Keepin' It Real Jungle Series | Episode 13

Misty Tripoli (host) narrates a personal, informal livestream about how she found and bought land in Mexico after an inner shift around money and abundance. She recounts recent ayahuasca work in Costa Rica, the serendipitous way the land was discovered (via a friend/assistant and a local photographer), the presence of a cenote on the property, negotiation delays that matched a tarot timing reading from her mother, and logistical realities (cash purchase, high borrowing costs in Mexico). She also announces an online 4-hour workshop "Groove in My Life" on October 19 (with a free Self Love Shift workbook available via her Linktree) and a women-only retreat the first week of April 2026 near her home.
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Your way. And I'm smiling at these dreams. I can. You can dance with me. Yeah. I'm feeling these dreams. Feel these dreams. I hope my Internet works today. Lose yourself to the moment. We always dance first. You can wiggle in your chair. It's part of everything. Your feet. All right, let's hope my WI fi holds up. Keeps going. Poor connection. So we're gonna pray out in the jungle that we're gonna be able to hold our WI Fi here. So. Hey, everybody. I'm Mr. Tripoli. Welcome to Keeping It Real. I think this is, like, episode 13 or 14 or something like that. Welcome, everybody. Mary. Thanks for being here, you guys. So if you're new to this channel, if you're new to these broadcasts, number one, you can watch all the episodes on my highlight reel on my Instagram, starting from the beginning, which is where I started talking about how I bought my land and all of the logistics. So many people had so many questions. So many people had so many questions about how, you know, like, how do you do that? Move to Mexico and buy land and do all that stuff? So a lot of that covered that. And then I went into the story behind it, because people were like, how did you make your money? And how did all this come about? So I turned it into a. This little broadcast because the stories in, you know, it's not one thing. There's so many things. So last week, we covered or. The last. Last week was my birthday, so I didn't go live, and I had the best birthday. Oh, my God, it was so delicious. Spoiled myself. But the week before that, I was in Montreal, and my last one was that I was in Costa Rica, and I had done ayahuasca. And beautiful, amazing experience. Like, just gave me another level of clarity in my life and just affirmed that I'm in the right place doing all the right things. It pauses. I'm gonna pause. So this week, I'd like to share with you guys the magic of how I actually found my land here in Mexico without looking. I was not looking. This is what's awesome. And I had come to a part in my life where I had finally, you know, altered my beliefs around money, my energetic blueprint around money. And I literally felt like I had turned into, like, this beacon of abundance. Like. Like, I just. I felt abundant. I. Like, in my cells. So I had done the work to shift everything, and I had started making really good money. And it was crazy because I grew up with no money. I grew up. My mom had seven children, single parent, like, you know, Busting her balls to take care of her kids. And there wasn't extra. It wasn't about that. There was never my beliefs around money growing up where there's never enough money's hard to get. You have to work really hard. Like, I had to really go back and look at these beliefs that had been programmed into me when I was younger. I didn't choose those beliefs. It was just like that was what I was exposed to and that's what I saw. And like, I remember growing up, it was like. And I don't know if you went through this, but it was like I, I thought I would be like a successful life is that, you know, you go to school, then you get married, you have kids, you buy a house. Like that whole thing, I really thought that that was the way that you do it. I didn't see anyone doing anything other than that. That's just. Unless they were. And movie stars were untouchable. So I'm sorry for the unstable. It's gonna pause every now and then. I apologize, Stick with me, be patient. And I, I just, I never had money. You know, I made good money, but I always spent all my money. I was living in debt. And then when I shifted everything around, money, like money came fast and hard. Like mind blowingly money I'd never seen in my whole life. Just like my business was exploding. But what was really cool is that it wasn't because I was working harder and I wasn't pushing harder and I wasn't. And this is something that I really like anyone out there that's just like, you know, I don't have the money. Money might be one of the struggles in your life. And that's. That was me most of my life. I'm 54. I didn't figure this out till I was in my 40s. Okay, late 40s, we're talking like 45. I didn't figure this out. I'm living month to month. Up until that point, okay, I never had money in savings. I never had anything. And so now I'm starting to make this money and I'm feeling like I like, oh my God. But I'm not working harder. I'm actually, what I was doing is I was actually taking, like really enjoying my life, doing the things that I loved, filling my life with the things that brought me peace dancing all the time, partner dancing, going out, salsa dancing. You know, I would. I just spoiling myself rotten on every level and just in every way I possibly could. And, and I believe that that's what we're like, I don't think like this, this beautiful planet thing that we live on that just gives and it's so abundant. I mean I just, all I had to do was look at nature and nature just gives and gives and replenishes and gives and, and replenishes. And you look at fruit tree, it'll just give you more than you could ever eat. You know, it's just like, and you know, I look at like, like concrete on a street and you'll just see that weed or that tree breaking through the concrete. That's like, try to stop me, motherfuckers. Like nature and we are part of nature, but we block, we block that abundance. The nature that our nature to receive. And especially as women, we're literally built to receive, right? So I had tuned into that, that my ability to receive not working harder actually I wasn't working that much. I was just enjoying my life. And you know, so I'm in Costa Rica. I had just finished ayahuasca and a big beautiful, you know, my 10 year anniversary with my retreats and you know, had almost 100 people on the beach in Costa Rica. And it was just, everything was epic. And my best friend lives in Costa Rica and she's another one that did this. She left her life in Germany and sold everything and bought land in Costa Rica and built her home. So she was like the example to me. She was like my warrior friend that I was like, if she can do it, I can do it. But she lived in Costa Rica and we thought we would be single and grow old together and take care of each other because we'd all have, we'd had so many shitty relationships and just whatever. We were like, you know, at least we have each other. And so I started, while I was out there, I was like, well, I've got to use the. I can't let this money sit in my bank. I need to move it. I want to think about building my dream home. I want to think about what that might look like. So I started looking at land near her, actually right next to her. I was starting to go out and actively seek for land and I didn't really enjoy the process. I looked at a couple properties and I was just like, I don't like how this feels like, you know, it takes all day to go and do this stuff. And so I'm on my. I looked at a couple lands and they were really expensive. Costa Rica is very expensive by the way. It's the Switzerland of Latin America, not just the Land, but the food, everything is expensive there. And it's beautiful, but that shit's expensive. And I'm on my way home. I'm stopping in California, and then I catch wind of COVID You know, we start to hear this thing out of China, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. And I'm like, oh, God, get me home. Get me home. Like, I've got to get out of. Ah. Get me back to Mexico. I do not want to be stuck in the United States. Like, get me back to Mexico. And it was awesome because Mexico was the only country that didn't lock down or close its borders or require vaccination or anything like that. So I get home, you know, all the world goes to craziness. And I just kind of decided that I'm not going to look for land. I was just like, you know, when. When I was of the mindset now, I felt like I was such a powerful manifestor, and I was just like, when my lands, it'll find me when it's supposed to find me. I'm not gonna go out there looking for this. Like, I just put it out there, and I just. I like to commit. Like, people pray, but I have this, like, relationship with what created me. That's like my homie. And I like to act like that. Like. And whatever created me, loves me, loves to give me everything I desire. And I talk to creator, whatever you want to call it in your world. Like, I talked to, like, I would talk to my friend, like, yo, motherfucker, this is what we're doing. Show me. Bring it. Make it obvious. Like, come on. I can't try to be reverent and fake something that isn't authentic to myself. So I started my. My religious stuff was my own personal expression because I knew that's how it had to be. The more authentic it was to me, the more powerful it was. Instead of trying to adopt other people's spiritual practices, I realized, like, when I woke up, when I smoked weed and I woke up, I was like, oh, no, no, no. Why am I copying everyone else's way? Why. Why would I ever copy anything else? I'm doing this my way, authentic to me. Like, whatever created me doesn't want me to fake it and try to be, you know, spiritual or whatever you might call it. So I. I'm just authentically myself, and that's how I deal with everything in my life. And so that's what I commanded to the. The Almighty. I was like, yo, bring it. When it's ready, you bring it. Totally forgot about It. Boom. So Covid hits, and this girl working for me, Danny, is in Mexico because she was from Canada, and she was just like, I got to get out of here. And so she came to Mexico to visit and got stuck. She like, I'm not going back. Nuh. So she kind of moved in. And what was so interesting, she gets on this dating the Tender, or whatever it was called, or whatever. The first guy she swipes, and she's got hunt. She's gorgeous. She's got hundreds of guys, and the first guy she swipes, she goes out on a date with. Come to find out, he literally lives next door to me. I've never seen him. Don't know him. But in the building right next to me, like, I could throw a rock into his window kind of next to me. Crazy stuff. And they fall in love and get into a total love bubble and whatever. Well, crazy thing is, this guy was a photographer, and the real estate company that was gonna post my land hired him to come out here and take photos of the land. And she came with him that day. She just so happened to. To go with him to go take photos, because they were inseparable at the moment. So he's out here taking photos, and she calls me from here, and she's like, misty, I found your land. You're gonna buy this place. And I was like, what? Yeah. You are going. This is. I found your land. This is. This is yours. Okay? And so I was all right. The next day I came out, and I tell you what, the moment I stepped on this land, I was like, what? I never felt like that. The only other time I felt similar to that was the first time I went to, like, came to Mexico, and I felt at home. This was another. Another level of. It was almost like I felt like my soul just belonged here. It was like this was my land. I felt like it was my land for lifetimes kind of a thing. Crazy. And then I saw my cote. I saw the. The cenote that was on my land. This huge, beautiful cave. And if you look through my videos, you'll see my cave. The. Oh, the cenote that's here. I can't say mine. I like to say mine, but it's not. It's the land. Like, it's. You know, it just so happens to be on my property, and it is epic. It's the most crystal pure, clear, clean water that's cold and refreshing, and it's. And it's. It's connected to all of these underground water caves, like, everything underground here in this area in Mexico is all these interconnected water caves. And I just so happened there was one on this land, and I could like, swim. It's beautiful. Oh, my God. And it was. It's not like to get a piece of land with the cenote on. It's not the easiest thing to do. But I knew the moment I had gone into a cenote. This was about 12 years when I first moved to Mexico, and my boyfriend at the time took me to a cenote. I was like, this is the coolest thing ever. Like, I would love to have a cenote. And I just imagined someday I would have a cenote as my swimming pool. Like a natural, beautiful water thing, as the ultimate swimming pool. And I, the real estate agent, was there, and I didn't care. I didn't give a shit. I literally stripped off all my clothes butt naked, dove into the cenote, swam to the back of it, came out, put my clothes on, and was like, let's make a deal. This is. This is mine. And it was all like, the synergy and the perfect alignment of everything could not have been more magical, because the year before I. I acquired my land or I bought it, they were asking $1.5 million just for the land because there wasn't much built here. Again, you can look at my thing. I'll show you. I can show you all the little things that were here. It was a Buddhist. My land was a Buddhist meditation center for six years before I bought it. But it was like a little off grid. There wasn't really buildings. There was a little place with sand where they would camp. And then there was a. My kitchen now was the meditation hall, which I tore down and just have the concrete pad and turned it into my kitchen. But the energy here was just like. And everyone says that the moment they step on my land, they're like, this place different. Like, something here feels different. And it's true. It's like a. It's. It's so powerful. It's like medicine just being here on this land. It's crazy. And it was. By the time the owners were from Bulgaria and his wife had become ill, and so he had like five or six properties, and he was all like. And he just wanted to get rid of his land so he could go back with his wife to Bulgaria. They're like, we're done with Mexico. My wife's ill. She's gonna die. We're. And so every month, they dropped the price, like $200,000. They just kept dropping it and dropping it and dropping It I'm not going to tell you what I bought it for, but I bought it for a fraction of what they were asking. But the other cool, magical part about this story, like, just, I believe in magic. You got to believe in magic. Like, believe in magic and magic will blow your mind. And now one thing though is it was still a lot of money. And it was actually pretty much all that I had in my bank account. And so I was scared. So a lot of people ask me how I move past my fears and what I especially, you know, around money when you don't have it and all of a sudden you have a lot. And then it's like, oh, one big purchase is going to wipe all that out. Because I couldn't get a loan here. I had to pay cash. Like, I had to like wire transfer. There was no loans. It was just like, you have to buy it straight out. Okay, I do think now that there are loan programs, but the interest, it's very expensive to borrow money here in Mexico. I'm a little freaked out about like, okay, this is going to drain my accounts. But there was just a part of me also that was just, this is what you're supposed to do. But I was still scared. So what do I do? Anytime I question anything, I call my mom. I was like, yo, mom. And if I talk about my mom, she's amazing astrologer and tarot reader and all of this. And if I ever need deep insight or just clarity on something that I might be a little wishy washy with, it just helps affirm what it is I need to do. And she's such a wise woman. So I call her and I was like, listen, this is the opportunity. This is what it costs. This is. I'm. I just need to know that I'm really, I'm doing the right thing. Like, because I'm. I'm a little scared to, to let go of all my money. And can you do a tarot reading on it? And she was like, sure. And some people think tarot is evil or whatever, but I used to too. And now I see it as such a powerful tool of divination and why they've labeled it evil because it is so powerful. And excuse me, I'm still got the last residue of being sick from Montreal. So a little phlegmy. And I said, this is the deal. And she did this reading on it and at the end she's like, misty, like, this is everything, says it's the right decision. The sun is shining on it. This is your Land. You're supposed to do this. Absolutely. All of it's good. The only thing I see is that you're your. Your fears around it. But this is. This is the correct decision. This is what you're supposed to be doing. She says, however, though, the timing card, she goes, it looks like there's a month delay. Okay, a month delay, all right? And I. Whatever. Okay, there's a month delay. So I knew it was what I was supposed to do, whatever. And these guys were desperate to sell, and so I had made the offer. And then a week goes by, and I don't hear from them, like, huh. These guys were desperate for me to make this offer. They were ready to dump this land. So I call them and I go, hey, listen. Like, what the fuck? Like, you know, I thought we had a deal. And he said, well, we found someone that was willing to pay $50,000 more than you, so we're going with them, and thank you very much, we won't be taking your offer. We're going with these other people. And I was just hit with, like, what, this? But this is. This is my land. I know this is what I'm supposed to do. Like, my mom told me so. But not just that, but I knew it, and I was okay, and I just. It just sat so weird. This is so wrong. Like, this is my land. And I just. All right, this is. You know, there's nothing I can do about it. I'm not. I can't offer them more money. I don't have more money to offer them. So it has to be what I can offer them. That's it. And funny enough, three weeks later, almost one month to the day, man calls me and goes, hey, they weren't able to come up with the money, so we're willing to take your offer. I like, yeah, that's what I thought. This is just like magic after magic. My mom telling me a month's delay. It was like it was on the money, right on the nose. And then I found the right people because keep in mind, being a single woman, you know, my family doesn't live here. I've got friends here, but they're like, friends from here. Like, my lifelong friends are all living, and they live other places. So it's kind of like being alone in these big, huge decisions and doing this and buying land in a foreign country where I really. I speak Spanish enough, but not enough to, like, do legal documents and buy a land. Like, I'm not that fluent, so it's a little scary, you know? And You've got to find people that you trust. So I was fortunate that I again, was commanding. Give me the people that are gonna guide me through this whole thing and take care of me and help me do this. And just what was funny is that same dude that my friend was dating, my real estate agent came through him. My personal assistant came through him. He left. He served his purpose, which was to help me get my land and have all these amazing people in my life. It was awesome. She sacrificed herself for me. It was awesome. No, we got so much out of that relationship. And it's funny when you look at your relationships, the reason why you had those, the great things that came from them, and what maybe you learned about yourself or it shifted you in a different direction. So, yeah, the right people just appeared and walked me through the whole thing and helped me. And that's why it's like, if anyone's out there that's interested and you're like, I'm really thinking about this. I'd love to invest. Even if it's not living full time, this is a great place to invest. And I'm not saying do it or anything, but if, like, you're interested, I have friends that are selling land and someone that's even selling a property that's already built and it's off grid, and it's all this. But there's opportunities out there. I'm not like, that's not how I make my money. This isn't what I'm trying to sell you. I know there's a lot of you out there that are like, I actually really am interested. If you are, you can DM me and I'll connect you to all the right people. Okay. It's awesome. And if you want to live in the city, if you want to live in the jungle, there's places everywhere, and it's awesome. And, you know, people that I trust, which is awesome because I've done the. I've done the hard work for you, but that's the house stuff. So that's how I magically got my land. But then it's time for construction, and we'll be talking about that the next couple of weeks as I'm putting together all, like, the before and after and how I built and what I built in the process, which was not easy. I got. I literally got over so many times. Like, all in all, I probably had $170,000 stolen from me in my construction process. Like, it was not like. But there's also. I know an inner reason why that was happening. And I'll go into that next week. I don't want to keep you too long today because I like to rant and talk, but there are some interesting internal things and it's interesting how the external reflects what's going on internally. And it all works that way. And the reason why I tell you this story is because like I said at the beginning, I believe in magic. And that if you aren't in awe of how this even exists, how you even exist, how your heart even beats and the magic behind that and the intelligence and the wisdom and the power behind that and tapping into it is, can be your greatest power. And when you do tap into it, that's where your authenticity comes from, where you're into, where your guidance comes from. Like this is, it's like a superpower and part, a huge part of what I'm doing online. Yeah, it's to share my life. And I know some people are interested in all the off grid stuff, but so much of it is that my greatest wish is to help anyone show you how to reconnect back to yourself in your body embodied, enjoying being in your body and living your best life. And it's not, I don't do airy fairy wooey fooey shit. I'm a logical, practical person and I know the shit works and how important it is to trust yourself, get into your body. And I don't want to empower you. It's you just tapping into your own power. Empower yourself. And I'm super excited. I've got a couple things coming up. Number one is I've created a groove in my life. Like being the boss bitch of your life. It's an online workshop, it's four hours long. It's on October 19th. You can go to my link tree and you'll see it up there. It's called Groove in My life. And because that's what I do and I want to, my whole thing is I want to help people groove their life your way, on your terms, your blueprint. Don't copy anyone, Follow your heart and how to do that in practices that help do that. So if you're interested in doing that, there's a workshop. But also if not, there's a free download. If you go to the Groove in My life link at the very top there is a Self Love Shift workbook that is completely free for you. So if you just want to check that out and see what that's all about. And we're going to keep doing this. If there's topics you want me to talk about things you want me to address, from relationships to all the shit I've been through. All the shit. And I know we all have. So if there's things, write in the comments, things you'd want me to share about or what you're interested in, knowing how I can help you. And last but not least, I will be having a retreat the first week of April of 2026, very near my home. We're going to come here and actually have dance parties at my house because we're so close in my studio here, but this beautiful ecological resort that's very close to my house and it's six nights, seven days. Women only. I used to let men come and let couples come, but I've just found having a container of women only, it allows us a little bit more safety and freedom to really just let our hair down and talk about the shit we have to deal with. And men, I love the men. I love y' all out there. I do retreats where they're. But this one is not. This one is a women only. So if you're interested in that, you can go to my link tree too. If it's not up there yet, I hope it's up there. We've been working on it. Something's been happening with the PayPal connection and so if it's not there, I'll. I'll link it in my broadcast channel as well. If there. If it's not on my link tree yet, I'll make sure that you have it. But I just wanted to let you guys know it's coming and I'm super excited. Thank you for being here, Heidi and Mina and Nurse Esso and Boho. The names you guys create on Instagram are very hard to read and I love you. So thank you for being here. I appreciate it. And share with your friends if this you think it would help or resonate with anyone in your life. And let's keep on keeping on. Have a fabulous Sunday. Go enjoy yourself. Go outside and I'll see you next week. Massive love to you all. Believe in magic. It's real love. You guys have a great day.
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