Charlene Gonzalez

Quarantine has me cooking and washing dishes more than I have ever before in my life. For this reason I have looked for options for easy and healthy meals such as bean salad.

Esta cuarentena me tiene cocinada y fregando más que en toda la historia de mi vida. Por tal razón he buscado opciones para realizar comidas fácil y también saludables como la ensalada de granos.

Bean salads are a great source of fiber and protein that you can create in just minutes while still eating healthy. This recipe is ideal to serve with any meat or fish.

Las ensaladas de granos son una gran fuente de fibra y proteínas que puedes crear en solo minutos sin dejar de comer rico y saludable. Esta receta es ideal para servir de acompañante de cualquier carne o pescado.

If you are not a kitchen lover or do not have time, you have to try this simple recipe. I promise that my unique recipe will fascinate you.

Si no eres amante a la cocina o no tienes tiempo, tienes que tratar esta rica y sencilla receta. Les prometo que mi receta única les fascinará.

Ingredients- Ingredientes:

Black beans-Frijoles negros
Small red beans-Habichuelas coloradas
Small white beans-habichuelas blancas
Chopped onions- Cebolla picados en tamaños pequeños
Chopped coriander-Cilantro bien picadita
Cherry Tomatoes cut in 1/2- Cherry tomatoes picados en mitad
Grounded black pepper-pimiento molido
Himalayan salt-Sal
1/2Lemon- 1/2 limon
Balsamic vinaigrette Dressing- Vinagre balsámico

1. For the first step mix all the grains in a drainer and wash them. For Beans I use the Goya brand, it is my preference but you can use the brand you want. Para el primer paso mezcla todos los granos en un escurridero y lávalos. Para granos yo utilizo la marca Goya, es mi preferencia pero puedes utilizar la marca que desees.
2. Then in a large container, combine the beans with onion, the coriander and cherry tomatoes and than mix. Luego en un envase grande une las habichuelas con cebolla, el cilantro y cherry tomatoes y los mezclas.
3. Next you add the pepper and salt to your liking, squeeze the lemon juice in the salad and also add the balsamic vinegar dressing to your liking than again mix everything. Próximo le hechas el pimiento y sal a tu gusto, exprime el jugo del limón en la ensalada y le hechas el dressing de vinagre balsámico a tu gusto y nuevamente mezclas todo.

4. Let the salad sit for at least 15 minutes in the fridge before serving. (This step is optional) Deja la ensalada reposar por mínimo 15 minutos en la nevera antes de servir. (Este pasó es opcional)

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Faith In Times Of Crisis-Coronavirus

March 16, 2020

Its been a while since I’ve introduced myself. Since I have many new subscribers before I share my important message here’s a few details about me. My full name is Charlene Gonzalez, nope there’s no middle name; I’m 34; Nuyorican; petite literally measure 5’1; I don’t know much about baseball but I’m a Yankees fan, hot Cheetos, mint chocolate chip ice-cream, watching cartoons and décor/organization videos on YouTube are my guilty pleasures. I value integrity, loyalty and honesty. I love helping others and I’m passionate about making a positive change in this world.

2020 sure has been a year full of hectic surprises and challenges. It’s only March 2020 and many of us would love to either rewind back to 2019 or fast forward to 2021. We’ve been faced with chaotic scenarios from earthquakes, wildfires, tornados and Coronavirus. Now we’re faced with a health chaos forcing everyone into quarantine. We all began 2020 with high expectations of great success and though the beginning of this year may be difficult my hopes are still set on believing the best is yet to come and all this suffering shall pass.

In a time where fear is abundant leaning on faith is essential. We all lose hope sometimes as frustration overpowers what we can’t control in the wake of these shaking events. Though the world my seem dark its when you most lean on your faith the most. During times of despair rely on God to calm your anxiety. He gives us the hope that we can survive anything the world throws at us.

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We can’t return to 2019 nor fast forward the present but we can place all our faith in God and trust he is in control. This is the best time to slow down, prioritize and count your blessings. Focus on you and your loved ones. Make the best of this time. Trust me there’s no time to be bored when there’s so much more to accomplish. If you’re a blogger- digital creator or want to become one it’s time to create more content, reach out to brands, reorganize your emails, redesign your strategies, update or create your media kit. Work on your social media game and get started with Tiktok, it’s the latest trend. Watch Netflix and Disney Plus, there’s lots of good stuff that just premiered like Elite and Frozen 2. This is the best time to get started on spring cleaning. Life is busy and sometimes we disconnect ourselves from friends and family so it’s time to reconnect. Read motivational books and exercise at home. Most importantly take time to build your personal relationship with God.

No matter the situation don’t panic, it’s important to be calm. During this time don’t forget to think about others vulnerable to these current circumstances by checking up on elderly neighbors, family members and the homeless. In times of crisis embrace Empathy, compassion, tolerance, hope, love and faith. Most importantly trust God

“I can do all things Christ who strengthens me”-Philippians 4:13

“If God if for us, who is against us.” -Psalm 62: 5-6

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Self-Love Is My Superpower

February 14, 2020

Self-love is my superpower. Believe me when I say that the most important relationship you’ll ever have is the relationship with yourself. Self-love is the most valuable love you’ll know. It comes from within yourself and shines on the out. Self-love is a shield that protects you from haters and negativity. Self-love makes the impossible possible. Loving yourself includes having forgiveness, acceptance, and respect for who you are – all your beautiful and not so beautiful parts included. When you love yourself, you take care of yourself, you honor your limitations, you listen to your needs and you respect your dreams enough to act on them. Let’s be real, learning to love yourself is fucking hard. Self-love is a process. It took me years to learn to genuinely love myself.

El amor propio es mi superpoder. Créeme cuando digo que la relación más importante que tendrás en tu vida es la relación contigo misma. El amor propio es el amor más valioso que conocerás. Proviene de tu interior y brilla en el exterior. El amor propio es un escudo para protegerte de los enemigos y la negatividad. El amor propio hace posible lo imposible. Amarte a ti misma incluye tener perdón, aceptación y respeto por quien eres, incluyendo todas tus partes hermosas y no tan hermosas. Cuando te amas, te cuidas, respetas tus limitaciones, escuchas tus necesidades y respetas tus sueños lo suficiente como para actuar en consecuencia. Seamos realistas, aprender a amarte a ti misma es bien difícil. El amor propio es un proceso. Me llevó años aprender a amarme de verdad.

I’ve lived through some tough shit; traumas, betrayals, heartbreaks, toxic relationships and friendships, career struggles, health scares and more but everything led to a surprising positive result, the best version of myself complete of self-love.

He vivido por muchas situaciones difíciles; traumas, traiciones, desamores, relaciones y amistades tóxicas, complicaciones en mi carera, sustos en mi salud y más pero todo condujo a un sorprendente resultado positivo, la mejor versión de mí misma completa de amor propio.

Self-love illuminates, improves, and deepens every aspect of life. With self-love you know your value and will never settle for anything less than what you deserve in life. You’ll know when to walk away from relationships or friendships that are harmful and toxic.

El amor propio ilumina, mejora y profundiza todos los aspectos de la vida. Con el amor propio, conoces tu valor y nunca te conformarás con nada menos de lo que mereces en la vida. Sabrás cuándo alejarte de las relaciones o amistades que son dañinas y tóxicas.

One of my greatest problems was giving more and doing more for others than what I did for myself. I put everyone else before me and tolerated a lot of manipulation and negativity. Self-love involves treating yourself with the same kindness, concern, and support you’d show to a good friend.

Uno de mis mayores problemas era dar más y hacer más por los demás que lo que hacía por mí misma. Puse a todos los demás antes que a mí y toleré mucha manipulación y negatividad. El amor propio implica tratarse con la misma amabilidad, preocupación y apoyo que le mostrarías a un buen amiga/a.

When you love yourself, your happiness, health, and fulfillment are all of supreme importance because you realize that without loving yourself, you will never be able to genuinely love others.

Cuando te amas a ti misma, tu felicidad, salud y satisfacción son de suma importancia porque te das cuenta de que sin amarte a ti misma, nunca podrás amar genuinamente a los demás.

When faced with difficult life struggles, or confronting personal mistakes and failures self-love responds with kindness rather than harsh self-judgment, recognizing that imperfection is part of the everyone’s human experience.

Cuando nos enfrentamos a luchas difíciles de la vida, o enfrentamos errores y fracasos personales, el amor propio responde con amabilidad en lugar de juicio duro, reconociendo que la imperfección es parte de la experiencia humana de todos.

Here are some of the MANY benefits of learning how to love yourself more:

Estos son algunos de los MUCHOS beneficios de aprender a amarte más:

Gain confidence and self-esteem / Ganar confianza y autoestima
Have tolerance of your flaws and weaknesses / Tener tolerancia a tus defectos y debilidades
Find the ability to discover and fulfill your personal destiny / Encuentra la capacidad de descubrir y cumplir tu destino personal
Have a great compassion for yourself. / Ten una gran compasión por ti mismo.
Authentic Connection with people. / Auténtica conexión con las personas.
Healthy relationships and friendships / Relaciones y amistades saludables
Healthier and wiser choices / Relaciones y amistades saludables
Increased access to new opportunities / Mayor acceso a nuevas oportunidades
Improved mental health (Less anxiety + depression) / Mejora de la salud mental (menos ansiedad + depresión)

Loving yourself is a radical act, but life is so much better if you do. Self love is an ongoing process for all of us. It takes work, patience and a lot of kindness to yourself. I wish you well on your self — love journey.

Amarte a ti misma es un acto radical, pero la vida es mucho mejor si lo haces. El amor propio es un proceso continuo para todos nosotros. Se necesita trabajo, paciencia y mucha amabilidad para ti misma. Te deseo lo mejor en tu viaje de amor propio.

If want want to empower your life with self-love I invite you to be a part of the event “Empowered by Self-Love” by Empowered Coach Ana Merced. I will be a speaker and I will be sharing my journey through self-Love.

Si quieres empoderar tu vida con amor propio, te invito a ser parte del evento “Empowered by Self-Love” de la coach empoderada Ana Merced. Seré una oradora y compartiré mi viaje a través del amor propio.

What is empowered by self-love? Empowered by self love is a movement and words in action. It’s a profound voice that calls out to women, that feel they have lost themselves in the way. It’s a call to get back to your center, redefine yourself finding the best version of you and showing it to the world. It is a call to action, to look for the answers but from the inside. The main purpose of this workshop is to give you the practical tools to access that source within you and fill it with unconditional love. For more information and to get your ticket for “Empowered by Self-Love” visit: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/empowered-by-self-love-tickets-88449700435

¿Qué es el empoderamiento del amor propio? Es un movimiento, son palabras en acción. Es una voz profunda que llama a las mujeres, que sienten que se han perdido en el camino. Es una llamada para volver a su centro, redefinirse encontrando la mejor versión de usted y mostrándola al mundo. Es un llamado a la acción, para buscar las respuestas pero desde adentro. El objetivo principal de este taller es brindarle las herramientas prácticas para acceder a esa fuente dentro de usted y llenarla de amor incondicional. Para obtener más información y obtener su boleto para “Empowered by Self-Love”, visite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/empowered-by-self-love-tickets-88449700435

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Review: Birds of Prey

February 6, 2020

Birds of Prey ( and The Fantabulous Enmancipation of One Harley Quinn) is a representation of women empowerment, girl power and self-love. The fabulous Margot Robbie reprises her epic role as the hilarious and quirky Harley Quinn in this new Warner Bros. spinoff of the Suicide Squad.

Having gone through a though breakup with joker, Quinn finds herself reclaiming her independence, finding her identity and trying to survive the vengeance of many she’s wronged now that she’s no longer under Joker’s protection.

In her post breakup-survival-kicking ass process Harley makes new gal pals who all have to face the bad guy, Black Mask portrayed by Ewan McGregor, who basically wants them all dead. Harley’s new bad ass amigas include Renee Montoya(Rosie Perez) a brilliant detective who’s been walked all over by men, Huntress (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) a tough chic with a traumatic past and a mission to venge her families death, Cassandra Cain (Ella Jay Basco) tween pickpocket who becomes Harley’s protege and Black Canary (Jurnee Smollett-Bell) a singer with a killer voice and moves.

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Besides all the hilarious action packed scenes if you ask me what I love most about the movie it’s Harley’s killer fashion sense. This super-heroine film brings back all the glitter and bright colors inspired by 70s retro fashion.

If your on the search for the perfect galentines activity well after devouring some tacos and margaritas watching this female centric action packed film is the perfect choice. Birds of Prey premieres on February 6th in Puerto Rico. Thank you Warner Bros. for the special invite to watch the movies exclusive special premiere.

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The Reality Of HPV & Cervical Cancer

January 25, 2020January 29, 2020

There comes a time in every persons life who owns a vagina that they must start seeing a gynecologist. All jokes aside, visiting the gyno is a must-do in every woman’s life. I went for my first gynecologist visit after I got my first period. Constantly visiting a gynecologists and getting a Pap smear can save your life.

Llega un momento en la vida de todas las personas que poseen una vagina en dónde deben comenzar a ver un ginecólogo. Dejando al lado los chistes, visitar el ginecólogo es algo que toda mujer debe hacer. Fui a mi primera visita al ginecólogo después de mi primer período. Visitar constantemente a un ginecólogo y hacerse una prueba de Papanicolaou puede salvarle la vida.

January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month. I’ve joined forces with “Las Voces de Rhaiza” to spread awareness about human papillomavirus (HPV). Human papillomavirus is the most common sexually transmitted infection. Most sexually active men and women will be exposed to the virus at some point during their lifetime. HPV causes various types of cancers the most common being Cervical Cancer. HPV can be spread through oral, vaginal, or anal sex.

Enero es el mes de concientización sobre el cáncer cervical. He unido fuerzas con “Las Voces de Rhaiza” para concientizarlos sobre el virus del papiloma humano (VPH). El virus del papiloma humano es la infección de transmisión sexual más común. La mayoría de los hombres y mujeres sexualmente activos estarán expuestos al virus en algún momento de su vida. El VPH causa varios tipos de cáncer, el más común es el cáncer de cuello uterino. El VPH se puede transmitir a través del sexo oral, vaginal o anal.

Thanks to cervical cancer screenings and HPV vaccination it can be prevented. That’s why it’s very important for woman to visit their gynecologists to have a pap smear done. A pap smear is a screening test for cervical cancer.

Gracias a las pruebas de detección de cáncer de cuello uterino y la vacuna contra el VPH, se puede prevenir. Por eso es muy importante que las mujeres visiten a sus ginecólogos para hacerse una prueba de Papanicolaou. Una prueba de Papanicolaou es una prueba de detección para el cáncer cervical.

The only ways to prevent HPV are:

Las únicas formas de prevenir el VPH son:

having the HPV vaccine /tener la vacuna contra el VPH
practicing safe sex / practicar sexo seguro
practicing abstinence or being in a monogamous sexual relationship / practicar la abstinencia o estar en una relación sexual monógama
not having sex while there are visible genital warts / no tener relaciones sexuales mientras haya verrugas genitales visibles

We are lucky that today we have the knowledge to protect our health and prevent being infected with HPV. I can’t stress how important it is for you to check yourself and get vaccinated. For more information and to purchase the Teal 2020 scarf visit https://www.lasvocesderhaiza.org/

Tenemos la suerte de que hoy tenemos el conocimiento para proteger nuestra salud y evitar que nos infectemos con el VPH. No puedo enfatizar lo importante que es para ustedes chequearse y vacunarse. Para obtener más información y comprar el pañuelo Teal 2020, visita https://www.lasvocesderhaiza.org/

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I Have a Dream-Tengo un Sueño

January 20, 2020January 28, 2020

Martin Luther King JR. has always been my favorite hero, next to Princess Diana.He was a man who changed the worlds perspective forever. With all the controversies that still exist today it’s inevitable to look at this mans example. What I loved about MLK is that he did things strategically; he was smart and peacefully fought for civil rights.

Martin Luther King Jr. siempre ha sido mi héroe favorito, junto a la princesa Diana. Fue un hombre que cambió la perspectiva del mundo para siempre. Con todas las controversias que aún existen hoy en día, es inevitable mirar el ejemplo de este hombre. Lo que me encantó de MLK es que fue estratégico; Era inteligente y luchó pacíficamente por los derechos civiles.

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In 1963 Martin Luther King delivered his famous speech “I have a Dream”. This man stood against the heart wrenching reality in a fight against racism, injustice and intolerance. Throughout history we’ve made much progress but we continue to make the same mistakes repeating the same behaviors of hate, division, intolerance, injustice and corruption. Today on the celebration of Martin Luther Kings birthday, I Charlene Gonzalez have a dream. I have a dream to wake up one morning to a world full of love, tolerance and peace. Where judgment and hate will cease to exist and we could all live in acceptance of each other no matter the religious, cultural, economical ethnic or any background that may exist because we are all created equal. We have have the same blood that runs through our veins and have the same creator, God, who loves us unconditionally.

En 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. pronunció su famoso discurso “Tengo un sueño”. Este hombre luchó contra la realidad desgarradora en contra del racismo, la injusticia y la intolerancia. A lo largo de la historia hemos progresado mucho, pero seguimos cometiendo los mismos errores repitiendo los mismos comportamientos de odio, división, intolerancia, injusticia y corrupción. Hoy, en la celebración del cumpleaños de Martin Luther King Jr., yo Charlene González tengo un sueño. Tengo el sueño de despertarme una mañana en un mundo lleno de amor, tolerancia y paz. Donde el juicio y el odio dejarán de existir y todos podríamos vivir en la aceptación del uno al otro sin importar el origen religioso, cultural, económico o cualquier otro origen que pueda existir porque todos somos creados iguales. Tenemos la misma sangre que corre por nuestras venas y tenemos al mismo creador, Dios, que nos ama incondicionalmente.

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