we're just about 14 and a half hours
away into the start of the new year can
you feel it and that means that those
new year's resolutions will be will kick
in and not only after midnight yes and
whether you're interested in a healthier
lifestyle or you want to take up new
hobbies sticking to your New Year's
resolution can be a challenge sometimes
yes but making a return to the desk
today to give us some help is dr. Brooke
Stewart of holistic counseling
acupuncture and functional medicine
thank you so much for joining us
absolutely I'm so glad to be here yeah
we needed you back this is that time of
year where this just it all comes to the
speeding stop and then you start over
with the new year absolutely absolutely
it's the time of year where people are
really evaluating every aspect of their
lives from family and finances to health
and wellness to love and relationships
career and contribution so it's a really
great time of year to really focus in on
lasting change you know how we can use
the momentum of the new year and really
create that lasting change and we were
just talking about it and earlier shows
how studies show that people who set
fitness goals for New Year's resolutions
they don't they don't stick around why
is that you know I think it's because of
how they go into it I think they go into
with a very fear-based mentality or
maybe it's somewhat superficial right
they're doing it for the Instagram
instead of for the depth right really
thinking about the why why are you doing
this you know whether it's health and
longevity or whether it's confidence but
really going a little bit deeper and
making some other changes around how we
view our New Year's resolutions I think
could help to propel it into lasting
change so what can we do to stick to
those goals whether it be something you
want to do for your health or something
you want to do with your family how can
we set you know realistic goals and
instant to them
yeah the new year I think you just hit
the nail on the head when you said
realistic I think that's really
important so many people go above and
beyond and they don't think about the
reality of their situation I think it's
also very important to think about what
you can enjoy what you can expand into
and look forward to something that a lot
of people don't talk about as well is to
be able to kind of sit with what hasn't
worked right
the pain points how you know when we
think about resolutions what do we want
to resolve what are the vulnerabilities
in our life so if we're able to kind of
sit with those pain points about what
hasn't been working we can kind of soak
that in because that's where all the
untapped potential lies and then we can
think about the context of our lives and
really thinking about okay what can I do
what will I look forward to how can I
make this lasting change how can I get
from exactly where I am to where I want
to go and that's a really important
shift and then expanding into that and
getting excited and kind of creating
that vision can really set the stage you
know and bringing a depth to that vision
where we have kind of an empowering
intention and then we think about
fundamental keys that we can use to
really commit to it you know and I like
the word intention to kind of empower
resolutions and goals because I think it
allows for focus and flexibility versus
like a fixation where we're constantly
disappointed in ourselves and I think if
we go into it thinking about the
landscape and how you know resolutions
and this time of year is it's a
propellor its momentum right it's
something that we can really use to
capitalize on to create that lasting
change versus something that we have to
you know look at a start-stop how do you
look at like a holistic approach to
these like the health resolutions
absolutely so weight loss is such a big
one right so I think what we want to
think about are just basics how can we
sleep better how can we eat better how
can we move play enjoy our community how
can we support ourselves with those
really great books and podcasts and
teachers that can empower us how can we
beyond our own team and lift ourselves
up as we're making you know these
changes it takes a lot we should be
proud of ourselves when we're looking
about you know really thinking about
change and how we can actualize that
within the context of our lives and
giving yourself that space and grace so
not just the gym membership right I'd
say you know the the mind the body the
spirit absolutely ways to work on all of
that absolutely I mean sometimes it's
hard to tap into more of the what needs
to be resolved as you were saying that
had sometimes
you can really propel in something
really good sometimes do you think
people who should maybe ask her loved
ones like hey what do you think I should
maybe work on maybe some like you know
like something like your mother or your
spouse who's you know maybe this or kind
of give you ideas of things maybe you
can work on I know it might be kind of a
touchy object maybe think about it
someone who's looking outside in who
knows you most absolutely I think that's
a great idea and I think the new year is
a great time for conversations like that
I mean that's a special sort of
conversation it connects you with your
loved ones in a different way connected
with yourself in a different way it
connects you to the change in a
different way all of that can create
that momentum and not just momentum it
can create that change that lasts which
is is the key of course you know and
it's support around you is also very
important absolutely absolutely it's all
journey and I think that's the shift
right letting go of that stop and go and
really looking at it as all journey that
we can just continue to better ourselves
and improve upon we need to keep you
around more it's all down get back up
absolutely yeah thank you all has a
pleasure thank you so much