It’s a New Year – forget resolutions or big giant goals.
By: Anna Sabino MSW, CDCES, Emotional Health Counselor
January to me is a time to rest and reflect.
I don’t like feeling forced to make a goal or a decision. Most of my clients initially are parents-and December is bananas, full of chaos, gifts and holiday insanity. The last thing I want to do is be forced to make more decisions.
The last 6 months of my life have forced me to physically SLOW down. I am not a slow person. I have never loved yoga because I need to stay in one position for an extended period of time. It’s one of those activities where I know it’s good for all of my body so I try and love it when I do, but my brain is always in go go format. When I couldn’t walk this summer and barely made it from one room to the next for weeks, I was forced to ask for help, to slow down.
Still in physical therapy twice a week for my herniated discs, I am really trusting the process, and now the progress. I have come SO far since July and still have a ways to go. As someone who loves to lift heavy weights and move my body quickly in CrossFit like workouts, this has been incredibly hard; watching my friends chat about their workouts and feeling so far behind, left out of my community. It’s like diabetes in a way-missing something you know you once had, yet also trusting in the healing and accepting of a new version of me. My only goal for the entire year of 2026 is just to be intentional with my decisions.
Perhaps you can too? Maybe…
- pause before you react quickly to a CGM arrow-”do I really need to correct or bolus for this?”
- take a deep breath or 3 before reaching out to your kiddo or loved one about a behavior you wish they would do?
- maybe say no to a food, an event, or a workout because you don’t feel well or you are choosing to say YES to a different part of you.
I hope you use intention this year-let me know how it’s going. Some of my favorite clients to work with are those who are seeking help with
- family dynamics/relationship strain and T1D
- anxiety/fear of highs and lows
- processing traumatic events around diabetes/diagnosis
- the transition towards independence with teens/young adults
I look forward to chatting with you in therapy-always!
- Anna
