3 Shocking Reasons Your New Year’s Resolutions Fail
How to Thrive Heidi Gustafson How to Thrive Heidi Gustafson

3 Shocking Reasons Your New Year’s Resolutions Fail

There’s nothing much more satisfying to me than a clean slate, a chance to start fresh… and that’s what January 1st represents for most of us every year.

We let go of all the crap from the past and are ready to take the world by storm, creating everything we’ve ever wanted in our life.

But statistics show that a mere 8% of us actually DO take the world by storm.

If you’re in the 92% who have lofty goals on January 1 and then are beating yourself up by January 31, here are 3 reasons you may not know about how your brain works against you and your lofty goals.

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HALT - How To Manage Stress at the Holidays… and Every Day
Tools for Inner Peace, How to Thrive, Self Care Heidi Gustafson Tools for Inner Peace, How to Thrive, Self Care Heidi Gustafson

HALT - How To Manage Stress at the Holidays… and Every Day

What is the HALT method and how can it be used to manage holiday stress?

The added stress of the holidays can heighten our negative reactions to things and people. Add in a dose of the hustle and bustle and additional spending, and it’s easy for the stress to get out of control.

This can make it seem like the world is conspiring against you and that Murphy’s Law is a given - Everything that can go wrong will go wrong.

By using the HALT method, you can make sure you’re not adding to your stress by learning to monitor these key areas.

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