Lisa Nichols: “Make Sure You Fill Your Cup First.”
The Quote of the Day Show | Daily Motivational Talks
Sean Croxton
4.8 • 3.1K Ratings
🗓️ 17 November 2025
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
In this deeply vulnerable and empowering talk, Lisa Nichols shares her journey from self-neglect to radical self-love. After years of serving others while silently suffering from severe health challenges, she realized the cost of putting herself last. With raw honesty, Lisa reminds us that service without self-care is unsustainable—and that true impact begins when we stand at the front of our own line and serve from our overflow, not our emptiness.
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| 0:00.0 | The average severe person with sleep apnea wakes up 30 times in an hour. |
| 0:06.0 | I was waking up 62 times in one hour while I was on stages, making bestseller after bestseller after bestseller. Welcome back to the quote of the day show. |
| 0:33.7 | I am your host Sean Croxton at Sean Croxton. |
| 0:36.5 | We got a brand new week ahead of us on this |
| 0:39.2 | Monday. We have a very familiar speaker on the show today. We got Lisa Nichols on the stage. And today's |
| 0:46.2 | feature quote is this. Make sure you fill your cup first. Because sometimes when we're committed to serving others, |
| 0:56.9 | it can be very easy to forget about ourselves, |
| 0:59.6 | to let ourselves go, to not take care of ourselves. |
| 1:03.5 | And so Lisa's going to share her story |
| 1:05.1 | about some health problems and weight problems that she's had in the past |
| 1:08.9 | and the aha moment that told her that, hey, |
| 1:12.3 | if you really want to take care of others or to serve others to the best of your ability, |
| 1:17.0 | you have to put yourself first. |
| 1:21.2 | Lisa Nichols, she's coming up. |
| 1:24.6 | This show is sponsored by BetterHelp. |
| 1:27.1 | Hey, shorter days don't have to feel dismal. |
| 1:29.9 | As the weather cools and the sunsets earlier, it's the perfect time to reach out. |
| 1:34.0 | To send a quick note to a friend, grab lunch with someone you haven't seen in a while, |
| 1:38.2 | or meet up for coffee and catch up. |
| 1:40.6 | Little things like that make a big difference. |
| 1:48.4 | One thing I've been reading about lately is how our brains are wired for connection. |
| 1:55.0 | Recently, I learned that loneliness can raise your risk for anxiety, depression, heart attacks, and even a shorter lifespan. |
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