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Moment | Why One Word Works Better Than Any Resolution

Motherkind

Zoe Blaskey

Kids & Family, Parenting

4.8 • 863 Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2026

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

January can feel like a strange in-between place — the decorations are down, the routine is returning, and yet so many of us still feel a bit foggy, stretched, or unsure where to begin again. If that’s you, this clip offers a simple, grounding way to ease into the year with more clarity and intention. In this short Moment, I share one of my most loved New Year practices: choosing a word of the year. It’s a beautifully straightforward tool that helps you zoom out, reconnect with the bigger picture, and gently guide your decisions through the year ahead.  I picked this Moment because it cuts through the pressure of resolutions and long to-do lists. Instead, it offers a way to anchor yourself in what truly matters, even when life feels busy or overwhelming. In this Moment, you’ll learn: How to zoom out and get perspective before you set any goals Why one word can guide your whole year better than resolutions The words that supported me through big shifts in motherhood and work A simple way to set three clear, meaningful goals for 2026 It’s a gentle and inspiring way to start the year with focus, ease, and a renewed sense of what you want 2026 to represent. If you liked this moment, listen to the full episode: Resolutions don’t work, but this does - 4 steps to achieving your goals in 2025 (without burning out) Remember to subscribe to Motherkind — it helps more mothers find the show and keeps our community growing. Feeling different since becoming a mother? Get clarity on who you’re becoming now and  download your FREE Matrescence Cheat Sheet Connect with Zoe: Follow Zoe on Instagram  Get Zoe’s Sunday Times bestselling book, 'Motherkind: A New Way to Thrive in a World of Endless Expectations’ This Motherkind episode is sponsored by: Headline sponsor Wild Nutrition, the brand raising the bar for women’s supplements. Want to feel the Food-Grown difference yourself? Get 50% off for three months at wildnutrition.com/motherkind. Ts and Cs apply. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey everyone, it's your host Zoe here. Welcome, welcome. It's Monday, which means it's

0:13.0

Motherkind Moment Day. And today's moment is about one of my favourite new year practices

0:18.5

to choose a word of the year. I absolutely love choosing my word of the year and I'm

0:24.9

going to talk you through exactly how to do it. I hope you love this little shot of inspiration

0:28.9

this morning. Here it is and make sure to subscribe so you never miss a Monday moment ever again.

0:39.1

The first step is really about zooming up.

0:44.9

I kind of picture this kind of bird's eye view, like you're looking,

0:48.8

you're shooting up into the sky, maybe some people might call it a helicopter view.

0:53.3

You're shooting up and you're looking down

0:56.2

on your life. That is the first step is to get a bit of perspective. And the way that I do this,

1:01.7

and I've actually done this for 15 years, I have been into this work for that long, is to choose

1:08.2

a word of the year.

1:11.1

And the reason I absolutely love this is because it's super simple,

1:16.4

but it's also actually really galvanising.

1:19.1

It forces you to think in a bigger perspective because it's just one word.

1:24.7

So I want you to have to think about now.

1:26.6

What does this year, what does 2025 represent to

1:31.2

you? And I had a look back. I've got a journal. I had to look back over the past words that I've had.

1:37.5

And in 2015, my first year of motherhood, my word was surrender.

1:45.5

I then had confidence when I was setting up the business.

1:49.1

I had brave when I started to take more risks, courage.

1:53.5

And that turned out to be the year that we moved to the sea

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