How to stick to your New Year’s resolution
‘Just start. Start with any goal’
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ROANOKE, Va. – Making a New Year’s resolution? A local counselor has some advice to help you stick to your goals.
Brandie Fraction, a licensed professional counselor at the Roanoke Valley Counseling Center, said you should make resolutions that you actually want to do.
Go week-by-week and choose one thing at a time. Create specific, actionable steps to reach your goal.
Also ask yourself what could get in the way and be prepared to tackle it.
“Just start. Start with any goal because we need to feel rewarded. We need to feel accomplished and build our confidence that we can maintain and make changes,” said Fraction.
Christmas and the holidays don’t bring joy for everyone
Here’s how you can process your grief this holiday season
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That feeling has grown for many this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Thanksgiving and kind of moving through the Christmas into new year’s season can be really hard for families,” explained licensed professional counselor Sarah Harig. Harig, who works at Family Service of Roanoke Valley, said grief can leave you feeling out of control, so seek out support and stability. “Creating a schedule, as humans, predictability creates safety,” continued Harig.
For those who have lost someone to COVID-19, Tom Heasley, a licensed therapist and director of the Roanoke Valley Counseling Center, said it can be hard to cope since we’re still in the middle of the pandemic.