Ep. 111 Strategies to Prioritize in the New Year (And What To Let Go Of)
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What is the overall purpose of resetting priorities for neuroaffirming therapists in the new year?
Hello, hello, neurofirm nation. Happy new year. Cannot believe it is already 2026. Cannot believe it is already a new year. Okay, New Year, it's a hard time for me because it's kind of like this push and pull. It's this sadness of leaving behind the holiday season because the holiday season, especially when you have kids and work with kids, it's so, so much fun. But the thing about the new year is that I am a super fan of New Year's all the time because I am such a big believer in setting intentions, goal setting, coming up with the big plans for the year, mapping everything out. And this is the perfect time to do that. I'm such a freak about it in fact that I have for the last couple of weeks already been working on my new habits that I'm trying to bring into the new year because I like to start it before the new year to really help them to stick.
So I've been thinking a lot about intentions moving into the new year and what the next year is going to look like. And today that is what we're talking about. We are talking about What are strategies that we as neuroaffirming therapists need to prioritize in this year? And we are also talking about what we should let go of. Okay, so that is what we are talking about today. So let's go ahead and And maybe we'll start with what to let go of because I think what can be what can be tricky in the beginning of the year. Is that we always feel like we need to do more. You feel like, oh my gosh, I had all these goals from last year I didn't meet, and now I have to do this, and we need to do more goals. We need more data, we need more strategies, we need more training, more, more, more.
Okay, but what if it's not that you need more? It's that you need clearer. You just need a stronger direction to be moving in, to be able to show up with clarity and confidence. evidence in knowing that you are prioritizing the right things. And part of being able to prioritize the right thing is to eliminate the things that you don't want to do anymore. Because every time you say yes to something, you are saying no to something else. Okay. So we wanna make sure that when there is something that you want to do and you are saying yes to that thing, that you are willing to let go of the things that you need to say no of in order to that you need to say no to, in order to do that thing. So in the new year, we are gonna come up with some new goals.
We want some new systems, we want new fun things, fun activities, great strategies, and we want to know what we have to prioritize so that. We don't get into a situation where we feel like we have way too much to do, where we feel like we have to do all the things. Instead, we want to focus on a few key things. It's not about being more productive. It's about figuring out what really makes the biggest impact and what is sustainable for you. We're going to get into that conversation as well. So Let's talk about a few things that I think it's time we let go of in the new year. Number one is chasing this idea of having perfect sessions in quotes if you're listening and not watching. Perfect sessions because it's it's funny because you look back on times when you had sessions that were so hard.
Those are usually the sessions that shaped your career. It is the moments that were so difficult that challenged you to think out of the box, think of a new strategy, come up with a new idea. And that might be something that you use now that's part of your your toolbox because you've realized how meaningful it can be. But the only reason you have that is because you had imperfect sessions in the past. There's plenty of times when I'm recording therapy sessions. And I'm thinking in my head, this is not going the way I want to. I'm not demonstrating the thing that I wanted to demonstrate. And then later on, it could be weeks later, it could be months later, it could be literally years later, and I think back and I say to myself, I wish I recorded that kid then, because how cool would it be to have that transformation of this is what that kid was like then.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the overall purpose of resetting priorities for neuroaffirming therapists in the new year?
0:08–8:20
2
Why should therapists let go of chasing perfect therapy sessions?
8:20–12:26
3
How can therapists move from adding more goals to creating clearer, broader goals?
12:26–15:46
4
What does it mean to prioritize regulation before expectations in therapy?
15:46–19:23
5
How can therapists use a child’s strengths to shape session planning?
19:23–22:43
6
Why is proactive sensory support more effective than reactive crisis management?
22:43–26:01
7
What systems can therapists build to make their work more sustainable?
26:01–29:28
Speakers
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