Setting new priorities in the new year can be tricky, but feasible with healthy methods. Registered psychologist Dr. Ganz Ferrance joined CTV Morning Live Edmonton to discuss realistic goal setting and the importance of celebrating small successes.
This transcript has been edited for length and clarity.
Kent Morrison: Many begin the new year cleaning out their physical space, mental space, and setting priorities for what’s ahead. It can be beneficial, if done in a healthy way. First of all, what is it about this shift into a new year that has so many people, either consciously or subconsciously, wanting to set these priorities?
Dr. Ganz Ferrance: The truth is, you can set priorities (or) reset them any time of the year – and even several times a day – if you want to. But there is something about the natural end of the year and all the energy around everybody else setting goals, like “A new year, a new you.” There’s a …