I kept THIS to Myself for a MONTHS! (sharing the truth)

Which really, really scared me and literally knocked me out for the day. I basically had to quit everything, working out, traveling, socializing and even YouTube. It really affected my mental health negatively. Life took some unexpected turns for me and in today's video I want to tell you what happened and why I quit everything. And I'm also going to meet a friend later that I haven't seen in many years. So I thought why not just do a casual old school vlog, bring you up to date with my life, what's going on. And maybe this vlog will help you as well because it changed my life to be very honest. So maybe it will change your life too, who knows. Oh my goodness, look at them. So 2025 started and I had some ambitious goals. I wanted to publish more on this channel, I wanted to start new projects. I had big goals and then I just had to, you know, pause. Okay, the background story. I felt sluggish, unmotivated and had chronic fatigue. So going to the gym felt like a drag and even if I did, I felt dizzy for more than 24 hours afterwards, which was so bad. I had digestive issues and I felt bloated with everything that I ate or drank. I felt weak and I got tired by I would say 5 p.m. Literally, I didn't want to be around people and go to bed. And then socializing, it's something that I personally love but I felt like it was draining my energy. Yeah, I don't know. I had crazy brain fog, so I was unable to think and when I say that, I mean I was unable to function. Even working seemed impossible, so I didn't get a lot done. I also gained a lot of weight and my body looked very inflamed, which I couldn't explain because I didn't eat differently. I also had 4 allergic reactions within 2 weeks with rashes all over my body, which really, really scared me and literally knocked me out for the day. So I basically had to quit everything, working out, traveling, socializing and even YouTube. Yeah, it's a really dark place when everything is basically taken away from you. All the joys you have in life, your purpose, all the little things, it really affected my mental health negatively. But I'm a very solution-oriented person, so I knew I had to do something about it. So I went to get a blood test done at a clinic in Bali called BSI to see if I can get some answers. When I got my blood test back, it was clear as day and I was actually really shocked. My doctor told me there is a widespread fungus in my blood and parasites, which made my blood acidic. Meaning I was dehydrated and the blood cells couldn't transport vitamins and minerals through my body the way they are supposed to do. My doctor explained it to me as a heavily congested traffic situation because my blood cells were literally sticking together. So now you might ask, what is left, Nelly? I was on a high-protein and high-fiber diet. It was mainly eggs, chicken, fish and plant-based protein with a lot of veggies. I had to do two liver flushes with Epsom salt, which was quite an interesting experience, I would say. You're basically preparing your body by eating the right foods and you flush out the toxins. I also had to boost my immune system with high-dose weekly vitamin infusions to fight off the fungus and the parasites in my body. I also took some additional supplements from BSI Bali that were all with natural ingredients, luckily. Honestly, that was when I felt the biggest shift. Two weeks into the detox and I felt like life was making sense again. It gave me hope. I completed the detox and I felt like I'm reborn, just with the help of changing my diet and boosting my immune system. I feel like I have superpowers now. Long story short, I'm back and I'm feeling better than ever in all aspects of my life. I'm telling you, health is wealth. Whatever you do, prioritize your well-being because without it, you can't do anything. What's next? I am sticking to my promise and I'm going to publish more travel vlogs on Nelly's Life. And then, there is Freedom Creator Academy. Like I said at the beginning of the year, I want to connect deeper with my community and change as many lives as possible. I published my first video on the new channel about 20 ways how to make money with YouTube, even if you have a small following. Of course, I know that you guys want to know a little bit of my private life and I'm going to share a tiny bit. My boyfriend and I have been looking for a place for a few months and I'm happy to announce that we are finally moving into a permanent home. I don't know if you know, but the last three years, I've moved from one place to another and I was craving a place to call home. I'm super, super excited to show you my new home soon. I'm going to do a vlog about it. I'm going to give you a full-on house tour, if you want. And then, there's one more thing that I wanted to share with you guys. My boyfriend and I have been to nine countries within less than a year. And the 10th country is going to be my favorite country, the Philippines. And for that occasion, I wanted to gift him a special luggage set. Say hello to... Yes, the Level 8 Sleek Luggage Set. He is going to be so excited. I have not told him yet that we're going to the Philippines, but I'm going to book a flight and surprise him for our one-year anniversary. And I thought, my luggage set looks so cool. I have it in black and yellow. It's the Voyager Set from Level 8. And of course, I wanted to have a matching one that is also super stylish, durable, and easy to roll. Because, I mean, these luggage sets are just so smooth. Look at this. And he has a luggage set, but the quality is really crap. It's just about marketing. And it's a really, really expensive brand that I won't mention here because we don't want to bash anybody. But I thought this is a great occasion to surprise him and just bring him home to my favorite country. And just show him where I used to live and show him some places in the Philippines. Go island hopping and meet my friends. It's going to be freaking amazing. I don't know if you guys realize, but I've been investing a lot into timeless pieces and high-quality pieces lately. Especially when I post on social media and Instagram. My wardrobe changed completely from, I would say, fast fashion, easy fashion, to really classic pieces, timeless pieces that are durable. And, wow, look at this. Look how pretty. Yeah, and luggage is also one of these things that I really use a lot. So, I don't want to have low-quality luggage. Oh my goodness, it's so pretty. Look at this. Plus, we're going to do a lot of Amazon shopping because we can't really find a few things in Bali. So, luckily, I have three pieces of luggage. So, we can fill up the luggage. I didn't pack much this time. So, very practical, I would say. But let me show you a few details. Oh, I love the detail of the Level 8 luggage. It's so beautiful. The pattern is so nice. And it really rolls so smoothly. I have so much fun with it. And something that I wanted to mention are the handles. They are so good. Like, don't get me even started. They go in and out easily. And they are so easy to navigate. And, like, you just grab it and go. And Level 8 was so kind to give my subscribers a special discount. I'll leave the link in the description box for you. You can get 15% off. That's 10% from the Amazon sale. And 5% with my exclusive code. I genuinely love this brand. And I can highly, highly recommend it. So, for now, I'm just going to be occupied with this for a few hours. With the pleasure of unboxing something new. And then I'll show you around in Miami. Hello. To South Miami. I am so excited to show you this neighborhood today. I'm actually meeting a friend that I haven't seen in 6 years. He's also a fellow travel YouTuber. And the funniest part is we are doing a collab today. We did a collab for the very first time when I had 3,000 subscribers. And he had 15,000. And now he has 1.3 million subscribers. Creating content about culture and food. And he's going to show me this neighborhood. We're going to catch up. And let's see what the day brings. There he is. Ready? Hi, David. What up? It's been a while. I mean, we already filmed a video. Of course. So, we're just doing a little food tour today. Or like neighborhood tour, I would say. Neighborhood tour, yeah. So, this is South Miami. So, right here, literally above you, it says South Miami. And I actually tattooed South Miami on me. Because I was born here. And this is my store. Right here. Is that your hood? My hood, my store. I literally got right on this thing. Like imagine, on the pole. Amazing. And this is Gina. Hi, Gina. Hi. Nice. We're going to try some hot sauce. Okay. A little too much. So, this is David's own hot sauce. Cheers. Cheers, David. Cheers. Oh. It's good, huh? Nice fruity flavor. Light acidity. Not too spicy. It's like nelly spicy. I don't eat that spicy. But that's good. It's good, right? I think I'm going to bring some for my boyfriend as well. But yeah, let's have a look at the store quickly. Because, I mean. Yeah, so I got the store last January. Officially opened. I added like a cultural store, a hot sauce store. Because that's like part of my brand. Around May, I decided, let's go straight hot sauce. It's the only hot sauce store in Miami now. There's no other one. I have my hot sauce. So, it's home of DBH hot sauce. But I also have a hundred different hot sauces. So, if you ever catch yourself here. Look, I want to show you something. Yeah. This is what I'm most proud of. You know, as a YouTuber, you have goals. That was me putting my name on a building. You know? Wow. You haven't seen it, right? I need one with Nelly. I know, right? One with Nelly. That's like YouTuber goals. You know, people come in here. They have a selection here. Over a hundred hot sauces. Then we have, obviously, mine in the middle. This is the last remaining product of this label. Because now, it is the astronaut. So, we're changing it up. I love this. This is so cool. Cool. Thank you. I appreciate it. And so, that's the new branding, of course. The new branding. So, you like space? I like space. One day, I'll go to that moon. Oh. It's up there. Where are you going? Dream big. You're coming. We're going to Dream Big? Yeah. I bet you Jeff Bezos is going to see like five influencers. If you want to. So, over here, this is the bar. So, you can come here. And then, you know, you can ask for samples of everything we actually have in store. This is my like hot sauce collection. This is a mix of stuff I brought. Plus, every new one I buy, I put one in here. Yeah. We're trying to make an experience, right? Yeah. I want people to come in here and be like. It's funny. We don't even have the music on. Usually, we have like animal chirping. Oh, wow. And then, in the back. So, that's the store. In the back is like my whole production, right? Wow. And I put this map, which, you know, I love. Because I go in here and I look at everywhere I want to go one day. So, a lot of places to go. How many places have you been to? 103. Wow. 103, but I'm missing like 50 here, you know. Wow. Oh, I was just recently in my 50th country, Panama. Amazing. But I revisit a lot of places. Of course, of course. So, I was like, I don't chase the 100 countries. So, the countries, that 100 country mark, I don't think anybody should chase it. Yeah. I think it's about new destinations. It could be the same country, visit as many far corners of it as possible, you know. It's a big goal over here. But, yeah. So, are you ready? Yep, ready. Let's do this. Let's do it. I'm actually starving. It's like 1 p.m. And you're fasting. I'm fasting, I'm fasting. So, let me explain to you what's happening here. This is Sunset Strip. This is a very historical strip here in South Miami. I think it's like 80 years old. I love how friendly you are with the locals. Yeah, you're so YouTuber. Well, I just understood I'm famous in the Philippines and I'm from Austria, so. Oh, but you don't speak Spanish at all? I forget, you know. My Spanish is so bad. It's such a shame. I lived in Miami for 3 years and I haven't learned Spanish. It's one of the main languages here. It's more spoken than English. Yeah, yeah, no. Spanish is my day. My day is in Spanish. English is where I start that they're all Americans. Yeah. Yeah, you don't get far. Like, I can't even have conversations in the Uber with the drivers because they're like, Wow, look at that. Empanada. Alright, we have ham and cheese empanada, chicken empanada, and of course, David travels with his own sauce. Of course, always the sauce. You said you finished one of those today. I did, yeah, yeah. Watch, watch. He's just like, look, look, look, look. You know, it's funny because I can chug the sauce. This one I can chug. Okay. What was the hottest sauce that you ever tried? Hottest sauce? Oh my gosh. There's some scorpion peppers down in Trinidad. Okay. Like, curry's down there. Ooh, uh, Wiri Wiri chili in Guyana. So in Guyana, like, all their dishes, like, have a chili, like, in it. Yeah. God. It's that you can't bite it. Yeah. You shouldn't bite it. Okay. Beautiful, beautiful empanadas. So excited. Chicken empanada. And we have, this is the ham and cheese, ham and cheese empanada. And these are baked. Okay, let's try it without the sauce. Let's do it. Breaking the glass. Mmm. Oh, wow. Good. There's a bit of meat in there. I mean, a bit. It's like a good portion of meat. So tasty. Juicy. The flaky empanada is just, I mean, I love bread, you know. Of course. So anything bread. I used to eat empanada every day. By the way, the ham and cheese is amazing. Minced ham, nice cheese. I personally like the pies like this, baked. Yeah. I have to say, adding the hot sauce, just gives it that nice touch, like what it needs, in my opinion. Exactly what it needs. I mean, you can have it plain, but. And it's not too spicy. Nope. I see some beans in here. Yeah, some chili as well. I mean, this is a snack in most of the world, right? Empanadas, samosas, samosas. Yeah. Like meat pies, it literally crosses borders, you know. Every country has their own style pie. And in Latin America, we have so many. Some of the best are from Argentina. Of course, the Cuban style. You know, Central America has it as well. Yeah. So every country has it, just the way they do it, what they add to it is a little different. You getting a Cybertruck? No. No? I want a Cybertruck. It's so expensive right now. Really? It's so expensive. I don't know. It's just, I don't know. This is the foundation, sir. This is the first. The rich. Okay. Elon's doing something right. I should have invested in some stocks because people are doing really well with that. I'm not a fan of the Cybertruck though, but. Buy Bitcoin. Bitcoin? Yeah, of course. Oh, I missed that. I totally missed that. You missed it? Yeah. No, no. Every time there's a massive dip. It's at $50,000. $70,000 today. Whenever there's a massive dip at $50,000 something, you buy. Financial advice by David's been here. Well, I'll tell you. As somebody who spent his entire life building a company, now what I do is I take a percentage every month, and I'll buy Bitcoin, buy some stocks that I believe in like Tesla, and then the rest of it is just trying to diversify into assets because no matter what, there's going to be less and less land. Yeah, true. My boyfriend does the same, and I'm like, I need to learn from you. It's smart. It's how you build your wealth. I mean, I'm 39. I wish I would have started at 22 with this financial advice. Me too. The time to start is now. Time to start right now. Okay, so this is like a really old area of my neighborhood. I think maybe we should cross this street and look over here. So if you want a beer, this place, this is Sunset Tavern. Every night of the week. Every night. And it's craft. Oh, this is cute. Yeah, so that's Craft, South Miami. That is a pizza place from Buenos Aires or Argentina. And right here, I don't know if it's going to get demonetized, but there's a flower dispensary. A flower dispensary? I say flower. Oh, okay. You don't want to get demonetized, yo. Seriously, you know you can't say that word. You can get in trouble. I know. This is a very family friendly channel. Exactly. So we're giving you flowers. Okay, flowers. And this is, by the way, this building on top of that dispensary is a small Airbnb. These guys, they basically converted eight units in this South Miami Inn, Sunset Inn. And it's an Airbnb. Pretty amazing. So we're going to cross here, by the way. Careful, careful, careful. The people of Miami are wild. Yeah, I remember that. Always had to watch out because people are just reckless. Reckless drivers in Miami. Oh, wow. Amsterdam Falafel. Is anything else in there than falafel? Yeah, no, it's vegan. So this is my boy Shiva. Shiv. And so basically, he brought the first Amsterdam Falafel. It's a big brand from Amsterdam. I think this is the last one actually in the entire brand that's left. It's right here in Sunset, right? So they got really good falafel. Apparently, the best falafel in Miami, guaranteed. You know, I'm like, I've been to places. I have very high expectations when it comes to falafel. It has to be, I learned that it has to be green inside so that it stays juicy. And then it's all about the tahini as well, you know, when you dip it in. So we will see if it's the best in Miami. This is nice, fresh. Well, we use a Palestinian recipe. We soak our chickpeas 24 hours every day. Grind them fresh every morning. A little bit of jalapeno seasoning, some onion, parsley, cilantro. Grind them up and then deep fry them. That's so good. That's why I said it's so relevant to have, you know, the green falafel. That it is actually fresh and crispy. You know, not old. Wow. David, I love how you're just walking around with your chick. You know what? Lately, I've been doing it. My dad's like, why do you do that? I'm like, it's branding. It's branding. Branding. Also, absolutely love your shoes. Oh, thank you. Yeah, Astronaut David. They come from my motherland, Italy. I'm actually American, but I'm also Italian. Yeah. And Venezuela, no? My parents were born in Venezuela, yeah. Okay. But I have no roots in Venezuela, so. Okay. Yeah, Italian. So, yeah. And they finish cooking in there. Oh, they finish cooking in there? Mm-hmm. All right. I didn't know that. It's like steak. You know, you take the steak off the stove, it's still cooking. Oh. Oh, that's crunch dough. Yeah. And then you can add whatever you like. Okay. I love, absolutely love the pickled cucumbers. So, we're going to add some. These peppers are just freaking delicious. I always have them. Of course, we want some turnips. It just adds so much crunch to the dish. And then you have cauliflower. Yum. And some, oh, this is like, oh, this is freaking amazing. Ooh. Fried eggplant. Hell yeah. One of my favorites. Look at that. Mm. Caramelized. Mm-hmm. Beautiful. Let's add this. I want to try a little bit of everything. So, of course, we want to have some cucumbers for the crunch as well. With the red onions, with dill. Okay. Looks great. Adding a little bit of color to the dish. Hummus, of course. There we go. Look at that. Boom. How beautiful is this bowl? Do we want anything else, David? Or are we good? I think we're good. We're good. All right. Okay, so here at Amsterdam Falafel, they have so many delicious sauces all made fresh. Got tahini right here. Throw the tahini. Always nice and silky. Beautiful tahini. He has garlic cream, peanut sauce, Dutch mayo, obviously Amsterdam Falafel comes from Holland, Netherlands, curry ketchup, which is amazing. Oh, good. And then, yeah, the peanut sauce, the other. Oh, wow. I like this one a lot. Nice and thick. Got to be careful with that. That's a lot of calories. Yeah, I know. Yeah, but when you go to Amsterdam, you're all about the fries. Yeah. And he has the best fries, by the way. We're not getting fries because it's a little over, like, too much right now. We're keeping it healthy. Keeping it healthy. But, yeah, right there. Look, so it's a mix of colors. Yeah, I didn't overdo it, but. Yeah. We're just snacking. Just snacking. Okay. Are we doing this? Yeah. All righty. First falafel. Oh, it is crunchy, though. Yama. Look at that. Oof. Oh. Mmm. Oh. I love this crunch. Mmm. That's a solid falafel. Adding some of the pickles. Mmm. For the flavor. So nice. Not bad, David. That was a good suggestion. Mm-hmm. Mmm. Oh, the eggplant is just like, nom. Oh, it's the best. It's so sweet. Caramelized on top. This is exactly how I love it. All right. Thank you. What did you do, bro? Fries. The best fries in South Miami. Thank you. Wow. What's on top? Look at that. Maybe paprika? Flakes? Paprika? Yeah. Maybe. Oh, it's so hot. Okay, I have to wait because I burned my mouth last time so badly. Gotta wait. So, I used to, I came here like almost every day for a month. Wow. And after that, I was like, sorry, bro, but I can't eat this every day anymore. Well, it's actually not that bad. It's protein. Mmm. No, it's great. But it's the peanut sauce. Told you. Personally, this is the best falafel in Miami. And I've been to a few places. Mm-hmm. Oh, wow. That's nice. Slightly spicy. Exciting fries. That's a really good fries. Whew. That was delicious. I definitely have to come back to this neighborhood and see more because our time is limited today. I'm leaving on Thursday. David is busy too. He's traveling as well. So, definitely need to come back. Yeah, we're going back to the store saying goodbye to the team. And apparently, he has a special task to perform according to his social media manager. The hustle never stops. Whoa. What is this? Whoa. All right. So, what are we doing? We're making a reel. And one of the pieces of the reel, I'm going to be chugging a bottle of sauce. So, I just grab a bottle and then we'll get it ready here. Oh, I'm going to time it. You're going to time it. Am I ready for this? Do you think? No, you're going to get so sick. No, no. I can do it. Just make sure to call 911 if he passes out, okay? You got it. All right. Do it for the vlog, David. So, ready? Yeah. What? I'll do it again. Yeah, do it again, David. This is what it takes to run a business these days. Yeah, right? Destroy my existence. You have what? Done. That's crazy. Actually, not all the way, huh? Are you kidding? Stop. I'm hot. No, I'm not. That sucks. I mean, you were trained in India for this, right? Exactly, exactly. Oh, God. It's not good. It's not going to be good.