Broken New Year’s Resolutions Already? It’s OK To Give Yourself A Break

When it comes to New Year’s goal setting, mental health experts say 2021 is the year to try a calmer, gentler approach to health.

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It’s mid-January, and maybe you’ve resolved to lose 20 pounds this year, exercise every day, or quit drinking. And — so far — you have failed. So you give up. Sound familiar?

Every new year, we are bombarded with messages like “new year, new you,” but for many of us, just living through the last several months has been a major accomplishment.

This year, it’s OK to give ourselves a break, says Dr. Rachelle Scott, director of psychiatry at Eden Health, a concierge-style health care start-up with offices in New York, Chicago, and Washington, D.C.