Stress and How it Can Affect Your Health and Weight Stress can affect your health and your weight. To understand more, let’s review a simple definition. Stress is your body’s reaction to change. All change is stressful. Any kind of change that causes your body or mind to react is stress. All of us…… Continue reading Stress, and How It Can Affect Your Health and Weight
Category: Healthy Comadres
The Beauty Myth and Latinas: We’ve Come a Long Way
I have been baffled by the beauty myth all of my life. I’ve thought of it from all sides, from the point of view of a young Mexican American girl growing up in the States under the shadow of a glamorous mother, to the rebellious assimilated Chicana that refused to wear high heels and make-up,…… Continue reading The Beauty Myth and Latinas: We’ve Come a Long Way
Standing Up and Speaking Out: Calladitas No More
Standing Up and Speaking Out – Calladitas No More Two years ago, my sister Lori and I attended the #WeAllGrow Summit in Long Beach, California. The first thing we saw when we approached the conference center were banners emblazoned all over the space with – “Calladitas No More.” That sentiment stands up against the old…… Continue reading Standing Up and Speaking Out: Calladitas No More
Incubating a baby and business
In the Spring of 2016, I took the plunge, quit my 9-to-5, and started working with my mom, Ana Consuelo Matiella, to found De Las Mías. During this same period, I got engaged and eloped! 2016 was a big year for new beginnings. Many people comment on how difficult it would be for them to…… Continue reading Incubating a baby and business
Finding a Positive Path to Wellness with the Right Community
When Yesi heard there was a new health and fitness community, she immediately wanted to discover how De Las Mias could help her achieve a more balanced life. She was even more excited to find a wellness community for Latinas, by Latinas. Yesi began to imagine a support system that would show her how…… Continue reading Finding a Positive Path to Wellness with the Right Community
The Vision Map – De Las Mías – Bringing Your Dreams to Life
The Power of the Vision Map I started using the Vision Map when I was a health educator working with people with chronic pain. Our team had all kinds of tools to help people who were suffering, and the vision map was like salve to a wound. Being in chronic pain is one of the most…… Continue reading The Vision Map – De Las Mías – Bringing Your Dreams to Life
¿Could You Have Prediabetes?
Latinas are at high risk of having prediabetes. Find out more! Today we are asking a hard question, Comadres: ¿Could you have prediabetes? Answer these questions… Are you Latina? Did you have a baby that weighed more than 9 lbs.? Do you have a brother, sister, mom or dad with diabetes? Do you get…… Continue reading ¿Could You Have Prediabetes?
Sticking with Your New Routine
Making healthy choices is empowering. Turning those choices into lifestyle changes is even better. But it takes work! Here are some ways to stick with your routine, push through challenges, and turn healthy choices into healthy habits. Have you started eating healthier, or exercising regularly with your comadres? Great work! Getting started is the…… Continue reading Sticking with Your New Routine
Respeto and Confianza: How to Be a Supportive Comadre
Research shows that when we are trying to learn new and healthy behaviors it is better not to “go it alone.” At De Las Mías, we encourage all women who want to learn new and healthier ways of living to team up with a comadre or good friend. Here are some tips on how…… Continue reading Respeto and Confianza: How to Be a Supportive Comadre
With a Little Help from Our Comadres: Part Three
As Latinas, warmth comes naturally to us—and being a supportive friend is important. With help from our comadres we can achieve a healthy, content and successful life. How to Be More Helpful to Your Comadres Dr. James Prochaska, a well-respected researcher on making healthy lifestyle changes, offers the following advice to those looking to be…… Continue reading With a Little Help from Our Comadres: Part Three