Hindsight is More than 2020

Happy New Year!

I wanted to introduce you to Rachelle Mathios, our health coach at Oregon Weight and Wellness and one of the ways we are WAY DIFFERENT from other programs. ( To find out what a health coach does, click here).

Rachelle has invited OWW clients to BUILD THEIR BEST YEAR EVER and I wanted to extend that invitation to you.

Here’s what Rachelle has to say:

“Today is the first day of 2021! Yes, we have finally left 2020 behind us. It’s done. Another one for the books as they say. There are a lot of ways one might describe last year. Some people use the word “unprecedented” while others are calling it a “dumpster fire.” Most of were left speechless. We couldn’t put words to our experience but just couldn’t wait for it to be over. It was certainly one of the strangest years I can remember.

But here’s the thing. With all the ups and downs, difficulties, sorrows, and losses, it was just another year after all. And today is just another day, like yesterday. You are most likely the same person you were yesterday. This life you are living, it did not change overnight just because the number on the calendar changed. Contrary to popular belief, there is nothing magical that happens on January 1^st.

And yet, there is a feeling. We all seem to get that same feeling. Something new is coming. There’s a shift in the air, There is hope. All of humanity seems to breathe a collective sigh, wash its hands of what was, and look ahead to what can be. How beautiful!

I imagine all people across the globe feeling a new sense of energy and positivity for what te new year might hold and I feel connected to it. I’m game! I want in! I want to grab ahold of whatever it is every one else is grabbing onto and yell “Giddy up, let’s do this!”

Typically, this excitement and readiness for change translates into New Year’s resolutions. We all make promises to do better in many areas of our lives: nutrition, exercise, mental health, career, stress, family, relationships. We tell ourselves, “I will always do this and I will never do that” but this usually does not work out the way we intend. We set our sights and our goals BIG. We go BIG but the restrictive ultimatums and contracts feel suffocating, unsustainable, and not at all connected to who we are or what we actually want. And then, as expected, we crash and burn BIG.

According to research conducted by Strava using over 800 million user-logged activities in 2019, it was predicted that most people are likely to give up on their New Year’s resolution around January 19.

What’s wrong with us? Why can’t we stick to our resolutions and why is it so hard to get health?
I’d like to suggest that YOU are not the problem. There is nothing wrong with you and the sooner you stop beating yourself up, shaming yourself, and allowing those inner voices to keep you trapped in a negative thought pattern, the sooner you can take control of your today and begin to build tomorrow.

There’s a better way and that’s what this series is all about. Let’s approach 2021 together and let’s do it differently. If you want a different life in 2021, you have to make moves to make it happen and we can help!”

Check for tomorrow’s blog post for Rachelle’s 2020 Review.

To find out what a health coach is and how health coaching can help you in your journey click here.