November 26, 2024 • 15 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:04):
Welcome back to the Overcome for podcast. I am your host,
Jennica Lopez. You guys, I cannot believe we are already
at a Thanksgiving week, Like the holidays are here, we
are setting in I've decorated the house, I've decorated everything.
I'm hosting this year for my first year, and I'm
having all my siblings and the kids. So sendra Bendcionez
(00:30):
because that is a lot of Hispanic, a lot of attitude,
a lot of loudness, which I'm sure we're all pretty
used to and we know and we love it. That
is the point of the holidays, but it is also
meant for to be for like once a year, you
know what I mean. I'm definitely not doing Christmas. But anyways,
I'm super excited. I have so many beautiful things to
(00:52):
be thankful for this year, and I wanted to talk
about that with you guys, talk about my plans and
shed some gratitude with you guys, because it's been a
very tough year of how a lot of losses, friendships, relationships,
(01:12):
But with those losses have been a lot of growth lessons.
And I mean that's the point of moments like that
where you know we're meant to meet people, connect with them,
spend a season of our lives with them, and sometimes
it ends and sometimes it doesn't, and that's totally fine,
and I've learned to love and accept that and accept change.
(01:33):
I feel like there's one thing that I'm very grateful
for this year is change and growth, because I can
feel different, I can feel like life is shifting, I
can see life brighter. And I had to embrace change.
I had to embrace and go through that uncomfortability of
knowing that something better is coming and the growth is
(01:55):
going to be so beautiful and amazing. I'm definitely thankful
for my family. Like my family and I have had
a really tough year, especially with the legal case with
you know mom my Mom's birthday, releasing new albums and singles,
and you know, spending time together as well. Like we've
we've learned to appreciate our time and our relationships with
(02:16):
each other. I think that's what I definitely am thankful
that I have a better relationships with my siblings. Thankfully
to this year that I can value and appreciate them
as individuals and together as a family, because at the
end of the day, yeah, we are a family, and
you know, we can be all be similar, but we're
(02:37):
all very different and we have different love languages and
the way that we like to spend time together or
et cetera, et cetera. And I've learned to do that
and and value those relationships, and not just with my family,
but my friends, who I'm also very thankful for. I
think I've found my core group and feel safe. And
(02:59):
I'm not saying that I'm building walls up into friendships,
but I'm being very precautious about how much access I
allow people into my lives, which is something that I've
talked about on the podcast before. Definitely how much access
and what boundaries you have with people are super important.
It's basically, how much are you going to let them
into your heart? How much are you gonna let them
(03:21):
into your world? How much are you going to let
them affect you? All that, and I again the same
thing with my friends, like how much access am I
going to allow them? And how much control and being
my own person within those friendships and learning to just
be myself and not trying to be like everybody else
or just agreeing or being I don't know if I'm
(03:43):
making sense but you know when you hang out hang
out with people and it's like, oh, you're trying to
be like them or etc. Etc. Like try that type
of vibe, Like you once you hang out with them,
you turned into them, you know, like you pick up characters,
like you picked up the vibe from them, And sometimes
it's not the best. You have to be your own person.
You have to have your own beliefs and your morals
(04:05):
and stand firm even if it hurts anybody else. And
I feel like that's something that I've really learned. I've
built my own foundation again. I feel like every year
I'm building a new foundation within my relationships everywhere within
my family, my personal relationships. I feel like this year,
I'm very grateful for love. I'm not saying that I
(04:27):
fell in love or you know, I'm with somebody, but
I do am grateful for the opportunity of love and
accepting it and being open to it. I feel like
this year I was really really stepping back into dating
and really just allowing myself that space to be cared forward,
to be cared forward and loved and appreciated, like I
(04:50):
know that I deserve, but yeah, I really set I
know my standards and I know what I'm willing to
handle and also myself, like I can say that I'm
confident going into a relationship that knowing that I'm a
whole package, like you know, and I've worked and busted
(05:13):
my ass to be the type of person that I
am today to be wify. I'm literally I I will
probably say that I'm very very very much WiFi. I cook,
I clean, I have my own house, I have my
own businesses. I know how to love. I know to
be present. I know how to satisfy all love languages,
(05:35):
if that makes sense, and I'm just grateful for that opportunity.
I feel like it's just it's a beautiful thing. Love
is beautiful, and you know, love from other people like
you know, fans and supporters and the love for the podcast.
I'm very grateful for the podcast. I'm grateful that you
guys are listening and really digesting everything that I'm saying.
(05:56):
Even if you know this, sometimes there's not sometimes there's
a but you guys are listening, and I feel like
I can connect with you guys and be a voice
and you guys can understand me. It allows another version
of me, another space for people to get to know.
And I'm grateful for the people that I've brought onto
(06:17):
the podcast and who have come and shared their stories
and been a voice of hope and reason and faith
our lives, and especially the Latinos. Every business owner that
we've had, I'm grateful and thankful for absolutely every guest.
Every guest has changed me and has spoken into my
(06:37):
life in different ways, and I'm grateful for that because
I wouldn't have had those moments if I didn't start
the podcast, and I'm just very happy that we have that.
I'm grateful for just my job, my job, my life,
my home. I'm going to be living in this home
(06:58):
for a year now, and I'm so grateful. I've built
so much peace and this house is filled with so
much love and covered by God that I know that
He's here and I'm living my true purpose and what
I'm destined to be, and I can just see God
in all these places, like I get emotional. I get
(07:19):
emotional when I talk about God and what He's done
for me because I really didn't think I was ever
gonna make it here and the way that I'm feeling
these days, like I promise you guys, these past couple
of weeks have been such a shift for me. Like emotionally,
I've been super busy, but in between the busyness, like
(07:41):
I can see God and I can see what He's
doing in my life and in my relationships, and I'm
just grateful that I can feel Him and I want
people to feel that. I want you guys to feel
that love and just see that Wow, that God is
all around every four corner, Like it is the will
of God that you are here. We were listening to
this podcast today. It is the world of God that
(08:02):
I'm here recording it right now and sharing this with
you guys, because that is the one thing that has
kept me sane and kept me alive this year, and
I think one of the biggest foundations that I've learned
to grow and build. And I want to be able
to show you guys. I wish I'm not recording this
(08:23):
one on video, but if it's audio, I want to
show you guys making my vision board, what this vision
board I did this year, and if you guys can
see how much I have accomplished, like and that wasn't
just out of because I saw it every day, like
I guess, of course you see it every day you
put your mind to it. But it's that thing of
(08:43):
literally seeing it every single day, like I'm not gonna
get there unless I changed or do something today, and
I live that I was able to do that for
the first time this year, Like I feel like I've
really accomplished a lot of my vision board and maybe
next year it's going to be different. Maybe God has
something else for me, but I know that I'm going
to be able to handle it because I know that
(09:03):
he won't let me down, and I won't let myself down.
I won't let anybody just tell me. I'm gonna do
what I choose to do. I'm going to have the
control over my life and my choices and inspired. I'm
just so thankful for my creativity. I feel inspired these days,
like you know, I want something different, you know, for
(09:23):
the future. And maybe this went from like a whole
thankful to like a whole what's happening in the new year,
But no, but I am very just appreciative of every
lesson that I've learned. And I know that, you know,
I know a lot of people know that I've lost
a couple of friendships and you know, I've had to
let people go out of my life out of just
(09:45):
pure peace and pure growth, and I don't care what
anybody says, like you know, it is what it is.
But I'm thankful to every single one of those people
that were that I've crossed hats with us. I'm thankful
because if I wouldn't have had those moments, I wouldn't
have the growth I have today and being I also
(10:08):
am very accountable and acknowledge my rights and my wrongs,
and you know, I know the kind of heart that
I have, and I'm just grateful. I'm grateful that I
was able to share my kind heart with a lot
of people and I gave them a little piece of
love and a little bit of you know, just me.
I just in the most the kindest, most sincere way.
(10:31):
All Right, you guys, we're gonna wut a quick break
and we'll be right back. Welcome back, you guys. Okay,
So today we are still going to be talking about
just having thankfulness and the plans this year. Like I
said in the beginning, I am hosting Thanksgiving at my
family's house. Well my house. My family's gonna be here,
and I'm a little nervous, you know, it's just a lot,
(10:57):
But I love creating nutrient just try traditions, especially now
that we've established like our little family, like you know,
obviously you guys know that we don't hang out with
my cousins or my extended family, my theos and theas,
just for personal reasons, and I feel like sometimes it's
(11:20):
just better, at least for me. I don't ever see
myself going back there or being in the same setting
as them, not out of bitterness. I just I have
better peace. I have more peace in my own home
and in my own company. And you know, I believe
my siblings agree, and we've come to that you know,
(11:41):
agreement that it's you know it us and if anybody
were to change their mind, that is totally fine to
each their own. But as for Jennica Lopez, I am
staying in my house with my siblings, and I'm so
excited and I feel like as the generations change, like
we have to create our new tradition. We love to
(12:02):
have a regular Thanksgiving dinner. You know, I'm in charge
of making some sides and obviously decorating and my you
know all that, But like as far as Christmas and
all those like, it's kind of hard because now when
you get married, I don't know. I don't know how
you guys feel. Maybe you guys can let me know.
What is it like when you guys are married on
(12:22):
the holidays? How do you and your husband or partner
split that time up? And you both are Latinos, so
you guys know that the night is gonna end pretty late.
I know that some people like they have dinner or
lunch at one or four, one to four between that time,
and then they go to sleep and in bed by
a I'm like, okay, like that's cool. Mind, Like we're
(12:44):
not eating till seven. So it does get pretty rowdy.
It does get pretty like late and intense, and everybody's
hungry and grumpy for sure. But let me know how
you guys celebrate your Thanksgiving. I want to know what
you guys are thankful for as well. I also want
to say I'm thankful for just life in general. I
(13:06):
feel like when you've been through so much and I
feel like you know, loyal listeners and people that actually
know me and have seen me maybe even grow up
or whatever, there's a lot of lessons in those in
that trauma and a lot of hurt and pain, and
I just I have nothing but to be grateful for
my faith and my foundation and God, and I feel
(13:27):
like that is what holds me and keeps me grounded.
And if I didn't have that, I wouldn't be alive.
And I'm just so grateful to have my life and
to be able to travel the world and to work
and to have a beautiful family and just love, you know,
every part of me. And I feel like that this year,
I definitely learned to start loving myself and who I
am and my body as well, you know, as someone
(13:51):
that has gone through so much in her youth and
body image and social media and all that. Like, I
feel like I really appreciate who I am today. I
feel beautiful, I feel healthy, and God is good and
I'm just thankful for you guys and listening and giving
the time to this podcast and giving your heart. You know,
I want you to even if you guys are alone
(14:13):
on this day, or you guys have a strange relationships,
just know that you have a friend here, I'm listening.
I'm there with you. You're not alone. You're never alone,
and you have a beautiful life and it may not
be perfect right now, but it will get better and
it will be okay, and you will be okay and
(14:35):
God is with you. And I wanted to thank you, guys,
so so so much for choosing to listen to this episode.
I'm thankful for every single one of you today and
every day and this podcast and everything. So thank you
guys so much for choosing to watch and listen to
this episode today. I will see you guys next Tuesday.
Happy Thanksgiving and happy Holidays. Bye. Overcover podcast is a
(15:01):
production of Iheart's macaulturap podcast network
Welcome back to the Overcome for podcast. I am your host,
Jennica Lopez. You guys, I cannot believe we are already
at a Thanksgiving week, Like the holidays are here, we
are setting in I've decorated the house, I've decorated everything.
I'm hosting this year for my first year, and I'm
having all my siblings and the kids. So sendra Bendcionez
(00:30):
because that is a lot of Hispanic, a lot of attitude,
a lot of loudness, which I'm sure we're all pretty
used to and we know and we love it. That
is the point of the holidays, but it is also
meant for to be for like once a year, you
know what I mean. I'm definitely not doing Christmas. But anyways,
I'm super excited. I have so many beautiful things to
(00:52):
be thankful for this year, and I wanted to talk
about that with you guys, talk about my plans and
shed some gratitude with you guys, because it's been a
very tough year of how a lot of losses, friendships, relationships,
(01:12):
But with those losses have been a lot of growth lessons.
And I mean that's the point of moments like that
where you know we're meant to meet people, connect with them,
spend a season of our lives with them, and sometimes
it ends and sometimes it doesn't, and that's totally fine,
and I've learned to love and accept that and accept change.
(01:33):
I feel like there's one thing that I'm very grateful
for this year is change and growth, because I can
feel different, I can feel like life is shifting, I
can see life brighter. And I had to embrace change.
I had to embrace and go through that uncomfortability of
knowing that something better is coming and the growth is
(01:55):
going to be so beautiful and amazing. I'm definitely thankful
for my family. Like my family and I have had
a really tough year, especially with the legal case with
you know mom my Mom's birthday, releasing new albums and singles,
and you know, spending time together as well. Like we've
we've learned to appreciate our time and our relationships with
(02:16):
each other. I think that's what I definitely am thankful
that I have a better relationships with my siblings. Thankfully
to this year that I can value and appreciate them
as individuals and together as a family, because at the
end of the day, yeah, we are a family, and
you know, we can be all be similar, but we're
(02:37):
all very different and we have different love languages and
the way that we like to spend time together or
et cetera, et cetera. And I've learned to do that
and and value those relationships, and not just with my family,
but my friends, who I'm also very thankful for. I
think I've found my core group and feel safe. And
(02:59):
I'm not saying that I'm building walls up into friendships,
but I'm being very precautious about how much access I
allow people into my lives, which is something that I've
talked about on the podcast before. Definitely how much access
and what boundaries you have with people are super important.
It's basically, how much are you going to let them
into your heart? How much are you gonna let them
(03:21):
into your world? How much are you going to let
them affect you? All that, and I again the same
thing with my friends, like how much access am I
going to allow them? And how much control and being
my own person within those friendships and learning to just
be myself and not trying to be like everybody else
or just agreeing or being I don't know if I'm
(03:43):
making sense but you know when you hang out hang
out with people and it's like, oh, you're trying to
be like them or etc. Etc. Like try that type
of vibe, Like you once you hang out with them,
you turned into them, you know, like you pick up characters,
like you picked up the vibe from them, And sometimes
it's not the best. You have to be your own person.
You have to have your own beliefs and your morals
(04:05):
and stand firm even if it hurts anybody else. And
I feel like that's something that I've really learned. I've
built my own foundation again. I feel like every year
I'm building a new foundation within my relationships everywhere within
my family, my personal relationships. I feel like this year,
I'm very grateful for love. I'm not saying that I
(04:27):
fell in love or you know, I'm with somebody, but
I do am grateful for the opportunity of love and
accepting it and being open to it. I feel like
this year I was really really stepping back into dating
and really just allowing myself that space to be cared forward,
to be cared forward and loved and appreciated, like I
(04:50):
know that I deserve, but yeah, I really set I
know my standards and I know what I'm willing to
handle and also myself, like I can say that I'm
confident going into a relationship that knowing that I'm a
whole package, like you know, and I've worked and busted
(05:13):
my ass to be the type of person that I
am today to be wify. I'm literally I I will
probably say that I'm very very very much WiFi. I cook,
I clean, I have my own house, I have my
own businesses. I know how to love. I know to
be present. I know how to satisfy all love languages,
(05:35):
if that makes sense, and I'm just grateful for that opportunity.
I feel like it's just it's a beautiful thing. Love
is beautiful, and you know, love from other people like
you know, fans and supporters and the love for the podcast.
I'm very grateful for the podcast. I'm grateful that you
guys are listening and really digesting everything that I'm saying.
(05:56):
Even if you know this, sometimes there's not sometimes there's
a but you guys are listening, and I feel like
I can connect with you guys and be a voice
and you guys can understand me. It allows another version
of me, another space for people to get to know.
And I'm grateful for the people that I've brought onto
(06:17):
the podcast and who have come and shared their stories
and been a voice of hope and reason and faith
our lives, and especially the Latinos. Every business owner that
we've had, I'm grateful and thankful for absolutely every guest.
Every guest has changed me and has spoken into my
(06:37):
life in different ways, and I'm grateful for that because
I wouldn't have had those moments if I didn't start
the podcast, and I'm just very happy that we have that.
I'm grateful for just my job, my job, my life,
my home. I'm going to be living in this home
(06:58):
for a year now, and I'm so grateful. I've built
so much peace and this house is filled with so
much love and covered by God that I know that
He's here and I'm living my true purpose and what
I'm destined to be, and I can just see God
in all these places, like I get emotional. I get
(07:19):
emotional when I talk about God and what He's done
for me because I really didn't think I was ever
gonna make it here and the way that I'm feeling
these days, like I promise you guys, these past couple
of weeks have been such a shift for me. Like emotionally,
I've been super busy, but in between the busyness, like
(07:41):
I can see God and I can see what He's
doing in my life and in my relationships, and I'm
just grateful that I can feel Him and I want
people to feel that. I want you guys to feel
that love and just see that Wow, that God is
all around every four corner, Like it is the will
of God that you are here. We were listening to
this podcast today. It is the world of God that
(08:02):
I'm here recording it right now and sharing this with
you guys, because that is the one thing that has
kept me sane and kept me alive this year, and
I think one of the biggest foundations that I've learned
to grow and build. And I want to be able
to show you guys. I wish I'm not recording this
(08:23):
one on video, but if it's audio, I want to
show you guys making my vision board, what this vision
board I did this year, and if you guys can
see how much I have accomplished, like and that wasn't
just out of because I saw it every day, like
I guess, of course you see it every day you
put your mind to it. But it's that thing of
(08:43):
literally seeing it every single day, like I'm not gonna
get there unless I changed or do something today, and
I live that I was able to do that for
the first time this year, Like I feel like I've
really accomplished a lot of my vision board and maybe
next year it's going to be different. Maybe God has
something else for me, but I know that I'm going
to be able to handle it because I know that
(09:03):
he won't let me down, and I won't let myself down.
I won't let anybody just tell me. I'm gonna do
what I choose to do. I'm going to have the
control over my life and my choices and inspired. I'm
just so thankful for my creativity. I feel inspired these days,
like you know, I want something different, you know, for
(09:23):
the future. And maybe this went from like a whole
thankful to like a whole what's happening in the new year,
But no, but I am very just appreciative of every
lesson that I've learned. And I know that, you know,
I know a lot of people know that I've lost
a couple of friendships and you know, I've had to
let people go out of my life out of just
(09:45):
pure peace and pure growth, and I don't care what
anybody says, like you know, it is what it is.
But I'm thankful to every single one of those people
that were that I've crossed hats with us. I'm thankful
because if I wouldn't have had those moments, I wouldn't
have the growth I have today and being I also
(10:08):
am very accountable and acknowledge my rights and my wrongs,
and you know, I know the kind of heart that
I have, and I'm just grateful. I'm grateful that I
was able to share my kind heart with a lot
of people and I gave them a little piece of
love and a little bit of you know, just me.
I just in the most the kindest, most sincere way.
(10:31):
All Right, you guys, we're gonna wut a quick break
and we'll be right back. Welcome back, you guys. Okay,
So today we are still going to be talking about
just having thankfulness and the plans this year. Like I
said in the beginning, I am hosting Thanksgiving at my
family's house. Well my house. My family's gonna be here,
and I'm a little nervous, you know, it's just a lot,
(10:57):
But I love creating nutrient just try traditions, especially now
that we've established like our little family, like you know,
obviously you guys know that we don't hang out with
my cousins or my extended family, my theos and theas,
just for personal reasons, and I feel like sometimes it's
(11:20):
just better, at least for me. I don't ever see
myself going back there or being in the same setting
as them, not out of bitterness. I just I have
better peace. I have more peace in my own home
and in my own company. And you know, I believe
my siblings agree, and we've come to that you know,
(11:41):
agreement that it's you know it us and if anybody
were to change their mind, that is totally fine to
each their own. But as for Jennica Lopez, I am
staying in my house with my siblings, and I'm so
excited and I feel like as the generations change, like
we have to create our new tradition. We love to
(12:02):
have a regular Thanksgiving dinner. You know, I'm in charge
of making some sides and obviously decorating and my you
know all that, But like as far as Christmas and
all those like, it's kind of hard because now when
you get married, I don't know. I don't know how
you guys feel. Maybe you guys can let me know.
What is it like when you guys are married on
(12:22):
the holidays? How do you and your husband or partner
split that time up? And you both are Latinos, so
you guys know that the night is gonna end pretty late.
I know that some people like they have dinner or
lunch at one or four, one to four between that time,
and then they go to sleep and in bed by
a I'm like, okay, like that's cool. Mind, Like we're
(12:44):
not eating till seven. So it does get pretty rowdy.
It does get pretty like late and intense, and everybody's
hungry and grumpy for sure. But let me know how
you guys celebrate your Thanksgiving. I want to know what
you guys are thankful for as well. I also want
to say I'm thankful for just life in general. I
(13:06):
feel like when you've been through so much and I
feel like you know, loyal listeners and people that actually
know me and have seen me maybe even grow up
or whatever, there's a lot of lessons in those in
that trauma and a lot of hurt and pain, and
I just I have nothing but to be grateful for
my faith and my foundation and God, and I feel
(13:27):
like that is what holds me and keeps me grounded.
And if I didn't have that, I wouldn't be alive.
And I'm just so grateful to have my life and
to be able to travel the world and to work
and to have a beautiful family and just love, you know,
every part of me. And I feel like that this year,
I definitely learned to start loving myself and who I
am and my body as well, you know, as someone
(13:51):
that has gone through so much in her youth and
body image and social media and all that. Like, I
feel like I really appreciate who I am today. I
feel beautiful, I feel healthy, and God is good and
I'm just thankful for you guys and listening and giving
the time to this podcast and giving your heart. You know,
I want you to even if you guys are alone
(14:13):
on this day, or you guys have a strange relationships,
just know that you have a friend here, I'm listening.
I'm there with you. You're not alone. You're never alone,
and you have a beautiful life and it may not
be perfect right now, but it will get better and
it will be okay, and you will be okay and
(14:35):
God is with you. And I wanted to thank you, guys,
so so so much for choosing to listen to this episode.
I'm thankful for every single one of you today and
every day and this podcast and everything. So thank you
guys so much for choosing to watch and listen to
this episode today. I will see you guys next Tuesday.
Happy Thanksgiving and happy Holidays. Bye. Overcover podcast is a
(15:01):
production of Iheart's macaulturap podcast network
Host
Jenicka Lopez
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