Episode #65 // How to Take Care of Yourself Like a Boss

March 29, 2016
"Investing in yourself is just as important—if not more important—than investing in your business."
- Emily Thompson

We recently took a trip to New Orleans—just the two of us—and decided to record an episode on self care because if you don’t take care of yourself, then how can you expect to be boss? We’re talking about building a healthy foundation, fitness, food, beauty, boundaries, and investing in yourself as much (or even more) as you do your business.

If you want to take care of yourself, put it in your calendar like a meeting. Click To Tweet If I'm being my highest self and addressing my soul work, that's going to make me be more boss. Click To Tweet Self-care is an investment. It makes you work better, be more aligned, and feeds everything else. Click To Tweet Putting systems in place that help us be boss is how we make time for self-care. Click To Tweet When you're hustling it out, it's easy to get lost in the nonsense and not take care of yourself. Click To Tweet If you are a boss, you're comfortable spending time with yourself no matter what that looks like. Click To Tweet Investing in yourself is just as important—if not more important—than investing in your business. Click To Tweet You cannot perform at your best if you are not taking care of yourself. Click To Tweet

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TOPICS DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:

  • Our "musts" for taking care of ourselves like bosses (3:44)
  • Where to start if you don't already have a healthy foundation (5:10)
  • Food's relationship with our bodies (7:07)
  • Working out for self care (10:19)
  • Setting clear boundaries around your work (14:51)
  • Personal hygiene and beauty/makeup (16:41)
  • Making time for self care (18:49)
  • Spirituality as self care (19:50)
  • Investing in yourself (26:48)
  • Traveling as self care (28:42)
  • Intentional self care (31:29)

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