I'm Dr. Deb Butler, and you are listening to Thinner Peace and Menopause and Beyond. This is

episode number 428. Welcome to Thinner Peace and Menopause and Beyond. This is Dr. Deb Butler,

Master Life and Weight Coach, and as always, your coach.

If you're a woman and you're smart and you're successful and you've been struggling with weight your

whole life and now menopause is making it harder than ever and you are ready to make this

the last time you ever have to go on a diet again,

then this podcast is for you. Stay tuned. Well, hello, all my dear friends, all over the world.

It's summer. And I don't know about you, but here in the Midwest, it's starting to get

hot. So my schedule is starting to change because I create schedules for myself based on the things

that I like to do and the things that I think I need to do and what my schedule says, how I create my

schedule. And I know everybody's a little bit different in terms of if they work or what they're

doing. But in the end, I really love the idea of prioritizing what my needs are first. And one of those needs for me is that I need to get

out and move my body and I need to be outside and I need to be in the woods. And I could say need

or I could say want. And I guess in reality, I don't need it, but I really want it and I want to make sure that I get it.

And I learned a long time ago that the things that help me be the most available for anything

else that I want to do in life, be it for a person or a career or anything, is that I need to be filled up first.

And probably for all 427 podcasts, I've been saying something like this.

And one of the things that for sure I've learned is that if I leave myself out and I expect more from myself

and not fill myself up, it's a lot harder to do. So after being in this world for 71 years,

this is one of the lessons that I know for sure is I want to move my body. I need to be outside,

and I'd love to be in the woods. Need or want. Doesn't really matter. It's just something that's

going to get done. It's a commitment to myself. I learned how to make commitments over time.

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