How We’re Entering 2026 With Less Pressure and More Purpose
Over 50 & Flourishing with Dominique Sachse
Dear Media
4.8 • 864 Ratings
🗓️ 5 January 2026
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
In this New Year episode of Over 50 & Flourishing, I’m taking time to pause, reflect, and step intentionally into what a new year can mean at midlife.
Using insights from a community poll, I share what you told me you’re feeling as we enter 2026, your hopes, your hesitations, your goals around health, peace, faith, and personal growth, and I reflect honestly on where I find myself in this season of life as well. From strength and wellness, to faith, purpose, boundaries, and letting go of stress and negative self-talk, this conversation is about real life, real bodies, and real growth.
In this episode, we cover:
- The difference between New Year’s resolutions and intentions, and why the shift matters
- What midlife women say they want more of (and less of) in the year ahead
- Why health, strength, and peace are top priorities at this stage of life
- Honest conversations around weight, wellness trends, and sustainability
- The role of faith, purpose, and reflection in personal growth
- How to plan for change without adding stress or pressure
- Why grace, flexibility, and self-compassion are essential for lasting progress
- What it really means to reset at midlife: emotionally, physically, and spiritually
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast is a Dear Media production. |
| 0:13.9 | Hello, friends. Happy New Year. It is January 5th today, the day this podcast is coming out, |
| 0:20.6 | 2026. Finally, a new year. A lot of you I know have been It is January 5th today, the day this podcast is coming out. |
| 0:21.5 | 2026. |
| 0:23.5 | Finally, a new year. |
| 0:26.0 | A lot of you I know have been looking forward to it. |
| 0:26.6 | How do I know? |
| 0:27.5 | Because I did a poll. |
| 0:33.2 | And I'm going to share that poll in just a bit because I am really eager, not anxious, |
| 0:35.1 | because that was so 2025. |
| 0:40.7 | I am eager to talk about the new year. I'm eager to talk about New Year's resolutions, intentions, what are we setting, what are we doing, what are our thoughts on these things, |
| 0:45.8 | even a little bit about the origin of resolutions and intentions. And it's so funny because I think |
| 0:52.3 | this language has been a part of our lives |
| 0:55.1 | for as long as we can remember. You know, we've known about New Year's resolutions when we were |
| 1:01.0 | young. We would set them, not going to eat as much candy or I'm going to give up this toy or |
| 1:06.4 | whatever it may be. But the journalist in me was kind of curious about when did all of this start. So I did a little |
| 1:13.7 | digging and I don't know how much you know or not, but I just found all of this very fascinating |
| 1:18.6 | of when resolutions began. And the tradition of making New Year's style commitments actually |
| 1:25.3 | dates back about 4,000 years. Did you know that? The earliest known |
| 1:30.0 | resolvers were actually Babylonians during a 12-day New Year Festival called a Kitu Festival. It was |
| 1:36.8 | held around the Equinox. They pledged to return borrow objects and paid debts. So in effect, |
| 1:43.2 | they were essentially resetting social obligations for |
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