Welcome to Thinner Piece and Menopause and Beyond.

This is Dr. Deb Butler, Master Life and Weight Coach, and as always, your coach.

Today is episode number 128, and I want to teach you how to thrive instead of just survive.

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Hi, everybody. How are you today? Oh my gosh, we're starting to come into fall. The weather is

cooling. It's so beautiful. I love it. And yesterday, just to give you a little example of my day,

yesterday was a work day for me where I coach on the phone. And at the end of the day, I decided that I wanted

to do something really special because it was so beautiful out. So I texted my husband, Michael, and I asked him if he wanted to meet me at the river.

And he texted me back and he said yes.

So yesterday when I was through with my fantastic phone calls from maybe some of you who are

listening to me right now, I know my clients listen to this just as much as those of you

who are just listeners, probably with phone calls from

you had a fantastic day. I love coaching so much. I cannot even tell you. But my brain gets a little

weary by the end of the day and I wanted to give it a little break. And going to the river with my

husband was so fantastic. That's all I have to say. So we sat by the river, we chatted, we had a

glass of wine, and it was just wonderful. And I guess my suggestion to you is, you know what,

you only get one life. Make sure you make it your best life. And of course, that always just comes from your

choices, how you think, how you see life. And never ever, and you've heard me say this in the

podcast, never think you're ever too busy to do something really special just for yourself

because that was really special. I mean, I think

my husband loved it too, but let me tell you what, I loved it even more. It was the best gift I gave

myself all day long. Loved it. Just an idea of something you can do. Okay. So now what I want to do is I want to talk to you a little bit about what I

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