Category: Mindset | Similar Episodes: 017, 024, and 050. | https://www.dionneandselfcare.com/podcast | [email protected] or IG@dionneandselfcare

"When I heard the list of things my friend had accomplished today my jaw hit the floor. The first thought to pop into my head was, “You are superhuman!” because there was no way that I could have completed what she completed within the same amount of hours. I shared my thought immediately and she reminded me that I had packed my apartment, moved items from one place to another, and unpacked all in one day so I was superhuman too. We just have different strengths. This idea hasn’t left my mind all day."

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Category: Actions | Similar Episodes: 007, 049, and 052. | https://www.dionneandselfcare.com/podcast | [email protected] or IG@dionneandselfcare

"Today is my moving day! And one of the things I’m MOST excited about is activating what Gretchen Rubin calls “The Clean Slate.” In her book all about habits, Better Than Before, she mentions that a new situation makes it much easier to change habits. If you move to a new city, change jobs or schools, or have a new routine, you no longer have your old cues. The things that trigger certain behaviors."

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Category: Relationships | Similar Episodes: 012, 028, and 044 | https://www.dionneandselfcare.com/podcast | [email protected] or IG@dionneandselfcare

"There’s a quote by Bishop TD Jakes that I love. When people can walk away from you: let them walk. It’s another way of saying, “Don’t try and force a relationship. If someone is not willing to stay in it, release them. Those that are meant to stay…will.” I had a recent conversation where the topic of friendship came up and I realized that I was still a bit conflicted over how well I’m maintaining relationships as I age. It seemed to be so much easier when I was younger but now in my late 30s it’s just different. So it requires adjusting your expectations."

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Category: Self-Awareness | Similar Episodes: 033, 046, and 068 | https://www.dionneandselfcare.com/podcast | [email protected] or IG@dionneandselfcare

"I talked to a very wise woman today, my therapist, who helped me to connect some dots I hadn’t considered before. The reason why some things are working in my life and why some things aren’t. Whether we are aware or not, we all start things off with intentions. Relationships. Businesses. Hobbies. Whatever. We create a fundamental base level of boundaries. This is what being successful in this looks like. These are the things I don’t want. And until we reevaluate those boundaries, we process every experience through that lens. If something is rubbing us the wrong way…it probably isn’t what you originally had in mind."

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Category: Actions | Similar Episodes: 013, 025, and 048 | https://www.dionneandselfcare.com/podcast | [email protected] or IG@dionneandselfcare

"When I woke up this morning, I already knew the kind of bandwidth day I was going to have. A Deep Work day with lots of mental energy, and because of that, I had to pull out all the tricks to keep my mind focused and engaged as the hours started to tick by. Have you ever felt, “I just don’t want to do this!” Not forever, mind you. But just…not today. Except you can’t push it off. When those moments arrive, I like to pull out the alarm on my phone."

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Category: Self-Awareness | Similar Episodes: 003, 062, and 065 | [email protected] or IG@dionneandselfcare | https://www.dionneandselfcare.com/podcast

"We all have a tendency to want to dump our stuff. Our frustrations. Our concerns. Our unmet needs. Onto other people. It might feel good in the moment but we have to be careful of just how much we’re dumping, especially if they aren’t professionals trained to handle it. Be honest. Is it a grocery store bag amount or is it the amount of bags used in the TV Show Hoarders? We can all handle a little bit of other people’s stuff. That’s what being in community is all about. On a good day our bags are never so full of our own stuff that we can’t take a little bit of someone else’s but if you know you’re having a Hoarder level day, it’s time to self-soothe."

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Category: Mindset | Similar Episodes: 009, 033, and 036 | [email protected] or IG@dionneandselfcare | https://www.dionneandselfcare.com/podcast

"If you are looking for a check-in tool that will instantly let you know your current relationship to your self-care, it’s this. During your last day, did you pee when you needed to? We’ve all been there. We have to go….so bad. You’re mentally singing, “I gotta go, I gotta go, I gotta go right now,” but you don’t. Because you’re in a meeting. Or you’re in a conversation. Or you’re driving. Or you’re teaching. Or you’re taking care of a little one. Or you are at the dinner table. Peeing when you need to pee is your first defense of making sure that your needs are met. Every time that you don’t, you are unconsciously telling yourself that your needs don’t matter."

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Category: Mindset | Similar Episodes: 006, 036, and 058 | [email protected] or IG@dionneandselfcare | https://www.dionneandselfcare.com/podcast

"I was reminded today of one of my favorite sayings. It only takes one day for your life to completely change. This idea might already be familiar to you. There are definitely a lot of variations of this concept but for me, it only took hold of my heart and mind when I was able to remind myself of what it practically looks like."

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Category: Self-Awareness | Similar Episodes: 010, 060, and 066 | [email protected] or IG@dionneandselfcare

"I am all about someone leaning into their natural tendencies, and working with them instead of against them. That’s why I created a self-care motivator framework that’s easy to understand and can be a game-changer. It definitely was for me. There are three motivators based on your relationship with time. You can listen to Episode 060 to learn about being future-focused. Episode 066 is all about being present-focused. Today, we go over the final motivator…being Past-Focused."

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Category: Mindset | Similar Episodes: 010, 046, 057 and 059 | [email protected] or IG@dionneandselfcare

"There have been so many times when it felt like my life was over. I was certain that there was no coming back from it. Why oh why didn’t I do this or that? It happened as recently as last week. Listen to Episode 057. I had seriously weakened my self-trust with a decision I had made. But I’m happy to report that I got through it. Cue the confetti! I focused on being strategic about the end result that I ultimately wanted. I just did the very next thing that I could do. And then the next thing. And eventually, it worked out. I’m convinced that it will ALWAYS work out, no matter what our thing is, even in the current world that we are in, because there is always the next thing that you can do."

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