This is Part 2 of a series unpacking what 2025 initiated me into and the guiding principles I’m carrying forward into 2026.

After a year that cracked me open in ways I didn’t expect… and MAN was it equally hard, beautiful and excruciating.. 

I wanted to practice one of my intentions and be uncomfortably honest with sharing what I’ve released, what I’m no longer available for  and what I’m choosing to devote myself to this year, instead.

Not as goals.
Not as resolutions.

But as lived commitments that are reshaping how I relate to my work, my relationships, my creativity, and myself.

This is an honest, unfiltered conversation about relational healing, intuition-first leadership, creativity as a spiritual practice, and the discomfort (and freedom) of radical honesty.

If you’ve felt yourself shedding old identities, outgrowing patterns that once kept you safe, or sensing that you’re being asked to lead and live differently, this found you for a reason.

In this episode, I share:

• Why 2025 became a year of relational clearing (wtf that even means) and how releasing old connections made space for deeper “soul family” relationships
• How vulnerability and releasing my high-achiever identity transformed my marriage and sense of support
• Why creativity is a download, not a strategic effort and what returning to writing has unlocked for me
• The call to write (and why I’m finally listening), including what’s unfolding through Substack and a memoir project
• What intuition-first leadership actually looks like  and why I’m letting logic support rather than lead
• How a lifelong people-pleasing pattern once fueled my success and why I’m no longer available for it
• What it means to hold your truth even when it creates discomfort or misunderstanding
• The intentions I’m anchoring into for 2026 that go beyond productivity, performance, or pressure
  
  
  

This episode is an invitation to explore what it looks like to lead yourself in a totally new, un-charted path kinda way.  One rooted in devotion, honesty, and embodied truth rather than force.

Let’s Connect 🥰

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* NEW Substack: The Becoming Chronicles (this is akin to my journal so consider yourself warned)