Episode 40

Faith, Mental Health, and Physical Health: Healing and Healthy boundaries

Show Notes

In this conversation, Dr. Tamika Day shares her journey as a pediatrician and health coach, discussing the challenges of balancing her career, family, and personal health. She emphasizes the importance of nutrition, self-care, and faith in achieving a balanced life. Dr. Day provides insights into her coaching practice, focusing on women’s health and the holistic approach to well-being. The discussion highlights the need for vulnerability and open communication in seeking support and finding balance in life.

 

Time Stamps

00:00 Introduction to Balancing Life

01:03 Dr. Tamika Day’s Journey in Medicine

05:04 The Struggle for Balance

09:09 The Awakening: Health and Nutrition

11:14 Integrating Nutrition into Medical Practice

15:08 Finding Non-Traditional Work Schedules

18:00 The Importance of Vulnerability

19:24 Coaching Women for Health and Balance

23:00 Integrating Faith into Health Coaching

27:27 Final Thoughts on Self-Care and Balance

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Dr. Tomeka Day, M.D. 
 

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Podcast Episode Transcript

Camille McDaniel (00:02.062)
Welcome back to another episode. If you have been with us all along, then it’s great to have you back. And if you are brand new here, then wonderful. It’s great to have you. Welcome, welcome. So today we have a really good topic that I know a lot of us can relate to, and that is balancing life. And if you are a career mom or a career…

dad, then you are going to benefit from our guest today. We’re going to be talking about balancing life as a career woman, mom, and health advocate with Dr. Tamika Day. Thank you so much for being with us, Dr. Day. It’s wonderful to have you here.

Dr. Tomeka Day (00:45.502)
Thank you for having me. I really appreciate being your guest to talk about this very important topic. So thank you again.

Camille McDaniel (00:54.904)
Yes. Let’s start off, please tell the listeners a bit about yourself and what you do in the field of medicine.

Dr. Tomeka Day (01:03.434)
Yeah, so I am a physician. I trained as a pediatrician. I’ve been a pediatrician for over 20 years. During the course of me practicing pediatric medicine, we can talk a little bit more about this, but I experienced some difficulties balancing being a wife, a mom, a working physician. so during that course, I

began to train in nutritional coaching. So I went to the IIN where I trained in nutritional health coaching. And so because I trained in that, it helped me with my own health journey, with the balancing of everything, with implementing important things to make sure I was

you know, taking care of myself in addition to my family and my patients. You know, when I incorporated that into my practice, I started helping others just solely focusing on nutritional health coaching. And so that’s when I started my own health coaching practice, which is Flourish Health Coaching LLC. So I,

you know, I’ve spent time working with many women and families, really helping them to be able to eat in a healthy way, to be able to incorporate, you know, just things to help them have overall health, which has been very rewarding, not just for them, but also for me as well, because it really allows me to get to the root causes of

some things other than just, you know, a bandage type approach. But in doing that, I have authored a faith based devotional 21 days to a prosperous mindset, because that was something that kept coming up during the coaching was that, you know, we don’t set our minds right. Like, it doesn’t matter what we’re trying to do. Like we first have to start with the right mindset.

Dr. Tomeka Day (03:23.517)
So I authored that faith-based devotional. And now I also have a podcast where we talk about the wholeness walk, like this journey of having health and healing, know, balance, prosperity and purpose in God. So it really is a journey, you know, yeah.

Camille McDaniel (03:41.886)
awesome. That is awesome. And it is a journey. And I love how you’re integrating all of the key parts that really make us function. So we can have physical, but if we don’t have mental, it stops. If we can have mental, if we don’t have physical, it stops. And it sounds like your journey has taken you through really noticing how important all those parts are and like blending them all together.

Yeah, that’s phenomenal. And now you mentioned something like as you said, you know, we’ll get into it, but we’re just going to jump right into the fact that like you were having a balance all of that because that’s a lot. you know, here you are, you’re you’re a medical professional, you’re MD, you know, and you’re you’re are married, you know, and and then you know, you have family. So you’re a wife, you’re a mom, and any other things you’re a business owner.

You know, you’re helping your patients advocate for their health. And like you said, you had to find your own way to get balance in all of that. And where did that start? Because we also in the mental health field, you know, we’re working with our patients and we are wives and husbands and we are moms and we’re dads. And sometimes we don’t balance it well either. But, you know, I guess how did you come to a place of even if it wasn’t perfect balance,

it was better than where you may have started.

Dr. Tomeka Day (05:04.797)
Yeah, that’s a great question. And you’re absolutely right because even during the course of me training to become a pediatrician, like there was no balance. It wasn’t even a thought of it, right? But it was more of, okay, we’ll just get through it, right? This training lasts three years. So for three years, I have a lot of sleepless nights. You know, I may not eat the best.

And, you know, may not exercise as much as I want to, but after I’ve completed this training, then I’ll be able to just make it all just work in balance, right? Well, it doesn’t work like that, you know? No, absolutely not. you know, and then once I finish, it was now my husband and I had our first child.

Camille McDaniel (05:49.198)
My mind was already thinking I know Dr. DeAri.

Dr. Tomeka Day (06:02.813)
So we had a young son and my husband, we actually met in training. So we both are in the medical field. his schedule was very busy. So it wasn’t like he could just kind of take over and take up with our child and the household responsibilities. So I was trying to manage a newborn baby.

you know, go to work and take call and go to the hospital. And so I was younger then and you know, for a while I was just kind of able to just, you know, just roll with it, right? But after some years of doing that, my own health started to decline. So that was like the wake up call for me. It was like,

Okay, now if I keep going just like this, know, some things that may not be as bad today may be much worse in two years or, you know, irreversible in three years, you know, because, you know, you there are always little signs, right? Whether or not we pay attention to them. They’re there, you know, so that’s really what made me wake up and, you know, being a woman of prayer and faith.

Camille McDaniel (07:17.1)
Yes, you are.

Dr. Tomeka Day (07:29.031)
I just began praying to God like, okay, God, what do I need to do to turn this around? I don’t even know what I’ve gotten myself into, so to speak.

Camille McDaniel (07:39.884)
Right? Right?

Dr. Tomeka Day (07:41.536)
fix this? Like, how can I fix this? But no, but really being very honest about it. And because for years, I’ve wanted to be a doctor and help people when they’re sick. And God has blessed me to be able to do that. And I’ve also wanted a family. And so I was just trying to figure out and how do I make all of this work together? You know?

So that’s what woke me up was my health, you know, declining. And so really going to God in prayer and say, okay, what do I need to do? I don’t interestingly studying and knowing, you know, the course of diseases and things like that. I don’t just want to be put on all these medicines and just like, oh, that’s just how it is, right? You know, I really want to get to the root.

of it so that, you know, this healing can really be there. And things can turn around in my life. And so when I did that, God led me to studying the, well, this program, the Institute of Integrative Nutrition Health Coaching Program came across my radar because I didn’t know how to eat healthy. And

Camille McDaniel (09:01.281)
Okay.

Dr. Tomeka Day (09:09.309)
which is crazy, right? All those years of studying medicine. And I was just like, I remember my husband, I having a conversation and he was like, you know, we, we just really need to change how we’re eating. And I was like, I don’t even know how to do that. What do you mean? I’ve eaten like this all my life. Like what, what do I need to do? And I felt like the Holy spirit was telling me as well, change how you’re eating, change how you’re eating.

Camille McDaniel (09:12.46)
Yes.

Camille McDaniel (09:34.766)
Okay.

Dr. Tomeka Day (09:37.002)
So I didn’t know and that program came across my radar and I said, you know, I’m gonna learn more. I’m gonna learn more because I don’t know enough information. And in that program, that’s when I started learning about, you know, how to eat processed foods, you know, versus whole foods versus, you know, organic foods, just different needs, yes. And you know, things that, some things we already knew growing up like,

the value of eight hours of sleep a night, the quality of your sleep, having some time to yourself to render that self care, whether is you taking time to meditate on God’s word for me, the pray, to go for a walk. Those things really help to really fill your cup up, which

allows you to continue to pour into others cups. So that was really this journey that I embarked on once I started that program. Like, okay, so it’s, yeah, yeah. So that’s how I got started.

Camille McDaniel (10:44.846)
That’s awesome. But that’s no, but that’s good. Cause then, you what I’m hearing you say is like you started by first evaluating what are we not doing well? And like, obviously there were a number of things that came up for you, but one of it started with, need to eat better. We didn’t have rest, you know, we need a rest. We know we need it, but we just trying to get through this program. We trying to, know, parent this family and, and just not paying attention to it. But then.

Dr. Tomeka Day (10:55.581)
Yes.

Dr. Tomeka Day (11:02.387)
Right for me.

Camille McDaniel (11:14.498)
When you’re talking about the fact that you got additional training on integrative medicine and nutrition, that tells me, okay, so then another question pops up in my mind. So I was gonna say that tells me, but I’m not sure, so let me ask. So in your medical training, does medical school kind of incorporate some of these ideas around like nutrition and how processed food might lead a client to have certain ailments or patients to have certain ailments?

Or is that additional training that you will have to get on your own?

Dr. Tomeka Day (11:47.284)
Yeah, that’s a great question because when I trained in medical school, went in 98 through 2003. Our training model did not incorporate nutrition. And in fact, I remember in my first two years of coursework, we had maybe one class that talked about herbal

the role of herbal, know, how people use herbals for medication and things like that. But as far as like just nutrition, no, I mean, it was sprinkled in. That’s why I said I was embarrassed to say like, what do you mean process? What are you talking about? Like, I used to think when anytime I went into the grocery store,

Camille McDaniel (12:18.862)
Okay. Yeah.

Camille McDaniel (12:36.243)
Okay, right. Mm-hmm.

Dr. Tomeka Day (12:46.737)
Because it was in the grocery store in the United States of America. That means everything in there was healthy for our bodies. I used to think that so, you know, obviously, you know not to overeat on like sugary desserts and things like that, but I didn’t think you really had to be mindful when grocery shopping, you know for that purpose of having better health.

Camille McDaniel (12:55.32)
Yes.

Camille McDaniel (12:58.7)
Yes, fast forward, you know.

Camille McDaniel (13:09.102)
is.

Camille McDaniel (13:16.098)
yet.

Dr. Tomeka Day (13:16.521)
So, so no, so my training did not include this. That’s why I was blown away when I did this health coaching program.

Camille McDaniel (13:25.656)
So then what else did you find? What small steps were you able to then take in addition to your health with nutrition and how you were nourishing your body, especially having a small child. So, you know, obviously over the years he gets, he gets, you know, bigger and I don’t know, did you all grow or do you have just one child? okay. So it gets busy. That’s like, how are you?

Dr. Tomeka Day (13:46.751)
We grew. We have three.

Dr. Tomeka Day (13:53.127)
Yes.

Camille McDaniel (13:55.374)
how are you then, how are you like pivoting and transitioning between really hectic schedules as medical professionals and having young children? What were some things that you had to do to really, I guess, implement self-care or even safeguard your self-care? Like, what does that look like? Cause I can tell you, we have two and they are four and almost 10. And we just look at each other like,

Dr. Tomeka Day (13:59.488)
Hmm.

Dr. Tomeka Day (14:13.535)
Mm-hmm. Right.

Dr. Tomeka Day (14:19.071)
Mm-hmm.

Bye.

Camille McDaniel (14:25.326)
Like we’re trying to hang on before they take over the whole house. So what things were you able to implement, even small things that helped you along the way?

Dr. Tomeka Day (14:39.967)
So I will say that God is so great that in the beginning, before all of this started, before I would say I cried out that I needed help with all of this, I had in my mind what my career looked like. So I worked at a private practice and I went to the hospital and I took call.

And I had my family, that’s just kind of in my mind like, that’s just what we do. That’s what I would do. But my past started crossing with different people and I started to ask questions. Yeah, I remember this one particular conversation I had with another pediatrician. said, how do you balance it all with your kids and your family? And she actually was in a similar situation as me, as her husband was.

in the medical field as well. And she told me that her schedule was like a non-traditional schedule, meaning she worked a couple of weekends out of a month because that allowed for her to be able to practice medicine, but also be able to take care of her family in a more balanced way. And I was like, I never thought really about that.

Camille McDaniel (15:58.862)
Okay.

Dr. Tomeka Day (16:04.767)
And so that just opened my mind. So. Yes, yes, absolutely. Like there, you know, there are other ways you can serve and, you know, being your purpose, then like this, you know, one way. And so that really helped me say, OK, all right, there is, you know,

Camille McDaniel (16:10.028)
Yes, all right, schedules, non-traditional schedules.

Dr. Tomeka Day (16:33.551)
another way of doing this. And in fact, she was just like kind of, I won’t say disgusted, but you know, yeah, kind of like you’re why are you working so hard? That is crazy. But that also helped to validate that I thought it was just me like, why can’t I make this more? Everyone else is doing it, right? What is wrong with me?

Camille McDaniel (16:42.094)
This is good.

Camille McDaniel (16:49.079)
Okay.

Camille McDaniel (16:59.082)
Okay.

Dr. Tomeka Day (17:00.875)
And, and, you know, a lot of times when you open up and you, you be honest, you find out that no, they struggling too. Or a lot of other families had live in parents. So, yeah, everyone’s situation is different. So that made sense. And I was like, my goodness. When you have someone that you trust staying in your home,

Camille McDaniel (17:16.259)
yes, everybody’s situation’s different. Yes.

Dr. Tomeka Day (17:29.715)
You know, they’re essentially taking care of your home and, you know, taking care of your kids. Now that allows you this time to, you know, focus on whatever your career, but you’re not feeling isolated from your family. so just multiple things that, know, and you have to find out what works for you, but just start in that thought process and the conversation really kind of helped me search for what is it that

Camille McDaniel (17:38.915)
Yes.

Dr. Tomeka Day (17:59.178)
will work for me.

Camille McDaniel (18:00.792)
I’m really one of the things just kind of from my angle as a mental health professional that I feel is so key and you even getting that information to implement in your family was speaking out. Sometimes there’s a lot of chatter in our mind, like, well, how are they making it work or what are they doing? And not feeling comfortable speaking up. And here you’re like, yeah, just say it and then you can get a lot of information.

Dr. Tomeka Day (18:11.871)
Hmm.

Camille McDaniel (18:26.592)
if you’re willing to just say what your need is or what your challenge is. And that’s really key. That’s important.

Dr. Tomeka Day (18:30.303)
Right.

But you know, it’s almost like, I’m sorry, it’s almost like you have to be vulnerable too, right? Because like I said, for a long time I didn’t because I was thinking what is wrong with me? Why can’t I make this work? You know, what am I missing, right? How are they able to do it and I can’t do it. You know, yeah, yeah.

Camille McDaniel (18:54.52)
So, that’s awesome. So then as you’re continuing your work and finding your balance and all of it, you are helping clients, you’re advocating for them to take better care of themselves, to find their balance. Like, what does that work look like with your average patient? What are they generally struggling with? And then how are you kind of bringing this advocacy work in?

interview.

Dr. Tomeka Day (19:26.141)
Yeah, that’s a great question. So with the health coach and I specifically try to keep it separated from just like the general pediatric practice because the framework really doesn’t allow for them both to work together in a traditional setting, right? So because in the medical setting, like, you know, they’re very limited.

Camille McDaniel (19:47.734)
Okay, yeah.

Dr. Tomeka Day (19:54.752)
maybe 15 to 30 minutes, depending on what the patient is there for. And coaching can be 45 minutes to an hour once a week or twice, or every other week, with touching base with the person via email and different things. So it’s a different framework, but

Camille McDaniel (20:21.122)
Yeah, I feel like it sounds like from what you’re saying already, it just feels a lot more holistic. It feels, you know, a lot more supportive, you know, versus what we have to encounter. Okay.

Dr. Tomeka Day (20:27.421)
Yes. Right. Right. Right. Absolutely. Absolutely. So when I went and so in coaching, when I coach women, so specifically, I coach women who are also, you know, struggling with trying to find their balance. You know, they are trying to take care of everyone else, take care of, you know, everything else, but their own health is declining. And so that’s really who I work with.

Um, but also with the family, because what I’ve found too, through coaching is that if the mom or the woman, you know, improves, um, their health through their nutrition and incorporating these different things, everyone else benefits from it. So the whole family will benefit from it because mom is doing it or, or, you know, the, this woman is doing it and she’s bringing it in most of the time they’re shopping.

They’re preparing the meals, you know, so, so I really focus on women and families. but yes. So in the coaching, we really just focus on where they’re at and like, you know, what is your nutrition look like? You know, what does your sleep look like? you know, eating one thing, one, one thing that we definitely learn in, nutritional health coaching is that.

the food that we put on our plate is determined by other aspects. So if I am stressed out or if my spiritual health is lacking, if I don’t have physical activity, right, these are like primary foods, the things that help us as a whole person, it will affect how I eat the actual physical food that I put on my plate.

Camille McDaniel (22:03.362)
Okay.

Camille McDaniel (22:23.03)
Wow, okay, that makes sense though. Yep.

Dr. Tomeka Day (22:25.049)
Right. Right. Exactly. So in coaching, that allows me to be able to get more to that root cause. Right. So someone may say, I don’t know why I just, you know, eat sugary foods all the time. You know, but if you start to evaluate their primary areas of their lives, like spirituality or like I said, finances, education, relationships.

and all these different areas and you start to see things that are lacking. Now it’s like, okay, this is where it’s really coming from, know, and let’s shift this and see what, you know, is going on in these other areas so that we can get to the place where you wanna choose the healthy foods to eat to nourish your body.

Camille McDaniel (22:57.196)
Yeah.

Okay. Okay.

Camille McDaniel (23:19.042)
that makes sense. And then how do you also take your faith and integrate it into this? Because I guess maybe you have some clients who would like faith integration. What does that even look like in the work that you’re doing with your patients?

Dr. Tomeka Day (23:34.154)
Yeah, that’s great. You know, I think once when I started Flourish Health Coach in LSE, I really wanted to, I guess, advertise that I was a Christian because like in medicine, I never shied away from it. It was just like, if you asked me, yes, I would tell you. But it wasn’t like, this is Dr. Tinnikaday, the Christian.

Camille McDaniel (23:48.109)
unit.

Dr. Tomeka Day (24:03.103)
pediatrician, you know, so, but with the coaching, because I really needed this to be a part of it, because this was part of my journey. I said, this is faith based. This is who I am. Like I have scripture on my website. So if you’re looking for a coach and you’re like, she sure does have Bible verses on her.

Camille McDaniel (24:05.206)
Right, right.

Camille McDaniel (24:31.576)
That’s okay, yes.

Dr. Tomeka Day (24:33.375)
I don’t know about her, you know. So, but I have had clients who were not Christian and I would start my sessions off with a prayer and I asked, is it okay if I say a prayer before our session? And you know, they said, sure. And they sat there politely and then I finished praying. Yeah. So.

Camille McDaniel (25:00.876)
Okay, okay, yes. So people come who need to come, whether they happen to have the same faith as you or not. And like you said earlier, like if people see it and they see the website and it’s like, that’s not for me, then they move on and it leaves space open for those to come who need to come. that’s, yeah, that’s awesome. Okay, that’s really neat. And it’s funny, cause now wait, you’re in North Carolina?

Dr. Tomeka Day (25:05.363)
Mm-hmm.

Dr. Tomeka Day (25:23.636)
Yeah.

Dr. Tomeka Day (25:28.155)
Yes.

Camille McDaniel (25:28.854)
Okay, because when you were like, don’t, you know, I don’t advertise as Dr. Tamika, a Christian pediatrician. I’m like, but if people in North Carolina find out, they might.

Dr. Tomeka Day (25:32.733)
I’m go.

Dr. Tomeka Day (25:37.69)
Yeah, exactly. Yeah, I don’t know. I, you know, it’s just part of like our the medical model. Like you just really it’s just really not traditionally part of, know, when you are, you know, saying who you as a physician and what you three is just it’s almost like you are like taken out of it. Like you’re just there to help.

Camille McDaniel (25:49.858)
Yeah.

Camille McDaniel (26:05.218)
Yeah, that is for mental health as well. So similar. We training in even graduate school, I can remember. They were like, it’s not about you. This is about the client. You put yourself, know, check yourself at the door, you know. But what we are finding today is that the spiritual side of people, it’s just obviously, it’s basically science is proving what the Bible had already said a long time ago. But,

Dr. Tomeka Day (26:07.795)
Yeah. Yeah.

Dr. Tomeka Day (26:12.585)
Yeah.

Right.

Camille McDaniel (26:33.272)
but there are many people who may come to you and all the test results are showing that nothing’s wrong and you get to talking and maybe you find there’s something else that’s not balanced in their life. Maybe it is their relationship and their faith. If they’re coming to you and they are of the same faith, then it can be a whole integrated approach. So it’s really kind of interesting that that was not a part of the normal training for us and for yourself, but.

Dr. Tomeka Day (26:57.843)
We’re to

Camille McDaniel (27:00.128)
It should have been. think we’re kind of coming around to that more and more now and looking at that. And I think people, on the other hand, patients and clients are seeking out more more providers who incorporate a number of their ideas, ideas about medicine or mental health and life and spiritual. So, yeah, that’s really interesting. That’s cool. Well,

Dr. Tomeka Day (27:05.278)
Yeah.

Camille McDaniel (27:26.606)
I’ve talked to you all day if I could, because I have more so. But let me just ask this, is there anything else that you would like to share about your experience with balancing, finding balance or other people that you’ve talked to who have found balance? And if not, then just leave us with words of wisdom as we, are trying our hardest day in and day out to remember.

the balance between our faith and our walk with the gifts and talents we’ve been given, the business that we have to take care of, but even before that, the families that we have been given to take care of as well.

Dr. Tomeka Day (28:06.099)
Yes. So the first thing that I would say is to prioritize yourself, right? Meaning it is okay for you to take care of yourself. So as women, busy women, we’re trying to take care of everyone else. Well, gotta, you know, I gotta, I gotta take care of my husband or I gotta take care of the kids or I gotta go to work and I gotta do this or I got, maybe I’m taking care of a sick parent, right?

But if you don’t take care of yourself, you won’t be able to take care of everything and everyone else. So that’s the first thing that you have to make a priority for you. And this is going to look different for every woman, right? You know, the first thing I like to recommend is start your day with carving out at least 15 minutes, at least.

It may be more, but start your day at least, you know, focusing on you in some kind of way. Like I share, I really like to get up, read a scripture, say a prayer and not just be, you know, grabbing the phone and opening an email or, you know, doing this task or doing that. Just really to start my day like that. Some people like to maybe get a quick 10 minute workout in.

you know, maybe have a cup of warm, you know, herbal tea to just kind of like center yourself before your day gets hectic. And then also, I also like to recommend is making sure you are getting enough water. know, it’s a simple thing, it’s water, right? I always start with that because it’s very simple yet it’s very necessary for our bodies.

because our bodies are made up of mostly water. a lot of time if we’re dehydrated, that’s leading to us being tired in addition to everything else. So making sure you are getting enough water every single day, at least 64 ounces. Everybody’s body is different, but I typically start with 64 ounces of just water, no carbonated, nothing, just water. You can infuse it with lemon or lime, but

Dr. Tomeka Day (30:29.523)
getting that in, you’ll be surprised how much energy, know, how much more energized your body will be if you’re well hydrated. I often recommend the women carry around a water bottle, you know, so that if you’re busy and you’re going, you can just, you know, sip and drink. And like I said, that has been a huge, something that’s so simple, but has, I’ve seen it work.

and so many women that I’ve coached, they are like, my gosh, I didn’t know water. I wasn’t dreaming of water. And that’s just one of many things. But that’s just something.

Camille McDaniel (31:06.647)
Right.

You’re so right. was like, I’m gonna try so hard not to interrupt because I was like, she is spot on. I didn’t even know that until I had my first child and in the hospital, they kept giving me like these big jokes. And then I’m like, okay, okay, I got done. And they came around and was like, okay, we need two more of those, okay? I was like, how much water should I have? And so I did not realize how important it was.

Dr. Tomeka Day (31:19.016)
Yeah.

Yes.

Dr. Tomeka Day (31:28.199)
Yeah.

Dr. Tomeka Day (31:32.735)
you

Yes.

Camille McDaniel (31:36.584)
Then later after that, in just drinking, when times where I have had a good amount of water, what is recommended, versus times that I have not, I can actually tell the difference. I can tell the difference in how I feel internally. I can tell the difference in my skin. I can tell the difference in other areas of my life, just like in habits of all kinds of ways that I’m like, my goodness, I knew you needed water. I did not know how much of a difference, I guess, drinking that.

Dr. Tomeka Day (31:49.823)
Yes.

Camille McDaniel (32:06.36)
much could bring. So yeah, yeah, I know sometimes we do think I was guilty of it. You’re like, okay, I understand. I’m gonna get a little water in, that’s fine. And I probably have like, I have a cup next to me, like this, like this, this will be my water cup for everyone who’s listening and can’t see. I just held up like a little Chick-fil-A cup that’s like a medium size. And I thought that that was like, I had water today. And I was sorely mistaken. I was really wrong.

Dr. Tomeka Day (32:07.924)
Yes.

Dr. Tomeka Day (32:18.623)
Yes.

Dr. Tomeka Day (32:30.683)
Yeah!

Dr. Tomeka Day (32:35.455)
Yes, yes. So yeah, absolutely. So that’s just something simple that, you know, I like to share. And, just like I said, just remember that it is okay to give yourself self care, self care. It’s not selfish, right? You’re taking care of yourself so that you are able to continue to pour into others so that you’re able to, you know, run that business and invest in your family and

Camille McDaniel (32:35.927)
What?

Dr. Tomeka Day (33:05.177)
And and be a purpose in God because if we don’t take care of our bodies, which is which are the temples on Holy Ghost, how are we going to do everything else? Right. So I think that’s one of the first things I would say is that starting there, like I have to prioritize myself. It doesn’t mean you spend 20, you know, or let’s say eight hours, you spend what hours a day on yourself, but you do spend some very

intentional time on yourself.

Camille McDaniel (33:36.078)
intentional time. Absolutely. Thank you so much for that and tell us now where can we find you because like you said, you have a whole nutritional coaching program, you have a book, you have a podcast. Can you share with us where we can find you?

Dr. Tomeka Day (33:54.323)
Yes, so my website is flourish, F-L-O-U-R-I-S-H, healthcoachingllc.com. on my website, I talk about the things, the ways in which I coach women and families and the services available. also have, my book is sold on amazon.com. the…

Camille McDaniel (34:20.482)
Okay.

Dr. Tomeka Day (34:21.119)
21 days to a prosperous mindset, faith-based devotional. And my podcast is The Wholeness Walk, it’s on wherever you get, you listen to your podcast. Spotify, Apple is available.

Camille McDaniel (34:38.782)
Awesome. Thank you so much, Dr. Day. Again, this has been great. This has been insightful, everything that we really needed. I appreciate you.

Dr. Tomeka Day (34:41.981)
Thank you.

Dr. Tomeka Day (34:47.123)
Thank you so much. Yes.