161. Why we don't make New Year's Resolutions & What We Do Instead!!

New Year, New Me! Right??

If you are like us, then like clockwork, the new year comes around and suddenly you feel this intense pressure to CHANGE EVERYTHING!!! 

Is it wrong to have resolutions? Are we setting ourselves up for failure? 

In this podcast episode Edie and her daughter Emme discuss the importance of perseverance and continuous effort in achieving resolutions. Edie shares her approach of setting 90-day goals instead of year-long resolutions, and Emme shares her struggles in sticking with goals. 

They also talk about the pressure and comparison in goal-setting, especially in the era of social media. The hosts encourage reframing failure as a stepping stone towards success and practicing self-compassion. They emphasize the idea of enjoying the journey rather than fixating on the end result.

In today's episode of House of Joy Dr. Edie and her daughter discussed:

01:30-Emme talks about how her day started 

04:15- Edie talks about why she loves the New Year & why Emme hasn’t always

06:28- They discuss the value of writing down your goals- Is it necessary? 

08:50- Stats on New Year's resolutions

09:30- Edies biggest epic fail of a new years resolution

13:09- Edie brings up blog post from 2012- speaks on how she frames her goals to actually achieve the reward and her approach to the New Year 

15:00- How to become a person who does what they say they will

19:25- 90 day goals

24:20- Setting fun goals

26:18- The lie of social media- how to frame our thoughts about goals to get rid of pressure and comparison 

30:00- Wake up! Our dreams our God given

37:13- Edie and Emme’s favorite things for the week 

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