Wellness Guru
Say how you actually feel, talk stress and therapy, and set boundaries — out loud.
The core terms are la salud mental, el bienestar (wellbeing) and el estado de ánimo (mood) — but real feelings come out in the colloquial layer: ando bajoneado (Mexico: I'm feeling down), tengo bajón (Argentina), estoy quemado (Argentina: burned out), estoy fundido (wiped out). Therapy talk is completely normal in Spanish now — estar en terapia carries no stigma — so learn el psicólogo, la sesión, el apoyo emocional and the phrase that matters most, pedir ayuda. For self-care: el autocuidado, desconectar, poner límites.
Below: the vocabulary from stress to self-care, how 'feeling down' actually sounds country by country, and a way to practice these conversations out loud — no flashcards, no fill-in-the-blanks, just talking.
The warm-up pack
The way people actually talk about how they're doing — not a clinical vocabulary list.
01 · Checking in on someone (Colombia)
¿Cómo andas de ánimo hoy?
How are you doing, spirit-wise, today? (Colombia)
¿Cómo andas de ánimo? asks about someone's spirits directly and warmly — softer than the stiffer '¿cómo está tu salud mental?'
02 · What "I feel good about myself" actually sounds like
Me siento bien conmigo mismo esta semana.
I feel good about myself this week.
This is the everyday way to say you have good self-esteem — nobody actually says 'tengo buena autoestima' out loud.
03 · Saying you're stressed, plainly (Mexico)
Ando bien estresado con el trabajo.
I'm really stressed out with work. (Mexico)
Bien here isn't 'well' — it intensifies, like 'really.' Ando bien estresado means genuinely stressed, not politely so.
04 · When your head is fried (Colombia)
Tengo la cabeza vuelta nada de tanto pensar.
My head's completely fried from overthinking. (Colombia)
'My head is turned to nothing' is the vivid, very Colombian way to say you're mentally fried — more honest than a flat 'estoy cansado.'
05 · Admitting you tried meditation (Mexico)
Le entré a meditar y me cae bien.
I got into meditating and it's working for me. (Mexico)
Le entré a — 'I got into it' — is how people admit to trying something new like meditation, without making a big announcement of it.
06 · Talking a friend down (Colombia)
Respira, parcero, respira.
Breathe, friend, breathe. (Colombia — parcero)
Parcero turns this into something a friend says to you, not a slogan on a wellness poster.
07 · Where you go on Tuesdays (Mexico)
Voy con la psicóloga los martes.
I see my therapist on Tuesdays. (Mexico)
La psicóloga, feminine, matters — get the gender of the noun wrong and it sounds like you don't actually see anyone regularly.
08 · The nudge that saves someone (Colombia)
No te quedes solo, pide ayuda, parcero.
Don't isolate yourself, ask for help, friend. (Colombia)
This line does two things at once — tells someone not to withdraw, and to reach out. Both matter, and it's said gently, not as an order.
09 · The modern way to disconnect
Voy a poner el celular en avión esta noche.
I'm putting my phone on airplane mode tonight.
Poner el celular en avión is the concrete, modern version of 'desconectar' — everyone knows exactly what it means, no explaining required.
10 · Effort, said out loud (Mexico)
Le estoy echando ganas a mis hábitos nuevos.
I'm putting real effort into my new habits. (Mexico)
Echarle ganas — to really put in effort — is warmer and more specific than 'trabajar en' when you're talking about a habit.
11 · Giving yourself permission to be mid-process
Estoy en mi proceso, poco a poco.
I'm in my process, little by little.
Estar en un proceso gives you permission to be mid-way, not finished — people say it with pride, not apology.
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Finally, someone to talk to in Spanish.
Ten-minute spoken lessons. A teacher who answers back — and gently fixes what you got wrong.
First 10 lessons freeandbefluent.com/spanish/wellness-guruRegional Spanish
Textbooks teach one word. Locals use several — pick your region's and stay consistent.
| English | Mexico | Argentina |
|---|---|---|
| feeling down | ando bajoneado | tengo bajón |
| stressed out | ando bien estresado | me re estresa |
| take a break, unplug | date un break | desconectate un toque |
| going to therapy | voy con la psicóloga | voy al psicólogo |
Watch out
The part no drill site can do
Olivia
Your vocabulary teacher for this pack
There are no flashcards in the Wellness Guru lessons and nothing clinical to memorize — you learn the words by having the conversations. Olivia checks in like a friend: she asks how you're really doing, and you reach past 'fine' — ando bien estresado, or that work has you feeling abrumado. You describe la rutina that keeps you steady, what helps you desconectar, how la respiración profunda fits in. And when she shares her own rough week, you support her the way a local would: entiendo cómo te sientes — out loud, without a script.
Blank mid-sentence and nothing bad happens — she waits. That's the practice, without unnecessary judgement.
Finish the 6 lessons and Wellness Guru is yours — earned, not given.
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Quick answers
Mexico says ando bajoneado; Argentina says tengo bajón or estoy re bajón. To ask someone else, Colombia's ¿cómo andas de ánimo? — how are your spirits? — is warm and natural.
The noun is el agotamiento, but in speech people say estoy quemado (Argentina: I'm burned out) or estoy fundido — I'm wiped out. Chile has its own: ando achacao, worn down.
La terapia, el psicólogo, la sesión — and estar en terapia is now a completely normal thing to say, no stigma attached. Mexicans say voy con la psicóloga; just don't mix up psicólogo (psychologist) with psiquiatra (psychiatrist).
Formally la atención plena, but the English loan el mindfulness is widely used — Argentines say hago mindfulness, me re sirve. It pairs with la meditación and la respiración profunda, deep breathing.
Self-care is el autocuidado, and setting boundaries is poner límites. Unplugging is desconectar — colloquially date un break in Mexico, or the very modern poner el celular en avión: put the phone on airplane mode.
