TAKING ACTION: ✅ TAKE ACTION today, friends! As you’ll read below, the honeymoon phase is coming to an end. It’s time to lean into discipline and crush our New Year’s goals! 💥 As you learned last week, the first two weeks of the new year are considered the “honeymoon phase”-- the honeymoon phase typically lasts between January 1st and around January 14th. Today is January 12th, so you know what that means—it’s time to get your mindset in the right place and push through the finale of the honeymoon phase. While there’s nothing marginal that happens overnight between December 31st and January 1st, the truth is that there really is more motivation for some people at the beginning of the new year. In fact, many people experience a noticeable dopamine boost at the start of a new year when they commit to goals like healthy eating, weight loss, exercise, or other self-improvement habits. This isn’t my opinion. This is known because of well-established neuroscience and behavioral psychology research. So while it isn’t a magic bullet, the reality is that the new year does offer us a great time to get started; however, as the dopamine of the “new” wears off, you can’t give up. You have to keep going and lean into discipline in the coming days and weeks. 💯 Since we’re between weeks two and three of the new year, it’s time to focus on what actions to take now. It’s time to unpack the strategies that will help us push through the honeymoon phase. If you want to continue reaching your goals, it’s important that you continue to show up, friends! 💯

TAKING ACTION: ✅ It’s check-in time! How are you doing after week one? This is not the time to go silent, regardless of how you did this past week. Today is a new day, and you are far more capable than you think! We’re one week into what’s considered the “honeymoon phase”. If you’re like me, you didn’t even realize this was a real thing—oh, but it is—and taking advantage of what’s naturally going on in your brain is the best decision you can make this time of year! 💯 The honeymoon phase is nice because, as you learned last week, your feel-good chemicals and endorphins are likely higher than normal right now. But the real question is—what are we going to do once the honeymoon phase wears off? I’m glad you asked! Don’t worry, we’re going to learn all about that in the coming days and weeks. The strategies we’re going to learn in the near future are important, friends, and will be the exact strategies you’ll need to carry you through 2026. 💯 It’s about to get good. Make sure you’re here for it. In the meantime, it’s a good idea to get in the habit of meal prepping at least once per week. Even if you can’t prep for a full week, you can prep for a few days—and a few days is better than nothing at all! Check out these tips below! ⬇️ Meal Prep for Busy People {Tips + Tools} - The Girl on Bloor

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“When you make a mistake, be kind enough to forgive yourself and learn from it.” ~Unknown TAKING ACTION: ✅ After reading today’s post, do you see why it’s important to speak “realistically” positively to yourself? Friends, if you want lasting change, you must change the way you speak to yourself. On Wednesday, I mentioned a topic that I think is so important—how we speak to ourselves. In fact, I don’t just think it’s important. I KNOW it’s important—psychology tells us so, and if you’re a spiritual person, there’s proof there, too. 💯 Psychology tells us that in order to change, we must change the way we speak to ourselves; however, there is one caveat—changing your thoughts requires you to actually believe what you’re saying. For example ⬇️ 👉Old thought: “I am a failure, and will never be able to control myself around food.” Some people will tell you to turn this negative talk into a positive thought, such as, “I’m the best, and nothing can knock me down.” Here’s the deal—that’s simply not true. If you truly want to change the way you speak to yourself, you must give yourself both truth and grace. That’s the answer. So, instead of practicing what I call “toxic positivity”, try replacing your negative thoughts with positive, yet truthful and realistic thoughts. A good example of this would be ⬇️ 👉 “I am learning. I am retraining my body, brain, and taste buds, and that isn’t easy. Though I slipped up, I know I’m still practicing a new lifestyle—and practice leads to progress over time.” See the difference there? As you learn to speak to yourself differently, always remember to give yourself both truth and grace. This equation will offer so much in terms of overall growth! ✨