The start of a new year has a way of inviting reflection. It encourages us to pause, look back at where we’ve been, and consider where we truly want to go. There’s a quiet optimism in this moment—a sense that something can be reset, refined, or renewed. A new year doesn’t magically change our lives, but it does offer us a powerful opportunity to choose differently.

Still, the calendar alone doesn’t create transformation. If the same patterns, habits, and responses continue year after year, the results will also look familiar. Resolutions may feel inspiring in the moment, but without intentional follow-through, they quickly fade into good intentions. Real change asks more of us—it asks for awareness, commitment, and action that continues long after January has passed.

So the question remains: will 2026 be different for you?

Most people step into a new year hoping for improvement in familiar areas—health, relationships, finances, or a greater sense of balance and fulfillment. Yet lasting change in any of these areas doesn’t begin with willpower alone. It begins with beliefs. As Dr. Morter often reminded us, many of our core beliefs were formed before we were old enough to question them—by the time we were about two years old. That means many of the “truths” we live by today may be outdated, incomplete, or simply untrue.

Our beliefs shape our thoughts. Our thoughts influence our actions. Repeated actions form habits, and habits ultimately define our lifestyle. When we say we want change but take no real steps toward it, we create more “wanting” in our lives. And wanting is rooted in a sense of lack. That subtle feeling of “not having enough” or “not being enough” carries a physiological cost.

Your thoughts are not just abstract ideas—they create real chemical responses in your body. Persistent negative thoughts activate stress chemistry designed for short-term survival. When those chemicals are released repeatedly over time, the body’s systems can become exhausted and imbalanced. On the other hand, supportive, positive thoughts generate chemistry that promotes healing, clarity, and well-being. How you think quite literally affects how you feel—and how you feel influences how you live.

It really is that simple.

Your feelings are created by your thoughts.
Your thoughts are created by your beliefs.

And to change your life, you must be willing to examine—and change—your beliefs.

If you want to steer your life more directly toward what you envision as your ideal, dream life, action is required. That action may look like questioning old assumptions, choosing different responses, practicing awareness, or consistently reinforcing new beliefs that align with who you are becoming.

What is the most limiting belief many people carry? The belief that they are somehow not enough.

What if 2026 is the year you begin to challenge that belief? What if you choose to act as though you are already worthy of health, fulfillment, love, and success? Work on changing that one belief—and watch how differently this year unfolds.

You may be surprised by what becomes possible when you finally believe you are enough.

Link to Morter March Monday Rebroadcast: