Hello, friends. Welcome to Level Up with Debbie Neal. I am your host. There is nowhere. I would rather be

than right here, right now with you. This podcast is all about leveling up in all aspects of our lives.

Thank you for being here. I am so grateful. I'm excited to be on this journey with you. Together,

we are leveling up. You ready?

Hello, my level up friends. Last week we spoke about closing our year with intention and with fire.

And to be our best and level up our success, how we end our year, just like how we end the

month, how we end a week, it's how we begin the next.

Success is about going for it, showing up and giving our very best.

So this week, we're going to switch gears a little bit and we're going to be talking

about the importance of self-care.

And so, like I say switching gears a little bit, but it's not.

This is the foundation of what makes us tick. So to be our best, to become our best,

it's so important to take care of ourself. So I'm speaking for me right now, but like I'm a mom,

so I'm going to speak as a parent for a minute. It's so simple to get really caught up in taking care of everyone else

in your family and putting yourself last. And sometimes, like, it might even feel noble or

selfless, but I'm going to say this from experience. It's not. And I've learned the hard way.

When we are not taking care of ourselves, everyone around us suffers.

And certainly we feel it and we see it in our success.

Our body is our vessel.

Our mind is our gateway. Our heart is the center of our leadership.

So how we treat ourselves, how we prioritize ourself has a huge direct effect on our success.

So today, we're going to talk about a few areas that are non-negotiable.

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