Your 2026 Self Is Built in 2025 and How You Become Your Best Self Now for A Healthy New Year

If you are closing out the year feeling proud, exhausted, frustrated, or ready for a reset, this episode is for you. I want to help you see your year clearly and use everything you learned to build the strongest version of yourself in 2026. This is your moment to reconnect with daily habits to improve life, shape a truly healthy new year, and begin the work that helps you become your best self. So many women think they need a perfect plan in January, but the real growth begins right now. This episode will give you the end-of-year motivation you need to keep moving, even if this season feels heavy or inconsistent. You are not starting over. You are starting differently, and you already have more data, more experience, and more self-awareness than you realize. I share my own reflections from this past year, including the moments I struggled, the seasons of limbo, and how I rebuilt my routines with compassion. These are the same strategies I teach inside Eat to Lean, and they will help you return to the basics with confidence. You will hear how to use daily habits to improve life in small, consistent ways so you can build momentum long before January arrives. Inside the episode, I walk through what I call the build year. This is the season where your imperfect effort is the entire point. You learn from your patterns. You show up without punishment. You adopt the mindset that helps you become your best self in real life, not in a fantasy version of your schedule. This is how midlife women create a truly healthy new year without relying on willpower alone. You will learn why your end-of-year motivation does not have to feel perfect to matter. You will learn why skill building, metabolic rebuilding, and mindset rebuilding all count as progress. You will understand why daily habits to improve life carry more impact than any strict plan. And you will hear how to use these habits to become your best self across your routines, your nutrition, and your self-talk. In this episode, I walk you through: • Why daily habits to improve life matter more than perfection • How to create a truly healthy new year without starting from zero • Why a build year is often the most transformative season • How to find genuine end-of-year motivation even when you feel drained • What it looks like to slowly and steadily become your best self By the end of this episode, you will feel clearer, supported, and grounded in the truth that your future self is built by the choices you make today. And every time you choose awareness over shame or consistency over perfection, you step closer to the woman you are becoming. This is your foundation for a healthy new year and your roadmap for a year of real growth. 👉 Listen in and learn how to use daily habits to improve life so you can become your best self in 2026. RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Access free and low-cost resources and services from this episode HERE! Read the full show notes for this episode HERE! CONNECT WITH EMILY FIELD RD: Instagram Website Facebook