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EPISODE · Dec 18, 2022 · 28 MIN

A Fresh Look at Goals, Planning & Being Better Humans (Part 1)

from In Our Nature · host Siobhán Friel

It’s that time of year when we are bombarded with messages to set goals, review our year, make plans for the next year, improve ourselves and generally be better humans. We are told that if we set and meet goals, we will feel good. Huh.Is that true? Let’s do some poking around these internalised ideas in another two-parter!Come and explore:  Why we are obsessed with goal-setting and planning Why and how we set goals, and why this may be making us miserable What traditional goal-setting gets wrong The enormous missing piece in all of this …and a teeny bit of homework before Part 2 to help you unlock some of this stuff for yourselfMentioned in the show: Episode: You Are Not Your Thoughts…So Who Are You Then? (Part 1)Kara Loewentheil: Perfectionist Fantasy Vote for the upcoming playshop here Question, comment, thought, idea, anything else? Contact me here.

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It’s that time of year when we are bombarded with messages to set goals, review our year, make plans for the next year, improve ourselves and generally be better humans. We are told that if we set and meet goals, we will feel good. Huh. Is that true? Let’s do some poking around these internalised ideas in another two-parter! Come and explore: Why we are obsessed with goal-setting and planning Why and how we set goals, and why this may be making us miserable What tradi...

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