Rest Without Guilt And Protect Your Privacy Online

You can’t keep giving 100% to everybody else while your own tank hits empty and somehow expect to feel fine. I’m coming to you with a real reminder I had to accept for myself: rest is not laziness, and taking care of yourself is not being selfish. When we slow down long enough to breathe, we come back clearer, calmer, and better at everything we’re called to do.

We also get honest about privacy in the social media era. Putting every detail of your personal life online can invite the wrong people into your world, and not everyone watching you has good intentions. I share why I keep my business off the internet, why boundaries protect your peace, and why oversharing can create risks you never saw coming.

From there, we move into practical self-care and wellness habits that actually hold up in real life: taking a me day, scheduling the doctor’s appointment you keep avoiding, getting real sleep, and making space to enjoy the fruits of your labor. I also speak to couples and families about making time for each other, not just for work, and I talk about family conflict, respect, and why waiting until a crisis to make things right is too late.

If this message hits home, share it with someone who needs permission to pause. Subscribe, leave a review, and pass the episode along so more people choose rest, boundaries, and a clean heart.

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Hi, I'm Ratina Sworn. How are you? Hope all is well. Welcome back to another episode of Ratina Sworn audio series. I don't know guys, you know, where did she go? Been really super busy working on the new show. New things I'm getting ready to do and new possibilities. And um just God's been really great to me. Absolutely great. So for that I need just some space and time to process and to decompress. Because sometimes you need that. And for years, I could call it, people have been saying, you need to take time for you, you need to take time to relax, you need to take time to rest, and make some of your time mean time. Because really, when I look and I see all the things I'm doing, a lot of people don't know what I'm doing in the background. They just see a woman who's out here just

Welcome Back And Life Updates

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doing her thing or whatever, but they don't know that I'm involved in a lot of other things behind the scenes. A lot of people don't know that. I mean, if you can even process all the other things that I'm actually doing, and nobody knows that but someone who's very close to me. The love of my life knows that, but nobody else knows that. People just see what they see because I don't put my business out there. And that's not wise to do that. It's not wise to put all of your personal business out. And I've already explained that to people why I do not do that. I'll never do that. Put all my business out there. I'm not this woman sitting back looking for a mate or looking for the love of her life or looking for someone. I'm not like that. And it it saddens me how some people, and it really saddens me a lot. Some people put all of their business out there, and they're looking for this person, they're looking for that person, and you gotta realize that whatever you're looking for, there's just that person sitting out there who's not that person, but who is looking at you thinking I'm going to be that person, and they try to get everything you got. Ladies, listen to this, be careful. Now that's not me, because God has already blessed me with the wonderful person that I got. But I said I was going to do an episode about how people put all of their business out there. You know, I mean, everything. They they put all of their single ladies, and even some people who are not, they put everything out there, and you got people on the other end of that of that um internet that is looking at that, who does not mean you any good. So you gotta be super, super careful. And I promise you, I'm gonna do a video, I mean audio about that. I don't know, a show about that. I promise you, I'm gonna do that because it would definitely help so many women, men and women. It's not just women, it's men too that put everything out there, and then here comes that person that's sitting on the other end watching you, thinking, okay, I'm gonna be just that person. I'm going to in other words, bad intentions are in their mind. Everybody that's watching you doesn't always have your best intention in mind. They have reasons of trying to play on you, and you just have to really be careful. I don't know why I'm speaking about this this morning. I

Why Oversharing Invites The Wrong People

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I just don't know. I'm thankful God has has blessed me with a wonderful individual who's in my life. I love to death. He's a great person. Let me do my thing. He is just a really great person, he's a great companion, he really is. He's wonderful. But I'm gonna do a a um an audio about what I just said about putting all of your business out there because you could be putting your business and your life out there to the wrong person who means you no good, and then when you get with that person, they they take everything you got, and even sometimes take your life. So I'm definitely gonna do an audio about that. God has been leading me to kind of change up some of the things that I'm doing, some of the things I'm bringing you. So there's a lot of people out there really listens to me, and so I'm gonna bring you um a lot of different types of things, even on my new show, Regina Soring. Give me 15 minutes, Regina Soaring, and that's gonna air next weekend. Um, I decided to bring you that uh on Father's Day weekend. What better time to bring it to you than Father's Day weekend? Because I was super close to my dad. I miss him so much. Oh my god, I didn't realize I was gonna miss my dad so much. But again, I thank God for the people who put in my life because they they kind of put the shoes on of her dad, of a lover, of her dad, or a friend, everything. So I'm really really thankful for that. So I I can't be not thankful. I gotta be thankful, but um back to taking care of yourself. That's supposed to be about taking care of myself, right? But back to taking care of yourself, you got to make time for you. You know, God knows I do a lot of things for other people. God knows that. You may not know it from the outside looking in. You may even think I'm already pampered and all that stuff. And to a certain degree, I am. A lot of great things have happened in

New Show Plans And Missing Dad

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my life. But a lot of times I'm always thinking about another person. How can I make that person's life better? What can I do to help this person? What can I do to help that person? And again, a person told me a couple of weeks ago to say, you, my friend, you, my darling, need to take time for you. You need to think about you, doing things for you. Go shopping. When you go shopping, think about yourself, pick up something for you. Because when I go shopping, a lot of times I got another other people in my mind. Let me get this for da-da-da. Let me do this for. And that's true. You got to add yourself in the picture. And it's absolutely nothing wrong with that. Absolutely nothing wrong with it.

Making Yourself A Real Priority

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Start making yourself a priority. Throw yourself in the fray. Throw yourself in the picture. Make yourself a priority. It's so important. Take a spa day, take a week, take a vacation, do something for you. Those who are there is listening to me right now, which I know a lot of you listen to me, do something for yourself for a change. Take time for you. Take time to relax. Take time to to go get that doctor's appointment. And this is to men and women, because men does not like to go to the doctor, a lot of them. Take time to go to the doctor. Take time to take a day or two or to take a couple of weeks, a couple of months if you can afford to. But think about yourself. Take time for yourself. That is so important. And even God said rest. You know, if that time for yourself is on a Saturday or on a Sunday, do it. And don't think about anything or anybody else. Think about yourself for a change. You gotta do that in order to continue to go. And I realized if I'm going to continue to do all the things that I do behind the scenes and for other people, I gotta think about me. And I once upon a time I feel bad at saying that. I felt like, oh boy, that means I'm vain and they're selfish. No, it does not mean that. It doesn't mean you're vain. It doesn't mean that you're selfish when you think about yourself. You gotta do that sometimes. You gotta think about yourself. And the other day, and it's been going on for a few days now, I I took a time for me, on me day, where you just go and you know, get your nails done and and and go shopping. And if you want to go with a friend, take a friend with you, and you guys go together and just but just make it about yourself for a change. Put yourself first. But excuse me, put God first. God is someone to be first. But after God, think about you. And that therefore, the cup doesn't have to be empty because a lot of times we say the cup is half full. Half full doesn't even matter. Sometimes your cup is empty. And you can when it's on empty, you can't do anything for anybody. I've known people who let their health go down trying to do stuff for other people and just let their life go down, down, down, thinking of ways to make other people's life better. And they're sitting back giving 100% of the life of themselves, taking no time for you. So if you're listening

Me Day Habits And The Empty Cup

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to this podcast this morning, please take time for you. Take that me time, which is so important. It's important to do that. And God approves of that. And I'm so thankful that I've been taking time. I feel so rested. Um last month or a couple of months ago, I took a vacation. But what did I do? On the vacation, I was out just doing things for this person, that person, this organization, that organization, still not taking time for myself. And it was my vacation. You got to take time for you. You gotta do that sometimes. If you can afford to take more than one vacation, do it. But if you can't afford to do anything but take yourself a me day, do that. It's so important to think about yourself, to put yourself first. It's important to do that. You know, even couples, I can speak to couples right now. If you're doing everything for everybody else, take time for your wife, take time for your husband, take time for one another, take time to do things together, take family time, time to do things with your family. A lot of people are so caught up in their work, and I've seen millionaires and billionaires and people who are uh wealthy, they put all of their time into their work and their families or love for someone else to uh take care of. You gotta take time for for your families. If you are successful or if you're not successful, take time for your families, take time for you sometimes. And then when you do that, and when you come back off that vacation, when you come back off that me day or that me week or that me month, you will notice that you're even a better person than you were before. So please take that time for you. And that's what I've been doing. Just God just says stop. Stop. Before you do any other podcast,

Health, Doctor Visits, And Couples Time

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before you do any other show, before you do anything, take time for you, Regina. Take time for you. And definitely I heard the voice of the Lord, and I feel so rested, I feel so wonderful. I feel good right now. I feel good now. When I go back out on the working field or force or whatever, handling my different businesses, when I go back to doing that, I'm rested and I'm better than I was before. Why? Because I took time to rest, to relax, to enjoy life, to enjoy the fruits of my labor. I've been enjoy I've I've rested. Anytime you rest, you you you come back better. Have you ever noticed when you don't sleep, everything to surround you just seem horrible, and your body is trying to say, sleep, sleep, get some sleep, and you push and push, and you go on and on, and you don't do that. And then many times your body is shut down. I've seen it happen. So when you rest, you notice when you rest, you feel better. So I'm not sure who this podcast is for this weekend, but I do hope that you're listening to me. I hope you're listening, guys. It's so important because you need to take your me time. Husband's wife, take your me time, your family time. Women take your me time, men take your me time, friends, take your me time, take some time for yourself and decompress, and then go back and you're a hundred percent better, maybe even a thousand percent better. And you know, God wants us to be at our best. He do. That's why you have to take care of these bodies that God give you. A lot of people let their bodies go down. You have to take care of the bodies that God give you. And resting is a part of that. Taking care of yourself. Getting rest, you know, that's a part of taking care of yourself. If you go, go, go like I do, you gotta take care of you. Don't don't don't neglect those doctor's appointments. Don't neglect uh taking care of yourself. Don't neglect going to the gym if you have to. I don't go to the gym, I work out in my own way, I walk. Walking is the best thing for me. I do it that way. But if going to the gym, don't let your bodies go down. If you're a married couple, you feel like you got that person you want now, and you just let your body go down, don't do it. Still take time for yourself. Husbands, if you got a wife who's doing everything all over the house, running after the kids and taking care of the kids every day and then working, give that woman a chance to relax. You take care of some of the responsibilities sometimes. Yeah, I'm talking to everybody this morning. God put this podcast to me for talk to everyone. And that's why I'm speaking on all the different topics in one podcast. Take some me time, guys. It's very, very important. This is not just for one gender, it is for everybody. Men, women, boy, girl, couples, whomever. This is for everyone. Take some me time for yourself. And that's what I've been doing. I had to put the brakes on and say, ho, ho, ho that. You're starting another host show. You haven't rested. One thing about me, I listen to the voice of God. If I don't listen to anything or anybody else, I hear the voice of God when he says, Rest. I was so happy to speak with my older sister yesterday, Willie, Willie May. And you know, I got a couple of sisters whom I haven't spoken with, and they know who they are. I'm not mad with I'm not mad at them. Um, but one of them was very ugly to me a few months ago, and I told her then, I said, Well, you know what? I'm not gonna call you until you realize that you cannot talk to me or people like that. You can't do that. People think sometimes because they're older than you are that they can talk to you and disrespect you and and it's okay. They're right because they're older, but that's not the truth. You got to respect a person. If you can't do something for a person, then we know I can't do it, but don't be rude about it. But I was really happy to talk to my oldest sister who lives up in the country. I was really happy to speak with her. And I'm I'm always happy to speak with my brothers because I'm very very close to my brothers. And it shouldn't be that way. You should be close to all the family. But families sometimes they keep up a lot of drama. I don't

Family Conflict, Respect, And Avoiding Drama

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like drama. I do everything I can to keep drama away from myself. So for those family members who will, they don't, they don't listen to my podcast, the people I'm talking about. They don't listen to my podcast. Are you kidding? But if they do listen today, it would possibly do them some good. Come together. It's time to put away all of the anger and the malice and the jealousy and whatever you got, and you in this group over here, and then other ones over here got their group, and everybody got their little groups. But then as soon as someone passes away, die, everybody love everybody. At least for a week. This podcast is for everybody this morning. And if any of this podcast has touched you or touched a part of your soul or resonated with any part of you, feel free to send me an email. Because God gave me the message this morning to just talk to everyone, and I'm doing it. So please take time for yourself. Please take time for yourself. If any part of this podcast touched you, and it's you're like, oh boy, God is talking to me. Because right now, God is using me to talk about these different things. If you know you haven't talked to someone in your family in forever, and you're holding these little grudges for whatever reason, you need to stop that because if you get ill today and you get a death sentence that you're going to die, the first thing you want to do is make it right with everyone. My late great pastor, Mother A. B. Jackson, used to say, we are doing judgment work. And I used to understand what she meant by that. But what that meant is God is getting us ready for that great day, preparing us to be judged, because when are you going to be? So have a clean

Clean Heart, Forgiveness, And Reach Out

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heart and a clean spirit. Don't wait till you're on your deathbed to call around and call your family and call the members of the family and to realize who God is. Don't wait till you're on your deathbed to do that. Do it now. While the breath is in your body, while the blood is still flowing, warming your veins. Get it right. All this anger, and I'm not gonna call her, and I'm I mean I'm tired of her. She don't call me and get that crap out of you. Get it out of you before it's too late. Thank you to everyone who listened this morning. It's about almost 20 minutes, but I thank God for giving me this message to tell you. And the ones who heard this message, take something away from this uh topic this morning. I think God would bless you if you really take it in. Don't judge it, but take it in and God will bless you. Thank you for listening. I'm Regina Sworn. Contact me at SwarnRetina at gmail.com. Please make it business. Because if it's not business, it goes right into spam. So if it's business and it's about the podcast, that's fine. Gotta be business though. If I see it's not business, the people that work for me and work around me, they just it send it goes right into spam. But if it's business, I listen to people who talk business, who talk sense. Not trying to flirt and stuff like that. I'm not out here looking for a mate. I'm not looking for that. So don't send me letters about things like that. Please don't do that. Don't want to embarrass you, but don't do that. So if this podcast has touched you in any way, please send me a letter. Please write to my fan club and just let us know how this has helped you. God bless you. Again, contact me at swearingregina at gmail.com. Visit my official website online, ReginaSwearn.com. I am gonna update everything really soon. Um, I'm

Email Boundaries And Fan Messages

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thinking of going with uh this great company, Royal Digitally. They're really, really wonderful. Their prices, it's their prices that is amazing to me because a lot of people in these hard times cannot take on these hard and and and and major prices that people are throwing out there at them. You know, but Royal Digitally upfront let you know what they're all about. And that's why they get all the business that they do. These guys are amazing. They're amazing. I wish I had gone to them from my website from the start. You know, they're really good because a few years ago I was working with a company, and anytime somebody waits for you to say, Well, what is your price? Don't go with that person. Let them know, let you know up front. I charge this, I charge this, I charge this. That's a better way to do it. That's a professional way to do it, and that's why I love Royal Digitally. They're really, really good. Their prices are the best, and I'm giving them a shout out as much as I can

Website Updates And Royal Digitally Shoutout

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because I love their work. I love it. So please check them out online. They're called Royal Digitally, and uh I'm gonna put their little thing in my my podcast here. But anyway, go check them out. Thank you all so much for listening, and you have a wonderful and blessed day. Remember, take that time for yourself, rest up because if you're working from an empty glass, not a half glass, half full, but an empty glass, you cannot do anything for anybody. God bless.