Latest / Overwhelmed Working Woman: Boost Productivity, Master Time Management, Overcome Overwhelm & Stop People Pleasing / #211| Why “New Year, New You” Is A Recipe For Overwhelm & What To Do Instead
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- 0:00Michelle Gauthier: You don't have to become someone completely different or change every single area of your life.
- 0:09Michelle Gauthier: You're listening to Overwhelmed Working Woman, the podcast that helps you be more calm and more productive by doing less.
- 0:16Michelle Gauthier: I'm your host, Michelle Gauthier, a former Overwhelmed Working Woman and current life coach.
- 0:21Michelle Gauthier: On this show, we unpack the stress and pressure that today's Working Woman experiences.
- 0:26Michelle Gauthier: And in each episode, you'll get a strategy to bring more calm, ease, and relaxation to your life.
- 0:36Michelle Gauthier: Hi, friends.
- 0:37Michelle Gauthier: Thanks for joining me today.
- 0:38Michelle Gauthier: I'm coming to you today with tons of new year energy.
- 0:41Michelle Gauthier: I just love the new year.
- 0:42Michelle Gauthier: I love January.
- 0:43Michelle Gauthier: I love all the possibility it brings, and it always gets me so excited.
- 0:47Michelle Gauthier: It's really one of my absolute favorite times of the year.
- 0:50Michelle Gauthier: What I don't buy into is that whole new year, new you concept of, okay, now the calendar changes and you get to become a totally different person and do a million different goals.
- 1:02Michelle Gauthier: No, that is not the approach that I like to take because both for me and for you, there are so many things that you're already doing in your life that are going well.
- 1:12Michelle Gauthier: So when you get to the new year energy, you can think, okay, I've already got all these areas of my life that are going right now.
- 1:19Michelle Gauthier: And what do I want to do to tweak this to keep becoming the best version of myself?
- 1:25Michelle Gauthier: You don't have to become someone completely different or totally new or change every single area of your life.
- 1:31Michelle Gauthier: To that end, I created something different.
- 1:34Michelle Gauthier: It's called the Your Best Year 2026 Planning Workshop.
- 1:37Michelle Gauthier: It's not a webinar where you just log in and watch me talk and get some great ideas but don't know what to do with them.
- 1:44Michelle Gauthier: It's an actual workshop.
- 1:45Michelle Gauthier: I created it that way because I love workshops and I love workbooks because if I'm going to spend my time doing something, I want to make actual progress.
- 1:53Michelle Gauthier: So you will join this workshop, you'll have the workbook.
- 1:58Michelle Gauthier: And as I'm going through my methodology for setting new goals for 2026, you can raise your hand, you can ask a question, you can ask for coaching, you can get support from me right there on the spot.
- 2:11Michelle Gauthier: And you won't just be left with a great idea where you don't know what to do with it.
- 2:16Michelle Gauthier: Here's what I include in the workshop and why.
- 2:18Michelle Gauthier: First of all, as soon as you sign up, you will get a link to log in and get the workbook and some short pre-work videos.
- 2:25Michelle Gauthier: The pre-work videos are about two minutes apiece and they help you start looking back at your 2025 to focus on what went well in 2025.
- 2:35Michelle Gauthier: And even if right now your brain's nothing was good, nothing went well, that's not true.
- 2:40Michelle Gauthier: And so this will help you figure out what did go well in 2025 and then what didn't, where are some of the areas where you struggle that you would like to change potentially in 2026?
- 2:52Michelle Gauthier: And that will help you figure out what actually matters for this next year.
- 2:55Michelle Gauthier: So the pre-work videos will just get you thinking about where you might want to focus.
- 3:02Michelle Gauthier: Then when you come to the actual workshop with that information in the back of your mind, you're gonna learn my method called the essential few method, where we are gonna really zoom in.
- 3:13Michelle Gauthier: We're gonna look at where are you in life?
- 3:15Michelle Gauthier: I use something called the change cycle that helps you understand are you at a place where you feel really pretty sturdy and solid and you just need to tweak a few things?
- 3:26Michelle Gauthier: Or are you in a place of unrest where you feel like you're dissatisfied with your job or maybe your relationship and you really want to start figuring out what's going on there and think about do I want a new job?
- 3:40Michelle Gauthier: What do I want to do to try to change my relationship this year?
- 3:43Michelle Gauthier: Then you'll choose an anchor word for the year and I will guide you through doing that.
- 3:48Michelle Gauthier: Last year, for example, mine was elevate.
- 3:51Michelle Gauthier: So every goal that I set for myself was focused on taking what I already had and just elevating it to the next level.
- 3:58Michelle Gauthier: You'll choose whatever word that is for you.
- 4:02Michelle Gauthier: And then once you know where am I in life, what's the word or what's my goal word that I want to have for the year, then we'll choose one to three areas of life for you to focus on.
- 4:13Michelle Gauthier: So, for example, you're not gonna focus on your relationship, your friendships, your job, your house, your mental health, your physical health, money, whatever it is you're gonna choose, which one to three of those are the most important for you to focus on for the year.
- 4:29Michelle Gauthier: Then you will decide which goals you actually want to create within those three areas.
- 4:34Michelle Gauthier: And we wanna make sure that those goals are specific and in your control, but also flexible and realistic.
- 4:42Michelle Gauthier: What we won't do in my workshop is what I call confetti goals.
- 4:48Michelle Gauthier: Think about New Year's Eve when you're like popping the champagne and tossing the confetti in there, you just throw all this confetti up in the air and hope something sticks.
- 4:56Michelle Gauthier: That's not the kind of goals that we create.
- 4:58Michelle Gauthier: We focus on the essential few goals.
- 5:01Michelle Gauthier: They're all very intentional and meaningful specifically to you.
- 5:05Michelle Gauthier: So by the end of the workshop, you can leave with a plan that's clear and personal and you can learn how to space it across your year so you follow through without getting overwhelmed and burned out.
- 5:14Michelle Gauthier: The best part is it's only $26 to join.
- 5:17Michelle Gauthier: I priced it that way on purpose because I want it to feel like the easiest yes of the year.
- 5:21Michelle Gauthier: So if you're someone who thrives and needs structure but wants it to be human so it's flexible and doable, this is for you.
- 5:29Michelle Gauthier: You don't have to figure out your goals before we meet.
- 5:32Michelle Gauthier: That's exactly what we'll do in the workshop.
- 5:34Michelle Gauthier: So you can just wake up on January 1st knowing, ah, I just get to relax today.
- 5:39Michelle Gauthier: I've already signed up for this workshop on January 6th.
- 5:42Michelle Gauthier: I need to just bring myself and a pen and a cup of coffee and an hour of my time, and I will be able to create my most intentional and grounded year yet.
- 5:52Michelle Gauthier: I would love to have you join me.
- 5:54Michelle Gauthier: The link is in the show notes.
- 5:56Michelle Gauthier: And as soon as you sign up, you will get that workbook and those pre-work videos so that you can get started.
- 6:03Michelle Gauthier: I look forward to workshopping with you, and I will see you on January 6th.
- 6:13Michelle Gauthier: Thank you for listening to the Overwhelmed Working Woman podcast.
- 6:16Michelle Gauthier: If you want to learn more about my work, head over to my website at michellegauthier.com.
- 6:22Michelle Gauthier: See you next week.