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The Motivation Burrito
by Melissa Rodriguez
A unique, flavorful blend of conversation and self expression.
Episodes
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How to Survive
#triggerwarning #suicide #mentalhealth #anxiety #depression #awareness #survival
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Gone too Soon
TW: Suicide Awareness. Talking about the celebrity deaths at the hands of Suicide and what it looks like for some.
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Episode 84: 1-800-Eff-You
Disclaimer: talks of suicide/triggers/sensitive topics
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Episode 83: Women's/Mental Health
Trigger Warnings: Pregnancy, abortion, mental health, anxiety, depression. Talking on the importance of women's health and mental health. They are both so deeply intertwined.
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Episode 82: The Purging Process
The Purge is another one of those personal development processes not often talked about. Sometimes it can even look like a depression. But what makes a purge different is that it's very instinctual. And also very hard. So here's my current experience.
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Episode 81: New Adventures
I recently decided to work with my boyfriend and his business Solar Pro Roofing. I talk about what I've learned so far and why I think more people should go solar. For more info, check out Solar Pro Roofing on Facebook and Instagram!
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Episode 80: Trash Bag Trauma
When my abusive relationship ended, I had to move back home. That weekend I came back to pick up my things and found them all in trash bags. Not only did I feel like my things were being discarded, I felt like I was being discarded too. To me, trash bag trauma is a real thing. Although, that's...
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Episode 79: The Ugly, the Messy, the Choice
God is Ugly. There I said it. And a lot of people are probably going to be angry but I don't care. We've all been there. Our world turned upside down and we go through a shit storm. We pray and pray and end up in a moment of truth. We have to make a choice, we can't stay here. But when we're...
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Episode 78: My Truth about Anxiety and Depression
This is the most vulnerable episode I've ever recorded. In this episode, I share what my anxiety and depression look like and feel like for me. Mental illness is not a joke, mental illness is serious. And the more we call fake or uneducated attention to it, the more we put those who genuinely...
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Episode 77: Podcasts, Painting and Expression
This episode is all over the place lol. It's supposed to be about mental health, but I actually said in this episode I was going to call it Podcasts, Painting and Death because my numbers have tanked. But as I kept going through this episode I realized that everything I do has a common theme:...
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Episode 76: The Forgotten
It all started with the Steve and the Blues Clues video. It really hit me in the feels and it made me realize that I forgot about a lot of things. Including the reason why I started this podcast in the first place. Take a listen and enjoy!
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Episode 75: The Cape May Jenga House
My first vacation with my boyfriend, we went to Cape May. There was this house where the foundations looked like a game of Jenga. Parts seemed to be missing and I wondered how that house was still standing! Sometimes this happens in life. Our foundations are shaken and we wonder how we're still...
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Episode 74: Lion's Gate Portal - Brave Decisions
The Lion's Gate portal is officially open and this weekend rocked me. Every year this crazy portal causes a little shake up and causes a pivotal moment: run or heal. The last two years, I've made the decision to heal what needed to be healed and move forward in courage and confidence. This year,...
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Episode 72: Burrito Therapy
I had an awesome session with my therapist who basically told me I should be one. Even though that's too much school and money, it did help me realize that I possess a pretty cool set of skills and awareness. It was also the kick in the butt I needed to record another episode. I'm wondering if I...
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Episode 70: Too Much on my Plate
The last few episodes of my podcast have been really emotional, lots more crying than I wanted and I started to feel like I couldn't bring anything positive to the table. I then realized, I had too much on my plate and I needed to decide where I wanted to focus my energy. I knew that first and...
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Episode 69: Love and Anxiety
I'm just putting it out there at this point. I fell so hard for my boyfriend and I love him. But tonight I fucked up because I let my anxiety take control. And I may have just damaged my relationship in the process. So here's another tear fest of an episode.
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Episode 68: Relationship Fail, Anchors and Going All In
I feel like I'm failing as a girlfriend. And if you didn't think that could be a thing, it's a fucking thing. And it's a shitty feeling at that. Knowing that you deeply care about your SO and finding yourself struggling in the relationship is not a good place to be in. What's worse is this...
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Episode 67: Happiness
I honestly didn't know what to title this. It feels like God/The Universe just hit fast forward and I never expected I'd be recording this episode and talking about my new relationship. And yet, here I am, the happiest I've ever been. The Universe really can be magic!
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Episode 66: Getting Deep with the Emotions lol
Things got a little weird the last couple weeks. I'm talking like heavy in the emotions weird, which you guys know by now, I just don't like to do. But as much as I've spent most of my life avoiding them, I felt like I needed to lean in. Because if I'm going to continue to heal this emotional...
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Episode 65: Heart to Heart
This episode is a recap of the last 6 months in my journey. From committing to my physical health, to my struggles emotionally and spiritually. I had to learn the hard way, but I guess that just earned me some XP points and an extra life. I also briefly discuss some things related to American…
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Episode 64: Tankedddd
Once again, I tanked with another guy. And honestly I'm tired. I'm throwing in the towel on dating. Because dating with mental health issues is hard and there are not many who understand what it's like or what goes on inside our heads. And it's not like you can put that info on your dating…
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Episode 63: The Secret of the Maneater
The Maneater. She's a dangerous woman. As the song says, she'll chew you up. But that's because nobody knows her secret. Her big secret. The Maneater is actually highly emotionally aware. There's a reason why she keeps it secret though. In fact, the Maneater is more relatable than we think. Tune…
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Episode 62: Have Your F**king Cake
Today I was having a ton of mixed feelings and emotions on a lot of things. I know the lesson is ultimately a lesson on receiving and allowing, but I've just been so tired of asking for things and limiting myself or feeling like momentum stops. So instead of having just a slice of what I want…
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Episode 61: Checking In, Checking Out
I checked out the last couple weeks. I honestly got to the point where I just was so emotionally exhausted that I didn't care anymore. I couldn't see a reason to stay in the game and to keep playing. And to be honest, I'm still kind of checked out. But I'm trying to check back in. Not easy to do...
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Episode 60: Harley Jade
This episode is different. Once upon a time, I wanted to write a RomCom novel. I had the main characters lined out. I spent hours researching their names and was super excited to be able to bring them to life. But I didn't. I never wrote the book, I never brought them to life. I abandoned them....
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Episode 59: Sitting in the Dark
The Dark Place, void, depression, whatever you want to call it, is a place that nobody likes to talk about. It's a place that I've honestly been in for a while. And while there are moments when I have pulled myself out, those moments are temporary and something happens to pull me back in. I...
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Episode 58: When it All Breaks
This week I actually joined a dating site. Wild, I know. So why not have a conversation about dating, breakups, breakdowns, and breaking the rules. Plus a really interesting story or two.
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Episode 56: A Man's Heart
I rewrote this description like 10 times. The last time I recorded an episode for the men, I was in a space of resistance, but I also was learning how to see men differently. Recently, while looking within my own heart, I started to think about what's in the heart of men? Specifically, what's in...
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Episode 55: I'm Not Going Anywhere
Title Change! I noticed that this is something I say to my friends a lot. I didn't fully understand why until I recently had a session where I talked about denial and abandonment. I realized that me saying "I'm not going anywhere" is one of the ways I cope with these two things. That because I...
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Episode 53: The Greatest Gift
Christmas is my favorite holiday. Second is Thanksgiving lol. To me, there's nothing greater than Christmas lights, coffee, hot chocolate, warm blankets, cozy socks, etc. When it comes to Christmas, I'm a Master at gifting. And yet, all my gifts, have something in common, which to me, is the...
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Episode 52: Weather the Storm
This episode is a kind of poetic insight to the madness of this year. Some of us have weathered some crazy storms. We've endured our darkest days, even when the storm has felt never-ending and massively overwhelming. If you're like me, it felt like you left everything behind. You walked into the...
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Episode 50: Grief and Cycles
I've decided to take a week, maybe two to take time for my mental and emotional health. In this episode, I share how the grief that has been felt in this year finally came to a head. The last few days I've spent a lot of time crying and releasing a ton of emotions. So I'll be taking time to...
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Episode 49: A Year in Reflection
This year has been quite a crazy year. Today, I turn 33 and if I could stop time, I honestly would. As I reflect on the last couple of months, I really felt like there's still something missing. While social media will remind everyone of my birthday, I find myself wondering more about the genuine...
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Episode 48: Election Anxiety
It's Election Week and all throughout social media I've seen a lot of people talk about Election Anxiety and fears surrounding what is to potentially come. I almost didn't record this because there's already enough opinions floating on the internet, but I did want to acknowledge the anxiety is...
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Episode 47: Stripped Down: My Instagram Series
I decided to record an episode about the Instagram series I did called Stripped Down. There were things I wanted to share and say but didn't because I felt like people wouldn't read it. And yet, I recorded it anyway. So here's me, stripping down the layers. To be seen, to be heard, to be loved.
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Episode 45: Belief Wars, Branding and Be-ers (not Beers) with Katherine Elizabeth
I am super excited to have Katherine Elizabeth on this overdue episode. Katherine is the person behind the awesome logo and branding of The Motivation Burrito and has given life to what was a crazy idea. She captured the essence of me, of this podcast and she's just so EPIC. Not only that, but in...
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Episode 44: Resistance
After talking about this topic on and off for a few episodes, I finally dug deep into the topic and sat with my own resistance. Especially since I hit a wall last week and was unable to record Friday's episode. By taking the time and space needed to do this, I finally came up with 4 ways to start...
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Episode 43: Pleasure and Pain: FOOD
If you haven't figured it out by now, I have a wild love for tacos and burritos. I had this crazy thought that maybe I should do a boudoir shoot but like with food. Foodoir. Except there's already a definition for foodoir and it's not that!!! How disappointing! Still, I talk about my genius idea...
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Episode 42: Tonight We W(h)ine!
A couple of years ago, I had this idea for a book that I was going to call Tonight We W(h)ine. In this gem of a book would be a wine pairing for each mood, situation or whatever was going on in our lives. The subtitle was just as great: Unbelievably True Stories About Life: Best Served with a…
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Episode 41: Tacos, Ta-Tas and Tequila
In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month, we're taking Ta-Tas while enjoying some tacos and tequila. This episode ends with a tribute to my fur friend Dewey, who we unfortunately had to let go of.
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Episode 40: Shadow Season
It's shadow season. And I apologize in advance if the recording comes in and out, I was mobile while recording this one! Shadow season can be a very difficult time for a lot of people and this year doesn't make it easier. But moving through it is crucial to our growth, and it's in this space…
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Episode 39: The Downside of Vulnerability
Last week's episode received mix reactions and to be honest, it threw me for a loop. I couldn't understand how such an important, profound, pivotal moment in my life didn't land and that I actually ended up having to explain or justify myself. And then I realized, it all comes down to what we…
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Episode 37: Crisis on Burrito Earth!
This week was like the week of triggers, memories and past pains. A lot of stuff came up for me to the point where I not only imploded, but I spent a whole day and a half of crying. While September and October usually seem to be a season of grieving and releasing, I have done this long enough to...
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Episode 36: Hispanic Heritage Month / Disconnected from My Heritage
September 15th started Hispanic Heritage month. This year is different for me, because I have finally embraced ALL of who I am. But for a while, I had completely disconnected from my Hispanic heritage and when people asked, I would avoid answering the question. Tune in to learn some fun basic…
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Episode 35: Family, Tradition, Old Beliefs
I've avoided talking about this for privacy reasons, but I wanted to share a little bit about my family! As someone who comes from a large family, and who is of Hispanic heritage, family is very important to me. Not only that, but I believe that friends become family too, and so I share a little...
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Episode 34: World Suicide Prevention Day and What's Been going on inside my head
Recorded on Thursday 9/10, World Suicide Prevention Day. But also, a conversation about what's been going on inside my head. I've been resisting my emotions and feelings and I've mentioned some of the things I struggle with. I finally share the story of WHY I struggled with this to begin with.…
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Episode 32: Updates, a Wild Tangent and Long Distance Relationships
I don't have a catchy title for this one today. Talking about exciting updates and how the branding is going, then I go off on a wild tangent about traveling before finally getting into the topic of long distance relationships.
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Episode 31: Fear, Leap of Faith, Quantum Leaping
Mostly discussing fear and how we tend to create a sense of impending doom. But it's in the moment where we can take that leap of faith, where we truly see that what we created in our mind is not entirely real. And if you can even master that, and clear your path and TRUST, you may even find...
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Episode 28: Love: A Profound Lesson
The Greeks mention there are 4 types of love. Most of them we know and our brains are trained to only say I love you in these scenarios. But Agape, spiritual love, or universal love, tells us to love unconditionally, without judgment, with kindness, and compassion. A very wise person taught me…
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Episode 27: The Road to Health and Happiness
Over the last couple weeks, I've shared about my struggles with my weight. I finally shared that the reason why is because it's holding me back from showing up for my listeners. I'm scared and ashamed to show my face, to have a branded photo shoot, to show who I am. I want to be fully present so...
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A unique, flavorful blend of conversation and self expression.
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