Hello and in today's episode we're going to practice human the podcast where every day we're getting a little better at life. I'm your host

Cori Muscarra and in today's episode we're going to talk about putting yourself first.

More to come on that in a moment.

First, let's settle in together with the sound of the bells. Yes. So the other day on Instagram I posted something that said,

it's impossible to show up fully for another person

if you're not showing up fully for yourself.

Now, this is a bit of self-care 101.

This idea and quote is not anything that unique.

You've probably heard something along these lines

somewhere in your personal development journey

because it's essentially acknowledging

that you won't be able to give something that you don't have that you're not

giving yourself you won't have the energy for another being or more than one being, like a family or a community.

If you're not actively looking at your own needs and making sure that those needs are met on a very fundamental level.

So I just want to dive into a couple of the nuances here to take this from a nice quote to something that you can actually

perceive the real relevance and the need for this and truly showing up for others because I think sometimes we hear this and go,

ah yeah, that's nice, yeah that's true. But you know what, I get energy by focusing on other people or you know I can kind of make it through I've pushed

long and hard without really focusing on myself and I've been quite successful and you know there are

always going to be examples of that but I stand by fully that you're not going to show up at your best in work, in family, in pursuing your dreams, if you're not attending to yourself on a very fundamental

level.

And what I mean by attending to yourself is this capacity to attune to your

mind and mind and body, notice what you're thinking about, what's going on in your mind,

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