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Episode 3,976, come back to center.
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Moms, it's time to rediscover, rejuvenate,
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and renew who you are in mind, body, and spirit.
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Welcome to Create Your Now, Your Best Selfie,
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the show that help you do just that.
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Here's your host, Certified Life Coach,
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Personal Trainer, and Nutritionist,
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Happy Appiette, I hope you're having a blessed week already.
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Maybe you have a taste of spring in the air, oh yes,
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bring on the warm weather, right?
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Can we just like all be praying for warmer weather?
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I am itching for it, but you know what?
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First off, Inspiration Motivation Day, come back to center.
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For those of you who are brand-new to Create Your Now,
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welcome to this incredible family.
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As you know, we go live every Tuesday morning on pray.com.
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You can watch our TV show there, 11.30am Eastern 10.30am Central
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Now we've got some cool things coming up around the corner.
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Stay tuned here on the podcast.
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And yes, that means we are in the midst of changing
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and updating our homepage in regards to our website,
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which is going to allow you to be a little bit more
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connected to each other, to me.
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We're going to be opening up Kairos,
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which is our free community.
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You heard me correctly.
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I'll be in there and we can communicate
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and we can support each other and do life together.
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And then we're going to open up AIM,
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Action at Night's Motivation.
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We all need to be inspired and motivated.
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We need to know what it's like to walk
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every day, God's way.
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And sometimes we just need that cheerleader in our life.
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Sometimes we need that shoulder to cry on.
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Even if they're not physically present,
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they can be with their heart.
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And so lots of new things coming.
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We're going to have new TV shows coming up around the corner.
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There's just so many things.
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That's all I got to say, so many things.
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If you ever thought about writing,
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Stay tuned for that too.
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So I'm just so thrilled as to what God is doing.
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And even though my life can be very chaotic,
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just as yours can be,
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sometimes we have to realize
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that there are still blessings
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amongst all the chaos.
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And I know it can be frustrating.
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I know that when you think,
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gosh darn it, why can't I be already there?
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Or already finished this?
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You know, I've got a lot of good friends
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and people that I have coached
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that have gone back to school to get their doctorates.
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And, woo, have you ever done a dissertation?
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Whoa, it is like brutal, right?
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I mean, it really is.
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And the preparation into all of that,
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not just giving it, but all the preparation,
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all the work, all the research that goes into it,
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And sometimes I think that's kind of the life that we live.
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We don't want to go back to school
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because we know we have to write a dissertation
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and we're writing a dissertation every single day.
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But you see the cool thing is,
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is God shows up with us every single day.
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And so even though we can't control everything,
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we only can control our own actions,
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our own thoughts, our own minds, our own hearts,
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everything else we can't.
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But because of who God is and who's we are,
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we get to choose how we're going to walk in our every day.
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And so, you know, it was interesting,
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all of these shiny things that are happening,
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yes, on the Olympics.
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I love them, by the way.
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Did you watch The Free Skate,
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The Long Program for the Pairs?
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Oh, congratulations Japan.
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Wow, you blew it out of the water.
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USA, it came in strong seventh and ninth.
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And then all the countries that did so well.
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Georgia got their first winter Olympics medal
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for the first time ever since coming to the winter Olympics.
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And it was in ice skating.
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So there's a lot of stories that are told
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throughout all of these shiny objects that we see hanging
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around the necks of these individuals
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who work so hard and so diligently.
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But you know, as I was looking at the shiny objects
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and a lot of people chased them.
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I had an Olympic dream.
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I wanted to be in the Olympics.
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Believe it or not, as an ice skater.
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So for me, ice skating is a very big deal.
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We've got the women going to play Canada
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For US against Canada for women's hockey.
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You know, root them on.
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Whoever it is, like for me, it's like I want the best to win.
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And I want the best team to win in that moment.
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And that time, of course, I'm rooting for USA.
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But at the same time, I think it's one of those things where
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we have to take a step back.
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And we're going for these things that hang around our necks.
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The gold, the silver, or the bronze.
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But should we really be chasing those?
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Or is it more about who we're becoming?
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Because you know, there's no shortage of promises out there,
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like tools and trends and gurus and hacks.
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Where each one claims they can flip your life upside down
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or sidestep you straight to success.
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Have you been on TikTok?
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Have you seen your Instagram feed?
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How many times have something like a curling iron
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or you can do your own blowout or do your nails a certain way?
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Or wait, you know, my grandma taught me this.
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And it's this cool and genius way to clean your countertops
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I just sit there like scratch my head.
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But we're chasing all of those things all the time.
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But just because something's out there,
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flashing like a neon sign, does not mean you should use it,
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follow it, or whatever with it.
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It's not necessarily meant for you.
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However, the real power lies in peeling back all that noise
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and coming back to what is true.
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Come back to center.
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And this isn't about swallowing the half-truths
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that momentarily trick you into thinking,
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you know what's next or forcing yourself into a mold that does not fit.
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It's about being brutally real and raw with yourself.
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Honesty to the nth degree.
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Knowing who you are and who you are becoming.
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The endless scramble for what's next breeds a sneaky fear.
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The fear of missing out.
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FOMO is what they like to call it.
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Who wants to feel like they're getting left out or left behind?
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But here's a little secret.
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You've got to laugh at.
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Just come on, humor me for a moment.
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You're not missing out by messing up.
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Sometimes a chaos is exactly where the lessons are hiding.
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That's where you learn the best stuff.
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When you don't get that shiny object around your neck.
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When you try something and it just doesn't work.
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So go ahead, giggle a little at the mess.
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Because that's how you know you're showing up.
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Fully present and alive.
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That means you have a heartbeat.
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You have breath in your lungs.
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That means you get to impact the world that you touch.
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That's what coming back to center feels like.
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Just stop chasing the next shiny object, sprinting from one distraction to another.
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Instead, look at where you are right now and where you want to be.
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Life's too short to miss the messy moments that carry the biggest treasures of all.
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Come back to center.
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You know, some of the most precious blessings don't come wrapped in perfection.
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They come through the cracks and crevices in the chaos.
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The sweet spots in the struggles.
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Come back to center and see them clearly.
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Take the time to ground yourself.
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Take time to reflect.
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Take time to think about what you're thinking about.
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Seriously, get off of your phone.
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I mean, finish this episode.
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But seriously, I want you to step away.
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Find some time, some space, carve it out, protect it.
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If you didn't listen to yesterday's episode, go back the power of silence.
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Get honest about your current reality and what's possible from here.
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Because only when you're truly centered, can you make the next move with clarity and confidence?
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That means you're grounded.
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That means you're willing to walk every day.
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God's way, not your way.
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It's not about you having all the answers.
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It's about knowing that he knows and discerning where he wants you to go and say,
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yes, one step at a time leads to miles of greatness.
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I want to be on God's train.
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I want to go where he's taken me.
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I may not understand it.
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I may not get it right.
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I'm going to be learning lots of things.
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But I know I can take one step at a time and he's going to lead me to miles of greatness.
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I will get to experience that.
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The gold and the silver and the bronze.
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Oh, it looks so beautiful around the neck.
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But be careful what you're going after.
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Be careful about what you have to have right now.
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Or convincing yourself you have to have something.
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Maybe what you need is just to take a deep breath.
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And come back to center.
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Because that's where everything real begins.
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I love you so very much.
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I cannot wait to see you on the other side.
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Blessing tags and lots and lots of love.
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We'll talk to you real soon.
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Have a glorious blessed day.
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Feeling inspired and ready to train for life and love your journey,
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visit createyournow.com for more incredible resources to help you along the way.
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We'll see you next time on Create Your Now Your Best Selfie.
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And remember, always be sure you consult your physician
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before beginning any health and fitness plan.