Ylani Talks | Redefining Self-Care & Love for Your Mental Health

Family is such a fundamental part of what you value, how you move through relationships, and what you carry with you throughout your life. In this episode, guest Amanda Salcedo shares the importance of family, what it’s like being a mother of two young children, how she practices self-care, and the values she has because of her upbringing. Listen to get a sense of how growing up with love and a big family shapes you.

Additional show notes and the transcript of this episode can be found here.

Prepping a new podcast season takes dedication, direction, and brainstorming. In the first episode of the second season, Ylani talks about what she did in order to produce quality content for the episodes to come. She also speaks about where her self-care, love, and mental health are on the day of this recording. Tune in to get perspectives on being a podcaster and lots more.

The founder and podcast host of Ylani talks. welcomes you to the podcast! In this trailer, you’ll hear who Ylani Salcedo is, her aim to redefine self-care and love for your mental health through episodes, audio clips from some of the guests on ways they define self-care, and more. In season, this podcast is published on a bi-weekly schedule on Tuesdays or Fridays.

Mental health counselor and founder of Breakthrough Mental Health Counseling, Shafeena Khan-Salim, sits down with Ylani to speak candidly on a variety of topics. From mental health, cultural stigmas, generational trauma, and the effects technology has on our well-being this conversation shines light of many underlining triggers that make us who we are this day in age. It encourages safety in seeking out help through therapy and how awareness is needed to move forward, always. And we can’t forget about technology. Technology is useful but it’s been the cause of many underlying mental health issues seen today.

Listen in on how to be okay with getting support, how culture is important but can affect a person negatively, and tips on how to create a more balanced lifestyle that works for you not against you.

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Pregnancy, being a mother, and parent is one of the most life-changing things that can happen to a person. While there’s beauty in this there are areas of motherhood that aren’t spoken about enough like they are in this episode with guest Gabriela Almeida-Altamirano. From miscarriages, giving birth with midwives, to the challenges of life after pregnancy this conversation can move you deeply in a way that your perceptions might change.

Be inspired to not only shift thoughts on these topics but truly see the emotional, physical, and mental strength that’s necessary to piece back together, a new normal for mothers. Feeling alone is a common thread that women don’t always mention after giving birth but listen in and get a different insight that’s eye-opening and moving all at once.

Transformation is no stranger to battling more than one situation in life. Ylani and featured guest Erin Elizabeth Downing speak about how transformation has been a huge part of her journey. From autoimmune diseases that had her in pain for years to her finding holistic approaches that helped her not only with health but also her whole existence. Today you could find her living her truth and writing her 1st book on kundalini, a yoga practice. Listen in to hear a truly inspirational conversation that can have any listener come back to themselves without judgment and the realization behind the power of intuition.

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Ylani shares her personal journey on what has brought her face to face with some heartbreaking moments. Even with years of difficulty, she has been able to find peace more than anything and tools to keep using even as challenging moments will always happen in life. Her mental, emotional, and spiritual health have been put to the test many times over but with a realization that her life wasn’t to be defined by a cloud that had been hovering for more years than she could count, she’s set to always move forward. Tune in to hear more of what she’s been through and why mental health and emotional health topics are content she was moved to focus on most.

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Supporting links to posts on Ylani Salcedo’s website:

The Underlying Gloom of Depression: http://bit.ly/2uGKdPH

A Self-Love & Self-Care Journey: http://bit.ly/2IPFDEr

Accepting the Signs of Life: http://bit.ly/2HlNUNa

Healthy Eating and Exercising is No Walk in the Park but Worth it: http://bit.ly/YSlifestyleChange

Managing your own business while making sure you’re balanced in all other areas is something Ylani and Lauren Anderson, a wedding photographer, speak about in this episode. Even before Lauren’s career took off to what it is today, she remembers how photography was always something she was drawn to from a young age. From capturing photos for fun to having a support system to start her business, she’s found that making sure she takes time to do inner work allows her to show up well. She also teaches yoga on the side after finding her love for it. Listen in for photographer tips, advice for running a business, and how to start a yoga practice even when you’re unsure about it.

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Video on 3 Branding Tips for Photographers

This podcast episode isn’t the usual format when featuring a guest. Ylani wanted more than one person to give tips on WFH, especially during social distancing across the world and the shift coronavirus, or COVID-19, the pandemic has had on many lifestyles. It’s important to hear from others in what they do to help lessen the anxiety that comes with working from home in general.

Whether you’re in this temporarily until social distancing is lifted, you’ve been remote working for years, or you’ll be transitioning into this for the long run this episode is for you.

The 5 guests included in this episode are Julia Seraphine, Ben Reuter, Calla Hamlin, Erika Stoerkel, and Patricia Clahar. Each and every individual offers valuable points on how to make working from home productive, bring balance to your life, and so much more. Even the most experienced remote workers have challenges in their careers and if you find yourself in this too don’t hesitate to listen to this episode over and over again. To find out where you can find each guest see below in the order that they’re heard.

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Julia Seraphine: Social Media Expert and Manager + Jewelry Business Owner (WFH for 3 Years)

Ben Reuter: Podcaster + Associate Online Professor at a Regional University + Exercise Physiologist and Athletic Trainer (WFH for 14 Years)

Calla Hamlin: Full-Time Student + CEO and Founder of Calla Lily + Organic Social Media Girl @ Tailwind + Campus Ambassador for Pearson at the University of Oklahoma (WFH for 3 Years)

Erika Stoerkel: Marketing Strategist for Small Businesses (WFH for 7 Years)

Patricia Clahar: Education Enrichment Specialist + Entrepreneurship Education for Kids and Teens (WFH for 2 Years)