Happy New Year! I'm kicking off 2026 with a solo episode about finding what you genuinely want this year—not what you think you should want.

Why "Enough is Enough"? I woke up one day after reading yet another article targeting women over 60 that was focused on managing aches and pains, and I'd had it. Enough with generic advice on how to act, dress, and age. Enough with words like "senior," "geriatric," and "sunset years."

When I look at aging advice for women in their 60s and 70s, I see two extremes:

ONE: The supplement-pushers, extreme exercise crowd, personal-best-at-all-costs messaging, and the "do whatever it takes to look young" camp.

TWO: Slow cooker meals on a budget, fall-proofing your home, slip-on sneakers, and managing decline gracefully.

Both assume things I refuse to accept. The first assumes we're desperately trying to recapture youth. The second assumes we're managing decline and nothing else. I'm in neither camp, and I bet you aren't either.

In this episode, I use my own life at 70 as an example—turning the page into a new decade, investing in IFM certification, and walking through my anti-resolution framework to figure out what's genuinely mine versus borrowed from "shoulds."

THE 5 QUESTIONS:

What worked and what didn't in 2025? Where were you feeling strong and where did you feel like "woe is me"?

How do you want to FEEL in 2026?

1. We don't actually want the thing—we want the feeling the thing gives us
2. My word for the year: EXPANSIVE

What do you ACTUALLY want vs. what you think you should want?

1. Test: When you imagine NOT doing it, do you feel loss (yours) or relief (borrowed)?
2. Real example: How I found time for 12 hours/week of coursework

What are you keeping and what are you kicking to the curb?

1. Keep what serves you, kick what doesn't (or "release" if you're more spiritual than me)

Let's talk about vanity

1. Refusing the moralizing about what we "should" want at this age
2. Also refusing desperate youth-chasing on the other extreme
3. If you want the Botox, the sassy shoes, the shimmy dress—make it YOUR choice

UNDERSTANDING SABOTEURS:

1. Extrinsic: Life happens (daughter needs you to pick up kids)
2. Intrinsic: Mindset blocks ("I could never run 13 miles")
3. Don't just give up when they show up—plan for them and work around them

DOWNLOAD THE WORKSHEET: My VA made a beautiful PDF with all these questions for you to work through. Get a copy here.

KEY TAKEAWAYS:

1. Most people fail at resolutions not because they lack willpower, but because they're solving for the wrong problem
2. Borrowed goals don't stick—only pursue what's genuinely yours
3. Make room for saboteurs instead of pretending they won't show up
4. Aging happens. Feeling old is optional. Feeling bad is common. Feeling better is possible.

MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

1. Donna Summer & Barbra Streisand - No More Tears (Enough is Enough)
2. Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM) certification program
3. My newsletter (sign up at rebelliouswellnesslive.com for weekly content on informed skepticism)
4. CGM (Continuous Glucose Monitor) for tracking blood sugar

CONNECT: Website: rebelliouswellnesslifestyle.com

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Enough is enough. Let's make 2026 about what's genuinely yours.

You are more. You still have more to do, to love, to experience, to feel.

Age Better. Live Fully. Beyond 60.