Today I am bringing back my annual debrief to the podcast. 

Looking back on 2022 has been fruitful and offered a lot of data collecting. You know I love to collect data and review what choices, behaviors, and commitments were kept and which of them were not honored.  

But looking back has not always been a practice or something I enjoyed. In fact, it felt counterintuitive to me. I know many business spaces normalize this practice but a trauma-informed lens, plus working with hundreds of people over the years, has taught me that practices which in theory should be filled with ease can really stir up whatever echoes of burdens we are carrying. 

I feel like for most of my life has been forging ahead with little reflection on looking back. As a result, my inner system felt like it was dangerous to look back. 

But when I shifted to looking back as data collection, and not connected to my identity, worthiness, or safety, looking back became a part of my practice of curiosity, noticing, and integration. 

In fact, I can’t not look back now, as I want to reflect on patterns, habits, experiences, and changes.

The deep change we want in our lives, in our business, in our relationships, and in our well-being comes with regular reflection and data collection so we can make the needed tweaks and adjustments over time.

Taking time, even into the new year, to truly reflect can even lead to unburdening. Protect this time. And honor the dreams and desires you have for the upcoming year by taking the time to collect the much-needed data that will help download what is in your head and heart into a lived experience. 

Listen to the full episode to hear:

• The many reasons I worked to embrace “slow” in 2022
• Why “space” and “pace” are my words for 2023
• How committing to space and pace will encompass honoring boundaries and commitments
• My favorite movies, TV shows, books, and experiences of 2022

Learn more about Rebecca:

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Resources:

• The Bear
• The Good Fight
• Severance
• Shining Girls
• Miss Marvel
• She-Hulk
• Stranger Things
• The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
• Loot
• Wednesday
• Turning Red
• Nope
• Elvis
• Licorice Pizza
• The Sandman
• Spirited
• Julia
• The Watcher
• For All Mankind
• From Scratch
• Essential Labor: Mothering as Social Change, Angela Garbes
• Confidence Culture,Shani Orgad and Rosalind Gill
• Journal of Radical Permission: A Daily Guide for Following Your Soul's Calling, Sonya Renee Taylor and adrienne maree brown
• What Works: A Comprehensive Framework to Change the Way We Approach Goal Setting, Tara McMullin
• The Pain We Carry: Healing from Complex Ptsd for People of Color, Natalie Y Gutiérrez
• Start Finishing: How to Go from Idea to Done,Charlie Gilkey
• Easy Beauty: A Memoir, Chloé Cooper Jones