How Anxiety Impacts New Year's Resolutions with Lisa Skeffington

As mothers, we’re told that if we just try harder, get more disciplined, and stick to our resolutions, life will finally feel better.

But what if the problem isn’t your willpower at all…

What if it’s that your nervous system is already over capacity, and your inner critic is running the show?

In this powerful New Year episode, I’m joined by multi–award-winning psychotherapist, executive coach, and author Lisa Skeffington, who has spent nearly three decades helping high-performing women move from anxiety to true empowerment.

Together, we talk about why so many New Year’s resolutions quietly fizzle by February—and how to create change that actually honors your nervous system, your self-worth, and your real needs.

In this episode, we explore:

Why anxiety is often a messenger, not the “real problem”

The invisible script you’re carrying from childhood—and how it secretly decides whether your resolutions stick or collapse

Five common ways women self-sabotage their goals (and how this is actually a form of protection, not a character flaw)

Why over-giving, over-doing, and “trying harder” are rooted in a deep need to feel enough

The truth about affirmations: when they help…and when they quietly make you feel worse

How to set intentions that are grounded in self-worth and inner safety, not perfectionism or people-pleasing

A simple reflective practice you can do with a cup of tea to discover what you really need right now

Lisa reminds us that resolutions don’t fail because we’re lazy or undisciplined.

They fail when we’re asking an anxious, exhausted system to perform at even higher levels without tending to the fear, doubt, and worthiness wounds underneath.

Real change begins when you stop trying to earn your worth through achievement, and start remembering that you are already enough.

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