#08 What If One Word Could Transform Your Well-Being?

About this episode

Paula and Doris discuss the transformative power of choosing a Word of the Year to guide well-being.

What if one word could gently guide your entire year? In this heartfelt episode, Paula and Doris explore the power of choosing a Word of the Year. Doris shares why she chose clarity. Paula shares why she chose awareness. Together, they reflect on how intention shapes our well-being, beyond goals, beyond hustle. They dive into: • Letting go of the “hamster wheel” • How clarity creates emotional safety • How awareness brings peace to the nervous system • Childhood patterns that disconnected...

People in this episode

Hosts: Paula Nowak, Doris Polak Kuder

Topics covered

• Word of the Year
• well-being
• intention
• clarity
• awareness
• emotional safety
• childhood patterns

Keywords

• Word of the Year
• well-being
• clarity
• awareness
• emotional safety
• intention
• self-improvement

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