New Year, New Focus: My Word for 2025


If you missed my last blog, here’s a quick update. This year, my newsletters are going to feel a little different. Instead of just sharing information, I’ll be sharing lessons I’m learning as I dive into a year focused on healing, reflection, and growth. It’s going to be personal—really personal—but my hope is that by being real and vulnerable, it will help others. Honestly, if it helps just one person, it’s worth it to me.

2024, to put it lightly, knocked me on my ass. But it also brought some incredible moments and memories. I think this quote sums it up perfectly:

"Life is amazing. And then it’s awful. And then it’s amazing again. And in between the amazing and awful, it’s ordinary and mundane and routine. Breathe in the amazing, hold on through the awful, and relax and exhale during the ordinary. That’s just living a heartbreaking, soul-healing, amazing, awful, ordinary life. And it’s breathtakingly beautiful." – L.R. Knost

Every year, I choose a word to guide me. Last year’s word was intentional. This year, I went back and forth for a while, trying to capture what I want 2025 to be about—inner growth, healing, focused work, finding peace, and digging deep within myself.

After some help from ChatGPT (yes, I asked for a little wordsmithing), pulling a few oracle cards, and lots of reflection, I landed on my word for 2025: Introspection.

Why introspection? Because it’s the process of examining and reflecting on your thoughts, feelings, and experiences. It’s about looking inward to understand your emotions, motivations, and behaviors—without judgment, but with curiosity and compassion. Introspection isn’t about criticizing yourself for past decisions; it’s about seeking understanding and using that insight to grow.

When you’re doing deep healing and growth work, it’s easy to get stuck in self-criticism and do judge yourself for your past decisions and actions. But that doesn’t move you forward—it keeps you spinning in place. I don’t want to stay in that holding pattern, so I’m making introspection my focus.

Welcome to my journey of introspection!

What’s your word for 2025? I’d love to hear what it is and why you chose it. Let’s make this year one of growth together.

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