Why Doesn’t This Year Feel Like a Fresh Start?:
When the Old Life Doesn't Fit- And the New One Hasn't Arrived
January usually comes with a script.
New year. Clean slate. Fresh energy. Motivation magically restored. And yet, for many people, 2026 didn’t arrive with hope — it landed with a thud.
Instead of excitement, there’s disorientation. Instead of clarity, there’s a low-grade anxiety that never fully turns off. Instead of momentum, there’s an odd urgency to go… without any sense of where or why.
If that’s you, there’s nothing wrong with you. What you’re experiencing isn’t a failure to reset — it’s the aftermath of a prolonged survival chapter finally ending without a clear on-ramp to what comes next.
And that gap matters.
The Problem With Expecting a Fresh Start
The last five to seven years didn’t just challenge us — they retrained us.
The Covid-era created a state of sustained uncertainty that required constant adaptation. Even for people who were resilient, functional, or outwardly successful, the nervous system learned one primary skill: Stay alert. Stay ready. Don’t get too comfortable. That works in crisis. It quietly erodes joy, connection, and creativity over time. Now the external pressure has eased — but the internal wiring hasn’t caught up. So people are left asking: Why don’t I feel better yet?
Identity Collapse Without Re-Anchoring
Here’s the part few people talk about.
Many of the identities that held us together before 2020 no longer fit. Roles changed. Values shifted. Priorities reorganized themselves under pressure. But there hasn’t been a cultural or biological ritual for what comes after that kind of collapse. So the nervous system goes looking for something familiar — motivation strategies, vision boards, resolutions — and finds… nothing. Not because those tools are wrong. But because they were designed for expansion, not repair. This is why so many people feel untethered right now.
The old structure is gone.
The new one hasn’t arrived.
What 2026 is Actually Offering
This year isn’t asking you to reinvent yourself. It’s offering you the chance to rebuild your internal foundation.
The energetic pattern of 2026 supports two things happening at once:
A desire to move forward and lead differently AND a deep need for regulation, care, and nervous system stability.
You don’t need to know anything about symbolic systems or spiritual language to feel this.
You can feel it in your body:
- Exhaustion with pushing
- Resistance to empty goals
- A hunger for meaning, connection, and pleasure that actually lasts
This isn’t laziness.
It’s intelligence.
Why Forcing Yourself Isn’t Working Anymore
When the nervous system has been in autopilot for years, willpower stops being effective. You can’t out-discipline exhaustion. You can’t mindset your way into safety.
And you can’t fake a sense of purpose your body doesn’t believe in. What does work is repair.
Repair restores choice. Repair brings discernment back online. Repair makes space for joy without waiting for permission.
This is the real opportunity of 2026.
Leadership, Redefined as Embodiment
Leadership this year doesn’t look like doing more.
It looks like:
- Making decisions without urgency
- Creating boundaries without explanation
- Trusting your internal signals instead of overriding them
This applies to careers, relationships, health, and the way you relate to yourself.
The people who thrive in 2026 won’t be the ones who push hardest.
They’ll be the ones who repair what survival cost them.
What the 2026 Forecast Offers:
So, as an introduction to the energy of the incoming year, naming the experience is the first step. This unto itself is important because sometimes we just need something to anchor into so we have some understanding of what is going on. Our mind needs context to even begin a journey back to safety. But if you’re like me, and want to know what’s happening beneath that experience — and how to work with this year instead of fighting it — then I encourage you to take some time to listen to the full forecast.
The “Big Picture” and all that is going on within it, is one of the important themes of this incoming year. It’s actually a new strategy that we need to adopt for this phase of development.
So, if you’ve been feeling:
- Lost without a clear reason
- Functional but disconnected
- Urgent but unmotivated
- Hungry for fulfillment you can’t define
You’re not alone. I’ve got you....God's got you.
And you’re not behind. You’re simply between versions of SELF.
2026 is offering a way to rebuild your footing — with clarity, connection, and a sense of aliveness many people haven’t felt in years.
Join Me for Your Full Energy Forecast of 2026
This isn’t about predictions or spiritual jargon.
It’s about understanding what’s happening right now — and how to repair your foundations so forward movement actually feels possible again.
If this finally puts words to something you haven’t been able to name, the full forecast holds the rest of the conversation.
Mother Mary gave me this song for the year while i was putting all of this together. The reverberations of Truth in this song brought me to tears.
It feels good to be back! So excited for this journey together.
Much Love,
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