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How did your Wharton and BCG experience

shape your creator mindset? How do you

source content ideas and do you ever run

out of ideas? What is the number one

thing that I think about when choosing a

partner? Do you ever feel anxious or

worried about the future? Are you

single? You know what? I'm just going to

finally spill the tea. Hello, this is

Taylor. Welcome to my semianual spicy

Q&A where I answer your spiciest

questions. And today I am actually

spilling more tea than I ever have

before. Let's jump right in. All right,

first question. I have to address it

because without fail, every time that I

put up one of my Q&A question boxes, so

many of you guys ask, do you ever miss

consulting or corporate life? And more

pointedly, how did your Wharton and BCG

experience shape your creator mindset?

And I like that question a lot. If

you've been around a while, you're

probably tired of hearing me talk about

this. I'm tired of hearing me talk about

this. But with each year that passes,

each 6 months that pass, I definitely do

get more perspective on this topic. So

figured I'd share. The short answer to

this question at its face value is that

there is next to nothing that I actually

miss about consulting in the corporate

life. However, where that part of my

life is still very relevant is that my

experience in consulting and my finance

internships and my Wharton background,

it all heavily influences how I run my

business today. Not necessarily the

things that I learned on the job, but

just the way that my brain works. From

how I think to structure my videos to my

growth strategy to how I approach brand

partnerships, the business part of me

bleeds into everything that I do as a

creator. It's why I still mention my

corporate background and my education

when taking people through my journey

because it definitely shines a light on

a very fundamental piece of how I

operate. And it's kind of a shorthand

way to make that point. And the business

part of my job is a huge reason why I

love it so much. I actually think I'm

very very fortunately positioned to love

the business aspect of it because I know

a lot of people who say, you know, once

your hobby becomes your job, it no

longer becomes fun. Complete opposite

for me. Figuring out how to grow my

hobby into a multi6figure business has

been the single most rewarding thing of

my 27 years. So, no, I don't miss

consulting in the slightest, but the

part of me that once thought that that

profession would be a good one for me is

still alive and well. It just has to be

from an entrepreneurial angle rather

than a corporate angle. Okay, let's do a

little bit of a lighter one to cleanse

the palette, shall we? What do you like

to eat for breakfast if you eat in the

morning? You know, I'm actually thrilled

to be talking about this because I have

made two sciencebacked changes in the

recent past that have made such a big

difference for me. Maybe it'll help you

guys, too. So, maybe this isn't such a

light question after all. But first

change that I made, I used to do the

whole overnight oats thing for

breakfast, but after a while, I realized

it just wasn't keeping me as full as I

was expecting it to. And then I realized

even though yes, it has some protein in

it from the a little bit of Greek yogurt

or if I put milk in it, it is very carb

focused. Now I'm not anti-arb at all and

those are healthy carbs. They're

complex. There's some fiber in there.

But it just wasn't very satiating to me

compared to now the change that I've

made is to focus on an extremely

proteinrich breakfast. And it also

includes some healthy fats and a bit of

carb from some fresh cut fruit. And this

really has made a huge difference. I

stay fuller for longer. My energ is

better. It te's up my workouts really

well. And then I don't have to disrupt

my workflow to tend to the grumbling

tummy. That's the worst. And then I save

the heavier carb profile for dinner

later on. So what do I do now? I had it

just a couple hours ago. I do a big bowl

of 0% fat, no sugar Greek yogurt. I

drizzle some peanut butter on top and

some sliced raw almonds for some healthy

fats. Then I do a bit of fresh cut fruit

on top. whatever's in season or whatever

is reasonably priced at Trader Joe's.

So, this morning it was raspberries and

strawberries. And then I add some chia

seeds that I pre-oak. That adds a lot of

fiber and makes it even more filling.

Again, just a lot more satiating. Don't

have to disrupt the workflow to eat like

an hour later. It's great. Okay, second

change that I've made. I used to

unintentionally intermittent fast. I

would just have my black coffee in the

morning, which would kind of blunt my

appetite and then I just wouldn't eat

until like 11 or 12. But after learning

more about my body, I now know that our

cortisol peaks about 30 minutes after

waking up. And since cortisol is often

referred to as the stress hormone, that

might sound like a bad thing. It's

actually not. It's just our body trying

to help us feel more awake and energized

as we wake up in the morning. It's

literally called our cortisol awakening

response. And fasting can keep this

higher level of cortisol elevated for

longer, which does have some benefits.

It can help to sharpen your focus and

feel like you have some mental clarity.

I know cuz I used to do it. I know the

benefits of fasting too. But for women

especially, this higher level of

cortisol and keeping it elevated for

longer can mess with our blood sugar,

with our hormone balance. It can mess

with our energy, especially during the

ludal phase of our cycles where we're

just more susceptible to these negative

downsides. Negative, that's a double

negative to these downsides. Generally,

men are more metabolically forgiving

when it comes to fasting and actually

see more of those benefits. But I've

learned that as a woman, I can really

benefit from eating a proteinrich

breakfast within 60 to 90 minutes of

waking up. This is a very boiled down

version of all the research I've done on

this topic. But that's what I do pretty

much every single day, and I feel

amazing, more energized, and healthier

than ever. So, it's worked for me.

Moving on to a highly requested, asked

theme, relationship stuff. Now, if

you've been around, you also know that I

keep this part of my life pretty much

completely private. Every now and then

I'll make like a funny nod to it. But

you know what? I'm kind of ready to

spill the tea a little bit because

relationship stuff and thinking about

how to make things work with a partner

is a huge part of my life. It's

something I think a lot about and I kind

of like the idea of talking about it a

little bit more freely while still

keeping, you know, the private details

of my love life private. So yes, I am in

a relationship.

Wow. So many questions around marriage,

kids, how I manage the relationship

among other aspects of my life. Yes,

marriage, yes, kids. When? No time soon.

But I love this one and would love to

speak to it. What is the number one

thing that you think about when choosing

a partner? The truth is, it's hard to

rank certain things because there are

just a handful of non-negotiables where

you can't have one without the other,

even if one of them seems more

important. But I can rattle off a couple

things that I have found to be essential

for a healthy relationship. First thing

is conflict resolution skills slashgood

communication. You know, if there's an

issue, do you feel comfortable going to

your partner to talk about it in a

levelheaded way and without the fear of

feeling judged? And this is a two-way

street, by the way. So, so important.

You I don't mean that you can just go to

your partner, point all the blame on

them in an aggressive tone, and expect

to have like a positive response. It's

more about focusing on problem solving

together. So approaching a conversation

like, "Hey, I felt this way when X

happened. I think the reasons I was

feeling that way were because of Y and Z

reasons, but would love to hear your

thoughts and work through this

together." That might sound weirdly

corporate or unrealistic or not really

human, but that is literally how my

partner and I approach things. Again,

the whole point is that you're on the

same team, ideally working towards the

same goal. And if you don't feel that

way, then it's just going to be a huge

uphill battle. Now, it is very worth

mentioning that this kind of

communication takes practice. That is

not how I was approaching things in my

relationship when I was 21 years old.

This takes reps. It takes a partner who

is also willing and wanting to

communicate in this way. And it just

takes some good old-fashioned emotional

maturity that kind of comes with age.

I'm 27. I know saying like comes with

age is ridiculous, but I am 1,000% leaps

and bounds better now with this kind of

thing than I was at 21. and I'm sure

I'll be leaps and bounds better at 35

than I am now. Second really important

thing that came to mind for me is, do

you feel like the best version of

yourself around your partner? So, you

can ask yourself questions like, do they

push you to be better in a loving and

supportive way? Do you feel like you can

be yourself around them without feeling

judged? Do you feel very supported in

your dreams and ambitions? And do they

have qualities that you really admire

that you would want to emulate yourself?

I know those might seem like general

questions, but I do think they all tie

back to is being with your partner

making you the best version of yourself.

The type of thing where the whole of you

two together is greater than the sum of

your parts type of thing. You know what

I mean? I could talk for hours about

relationship things and other things

that I think are so so important, but I

will leave you with those and let me

know if you want me to expound in

another video. Okay, next. After years

of creating content, do you ever run out

of ideas? And then from a new creator

friend of mine, Sammy, who I was at a

dinner with recently, she asked, "How do

you source content ideas for YouTube?"

So to address the first one, I do not

run out of ideas. My bottleneck has and

I think always will be the actual

production of my videos. I will have a

list of a 100 different video ideas at

any given time. Like there are so many

things that I want to make, but I try to

balance three things. And hopefully this

is helpful for creators or aspiring

creators. I try to balance videos that I

want to make. So we can call those

passion videos. videos that perform

well. I call those wheelhouse videos.

And then experimental videos. So maybe

things that I want to make or find

interesting, but it is the first of its

kind on my channel or I don't know if

it's going to perform well. I don't have

the proof of concept yet. So for

example, once upon a time, some business

journalism videos that was a very

experimental video on my channel. Now

I've made a few, they've performed well,

and so they've kind of graduated almost

to the wheelhouse, which is really,

really cool. But unless you take those

swings every now and then on the

experimental side of things, I think

that channels just get really stale,

repetitive, and so it's kind of a

delicate balancing act between these

three things. But usually I plan out a

couple videos in advance and then pivot

by the end of that based on how recent

ones have performed. And then how I

source content ideas, it comes from a

combination of two main things. One, my

interests. So for example, I really,

really enjoy learning a company's

business model in my free time. I love

watching business journalism videos on

YouTube and so I thought, hey, maybe

I'll make one. See what happens. More to

come. And then two, what performs well.

This is my business. It's my livelihood.

And so I need and want to make videos

that you guys want to click on. So I do

a ton of market research on other

channels. Look at what videos have been

performing unusually well. What are

people saying in the comments? What are

their questions? What videos of mine are

performing especially well? What are my

analytics showing me? Are new viewers

flocking to this particular video of

mine and why? There is so much that goes

into it. But the bottom line is that I

source my content ideas via a

combination of my interests and what

seems to resonate with my audience.

Okay, a question from a friend of mine

who is just so awesome and talented,

Josh Kaplan. He asked me, "What is the

best and worst advice that you've ever

received?" The irony that he is the one

asking me this because he is the one who

gave me the best advice I've ever

received in recent memory. So, mini

story time. At the beginning of this

year, I was chatting with Josh, who is

just really, really smart business and

content strategist. I was telling him

all of my grand plans for the year and

the new revenue streams and products and

projects that I wanted to start. And he

responded kind of the opposite to what

you would expect most people to say.

Most people, I think, would say, "Oh,

hell yeah. Growing the business, fired

up. Let's freaking go." Josh said, "You

want to do all that this year?" Followed

by a discussion around how making good

videos and my channel is my biggest

passion, my favorite thing to do, and my

number one goal is to grow it. So, this

single conversation that I had at the

beginning of this year really helped me

laser focus in on the real goals that I

want to achieve and subsequently the

systems that I need to put in place to

get there. So, fast forward six months.

I have hired two amazing editors to help

take some of the most timeconsuming part

of the video making process off my

shoulders. I now post more videos than

ever before. I like to think they're

getting better and better even though I

have a long way to go. And those other

opportunities and projects that I was

initially talking to Josh about, they'll

still be there. I do still want to do

them. But for now, I'm keeping my main

thing my main thing and no longer

letting the fact that I am slash was a

onewoman show get in the way of

achieving my goals. As for the worst

advice I've ever received, I was really

thinking about it. It's hard to think of

a good one because I like to think that

I don't follow that advice or at least

like tune it out. But some things that

come to mind are just like sayings that

are really just kind of widely thrown

around. Like good things come to those

who wait. I get it. I agree that

patience is a virtue in a lot of facets

of life, but by and large I'm just very

very actionoriented. No one is going to

hand you the job that you want, the

promotion you want, the side hustle that

you want to start. You can't just sit

around and, you know, wait idly by for

that to happen. You got to make it

happen yourself. I actually really

really hate when I hear people say, "Oh

yeah, maybe I'll start that after I

insert excuse." Of course, there are

exceptions, but for the most part, take

action. I did this job while doing a

demanding corporate job at the same time

for three years. If I could do it, you

could do it. Okay, so many New York

questions. I love it. I love it. I love

it. Why are you moving apartments? Where

are you moving? Are you staying in New

York? Will you go back to California?

You talk about it so fondly. I'll just

talk around this and kind of answer most

of your questions. So, the reason people

are asking where I'm moving and why is

because in my last video, which was a

deep declutter of my New York City

apartment bedroom upstairs, check it out

after this video. I mentioned that my

days in this New York City apartment may

or may not be numbered. It is true. I

will be moving in the near future. I'm

absolutely staying in New York. More

details to come. But yeah, I'm very sad

to be leaving this apartment. It is just

such a unique place in New York. The

apartment itself and the neighborhood.

It's really really become home. It's

been like the best 2 years ever. By the

time I move out, it'll I'll have been

here for 2 and 1/2 years. I was at my

first apartment for 2 years as well.

Also, while I'm talking about this, some

people think that I've moved like 10

times. I think it's because I have done

real estate tours and just looking at

those thumbnails, people think those are

my that's me moving. But yeah, I've only

had two New York City apartments and I

know people who move a lot more

frequently in New York. It's pretty

common to move a lot here because one,

the prices just, you know, you might get

priced out and two, most people don't

plan to live here forever. And so, it's

actually a good opportunity. Even though

the moving day is a huge pain in the

ass, it's a good way to really really

get to know different neighborhoods and

make each one of them home in some way.

So, moving about every 2 2 and 1/2 years

has kind of been my sweet spot. But

anyways, I'm sad to be moving. However,

I'm also very very excited for change. I

usually find like new chapters and

phases of life so so exciting. And my

two different apartments in New York

have really really defined phases of my

life in a cool way. I am stoked to make

a new neighborhood home. I absolutely

love the process of trying all the

coffee shops, the restaurants, getting

to know my baristas, just calling a new

place home, I find really, really

exciting. So, anyways, more details to

come. What neighborhoods would I

consider? People asked. Oh, I'll talk

about it in another video, but I would

consider so many neighborhoods. And

then, will I go back to California?

People ask me this a lot. Yes, I

maintain, as I've always said, I will

eventually go back, but my New York

timeline keeps extending. I absolutely

love it here. I think it's the best city

in the world. But yes, California, I I

think you'll be hardressed to find

someone who's originally from Southern

California who doesn't eventually want

to move back. The quality of life there

is just so ridiculously high. Like you

don't live in New York for the quality

of life. You live here for the

concentration of interesting, smart,

driven people. You live here for the

multitude of things to do. LA just

doesn't have that same draw. But just

the weather alone, the pace of life is a

bit slower. It's a very high quality of

life and that's what I grew up in and

that's what I would want to raise my

kids in when that time comes. So when

four four years I don't check back in

then how much delusional optimism does

one need to chase ambition. I think what

you're asking is like how much do you

need to believe in something that hasn't

really happened yet and especially when

it's a vision that others can't see in

order to chase like a big risky goal.

Honestly kind of a lot. No one

rationally leaves a stable job or the

status quo to go pursue something that

might not work unless some part of you

is convinced that it will work. It's

being willing to look a little naive,

maybe a little crazy in pursuit of this

thing even when others might judge you

or think that it's weird. It's happened

to me. However, along with this healthy

dose of necessary delusional optimism, I

do think that it needs to be paired with

discipline and data over time. Like you

obviously got to do the work and the

proof of concept eventually needs to

develop for this to make sense. But

there is no doubt that all great

founders and entrepreneurs have a crazy

unwavering belief and trust in

themselves. I definitely do have that.

But I also have a slightly more

calculated way of taking risks. Like I

got the data for this job while I was

still in my stable one and before I left

that one. But I still get comments all

the time actually saying things like,

you know, this might not last or what if

it doesn't work? Which I just think is

the most wet blanket approach to life of

all time. Like nothing icks me out more

than just this like status quo

pessimistic way of looking at things. I

actually can't stand it. My instinct is

not what if it doesn't work. It's I

trust myself to figure it out. Period.

Which is a nice segue into the next

question. Do you ever feel anxious or

worried about the future? The way that I

feel about the future might be a bit

counterintuitive to people. Being my own

boss, not really being sure what path

lies before me, the pressure of needing

to pave that path for myself. The

uncertainty around all that might sound

very anxietyinducing, but truthfully,

what I found much more anxietyinducing

was being on a secure path within a

system that I didn't enjoy being in.

Like, okay, cool. I can climb the

ladder, but to where? And at what cost?

at the cost of not really sleeping very

much, not staying healthy, not

exercising, not seeing my friends, like

it's crazy. I mean, I did see my

friends, but on the weekends, like I

would live for the weekends, you know,

just not not I couldn't do it. So, even

though there is so much more uncertainty

in what I do now, and there's no annual

review telling me if I'm on track, I am

in charge of my future. And ultimately,

like I already said, I have the trust in

myself to know that I have the skills to

pivot if for whatever reason things turn

south. Maybe that's the delusional

optimism talking, but it hasn't led me

astray yet. So, also, what's that Albert

Einstein quote? I never worry about the

future. It comes soon enough. Beast,

very important, thoughtprovoking. How

much watermelon do you eat in a whole

year? Not as much as I would like. You

see, in New York, you're always

schleing. I saw a meme about this and it

is just so true. It's not like in LA

where I could drive my car to Trader

Joe's and then calmly and neatly put my

my groceries into the trunk of my car

without breaking a sweat. Nope. All of

the groceries that I eat here in New

York were at one point slung over my

shoulder in my tote bag. So, for obvious

reasons, a big old watermelon doesn't

very often find itself in the tote bag.

I also don't want to use the grocery

delivery service for this because I want

to pick my watermelon. I like to give it

a little slap in the grocery store and

kind of listen for that resonance. You

get it? I like this one. Where and how

do you draw the line about what to not

share on social media? I think a lot of

people have the misconception that to be

a lifestyle vlogger, you have to bear it

all on the internet. The truth is, you

really don't. I truthfully just pick and

choose what I feel comfortable and

competent enough to talk about, and then

I go really deep on those topics. And

then there are other things like my

relationship where I prefer to keep

those details private just for myself.

So I just don't share them. I pick and

choose accordingly. That might sound

reductive, but that truly is all there

really is to it for me. And I don't feel

the desire to share more intimate, juicy

details of my life just for clicks. It's

just it's not my speed. All right,

another one from one of my friends,

Alennena. I'm sure a lot of you guys

know her. Amazing creator, awesome

person. She's a bust. How do you feel

about the future of YouTube?

You know, I am so optimistic about

YouTube and about the future of the

creator economy in general. Like the

market size for it right now is $200

billion. It's projected to hit $500

billion by 2027. Crazy. It has outpaced

all other streaming services. So, it's

just upward trajectory. And you know,

the advertising industry as we know it

has already flipped on its head. These

companies are realizing the value of

marketing through creators who already

have a built-in engaged audience instead

of running traditional ads as we used to

know them or like celebrity campaigns. I

spoke on a panel recently for YouTube

actually and just all the conversations

that came out from that panel just

really really highlighted to me what an

amazing platform this is. I will glaze

YouTube all day long especially as an

avid consumer of long form content. I

just think it's just a great great place

to to create videos. Yes, it is true

that it's becoming more and more

competitive as more people are becoming

creators. It can be tough to stand out.

It is true that you feel like you have

to kind of play the game and enter this

hamster wheel of making videos that you

feel like you can't ever really get off,

but game's the game. It's a game that

I'm happy to play. So, I'm very, very

optimistic about the future of YouTube

and I'm very happy to be on the

platform. Okay. What are your musthaves

for maintaining a healthy lifestyle? I

hope this isn't a boring answer, but the

truth is it's really about nailing the

three fundamentals: sleep, diet, and

exercise. Usually, if I'm in a bad mood

or something feels off, it's because I'm

slacking in one of those three

departments, which is kind of awesome to

know that I just need to put more effort

into one of those to fix most of my

issues. It's awesome. And they are so

interrelated as well. It's crazy. So,

I'll explain what success looks like for

me within each of those three buckets.

And then a big change that I'm actually

planning on making in one of them. So,

we'll start with sleep. The most simple

one. I try and get about 8 and 1 half

hours of sleep every single night. I

usually get it. It's the biggest perk of

my job arguably that I can go to bed and

wake up whenever I want. And yes,

there's more detail there on my

nighttime routine and how I like to wind

down and how I try to make sure I'm

sleepy by the end of the night. A lot of

it's related to exercise and diet. But

yeah, about 8 and 1 half hours of high

quality sleep. Second is diet. So, when

I cook for myself, which is almost every

meal during the week, it's pretty much

entirely whole, healthy foods, little to

no added sugar, and no overly processed

That might sound like a life

devoid of pleasure. It's not. Those are

some of the most tasty meals. Seriously,

that is actually how I feel. Now, do I

still eat out at New York City

restaurants and get dessert often? You

bet your ass I do. But 83%

of the time, 80% of the time, I am

eating those whole healthy foods and I

feel fabulous. And then finally,

exercise, my favorite one. What success

looks like for me here is pretty much

what I'm already doing. Although I will

I do plan on making a big change. We'll

go into it. But what I do right now is I

aim for highintensity exercise about 3

days a week. And that combines sprint

running intervals and weightlifting. And

that is primarily through my workout

classes. And then one day a week, you

know, I try and get a run in. It doesn't

happen every single week. I don't do a

really long run. I don't do it super

fast, but you know, it feels good. It's

more of a social thing. I like to do it

with another person. And I've come to

have a lovehate relationship with going

on runs instead of just a hate

relationship. So that's good. So that's

like 4 days a week. But what I think is

so easy to overlook here is that living

in New York, you're unintentionally

pretty active almost all the time. You

walk a lot. Like I said, you're always

shleing in New York. So, I'm I'm

literally rucking with my groceries and

my Trader Joe's bag every day. I city

bike almost everywhere. Ebike, but

still, I'm moving my legs. You're going

downstairs into the subway station and

then usually climbing multiple flights

of stairs to get out. Like, you're just

always kind of moving your body here

unintentionally, which is so great for

so many reasons. But the change that I

want to make in this bucket is something

I'm actually really excited about, and

it is to more formally strength train

lifting weights. I have gained some good

muscle just from my workout classes

alone. But as I've gone so incredibly

deep down the rabbit hole of the health

and fitness space and knowing how

beneficial and important it is to have

muscle, I want that to be my real focus

of next year. Now, I am waiting until I

move because realistically, I need a gym

to do this. I don't know exactly where

I'm going to live. So, I don't I don't

know the gym situation. I might move

into a building with a gym. That would

be kind of ideal. But when I do, I plan

on one taking advantage of that being a

new chapter of my life and starting new

habits. And then two, the plan is to

kind of pair back the high-intensity

exercise that I do just a little bit to

like 1 to two days a week and then do

actual strength training 3 to 4 days a

week. I can make a whole entire video on

this topic as a whole, but I think we'll

move on to our final and arguably most

important question. Cats. Lots and lots

of questions about Katz's. So Katz's is

probably the most famous New York City

deli. It's iconic and it's crazy that I

have not been there. Still to this day

after living in the city for 4 years. I

originally said that I would go to Cats

on my 1,000th day of living in the city.

That day came, I was out of town. I let

you guys down. I let myself down. So, I

have changed the goalpost to something

that I actually will follow. I will go

to Cats's when I hit 1 million

subscribers. My 1 million subscriber

video will be an epic vlog that includes

me going to Cats Deli. I give you my

freaking word. It's going to be awesome.

Will it be in 1 and a half, 2 years?

Maybe. Help me get there. Subscribe.

That is the plan. I'm looking forward to

it. All the more reason to to keep

pumping. But anyways, so many other

amazing questions. These are some of

them that I would love to get to, but I

try to keep the Q& A's under like 25

minutes. So, we'll see where this one's

at. But I'll answer those in the next

one. Maybe we'll do more frequent than

semianual cuz these are fun. I think you

guys like them. I don't know. Let me

know. Thumbs up. Subscribe. Love you

very much, Turtle Gang. And until next

time, turtle out.

Sweaty. It's being willing. Uh, I almost

said Willie.

Willy

cuz I think just my brain always goes to

Willie. And that's it. Let's freaking

go. How's the framing? Does this look

okay? Y.

Oh my god, guys. I saw Chapel Ron

recently in Barcelona. Didn't post about

it at all, but um the h o t o g o like a

crowd of 100,000 people doing that. It

was so cool. It was so cool. Okay.

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
creator /kriˈeɪtər/ B1	noun - a person who creates something, especially an artist or inventor
mindset /ˈmaɪndˌsɛt/ B2	noun - a person's way of thinking and their opinions
source /sɔrs/ A2	verb - to find or obtain something from a particular place or person
anxious /ˈæŋkʃəs/ B1	adjective - feeling worried or nervous about something
spill /spɪl/ A2	verb - to cause or allow liquid to flow out of a container verb - to reveal secret or private information
tea /ti/ A1	noun - a hot drink made by infusing leaves of the tea plant in boiling water noun - gossip or personal information
influence /ˈɪnfluəns/ B1	noun - the power to have an effect on people or things verb - to affect someone or something in an important way
strategy /ˈstrætɪdʒi/ B2	noun - a plan of action designed to achieve a long-term goal
satiating /ˈsætɪˌeɪtɪŋ/ C1	adjective - providing complete satisfaction or fulfillment
cortisol /ˈkɔrtɪsɒl/ C1	noun - a hormone produced by the adrenal gland
nurture /ˈnɜrtʃər/ B2	verb - to care for and encourage the growth or development of someone or something
emulate /ˈɛmjʊleɪt/ C1	verb - to imitate someone or something, usually with the aim of achieving a similar success
experimental /ɪkˌsperɪˈmɛntəl/ B2	adjective - relating to or based on experience or experiment
resonate /ˈrɛzəneɪt/ C1	verb - to evoke a feeling of sympathy or recognition in someone
optimistic /ɒpˈtɪmɪstɪk/ B2	adjective - hopeful and confident about the future
fundamental /ˌfʌndəˈmɛntəl/ B2	adjective - forming a necessary base or core
interrelated /ˌɪntərriˈleɪtɪd/ C1	adjective - connected or related to each other
unintentionally /ˌʌnɪnˈtɛnʃənəli/ C1	adverb - in a way that is not planned or intended
metabolically /ˌmɛtəˈbɒlɪkli/ C2	adverb - in a way related to metabolism
delusional /dɪˈluʒənəl/ C1	adjective - holding false beliefs or opinions