Apr 6, 2026 · 6 min · 4 segments
A small mental shift can transform how we treat others—and how we treat ourselves. #MindfulLiving #RespectAndService #SelfCareMindset **==================** All episodes can be found at…
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What if we thought of everyone, all the important people in our lives, what have we thought of all of them as clients? So if we think of the chap who does the garden as a client.
Then we realize that in order for him to do his work, we have a responsibility to provide him with whatever he needs.
So we have a responsibility to provide him with clear direction when we want to give direction.
Or if what he needs is a free reign, and if that's how you want to do it, then we need to give a free reign and not keep popping in and interfering and wasting his time.
Do we want to make their life easier by clearing all the rubbish out of the way before they arrive? Or are we just going to leave everything in absolute shambles and then get upset when they can't clean because they can't get to anything? Obviously, our actual clients are our clients and we should treat them with respect and take care of them as well.
But what about yet another form of client, which is oneself? I was thinking about this this morning as I was having a shower and washing my hair and thinking, supposing I just saw myself as one of my clients.
So if I'm one of my clients, then what do I need to give myself? Well, I need to give myself regular yoga.
I need to give myself Proper bathing, taking care of my body, proper food.
I need to clothe myself properly, look after my teeth, look after my hair.
It was actually one of the best dentist appointments I've had in my life.
And they didn't put any nasty chemicals into my mouth, which I'd requested they don't do.
And they didn't kind of try and talk to me while they were doing what they were doing, which I find very hard to cope with when you can't speak, when your mouth is full of all kinds of weird equipment.
But afterwards, my mouth felt absolutely wrenched, aching from all the kind of wrenching around that was necessary for them to do.
Anyway, so if I see the dentist as a client as well, then how do I treat them as a client? Well, I actually brush my teeth before going to the dentist, so they're not having to deal with bits of food in my mouth.
I bother to put on nice clean clothes, do my face, do my hair, so that when I walk in, it just doesn't look like I have no respect for them at all.
I use my breathing to settle myself down, to help them to do what they need to do.
What if we thought of everyone, all the important people in our lives, what have we thought of all of them as clients? So if we think of the chap who does the garden as a client.
Then we realize that in order for him to do his work, we have a responsibility to provide him with whatever he needs.
So we have a responsibility to provide him with clear direction when we want to give direction.
Or if what he needs is a free reign, and if that's how you want to do it, then we need to give a free reign and not keep popping in and interfering and wasting his time.
Do we want to make their life easier by clearing all the rubbish out of the way before they arrive? Or are we just going to leave everything in absolute shambles and then get upset when they can't clean because they can't get to anything? Obviously, our actual clients are our clients and we should treat them with respect and take care of them as well.
But what about yet another form of client, which is oneself? I was thinking about this this morning as I was having a shower and washing my hair and thinking, supposing I just saw myself as one of my clients.
So if I'm one of my clients, then what do I need to give myself? Well, I need to give myself regular yoga.
I need to give myself Proper bathing, taking care of my body, proper food.
I need to clothe myself properly, look after my teeth, look after my hair.
It was actually one of the best dentist appointments I've had in my life.
And they didn't put any nasty chemicals into my mouth, which I'd requested they don't do.
And they didn't kind of try and talk to me while they were doing what they were doing, which I find very hard to cope with when you can't speak, when your mouth is full of all kinds of weird equipment.
But afterwards, my mouth felt absolutely wrenched, aching from all the kind of wrenching around that was necessary for them to do.
Anyway, so if I see the dentist as a client as well, then how do I treat them as a client? Well, I actually brush my teeth before going to the dentist, so they're not having to deal with bits of food in my mouth.
I bother to put on nice clean clothes, do my face, do my hair, so that when I walk in, it just doesn't look like I have no respect for them at all.
I use my breathing to settle myself down, to help them to do what they need to do.
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