What are you going to let go of, and leave in 2025? Think about these 5 questions.

Creating space helps open up room and possibility for the new year.

Being able to find time, slow down, pause, and back off helps create clarity, energy, focus, and more.

Take a day, afternoon, or a few hours to think about these questions and decide what you are going to leave behind. What can you let go of, so that you create space for goodness in 2026.

To help you do this intentionally, the Daily Surrender Journal is designed to guide you through daily reflection, release, and reset. You can learn more or purchase the journal to walk this process out one day at a time.

Michelle Bexelius, founder of DesignWell Studios — a wellness interior designer, environmental consultant, and integrative health practitioner who helps people create homes and spaces that truly support healing.

Michelle blends more than 15 years of wellness design, consulting, environmental inspections and testing. Her work helps people reduce exposure to mold, chemicals, VOCs, allergens, and EMFs — and redesigns them in ways that naturally support the nervous system, sleep, immunity, and emotional wellbeing.

She works virtually with homeowners, builders, designers, and developers worldwide, integrating wellness principles into remodels, new construction, and restorative home transformations.

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If you have something that is nagging at you, constantly frustrating you, or that you are struggling with, I want you to evaluate what it is, and if it is really true and realistic. Letting go of what is not ours to control is important for our health and relationships. Often, we need to lower our expectations for our relationships, connections, and peace of mind. We aren’t supposed to control it all. Learn how to let it go. Joy comes from the simplest of things. Stop overthinking and overcomplicating it.

Some of us might not be doing enough, but many times when you hit a plateau, you are doing too much of the same thing, or too intense, too often. Change it up. Back off. Give your body, muscles, and mind time to rest and recover. Most of the magic happens during recovery. Don’t underestimate doing something less intense, or having more recovery time.

The holiday season should be magical, peaceful, and filled with Jesus and love, and the devil knows this. He will do anything to make you think you aren’t doing enough, stress you out, and create conflict with those you love. Keep it simple. Pay attention, and when ugly thoughts creep in, remind yourself where they are coming from. Tell yourself the thoughts are from the enemy, and create your own positive, hopeful thoughts. Don’t let this world, and the unrealistic expectations derail your peaceful holiday season. Stand strong in your faith, and the foundation of your family.

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Most of our relationship struggles come from our selfishness. If selfishness can hurt relationships, then selflessness can help them grow. When we turn our focus onto others and pour into them, a relationship can grow in big ways, and they possibly change too. Gratitude for who they are. Appreciation for having them in your life. Gratitude over expectations will bring a deeper connection to your relationship.

He must increase, I must decrease. John 3:30

Stress isn’t going away, but we get to choose how we manage it, how we prepare for it, and how we respond to it. There are four areas of your life where you can improve, and make simple changes to help handle the daily stress better. Awareness and perspective make all the difference.

Our health is shaped by our habits, home, and workplace. In this episode, Kelley shares practical ways to bring wellness into your work environment. Discover five key areas to evaluate, simple strategies to reduce stress, and meaningful shifts that support your team’s energy, focus, and overall well-being. Learn how small, intentional choices can transform your workplace into a healthier and more positive space.

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In this episode, Kelley Ranaudo shares how to live boldly by aligning your choices with your faith and values. Learn to say no to distractions, release the pressure of others’ opinions, and step confidently into the life God designed for you. Discover how courage, clarity, and faith can help you live with more peace and purpose every day.

Annmarie reminds us to make space for compassion, grace, and love, and how this can change our relationships and approach to conflict, drama, and life.

Annmarie Chereso is a conscious relationship coach, speaker and author of the #1 International Best Seller Anthology, The Perfectly Imperfect Family and the children book Little Seeds Journey. She is devoted to helping women lead empowered, fulfilling lives from the inside out. With over two decades of experience, she blends deep wisdom with practical tools to help women break generational patterns, navigate conflict with clarity, and reconnect with their true self.

Known for her playful and heart-centered approach, Annmarie serves as a compassionate guide—supporting women in building relationships rooted in love, trust, and freedom. Her mission is to help women let go of conditioned beliefs, embody unconditional love, and step into their full potential. Annmarie has supported thousands around the globe through courses, coaching, speaking, workshops, and retreats. She has trained with master teachers including Jon Kabat-Zinn, Jack Kornfield, Thich Nhat Hanh, Daniel Rechtschaffen, Susan Kaiser Greenland, Martha Beck, and The Conscious Leadership Group.

Living her teachings, Annmarie resides in Chicago with her husband, where they joyfully navigate life with their beautifully blended family of nine—a living testament to her work in cultivating harmony and conscious connection.

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What’s Fueling Conflict in Your Relationship? Take her FREE quiz now and start your path to clarity and connection. https://annmariechereso.me/quiz-v1/