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title: 'The Importance of Building Community to Promote Healthy Behaviors with co-founders of MindthruBody Elsa Jimenez and Arelys'
type: 'episode'
url: 'https://doc.social/episodes/the-importance-of-building-community-to-promote-healthy-behaviors-with-co-founders-of-mindthrubody-elsa-jimenez-and-arelys'
show: 'A Healthy Idea'
show_url: 'https://doc.social/podcasts/a-healthy-idea'
published: '2021-06-11'
audio: 'https://anchor.fm/s/491c3c4/podcast/play/35291334/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2021-5-11%2F3257a5aa-863a-d3ef-7b44-b79866d04821.mp3'
---

# The Importance of Building Community to Promote Healthy Behaviors with co-founders of MindthruBody Elsa Jimenez and Arelys

Elsa and Arelys are the co-founders of MindThruBody, an online community focused on empowering Latinx women to pursue physical activity through the power of community and sharing experiences. Topics we talk about today: What made you want t…

## Summary

[Elsa ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/elsamjimenez/)and Arelys are the co-founders of [MindThruBody](https://www.instagram.com/mindthrubody_/), an online community focused on empowering Latinx women to pursue physical activity through the power of community and sharing experiences.

Topics we talk about today:

- What made you want to start this organization?

- Why use Instagram as your main channel for distributing content?

- What's it like working completely remotely?

- What does it mean to build community?

- What does the final version of Mindthrubody look like in your mind?

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