Name: Therapist's tips for sticking to New Year's resolutions
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Do you have your New Year's resolution yet?

Well, according to recent studies from Columbia University and Forbes Health,

about half of Americans make New Year's resolutions.

Only a quarter stay committed after a month,

and less than 10% actually accomplish their goals.

To talk more about how to keep those resolutions, let's bring in Dr. Lisa Palmer.

She's a psychotherapist and founder of the Renew center of Florida and Renew Me.

Why is it so hard for people to stay on track with these promises and how do make more manageable changes?

I know every year people come up with a list of their to do list and then it quickly falls apart after about a week or two, right?

And I think the key is changing your mindset.

It's not really something people talk about a lot, but

if we change our mind, we can really change our life, Lindsey.

I mean, I know for me personally, I have been trying to do like a meditation habit, like simple 10 minutes a day, nothing too crazy.

What are some simple steps to create new habits so that it's really ingrained every day?

It starts with motivation again, that goes back to changing your mindset,

changing your core belief systems and believing that you can, that you're capable and feeling valued and feeling worthy and all of those things.

And going back to changing your mindset and maybe getting the help and the coaching that you really need to stay motivated to stay on track

and to create goals that are in alignment with your purpose.

Because if you can do that, you can stay on track longer and for a longer period of time.

And remember, we're always going to have those pitfalls and fail sometimes.

So trying to keep that momentum, get the coaching that you need.

And again, work on your mindset so that you can align better and really make those habits come alive and happen.

Talk to me more about that giving yourself grace component that if you do miss a couple of days of whatever your goal is to get back on that horse.

And so we want to remain present and always be aware of where we are today and try to bring our best for today.

And maybe your best for today is your 85% yesterday.

But also giving yourself, you know, that pat on the back and being positive within yourself so building on your strength is so important.

And again, if you do the same thing that you haven't gotten the results for in the past, don't do those things again.

Try something different, because a lot of people get into this habit of mishandled difficulties,

and we do the same thing, we get the same results.

Do things different, take small steps, give yourself a pat on the back.

And be positive and stay in gratitude, because gratitude is a state of abundance.

And in that state of abundance, you can draw more to you and produce more and keep that momentum.

I'm running out of time, but you have any resolutions this year?

Health and happiness and being contentment and being in the now here moment and being in a state of being.

Because if you're in a state of being, then you can pretty much accomplish anything.

A lot of times we try to do things and we think we're going to do more to be more.

But I think that if we and be in a state of being in gratitude and that's what I'm going to try to do more of,

I think that I'll be able to accomplish anything that I put my mind to.

And make sure you stay with CBS News 247 for our countdown to 2026.

You can ring in the New year with our Year End special streaming tonight at 11:00pm Eastern.

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Therapist's tips for sticking to New Year's resolutions

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