The Groundwork Behind True Self-Care

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🗓️ 20 April 2026

⏱️ 7 minutes

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0:00.0	Thank you for listening to my morning monologue.
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0:18.5	Remember, you can hear my radio program daily on Sirius XM Triumph and connect with me 24-7 at
0:26.6	Dr.ora.com.
0:28.2	Talking about self-care and how it's not face masks and bubble baths and
0:34.5	and glitter.
0:35.6	It's not that kind of nonsense.
0:37.0	It's the first thing I talked about is stop being ignorant.
0:40.6	Actually, read and learn facts so that your responses to things, political, social, family,
0:49.1	will not be just emotional.
0:52.1	You'll have some background what you're talking about. So true self-care
0:59.4	usually is a hard conversation with yourself. Looking at yourself, habits, rituals, no longer contribute to your physical, mental, emotional, or spiritual health in a positive way.
1:20.7	Maybe it's finally admitting that the coping mechanism you've been clinging to stopped working a long time ago.
1:29.5	It's a hard conversation to have with yourself.
1:33.1	It's usually about what you need to stop pretending is fine.
1:37.2	Now many people call and I'll say, well, how is it?
1:40.7	Oh, it's fine.
1:42.2	Okay.
1:43.5	They shot 40 people and blew up a building it's fine
1:46.7	they were mean to me for 10 years and stole my car it's fine you've heard how people just go it's
1:53.4	fine it's it's not fine so you need to stop pretending what's fine you can't't police other people. Police yourself. That's the part of
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