You're listening to On Attachment, a place to learn about how attachment shapes the way we experience relationships and where you'll gain the guidance, knowledge and practical tools to overcome insecurity and build healthy, thriving relationships.

I'm your host, relationship coach Stephanie Rigg,

and I'm really glad you're here.

Hey everybody, welcome back to another episode of On Attachment, a last episode of the year.

I confess I'd actually intended to get this episode up before Christmas

and it didn't quite happen for a variety of reasons. So I apologize for that, but it feels like

it's actually worked out quite well to have an episode coming out so close to the end of the year,

particularly because today's episode is five pieces of

life advice to set you up for a wonderful and rewarding, fulfilling 2023. I didn't want to say

something like five tips to make 2023 your best year ever, because I really want to steer clear of anything

that feels like, you know, superficial, shallow New Year's resolution stuff.

Because I think we can all agree that that tends not to be very helpful or effective

and whatever motivation it offers or brings tends to be fairly short-lived.

But with that being said, I am a firm and deep believer in the power of intentionality

and reflection and living deliberately, getting really honest with ourselves around what's working and what's not

working, what's within our control, and what we need to do to set ourselves on the path. So my hope is

that today I can offer you some pieces of advice, some reframes that will allow you to find some clarity,

to find some inspiration, motivation, to do what you need to do to find that intentionality

to maybe course correct if you've been on a path that isn't really working for you,

that isn't yielding the results that you'd

hoped for that isn't taking you somewhere where you want to go. So that's what today is all

about. Before we do that, I just wanted to quickly recap a few ways that you can work with me in

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