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What Is the Importance of Spending Time with Myself?

What Is the Importance of Spending Time with Myself? (0:41)

Taking care of - and making time for - yourself is imperative; having your own needs met first means that you can then be there for everyone else. Watch psychotherapist Tiffanie Davis Henry, PhD, explain why spending time with yourself is key.

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Taking care of yourself should be your number one priority not just for you but for everyone around you. It's so important that you get your own needs met. When your well when you are healthy, when you are well taken care of, when you have sleep, when you have your sanity, you are able to be at 100% for everyone else in you life.

You can't do that effectively if you haven't really done what you need to do for yourself. So stop putting off going to the doctor, stop putting off getting back on that exercise regimen, stop putting off eating the foods that you know are going to make you feel your best. Start doing the things that you need to do to make yourself feel better and everyone around you will start to feel better too.