{"id":130997,"date":"2025-10-28T09:26:28","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T10:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bestratefinders.com\/blog\/?p=130997"},"modified":"2025-10-30T16:58:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T16:58:13","slug":"fall-juice-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestratefinders.com\/blog\/everything-else\/fall-juice-date\/","title":{"rendered":"Fall juice date"},"content":{"rendered":"

Catching up with my internet besties for a little juice date.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Hi friends! How are you? I hope that you\u2019re having a lovely week so far! I\u2019m here back in homeschool and mom mode after my trip, but looking forward to catching a hot yoga class this afternoon.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been a little while since we\u2019ve had a juice date, so I\u2019d love to chat about what\u2019s been going on and see what\u2019s happening in your life! So grab your favorite drink and let\u2019s catch up a bit, shall we??<\/p>\n

If we were having juice right now…<\/p>\n

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I\u2019d want to hear about what you\u2019ve been up to!<\/strong> Is fall crazy for you, too? What are your kids going to be for Halloween? Any fall or holiday travel plans?<\/p>\n

I have a trip to LA coming up in a couple of weeks that I\u2019m looking forward to, and other than that, we don\u2019t have any travel scheduled right now. (Side note: we\u2019re hosting a meetup on November 13th so if you\u2019re close to the Manhattan Beach area and would like to join, let me know, and I\u2019ll send ya the details!)<\/p>\n

I like to always know when our next trip is happening – it gives me something to look forward to while I\u2019m hustling, which I heard is a trauma response but I\u2019m ignoring that – so I\u2019m crossing my fingers that we can book a Disney cruise or something fun soon-ish. The girls are begging to go to Korea and Japan, so I\u2019m thinking that will be our next big trip, after Liv\u2019s 8th grade graduation. If you have any recs, please let me know!! This is totally new territory for me. (And Liv is a little bit perplexed at the fact that we could have lived in Korea many times for the military, but opted for other PCS top picks instead.)<\/p>\n

For Halloween, Liv is a boxer with her friend (cute athletic wear and boxing gloves) and P is one of those inflatable costumes that looks like an alien is caryring you. P turned 10 on Sunday and I can\u2019t even believe it!<\/p>\n

I\u2019d want to know what you\u2019ve been reading\/watching\/enjoying lately<\/strong>. I\u2019m LOVING this season of\u00a0Dancing with the Stars<\/em>\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0The Voice.\u00a0<\/em>I watch DWTS<\/em> with the kids – they like it, too!- and\u00a0The Voice <\/em>a couple of times a week while I walk on the walking pad. I\u2019m reading\u00a0Frozen River<\/em> right now \u2014 it\u2019s intense and I\u2019m enjoying it so far.<\/p>\n

I\u2019d want to hear about how you\u2019re doing\u2026 like how you\u2019re really<\/em> doing.<\/strong> No fluff; the real deal. I\u2019d tell you that we\u2019re in an interesting season. We\u2019re still trying to navigate the Pilot\u2019s travel schedule with my work life and homeschooling<\/a>. I\u2019d also admit that homeschooling is amazing, but it’s not always easy. I had these lovely ideas of all of the field trips we\u2019d take and the crafts we\u2019d do, but the reality is that by the time we finish everything and have lunch, I\u2019m lucky to get one chore done and wrap up a couple of work tasks before we have to pick up Liv and head into the afterschool activities\/homework\/dinner shuffle.<\/p>\n

I know we\u2019ll find our balance eventually. The good news is that she\u2019s thriving academically and the Pilot helps with homeschool stuff when he\u2019s in town. This is when I batch client calls and podcast interviews. It was always meant to be a bridge – not a forever thing unless that\u2019s what it needed to be – and she\u2019s started to say that she misses her school friends. We\u2019ll see what ends up happening, but we\u2019re taking it day by day.<\/p>\n

Just wanted to be honest because online we see a ton of sourdough life-on-the-farm harvest from the garden, gather the eggs, milk the cow, romanticized version of homeschool, but sometimes it\u2019s not always like that. \"\ud83d\ude09\"<\/p>\n

I\u2019d tell you about the Reimagining Health Summit and how excited I feel after it<\/strong>. These types of conferences always light a fire in my soul, but this one felt especially impactful. I feel really honored that I was chosen to speak on the Health Coach Expert panel with a few of my best Integrative Health Practitioner friends (and women whom I admire so much), and thank you to your amazing support, I was #7 out of over 5,000 IHPs in sales for our 100-day challenge. (I was #7 last year, too!) I\u2019m feeling a nudge for the next step and what I\u2019m supposed to do, and am excited to see it unfold. When I first interviewed Dr. Cabral for my podcast years ago, I knew that he was creating something truly amazing, and I\u2019m beyond pumped to be a small part of the EquiLife<\/a> and IHP mission.<\/a><\/p>\n

I\u2019d also ask you about your thoughts on peptides, especially GLP-1\/GIP. <\/strong>I know this can be an intense topic, but I\u2019m always curious to hear what my friends think about anything in the health\/wellness space. I\u2019ve always loved certain peptides and their abilities – like collagen peptides, the OneSkin products<\/a> I use every day, glutathione, and NAD+ – but was a hard no on GLP-1s for a long time. I\u2019ve learned more, and have changed my mind, especially when it comes to microdosing.<\/p>\n

To my knowledge, there aren\u2019t any large studies when it comes to microdosing; GLP-1s have been around a long time but the related studies are based on larger, therapeutic doses. Quite a few health experts I trust have spoken about longevity benefits from microdosing.<\/p>\n

If I end up giving it a try, I\u2019ll definitely report back because I\u2019ve heard it can be beneficial for blood sugar response, inflammation (I\u2019m feeling extra inflamed right now), and perimenopause. I don\u2019t think you should depend on these things – and that you should test to see what underlying imabalances are happening – but can possibly be a helpful lever if you\u2019re feeling stuck.<\/p>\n

I\u2019d watch to know if you\u2019ve tried any good recipes lately and what you\u2019re making for dinner tonight.<\/strong> I made this beef bowl<\/a> for the first time about a month ago, and the girls request it fairly often. It\u2019s SO good and satisfying! I started adding artichokes to it, too. The sauce + the beef and veggie mixture is amaaaazing.<\/p>\n

I\u2019d also ask if you want to split a couple of gluten-free treats with me \"\ud83d\ude09\"<\/p>\n

Thanks for catching up today, friends, and for being here. Have a wonderful day and I\u2019ll see ya soon!<\/p>\n

xo<\/p>\n

Gina<\/p>\n

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Catching up with my internet besties for a little juice date.\u00a0 Hi friends! How are you? I hope that you\u2019re having a lovely week so far! I\u2019m here back in homeschool and mom mode after my trip, but looking forward to catching a hot yoga class this afternoon. It\u2019s been a little while since we\u2019ve\u2026
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