This New Year’s episode is both a moment of accountability and an invitation—to myself, and to you—to approach 2026 with more patience, presence, and trust.
Rather than setting resolutions or performance-based goals, I share the principles guiding me forward, shaped by the lessons of 2025, my changing relationship with energy, and a deepening awareness of what it truly means to feel at home in my body.
We begin with an overview of A Year of Coming Home, my year-long container designed to support intuitive eating from the inside out. I explain why nervous system regulation and embodiment must come before intuitive eating can truly work, and how chronic stress, overwhelm, and disconnection from the body make it nearly impossible to hear—or trust—our inner signals. You’ll hear how somatic practices, gentle movement, and creating safety in the body are foundational to this work.
I also share how yoga—especially yin and restorative practices—has profoundly supported my own relationship with food, body, and presence, and why I’m pursuing yoga certification to bring these practices into my work. Alongside this, I talk about asynchronous coaching inside A Year of Coming Home and why this model of support feels so aligned and nourishing.
Looking ahead to the podcast, I share plans to include more guest stories and a powerful upcoming project amplifying real experiences of weight stigma in healthcare. I also introduce a year-long personal experiment: offering daily tarot reflections as a free practice rooted in intuition, reflection, and nervous system awareness.
On a personal level, I reflect on turning 50, committing to a full year of yoga and strength training, spending more intentional time alone in nature, and continuing to explore spirituality through practice rather than just theory. I also share my curiosity around traditional Chinese medicine as I navigate perimenopausal digestive changes.
One of the most tender parts of this episode explores how my work in medical assistance in dying has reshaped my understanding of surrender and transitions—and how the wisdom of the dying process might teach us how to move through life’s many endings with more grace and less resistance. This reflection has sparked a deeply personal writing project I’ll be carrying with me through 2026.
Finally, I share my word for the year—patience—and why learning to slow down, sit with ideas, trust timing, and allow things to unfold feels like the most important practice of all.
If you’re craving a gentler, more embodied way of moving into the year ahead, this episode is for you.
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