Hey guys, my name is John Kim. I'm a licensed therapist and life coach putting

self betterment into a shot class because let's face it who's got that much time

these days. I come unpolished, unrehearsed, on purpose.

If you're looking for more of a wine glass, you've come to the wrong place.

Whenever you announce that something is a special episode, there's a lot of pressure for the person doing the episode to make it special.

And so I want to denounce denounce even though technically this is the New Year's

episode I want to denounce that it is a special New Year's episode and just be me because I want to

take the pressure off myself or I will

collapse on myself because I feel self-conscious, self-conscious, it's

already happening guys. I will feel nervous to perform or to do better and that usually makes things worse.

So yes, we are going to talk about the New Year and yes, technically this is the New Year's episode but my mindset is it's just another

episode and I will be as present as possible. Okay so when we look back and reflect on the previous year during this time of year, we usually

think about events that's happened, we measure the year in how much weight we've lost or how many bonuses we've gained or if we accomplish certain goals.

They're usually events or they're like

money related or you know weight loss fitness kind of related goals, and that's okay, but I think getting in the

pattern of measuring the year that way can get old and two dimensional. And so I want to challenge you to look back and reflect that your year

2018 from the lens of your internal journey.

So what has shifted in you this year internally?

Were you able to dissolve some faulty thinking,

cognitive distortions, false beliefs?

Did you set yourself up for experiences where you proved yourself wrong

or what has happened in the past no longer or had or had less power because you set yourself

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