Women, stress and balancing it all + Giveaway Rules #GoRedLATINO

Disclosure: This is a sponsored post as part of a campaign with the American Heart Association. As always, all opinions are always my own!

I love New York and will always be a “city girl,” but the work culture here for the most part is like the Rihanna song, “work, work, work.” If you have time to breathe then apparently you’re not doing enough! Not getting enough sleep because you’re so busy is something people are proud of. Being stressed out seems to be a way of life. We’ve been led to believe some or all of this is normal, but it’s not true. Several studies and medical opinions have pointed out the obvious, that it’s not healthy and can have serious consequences, like heart disease, stroke and even death.

As women we tend to take on too much. We overextend ourselves sometimes daily to our own detriment. We make sure our parents, friends and children make and go to their health checkups, and then we forget to schedule our own. As a new mom, I get it. I am experiencing a love so deep it hurts to even imagine anything going wrong with my son. I want to be there and protect him every second of the day, but I have to remind myself also that it’s ok to take 30 minutes just to myself everyday. I know if I’m not healthy, I’ll be of no use to him or anyone else. As much sense as that makes, I still struggle to find balance. The more I talk to other women and moms online, the more I learn I’m not alone, and that we all need help taking care of ourselves and not feeling guilty doing so.

Let’s talk about this and more at the #GoRedLatino twitter party!

I hope you will join me on Thursday, May 26th at 8pm EST on twitter for our special #GoRedLATINO twitter party! Let’s discuss all of these points and more. We have three amazing blogger co-hosts Eileen Campos, Elayna Fernandez and Maria Castro. We are also joined by three special co-hosts, Dr. Johanna Contreras, cardiologist at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, Mariela Dabbah, award-winning founder of the Red Shoe Movement, and fitness expert and author Josette Puig, I am also giving away a few goodies throughout the twitter party, because who doesn’t like a giveaway!!

Xoxo,
Helen

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DATES OF SWEEPSTAKES: The “Go Red LATINO” (the “Sweepstakes”) begins at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time (“ET”) and ends at 9:00 p.m. ET on May 26, 2016 (the “Sweepstakes Period”).

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PRIZES: One Prize Winner will be awarded a gift card from Macy’s. The total Approximate Retail Value (“ARV”) of this Prize is $50. One Prize Winners will receive a Fitbit, the total Approximate Retail Value (“ARV”) of this Prize is $70. There will be a total of two (2) Prizes to be awarded for this Sweepstakes.
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