Your Self Love Story/7 Day New Year Self Love Challenge

Start 2026 with the 7 Day New Year Self Love Challenge

  • 47 Lessons

Join our transformative 7 Day New Year Self Love Challenge.

Discover simple daily practices to boost confidence, re-discover your self-worth, and nurture your well-being. Just 20 minutes a day to transform your mindset and start living as your best, true self.

BONUS: Better yet, with our 100% Satisfaction Guarantee, there's 0 risk.

Why January 4th Is Your Perfect Moment

The Science of Fresh Starts

Research in behavioural psychology reveals that temporal landmarks—like the beginning of a new year—create powerful psychological boundaries that motivate behaviour change. You're already feeling it: that surge of possibility, that desire for transformation.

But here's what makes 4th January particularly powerful: you've moved past the chaotic holiday rush, yet you're still within that precious window where motivation is high and old patterns haven't fully reasserted themselves.

Your Reality Right Now

You're in one of life's most demanding decades. Career ambitions colliding with relationship needs. Perhaps marriage and / or motherhood too. There's plenty of expectations—from everyone except yourself.

You've mastered the art of being enough for others: the reliable colleague, the supportive partner, the present friend, the capable woman who handles it all. But somewhere in the constant giving, you've lost touch with who you actually are beneath all those roles.

The exhaustion isn't just physical. It's the bone-deep tiredness of living slightly out of alignment with yourself. Of saying yes when you mean no. Of dimming your needs to accommodate everyone else's. Of wondering if this is really all there is.

The new year offers something rare: permission to finally prioritise the relationship that shapes all others—the one with yourself. Not selfishly. Foundationally.

What Makes This Different

✔ Evidence-Based Psychology

Not trendy affirmations or superficial "self-care." This challenge draws from Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Strategic Intervention Coaching, and proven behavioural psychology techniques.

✔ Realistic Time Commitment

15-20 minutes each morning, then integration throughout your day. Designed for real women with real responsibilities, not those with unlimited "me time."

✔ Structured Progressive Journey

Each day deliberately builds upon the previous, creating cumulative insight rather than random exercises. You'll feel the momentum building.

✔ Actionable Transformation

Theory paired with practical worksheets that create genuine self-awareness and sustainable change, not just temporary inspiration.

let's look a little closer

Is This For You? The Honest Truth

If You're Tired of Feeling Stuck, This Is Your Way Forward

This 7-Day Challenge is for women who are:

  • Exhausted from people-pleasing and saying yes when they mean no

  • Caught in cycles of self-criticism that feel impossible to break

  • Successful on the outside but struggling with self-doubt on the inside

  • Ready to understand why they keep repeating the same patterns

  • Craving genuine self-understanding, not just surface-level affirmations

  • Willing to do the work, but need expert guidance to know where to start

You don't need to be 'broken' to benefit from this. You just need to be honest about wanting more—more clarity, more peace, more alignment between who you are and how you live.

Why Sign Up Now?

  • Because another year of the same patterns won't magically produce different results.

  • Because self-understanding is the foundation for every other change you want to make.

  • Because you deserve tools that actually work, not just trendy wellness advice.

This isn't about becoming a different person. It's about becoming more fully yourself—understanding your patterns, honouring your values, and building a life that doesn't require you to abandon yourself to maintain it.

Seven days. Evidence-based psychology. Practical tools. Real transformation.The question isn't whether you need this. The question is: are you ready to prioritise yourself?

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Your 7 Day New Year Self Love Challenge

With access granted on January 4th, and the challenge officially beginning on January 5th, each day reveals a crucial layer of self-understanding, transforming how you see yourself and move through the world.

Welcome

Welcome
How This Works
What To Expect
Your Journey Map
The Power Of Now
BONUS: New Year Prep Ebook (Digital Download).pdf

Day 1

Day 1: Self-Awareness Foundation
Understanding Your Current Self-Relationship
The Science of Self-Awareness
Printable Worksheet (Digital Download)
Reflection Prompts

Day 2

Day 2: Limiting Belief Identification
Common Cognitive Distortions
The Thought-Feeling-Behaviour Cycle
Printable Worksheet (Digital Download)
Recognising the Depth of the Work

Day 3

Day 3: Pattern Interruption
The Science of Pattern Interruption
Triggers and Response Patterns (Optional Deep Dive)
Printable Worksheet (Digital Download)
The Reality of Sustainable Change

Day 4

Day 4: Values Clarification
Understanding Values vs Goals
The Complexity of Values-Aligned Living
Printable Worksheet (Digital Download)
Reflection Prompts

Day 5

Day 5: Boundary Setting
Types of Boundaries
How Boundaries Intersect
Printable Worksheet (Digital Download)
BONUS Printable Worksheet (Digital Download)
The Ongoing Nature of Boundary Work

Day 6

Day 6: Self-Compassion Practice
The Science of Self-Compassion
The Three Components of Self-Compassion
Printable Worksheet (Digital Download)
The Truth About Self-Compassion

Day 7

Day 7: Future Self Visioning
The Power of Future Self Visioning
Preparing for Your Vision Journey
Guided Audio Session (Digital Download)
Printable Worksheet (Digital Download)
What's Needed for Lasting Transformation

Completion & Integration

Completing Your 7-Day Challenge
Post-Challenge Reflection Prompts
Your Path Forward: Options and Opportunities
Key Practices to Maintain Moving Forward

let's break it down further

What To Expect: In More Depth

1) Your Unconscious Patterns

The Hidden Architecture of Your Inner Life

Most of us move through life running programmes we didn't consciously choose. That critical voice when you make a mistake? The way you apologise for taking up space? The automatic "I'm fine" when you're not?

These aren't random—they're patterns, often formed in childhood and reinforced over decades. Day One brings these unconscious behaviours into the light through carefully structured self-assessment exercises.

You'll identify your specific patterns: perhaps perfectionism masking fear of judgment, people-pleasing hiding a belief you're not inherently worthy, or self-sabotage protecting you from the vulnerability of genuine success.

This awareness is revolutionary. You cannot change what you cannot see, and Day One gives you the vision.

2) Your Limiting Beliefs

The Stories You Tell Yourself

"I'm not good enough." "I'm too much." "I don't deserve rest." "If I'm not productive, I'm worthless." Sound familiar?

These limiting beliefs—cognitive distortions in psychological terms—function as invisible barriers, constraining your choices and dimming your sense of possibility. They feel like truth, but they're actually learned interpretations, often formed during moments of pain or confusion.

Day Two teaches you to recognise these distortions: catastrophising, all-or-nothing thinking, mind-reading, emotional reasoning. You'll trace them to their origins, understanding why your mind developed these protective but ultimately limiting narratives.

More importantly, you'll learn evidence-based CBT techniques for challenging and reframing these beliefs, transforming them from rigid rules into flexible, reality-based thoughts that actually serve you.

3) Your Pattern Interrupts

Breaking the Automatic Loop

That moment when criticism triggers your inner spiral? The instant you reach for your phone to avoid discomfort? The automatic "yes" when you want to say "no"? These are grooves—neural pathways worn deep by repetition.

Pattern interruption is the art of catching yourself mid-groove and choosing differently. It's not about willpower or forcing change; it's about creating deliberate disruptions that give you space to respond rather than react.

Day Three introduces Strategic Intervention techniques for identifying your specific triggers and designing concrete interrupt strategies. Perhaps it's a physical gesture that breaks the thought spiral, a specific phrase that reminds you of your agency, or a sensory cue that brings you back to the present moment.

These interrupts might feel awkward at first—that's normal. You're literally rewiring decades of conditioning. But with consistent practice, these new responses become as automatic as the old ones, except these actually serve you.

This is where understanding transforms into action, where insight becomes embodied change.

4) Your Core Values

The Foundation of Authentic Living

Values aren't what you should care about or what looks good on social media. They're what genuinely matters to you in the quiet, honest spaces of your heart. Perhaps it's creativity, though you've relegated it to "when I have time." Maybe it's connection, yet you're surrounded by surface-level relationships. Could be freedom, whilst you're trapped in obligations you never truly chose.

Day Three guides you through a powerful values-clarification process. You'll identify your top five core values, then conduct a brutally honest audit: where does your current life align with these values? Where are you living in contradiction to what matters most?

This exercise creates both clarity and motivation. When you understand your values, decisions become simpler. You gain permission to say no to what doesn't align and yes to what does. You begin building a life that feels authentically yours rather than one constructed from others' expectations.

5) Your Boundaries

The Art of Honouring Yourself

Boundaries aren't walls—they're bridges to healthier relationships. Yet for many women, especially those conditioned to prioritise others' comfort above their own needs, boundaries feel impossible.

"I don't want to be difficult." "What if they get upset?" "Maybe I'm being selfish." These fears keep you overextended, resentful, and disconnected from your own needs.

Day Four teaches you where boundaries are needed in your life: with work, family, friends, even yourself. You'll learn the language of boundary-setting, practising scripts for common scenarios.

Most importantly, you'll understand that boundaries aren't about controlling others—they're about taking responsibility for your own wellbeing and modelling what respectful relationships look like.

6) Your Inner Compassion

The Kindness Revolution

You know how to be compassionate—with friends, colleagues, even strangers. But with yourself? That voice is often harsh, critical, unforgiving.

Day Five transforms this through guided self-compassion practices drawn from research by Dr. Kristin Neff, revealing what happens when you treat yourself with the same care you extend to others.

You'll learn to speak to yourself as you would a beloved friend facing struggle. Not with toxic positivity or empty affirmations, but with genuine understanding and kindness. This practice rewires your inner dialogue, creating space for growth without the paralysing shame that often accompanies self-criticism.

Through structured exercises, you'll experience the profound difference between self-judgment and self-compassion, recognising how the latter actually motivates sustainable change. After all, self-compassion isn't self-indulgence—it's the foundation for resilience, courage, and authentic self-improvement.

7) Your Future Self

The Woman You're Becoming

Sustainable transformation requires vision. Not vague wishes or should-based goals, but a compelling, specific image of who you're becoming and the life you're creating.

Day Seven guides you through a powerful visioning process. You'll meet your future self—six months, a year, five years from now. What does she value? How does she speak to herself? What boundaries does she maintain? How does she spend her time?

Clarity Creates Pull

When you can see her clearly, you'll feel natural desire to close the gap between who you are now and who you're becoming. This isn't forced willpower—it's alignment-driven motivation.

The Bridge Forward

You'll identify the specific practices, beliefs, and boundaries that bridge your current self to your future self, creating a clear roadmap for the deeper work ahead.

How The Challenge Works

Morning Content Delivery

Each day begins with detailed course content exploring psychological concepts and objectives, designed to be absorbed in 15-20 minutes whilst you enjoy your morning coffee.

→ Practical Worksheets

Following the lesson, you'll complete structured worksheets or exercises that transform theory into personal insight and actionable change—these are yours to keep and revisit.

→ Daytime Integration

Throughout your regular activities, you'll integrate insights from your morning work, noticing patterns and shifts in your awareness as you move through your day.

→ Cumulative Foundation

Each day builds deliberately upon the previous, creating deepening self-understanding and revealing the path towards sustained transformation and lasting change.

Speaking of coffee... ☕

Intentionally Accessible: Less Than Your Daily Coffee

This programme has been purposely designed to cost just $4 per day—less than your morning latte, your lunch meal deal, or your evening glass of wine. Why? Because transformation shouldn't be a luxury reserved for those who can afford premium coaching packages. Self-understanding is fundamental, not frivolous. It's the foundation upon which everything else is built.

Too often, women invest in everyone and everything else—their children's activities, their partner's hobbies, their home improvements, their work wardrobes—whilst telling themselves they can't justify spending on their own psychological wellbeing.

This pricing is deliberate. It removes the financial barrier whilst maintaining the commitment threshold. It's low enough that you won't need to justify it to anyone else, yet significant enough that you'll show up for yourself.

Because you deserve tools for self-understanding as much as you deserve your morning coffee. Perhaps more.

As a reminder

Here's What You'll Get

✔ 7 Days of Expert Content

Professionally designed daily lessons drawing from CBT, Strategic Intervention, and behavioural psychology—delivered directly to your inbox each morning.

✔ Interactive Worksheets

Thoughtfully crafted exercises that guide you from awareness to insight to action, creating tangible transformation you can see and feel.

✔ Practical Techniques

Evidence-based tools you'll use long after the challenge ends—boundary-setting scripts, cognitive reframing practices, values-alignment exercises, and compassion protocols.

✔ Personal Roadmap

By Day Seven, you'll have clarity on your patterns, beliefs, values, and vision—plus a clear understanding of the deeper work that's possible.

FREE New Year Prep Ebook (Digital Download Print)

Oh, and to keep you going

BONUS: Pre New-Year Prep Ebook

The best reading material over the festive break.

Whilst you wait, we'll also throw in a FREE 50 page New Year Prep Ebook, filling you with end of year reflections and personal growth ideas, to inspire you over the festive break.

This was designed predominantly for Early-Enrollers, but it's something you can use year after year, and is valuable regardless of when you sign up.

FAQ section

Frequently Asked Questions

You've got questions. We've got answers.

What if I miss a day?

You'll have access to all materials throughout the challenge period. Whilst daily engagement creates the best results, you can catch up if life intervenes. The content is designed to be flexible.

Will I have support?

This is a self-directed challenge, allowing you to work at your own pace. The materials provide comprehensive guidance, and the structured format ensures you're never wondering what to do next.

Is this suitable for beginners?

Absolutely. Whether you're new to personal development or have years of experience, the challenge meets you where you are. The psychological frameworks are accessible, and the exercises scale to your current self-awareness level.

What happens after seven days?

You'll have practical tools, deep self-knowledge, and clarity on whether you want to continue with more intensive transformation work. Think of this as your foundation—the essential first step.

What if I've tried everything?

This isn't another superficial self-care challenge. It's rooted in evidence-based psychology and designed to reveal patterns you likely haven't examined with this level of structure and depth.

Can I do this alongside therapy?

Many participants find the challenge complements their therapeutic work beautifully, providing structured exercises between sessions. Always consult your mental health provider about integrating new practices.

Meet your coach

Hi, I'm Ell

I'm the Founder of Your Self Love Story, a Strategic Intervention Coach specialising in self love, and - you guessed it - the creator of this 7 Day New Year Self Love Challenge.

I wanted to create something that was suitable and available for anyone, anywhere in the world, no matter where they're currently at with their self love journey.

See, self love isn't a set destination. It's something that needs to be practiced daily - even if that's simply in the smallest of ways. And so I'm incredibly excited to introduce you to some of my favourite practices within here, timely kicking off the next chapter of #yourselflovestory as we head into the New Year.

The Truth About Timing

Why Starting 4th January Matters

There's compelling research about temporal landmarks and behaviour change. The beginning of a new year isn't just symbolic—it's neurologically powerful. Your brain perceives it as a fresh start, making you more open to new patterns and more motivated to break old ones.

But here's the challenge: that window closes quickly. By mid-January, most people have reverted to familiar patterns. The fresh-start effect dissipates, and with it, the natural momentum for change.

Starting 4th January means you're capitalising on this psychological advantage whilst avoiding the chaotic first few days of the year. You've settled back into routine, yet you're still in that powerful window of possibility.

Will you join the 95% who let this moment pass, or the 5% who seize it?

the reality is

What If You Don't Join?

✖ February arrives

Another month of the same patterns. The critical inner voice still running unchallenged. The boundaries still unset. The values still unclear. That fresh-start feeling—gone.

✖ June appears

Half the year passed. You're still accommodating everyone else's needs whilst ignoring your own. Still feeling vaguely dissatisfied without understanding why. Still knowing something needs to change but not where to start.

✖ December returns

Another year concludes. You're exhausted, possibly burnt out. Those limiting beliefs? Still limiting you. That relationship with yourself? Still distant, still critical. And you're making the same resolution: "Next year will be different."

💡Or... you could start now

Seven days. $28. The foundation for a completely different year. The choice is yours, but it's only available right now, in this precise moment of possibility.

The Deeper Truth

You Already Know

You wouldn't have read this far if some part of you didn't recognise that 2026 needs to be different. That the relationship with yourself—the one that shapes every other relationship, every decision, every experience—needs attention.

You've been waiting for permission. For the "right time." For life to calm down. For everything to be perfect before you start prioritising yourself. But here's what I've learned: the right time is always now, and it never feels convenient. Life will always be demanding. There will always be reasons to wait.

The question isn't whether you need this. The question is whether you're ready to honour that need.

let's remove the risk...

100% Satisfaction Guarantee

We get that times are tough. You don't want to risk signing up if you're not sure this will be worth it, but that's why we add in a 100% Satisfaction Guarantee. That's right - if you sign up and you find that our 7 Day New Year Self Love Challenge ISN'T meeting your needs, let us know within 24 hours (from 5th January) and we'll offer you a complete refund - no questions asked.

(Please Note: We're proud to say that we have a 100% satisfaction rate to date, after over half a decade of specialist self love coaching. But this should help to give you the extra peace of mind you may need.)

7 Day New Year Challenge For Self Love

  • $28

What Happens Next?

  • 47 Lessons

  1. Click the button below to secure your place.

  2. Receive immediate access to welcome materials and preparation guidance.

  3. Wake up on Monday 5th January to your first lesson delivered to your inbox.

  4. Begin the seven-day journey that could reshape your entire year.

Every day you wait is another day living in old patterns. Every day you delay is another day that critical inner voice goes unchallenged. Every day you postpone is another day your needs take a backseat.

The fresh-start moment is here. Your future self is waiting.