Mental Chillness

What makes practicing vulnerability and opening up worth it is attracting and connecting with humans in similar experiences. With impeccable vibes from our guest and friend of the pod, Jencel Gonzalez, today we dive into radical self acceptance. From an educational and compassionate conversation about epilepsy, we compared the experience to other physical disorders with big mental condition impact...

Special occasion calls for a special bonus episode. Mental Chillness is officially one year old today, and is published on YouTube as well! Hang with us as we dive into the big sad, intimacy issues that stems from fear of shame and rejection, flowing and growing with the changes like we’re doing with this podcast, and why it feels so bad but is actually good to be vulnerable.  This Podcast is by t...

 It takes a lot to balance a professional job, full time school, content creating, maintaining different relationships and your wellbeing all together and todaywe are learning from the best, my friend, the hardest working angel and SRNA, Paul! From being a full time travel nurse during the chaos of COVID-19, to saving up for full time CRNA school, to creating helpful nursing related contents, Paul...

Your body is always stronger than you think. You are always more capable than what your mind tells you. Today we have another fairy buff mother and bodybuilding competitor in the house, Tatiana Cuadrado to talk about the fitness lifestyle and how it’s more than just the physical fitness. We dive into intentions, discipline and self accountability. Hope you enjoy the convo besties! <3 - Khanh an...

We love that part of our brand is being in touch with beautiful, passionate, motivated and educated baddies and constantly learning from them. We have Valentina Calla, your favorite Zillenial realtor in the house today sharing her journey of becoming a realtor, finding her passion in property investments and how she’s keeping her mental chillness while making her dreams a reality. She also shares...

There’s no denying that money is a leading stressor in most of our lives. Getting money, maintaining and multiplying it is what we all want to do, but where do we start? It can be overwhelming to think about this topic, and even more so if you think that you can’t do anything because you don’t have a certain amount of money to begin with. But don’t worry besties, help and resources are right aroun...

Joined by the fairy skate mother of Orlando, Dorsa from Wow Rolling, today we are talking all things skating and community related! Both of which have wonderful benefits for the body and mind. Of course starting a community around something takes people, but it also takes a really good leader to sustain the group and the cause. We are so honored to sit with Dorsa and to hear all about her skating...

We are so grateful for every single connection we make through the pod, and for all the reconnection this podcast has brought us. We got to sit with Kaylee Ruiz for this episode, an old friend of mine and a poppin’ local Orlando ornamental tattoo artist. She shares her journey of coming up in the tattooing scene, balancing a healthy work/life schedule, and learning and practicing solitude. We also...

Joined by a special fairy buff father, JP, a pro MMA fighter, we switched up the vibes for this episode. Your environment, the way you were brought up, your cultural background and profession all play huge a factor in your views on mental health. We got to pick Jp’s brains on the masculine fighter culture, how training your body and mind goes hand in hand, learning and understanding more about men...

Such an honor to have Candace, a good friend of the pod on this episode! We deep dive into our family dynamics, her growing up homeschooled, sheltered and then breaking out of the mold. Navigating our relationship with our parents as grown ups and not seeing eye to eye about lifestyle choices. How we behave, communicate and compromise in a healthy romantic relationship. We also  tapped into our ar...

Getting older truly is awesome until you start thinking about your parents getting older. Inspired by my moms birthday, we’re recalling crazy childhood stories and good lessons we’ve learned throughout our lives as we catch you up in this episode. Starting a new job, getting ready to travel for weeks, reality checks of our own victim mentality, reeling it in with gratitude for the presence, lots o...

Your connection to yourself to important and should never be last on your priority list. Morning and night routines, gratitude practices, meditation and yoga, etc. are great tools to ground yourself and set yourself up for success. If you’ve been curious about how to get into habits and practices like that and have questions, we have some answers! In this episode we have our friend and asana instr...

It’s one thing to be able to process emotions on your own, but another beautiful thing is working through them with others. Having friends and people in your life that make you feel safe enough to be vulnerable with/to is essential. One of those friends for us is Eliany, and we’re so honored to have her on the pod! She is one of the most compassionate and empathetic people ever that radiates the m...

We hope you love our solo episodes every first Monday as much as we love them because there are always so many gems in our catch-ups. We discuss learning to sit in stillness and trust in the peace of the moment, practice bettering our communication skills in real life situations, reshaping our experiences and prioritizing ourselves and not allow the way you could be perceived to control your actio...

Learning new things is cool but it’s even cooler to learn new things from friends that you love and admire. Today’s conversation is joined by Sami, Mental Chillness’s photographer and also a recent graduate with a master of social work! Not only does she create magic with the camera, but she’s also super educated and shared so much of her knowledge of severe mental illnesses that she gathered whil...

The root of your psychology and how you orient yourself towards success is extremely connected to your mother. We are so honored to have Akeele on today’s episode to deep dive into our mommy issues. We discuss how our relationships with our moms affect our lives, ways of being, romantic attachments and influenced our life choices. Hope you enjoy besties <3 - Khanh and Jules  This Podcast is by...

Happy pride besties! To conclude this pride month, we’re giving you a funny ass episode diving into our sexuality and our journeys of coming into ourselves(and accepting that we’re gay as hell). Hope you enjoy <3 - Khanh and Jules This Podcast is by two people simply sharing their experiences in dealing with mental health, you are learning as they learn, they aren't the professionals! Foll...

We started you with some breath work talk this episode because it gets a little heavier, besties. Joined by 242, a good friend of the pod, we shed some light on his past sexual abuse experience and how he handled it. Unfortunately, a lot of us has experienced similar things and we felt that it’s important to discuss the reality of these situations. As always, if you can relate, we hope to make you...

Gm to all of our educated, booked and busy hotties out there, this one’s for you. We got to talk to Keren , a social worker and future licensed therapist. From advice on how to not take your work home and allowing it to absorb your identity, balancing and pulling through school while working multiple jobs and her experience on becoming a licensed therapist, Keren also gave us great insight on how...

 It’s catch up time bestiesss! We’re catching you up on our personal realizations and breakthroughs, and the short lived crush of mine (khanh). Learning how to be alone, adjusting your needs and expectations from friends and other relationships, moving back to your moms, etc. We are going through it. We hope to make you feel less alone in your situations and bring you light. Enjoy besties <3 -...

We FINALLY have our WIP podcast friends on!! Joined by Hanniah and Megan from Wellness in Progress, we discuss Ask and Guess Cultures and how we tackle these communication skills effectively. In some families, you grow up with the expectation that it's okay to ask for anything at all, but you gotta realize you might get no for an answer. That is Ask Culture. In Guess Culture, you avoid puttin...

This conversation couldn’t have come at a better time. We are joined by a friend of the pod, Jenny, a full time mom of two. We discuss her experience with being a young mom, doing the work to heal herself for her kids and break patterns of generational traumas, having an angel baby and tips on how to keep your mental chillness daily as a parent. Hope you enjoy besties. <3 - Khanh and Jules This...

As much as we try to make this a safe space for you guys, we would like to thank you for being a safe space for us. Most vulnerable episode up to date, we hope you enjoy some simpin ’ pimps cry about love. <3 - Khanh and Jules  This Podcast is by two people simply sharing their experiences in dealing with mental health, you are learning as they learn, they aren't the professionals! Follow...

Joined by Cristin Areli, a registered dietitian, we are discussing food and eating habits; linking your relationship with food and your moods, emotional eating and other habits that affect your mental health. Hope you enjoy besties. <3 - Khanh and Jules  This Podcast is by two people simply sharing their experiences in dealing with mental health, you are learning as they learn, they aren't...

Trust issues- everyone has them, everyone hates them. How we were raised, treated, loved and cared for in our childhood directly impact the way we carry ourselves as adults. Joined by a special guest, Don from Independent Dream Factory, we are dissecting our trust issues and how we've process and work on being better. Hope you enjoy besties. <3 - Khanh and Jules  This Podcast is by two peo...