Walking Into This Year Together
Why my word for the year is Embody
My Word for the Year: Embody
Every year I choose a word that I come back to as a grounding point or foundation for the year. This year, that word is Embody.
I still make goals and set intentions, but this year feels more about living than fixing. After spending the latter part of 2025 healing, slowing down, and doing a lot of inner work, I feel ready to actually embody the emotions, actions, and energy of the people who inspire me, and to be in spaces that are growing and moving and full of life.
This looks like surrounding myself with people and places that spark love and joy, choosing environments that challenge me in a good way, and letting how I want to feel guide how I show up day to day.
And, as always, community still plays a big role in my heart, maybe even more now. Growth feels better when it’s shared, especially when you’re still in the thick of it, and I definitely am. That’s why I wanted to share two workshops happening this January that feel really aligned with where I’m at.
The Rise Well Series: Rising Through the Juggle
A gathering for women balancing work, family, and well-being. Join us January 18 to slow down, connect, and rise well together. There are so many spaces that support new moms learning to find balance, but very few for women in the next chapter of life. This has been a long running conversation between us as moms, and honestly, among so many women we know trying to balance everything in life. The ones navigating growing careers or rebuilding them, managing school aged kids, caring for relationships, and trying to find time for their own well-being.
SOEMA isn’t a place to become someone.
It’s a place to remember. It’s not about rushing, striving, or ascending. It’s about returning, softening, sensing, and being with the truth that moves inside you. It’s not about fixing yourself or trying to “get somewhere.”
Every emotion, even the sharp, tender, messy ones belongs.
Both of these matter deeply to me, one because I need spaces where I can share, learn, grow, and give and take support, and the other because I know I can’t fully be myself or show up the way I want to without continuing to heal what’s underneath it all.
This year, I’m not just thinking about who I want to be. I’m practicing being her.
If this resonates, I’d love to walk into this year together, in community, in conversation, and in real life.
