Welcome to the Anti-Resolution Revolution. In this series, we’re going to examine why resolutions fail, what you can do instead, and what steps to take for success.

Let’s skip the resolutions this year. 

I know, to some, this idea may seem downright sacrilegious. It’s tradition to have a New Year’s resolution, otherwise how will we improve ourselves? Aren’t lack of resolutions for lazy people who are happy living mediocre lives? 

No. Absolutely not. In fact, the exact opposite is true. 

Resolutions set us up for failure and perpetuate negative self-talk and a cycle of broken promises to ourselves, leading to low self-esteem, adrenal fatigue and a scarcity mindset. The yearly cycle of running ourselves ragged during the holiday season and then expecting to be able to pick ourselves right back up and hit January 1^st with a bunch of ways to “fix” ourselves is completely unrealistic and it’s time we put an end to it… (CONTINUE READING)

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So, in the last post, we established that resolutions are pointless. It’s in the root word. They’re resolute. One screw up and a resolution is done. Goals, on the other hand, are actionable steps that gradually take us to where we ultimately want to be. 

That’s what we’re heading – goal setting. 

But before we can establish accurate goals, we first need to focus on our adrenals and get our nervous system in the “rest and digest” phase rather than “fight or flight…” (CONTINUE READING)

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Often, when we’re chasing our goals, we’re focusing on the things we want, as in the things we don’t have. Gratitude is simply the act of being grateful, of being thankful and of recognizing what we have instead of what we don’t have. It refocuses us and puts us in a place of abundance and thankfulness and makes happiness a now, rather than somewhere in the future when we eventually attain our goals. 

Gratitude is important in so many ways, but they’re not the ways you may think. Yes, gratitude feels good in the moment. It releases dopamine and serotonin, otherwise known as the “feel good” chemicals in the brain. So, feeling gratitude can make us feel better in the moment, but what’s even more important about gratitude, is it actually alters the structure of our brain… (CONTINUE READING)