I'm Robin Long, Pallotti's instructor and founder of the balanced life.

Here on the Balance Life podcast, you'll find honest conversations with inspiring women,

sharing the real story of how they make their life work,

what they do, and perhaps more importantly, what they don't do, what they prioritize and what they

let go of. From food and exercise to work and family, we'll cover it all and provide practical

tips to help you create your own sense of balance and become the healthiest version

of yourself inside and out. Hi friends. Welcome back to the podcast. How is your new year going?

I don't know about you, but for me, it's already flying. I feel like the year just started. I'm trying to

just kind of get situated and get going. And I'm like,

wow, okay, here we go. We're off and running. And the new year is a time when many of us are

starting to focus on our health and well-being or just maybe refocusing. It's just another one of those

fresh starts. You know, it's another opportunity for us to look at how things are going,

how we are making progress or aren't making progress towards our goals. And that's what I want to talk about today. I want to talk actually specifically about motivation. Oftentimes I will reach out

to our community and the top question that I get over and over again is how do you stay motivated? How do I stay

motivated? There's so many feelings of you get motivated for a short amount of time and then the

motivation falls off. You get, you know, New Year's motivation that you want to start fresh and

get things going, but then the days go on and the weeks go on,

and it's hard to keep that up.

And the first thing I want you to know is you're not alone in that.

It's literally the most popular question that I receive.

And I want to talk about ways that we can overcome the lack of motivation or really some

tips, tricks, and hacks to help you to stay motivated even when you're not

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