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Hi, my name is Angie
Miller with AFAA,

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and I'm glad you're joining me
here today for more education,

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motivation, and tips to take
our teaching to the next level.

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So we've talked a lot about
how to be better leaders, how

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to motivate and inspire
others, and basically,

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be available and give
our all to others.

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But what we haven't
talked about is

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how to be available and give
something back to ourselves.

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And that's what I'm going
to talk to you about today

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is instructor self-care.

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And how important that is.

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Because as much as we sometimes
don't want to admit it,

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there's only so much
of us to go around.

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And if we keep giving
and giving and giving

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without replenishing, we're left
feeling frustrated, and tired,

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and exhausted.

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And then we start
to wonder, how is it

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that we can set out on a course
of giving to other people

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and making their
lives feel full,

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and then we end up feeling
famished emotionally,

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spiritually, and
in every other way.

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And the glory of
self-care is that it

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helps us to be able to embrace
and do what is best for us

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to fill our bucket back up.

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And to feel good physically
in body, spirit, and emotions.

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So I'm going to talk
about three tips

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for self-care today
that are nothing

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more than mindset strategies.

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I'm not going to talk about
things like get a massage,

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or exercise, or sleep.

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I'm going to talk about
mindset strategies and things

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that I think are very
impactful to us in the way

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that we live our lives.

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Number one, say no
when you need to.

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So I know that we have
talked so much about how

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to say yes to something.

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And we love to be
helpful people.

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We love to be
available to others.

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And we love to put ourselves
out there and always

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make sure you're a team player.

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But you know what?

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Sometimes saying yes to others
is saying no to ourselves

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and to those we care about.

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So maybe we have subbed
six classes this week

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and we've taught
our other classes.

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And we get another phone call
to sub another class-- sometimes

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it's important to
do that self-check.

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Set a limit and
say you know what?

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At this point in time, I
think it's best for me,

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best for my family,
best for my self-care

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if I say no to this situation.

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So number two, set boundaries.

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Boundaries are like
a line in the sand.

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They let us know
what we'll accept.

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What we won't accept.

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And we know that we won't cross
that line because if we do,

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it undermines our self-esteem.

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And it creates a
lot of self-doubt.

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Bottom line is, boundaries
are personal protection.

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They help us do what's best
to keep our life in order.

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And when we have
good boundaries,

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we have more time and energy
to devote to the things

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that we need to devote.

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We're not giving too
much of ourselves away.

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And then last but not
least, save yourself

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some time and energy by
allowing others to help.

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I don't know if it's
just stubborn pride

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or sometimes it's about control
issues, and maybe it's just me,

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but a lot of times, I feel like
I need to do everything myself

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to make sure it's done the
way that I want it to be done.

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But when I let go,
and I relinquish,

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and I allow others to
come in and help out

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whenever possible--

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it frees up some time
and energy so that I

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can practice more self-care.

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So as tempting as it is to
put our personal needs aside,

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it's so important
that we do what

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we can do to fill our bucket
back up so that we have more

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to give to others.

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So those are my three
tips for self-care.

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Keep doing what you love
and loving what you do.

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My name is Angie Miller,
and I'll see you next time.