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✨ Achieve Your Dreams 2026

It's back by popular demand! powerful programme designed to help you set meaningful goals, stay accountable, and build momentum all year long!

This powerful, life-changing 13-part series begins on Thursday, 15th January and spans the whole year to help you to set meaningful goals, stay accountable, and build momentum all year long! Beginning with three weekly foundation workshops. These sessions guide you step-by-step through choosing your goals, clarifying your “why,” creating a SMART plan, and setting up habits that support long-term success. Jules blends clear, practical tools with evidence-based coaching techniques to help you take action and make your dreams feel achievable!

After the foundation phase, we move into monthly sessions designed to keep your progress on track and support you when life inevitably gets in the way. Each catch-up focuses on a different theme, helping you navigate pivots, handle pitfalls, build resilience, and celebrate meaningful wins.

Find out more and sign up at: https://edu.perksatwork.com/schedules/

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• Jones, E. E., & Nisbett, R. E. (1971). The actor and the observer.
• McAdams, D. P. (2013). Narrative identity. Current Directions in Psychological Science.

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In this episode, Jules explores how the stories you tell yourself shape your identity and how to gently rewrite the ones that no longer serve you.

Mental Wealth with Jules Hobbs is a podcast which aims to support you to use mindfulness and mindset to help you to increase your mental wealth. Season three focuses on you and how amazing you are using tried and tested methods from Discover You, a successful group coaching program created by Jules.

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Sources:

Narrative Identity & Storytelling McAdams, D. P. (1993). The Stories We Live By: Personal Myths and the Making of the Self. McAdams, D. P., & McLean, K. C. (2013). “Narrative Identity.” Current Directions in Psychological Science, 22(3), 233–238. Resilience + Growth Through Personal Narratives Adler, J. M. (2012). “Living Into the Story: Agency and Coherence in a Longitudinal Study of Narrative Identity Development and Mental Health.” Journal of Personality, 80(2), 599–630. Pennebaker, J. W. (1997). “Writing About Emotional Experiences as a Therapeutic Process.” Psychological Science, 8(3), 162–166. Brain, Perception & Subconscious Processing Bargh, J. A., & Chartrand, T. L. (1999). “The Unbearable Automaticity of Being.” American Psychologist, 54(7), 462–479. Kahneman, D. (2011). Thinking, Fast and Slow. (System 1 automatic processing reference.) Self-Fulfilling Prophecy & Belief Effects Rosenthal, R., & Jacobson, L. (1968). Pygmalion in the Classroom. Walton, G. M., & Wilson, T. D. (2018). “Wise Interventions: Psychological Remedies for Social and Personal Problems.” Psychological Review, 125(5), 617–655. Neural Pathways & Repeated Thought Patterns Hebb, D. O. (1949). The Organization of Behavior. (Foundational work on “neurons that fire together wire together.”) Pascual-Leone, A., et al. (2005). “The Plastic Human Brain Cortex.” Annual Review of Neuroscience, 28, 377–401. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) Principles Hayes, S. C., Strosahl, K. D., & Wilson, K. G. (2011). Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: The Process and Practice of Mindful Change. Harris, R. (2008). The Happiness Trap. (Excellent accessible ACT resource.)

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In today’s mini update, Jules shares two exciting announcements to help you close out 2025 with intention and step into 2026 feeling grounded and inspired.

First, Achieve Your Dreams has officially been renewed for 2026! After an incredible year of growth and progress, the Community Online Academy is supporting a full new year of free sessions, beginning Thursday 15th January, with registration opening on 12th December over at https://edu.perksatwork.com/schedules/ at 12.15pm EST and 5.15pm GMT. Jules will post on Patreon when doors open so you can be the first to claim your free space!

Jules also announces that only a few spaces remain for the Permission to Pause New Year retreat on the Isle of Man from 9th–11th January. This beautifully grounding weekend is designed to help you let go of 2025, reconnect with yourself, and set fresh intentions before AYD begins just four days later.

If you’re craving clarity, connection and a softer start to the year, this episode has everything you need to know. Find out more and read the full retreat summary over on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/juleshobbs or email me at: juleshobbshealth@gmail.com and I can send you the information and answer any questions you may have.

Stay tuned for tomorrow’s reflective Season 3 episode, What’s Your Story?

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