It Has To Be Me Episode

PRIORITIZE SELF CARE

Tess Masters

Episode #2: May 30th, 2024

THE GOLD

“The stories that you choose matter. Are you telling yourself the ‘I can, I will’ story? Or is your life a collection of ‘I can't, it won't work out’ stories? Do you see opportunities or obstacles? Is your story a love story? Or are you choosing to see a tragedy?”

Tess Masters

Host of It Has To Be Me podcast

“Your superpower is your Achilles heel when not held in balance.”

Tess Masters

Host of It Has To Be Me podcast

“You are what you practice. Are your choices serving the life you want?”

Tess Masters

Host of It Has To Be Me podcast

“Your gut literally controls your entire body. It controls how you think and feel. It's connected to your blood sugar, hormones, appetite, mood stability, sleep, and energy. The gut is the center of your decision-making process. When you’re not making good decisions with food, it's going to have a flow on effect to other decisions you make.”

Tess Masters

Host of It Has To Be Me podcast

“Pay attention to your eating experience without judgment’. Just look, listen, and learn. Apply this approach to everything in your life. Celebrate the lessons, and just aim to be better.”

Tess Masters

Host of It Has To Be Me podcast

“Are you using food as a source of love and power? Or are you treating your body with medication because you're not treating your body with food?”

Tess Masters

Host of It Has To Be Me podcast

“Sugar creates acid, acid creates inflammation, and excessive inflammation is the root of all disease.”

Tess Masters

Host of It Has To Be Me podcast

“It has to be your ‘Yes’ and it has to be your ‘No’, and your definition of ‘success’ and your definition of ‘failure’. If you accept the idea that there is no losing, there's only winning and learning, you cannot fail.”

Tess Masters

Host of It Has To Be Me podcast

in THIS EPISODE

  • Struggling to find time for self-care while caring for others, and a balance between self-care and fun? Yeah! Me, too. We can find a balance, but we have to “re-find” it every day.

  • Being in your story your way is a daily practice, and in this episode, we explore how to maintain healthy boundaries that empower you to practice respect for others and for yourself.   

  • Do the things that light you up. Spend time with people who inspire you to learn, grow, and go after what you want.

  • What are your superpowers? Share them with the world. People want to hear what you have to say.

  • Join this conversation about prioritizing your wellbeing, and maintaining a balance that empowers you to show up on your terms, and support yourself and the people you love. 

TESS'S TAKEAWAYS

  • What are the pivotal moments where you choose you?

  • Stay curious about what makes you tick.

  • The stories you buy into matter. Are you empowering yourself?

  • Helping others is noble. But, are you getting lost in other people’s stories?

  • Gut health is the key to achieving better health. 

  • Define success and failure on your terms.

  • The mess of life is a juicy place to learn and grow.

ABOUT TESS

Tess Masters is a wellness coach, actor, presenter, speaker, podcaster, cook, and author of The Blender Girl, The Blender Girl Smoothies, and The Perfect Blend published by Penguin Random House. You can find hundreds of easy recipes at theblendergirl.com.

Through The Decadent Detox® and Skinny60® health programs, Tess and her team of dietitians have helped over 30,000 people get healthy using science-based food and lifestyle strategies. The “Good, Better, or Best, Not Perfect” philosophy of the programs encourages participants to empower themselves in all parts of their lives to find a balance of self-care and fun!  

Tess and her health tips and recipes have been featured in the L.A Times, Washington Post, InStyle, Real Simple, Prevention, Shape, Glamour, Clean Eating, Yoga Journal, Vegetarian Times, Yahoo Living, the Today show, Fox, Home & Family, and many other media outlets.

 As a spokesperson, presenter, and recipe developer, Tess has collaborated with many brands, including KitchenAid, Vitamix, Williams-Sonoma, Four Seasons, Whole Foods Market, Sprouts Farmers Market, Silk, So Delicious, and many others.

Tess has a passion for sharing stories that inspire people to go after what they want.

She is so excited to celebrate these stories on the It Has To Be Me podcast.