Mama Work It Podcast

How to Set Goals and Actually Achieve Them


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New year, fresh goals—but how do you actually follow through? In this episode of the Mama Work It Podcast, we’re diving into practical, realistic strategies for setting goals you can truly achieve. Marisa Lonic shares powerful tools, mindset shifts, and systems designed specifically for busy moms juggling work, life, and everything in between.

If you’ve ever set a goal in January only to abandon it by February, this episode is for you.

What We Cover in This Episode

✨ Why Goals Matter
Marisa explains why having goals is essential—not just for productivity, but for clarity, confidence, and personal fulfillment. Goals help us move intentionally instead of reacting to life’s demands.

🧠 Mindset & Belief: The Foundation of Achievement
Before any strategy works, you have to believe your goal is possible. We talk about how mindset, self-trust, and identity play a huge role in whether you follow through.

🎯 Practical Goal-Setting Strategies That Work
Marisa breaks down several proven tools you can mix and match:

  • Word of the Year – choosing a single guiding word to anchor your decisions and energy
  • SMART Goals – setting goals that are specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound
  • WOOP Method – wish, outcome, obstacle, plan—how to anticipate challenges before they derail you
  • Vision Boards – using visualization to keep goals top of mind
  • Gamification – making progress fun, motivating, and rewarding instead of overwhelming
  • 🤝 The Power of Accountability
    Why having an accountability partner can dramatically increase your chances of success—and how to make it happen.

    🛠 Turning Big Goals Into Sustainable Action
    How to break goals down into small, doable steps that fit into real mom life (because perfection is not required).

    This episode is perfect for you if:

    • You’re setting goals for the new year and want them to actually stick
    • You feel overwhelmed by traditional goal-setting advice
    • You’re a working mom looking for realistic, flexible strategies
    • You want structure and grace as you grow
    • 🎧 Listen wherever you get your podcasts—and don’t forget to subscribe to the Mama Work It Podcast so you never miss an episode designed to help you thrive in work, motherhood, and life.

      Links from today’s episode:

      Word to Your Mother Journal/Planner: https://amzn.to/4iHfHck 

      Time MOMagement book: https://amzn.to/4pOpi3i 

      B.J. Fogg’s TEDx Talk about habits: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdKUJxjn-R8&t=14s 

      FREE Habit Accountability Tool: https://www.mamaworkit.com/free-habit-accountability 

      Subscribe to Mama Work It newsletter: www.mamaworkit.com 

      Happy New Year and keep on working it, mama!

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