You are listening to the Stop Binge Eating Podcast with Kirsten Sarfdy, episode number 83.

Welcome to the Stop Binge Eating Podcast.

It's time for you to end your food obsession and begin feeling confident and in control around food.

You are absolutely capable of eliminating binge eating from your life.

And I'm going to show you how by giving you simple tools and insights

that you can apply in your own life. I'm your host, Kirst and Sarkty. Now let's get to it.

Hi, hello. How are you doing? Have you actually stopped and asked yourself that question today?

Have you checked in with

yourself? I feel like this is something that too many people do not do. They're just go, go,

without taking a moment for themselves, and it's not good for our well-being if we don't.

This episode today is all about my take on self-care, what is and isn't self-care, and how to

practice self-care in your life. But before we go into all the do's and don'ts of self-care,

let's talk about what it even is and why it's important. Flip it around and you'll get the

clear definition. It's taking care of yourself. It's knowing your own personal

needs and true wants, doing what's best for your well-being, emotionally supporting yourself,

and taking responsibility for yourself. It's being there for yourself. I had a client once

who I asked what self-care looks like for herself. And she gave me a

list of things that she thinks is her self-care. And then I asked how she cares for her kids.

Although there were a couple similarities, there was so much more true care in how she cares for her kids than she does for

herself. This is such a huge problem I see happen for so many people. They do everything and

anything for everyone else, and they're there for everyone else. But when it comes to them,

they let themselves go unnoticed and uncared for.

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