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Dear Social worker, welcome to 
2025, the world's number one 

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personal development podcast for
social workers. 

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I cannot lower your caseload. 
I'm so sorry. 

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But I can help you level up your
confidence, mental health, and 

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resilience. 
Here we have real talk, 

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practical tools empowering your 
personal growth because thriving

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in social work, it starts with 
who. 

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It starts with you settle in, 
make yourself at home. 

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You're exactly where you need to
be. 

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Let's talk about 2025. 
We're here. 

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Can you feel the energy of the 
new year? 

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It's fresh. 
There's possibilities ahead 

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ahead, and there's excitement in
the air. 

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And I'm so glad you're here with
me. 

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As we kick off the first episode
of the year and we're together. 

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We're going to set the tone for 
what I know is going to be a 

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year of growth, success, 
balance, renewal, progress, joy,

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etcetera, etcetera. 
You can tell I'm excited, right?

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So we've already done some 
reflection last year. 

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I want you to think about now 
some of the challenges you did 

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overcome and some of the wins of
the previous year because you've

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already navigated the highs and 
lows of 2024 and you are here. 

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You're alive, you're breathing, 
and you're ready for another 

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chapter. 
That in itself is worth 

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celebrating, right? 
So the goals of this episode is 

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reflect on what you're leaving 
behind in 24, setting tensions 

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for 25. 
You should have done that 

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already. 
But if you haven't, we'll just 

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we'll do it together. 
And thirdly, we're going to, I'm

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going to share some practical 
tips for creating a year full of

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purpose, power and excitement 
and possibility, right? 

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I'm just going to get on and say
this. 

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You have got to let go of 2024. 
What are you going to leave 

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behind? 
Is it habits, thoughts, burnout,

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self doubt, fear? 
What are you saying goodbye to 

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so you can make space for 
something better? 

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Sometimes we want something 
better, but we haven't actually 

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cleared the yard to even put 
down our nice new garden 

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furniture, right? 
Like having your front garden 

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full of greenery and you're 
like, well, I want to park my 

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cart there, but you can't. 
You have to clear the greenery 

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away so we can get the drive 
paved so you could put your car 

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on. 
There's got to be some form of 

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preparation. 
And what we're talking about 

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here is you're going to have to 
let something go in 20/20/24 in 

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order to let something in that 
is full of purpose, power, and 

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possibility for 2025. 
Now, when we think about setting

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intentions, I'm going to take 
you through a guided visioning 

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exercise, something that I've 
done with my coaching clients. 

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And I'm going to take you 
through an exercise which is 

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going to help you set intentions
or perhaps enhance the 

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intentions if you already set in
the episodes that I've already 

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talked about setting any 
tension. 

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Because that was the homework, 
wasn't it? 

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Guys, I'm joking, don't worry. 
So let's just take a moment and 

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take a deep breath in. 
And if you are not driving, 

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close your eyes. 
If you are not driving, I don't 

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want any managers calling me 
telling me that I told you to 

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close your eyes while you were 
driving. 

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I want you to imagine it's 
December 2025. 

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Ask yourself, what are you most 
proud of? 

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What has changed in your work 
and personal life? 

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Visualize how you feel. 
Is that fulfilled, confident, 

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balanced? 
Just take a moment to feel that 

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energy. 
And then I want you to think of 

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these three questions. 
What's 1 professional goal I 

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want to achieve? 
Link that with what you saw for 

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yourself in December 2025. 
You may want to pause the 

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podcast here if you are writing.
The second question is what's 1 

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personal goal I want to pursue? 
And the last question is, how 

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will I balance growth with rest?
And perhaps you want to think of

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a theme for the year. 
I mean, our theme for the 

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podcast for the whole year, I 
think is purpose, power and 

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possibility. 
But you could just choose one 

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word, something that's going to 
guide you through the year that 

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that gives you excitement and 
vigor and joy, something 

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inspiring like Nike. 
Just do it. 

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And then we need some practical 
steps for these intentions, 

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right? 
You need to first of all, make 

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sure that your goal is specific.
Don't make it too broad. 

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If you say, for example, I want 
to go to Egypt, right? 

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Where in Egypt, right? 
When you want to go, make sure 

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it's measurable, make sure that 
by the time you've achieved that

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goal, that's something you can 
tick off. 

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Often when coaching clients come
to me, they'll say, oh, I just 

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want more confidence. 
OK, that is good. 

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You want more confidence, Let's 
think about what that 

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practically looks like, right? 
So it's got to be measurable. 

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It's got to be achievable, 
relevant and then must must be a

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time set to that. 
There's got to be a time limit 

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to that. 
When do you want to achieve the 

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intention by? 
We talked about it in the last 

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session, the last podcast 
episode. 

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Sorry, yourself care plan. 
What is it? 

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What does it look like? 
How are you practically going to

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put that in place for 2025? 
Perhaps it's something you write

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down, you draw out, you create a
vision board, it's something you

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see every day, it's on your 
phone, you've got a journal on 

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your phone. 
There's so many activities, 

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ideas, products, services that 
you could utilize to ensure that

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you keep to yourself care plan. 
You will need it, you know that,

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I know that, so let's make it 
happen. 

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You will need it. 
Don't leave it till last to do 

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yourself care plan, get ahead of
it. 

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Put the the dates in your diary,
block out that holiday ahead of 

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time so you can really think 
about how you're going to 

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integrate self-care into your 
routine. 

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And lastly, build a tribe, 
right? 

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Connect with colleagues or 
mentors or the community for 

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support. 
You're going to need some arms 

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around you, someone lifting you 
up when you feel tired, someone 

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giving you encouragement when 
you feel low. 

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So if your tribe is this 
podcast, I'm excited for you 

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because you know I'm here for 
you every single week. 

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If your tribe is me, as your 
coach, I'm happy. 

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Come and see me, come and speak 
to me. 

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Go to the show notes or go to 
socialworkcoachinghub.com. 

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If your tribe is your local gym 
and the class at the gym, make 

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sure you get yourself booked in 
ahead of time. 

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If your tribe is your friendship
group, make sure you get 

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something booked in ahead of 
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Phone them and say listen, I'm 
on the self-care thing this 

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year. 
I want to make sure it's in the 

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diary. 
Can we put in a couple of dates 

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in the summer? 
Yes, from now you don't have to 

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have everything figured out, but
just have a framework, have a 

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some kind of a plan. 
Because progress is not 

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perfection. 
Progress, not perfection is the 

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goal. 
And the progress you make 

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shouldn't be perfect. 
There's going to be 

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imperfections. 
You're a social worker. 

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Things change every day, right? 
We sometimes we just have to go 

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with the flow. 
Go with the flow. 

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So with that being said, just 
remember that perfection is not 

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what we're aiming for. 
So you've decided to start your 

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new year with me and I just want
to say thank you. 

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I'm truly excited to see where 
2025 takes us. 

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Purpose, power and what 
possibility. 

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Yeah. 
Together as a podcast community,

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we're going to grow. 
We're going to learn even more 

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than we have over the past 
couple of years. 

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We're going to be supporting 
each other. 

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I'm hoping we can do some kind 
of online meet up so we can meet

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some of our global podcast 
friends. 

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But equally, as we move higher 
through this year, remember that

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every small step forward 
matters. 

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Celebrate your wins. 
If you've got no one to 

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celebrate with, send me on 
social media. 

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I'll celebrate with you. 
I respond to every message. 

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Lisa Ran Edwards LESIRAN, send 
me a message. 

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I will celebrate with you. 
Learn from your challenges. 

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There will be challenges this 
year, although it's full of 

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power, purpose and possibility, 
it's going to come. 

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So learn as you go and have a 
place where you can reflect a 

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confident, trusted space and 
keep showing up as the 

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incredible person you are. 
Notice I didn't say social 

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worker. 
You are a person, you know you 

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are human. 
Social worker is just a title. 

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It's part of your identity, but 
it's not who you are, right? 

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So keep showing up as the 
incredible person you are. 

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Now, I want to invite you to 
invite other listeners to this 

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podcast this year. 
If you're loyal listeners, if 

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you're new here, welcome. 
Please, like, please write a 

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review on Apple Podcasts and 
please share this podcast. 

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If we want it to reach far and 
wide. 

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I can't do it without you. 
So please get sharing. 

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I have some goals for the 
podcast this year. 

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I would like us to work together
to share this as far as 

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possible. 
Let's see what for this country 

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we can get it to. 
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time, 7:00 AM in the morning. 
Of course, if there's someone 

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you know that needs a little 
inspiration or needs some 

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training, trauma informed 
well-being training, if it links

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in the show notes, welcome to 
2025. 

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Once again, we're here, we made 
it, we're breathing. 

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It's important. 
Sometimes you just have a moment

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of gratitude just for that. 
And this whole year is now your 

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canvas for you to draw and paint
in your picture. 

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So until next time, social 
workers, stay strong, stay 

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inspired, and let's make this 
year extraordinary. 

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Have a blessed week.