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Embrace Your Real

5 Things to Let Go Of This Year + 5 Things to Remember Going Into the New Year

Embrace Your Real

Julie Ledbetter

Nutrition, Fitness, Health & Fitness

5 • 965 Ratings

🗓️ 12 January 2026

⏱️ 27 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

This episode is for you if you are walking into the new year feeling a mix of gratitude, exhaustion, hope, and maybe a little disappointment that things did not go perfectly. Instead of trying to become a whole new person on January 1, we talk about gently releasing the pressure, shame, and all-or-nothing mindset that weighs you down, so you can actually build a year that fits your real life.

Julie walks through five things to let go of that quietly sabotage your progress, and five truths to hold onto so you feel grounded, supported, and clear on how to move forward. This is about stacking small wins, building trust with yourself again, and remembering that starting over is not a sign of failure, it is proof you are still in it.

Here is what you will learn:

• Why staying stuck in "wishing" mode blocks the real change you want
• How extreme all-or-nothing overhauls quietly backfire on your brain and body
• A healthier way to approach weekends so they do not undo your rhythm from the week
• What it really means to let your effort match your expectations
• How to define what "healthy" means for you in this season of life
• A simple way to rebuild self trust with one small habit at a time

If this conversation encouraged you as you head into a new year, you may also enjoy: 5 New Year's Resolution Mistakes + How to Avoid Them

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey there, beautiful human. You're listening to Embrace Your Real with me, Julie Ledbetter,

0:05.4

a podcast where I empower you to just be you. With each episode, I dish you a dose of real talk

0:11.4

and actionable advice for building your confidence, honoring your body, and unconditionally loving

0:16.6

your authentic self. Stay tuned if you're ready to embrace your real. Let's get and let's go.

0:27.4

Hello and welcome to the Embrace Real podcast and welcome to 2026. I cannot believe that we are

0:34.6

already here. And I just want to kind of recap, if we're being honest,

0:40.6

like this last year, 2025 might have stretched you. It might have refined you. It might have

0:45.4

revealed some things in you that just needed attention. Maybe it was a year of doing the

0:49.4

best that you could with the energy that you had. Maybe it was a year of showing up imperfectly,

0:53.5

but still showing up.

0:54.6

And I want to honor that because growth doesn't always look loud. Sometimes it looks

0:58.9

quiet and steady and unseen. And sometimes it looks like getting back on track after a weekend.

1:04.1

Sometimes it looks like choosing a 20 minute workout over nothing. And other times it looks like

1:08.6

giving yourself grace when your plan didn't go the way that

1:11.0

you expected. So in today's episode, I want to release some of that weight that we tend to carry as we

1:17.1

head into the new year. And as we are here in January, right, the pressure, the comparison,

1:22.5

the should be further along mindset. And instead, I want you to step into this year with clarity, with simplicity

1:28.2

and confidence in the habits that actually will move your life forward. We're going to be talking

1:33.5

about five things to let go of and the things that have been holding you back. And then five

1:37.6

things to remember, the truth that should ground you and guide you in this new year ahead. But

1:43.2

before I do, I want to share this review. It comes from a lava abe. She gave a five-star view and said, just found you. Wow, I just found this podcast randomly, except not because I don't think anything is random, but God. Today, and it is exactly what I've been missing. Encouragement and Truths swirled with a dose of practical help. Thank you, Julie,

2:01.1

excited to keep listening along. I'm so grateful. Truly your guys's reviews help this podcast be able

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