This Might Help

How to Reflect on 2025


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This is our last episode of 2025 and of Season 1! To wrap up the year, we're chatting all about how to reflect on 2025 and how to make regular reflection a part of 2026. We cover:

  1. Why we overlook our successes and wins

  2. Why it is so important to celebrate progress

  3. How to make the most out of our achievements

  4. Practical strategies for reflecting on your year!

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References from this episode:

Bryant, F. B., & Veroff, J. (2007). Savoring: A new model of positive experience. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Publishers.

Ledgerwood A, Boydstun AE. Sticky prospects: loss frames are cognitively stickier than gain frames. J Exp Psychol Gen. 2014 Feb;143(1):376-85. doi: 10.1037/a0032310. Epub 2013 Mar 25. PMID: 23527949.

Fredrickson, B. L. (2001). The role of positive emotions in positive psychology: The broaden and build theory of positive emotions. American Psychologist, 56, 218-226. https://doi.org/10.1037%2F%2F0003-066x.56.3.218

Some of the resources we chat about in this episode:

https://www.alisonledgerwood.com/negativity-and-positivity-biases.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XFLTDQ4JMk

The Progress Principle: Amabile, T. M., & Kramer, S. J. (2011) - https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=40692

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/16/learning/10-ideas-for-reflecting-at-the-end-of-the-school-year.html

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Beyond Blue - ⁠https://www.beyondblue.org.au⁠ 1300 22 4636 

LifeLine - ⁠https://988lifeline.org/get-help/⁠ 13 11 14 

Headspace - ⁠https://headspace.org.au⁠ 1800 650 890 (for those aged 25 or under) 

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This Might HelpBy Dr Ciara Hart and Dr Lauren Rossetti