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While you push to reach your goals, self-care is essential. As you navigate the ups and downs of the business, these panelists will give you some tools to keep your mental, physical and spiritual all the way up!
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00:00hey hey essence fest fam i am artist and tv personality jazz anderson so this next conversation
00:15is all about self-care and how to make sure your smile is on point i wanted to start off with a
00:22special shout out to crest for bringing us this segment because we all know you can't even say
00:27the word crest without smiling so joining me today are a few of your favorite from foxholes the mix
00:33please welcome danique pullins romeo miller anton peebles and jamie dubos yeah
00:43hey guys all right hey everybody so you know what let's just get right into it and let's get started
00:53so first i'd like everybody to tell us what is your most important self-care ritual and you know
00:59as i need i'm just gonna start with you and then we'll just go around okay so for me i would say
01:06just being a new mom my most important self-care ritual would be just taking time for myself
01:14doing anything it doesn't really matter i mean when you're a new mom you are giving your time a lot to
01:20your baby and trying to fit in the other little things so for me i like to just take a little
01:25time myself whether it's taking a long shower whether it's deep washing my face or um deep
01:31conditioning my hair that would be my most important ritual self-care ritual that's why you'd be smelling
01:37so good huh okay you're on my let these people know i smell good for me i know anton i know you're
01:46gonna say this but meditation but also i'm going to the gym more and i found you know so therapeutic
01:53like lifting weights you just get all that negative energy out so i have to say for me the gym
01:59yeah good for me i go with uh it's my spirit taking care of my spirit a lot of us we take care
02:07of our outer body but if your spirit isn't in shape um you you can't really do anything so prayer is a
02:13big key for me um i think i pray literally maybe at least three times a day that's my secret i always
02:21pray when i wake up i pray when i go to sleep and then when i get in the car if i'm traveling in a
02:26plane i'm always praying so prayer is just the thing that um it gives me my peace and i feel um
02:32that's what gives me just that extra boost other than working out you know working out physically
02:39helps too and then also physically i'll be on that pretty melanin skincare routine that's how okay
02:46we see that clear skin right
02:48i'm gonna uh i'm gonna piggyback off of romeo and off of jamie i think it's all about the spirit
02:56uh for me self-care starts there and so meditation is what i start my day off with at least 15 minutes
03:02of meditating um and i just close my eyes i breathe in and then throughout my meditation i start praying
03:08like romeo said because prayer is the most powerful tool that any of us have you know for self-care
03:14and then after i pray i just start you know saying beautiful affirmations just giving god the glory
03:20and just saying thank you thank you for all the blessings i have so i can you know open up the
03:24universe to start receiving more of those blessings period what about you jess we get to ask you
03:29i hope to agree with all of you like you you guys is mine all in one so i have the prayer
03:36then i have going to the gym and then i have the deep showers
03:39but i do want to switch gears to talk about these gorgeous smiles for just a minute
03:47so the newest addition to the crest family are the crest whitening emulsions which are everything
03:53so romeo i want to ask you what are some ways that a person's smile can impact their self-confidence
04:00for either the better or the worst man um they say that a smile is free medicine
04:08and this is true i mean when you see somebody smile that energy is contagious
04:13and that's why it's so important to take care take care of them teeth ladies and gents you know
04:18go get that crest and make sure you got that perfect white smile because at the end of the day
04:23um it could change somebody's day i remember um i was having a really rough week last week
04:30and i was literally just getting my food and this older woman came up to me she just had this smile
04:35and glow about her and it made me feel better i'm like dang i'm in i'm not having a great day
04:40but this woman's energy is rubbing off on me and it's showing that life is so precious and something
04:46as simple as a smile could truly make the biggest difference
04:50i think you went to the right person for that one
04:53look at that smile too give it to me one more time romeo
04:59that's the middle smile baby that middle smile
05:04so jamie i want to come to you next because as we all know an important part of maintaining our
05:12well-being is making sure that our mental health is taken care of which we often talk about on the
05:17mix so i wanted to ask you jamie what are some signs that tell you when it's just time to maybe
05:22take a break and recharge for me when i lose my passion for stuff that i'm normally interested in
05:30is a huge tell that i need to take a step back or my social meter if it runs too low
05:37and i'm a little bit overwhelmed in social settings that's another instance i'm like you know what maybe
05:44i'm doing a little bit too much and i need to take a break or just i feel like we all lose motivation
05:49sometimes we feel like we're on overdrive and we're like i'm burnt out i need a break and so i think it's
05:55important to listen to your body more than like you know any outside influence because your body
06:01knows what it needs and your mind knows what it needs and no one can tell you that
06:05okay
06:07you know i was experiencing something the past couple of days where i had the wrong group of people around
06:19me and i tell you it totally affected my whole outlook on life i just wanted to sit down and give
06:25up so anton i want to ask you in what way do you think the circle of people you surround yourself with
06:31plays an important part on your mental spiritual and physical growth as a person and i need this
06:36advice like big time because i'm going through it right now we all need people that the people that
06:41have around you um they shape not only who you are but who you're going to be if you're constantly
06:48hanging around someone who has negative energy or you know someone who doesn't have any goals that
06:54cloud that little dark cloud that's around them is naturally going to pass over to you so you have
07:00to make sure that the people around you are all set up for that and that they're not i won't say better
07:05than you but they want to strive to be better you know i went through a situation when in my early 20s
07:13um i was hanging out with people who like to party all the time and you know 19 bro you talking early
07:2020s you just turned 19 bro i did i did you know with the crest the crest just makes you feel like you're
07:28aging back okay but uh but yeah i was hanging around people who you know weren't focused and so naturally
07:38that's what i started to also be i wasn't focused and it plays with your your mental health you know
07:44and so i think it's so important to be around people who you would you achieve to be like you
07:50know i i love that answer and i definitely needed that so i appreciate you but lastly what's one word
07:56of advice that each of you would give to other young people out there who don't quite know what the
08:01first step should be to learn how to prioritize those their self-care and um is that neat i'll just
08:09kick it off with you i would say i always say just take everything step by step i mean day by day i feel
08:18like you know we always get caught up in trying to be the best person or you know i feel like sometimes
08:26we get especially with social media and how people i feel like are like pressured to do more i feel
08:32like we all get caught up in wanting to like work work and maybe overwork ourselves sometimes i feel
08:38like it's just sometimes we need to step back and you know i think quarantine definitely was um an eye
08:46opener for us all and that was like a start to where it was like we were forced to step back and it was
08:51like you know we all kind of looked at it as a negative thing but it was really a positive in a
08:56way and so i would just say definitely just step back sometimes and just take a breather and really
09:01really listen to your body like jamie was saying and realize what it is that you need personally
09:07come on to agree zonique with you because you know during that quarantine time period
09:15i really had time to explore my spirituality because you know anton you made a great point in your 20s
09:20you were partying a lot and i was going through that really bad before quarantine happened so that just
09:25gave me a time period where i could sit really get to know who i was look for a deeper meaning
09:30in my life because i had kind of lost that and at the same time i feel it's important to express
09:36yourself express yourself positively healthfully not not on social media you know talk to someone
09:42you can confide in if you have to get therapy it's not taboo i used to think growing up black people
09:47don't go to therapy i don't want that my mama said i don't cry so i don't cry no now that i'm 24 i realize
09:53you need therapy you know you need that healing so that would definitely be my answer for any you
09:57know young people out there that are going through a tough time and needed to know how to you know um
10:03prioritize their self-care but um jamie what would you say i one thing that stuck out to me when i was
10:10going through it um actually i did end up going to therapy and what they told me was pain is temporary
10:15you're not going to be in this state of mind forever and so i think it's important to understand like
10:21there is light at the end of the tunnel and i think once you see that you get hope for yourself
10:26and i think that in itself motivates you to get up in the morning to do the extra step that you
10:32think you couldn't do today because like sony said it's all about you and your body this isn't about
10:38social media this isn't about outside influences what can you do today to help your body and i think
10:43just asking that question every morning would change your life what about you romeo i gotta go to ton
10:52first you know romeo wanna sum it up yeah to put the ball on top he want to make that gumbo yeah
11:02okay um for me i would say just getting out your thoughts and talking to someone who you trust
11:11who can give you amazing advice i know for black men especially we're kind of taught growing up not
11:19to be emotional not to be vulnerable you know not to really share how we're going what we're going
11:25through emotionally and for me the best thing that helped me was getting out my thoughts speaking to
11:31someone whether it be your mom a best friend a therapist whomever you know being able to actually
11:37speak to someone and share how you feel is the best advice that i was given and i could give to someone
11:44else this is why i love going to work with y'all every week while i'm actually at work like this is why
11:52the mix on fox soul is such a dope show um everybody out there i got to make sure y'all tune
11:58in to us on our youtube channel but this is the gems we be dropping in time you uh brought something
12:04up where i was talking to the producers about a little bit earlier and it was this uh story i was
12:10telling about selena gomez we was having this conversation she was like you know what rome people
12:15think it's so much easier to be positive or to do the right thing and people don't realize that it's
12:21actually a lot easier to do the wrong thing so y'all hit the point where having the right
12:25people around you plays a big part in your life like if you show me who your friends are
12:32then i'll know where i'll know exactly who you are together we are powerful and man you guys are
12:38confirmation of that man i love just doing what i do with you guys and you guys inspire me as well
12:43so shout out to the host of the myths man keep doing your thing i'm a fan
12:49no i'm a fan of y'all like all right i actually learn from y'all every day that i talk every day
12:55that i get to talk to y'all you know that that was a great conversation and you guys's insight is
13:01always great and it always gets my day going on the right path but you know i do want to thank you
13:06all for being here today and for everyone out there that's watching be sure to check out the newest
13:10addition to the crest family crest whitening emulsions which is available nationally right
13:16now you know i'm going to give me some are y'all going to get me some crap oh you know
13:24well look you guys stick around for more of the 2021 essence festival of culture up next
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