In the Middle of It All

I have never felt more in the middle of my process at the beginning of a year than I do this year.

Most years, as December rolls around, I feel the natural slowing down of things — the organic wrapping up of situations as the year comes to a close — while also feeling the excitement, possibility, and potential of what the next year may bring or what I want to embark on in January.

I love both of those experiences.

That is not what this year has held for me, and I’m acutely aware that this year feels different.

Not good or bad — just different.

I don’t feel the revving up of something I’m starting this January. I don’t feel the newness of what’s beginning or what’s to come.

This year, I have the continuation of everything I started in 2025. I have a “just keep doing what you’re doing” energy. And there’s something really beautiful about that feeling, too.

It means that all the things I started, learned, and let go of in 2025 were — and still are — in alignment. There’s nothing I need to change, per se, because I’m engaging with my life and creating from who I really am. And honestly, this is new.

With that comes a slower pace of continuation — a long-haul energy that I’m actually enjoying.

In 2025, I launched the first module of Be With and will continue releasing more this year. I began listening more closely to my body — tending to years of ignored tension through craniosacral work — and learning how to work with myself instead of against myself. I released friendships that no longer wanted to journey with me and began cultivating new, soul-aligned connections. I continued my private practice, deeply loving the work I do with the people I serve, and launched a Substack where I’m writing slowly and without urgency, simply creating what feels meaningful.

Again — in the middle of it all.

I do love a natural, organic closure and a fresh start. I love the anticipation of newness and possibility, the pages unwritten at the start of a new chapter. But this year, I’m learning something really sweet and magical about the continuing on.

You may be in a totally different place than I am, and I love that for you, too.

What are you learning about yourself and the season you’re in? What is this season showing you and revealing to you, right where you are?

If you’d like to find me and see what I’m up to:

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I’m so glad you’re here. Thank you for being here.

-Stephanie