There is a future you that is living your dream.

And if you believe that as inevitable, then it's just a matter of, okay, what am I going to do with my time now?

As the kids these days say, being delulu is the salulu.

I think there's something to be said about this type of ruthless self-belief.

So today's podcast episode is about delusional mindset shifts to make

to instantly boost your self-confidence. Hi, hello, welcome to Mary's Cup of Tea, the

self-love podcast for women, though all self-lovers are welcome here. I'm Mary. I write and speak about self-love,

and I'm best known for my book, The Gift of Self-Love, and I also host retreats for women.

And this is the podcast that will inspire you to love yourself. Real quick, before we dive in,

I want to make sure you know about my book, the gift of self-love.

It's a workbook to help you build confidence, recognize your worth, and learn to love who you are.

It's available anywhere books are sold.

Thousands of people have it, love it, and have told me that it has greatly benefited their self-love journey, and I hope it'll do the same for you. And now let's get into

the podcast. I often think about how much people lie, not in a malicious sense, but we lie in all

sorts of ways to make ourselves or someone else feel better. Some might call that a white

lie. There's actually a really interesting research study that showed on average people lie between

zero to two times per day and only 1% of people don't lie at all. But honestly, the research study

is kind of trash. I'll link to it in the description

in case you want to investigate. But it was all based on self-reported survey data. So they followed

people over the course of a few months. And every time they lied, they would have to note that they

lied. And I imagine that a lot of people don't want to admit when they're lying. And also that there

are some lies that we tell ourselves that we don't want to admit when they're lying, and also that there are some lies that we tell

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