It’s a time honored tradition to make New Year’s resolutions: “I’m going to lose 20 pounds and quit smoking.” People around the world make all kinds of resolutions that are failed by February.

Instead of saying “I resolve I’m going to get in shape this year” which is an ego declaration just begging to be challenged – I’ve learned to ask myself: How would I like to feel about my body at the end of the year?

“I’d like to feel that I’m the perfect weight. I’d like to feel really happy in my body, and that I love and appreciate my healthy body.”

A lot of spiritual students draw back from setting goals because we’ve been taught to make them from our intellect and there’s not much heart in them.  We don’t want to get attached to a goal that’s being imposed upon our Spirit by our intellect.  We fear failure.

We can choose goals that support our aspirations and intentions of how we’d like to feel and how we’d like to be in this world.  You might say,  I worry too much.  So, I’d like to be fearless.”  A more powerful way to say it is to declare how you’d actually like to feel rather than how you’d not like to feel – I’d like to feel confident and be peaceful.”

“Seek ye first the Kingdom of Heaven.”
When we focus on the feeling – the inner experience – the outer form takes care of itself.

When we focus on feeling loved, peaceful, and free rather than specific outcomes, we release the belief of “not being enough.”

Write It Down

I invite you to write about how you’d like to feel one year from now – as though it’s already accomplished. Write as if it’s happening now.  Too many spiritual students don’t bother to do the inner work.  They’d rather read what someone else has to say than simply focus on what they think and feel.  I get it.  I’ve been there.

But here’s what’s true:

“I am responsible for what I see.
I choose the feelings I experience,
and I decide upon the goal I would achieve.”
A Course in Miracles

Let’s focus on how we’d like to feel and BE and let Spirit handle the form!

Consider joining me in my Masterful Living Program  next Year. Let’s let go of all of the ways we give up on ourselves and others – true liberation is possible. Let’s do it together!

We begin Masterful Living in January, register early, and receive beautiful bonuses. Click here now to Learn more about my Masterful Living Program.

Here are some of the bonuses you’ll receive if you register for Masterful Living now:
Fresh Start:  New Year, New Vision Saturday, January 3rd.  In this live 4-hour workshop we’ll consciously lay a powerful and loving foundation for the next 9 years and a life-changing 2026.

A Life Led By Love  Starts Monday, January 5. A 3-Part Program We’ll get into the details of the vision for the next 9 years, with a deep focus on 2026.  You’ll feel prepared for a launch into a new view of your life and your Self with Love.

Accountability With Love, a Deep Dive Workshop on Saturday, January 17.  How to hold yourself accountable in a loving and supportive way so that you follow through on the expansive vision for your precious life of Love and don’t let your vision fall by the wayside.

NEW ACIM PODCAST EPISODE: There Are No Accidents In Your Life –  As I stand on this precipice of 2026 and a new nine-year cycle, I’m over the moon with excitement about the fresh start ahead! This year I spent 25-30 days with my family – 10 adults, 4 dogs – without a single argument or disturbance, and I know it’s because I’ve taken total responsibility for the quality of all my relationships. Working with Chapter 21 of A Course in Miracles, I’ve embraced that there are no accidents or chances in God’s universe.  We wrote our script with multiple pathways based on choosing love or fear in each moment. My daily practice is simple: “I’m responsible for what I see, I choose my feelings, everything is just as I wish it would be.” Life used to feel like a daily battle with nightmares; now I live above the battlefield where what I need appears exactly when needed. Transformation isn’t rocket science.  It simply requires living the principles moment by moment rather than just understanding them intellectually.