Merry Christmas friends! If you find yourself reflecting on this past year, especially as you look forward to the new year, I want to encourage you to remove the negative "failure filter". There are good lessons to be learned from what we often consider failure. Today I'm sharing the best failures I had and lessons learned in 2019. I like to learn, I want to learn, so I've had to come to terms with failing. For example, I'm being very transparent in this episode about my goals for the podcast and what happened that helped me realize them. There were also failures in my relationships, and not the all-is-lost kind, but the kind that helped me realize where I need to improve. My hope in sharing those as well as some business and spiritual related failures (you might be surprised by what I say!) is that you, too, can learn to reframe failures into growth. And I'm really not just saying that, because I've lived it. I'm going to keep putting in the work, even if it keeps taking me years to grow. Through my own personal development I've learned my worth is independent of my success, so failures do not define me. Tune in, maybe let me know if this shifts your perspective going into the new year. ABOUT A FEW OTHER THINGS… So many of you asked for this and I'm finally able to deliver! Sign up for the now online Rediscover You Workshop. Join me and other women live, right from your couch, to learn how to reconnect with yourself. This will only be offered once in 2020, so don’t miss out! After an overwhelming response this summer, Monk Manual has come back to sponsor the podcast. You can get one of these intentional planners (the only kind I’ve ever stuck with!) for 20% off with code ‘ABOUTPROGRESS’ and it stacks with their bundle, too! SHOW NOTES Monthly group beta launch WAITLIST Check out the newly online Rediscover You Workshop Get your Monk Manual for 20% with code ‘ABOUTPROGRESS’ Get your first month+ FREE with Libsyn using code MONICA FREE Printables, including this month’s Progress Plan Send in a soundbite + be featured on the show HERE Join the free and private FB group Join Monica on Facebook, Instagram, and by newsletter Songs Credit: DRIVE by Dj Nicolai Heidlas @nicolai-heidlas Music provided by FREE MUSIC FOR VLOGS AND VIDEOS bit.ly/freemusicforvlogs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices