Hi, I'm Dr. Deb Butler and you are listening to Thinner Piece and Menopause and Beyond.

This is episode number 482. Stay tuned.

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, my dear friends, all over the world.

Can you believe it? It's really hard for me to believe and it's been

maybe six years. I've done it every week. I've never missed a podcast with you and I never will. I never

plan on stopping. I feel like what I have to talk about resonates so much with you and help so many of you

that I don't want to stop unless my mouth stops working or my brain stops working.

But right now, my mouth is working pretty good and my brain is excellent.

So this is what I want to talk to you about today. That is something

that all of you need more of. There isn't anybody that's listening to this that doesn't need

what I'm going to talk about today. No matter how far along you've come, you can always get better at this, including myself.

And half the time, many of the reasons that I do and talk about what I talk about is because

I need to learn the same thing that I'm teaching.

And this is no different.

So what I want to talk about today is the idea of self-compassion and self-kindness.

And I don't think I can talk about it enough.

I work with so many clients that even as I'm working with them to break the habit of punishing and beating yourself up seems to be very difficult to do.

Even when you're working with me, even when you're having my support, the brain still wants to do it.

It takes a lot to change that. So that is really what I want to talk about today,

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