Join us live for a discussion with Margi and John about alternative approaches to New Year’s Resolutions.
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Show Notes:
- Thrive Unite
- Thrive St. George
- A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose by Eckhart Tolle
- “Small Things Often” podcast by John and Julie Gottman
- The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work: A Practical Guide from the Country’s Foremost Relationship Expert by John M. Gottman
- Ana Mardoll’s Instagram
- “Secular Buddhism” by Noah Rasheta
- “Christmas After a Mormon Faith Crisis” with Margi Dehlin
- Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples by Harville Hendrix
- Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar by Cheryl Strayed
- Untamed by Glennon Doyle
- The Awakened Family: How to Raise, Empowered, Resilient, and Conscious Children by Shefali Tsabary
- The Conscious Parent: Transforming Ourselves, Empowering Our Children by Shefali Tsabary
- Out of Control: Why Disciplining Your Child Doesn’t Work and What Will by Shefali Tsabary
- One Small Step Can Change Your Life: The Kaizen Way by Robert Maurer
- Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear
- Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life by Marshall Rosenberg
- “The Hidden Brain” podcast
- Relationship Intelligence by Esther Perel
- Flourish Therapy (Utah-specific)
- LGBTQ+-Affirmative Therapist Guild (Utah chapter of nationwide guild)
- Symmetry Solutions
- Margi Dehlin blog and life coaching
Timecodes (for video):
00:00:00 Introduction and opening remarks
00:08:23 Why talk about New Year’s Resolutions?
00:16:31 An alternative to the shame cycle of setting goals and giving up
00:26:10 The aspirational approach to goal-setting and why it often doesn’t work
00:32:28 Winter is often the hardest time to set goals
00:38:36 The difference between setting intentions and setting goals
00:51:00 The power of collecting data, and how to get started when you feel unworthy
01:09:37 Rewriting a shame-based goal into an intentional practice by listening to yourself
01:22:03 Practical examples of creating an intention and a practice for carrying it out
01:30:58 Audience questions and comments
01:49:06 Using “focus words”
01:51:39 Audience comments and final remarks
