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How to Process a Hard Year and Prepare for a Better One

the goop podcast

Gwyneth Paltrow

Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Education

4.37.1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 December 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of the goop podcast, goal coach, author, and speaker Abbie Schiller returns to help us make sense of the years that feel like a lot—the ones that move too quickly, stretch us thin, and leave us wondering what, exactly, just happened. She shares a gentle way to look back without collapsing into self-blame, and to trace the threads of meaning woven through even the most difficult seasons. Abbie’s tools for building mental strength are practical, human, and surprisingly doable—small shifts that help us meet whatever comes next with a little more steadiness and hope. For more support, she created a free end-of-year reflection guide available at https://www.abbieschiller.com/guide. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

When you are pioneering anything or introducing new ideas to the culture, you get criticized.

0:09.0

You do?

0:10.0

Yeah. Did you hear about that?

0:12.0

I didn't find the one. I found someone I respected and we made it the one.

0:17.0

In a sort of longing kind of view of love, people understand each other as if by magic.

0:22.4

Nothing in itself is addictive on one hand. And in the hand, everything could be addictive if

0:27.2

there's an emptiness in that person that needs to be filled. I now know that nobody changes

0:32.5

until they change their energy. And when you change your energy, you change your life.

0:38.1

I'm Gwyneth Peltro. This is the Goop Podcast, bringing together thought leaders, culture

0:44.4

changers, creatives, founders and CEOs, scientists, doctors, healers and seekers. Here to start

0:51.6

conversations, because simply asking questions and listening has the power

0:56.1

to change the way we see the world. Here we go. Welcome to the Goop podcast. I'm Kelsey from Goop.

1:04.9

If you listen to Gwynett's recent AMA episode, you know she's taking a little holiday break,

1:09.6

but we'll be back in the new year

1:11.0

with an incredible lineup of guests. Until then, we'll be revisiting some of your favorite

1:15.8

conversations from the archive, along with a few new guest-hosted episodes we're excited to share.

1:21.1

Thanks for listening.

1:25.4

Hello to all of you brave, beautiful people. I'm so glad you're here. Welcome. I'm Abby Schiller,

1:32.3

goal coach, author, and speaker, and I am so grateful to be returning here today.

1:37.2

Here we are at the end of the year, and it was a lot. It was a lot, y'all. For so many of us, it's been a really hard year.

1:48.6

Many of us have been cracked open this year. We're feeling fragile and exposed. For some,

1:55.8

it felt as if the ground had been literally taken out from under us. Here are some of the words I might use to describe

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