Matcha Mentality

In this week's episode, I open up about some of the struggles I've faced with eating and my perception of how I looked. Since my teen years, my relationship with my body and my diet has been a bit rocky–not realizing this at the time, I struggled heavily with self-esteem issues that manifested themselves into unhealthy eating habits. Ranging from barely eating, to eating too much, to only eating certain foods, it was really difficult to develop the more positive relationship with food that I have today. I still struggle a lot with insecurity and monitoring my food intake, but I'm so proud of the progress I've made in having a more balanced diet and workout routine.

In this week's episode, I discuss in detail my first and only relationship. Though a lot of people might see high school relationships as temporary with no serious meaning, it is something that has had a profound impact on who I am today (cringe, but it did). Throughout both our friendship and relationship, I uncovered parts of myself that I didn't even know existed–characteristics that I am proud to possess but also ones I know need to be improved upon. I can confidently say that the years of pain, heartbreak, and many many tears has made me a better and stronger person (colder and emotionless too, but...better). At the end of the day, I now know when to walk away from something that isn't meant to be, and also when I know I deserve better. 

As the saying goes: you are your worst critic. In this week's episode, I open up about some topics that have been on my mind lately–ones that have put me in an extremely negative headspace. I go through these periods of stress and negativity every so often (because it's completely normal to) but have been struggling to find a way to ameliorate the emotions and toxicity that come with them. The combination of stress, uncertainty, and low self-esteem is definitely not ideal, but it's important to take steps (even if they're small!) toward a more positive mindset...something I am very much still working on. Though definitely not the most high-quality content, this episode gave me the chance to open up about some aspects of my life that people may either relate to or that they don't typically see. Hope it's not too boring but normal content will be back soon :")

To bring the Resolution Series to a close, I address a topic that has always been of interest to me: being able to be alone. Learning how to be alone when you're constantly connected through text messaging, social media, and emails can be really difficult and easy to avoid doing. It's amazing that in this day and age, we are able to almost always be in communication with someone. Despite this, I find it not only important, but necessary, that people learn how to enjoy their own company. It's easy to distract yourself with fun plans and social outings, but it can be unhealthy if you find yourself relying on others to live your life. Learning how to be alone isn't learning to cope with loneliness–it's learning how to achieve a deeper sense of connection with yourself.

On this week's episode of the Resolution Series, I attempt to give advice on how to improve your personal finance skills. Though money is a touchy subject for some people, it's important to establish what kinds of tools and resources are available for everyone and learn how to use them to the best of your ability. There's so much misinformation on how to manage your money, so my goal was to provide the basics of how to save and make your money work for you. Most importantly, it's crucial that you do your own research and understand what your own financial goals are and how to achieve them.

So 2021 is the year you actually stick to your fitness goals right? Same here (...hopefully).  Everyone knows that getting fit is the most popular New Year's resolution, but is also the one most easily forsaken. In this week's episode, I bring in my friend and fitness inspiration Gillian Graessle (@gillgfitness) to answer some questions about her fitness journey and how she's been able to make fitness enjoyable and sustainable. She addresses her rocky relationship with body image and working out, the nonphysical benefits of fitness, and all the ups and downs she's been through over the years. We hope that this advice can motivate you to prioritize your mental and physical wellbeing this year (you're not getting any younger so best not wait until next year).  Give her a follow on Instagram & YouTube if you want more tips, advice, and motivation! Or if you want a nice ass to look at, no shame in that.

In this week's episode, I attempt to wrap up this sh*t show of a year in the most positive way possible: by listing all the terrible things that are currently still happening and trying to cover it up with some cheesy life lessons that I resonate with. Despite often being a bitter, miserable person, even I can identify some ways that I have changed for the better so you most definitely can too. Also, I realized the deeper you get into the episode, the more tired and lackluster I sound—definitely a metaphor of my journey through 2020. In all seriousness, I hope you think about the good (and bad) things you have experienced this year.  You should be grateful for a lot of privileges that were afforded to you during these challenging times and think of the ways you have grown. And if you get to it, think of some things you want to improve upon in 2021 because you still have like six months before there is any chance of normalcy in life again, aka six months to become a less shitty person. More importantly: stay home and wear a god damn mask so we don't have to relive this sh*t again. 

Job search season is approaching, and it is approaching FAST. This week, I make my best attempt at giving advice on how to build your resume and ace your interview so that you can hopefully get a job/internship. Most of it is common sense and can also be found in a simple Google search, yet here you are listening to me talk about this stuff like I know what I'm doing. Anyway, enjoy the episode. Also, if any of you actually use these tips and get a job out of it, I'm expecting 10% of your salary.

Welcome to the second episode! This week I explore a topic that is not really something I was planning on addressing, but is still certainly relevant: how your childhood affects you in adulthood. The episode goes in quite a few directions, talking about how factors such as your parents and the environment you grew up in play huge roles in your development and how potentially f*cked up you are (or at least, how f*cked up I am). However, as I digressed in the episode, I found the overarching theme is that I have very deep-rooted daddy issues. Maybe you do too. Anyway, enjoy.

Ah yes, I too have hopped on the podcast wave. Welcome to Matcha Mentality, where I strive to break down the façade that is a seemingly "picture perfect" life I have created for myself that many others do as well. This first episode marks the start of my journey to opening up and becoming vulnerable (I'm a Virgo so as you can imagine, it is very difficult) and your journey to wasting 20 minutes of your life that you'll never get back. In this first introductory episode, I give possibly the blandest introduction of who I am, my depressing journey through college, but end by mentioning some better, more insightful topics I hope to address on the podcast. In all seriousness, I hope that you can gain something from it—whether that be lifetime advice or just a laugh, my goal is to be open, relatable, and dare I say, enlightening? Who knows...you might just learn something from me.