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Reflection on a year of evolution, professional growth, and setting intentions for balanced integration in 2026.
As 2025 comes to a close, I find myself reflecting on the layers of this year — not just as a therapist or a business owner, but as a human being navigating autonomy, growth, and, frankly, the beautiful mess that is life.
This year was a pivot point.
Not a subtle shift — but a deep, tectonic-level turning of the soul.
And what came from it was a new chapter, personally and professionally, that I could never have predicted, yet deeply needed.
This year challenged me to look in the mirror and ask:
Who am I, really — outside of my titles, my roles, my relationships?
I wrestled (sometimes gently, sometimes not) with how I was showing up as:
And at the intersection of all these identities was one core truth:
I needed to let go.
Let go of inaccurate expectations. Let go of assumptions — both of myself and of others.
Let go of the comfort of misinterpretation just to avoid the discomfort of asking hard questions or tolerating ambiguity.
In that space, I craved one thing: even a minimal amount of accuracy when interpreting life.
That craving — that need — shifted how I showed up in every aspect of my life.
2025 was a year of expanding in ways that felt exhilarating, terrifying, and deeply affirming.
Each milestone came with its own shadow of self-doubt.
But instead of hiding from the discomfort, I made a commitment: Overcoming apprehension would become a priority.
And it did.
In 2025, I focused on the “how” — how I observe, how I describe, how I participate.
Especially in how I relate to others, and to myself.
This was a year of practicing differentiation of self:
The lifelong process of being deeply connected without losing autonomy.
Of being responsive without being consumed.
Of being present without over-functioning.
It wasn’t perfect.
But let’s be honest — perfection is a terrible therapist.
Messiness, however?
That’s where intimacy lives.
What’s Ahead in 2026
I’m stepping into 2026 with both courage and curiosity.
My next chapter is about integration — not perfection, but integration.
Letting all parts of me breathe in the same room.
Thank you for being part of this journey.
For letting me be human. For letting me be bold. For letting me be a work in progress.
I hope you enter the new year with more clarity, more intention, and more gentleness with yourself.
Not because you need fixing — but because you deserve to feel free in your becoming.
Here’s to 2026.
A little scary. A little unknown. A whole lot of present.
Much respect,
Melinda
Write your own thoughts about your year and included any or all of the following prompt:
What specific steps did you take to maintain your autonomy and what did that feel like in your body?
Which goal feels most exhilarating and terrifying at the same time?
What is one expectation you are actively letting go of as you step into the new year, both personally and professionally?
What is the core truth—the "minimal amount of accuracy"—that you are choosing to adopt in its place?
