Show Notes
New Year´s resolutions don´t work – but a transformational 2026 is still within your reach. It´s in your control to make it your most impactful year yet. All it takes is one small, positive habit change.
Kat explains how to identify which area of your life to focus on and which small yet powerful habit change to make.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
New Year’s resolutions often fail because they’re too big, vague, and numerous. Real change comes from small, realistic shifts that fit into real life.
Start the habit of writing down your thoughts (journaling). That is how you will identify what really matters to you and choose the right small habit change to make.
The positive habit commitment that you stick to starts to have this incredible ripple effect. It will improve areas of your life that you can't even imagine.
The way to actually achieve all of those goals is to start with one thing. Then, you can stack and you can gradually build on top of it.
Specificity and a strong ‘why’ are what turn goals into lasting habits. It’s far more powerful to commit to being a healthy, energised person for life than to chase short‑term fixes like losing weight for a single event.
Committing for 21 days builds evidence that you can trust yourself. That single daily habit change creates a ripple effect. It subtly improves areas of your life you didn’t even expect to change.
Your thoughts, beliefs, and behaviours are both the biggest barrier and the biggest key to your future.
BEST MOMENTS
“2026 can be the year that you dreamed of. It really can.”
" You don't have to say you can do it for the whole year, just start off with doing it for 21 days."
"Journaling - it's essentially just writing your thoughts down. That is how you get clarity, that is how you regain control, and that is how you can take your life to a whole new level."
ABOUT THE HOST
Kat started her career as a teacher, before moving into Tech where she worked in different executive roles within teaching and consulting working across the globe, both in the public and private sector. Despite appearing 'successful' on the outside, she paid a heavy ‘life’ price. In 2016, her whole world collapsed. The reason? The compound effect of years of unhealthy and toxic habits that destroyed her health, relationship, and career. She suffered a severe breakdown and lost everything. In the middle of this she got headhunted for her first CEO role. She rebuilt herself by changing just one small habit and built a series of positive habits which has transformed her professional and personal performance, resulting in becoming the healthiest and happiest version of herself.
She is a positive habits international keynote speaker and teacher, giving talks and delivering high impact programmes to organisations across the globe.
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