Looking at a Self-Esteem Loss as a Self-Esteem Boost

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🗓️ 20 November 2025

⏱️ 11 minutes

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0:00.0	Thank you for listening to my morning monologue.
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0:15.6	Remember, you can hear my radio program daily on Sirius XM Triumph and connect with me 24-7 at Dr. Laura.com.
0:25.1	So it seems like not too long ago, I would get up, work out with a trainer for an hour,
0:33.0	eat a second breakfast, prepare to do the radio show, Do the radio show. Get off the air, play an hour
0:42.7	of shooting pool. Finish that and somebody else would show up and we'd play an hour, hour and a half,
0:52.8	hour and a quarter of tennis.
0:55.5	Then I would go in and eat dinner, put my feet up and watch a movie.
1:00.9	It seems not too long ago that not only did I do that, but I could do that.
1:10.1	It's really become clear to me that, though that's how I see myself, that's not what I can do anymore.
1:25.8	So I get up early.
1:28.9	I'm up at about 5.5.30.
1:30.8	Okay?
1:31.5	I work out 8 to 9.
1:34.2	Often do some projects before breakfast and then do some projects.
1:39.8	Work out.
1:44.5	Prepare the show. Prepare the show.
1:47.3	Do the show.
1:50.7	Take an hour hike.
1:53.4	This is what I typically do now.
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