Los Angeles-based yoga teacher, life design coach and writer Mary Beth LaRue has created the life of her dreams—but she had to overcome her fair share of fear and self-doubt to get there.

Good habits tend to go out the window during the holidays. We’re all guilty of splurging more than we planned on gifts, having an extra cocktail during the festivities, sneaking a few cookies before Santa arrives and (most of all) putting the brakes on our workout routine.