We went down the green washing rabbit hole, talking about everything from oil companies, Jason Momoa, to the matrix and more! In this episode of the I'm Speaking Podcast we share tips to use when buying green products and how to avoid branding with fluff words like eco-friendly, sustainable or green.

Episode 35: Green Washing

Which social media platform do you belong on?? There are so many apps! How do you keep it fun without it turning into a chore and what are the best strategies? Mercy and Priya share their take and experiences on Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok, Pinterest, LinkedIn and more.

Episode 36: Which Social Media Platform Do You Belong On?

We totally took a risk with this episode and even shared some abduction stories. Aliens, Real or Not?? We are 2 grown ass women, entrepreneurs and moms but we have some solid takes on why we think Aliens are real. 

Half way through the podcast we pause to share Mercy's mom's exclusive alien story. Stay tuned!

Find us wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts.

Episode 37: Aliens, Real or Not?

ALL water is NOT the same! This episode is all about different types of water and the importance of ALKALINE WATER. Mercy and Priya speak with special guest, Paula Silveira, Co-Founder of Miami Alkaline Water about the science behind alkaline water, dirty water and tips to get healthy with water!

ABOUT PAULA SILVEIRA:
IG: @miamialkalinewater
Formerly a highly accomplished business executive in sales and marketing. Beginning her career as a door-to-door sales representative to building a portfolio of businesses Paula received many awards such as Business of the Year, Consistency Award, Organizational Growth to name a few…

As an entrepreneur, motivational speaker, consultant, and philanthropist based in Miami. After focusing on running marketing companies Paula used her shape entrepreneurial skills, leadership skills, business acumen, drive for growth, and commitment to results to diversify into her new passion – Bringing awareness about our Water and to living a healthier and happier and longer life.

Water is of major importance to all living things; in some organisms, up to 90% of their body weight comes from water. Up to 60% of the human adult body is water. Fueling your body with high quality water is a MUST!

MORE ABOUT MIAMI ALKALINE WATER:
www.miamialkalinewater.com
Before Miami Alkaline started we were in the Mortgage and Marketing industry. Sales were always a part of our lives but there was not one product we were really passionate about. As Texas residents, we learned about the quality of the water we were drinking and unfortunately also found that was one of the worst ones in the USA. As big advocates of living a Healthy and Fulfilled life we made our mission to not only bring clean water to people’s lives again but also the awareness of how contaminated our water is today.

From 2016 in Texas; In Florida from 2020.

Miami was always our destination and to our surprise, Florida has the second most contaminated water in the USA right behind Texas. And here is where our Story begins, after much success in Texas we are bringing what Miami deserves the most – CLEAN, REFRESHING, HYDRATING WATER! After years of Entrepreneurship, we finally found our Passion – Bringing clean water, awareness and healthier life to everyone.

Episode 38: Different Types of Water

We both saw WOMAN KING and couldn't wait to share our reaction to it! We loved Viola Davis in this epic movie, based on a true story! Now, we did get a little side tracked with the Elvis movie...but that's what happens when we're just vibin' and the conversation is flowing.

Listen to find out how many martinis we gave the WOMAN KING!

S9 - BONUS EPISODE - The Woman King REACTION

Fredrik Backman's 'My Friends' is our December 2025 Book Club pick! There are so many great reviews about this book we had to end the year with this NY Times best seller!

About My Friends:
Four teenagers whose friendship creates a bond so powerful that it changes a complete stranger’s life twenty-five years later.

Most people don’t even notice them—three tiny figures sitting at the end of a long pier in the corner of one of the most famous paintings in the world. Most people think it’s just a depiction of the sea. But Louisa, an aspiring artist herself, knows otherwise, and she is determined to find out the story of these three enigmatic figures.

Twenty-five years earlier, in a distant seaside town, a group of teenagers find refuge from their bruising home lives by spending long summer days on an abandoned pier, telling silly jokes, sharing secrets, and committing small acts of rebellion. These lost souls find in each other a reason to get up each morning, a reason to dream, a reason to love.

Out of that summer emerges a transcendent work of art, a painting that will unexpectedly be placed into eighteen-year-old Louisa’s care. She embarks on a surprise-filled cross-country journey to learn how the painting came to be and to decide what to do with it. The closer she gets to the painting’s birthplace, the more nervous she becomes about what she’ll find. Louisa is proof that happy endings don’t always take the form we expect in this stunning testament to the transformative, timeless power of friendship and art.

December Book Club Pick 'My Friends' by Backman is the 2025 Book of the Year?

This set of sounds from the surface of Mars were recorded by the microphone on the side of NASA’s Perseverance Rover on February 20, 2021. In the first set, sounds from the rover itself dominate. In the second set, the sound was filtered to make sounds from Mars more audible. You can hear a little wind in the second set. 
 
This is the first time a Mars rover has been equipped with a microphone. The images in this video were taken by Perseverance's Navigation Cameras, or Navcams, on the same day as the microphone sounds, Feb. 20, 2021.
 
For more information about Perseverance, visit https://mars.nasa.gov/perseverance
 
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Sounds From Mars: Filters Out Rover Self-Noise

We felt a new year called for new a chapter 📖 
YOU asked and we listened!! 
Our podcast 🎧 will now be exclusively dedicated to books!!!

You’re welcome ☺️ 

Our platform will now solely focus on lifting, empowering, and supporting authors, writers, and book lovers everywhere ✨
It will spotlight all writers: Indie authors, novelists, journalists, screenwriters, poets, and more. We will talk about their inspiration, experiences, process, and everything in between 🎧🎙️
Don’t worry though, we will still be discussing The Books & Martinis Book Club monthly book and our ever-evolving TBR 📚

We can’t wait to share everything we have coming up! 📣

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