# I Learned The Hard Way That Caring For Others Starts With Caring For Yourself

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Podcast: [If Only](https://stenobird.com/podcast/if-only-6468928)
Published: 2026-06-09T11:00:00+00:00
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Your calendar is full, you’re the one everyone counts on, and you’re still telling yourself you’ll “get to” your health later. That bargain feels normal until it doesn’t. I sit down with Melanie Saiedy, founder of Alevance LLC and a veteran leadership and organizational development consultant, to talk about the hard-earned lesson behind her “if only”: prioritizing everyone else’s needs while putting her own self-care last. We dig into how overgiving gets rewarded, especially in healthcare le...

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