I have three ideas for you, for us, to motivate ourselves and to move forward with hopefully

a little bit more confidence than what we're coming with. 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 am 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 don't want to bore you

with the details of how and why I'm struggling with motivation right now, but it's the usual

feeling lost, not knowing what direction I'm headed, thinking about taking a different turn,

but wondering if that will make me regret it because I've given up everything

I've worked hard for and wouldn't that be stupid? But then everything I worked hard for doesn't

seem like it's enough and I'm maybe not working hard enough and comparing myself to the person

who looks like they're doing 10 times better than me and making more money and why can't I be

that way and be that dedicated? And why does

everything feel so hard? Well, of course, it's because the mental loop and that thought

process is exhausting. It actually takes real energy and calories to beat yourself up that way.

So that leads to feeling tired and exhausted,

fatigued, and thus demotivated. It sounds so silly too because I have so much to be grateful for

and I'm trying so hard to be positive. And usually that comes rather naturally for me.

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