The new year is about hope. This is the special time of year when we're allowed to press the

reset button and start over. I know that 2020 or the beginning of 2021 hasn't been what

everyone is expecting, but now we can try and restart in February. So I'd like to invite

you to join my 2021 reset and restart new habits for a new time five day program. To register,

just go to jshediginius.com forward slash new habits. Starting February 3rd, I'll be

meeting with you virtually for five consecutive days to give you the tools you need to create

the year you need. Together we'll meditate and set our intentions for the 2021 we want

to have. Five days, five workshops, one fresh start. Let's say yes to starting 2021 with

an open heart and open mind. It all starts with you. Go to jshediginius.com forward slash

new habits to register today. Thank you and get excited for February 3rd. Three out of five

Americans say they feel misunderstood. They feel lonely, disconnected and left out and the loneliness

trend is rising with the highest levels of reported loneliness among millennials. And according

to the Royal Society for Public Health, rates of anxiety and depression have increased 70%

of the last 25 years. On one hand, those numbers are shocking. Y'all on the other, this data

probably comes as no real surprise when so many of us ourselves are experiencing bouts of isolation

and insecurity, disconnection, fear and anxiety. But as you may know and as I've discussed on this

show, so much of how we experience life is about our minds and our perception. That doesn't mean

our fears and our worries aren't real, but so much of how we feel about them is something we can

influence. Still, just knowing that's not helpful if we don't have real concrete tools to change

and shift our perception. Struggle is real. Our problems are real and your brains have a way of taking

what we focus on and magnifying it even more. And that makes our problems seem even worse. It makes

it harder to find solutions from them. Researchers took employees who work on creative tasks and

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