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

This is episode number 477.

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.

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Well, hello, all my dear friends, all over the world.

How are you today?

Let me tell you about myself.

I love to say that. I love to say that. I know it's not about me,

but let me tell you a little bit about myself. In case you didn't know, I'm getting ready to go on a little trip.

With my dear, dear husband, we are going to this special bed and breakfast that we go to every now and then for just about two nights. And we get a cabin right on the river

and we get away. Now, a lot of people say to me, it's an hour and a half away, why do you even go away?

I mean, it's just the two of you at home. And I want to tell you something, the difference between staying at home and going away to me is very different. Just a little bit about myself. And I'm wondering what you think.

The difference between having a vacation at home, let's just say you're going to take two or three days off,

off from what? That's really the question, whether you're going to take a break from when you're home?

Because this is what I find.

As much as I love to stay home, I love my house. And as much as I love to be with my husband at home in our house, I see things that need to be done. I think of things that I would never think of

if I weren't in my home. And my mind is a bit

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