Let's Be Healthy Latinas!
Let’s Be Healthy Latinas is the podcast for busy, high-achieving Latinas who are tired of putting themselves last. Hosted by Bronx-raised Dominicana and Certified Integrative Nutrition and Hormone Health Coach, Naihomy Jerez, this is where cultura meets real-life health.
We’ll talk food, hormones, energy, and all the cultural pressures that come with being the strong one in the family—without the guilt, confusion, or boring wellness talk. Expect real conversations, practical tips you can actually use, and a cafecito-sized dose of motivation to help you break cycles and build the vibrant, generational health you deserve.
Because being healthy isn’t about perfection—it’s about finally feeling good in your body and enjoying your life. So, grab your cafecito, amiga, and let’s be healthy Latinas, together!
Episodes
99 episodes
97. When Change & Decisions Feel Hard: 5 Steps to Help You Ground
We trade a planned topic for a real-time unpacking of how overwhelming decisions were draining our energy and how five simple practices brought us back to a grounded, clear place. We connect emotional stagnation to physical symptoms, use tools ...
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Episode 97
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38:44
96. Stress, Food, & Digestive Issues: Why It Feels Impossible to Trust Your Body, Lose Weight, or Fix Your Hormones
We map the real-life loop between stress, skipped meals, cravings, and gut pain, and show how small, fast routines calm the body without adding more pressure. Simple food anchors, breath, and movement help you rebuild trust, reduce symptoms, an...
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Episode 96
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42:34
95. The Real Reason You Can't Stick to Your Health Goals (Hint: It's Not Willpower)
Willpower isn't the magic solution for achieving health goals that many believe it to be. It's a limited resource that eventually becomes depleted, leaving us without a backup plan when our determination runs out.• Willpower is defined ...
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Episode 95
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34:39
94. Feeling Guilty Spending Money on Fancy Food When There Are Bills to Pay
We discuss the guilt many Latinas feel when spending money on healthy foods and why investing in quality nutrition is actually a smart financial decision in the long run.• The "expensive food vs. bills to pay" mindset often ignores the ...
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Episode 94
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31:00
93. Your Career Shouldn't Cost You Your Health with Career Coach Carla Santamaria
Career coach Carla Santamaria shares how first-gen professionals can increase their salaries, navigate workplace systems, and set boundaries for better work-life integration. She reveals strategies that have helped her clients collectively incr...
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Episode 93
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57:53
92. When Your Husband Thinks You're Being "Extra" About Ingredients & Clean Eating
When your partner thinks you're being "too extra" about clean eating, it creates tension that can make you question your own body signals and health choices. This relationship dynamic is part of a larger societal pattern where women's health co...
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Episode 92
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37:41
91. Modeling Healthy Habits For Your Kid When You Don't Even Know What Those Look Like
We explore the challenges of wanting to model healthy habits for our children when we haven't learned these behaviors ourselves, offering practical ways to start this journey without perfectionism.• The podcast name has changed to "Let'...
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Episode 91
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32:11
Welcome to ✨ Let's Be Healthy Latinas ✨ Podcast
Let’s Be Healthy Latinas is the podcast for busy, high-achieving Latinas who are tired of putting themselves last. Hosted by Bronx-raised Dominicana and Certified Integrative Nutrition and Hormone Health Coach, Naihomy Je...
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90. You Meal Plan Every Sunday But Still End Up Ordering Food Delivery by Wednesday
Discover why Pinterest-perfect meal prepping might be the biggest obstacle in your wellness journey, creating cycles of guilt and failure rather than sustainable healthy habits.• Rigid meal prep plans often lead to boredom, waste, and e...
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Episode 90
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28:55
89. "I'm on Three Medications But No One's Talked to Me About Food" Why does it matter?
We explore the frustrating disconnect between conventional medical care and true healing, highlighting how doctors often lack training in nutrition and lifestyle medicine despite their crucial role in health.• Medical professionals typi...
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Episode 89
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31:21
88. Enjoy Vacation without Strict Wellness Rules: Traveling to see Benito🐰 In PR
Wellness on vacation doesn't mean strict rules—it means making choices that help you fully enjoy your trip without feeling sick or exhausted afterward. We share practical strategies for balancing indulgence with self-care while exploring new de...
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43:19
87. Travel Prep to see Benito🐰 In PR: Don't Torture Yourself Before Vacation
We explore how to maintain wellness while traveling, focusing on preparation strategies for staying healthy and feeling good throughout your trip instead of torturing yourself with last-minute crash diets.• Building a wellness foundatio...
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Episode 87
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33:33
86. The Courage to Rest: Practicing What I Preach
Taking a break from the podcast in July to rest and recover from burnout after months of physical health challenges and a busy family schedule.• Sharing the importance of listening to your body's signals before getting sick• Experie...
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Episode 86
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19:32
85. You Deserve to Feel Good: Pregnancy, Health, & Relationships with Samantha (So_Manti)
Samantha Ortiz Young, a Latina entrepreneur and Nike trainer, shares her journey in wellness, revealing how her father's kidney disease taught her to view movement as a privilege and shaped her approach to fitness, pregnancy, and life.•...
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Episode 85
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1:02:20
84. Healing Through Food: Finding Your Way Off the Struggle Bus
We explore how healing through food works by comparing our body to a city where hormones are cars and food functions as traffic lights directing these messengers throughout our system.• Feeling unwell has become normalized despite commo...
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Episode 84
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38:10
83. The Secret to Wellness You are Missing: As You Change, So Should Your Wellness
Learning to feed ourselves properly as adults isn't something to be embarrassed about—it's a necessary skill in our modern food environment. Wellness must evolve through life's changes, from hormonal shifts to new parenthood to temporary disrup...
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Episode 83
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38:08
82. Unfiltered Truth: From Curated to Letting it All Hang Out
This raw, unfiltered episode explores the challenges of maintaining a curated image while dealing with burnout, entrepreneurship struggles, and health issues. I share my personal journey of exhaustion and the pressure to appear put together eve...
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Episode 82
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41:30
81. Encouraging and Supporting Loved Ones on Their Wellness Journey
We explore how to support loved ones on their wellness journeys without creating resistance or shame. When we experience positive health transformations, it's natural to want our family and friends to join us, but timing and approach matter tre...
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Episode 81
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44:24
80. When Your Business Chooses You: 5 Year Anniversary
Naihomy reflects on her unexpected five-year entrepreneurial journey, tracing how her personal health transformation led to a successful coaching business despite her initial resistance to entrepreneurship. She shares intimate stories about her...
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Episode 80
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44:11
79. Overwhelm, Perfectionism, Envy: The Real Wellness Tea + 5 Ways to Deal
We explore the three major barriers that derail wellness journeys and how to navigate through them for sustainable health. Overwhelm, perfectionism, and envy create mental roadblocks that prevent consistent progress and satisfaction with our we...
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Episode 79
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41:20
78. Navigating Perimenopause & Radical Honesty in Her Health Journey with Mageline [Client]
Mageline Concepcion shares her journey from endurance athlete to perimenopause wellness pioneer, revealing how her body's changing needs forced her to completely reimagine her approach to nutrition and fitness after 40.• Started fitness...
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Episode 78
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1:10:17
77. A New Perspective on Burnout
Burnout can happen from just living your regular life, even when you don't think you're doing "too much" - and our bodies will eventually force us to slow down if we don't recognize the signs. • Daily responsibilities like parentin...
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Episode 77
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30:40
76. Maternal Health & Wellness in Underserved Communities with Taylor John
Taylor John, founder of Tay Talks, shares her expertise as a doula, researcher, and advocate for maternal health in underserved communities to help us understand the intersection of wellness, pregnancy, and relationship dynamics.• Affor...
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Episode 76
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1:05:18
75. Releasing the Guilt of Expectations & Reclaiming Joy: Asha's Story & Guidance
Asha Wilkerson shares her powerful journey from law school and tenured teaching to ancestral healing work, exploring the courage it takes to follow your intuition rather than societal expectations.• Breaking free from familial and socie...
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Episode 75
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57:00
74. Ozempic & Microwave Wellness Culture
The Ozempic trend deserves more scrutiny as it's being prescribed like candy without proper education on sustainable weight management. This medication has legitimate uses but requires lifestyle changes to maintain results—high protein intake a...
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Episode 74
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34:44