Shawn ButtnerCertified High Performance Coach and Podcaster Clone

Self Care Is Tough, Yet Makes Us Better

22 Sept 2022 · 1 min

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In this brief monologue, the speaker reflects on how taking time to care for oneself—particularly through regular meditation—directly improves one’s capacity to be a better parent, spouse, sibling, and professional. The speaker describes a personal learning curve, noting that periods of low mood and reduced energy often coincide with fewer meditation sessions recorded in the Calm app. By recognizing this pattern, the speaker emphasizes that consistent self‑care is a hard‑won but essential lesson for maintaining healthier relationships and overall well‑being.

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When we can pause and learn to take better care of ourselves, then we actually are going to be a better parent, we're going to be a better spouse, we're going to be better for our patients or our siblings. We're just going to be an overall better. We're going to have better relationships and we're going to have more energy and better moods when we do those things to take care of ourselves. And it was a hard lesson to learn. It's been a slow process but now I can completely relate things like if I have a grumpy month, I can look back at my Calm meditation app and I know I will have less than 20 meditations for the prior month. It's happened twice to me and I've got what is going on? Where's my calm? And I look back and I say, oh, you didn't put the time in with your meditation so you're not going to have the outcome.