Your 10-week Reset: How to Finish 2025 with Strength and Intention
- Lea Grace R. Famularcano, MD
- Oct 26
- 4 min read
It's less than ten weeks before the end of the year. And just like that the first quarter of this century is almost over! To be less dramatic, the year 2025 is almost over.
It’s been a little quiet at The Pivoting Physician lately! As it happens, life can get in the way of our best intentions. In the past couple of months, we moved our son across the country for college, traveled back and forth to visit him, and I dove into Lifestyle and Wellness Coaching retraining to expand the tools I can offer my patients and clients.
Needless to say, it’s been a fruitful season — and now, I’m back feeling re-energized and inspired to share my weekly pivots again.
And what perfect timing! Ten weeks. Ten is a good number!
In numerology, it symbolizes new beginnings (1) and infinite possibilities (0). In the Bible, ten often represents completeness or Divine order — as in the Ten Commandments. Even mathematically, ten marks a shift — the first double-digit, a turning point, a pivot between cycles.
So what better moment to begin our 10-Week Reset?
What the 10-Week Reset Is About
Over the next ten weeks, I’ll share small, simple pivots — reflections and actions in mindset, health, and wellness — to help us end 2025 with clarity and begin 2026 with intention.
But first, I want you to pause and ask yourself:
What do you want to feel or accomplish by the end of these ten weeks — and why?
It doesn’t have to be grand. It could be:
“I want to maintain my weight through the holidays.”
“I want to stop drinking soda before the new year.”
“I want to be more mindful about spending — and not fall into the holiday shopping trap.”
Whatever your goal, set and map your direction.Goals, no matter how small, act like a compass — keeping you from drifting when life gets busy.
Just like any road trip, you’ll need a plan, a backup plan, and a strategy for obstacles. That’s how we set ourselves up for success — so we don’t give up too early (or at all!).
From Survival Mode to Living with Intention
Here’s the curious thing about how we live our lives: we often move on autopilot. We go from one task to another, surviving by instinct — and before we know it, days, weeks, and years have passed us by in a blur. Thus, the famous expression and songs written about -
"where does the time go?"
My patients and coaching clients know this about me — I use the word intention a lot.
Because intention is what transforms survival into truly living. This is an invitation to live with intention and not let time just pass by.
It’s the quiet decision to pause, reflect, and ask:
“What matters most right now?”“What’s one small thing I can do today that my future self will thank me for?”
The Pillars of Our Reset
Since this is a health and wellness space, our 10-Week Reset will focus on the 6 core pillars of Lifestyle Medicine:
Nutrition — food as medicine, not restriction.
Movement — consistency over intensity.
Sleep — the foundation of all restoration.
Avoidance of risky substances — what we remove matters as much as what we add.
Stress reduction -- improves our well-being
human connection — because we heal best in community.
Through these pillars, we’ll explore small, meaningful strategies that support long-term health and disease prevention — not just for the next ten weeks, but for the decades to come.
Your Invitation
If life lately has felt hectic, disconnected, or off-track — take this as your sign to reset.
We still have ten beautiful weeks left in 2025. Let’s make them count — not through hustle, but through intention.
What’s one small pivot you’re ready to make today?
Week 1 Pivot: Set Your Intention and Choose Your Focus
Before we jump into nutrition, movement, or sleep, let’s start with the quiet work that makes all change possible—clarity.
We often rush to “do more,” but real transformation begins when we pause long enough to ask, why does this matter to me right now? That simple question is the difference between another checklist and lasting change.
Reflect
Find ten calm minutes this week—coffee in hand, phone on silent—and journal or simply think about these:
How do I want to feel by the end of 2025?
What area of my health or life feels off-balance or neglected?
If nothing else changed, what one small pivot would make the biggest difference?
Choose One Focus Area
You don’t need to fix everything. Choose one pillar to honor for these ten weeks:
Nutrition | Movement | Sleep | Stress & Connection
Write a single-sentence intention around it—something true, compassionate, and actionable.
“I intend to nourish my body with balanced meals.”
“I intend to move more for energy.”
“I intend to guard my rest as sacred.”
“I intend to create calm instead of chase chaos.”
Anchor It
Post your intention where you’ll see it daily—a sticky note on your mirror, a phone wallpaper, or a screensaver that says:
10-Week Reset · Living with Intention
Your Small Step for the Week
Each morning, glance at that reminder and ask:
What’s one tiny action I can take today that aligns with my intention?
That’s it. One question, ten seconds, every morning. Over time, those ten seconds compound into momentum.
Next week, we’ll pivot toward energy through movement—learning how consistency, not intensity, powers your reset.
DISCLAIMER: Lea Famularcano, MD is a medical doctor, but she is not your doctor. Topics discussed are purely informational only. She is not offering medical advice on this website. If you are in need of professional advice or medical care, you must seek out the services of your doctor or health care professional.
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