12 ways to feel better in 2023, one month at a time
Instead of crumbling under the pressure of a singular, nebulous new year's resolution to exercise more or eat healthier try reflecting on smaller goals that could help you feel better throughout the year.
An efficient way to do this, says Denise Williams, owner of Well-Play Counseling & Wellbeing Center, is to mark those goals on your calendar month by month, before the clock strikes midnight on Jan. 1.
"You're more likely to follow through if it's already on your calendar than if you have to put it in your calendar after you've already gotten busy," says the licensed marriage and family therapist, who's based in Redondo Beach.
If you want to improve your mind, body and spirit in 2023, the ideas below may give you a boost. This guide is meant to serve as inspiration and isn't necessarily a checklist — pick and choose what works for you.
January: Redefine what success means to you, then visualize it
Consider using the first month of the year to redefine what success means to you. Perhaps you've been judging yourself based on an old idea — or someone else's idea — of success and it's time for an upgrade.
"People come in [to my office] and they're always like, 'I don't know if I'm being successful,'" Williams says. "And I'm like, 'Well, what is success to you? How do you
