Learnings and Reflections to Help Make the Year Ahead a Good One

As we begin a new year and having been away for a few days, I find myself reflecting on the past year. 2025 was not easy, and I feel I was just treading water whilst wading through weeds, though clearing them as I went.

It wasn't easy, and in truth, the last few years have felt difficult, challenging, triggering, yet joyful, and I have grown in ways I never expected. 

So, what have I learned?

To Be Courageous and Stand in the Lion’s Mouth

Courage isn’t the absence of fear; I've stood firm even when my knees were shaking and my heart pounding. There were moments last year that called me to roar, to speak truth, to choose integrity and be authentic even when it wasn’t comfortable. Standing in the lion’s mouth has shown me that true strength comes from the heart, not from fear or the need to be liked or to please others.

The Universe keeps proving that limitations are illusions. Every time I’ve thought, “There’s no way,” “I can't do this,” I've pushed myself, shown up, challenged myself, and kept moving. If we want change, possibility doesn’t come from certainty; it comes from trust, especially when we face uncertainty.

That We Are All Made of the Same

I understand with every cell in my body, we are one energy expressing itself in many forms. It’s our minds that create the illusion of separation. Beneath the noise, the opinions, the beliefs and the differences,  we are all longing for the same thing: love, peace, connection, meaning.

That Responsibility Isn’t Always Easy

This year taught me how hard it is for some to take responsibility for their words, actions, energy, and choices. But it also reminded me that my peace depends on owning my part, not judging theirs, and that it's ok to set boundaries. Responsibility and boundaries is freeing.

That Growth Hides Within the Challenge

Even through tears and uncertainty, I’ve learned that every challenge carries a seed of change. Pain has been my greatest teacher, revealing parts of me I might never have met otherwise. 

 To Stay in My Own Lane

How easy it is to be pulled into other people’s stories, expectations, and dramas. The work, the real spiritual work, is staying in my own energy, my own lane, my own truth. I’ve learned that peace isn’t found by following the crowd or others' expectations, but by following my heart's calling.

Doing what makes my heart sing everyday.

I’ve realised that I am at my happiest when I’m creating, my podcast, blogs, images, meditations, writing, courses, experiences, and baking. Creation is my language of love, my connection to the divine. So I choose now, with both hands and a full heart, to only do what I love. 

This year I choose to do what makes my heart sing everyday.

What do you choose to do every day? One of my creations is my app which I loved creating and the other was my 21 Day Program for Spiritual Awareness for the year ahead.

And Finally…

Even in the hardest seasons, there is beauty. Even in endings, there is renewal.

As I close this chapter, I bow in gratitude for the lessons, the love, the loss, and the light.

To everyone walking their path through this turbulent, beautiful world:

✨ May you keep learning.
✨ May you keep growing.
✨ May you keep choosing what sets your soul alight.

Here’s to more lessons, more courage, and more heart-led living in the year to come.

 What have you learned this year?

Comment below or Journal it for yourself, because awareness is where transformation begins.