I love a word of the year– not only to set intentions around, but it also gives the flexibility to watch what happens as you go, and see how true to the word you were when all is said and done.
(ICYMI stressful goals and resolutions are outtttt!)

My WOTY history is a little shaky. The first one that felt authentic was in 2023- “release.” It was whispered to me in meditation and came to me in dreams. It was given to me, though I did not want it. But release was exactly what I did that year, and in release, my biggest lessons and gift showed up.

I declared 2024 the year of “ease,” though it didn’t quite show up the way I expected. I chose ease because after all the lessons of ’23, I was ready to let things be easier. In many ways, they were. Because my perspective changed, I was able to allow amazing things to enter my work life, making it my best year ever. Personally? Anything but ease. Sometimes you get to the end of the year and just think, HOLY SHIT. THAT WAS HARD AND IT’S STILL HARD.

This year, I feel something entirely different in my bones. I narrowed it down to two words that seem to sum up this new feeling.

TRUST & SERENITY.

For the first time ever, I enter a new year in full trust that my business will continue to flourish if I keep doing the things I have learned to do, which includes using my time and energy wisely, investing in the right things and people, and remaining open to opportunities that come my way.

With this business calmness, there is also a haze of uncertainty for what’s to come in the United States and world at large. I realized late last year I have some work to do on my approach to it all.

I’m choosing the word SERENITY for 2025, not only because it denotes a feeling of calm and peace, but because more important than any work collaboration or revenue goal this year… is regulating my own nervous system, caring for my mental and physical health, and learning to cultivate peace from within, even when things are very difficult and outside of my control.

I am inspired by The Serenity Prayer that states, “God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference”

That’s it. That is what this year will be about. What can I control? What is out of my control? How can I contribute to bettering the situation or helping those affected by it? And from there… I must detach with love, and make my own peace, calm, and joy within the walls of my own life.

Whether personal or professional, this year my goal is SERENITY. I believe it will not lead me astray.