ROSIE MERCADO has been recognized as one of the “top 25 most powerful Latinas” by People en Español and named one of the “Top 6 Latinas You Should Know” by Latina Magazine. She is a bilingual certified Life Coach, Latina model and was a co-host on the talk show “Face the Truth” – produced by Dr. Phil McGraw. Rosie also guest-hosts and is a correspondent on leading Spanish-language networks, Telemundo and
Univision, as well as on the Dr. Phil Show and The Doctors. Rosie’s journey losing 240 pounds as a single-mother of three was covered in Cosmopolitan, People, Tiempo, Daily Mail and the New York Post, and her amazing story of embracing authentic beauty against all odds has resonated with hundreds of thousands of English-and Spanish-speaking women around the world. Rosie lives in Los Angeles with her husband and four children.
In this episode we talk about:
- her new book The Girl With the Self Esteem Issues and how that feels like it speaks to us all.
- how we must celebrate each every win yet seeing that we don’t ever fully arrive
- getting bullied at a young age and starting to believe what the bullies and others said about her
- growing up in a family of entrepreneurs so always feeling she would have her own business
- becoming a radio dj at age 16
- doing makeup for everyone going to dances in high school instead of going to them
- how she ended up in unhealthy relationships and her advice for not ignoring red flags that you see at the start
- how we often stay in relationships and friendships that don’t serve us and make us feel good and why we think that happens
- her journey through entrepreneurship and motherhood at the same time as a single mother
- hitting her heaviest weight at 420 pounds and being invited to do Miss Plus America and how that changed her life seeing these confident, beautiful women
- the moment that she knew she wanted to lose weight
- judgement and why I think our brains jump to it as self defense mechanism
- getting clear on her priorities and what that looks like in her everyday life
- weight can not determine yourself worth
- looking at the WHY you want to exercise or lose weight and what is motivating it.
- how diets made her feel worse and while at her lowest weight she felt her worst.
- the real talk she gave herself when battling nerves when moving to be a television host
- her past marriages and the strength it took to leave them and not stay for fear or the shame of having yet another “failed” marriage
- self-forgiveness and allowing ourselves to heal from our past
- Which keychain she chose from my line and why
Find more from Rosie at https://rosiemercado.com
and @rosiemercado
and get her book The Girl With The Self Esteem Issues
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