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Did you know that Quitter’s Day is the second Friday in January, when most people give up their New Year’s goals? 

As the famous line in Monty Python’s Life of Brian once asked: What have the Romans ever done for us? Well it turns out that New Year is one of those things –  it was the Romans who started celebrating the new year as a time of new beginnings and fresh starts!

Today, we have turned the fresh start of a new year into intense pressure and unmet expectations leading to disappointment and anxiety rather than genuine celebrations. Join Maria and DCU’s assistant professor in psychotherapy Dr Ray O’Neill to make sure your 2026 starts and finishes in style and with as little drama as possible. www.machna.ie is Ray’s website.