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EPISODE · Apr 18, 2026 · 26 MIN

Self-Care Saturday 6/7: Row Row Row Your Boat You've Been Singing the Answer to Burnout Since You Were Five Gently — The Art of Restoring Yourself #SelfCareSaturday

from Dr. Derek Suite - The SuiteSpot · host Derek H. Suite, M.D.

Send us Fan MailScience Soul SuccessToday we turn “Row Row Row Your Boat” into a grown-up map for self-care that actually works, where consistency beats intensity and recovery is part of the stroke. We explore agency, alignment, gentleness, joy, and why the habits that last are built into your rhythm instead of saved for emergencies. Suite Spots:• correcting the rhyme to “row row row” as repetition and cadence • choosing agency over drifting and treating self-care as active practice • rowing your boat, not someone else’s, as a guide to alignment • dopamine, motivation, and why misfit routines feel depleting • the one to two stroke ratio as a model for rest and recovery • gentleness as strength under control, not weakness • going downstream, Wu Wei, and reducing stress by cooperating with reality • parasympathetic nervous system reset through breath, sleep, and stillness • “merrily” as a chosen posture and joy as a recovery mechanism • “life is but a dream” as presence, impermanence, and a larger context I’ll see you tomorrow for slow down Sunday. Follow me!#STAYAMAZING

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Send us Fan Mail Science Soul Success Today we turn “Row Row Row Your Boat” into a grown-up map for self-care that actually works, where consistency beats intensity and recovery is part of the stroke. We explore agency, alignment, gentleness, joy, and why the habits that last are built into your rhythm instead of saved for emergencies. Suite Spots: • correcting the rhyme to “row row row” as repetition and cadence • choosing agency over drifting and treating self-care as active pra...

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