The Quick Guide to Making Lasting Positive Changes in 2024(or anytime of the year)

On January 9, 2024 By Zeenat Merchant Syal-Counseling Psychologist|Spiritual CounselorIn Emotions, healing, Mind, Mind-Mental Health, Positive Self Reflection, spiritual healing10 Comments

“I want to positively change my life in 2024, but I don’t know where to start?”

As 2024 inched closer and closer, I heard so many souls wonder about making lasting positive changes in their lives. Which on its own is a wonderful thing to do. Any change is positive and will surely make the quality of life better and help to achieve the goals we have set for ourselves.

Healing mentally, physically and spiritually can be your 2024 intentional goal too. ❤

But, most souls don’t know where to start making these positive changes. There is so much information out there in terms of books and podcasts and ted talks and youtube and ofcourse the pop psychology tik toks/reels/shorts that it can get highly confusing to even begin.

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2024 Word and Intention of the year: GROWTH

On January 2, 2024January 2, 2024 By Zeenat Merchant Syal-Counseling Psychologist|Spiritual CounselorIn Emotions, healing, Mind, Mind-Mental Health, Positive Self Reflection, spiritual healing23 Comments

“Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure nor this thing nor that but simply growth, We are happy when we are growing.” ~ William Butler Yeats

My favorite year end ritual since the past few years has been to choose a word for the year. Which also doubles as the intention of the year as well.

I’ve found that after years of setting goals and resolutions which fizzle out in intensity and appeal after a few weeks, a word based intention creates a wonderful level of focus. It is sort of an anchor to come back to when you feel lost along the way. My word for last year was: PEACE. And, I can say with great satisfaction that, that is the first thing I wrote as a something I have achieved in 2023 in my journal. Peace of mind, was at the forefront of all that I did in the last year. I’ve never really shared my Word of the year before on the blog, but this year I feel like its something I have tried and it works beautifully on my healing journey. SO, it WILL surely help you too.

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Positive Reflections on the Year gone by 2023 {+FREE Printable}

On December 12, 2023December 16, 2024 By Zeenat Merchant Syal-Counseling Psychologist|Spiritual CounselorIn Emotions, healing, Mind, Mind-Mental Health, Positive Self Reflection6 Comments

“Be like a tree and let the dead leaves drop.” ~ Rumi

❤ Read and get the 2024 Reflections FREE Worksheets HERE ❤

As a practice for many years now, I love to end the year by reflecting on the year that has gone by. Its a practice that has helped me deepen my relationship with myself, it helps me learn from the experiences I’ve had this year and in general makes me more appreciative of the year that was.

For me to even begin reflecting on the year that has gone by, I have to sit with my journal. I have to look at all that I added to it in the past year and really notice where it is that I spent my energy.

Its such a great practice honestly. To really reflect on the year, I had to bring to mind everything about the year. Here’s how I did it:

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