Why Self-Care Isn't Selfish

Let's get one things straight, self-care is not selfish. Join Julie for a real, raw and important conversation about the importance of self-care and how taking care of yourself; mind, body, emotionally and spiritually is one of the kindest things you can do for yourself (and the world). Julie shares new ways to best practice self-care and to reframe outdated beliefs around martyrdom, people pleasing and putting others first. The more you take care of yourself, the more you have to help others.

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Welcome to the USU podcast,

Now reaching earbuds in over 175 countries and growing.

I'm Julie Riesler,

An interior designer for your soul.

I'm a master life coach,

Author of Get a PhD in You,

Founder of the Life Designer Coach Academy,

Professor at Georgetown University,

And host of this powerful show.

I created this show because I believe you are meant to expand,

Evolve,

And express yourself fully as your most authentic,

Extraordinary,

Truest USU.

That dream that lives within you,

It's meant to manifest.

Tune in with me to hear life-changing conversations with leading experts,

Spiritual luminaries,

And fellow entrepreneurs and creatives to help guide you back to your divine self,

To your inherent worthiness,

Your sacred purpose,

Your right to prosperity and full health,

And your ability to do,

Be,

Or have whatever lights you up the most.

This podcast will help you live a life that's designed by your soul and not your fear.

Now that we've got that clear,

I'm just going to remind you one more time,

You were born to fully be your USU.

It's your time.

Are you ready to join me on this journey?

Let's do it.

Let's do it.

Hi,

It's Julie here.

I am really grateful and excited to be here with you in your earbuds,

Hanging today,

Talking about such an important topic.

So in case you're just tuning in right now,

What I'm going to be talking about in my solo episode,

Which is you and I hanging together,

Is all about why self-care is not selfish.

This is,

I think,

One of the most important topics to be talking about.

And what I want to get into is not just why it's not selfish,

But I want to flip that on its head and talk about how it's actually selfish when we don't connect and care for ourselves.

You might be like,

Julie,

What the heck do you mean?

Well,

Hang in with me.

I'm going to go through a bunch of different ideas and tools and ways to really look at self-care and some of the things I do and that I use in my own life,

That I've used with clients,

That I've coached and worked with,

And that I've studied.

I got a master's degree in health and wellness coaching about 10 years ago.

And one of the things I remember really honing in on and learning about is we all know stress,

Crazy amounts,

Overwhelming amounts of stress.

When you start to feel stressed and taxed in your body,

What happens is it starts to really affect the whole function of your body.

What happens is it affects what's called your HPA axis.

So when you feel stressed,

I'll just give you a quick overview.

You probably know this,

But it first affects your hypothalamus,

Which then affects your pituitary gland,

Which affects a lot of things like metabolism and body functions,

And then it affects your adrenals.

And your adrenals are responsible for emitting adrenaline.

So when you and I,

If we're overly stressed,

We're emitting too much adrenaline and cortisol.

And over time,

Our bodies start to get used to that high level of stress and those hormones that when they're over that threshold of what's healthy,

That's when the body starts to get out of balance,

Out of homeostasis.

That's when you start having issues with illness and energy and feeling exhausted and you start to see gut issues.

And I know for me,

I struggled and have been healing my thyroid and other autoimmune functions,

Which are very connected to stress.

So it is so important to understand the impact of stress,

The impact of not caring for yourself.

And when I say self-care,

So here's what I mean,

My friend.

I mean both physically,

I mean emotionally,

I mean mentally,

And I even mean spiritually.

So we're going to dive in today.

Why self-care is not selfish,

Why you've got to put yourself back on number one on your list.

And I'm talking to you,

Especially those of you who are caretakers,

Parents.

I know this can be challenging.

I've been a single mom before and having,

Making that time to put myself on the list first is not easy.

It's very counterintuitive.

I know you know the whole example analogy,

You know,

You're on a plane,

Airplane,

And when you're sitting there,

What does the flight attendant say,

Right?

He or she or they says,

Take down the oxygen mask and put it on yourself first,

Then give it to your child or children.

So we want to come from this place of giving back to ourselves,

But I'm going to talk a little bit more about the deeper meaning of this and ways to really look at self-care and to do self-care that maybe you haven't thought about.

So all right,

I'm going to just say it.

If you want to grab your pen and paper and take some notes,

Feel free.

But as always,

I will have show notes that are down below so you can always get the notes there.

And I want to also share that I wrote a recent article that was in Bustle magazine,

And it's all about,

So this article is about six specific tips,

Six expert tips for finding success without sacrificing your health,

Your mental and your physical health.

And in there,

I talk a lot about self-care and different ways to do that.

So I will be pulling a little bit from there.

I'll also link this Bustle article in the show notes as well if you want to check that out.

There's some really good information in there.

The thing I want to really emphasize is that my aim and my intention is that you come away today really feeling like you're back in the driver's seat,

That whatever is going on in your life,

Whether it's a lot of stress,

Whether it's anxiety,

Whether it's feeling overwhelmed,

That you come away with some tips and some tools.

And the knowing that this is truly the most loving thing you can do is to care for yourself and that there is a greater sense of hope and encouragement and empowerment and that we're in this together.

We're in this together.

So I know if you,

Again,

My moms,

My dads,

Caretakers,

Those of you who are juggling a business or working full-time and parenting or taking care of a loved one,

Right?

Maybe you're taking care of a parent or somebody in your life or just the overwhelm that can come from all that's happening in our world and from being connected in at all times.

We're so overly connected into technology and oftentimes our phone and social media and what's going on in the world.

It can be a lot.

It really can.

There are effects.

There are stressors that you may not even realize.

And so,

Again,

I am just going to reiterate before I go into all of the strategies and ways of looking at this in a new way,

I really encourage you to get that this is such an important topic for you to embrace and to make a priority for yourself.

And especially as we're wrapping up this year,

Right before we head into the next year,

My invitation to you is to make your self-care,

Your mental wellbeing,

Your health,

Your physical wellbeing,

Your spiritual and emotional wellbeing,

Putting that at the top of the list.

And here's the bottom line.

Here's the reason why.

All right.

So listen in.

You cannot give away what you don't have.

Okay.

So the whole premise is here is that to truly be of service,

Like to truly be a light in the world,

To give,

To be able to care for others in all different ways.

And when I say care for others,

I don't mean just physically.

You might be doing that.

I mean being there present,

Giving your time and attention,

Right?

If you want to have that attention and be able to listen and be present,

You've got to be able to do that for and with yourself.

And you've got to create habits and a routine and ways that you're doing that in a consistent way and an ongoing basis.

And so that's what I'm going to talk about,

My friend.

We're going to go into how to do this and why it's important.

So here's the thing.

Let's just like debunk this myth.

This really bothers me.

I actually wrote an article about this as well.

Belief or Mind,

Body,

Green.

And I'll look for that article about why this is not selfish,

Why self-care,

Why self-love,

Taking care of yourself is not selfish.

So I will look for that as well.

But here's the bottom line.

Here's the premise that you are going to live with yourself as yourself for the rest of your life,

Right?

I mean,

I think you've probably figured that out.

Nobody,

No one,

Even those who love and adore you,

Right?

Parents,

Partners,

Children,

Friends,

Nobody can take care of you fully the best way and in any way that you can for yourself.

No one can do that for you other than yourself.

Sure,

We can help.

We can be there.

We can be a support.

But truly,

This has got to come from you.

This has got to come from a desire to honor yourself,

To honor yourself as a sacred being,

As an extension of the divine.

So I want to look at self-care from the lens of love,

From the lens of compassion,

From that lens of being loving,

Okay?

I just released an episode with Danielle LaPorte earlier last month about how to be loving.

And it talked about different ways how to be loving and how to love those parts of yourself that you may struggle with and your ego.

I want to talk today about,

I want to pull that thread today and really talk about love and being loving in all areas of life and especially how you are spending time and attention,

Your resources,

Your money on yourself,

Okay?

And that begins with this entire,

The entire lens of looking at yourself as sacred,

As worthy,

As priceless,

As worthwhile of an investment of time and energy and resources.

So we got to get that square and straight,

Okay?

So if there's work to be done around worthiness,

That's okay.

Make a note.

Oftentimes,

When we decide to take actions that are loving,

It can help you to feel more worthy.

Now,

If you need more support in that area,

That's part of what I do as a coach or find a coach that can help you.

But let's get to the root of this,

Which is you are worthy of being cared for at the highest level.

You're worthy of this self-care,

Of taking care of yourself at the best level you can,

At buying foods that are going to nourish you,

That are going to be loving for your body.

You're worthy of making extra time in the morning to be quiet,

To visualize,

To journal,

To say loving things to yourself.

You're worthy of investing in yourself,

Whether it's a personal growth course,

Whether it's a class that helps you to connect more to the divine,

To spirit,

Spirituality.

You're worthy of making time to take trips,

To visit friends.

It could be something like getting out nature,

Nature walks,

To book massages,

To do lovely meals with people you care about.

You're worthy of making time to cook for yourself,

To really make that time to join the gym or to do that extra Pilates class.

I was just looking at that myself,

The ones where you're on those reformers.

And after my back injury,

I've kind of had to change things up.

And I was looking at the resources and the pricing and the classes,

And it just hit me.

Like my health,

Your health is non-negotiable.

Your physical body that you're living in,

Right,

That deserves to be loved up on,

To be treated as sacred.

So we want to look at self-care from a loving lens.

We want to come from that space of love,

Of how can I be more loving?

Here's the deal.

Here is the whole thing.

You want to see more love in the world.

You want to see,

You want to feel more compassion in the world.

The thing is,

You've got to start with yourself.

You've got to start with your USU,

Because everything on the outside,

The outer world,

Is a reflection.

It is a reflection of what is going on in the inside.

So this is what I am saying,

That it's actually the opposite,

Right?

You want to see a better world,

A more beautiful,

Expansive,

Loving,

High-conscious,

High-vibration world?

You've got to do that inside first.

So it's actually,

In a way,

Selfish not to invest in your self-care.

Do you follow?

You're with me?

So we want to look at it from that lens of being loving and getting that what you put into yourself,

What you focus on in yourself,

How you treat yourself,

How you honor yourself,

Your body,

Your mind,

Your spirit,

You,

All of you,

Your time,

Your boundaries,

All of this is going to be,

As you invest in those aspects of yourself and that self-care and all those different ways,

You're going to start seeing that on the outside and the outer world.

So want a more loving world?

Be more loving to yourself,

Right?

Want more generosity in the world?

Be more generous to yourself.

And of course,

As you give to yourself,

I was just listening to I Love Oprah.

I just have had a love affair with Oprah since I was a young girl.

We're talking eight years old,

Pretending to interview people and pretending to be on her show.

I actually used to pretend I was interviewing her.

We'll see,

Hopefully someday.

But I was listening to one of her talks and she was really talking about what has helped her so much in doing 25 years of television and growing in fame and prosperity is being grounded,

Being grounded in who she is,

Being grounded in her spiritual faith.

And she talked about self-care and filling her cup so that it runs over,

Runneth over.

The more you fill your cup,

The more you have to give.

It's just the way it works.

It's also connected to the laws of the universe,

Right?

The more that you have within,

The more that you feel full,

Fulfilled,

Connected,

The more that you are just able to spill out and to help others and to give.

So we want to really start getting that self-care is self-love,

Okay?

Self-care is self-love.

And the truth is,

You know,

If we're going to take this in a more spiritual slant or from a more spiritual perspective,

Which you know me,

I love bringing in the divine.

I'm a Sagittarius through and through,

Which for those of my Sagas and those who are here to like connect to truth and make an impact and connect to the divine and spirit,

That's important to me.

And I know that's important to many of us is to find deeper meaning,

However you define that,

Right?

You find deeper meaning.

You find deeper meaning,

Deeper connection,

Deeper alignment with the universe,

With your heart,

With your soul.

To do that,

We've got to be first tapped in,

Tuned in.

We've got to be connected to begin with.

And so some of the things I want you to start looking at are what are ways to plug yourself back in to a greater sense of self,

To the divine,

To feeling the divine,

To the divine,

To feeling good in your body,

In your mind.

What gives you energy?

What makes you feel alive?

What helps you to feel healthy and present?

And usually when you do that,

You're going to find there are some things that you've already been doing or have done that have really made a difference.

For some of you,

You know,

That might be the yoga class you're taking.

It might be you're part of a support group.

For those who are into meditation,

We know,

I mean,

Studies show,

This is something I studied in my master's degree program in mind-body science,

Our course all around this.

And you probably know this at this point,

You know,

So much research around meditation and mindfulness.

And there's so many different types,

Right?

There's so many different types of meditation,

Whether for you it's a mantra,

Whether it's transcendental meditation,

Whether it's sitting quiet,

Whether it's listening to ambient noise,

Whether it's guided.

I was recently listening to Joe Dispenza has amazing meditations,

Whatever that looks like.

Maybe it's using the inner balance apparatus from heart math,

Which tracks your heart rate variability and just being still and connecting to the presence of love.

It doesn't matter.

Maybe it's walking in nature,

Right?

And connecting with the energy,

The vibrant energy of the universe,

Of Mother Earth,

Of the,

You know,

Of the cosmos,

Of the trees.

Like it just doesn't matter.

What matters is that you're doing something to have more presence every day.

We just know that it's a fact.

The other one thing,

So we're gonna look at mindfulness and I'm gonna invite you to look at what would you be willing to try and to commit to.

It could be five minutes a day.

It could be a five-minute walk in nature,

Although I recommend a little more than that.

But that's maybe where you're starting.

And then I would invite you to look at your nourishment.

How are you nourishing yourself?

Now I don't just mean food,

Right?

So it's not just food.

It's not just are you getting enough vitality in your body,

Right?

When we eat foods that come from the earth in their form,

Right?

And there's no judgment,

Right?

It's not like you're good or bad if you do or don't eat this way.

It's just what's so,

Right?

If you're eating plants or fruit or,

You know,

Foods that are in their form.

And for some of us that might mean,

You know,

Animals and fish as well.

For some that's not.

You know your body.

Every body is different.

But notice what makes you feel energy and alive versus sleepy and groggy and crappy.

Because if it's something you're eating,

Usually if it's from a box or a bag or something in that category that's processed,

Usually it's not gonna give you the same life force,

Right?

So we're looking for tuning into that life force.

What's gonna nourish you?

So both food,

But also your thoughts,

What you're saying to yourself.

What are you,

How are you speaking to yourself?

That's self-care.

Are you starting the morning,

You know,

And looking at all the things that you didn't do and you should do.

So I'm gonna share a tip for you that I've started doing.

It's really,

Really helpful.

It might feel a little like cheesy at first,

But I'm gonna tell you,

You do this every day.

Eventually you're going to feel this.

You take your hands on your heart,

Okay,

And when you wake up,

The first thing you do is you say,

Good morning,

Good morning,

Julie,

Good morning,

Whatever your first name is.

Good morning,

Jane.

Good morning,

David.

Good morning,

Kathy.

Good morning,

Ashley.

Right?

Good morning,

Julie.

I love you.

That's it.

Say good morning to yourself.

I love you.

And just start there.

That's all you need to do to begin with.

And it might not feel kind of normal or,

You know,

It might feel a little weird at first.

That's okay.

That's okay.

Over time,

You are gonna feel that more and more.

I promise you.

So how are we talking to ourselves?

A great way,

And I've talked about this before,

Actually in my book,

Get a PhD in You,

If you don't have it,

I highly recommend it.

It's on Amazon.

It's really,

Really designed to help you look at what you're saying to yourself,

And it's all about self-care and loving yourself more and connecting to your passion and purpose so that you can be your USU.

One of the activities I have you do,

I have people do,

Is to just keep a little log for a day and to write every time you say something that is not nice about yourself to yourself.

Don't even worry about other people right now.

Just log what you're saying to yourself,

Okay?

And I just invite you,

If you don't do anything else,

Try this one for a day.

What you're gonna start to do is raise your awareness.

Okay,

Interesting.

I have some really not so great thoughts and things that I'm saying about myself.

So you want to start to notice as an observer,

As you become more aware,

What you can do is you can start to do these little hacks that help you to shift your focus because our brain is a serial processor.

So what you focus on,

We can only focus on one true thing at a time,

Even though I know you probably think you're great at multitasking.

I pretend I'm good at multitasking.

We never truly can do two things at 100%.

Our brain isn't wired that way.

So when you notice yourself,

If you notice yourself,

Or when I should say,

Saying something not kind like,

Oh God,

I suck at that,

Or I don't want to do a video on Instagram because I look terrible,

Or I'm exhausted,

Or I just have nothing to say,

Or I never know what to say,

And it's never enough,

Whatever it is going on.

I mean,

I've had these thoughts many times myself.

What you can do,

Go back to putting your hand on your heart,

And just feel the sensation of your hand on your heart.

Do that for 10 seconds,

10 seconds every time.

Now,

If you're around other people and you don't want to do that,

You could put your hands,

It's called the mudra.

And if you're watching this,

You can see what I'm doing.

You can take your thumb and your middle finger together,

Or your thumb and your pointer finger together,

Hold it there,

Just feel the sensation.

Feel your finger and your thumb together.

And mudra is a Sanskrit word.

It's really that intention and connecting.

I think of it as connecting into that life force,

But it actually for 10 seconds,

If you do that,

It can help you to stop the tirade,

The negativity,

The negative voice.

So just a little tip,

A little hack to start doing that as you notice yourself saying something negative to yourself,

Do that,

Or put your hand on your heart and just feel the sensation.

Focus for 10 seconds and then get back.

If you keep doing that,

Eventually you will change that pattern.

So we've talked about nourishment,

Nourishing foods,

Nourishing thoughts.

We also want to look at nourishing movement,

Right?

Self-care is also about movement.

So that might be a walk in nature,

That might be yoga,

That might be any kind of,

It could be biking,

It could be anything that gives you energy that's right for your body.

For you for moving,

It might be a form of dance,

Might be Nia or ecstatic dance or Zumba or whatever that looks like,

Right?

It might be like throwing on some 80s and doing a dance party or whatever it would be for you,

Right?

That's kind of my thing.

Movement,

Nourishing movement.

And then we want to think about that loving nourishment for your spirit,

Right?

So what are you reading?

What are you listening to?

Hopefully this podcast,

What else are you listening to,

Right?

Maybe it's making sure you've got a listing.

I do this.

I have notes with all different highly spiritual,

Very high vibe,

Very loving and as I said,

Inspiring videos and audios that I can listen to and tune into to help me to really reorient myself and to feel connected and tapped in and tuned in to something greater than myself,

To the infinite intelligence to my higher self.

So making that list,

Some of the people and things that I listen to for that,

Louise Hay,

I love her,

Oprah,

As I said,

There's so many,

So many,

Neville Goddard,

Old school,

Dr.

Joe Dispenza is great,

Greg Braden,

There's just so many people out there to tune into.

But those are a few,

Abraham Hicks,

Right?

Something that's going to help you to nourish your mind and to nourish your spirit.

So just being proactive,

Getting some of those,

You know,

It might be an audio book that you listen to over and over again.

A Course in Miracles is a great one.

You know,

Conversations with God,

I've had Neil Donald Walsh here,

He's fantastic.

Conversations with God,

I listen to that every year.

So finding things,

Books and audios and videos and things that are going to nourish your spirit.

For some,

It might be prayer,

Right?

Really making time for prayer,

Making time for,

You know,

For connecting at a greater level for some that might be a service,

Getting to a church or a mosque or a synagogue or center for spiritual living.

Maybe it's just getting yourself in a position of,

I love doing forehead to the floor,

Or a child's pose or just laying back and having my hands open,

Right?

And just feeling that receptivity.

Whatever it is for you,

Just notice what's right for you.

Maybe it's reading through passages or quotes,

Books,

Inspirational reading,

You know,

It could be the Bible for some of you.

It might be,

You know,

Books that have that kind of inspiration.

I've been in 12 Steps for a long time,

There's a lot in the big book.

So whatever that is,

It could be a multitude of readings,

But just really feeding your spirit.

And so what we're looking at here is self-care is self-love.

You want to come from that lens of loving,

Of nourishment.

How might you add more loving,

Tender care to your own life knowing that as you do that,

You are able to give it away more.

Some of the other tips that I give away in my article in Bustle were around surrounding yourself with frequency,

Tone frequencies and music.

And so,

You know,

Finding really,

Really wonderful,

Calming music that feels loving.

There is a great Solfaggio 528 hertz,

For example,

You can look that up on YouTube.

Finding,

There's music that has like dolphin sounds,

Which is very healing,

Ocean waves,

You know,

Whatever that might be,

But something that's self-loving.

Check out the,

When you're listening to songs,

What are the words,

Right?

What are the verses that are being said?

Are they uplifting?

If not,

Maybe that's not so loving anymore.

Maybe it's time to do a little bit of a cleanse,

Right?

If there's music you've been listening to or thoughts that you've been saying or foods you've been eating or things that you've been doing that are not nourishing,

Not loving,

Not helping you to really honor yourself,

Do a little inventory.

What's working,

What's not.

I also talked about aromatherapy.

Aromatherapy is really healing,

So finding essential oils that work for you,

Right?

So self-care is such,

It's a large topic,

But we can really narrow it down into the categories,

As I said,

Of your mind,

Mental health,

Your emotional health.

You know,

That might mean booking sessions with a therapist if there's something coming up for you again and again,

Or a trauma that's re-emerged.

Getting yourself to see somebody and talk to somebody who can really hold space.

Maybe it's a coach.

You know,

I've noticed an influx of need for support in the last two years.

It's not surprising,

Right?

So being open,

Being open to that support for your emotions,

Your emotional health,

And for your spiritual health as we talked about,

And of course physical.

So my friend,

I know I've just viewed a lot of ideas.

I hope this was helpful.

Let me know.

I'm curious.

What are you gonna start to do to take even more exquisite care of yourself?

Because you deserve it.

You are worthy of that.

You really are,

And all of us are.

And the thing is,

Whatever we want to see in the world,

We've got to start first within ourselves.

That's why I want this to be a movement.

I want this self-care to be a movement,

Just like being your USU,

Having that self-care,

Loving up on yourself.

That is going to help you be more expressed,

More connected to your purpose,

Your passion,

Your dreams,

Right?

So the thing to remember is self-care is self-love.

And when you're feeling that love of self,

You have more love to give to the other selves,

To everyone else.

And as you tune in and make that part of being your USU,

And I'm encouraging you,

Make self-care an integral,

Non-negotiable part of your being your USU.

What will happen is,

And I'm getting chills,

You are going to feel more energy,

Vitality,

Vibrancy.

The light in you is going to continue to expand and watch what happens.

Watch what happens.

And you know what?

If you're not sure,

Start tracking it.

Start tracking it.

I've been doing this since my master's degree program 10 years ago when I learned this.

It's unbelievable.

It's really quite beautiful.

In my humble opinion,

I feel like the Divine set it up to emulate this greater,

Infinite field of love.

And the more,

It's the opposite of what most of us have been taught,

Right?

The more you infuse love into yourself,

The more you honor yourself with good boundaries,

With your time,

With honoring your resources,

Your finances,

With your earnings,

With your investment in who you are in all ways,

The more you do that,

Watch what expands in your life.

Watch as love,

The infinite field of love,

Loves to love up on you the more you invest love in yourself.

And that's really what we're talking about.

So the last thing I'll say is making sure that you have support,

That you have others around you doing this.

That's why this community,

This whole,

All of you,

Wherever,

I know we're now in over 175 countries and it's growing.

And I'm so grateful because we need all of us.

We need all of us to connect in and make the decision,

You know what,

I'm going to choose to design my life in a way that honors me,

That honors my gifts,

That honors my dreams,

Because I know as I do that for me,

I can do that for you.

And so I just want to thank you for making that choice,

For really looking at how you can infuse more self-love and self-care into your life.

I would love to hear how that's gonna,

What that's gonna look like,

What that might be like for you,

How that's gonna show up.

What are you gonna start doing?

What are you gonna stop doing?

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Share what did you get from this?

How are you going to turn this faulty idea around that self-care is selfish?

It's the opposite.

And as always my friend,

If you are looking for more support,

If you are really at the point where you're ready,

Like you are fully ready to be more loving to yourself,

To make sure that you are putting yourself back on the list and putting yourself first,

No matter what that looks like,

Whether you have others to take care of,

You want support,

You want help around doing that,

And then designing your best life and your dream life,

Please let me know if you're interested to connect and chat about my supporting you.

That is what I do.

That's part of what I do as a coach,

As a mentor.

I've been doing this for over 10 years with hundreds of creatives and soul seekers and entrepreneurs and leaders.

Let me know.

I'd love to support you.

And in the meantime,

My prayer is that you remember and reclaim your full worthiness and your sacred self and that you deserve to take care of yourself in the best way possible and that you remember that as you do that for you,

You are modeling that for others and you have way more to give because you are going to be full,

Not of yourself,

But full in yourself.

And that,

I believe,

Is what we all need.

So here is to your fullest,

Truest,

Newest you.

I love you.

I'm so,

So,

So honored to be on this journey with you.

Please let me know your insights,

Your takeaways.

I just want to thank you so much for listening,

For sharing this episode and this podcast.

And it always makes a difference when you rate and review the show.

And please let me know what you got and how you are living your most soul life as your divine us to you.

Lots of love,

My friend.

I'm so honored to be a part of your journey.

Thank you for listening to this episode.

And I hope it inspires you to remember who you really are and who you chose to be in this lifetime.

If you're interested in becoming your USU,

I would love to guide you.

Please check out my website for additional information on how we can work together.

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Here's to being and loving your USU.

Reviews

Wow just what I needed. A reboot, a reminder of why we need self care and what it can mean for others. Thank you for such an inspiring 30 minutes. Now its our turn to do the how of self care.

Julie, Hello I am Glenda from Australia, and I have really enjoyed listening to your podcast about self care, love and being yourself. You have inspired me so much, loved your positivity, hand on heart each morning to praise being you. I am the type of person who is always thinking of others, and since recent illness, emotional stress and fatigue I am seriously taking time for myself, each morning when I wake I listen to music, smile in the mirror and say to myself you are beautiful, caring, and loving person, practise yoga 🧘‍♀️ twice or more a week, and love to go on walks, and read, which has given me new hope each day. Thank you 🙏 and God Bless 🦋🥰