In this end-of-the-year solo episode, I share 21 life lessons for the New Year.

Below are the lessons I share and discuss, and (as promised) links to all the blogs/articles referenced throughout.

1. It’s okay to be a thinker.

2. Everything matters.

3. There is insight in every emotion – good and bad.

4. We can only ever love to the extent that we understand love.

5. Our relationship with our self takes time.

6. Life has different seasons.

Check out Ep. 9: How to East the Stress of Self-Care with Megan Weigel, DNP

7. Nothing ever goes away, until it has taught us what we need to know.

Quote by Pema Chodron

8. The point of relationships are to trigger our shit.

9. Our brain can’t always be trusted.

10. Set boundaries.

Check out Ep. 15: Meeting Needs in Relationships with Dr. Kirstie Overstreet

11. It’s not easy to listen to your gut.

12. Maybe there is no right and wrong.

13. Life knows better.

Blog - Maybe Life Knows Better

14. Everything that matters is happening inside us.

15. It is what it is.

16. We actually can change others… but only by changing ourselves.

Check out Ep. 18: Using Awareness & Perspective to Move Forward with Bryan Falchuk

17. All change starts with awareness.

18. Life is only lived one step at a time.

Blog – The Moment

19. Trust the process.

Thought Catalog - Oops, I Bought 3,000 Instagram Followers

20. The reaction doesn’t belong to you.

From Elizabeth Gilbert’s book Big Magic

21. Agree to disagree.

Check out Ep. 73: just me: on empathy amid controversy

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just me: Life Lessons for the New Year