you to do even more than that If you find that you're in the flow right after the 10 minutes and you want to continue for another few minutes, it's okay, but I don't want you to overwork, I don't want you to become overstimulated, so this is not the time to say, oh my God now. I stood there for two hours and now I'm back to square one. I feel so overwhelmed. No, we want in this process, it's all about simplifying, because you're getting out of the rut, right? I want you to work in small increments, these micro action, okay.

Speaker 2: 28:05

Now, lastly, in step five, I want you to shift, and what I mean by shifting? I want you to shift your mindset into your heart At this moment. In step five, I want you to shift your mindset and your attention to feeling the gratitude and the love for what you have. And how are we going to do that? I want you to place your hands in your heart at this time and I want you to say thank you to your heart that's beating every second, every day, every second. Your heart is beating without you doing anything. So I want you to say thank you to your heart and then I want you, with your eyes closed, as you're feeling your heartbeat.

Speaker 2: 28:51

This step five is you shifting that mindset into the gratitude state and to a loving state, because you love yourself, you love your heart, you're so grateful for it. And I want you to think about the people you love. Think about that their heart is beating and you're grateful for their existence. And this is shifting your focus from what you don't have, from what you may have been feeling in this rut, to what you do have and what is working, which your heart is beating the people you love. Their heart is beating. So I want you to focus on your heart centered for you and for your loved ones. Why am I connecting you and your loved ones?

Speaker 2: 29:38

Because, also, when we shift our focus from the I problem, what I am going through, and you shift it to wow, my mom, my sister, my partner, my bestie, she's well, he's well, they're well, you start feeling wow, things are going to be okay, things are okay. And then, in step five, as you made that shift of your mindset into gratitude and what you love, you're focusing more on what you do have, that's working, and you're going to push yourself right. Push yourself to exit this rut with love and compassion for yourself and others, and that's how you start moving right and this energy flows and your emotions of love and kindness start generating and give you that momentum and that good feeling in your heart and you start now feeling, because when we're in a rut we're many times very numb, very blah, but as I took you through these five steps, you can still continue other steps, but these are the five that I find that has helped me to move me out of my ruts when it happens, and I noticed that I have less ruts being in a rut and in a funk and one of the things that when we explore and journal through the five steps, I encourage you to write, because that's how you identify what triggers you to get into these ruts what's happening in your life at the core that has you maybe having more frequently feeling blah lately? Right, and there's a lot of things happening around us and in the world, but internally, in your inner world, what are you thinking about? What are your worries? Right, and I want you to journal those things. Recently I quit my nine to five job and I'm fully doing the Smiley Empowerment coaching. I quit my nine to five job and I'm fully doing the Smiley Empowerment coaching and one of the reasons why I quit my job.

Speaker 2: 31:40

Looking back now and exploring is that I was there for so long close to 19 years. I was there for so long that there came a moment that I started noticing you know what I'm passionate about helping people and what I was doing. I noticed that I needed a change, and sometimes we need a change, and sometimes we need a change. Whether that's leaving and changing careers, whether that's traveling more to new places, whether that's going to a restaurant that you've never been before, whether that's doing things that you never did before that are all conducive to your wellness, to feeling happy, to enjoy yourself in the moment, to discover new things that you like. Because when we experience new things, new places, new emotions, and we discover that the brain drops so much dopamine for us, right. That's why when you buy something new, a new shoe, you have that feeling of like oh, it feels great because your brain just dropped a lot of dopamine, and some people that's why they're always shopping to get that hit. But I want you to do it in a more natural way.

Speaker 2: 32:44

So I hope that these five steps helped you in really getting out of that rut, because it's so important, and I do want you to embrace this process. I want you to be kind with yourself so you can keep moving forward, and this takes courage and determination. It really does. You are committed. I know that you are. You're listening to this. You're committed to your wellness. You're committed to feeling better.

Speaker 2: 33:09

Nobody wants to be in a rut for so long and feel this doom feeling and blah feeling. That's not what life is meant to be. We are meant to live and share experiences, while we do share in pain and those lessons that it brings. But there's also happiness and we're in control of our own happiness, regardless of what's happening around us. So I hope that this episode helped you to get you out of the rut. If you know someone who also is in a rut because sometimes we're in a rut and our besties in a rut and our partners in a rut sometimes it's a group thing, because it's also right. They say misery likes company and it's also contagious Emotions, all emotions. We influence each other. So share, share this episode. You never know if somebody is going through a rut at the same time.

Speaker 2: 33:58

Please let me know how you liked the episode. I am so happy that I was able to guide you through these five steps that will help you to get out of your rut. It's helped me and it's helped my other coaching clients, so I hope that it does. If you have other tips that helped you, please share them with us. Leave them in the comments. Let us know what you do to get out of a rut. So I hope this helped you.

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Thank you for tuning in. I appreciate you guys. You guys are so amazing as a community. I am so happy you stopped by and you listened to this episode. Make sure to rate how you are enjoying the episodes. Rate the episodes, rate the podcast.

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Let me know if you have anything particular you want me to elaborate or to do other podcast episodes on, because I'm always tuning into what your needs are and I hope that I can provide for you a bit of guidance and support, because life is tough at times, but we can make a difference in our lives and in the lives of others. So go out there, do a good deed that also helps in your process of getting out of this funk. Bring things from your pantry to a local pantry, or call a friend just because and in FaceTime, and surprise them with something right. Maybe it's showing them the new shoes that you bought and you want them to see and for them to give you their opinion. The reason I say this is because sometimes these little small actions get us to feel good.

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I don't know about you. Your bestie calls you with something, with some good news, or sharing something that they're doing fun, and all of a sudden you're like, oh my God, that sounds like so much fun. Maybe it motivates you to do something as well. So get into really socializing also, because when we're in a rut, we don't want to talk to anybody, and we were wired and created for human connection. That's how we grow. That's how we share in our vulnerability. We help each other. Right, you can lend a hand to someone else to come out of their rut and it's all good. So I'll catch you in the next one. Thanks for tuning in, besitos.