And Ingrid de la marck any I'm the CEO and founder of the method she's also my wife and she's the smartest woman I've ever met. First of all, she's my mom and she's really cool. She's all that and she's a Superhero. This is the part of my French podcast. - on this episode you'll hear about wellness fitness French autism and lifestyle a train fucking Sheikh gangster podcast hosted by Fitness and Wellness French Edwin ISM Guru and creator of the method to body Yours Truly Ingrid de la marck any live from Monte. Monaco on this show, you'll find a mix of audio entertainment including listener and audience questions answered about health Wellness Lifestyle Family and relationships and my friend holistic tips to be healthy have your best body and transform both your body and your mind set into the happiest ever as well as leaving labelled Z lifestyle like a Chic French gangster. Hi everyone, and welcome to pardon my French episode 10. I am Ingrid de la marck any and I'm live from Monaco today is going to be a short one because I've been running like a chicken without a head getting ready for Christmas running up my last minute things at the office training my clients for the last time for the year and just getting to this podcast getting ready for the Is and now packing also for our vacation. So I apologize. It will not be a session. I was going to say so you secession. It's not going to be an episode as long as the others but I hope you will find Value in it regardless. I promised that I would not do a holiday how to eat and how to celebrate podcast episode and for good reason. Ian, I just don't believe that there should be a handbook on how you should celebrate for Christmas and New Year and I do not believe you should have New Year's resolutions. I do find that it's a mindset that sets you up for failure and it's a mindset that eventually is going to be something that you will find that you have not honored and why do that and why put rules or boundaries or have an influencer or any type of expert or someone you On Instagram or broadcast like mine telling you how to do the holidays. So the bottom line is I'm not going to tell you to make an alternative version of your eggnog and to not have as many drinks as you would whatever the case may be my advice for you on this holiday is to try and think a little bit more French. So as you walk in to your friend's house or to the restaurant where you've signed. Up to spend your New Year's at or to Christmas dinner at your grandmother Tilly's why don't you just ask for a piscine de champagne that would be a huge wine glass with a lot of ice big ice cubes drawn into champagne. That is fantastic. I'll tell you why because first of all it gives you the impression of having a huge alcoholic beverage to sip on and linger with for a while as you talk to everyone. Whereas when you get that small flute of champagne, which is what we call it or a glass of wine or whatever signature cocktail your grandmother Tilly just made or the very American eggnog. Well, you're just sipping for the Fucking a heck of it and you're sipping pretty pretty fast. Whereas that big wine glass full of ice cubes with champagne is not only super Chic and you might even start a trend in your family somewhere. But on top of it you will be able to nurse it for quite some time. So just go from the standpoint that a French person will never drink eggnog. Like seriously. It's milk punch French people don't drink milk punch with egg in it a iook. It's sweetened. It's dairy-based. You're then going to go and have meat for that Christmas dinner. I don't like that. I don't like so much starting it all off with milk in my beverage. And if you're going to do plant-based egg, nog just don't do eggnog at all. That's my opinion. That being said. This is what I suggest. Why don't you if you are the Cook why don't you simply try to Franchise your meal what I'm saying by that is you see me using a lot of spices and you see me doing a lot of vegetables Ally to feel like the string beans a little Fay with the Truffle vinaigrette. Why not just for one year try to change the tradition a little bit into something a little bit more exotic. So what I would say is just you know, sometimes people do a theme like let's go for New Year's and you know be dressed as Gatsby or it's Gatsby night or you know, it's like costumes night. Why not do the same with your table? Why don't you seem your Christmas dinner or your New Year's dinner with a different, you know a different destination which helps you step away technically from the typical. American food that every day Edition in nutritionist is going to tell you to eat a little bit less of or to substitute the butter in it for God knows what butter alternative or to substitute sugar for Syrian Truvia or you know, instead of doing substitute or replicas of what you would normally eat and get stuck on that tradition that makes you feel like shit at the end of the day and and draws you to having New Year's resolutions because you went with the traditional dinners and they made you feel like crap. Why don't you make the resolution before New Year's to get a little bit more French a little bit more exotic automatically. Your chicken is becoming a little bit more spicy and a little bit more tasty automatically. Your portion are starting to look a little smaller and a little classier because you know a French person is not going to stack up food in their plate and on the morning of they're definitely not going to stack up four or five pancakes to maybe we'll have one crap. Oh one pancake. There is no way or French person is going to stack up five pancakes and have them there is no way they're going to actually cut 5.5 pan. Cakes a stack of pancakes and put it in their mouth. There's absolutely no way they will have a little confused every which is a little bit of sweets and everything is miniature and small. I mean, even if you look at a course on a normal-sized croissant, it's a half a plate. It's never a full plate. There is no base tree for the French that takes up a full plate. So why not go with that mindset as opposed to saying you know what? January 1st. I'm starting with my New Year's resolution. I will get back on my diet. I will sign up for a gym membership. I'm going to start drinking that tea that I'm going to start juicing. I'm going to have celery juice with whatever in it that's going to be good to my God or even I'm going to start with enjoying know why why wait until New Year's What is that? Why not just do the holiday with the resolution of doing your holiday and not let me or anyone give you a guide to the holidays. You don't need no guide. Why don't you always feel like you need guidance. Why are you always buying guides? You don't want no guy to your body. You are your own guide to your own body. You know what you like if you're listening. Turning to my podcast. It's probably because you've been on my Instagram stories. And so if you've made the transition from the Instagram stories to my podcast it's because you've liked the visual and you like what I have to say, but you most importantly like the visual and I work hard on that visual for this reason because I do feel that when you look at my story. I want you to be happy and appeased by my fonts and my colors it was the same thing with my jar of in Ulan I did. I wanted to look like bulk powder IO protein powder. I did not want it to look like medication. I did not want it to look like a supplement or vitamin. I wanted it to look like something sexy. I wanted to I wanted it to look like something Beauty. And so that's how I came up with that jar. I'm like if you're going to look at it every day in your kitchen if you're going to put it in your coffee. Coffee if you're going to cook with it feel like you're sexy find yourself feel like your franchising yourself, you're being French and and sexy and cool and rock and gangster and Chic, of course, so why not this year for your holidays for your New Year's just take the resolution beforehand to be a little bit more. You who you want to be at this point? Not what the Norms are telling you to be. It's the same thing as drinking water. I get this question all the time. How much water should we be drinking? Are you kidding me? When a dog is Thirsty dog drinks? We don't tell our dog. Hey Lola. That's my dog. You've got a drink 3 liters of water today and I don't shove water down her throat. Why is it? That animals are more intuitive than we are as far as how to treat their bodies. Yeah, some dogs are little fat susan drink more than fish and eat more than they should but as far as drinking. Why are you asking me how much water you should be drinking your body knows and if you're not drinking enough, you don't need a specialist or an expert or a doctor or someone like me to tell you how much water you need to drink. You have people writing to me. I don't drink enough. How much should I be drinking? Well, you just answered your own question. You should be drinking enough. So the Norman friends it is not stylish in friends to Bubble water down and to go on water. Drinking challenge if those are so fucking stupid so stupid. You might be causing yourself more bloating than you ever intended to have because nobody ever intends to have bloating. So here's the thing in France. What doctors say and I find that very accurate. Is that for every 30 kilos that you wait? You should drink one liter of water. So 30 kilos is about 66 pounds. So for every 66 pounds that you way You should have a liter of water. So if you weigh a hundred and twenty pounds you should have two liters of water yet. They are challenges out there dietitians nutritionists Fitness. Gurus that are telling you that you should be drinking three to four liters of water a day, but they don't know your weight. They don't know how much you weigh. They don't know how tall you are that is ridiculous. So don't even abide by what I just say. That's just a medical Norm here in friend. But no one actually says my doctor said I should be drinking four liters of water people drink when they want to drink and if you're going on challenges and you think that's going to make you skinny. It's going to make you crazy drinking too much water can also rise raise your cortisol level. Drinking too much water can put your bladder not even your bladder. It could put your kidneys into a panic drinking too much water can get you to retain a lot more water than your body has the ability to flush out because we're all different. We all process water in our body in a different way. So stop asking me how much water you should drink stop relying on people. Give you a challenge to drink water. That is like the resets. What is that? I always talk about that. Why do you have to do a reset? Your not a broken iPhone that you need to go back and reset to factory settings just set set yourself to where you want to be. So if you want to be lean and slender or more lean and more slender than you are and you know, the French way something that attracts you and if you're listening to pardon my French Obviously means, you know, you're quite attracted to that cultural aspect of my podcast. Then the way to go is to look at things like I'm going to do the holidays to way that I want. I'm not going to have a drink eggnog. I'm going to egg not because it's so not French to drink milk and eggs with liquor like even if it tastes good to me, that would be like more of a dessert. It's actually taste a little bit like crème anglaise, which is a desert. So if you're going to be more French go for the more delicate drink and if you're not the chef for your Christmas dinner for your holiday celebrations for your New Year's still think French like say, okay. What is the french plate is supposed to look like not how much grams should I be eating of this and that? And certainly don't show me your graph of your plate called cut into different percentages of portions of each. I hate that makes me crazy. I hate math. If you guys haven't figured this out yet. Go back to my first episode if I wanted to be a fucking accountant if I wanted to count shit up. I'd be an accountant. So yeah. Just think French think about adding more finesse. So let's say everything that's laid out on that Buffet. Look at it and say okay. My plate is a French plait. Let me fill it like a French person and go for the finer food. You can find what is the classiest and finer food that you can find and that's what you're going to put in your plate and you're going to eat it like a fucking Chic Parisian gangster and you're going to feel so happy because if you go back a few episodes I introduce you to the hormone called. The leptin hormone, which is your saturation hormone, and I explained that 60% of your saturation comes from the pleasure of the eyes and the senses the smells the eyes to do with the food looks the way you dispose it in your plate stacking has never been known to get the leptin hormone to make you feel saturated stacks of food any kind of food mashed potatoes and gravy and and and the chicken on top of it. It or the turkey whatever it is, if you look at a lot in your plate and start an ugly, your leptin hormone will not go for the satiation signal sent to your neurons on the contrary. It will send a signal to neuron saying hey, you've got to make room for all this food that expands your tummy in itself. So when people dietitians Fitness specialist tell you you don't have to eat less. You can eat more if you eat the food like this and this and that I disagree. Don't you class but definitely don't eat more because it's healthy. So when Specialists whatever special is they are tell you how you can eat a lot. You eat a lot on this diet. Well, that's so not fucking French. That's so not French. That's so not delicate and fine. I don't want to eat a lot. I don't want my stomach to extend. I want to eat refined. quality over quantity and I've noticed that this works for me in so many aspects of my life whether it's fashion, whether it's my employees, I don't have a lot of employees. We're a very small team, but I've have freaking quality and that's everything when I had more employees. At the beginning of the method I was actually less successful. It's the same with food look at the quality of the food you are eating rather than the quantity. So I'm not going to give you portion sizes. Although if you listen to my episode with dr. Michelle Brody, I believe that was episode 8, I do explain that the size of your hand is a nice way of knowing whether the portion of protein you have in your plate is correct, for example to avoid going into excess protein, but when it comes to the holidays It's the holidays so you can eat if you want to. And I'm not even going to see indulge indulge. What why is it called indulging even I don't believe in that either. I don't believe in cheat the mail. I don't believe in an Indulgence. I believe in eating Chic refined quality over quantity. So if you are not the cook and you are a guest or you're at a restaurant make sure that when you choose what's going to be in your plate or you choose to eat it you go. Is this looking like French? We find Chic classy food? If it's served like it's not then you don't want to have it gravitate towards the shaker. Platter the Shaker veggie the Shaker piece of meat or make it Chic it's happen to me very often that I go to a restaurant and they serve me too much and I look at the plate and it's so ugly and to me that's not appetizing when there's a lot of food and I'll say Garcon s'il-vous-plait. Can I have another plate and he brings me a smaller plate usually thinking I want to share a portion with someone and I'll take the big plate. I'll put it aside and I'll cut a A piece of the meat I'll take a little bit of the potatoes and I'll put it in my plate all very small and refined and in a harmonious way and the colorful veggies and the nice sauce and then I look at my plate and I will inhale it and go okay to me that is such eating. I am such a dated before I even eat at this Pleasant. There's no expansion of my tummy just from looking at all these quantities. So my trick for you guys is okay if I have a lot of food in my plate. My leptin hormone is going to send a new row signal to my brain to make a lot of room for all this food and that's going to expand my stomach. But if I have a small plate with everything set up beautifully in smaller quantities. Where it's harmonious and pretty to look at and Chic and refined and could be coming from a French restaurant. Then you know that your saturation hormone is going to send a signal to the brain saying hey, you've got some Sheik food coming your way and that's such eating and satisfying to look at to start with. So by the time you start chewing taking your time looking at your friends and your family taking time to talk to them putting your fork down and your knife sipping on your PC know which is a A bit watered down by now because it had ice cubes in it. So you don't get that unchic buzz either that makes you so hungry and famished for dessert. You know that will work out so well and you will be a Sheik gangster Chic bitch. That's so much better than going for a New Year's resolution for New Year's resolution. Not a revolution and a new gym membership. That's so shitty. I know I shouldn't be saying that because I do have a membership at the method but I believe that the best customer retention I've had on this. Platform is from people that just decided to turn a page at any time in their life. Not just because it's New Years as a resolution to me. That's not enough of an incentive that it's New Year's. So you have a resolution and you want to spend some of your Christmas bonus on a new membership. It's it almost feels to me like that is not enough of a commitment. There's more commitment from someone who's going to decide to make this change in September. Then someone that's just going to decide to make this change in January first because it was a New Year's resolution. I prefer the reasons of the person signing up in September because they had to motivate themselves with reasons that hold the road. Whereas just as a New Year resolution doesn't hold a role very long. Those people will last until February if I'm lucky. So that's my point of view. That is my French touch to the holidays. This is how I plan on doing it when I go on my vacation in a few days. Now I've decided to also bring you some holiday cheer letting you in on my little secrets when it comes to Instagram and my relationships. I've made some amazing relationships and many of you have become part of my life on Instagram. I know who you are. I talk to you we send each other nice messages you let me know about your life and obviously I let you know a lot about mine and I made some amazing amazing. Some amazing connections. One of them is my friend Elena, right and you guys probably have seen her before. She's this gorgeous Asian woman, whose post I often share first. She got on the in Ulan thing and I was thrilled because she is so skeptical and we were friends regardless of whether she would go on to a new line or not. And I first she didn't even buy My New Orleans, but another one because I wasn't selling it yet. I was just talking about any It wanders for her and then it took me like a year to convince her to get on the virtual platform and she didn't she literally didn't get on the virtual back and I didn't convince her one of my clients convinced her one of my amazing successes. Sylvia who I spoke about in one of my episodes actually did it testimonial for me and she was talking about her journey on the virtual platform and how she lost an we're amount of weight. But also how she jumped ship on depression. She totally credited the method and me for it, even though her and I add just brief interactions where I tried to support her as much as I could but the virtual platform is not one-on-one its membership access to videos, but I do give support personally when I'm asked on Instagram by message by email and that's what I did with Sylvia. I did exchange with her a bit. She Some reservations her back was always hurting before she started a method. So I answered a lot of questions before she got on and she was looking to lose a huge amount of weight which she did and she still is and she's promised us a revealed picture very soon. I've seen some of them, but I'm not at Liberty of sharing them yet. She doesn't want me to yet. She has a goal. Anyways, Sylvia did this testimonial and Elena my good friend who have been trying to convince to get on the virtual platform. A year hasn't heard Sylvia and she reached out to her and she said hey, I don't want to do the virtual platform because I don't want to quit on my friend Ingrid. I don't want to lose the Friendship if I was to quit and I tend to quit on things like that because of an experience I've had with Pilates in the past and Sylvia somehow told her better experience and the next daily and I got on the platform and for me that was a big win because the friendship in this case was more of an obstacle. Anything but her skepticism her way of never sugar-coated anything sugarcoating anything made me so nervous for the first three or four days that she was on the platform. I was like, oh my God, what if she hates it what if she wants to quit what if she tells me something because her criticisms are Violet valuable to me the constructive but I was worried about what she would have to say and she stayed on but long story short the way Elena and I became really really close friends. We were friends on Facebook for six years about I think and she came to my rescue when I showed a little bit of lunar ability on Instagram when I was being bullied by a competitor, but truly believe even the kids were attacked on this bullying comments and you know, it went really low and I spoke out I spoke up about it and Alina that point who was always exchanging very little with me. Just nice. Mental my outfits and things like that. She reached out. I was like who's the bitch bothering you and she became one of my closest friends? I feel like I know her so well, we exchanged every day. She's been a sound board for me and the fact that she is now doing the virtual platform. She swears by a new land but more importantly she's an amazing salad board. Like I literally know when I should be upset about something or if I'm sure I'm exaggerating. She'll be that person too. Call me out and say yes, you should be upset and no stop your shit and carry on with your life. So I wanted to introduce you guys to her because I think it's beautiful to show how much magic there is in social media. The Power of social media obviously would not be where I am today without it and getting your amazing messages. If it wasn't for Instagram, you've definitely build me up to be as authentic as I You've given me that strength and even the pride to be authentic. You've allowed me in the past episode to speak up about my son's Journey being on the spectrum of autism and getting out of it and the response. I got from mothers and families affected by the same having a child with special needs. So without further Ado I dialed. Elena you should know for like 10 minutes before she answered and I put her on the spot, but here is my good friend Elena. Hi. Hello and greetings. How are you? How are you? I'm doing great. I'm happy to have you on here. So I'm going to introduce you even though I already told everyone that I'm calling you obviously took for like ever to answer this thing, but I didn't even prepare you for this call because I wanted to put you on the spot because you're so funny when you're on the spot. This is my friend Elena. Hello. A lot of people know you are ready because you do all these very psaltery advertisement unpaid advertisement. First the method work out. Oh, yes, I love to do it, but it comes from my heart. I know it does that's why I got you on you were also the sniffer you did the scarf a sniff. I know there was so much fun. Oh my God, but what I made I have to be posted it. Ended just a handful of people but we don't give a fuck. Oh really? It did. Yeah. Oh you're kidding. Well, I did I did lose a Facebook friend over. I remember I remember you lost a fig this Facebook friend and then know I had one woman who said she was a mother in Chicago and when she was having a really hard time keeping her her teenage kids away from this stuff and all right that maybe we were you know, Making this cool and I said that's the whole opposite. I actually had a discussion with her and said it's the whole opposite we're saying you can do good for your body from within and it's sexy to doing your land and looks like Coke, so that's fun. But you know, but I understand where some people will get us. Well, you know, I get it but well I had fun. Yeah, you had fire you look you look super sexy, but I have to say I have a preference for your new videos. Your new advertisements that I don't pay for by the way, I do need a swan with the coffee and your lips was just amazing right not listed online so good. I know see what I did was I bit my lips hard that way you did ya to make it pumped up. Yeah, you don't have to do that. I think benefit makes one that's called bitten and it does that exact effect, but it was a very sweet and you were So this psycho bitch who called who called in when I said any of Shield excess, you know what it just came to me. I just couldn't help it. I thought oh my God, but you know what? The best part was. I don't tell Julie anything. I was like one of your exes called. Oh my god, really? And so then I was like I made him listen and up until you started. Laughing and saying it's Elena and was like, hi. I never I'm Korean. I've never been with a Korean girl. At least I don't think well, maybe she didn't tell me she was Korean. Oh my God guys, like I'm sorry. He's had a lot of women, right? This one. I can't remember and I was like, well, maybe she was black. So you thought she was black or maybe she was really Korean. I kind of ran the whole thing. And then I played the last part. I wish I had done that live when we were recording this. I was just funny but I know it was so much fun you I don't know you make me so creative and I'm so much fun. You know, I had to get you on because I always claimed to be authentic and people know I love you because I always repost you and we have a little I love you too Forrest. I'm you know, the stories the people obviously know that you're my girl. Thanks. I had to give people a little bit of the behind the scenes of what how we met because honestly a lot of people talk about how bad Instagram is and how people are mean and they're bullying. You know, I've been you know, obviously A victim of that and you've dealt with a few Cycles on fit more ski on Facebook I think for you, but you're one of those people that I that has been my friend on Facebook for how long how long has it been in years. I want to say almost exactly five or six years because that's when I started. Yeah got it Facebook then and the you're one of my first friend because I was looking for fashion-related, you know. No people in that industry and you are one of them. So I must have sent you a friend request and you gracefully has graciously accepted it. So yeah, but we were not like like busy friends like pleasure. And like the Korean psychopath that you are you gotta know. What is bullying you that's how it all started. Yes. I mean we became really stronger friends once I saw that actually you and Savannah the this life video after the bully copied your newsletter about cardio, you know making you fat. And you as a valid ID is live and I thought oh my gosh, I can't believe I read that newsletter like literally few hours before this bully started talking about it too. So and I just felt this awful and then when I saw those and I think you weren't you were actually following the bully. Is that what it was so you could I I followed her only after you said that on the live with a banner then I started doing my research because I could become this. FBI super FBI agent when I want to find out something right? So I did I did my research and I put two and two together is that person guys don't give me I almost said the name I had don't we don't we don't share I don't mean we don't we don't ask for shame. No, but let's be honest. I think 50% of your followers know who this is. Yeah. Yeah, and I mean I mean most of my followers that happen to be on both platforms because ye are in a similar business, although you know, I take the dye out of diet and you all know that yeah. Well, we'll put two and two together and so for me, it's very reassuring because I was feeling insecure being copied by someone who had a bigger audience than me and you became this very objective and we're getting serious here you can give this again. A objective soundboard for me. We became friends you get very protective. You said I've been following you for your An amazing mom and I'm realizing that you're very transparent which you didn't know before right. I didn't know think that in the beginning. I was just looking at your pictures and I thought wow look at this woman. She's like she's like so hot. So stop. I like a way out of her league, but I like I want to follow her because just to look at her pictures right and and then until novelty that live video. Instagram I do not know what was behind all this. So then yes you and I started messaging each other almost every day. And yes, and yes, you're right we came and I feel super close to you. Now. I feel like I've known you for years. I don't have enough about one of my sisters. Yeah, and we've we actually which is crazy for me because I'm so usually I'm so careful with strangers and with social media, but at the same time I've opened up a lot on Instagram which opened up door number two of amazing people and with you. I feel like I've known you forever, which I kind of do. Yes, but we got very personal and now you're this person that when I need a good kick in the ass you because you're such a bitch. You say you like my new link Asia. I'm like you guys she is the most like the biggest bitch. I know you cannot sell her any Trend now I have my Trend I really do I call you the most skeptical bitch. I know and so if you say it's working and you say it's good then it has to be I hate Trend. I I only invest I like making Investments for long-term. Um, and I realized what the Inland I mean, I can't live without it. Now, you know what I'm saying? And it took me awhile. I mean I have to do my investigation and research in order for me to get on board with anything. That's new and that's just me and I have no regrets. I don't feel like I've missed out on anything. Maybe I have but it's like I don't regret it and this in Allen is like the best thing ever that makes me super happy coming from you, but you're my The type of people I really liked that I was able to turn this the septics on to a new land. This is my favorite type of people. I do that research don't believe in anything but believe in that and that's so cool. I really prefer that then people that jump on bandwagons for sure. Yes, exactly and you've been so I what I love also about you is that you will not sugarcoat anything. No, I don't want to sorry. No, and it's and I love it. I really like you're like a soundboard. I really honestly like before I get angry now, I'd this person particularly because she she still goes on in her own way. She doesn't believe me anymore because I really attacked her head on and I think my followers also did at some point it was like, you know, what stop it bitch, but when I do get angry at her copying even my mugs or whatever I first like I'm like, you know what Alina is still awake? I just woke up. I just saw this. I'm gonna So if I should be angry or not and it's kind of like you're the soundboard you you're the one who go. Oh, I can't believe she did I fucking bitch. I'm like, okay, I can be angry now and then other times to be like, yeah, that's all right. Everybody's cooking you on this you like the most copied person on it. You really are the most copied personal internet? No, I'm really not dumb and you know people have to give you credit for each time. They copy you right? Don't lie not but no point. I get angry. If I see people copying you blatantly when you write and that's exactly if it's time you put that pink on your nails. You're gonna tag me like Point know at some point. It becomes your own. No problem. I have my I get flattered most of the time I'm flattered just not with this person because it's either she Stills my shit makes it our own and runs with it, or she she talks shit about What I say or about a new lens and you know, we took care of that the science way but you know with science bringing the doctor on so that was all that was amazing. But all this to say that it's the holidays and bringing some holiday cheer on to this conversation. So I didn't me tell you what this episode is about. This episode is about not having a holiday resolutions New Year resolutions about just being like just relax. Don't worry. Worry about what you're going to eat. So that's what I'm talking about in this podcast and it's a shorter one because I just don't have that much time this week, but I just thought it would be cool for people to know a little bit of my behind the scenes as far as my relationship and my relationships my Dynamics. You know, how amazing Instagram is particularly. This audience is amazing. You've seen people are so good to me, but you're one of them and I'm curios I'm thrilled because you're very tough sell and so I'm yeah. Product this friendship. So that's why I wanted to kind of give you a call and introduce you officially to everyone. I appreciate this. You know, I think my real friends off the social media. They will probably say that I'm just a person who wants to always Inspire them. I don't want to lead them, but I want to inspire them all the time and I'm very protective. But at the same time I'm not going to give them any empty promises or you know, empty flattery and The things that's not true so they know exactly what you do with me. Yes, exactly. And you know, you don't need any compliments from people. You already know you I mean look at you. I mean everyone respects you in all of you. I am and I can't believe how far you've come. You know what I mean? You've gone through some tough times. And here's the thing. I have to say this the bully who came around and sort of attempted to Expose you actually these your favor. Yeah, because my narrative she yes. She I was able to she gave me a reason to just say hey, this is what I've been through. This is my story, you know, either you take it or fuck you and before I wasn't feeling that brave, but when she brought it to the point that I had to tell my story or she was gonna take the narrative in her. Horrible way you know, we are speaking. I was like no way this bitch is gonna tell my story. There's no it especially going to tell my kids story most importantly so so yes, she lit a fire and so snigger fires little finer on a bunch of things. She I said that in the episode where I spoke about a copycat. Remember I said I said that if you have a copycat It's just milk it it's like you know, but it's true. Do you want Amber? I actually like totally like milk it if she's copying you then you have to be better than her. Yes already. That means you're already two weeks late. I love Li and you know what? She's done that for me. So I definitely think her and I kind of like to thank her for you also and the people like you that it's kind of as long as I didn't show that I had some a week. - that I was vulnerable some people didn't come out of the Woodworks to put it to protect me. That's very true. I mean, maybe one because I thought you you have this perfect life in this perfect setting in Monaco where the perfect husband and children and I thought she's perfect until I realized oh my gosh, you know, she needs some protection because that's really cool. Cuz that that's showing that vulnerability. Yes. Built a schilt of incredible relationships and I have a few followers that have been the supportive ones. Like remember I sent you the message of this girl. We literally like totally went on a on a on a rampage and started protecting you and you were like you see yes. Yes. Yes. She's wonderful. She's a very loyal following and friend of yours. Yes. You became a true friend. Yeah with your very own Talent, by the way, I plug you but I have to because maybe it will convince you to like give me one of those bags one, but I promised that I would buy one when I can afford it. You are the owner and designer, right? Yes. I've Swoon Lux. Am I saying it right? You're saying it perfectly. Although my my brand is Swoon, but I had to add and locks because at the time I was fighting for Yeah, trademark someone else registered with soon but I won the trademart you want. Yes now, it's simply Swoon. But I like the Lux, you know, I like I of course, of course. Yes, yes, but you make this amazing a lot of snake skin right crocodiles snakes get some ostrich and I'm coming up with a lot of leather goods to now you just when I first saw you bags, we were only friends on Facebook and you made me just want to stop wearing her. Amazed and where your stuff to be different? Oh my gosh what an honor huh? You know that because it's not something everyone would know about but that backpack I want that back. I know you love my Riley crocodile love with you. So Chic, so guess I'm working very hard. You know, I'm actually really gravitating towards different fashion. I did I mean I still wear my Mike Kelly bag from her maze. Yes, but I now buying like you so now I'm into the my the I mean to the Tom Ford. I like the different stuff. And so you fall in that category of yes. Yes where you want to spend the money because it's different. Yes different emerging designers, but exclusive, you know, not so well known. No, no, but still gorgeous a well-crafted, you know, so those are good things, you know, you know, I did this plug not so much for you. It's because I'm like very very proud that I have a friend like you, you know on top of it guys. She's a designer for super badass. Yes. I am. Thank you. Are you still private on Instagram? Are you public now? My my personal account is private because I have some trolls and then but by my soon Lots account, it's a public. So we're going to what we'll do is we will link both on the show notes. Oh, and so people can follow spoon and see that bag that thank you so much. Oh you're so sweet. Well tag you Private account because I always tag you anyways, no, I get a lot of your followers and I yeah, I accept that my check first and then I said oh so they're following Ingrid. Then I accept them and power back speaking of which I still you got super friendly with Sylvia who yeah client. I know she's so adorable my success story. Yes. Oh my gosh. I know I can't wait to see her reveal pictures. I know I know but she's working so Hard to get to this perfect. Not perfect because I don't like the word perfect. But that's true her perfect revealed that her, you know, and she went on this journey all by herself can't believe it. Oh my gosh. What's amazing is that she's a virtual platform client, which means that I don't really work with her one-on-one. Although I like I am so I am I yeah, actually I couldn't convince you how long have we been friends like real close like more than In six months. Oh, yeah almost here. Yeah, almost a year. I could not convince you to get on this virtual platform and Sylvia did and you just started like, you know, I know I know I know I know why okay, good now that's why go ahead. Well I look at so so the other connection you and I have that we both went to Mahdi Windsor's original not risen about Pilates because she's one of She's one of the original. Yeah, but that's not like Joseph Pilates obviously not right. So anyway, she has a studio in Santa Monica and I used to go to her Studio. Although she was not my teacher. My instructor was one of our instructors and that this is way back when people are just getting into it. So I want to say that I got into it. Yeah. Yeah like late 90s. Okay, as for me I was a little later. I was 2002 maybe so you see some Mary was mine structure. Where are you? Yes, yes. Oh you worked with the master. So yeah. So anyway, I used to go there and my instructor thought I was really really good but there are certain movements that I just couldn't do and she pushed me really hard study. I know you could do this and you could do this and I just quit because I didn't I just feel so insecure and I knew she did it for me because she cared about me and she really had the confidence in me, but I just couldn't do it. So I quit and I Since then I didn't go near anything to do with that certain movements, which is like one of your signature movements the teeth are you're talking about especially when your legs are down flat and you have to go completely flat and then lift yourself up without lifting your legs. I can't do it. It's so hard to do. But anyways, that was why I just after taking your your flash work out this free flash. Yeah. Remember I measurement you as saying I is so hard I can't do this, you know. Yeah and remember. Yeah. Yeah, that's before we became close friends anyway, so that's why even though couple months later. We became really close. I just said I'm not gonna do this because because of our friendship I didn't want to sign up on Virtual platform and then quit I didn't want to ruin our friendship. That's the reason But finally, I just have to seeing all this results from your other clients. I thought to myself. Okay, I have to try even if they fought even if I sign up only for three months I am going to do this. So I do you know, I wouldn't even know if you drop a like. I don't really I'm getting familiar with people who send me their videos and like ask me questions. That's how I got to know Sylvia because I give support if they ask me for support I'm there. But other than that just to be clear to Virtual platform is Full access to videos, so I'm not there. Yes in in Paris like in person, but I feel like you are there, you know, I know but the thing is if you were to drop out I would probably not even know like I'm not I'm not going to go check every single member and see if you don't let me see if Elaine I still paying her bills. I am gonna sting. I mean I'm kind of getting obsessed. You know what I mean? You told me I was yes, so, I love it. And I told you by number three the third session I was shocked how I'm interested. Yeah, I remember and I remember the warning you I said by the third session you will be fine. And you know, I'm going to tell you what it is. I don't So if I ever told you because we never made the relation with the instructor The Windsor instructor you were going to that push to you had told me that and I really don't believe in that kind of push and I'll tell you why that is where Mary is probably better than the instructors that she had where she totally stay true to Joseph Pilates Legacy who was using mind to body control and I elaborated more on that when I created control. The integration originally controller to comes from Joseph Pilates and that was more of like soothing the Mind into getting the body to work pushing is not one of those things. That's why I don't push during the sessions. You never hear me saying come on just resistant to it. No, it's fine. If you need to put your legs down. If you need to bend your legs, it's completely fine. You hear me say that yes, I do. And that's Controla G integration where it's like your mind only will tell you about it when you want to and that's what's doing it for you. I guess it's like magical. I can't I was shocked because the second one I was little disappointed because I expected to better. Yeah, you know, yeah. Yeah, so I had to give like five six days break because my back was hurting for something else and then so I said, okay I got them. What I have to do this third session again, and then I was like blown away. Oh my God. I just got up without rocking too much, you know? Yeah. I have to rock my body to get up and that's still abdominal control even when you rock. Oh good. Good good because I Still Rock and you know fumble a little bit but still, I mean, I love the session number three. I have to I'm going to write this down and I thought you and I gave you the picture of myself glowing. Going and I only had moisturizer on my face and I couldn't believe it. This makes me so happy because it aligns with a lot of things that my client in Monaco told me and what I saw in person like I really elaborated more with the method when I open this to you in Monaco and started getting you know, different demography of women and man, but mostly my demography is women over 30 obviously in Monaco because of the price it's more expensive here. So only people over a certain age are going to be able to afford it but also the needs you The young people were running to the gym and to you know do spinning and all that stuff and all of them kind of tell me a little bit of the same as you like. Oh the the glow that I get. I'm not as hungry. My period doesn't hurt as much and so this is what kind of Turned me on to hormones. I'm like, you know what? I think we are actually working with hormones here. That's what I think and that's where I started to elaborate more on the hormones. Yeah, I think it has to because I've never seen such a glow from because I used to run and I felt great after the run, but my face was red. I didn't get this glow. You know, it is all the hormones for two reasons first the whole reproductive. Sorry I get particular yes could be well we pray. Active area so like all you know when the legs hurt when you lift them up all the way to your abdominal. Yes that hole so us area and perineum, which is a which is something you hear about when you give birth to perineum. Yep, that whole area is so worked on deeply first of all that it is going to affect your mom's positively but on top of it, we do a lot of chin to the chest. We need to engage the abdominals, which do Thyroid gland area. So you're also rubbing those the right way and kind of massaging them smoothie soothing them and everything is so fluid that you also keep your cortisol level at a healthy level. Yes. So all of that affects your complexion your, you know, you don't have to Teague anymore. You don't have that crazy Hunger right after where you feel like you could eat a you know, a whole pizza pie. So that's hormones. The glow is part of it, and I'm so happy to hear you. He keeps his to hear you say that because I know you're such a spectacle bit. I am I really am. I'm sorry, but I yeah, but he's also the Korean Factor like you guys are no fucking nonsense. You don't know how to be like, oh, this is fantastic like this whole American where you don't have that well, we're smart. Yeah, but Absolutely. We're very intuitive. I mean, I you know, I try to use my intuition, you know, so it comes from your education like your parents raised you Korean like to really watch out for yourself because no one else will exactly and I totally understood that this is what makes me tick with you. I find that you will not be one of those people that are that is going to sugarcoat. I have to tell you even you remember when I went on the skinny confidential and I Of course, you heard my interview and and you are like, oh my God, I was crying and you were like you were weeping and you were crying specially at Dylan's story and all that. And you said by the way, I made a chronological mistake when you said Jenny McCarthy because her son was diagnosed later and you're like, I don't mean to be a bitch but people are going to come and like hang you for that. Yeah. It's such a fucking bitch. Two sentences together which made it sound a certain way and she's like no, don't worry about it. Maybe we'll put it in the notes if someone says no one said anything but from my game, but listen from that day on I knew that you were going to be like my proofreader on everything I do because if something And right you were going to say Ingrid that sounds like fucking bullshit. Yes, you bet. I will do your my bullshit screen. That's not it in. I am your bitches of all bitches. That's right and to my superbully copycat whatever you should know each time. You copy me or each time you dump on any lane or anything else Elena and I are having a ball. All with you exactly oh my God, but the thing is is like daily like on a daily basis. Like no she doesn't do anything for that good annoyed because we're not entertained. I know right? Like all right. What is it going to happen? Come on, and then bum never fails never fails if anyone could see the snaps in a snap of our messages. We're nice girls. We are less girl. I'm gonna think it's a we don't bully other people. You know that innocent people why we don't fucking have time either but the thing is that here is the thing like you said your your copycats they force you to stay alert and and I'll keep on going with your Innovation and your creativity so that you're always at The Cutting Edge and They're always few hours or a few days behind. So it's okay. You're the first few weeks. You've any weeks. Yes. Don't forget. I came out with the travel back in 2018, which has yes, there we go. But you had one too. I remember your venting on Facebook at some point. Someone was copying Swoon or the logo or something like that. Am I right? Well, actually on Instagram, I noticed that my hashtag would swirl ox or Swoon. I there were so many people in there. We use it for use that hashtag and I noticed as some people went directly to my product page and my website and copy the entire product description. And yeah and try to sell their bag or some unrelated product. Not that this is a legal. I can't believe this, you know, it's illegal, but it happens a lot bloggers are so victimized by that lately. Um even goop I heard picks up on some bloggers material and copies. Oh my god really insane. But what I have to say is what I'll say again, then that means it was time for you to change your description. It means that you need to continue innovating. It's time for a change there on to this you've got to go on to something to the next thing and they'll always be behind. I know I reported them but not only that does any good so You have to do is change the description. I know you can't change the bag. No the bags that you know, I mean that's another whole other story. But yeah with me like I stopped in newsletters. I stop writing them because I was really sick of putting all my hard work out there and getting it copied within days and you know, so I stopped doing the newsletter and I found better ways of giving my material for free to people and Personalizing it. So the podcast was one of those things for me. Yes. Absolutely. Love your podcast. I mean, I don't listen to any other podcast. I mean once again because I'm a skeptic and it's she's white. She's such a bitch but with you Well, I'm continue to be your bitch, you know, when we some cheerful Christmas, you know cheerful girls today. Yeah, I know I have to say before I know I have to say as you know, your last podcast number 9 was it with Dylan was to me the best and most profound one for my own personal reasons? Reasons but at the same time for I'm sure a lot of people felt the same way. I swear I started crying once buildings that is speaking. You know, well, what did wonderful things you've done and your incredible we all know that being that you you as a mother as a mother and father. It's probably the biggest accomplishment if ever you could write is the one I'm the proudest of for sure. You should be so congratulations to you your children and jail for all the success. Thank you. My beautiful friend. I am so proud that I get to introduce you to my listeners. I'll although I know a lot of them have seen you on my stories because you're there almost daily. Yes. I am and thanks for putting out a spotty you did for me. What you going to talk about. I wanted some of that Korean bitch fire. That's you. Anyway, I was gonna get it was by putting you on the spot sheesh and I didn't even bother to ask you. What are you going to ask me? Right? No, I just told you I was gonna give you a call. Yeah, right. Oh my God, I love to talk to you. Finally. I I love talking to you. I could stay on here for hours. We're not going to bore people with our details. No, that's not By the way, your story with your curly onion yesterday. Oh my God, I think he'll have to post that again. So when people listen to the podcast they can know what I'm referring to. Oh my God. Oh my God. I'm so awful. Why am I right? Love you. My rents and everything else my pleasure. I love it too. I enjoy to you know, I love this bitch session that we have all the time. Yeah. I need them. It's therapy. Love you, but I love you too. Bye. I hope you enjoyed this podcast. I know it was shorter than usual and I hope you enjoy meeting Elena. She's amazing. I am going to link her accounts her Instagram accounts professional and personal. On Instagram make sure you go on her personal and really request her. She gets all crazy thinking she's about to get trolled and I love when she does that makes me laugh. So yeah, Elena is cool. I hope you enjoyed hearing a little bit about the connection and the behind the scenes and how much support I get from her on a daily basis, and I hope you enjoyed my tiny little tips to enjoying Holidays, it's your party and you can eat if you want to have a Merry Christmas very happy holidays. I will be wishing you a new year. Happy New Year after the new year as they will not be a podcast episode next week. I'm traveling with my family and I've promised them to unplug and work a bit less. So although you will be able to see a little bit of our vacation on Instagram. I will not be doing a podcast episode until after New Year's. So happy happy holidays to you all. This is the time for me to thank you so much for all the support. You've given me for being so open minded in hearing my story and still supporting me. I want to thank you for your trust in my advice and for indulging me in some of my craziness and my curse. And just me being me you've really allowed me to be exactly who I am and making me feel like that's okay. So a big cheers to you guys. If you want to purchase inulin, you know, you can do so on the website. The link is in the show notes. I've also come out with a cookbook ebook with 11 recipes 11 of my favorite recipes using my favorite secret spice. It's simply the best has a high note from the Arabic from Arabic it translates to the best in the shop and it includes 30 pungent Moroccan spices. Pure Moroccan spices. It's a blend and this is what you see me using in a lot of my recipes when you see me cooking on my insta stories on Instagram. And so the e book is called also Simply the Best and mainly all of the recipes. Using Wessel handled some of them aren't and they are also some sweet treats as well that you see me prepare in the past. So if you want to purchase that it's also linked in the show notes. It is currently on pre-order and what will happen is they will only be a limited quantity sold as I have a book coming out later in 2019. That is a wellness book and will include all of my recipes mainly my favorite recipes. We don't want the e-book to kind of contrast with that and to interfere with that so we will pull the e-book out of the market in a little while. So if you want to see Levin recipes, and I know you do as you often ask me for them and you want the spice has a high note simply the best the best in the shop. It is currently on the website on pre-order. It will ship on January 7th and ebook will be released to those that purchased it on January 7th. The quantity is limited. You will love the label. I hope as it features two, beautiful French women dressed in Couture. One of them is holding the Eiffel Tower while the other one is holding a tagine plate. So it's the perfect mix of my French Flair and my Moroccan Legacy on this note. You heard Elena speaking about the virtual platform on this. Episode if you want to join the village virtual platform, it is a monthly membership that gives you unlimited access to a bunch of videos about three hours of videos with new releases every month and to have access to that. You can also look at the show notes and you'll have of course to get the equipment. You have a choice of two equipment as I always explain for two different kinds of budgets if you are not sure you want to jump, right? In this one that is a little bit less expensive than our original or if you do want to jump right in you can get our original on this note. I wish you all a very happy happy holiday. Happy holidays to you all and cheers to you all. Thank you so much from for being this amazing gangster Chic tribe of mine. Love you bisou bisou from Monaco show an ol banana. Hey.
In this quick episode, Ingrid gives you just a few tricks to FRENCH-IZE your holiday, with a grain of intuition to bypass going by holiday guides and diet rules and end up with NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS! That’s so un-French ! So drink some EGG-NOT and eat with your FRENCH GANGSTER CHIC Mind, kicking DIET RULES in their ugly fat ass ! She also takes her close FRIEND HELENA by surprise by calling her and putting her on the spot about how bitchy they can be together when it comes to bitches, bullies and copycows. The conversation is so fun and a behind the scenes of the magic of incredible connections on social media, and having a no-bullshit friend. Show Notes:   Follow Ingrid on Instagram at instagram.com/Ingriddelamarekenny  Follow THE METHOD® Instagram.com/themehodmc.com  Find Ingrid’s COOKBOOK EBOOK and her SIMPLY THE BEST including 11 of HER favorite recipes, including a GANGSTER CHIC VIAL of SIMPLY THE BEST ras-el-hanout رأس الحانوت translates from ARABIC to " The Best in the Shop, a blend of more than 30 pure Moroccan Spices from the Market  Find our Simply INULIN by THE METHOD®|THE BODY shop.themethodmc.com and our FOLLOW YOUR GUT collaboration EBOOK + 28 days pack With Your Tea at FollowYourGut.themethodmc.com   Follow HELENA REICH on INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/hnreich   SEE her gorgeous collection on Instagram.com/swoonluxellc  Do THE METHOD Free FLASH WORK-OUTS — no equipment needed  Flash-Workout # 1 https://vimeo.com/250033415/a161c4a0f9  Flash-Workout #2 https://vimeo.com/254216501/8983e725b8  You can workout with THE METHOD ORIGINAL MASTER SESSIONS from the comfort of your home ANYWHERE ANYTIME by subscribing to the monthly membership at virtual.themethodmc.com 