Hi, and welcome to The Journal 2026. I am so grateful it found you, and I just want to thank you with all of my heart for being here with me. I have a feeling that in 2026 so much will change and that it will be a special year. January has already carried a sense of change and transformation with it. It has been a month of retreating and creating space for reconnection, healing, and growth. A month of listening more closely—to myself, to what feels right, and to what dreams I hold. I spent time with my family, went on winter walks, and allowed myself to be alone. There were many moments filled with reflection and writing, as I’ve been working on my new book (more coming soon). I hope the insights and learnings I share in this journal are valuable and connect with you.
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Sometimes you need to be alone. There is no other way to heal but to go through it on your own. There is no right way to heal; you have to find your own way. Sometimes you have to sit in stillness, in the discomfort; you have to ask the hard questions and, even more, be honest with your answers. You need to stop relying on others to guide you, stop waiting for something to change, and stop letting things get in your way. You need to distance yourself from everything that broke you and make space for what will let you heal. Sometimes, you simply have to do it alone. You need to take responsibility for your healing, your path and your life. You need to take care of yourself, because no one else can do that for you in the way you need yourself to. Sometimes the only person who has to believe it is possible, the only one who has to believe in you, is you.
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Building habits becomes easier when you don’t try to force yourself to change but when you change the way you see yourself. What you repeatedly do is a reflection of who you believe you are. What you embody is what you become. Changing habits and developing new ones is sustainable when you don’t force them, but when you realize that what you embody is what you become. You don’t become disciplined by forcing discipline upon yourself; you become it by embodying the person who shows up, even on the days it is hard and uncomfortable. You don’t build consistency by waiting for motivation; you build it by becoming someone who keeps going even when motivation is lacking. You don’t become confident by convincing yourself you are; you become confident by acting in alignment with who you want to be. You become someone who trusts themselves by keeping the promises you make to yourself. When you embody the person who has the habits you want to have, those habits begin to follow naturally. Your actions align with the version of you you are becoming as you step into that identity.
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Kindness costs nothing, but it can change everything. Everyone is going through something. No one is carrying nothing. You may not know what someone is enduring. You may not be able to take away their pain, and you may not be able to fix it, but you can choose to be kind. Your kindness matters. You never know how your kindness might impact someone’s day or someone’s life. You have no idea how it moves mountains or makes someone feel less alone. If you can be anything, be kind. And if you feel like you cannot, try even harder. Be as kind as you possibly can. Kindness is in your nature. It is who you are. When you are kind, you reconnect with yourself and with others. In kindness, you return to your essence—to what it means to be human.
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make more space for feeling. I will let joy, excitement, sadness, grief, anger, gratitude, wonder, curiosity, love, and peace find me. I will not push feelings away or try to control them, and instead I will welcome all of them. I will make space to feel fully, because in feeling, I am alive.
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act with intention and have trust that I am being guided. I will trust that what is meant for me will come in its own time, and I will choose deliberately what I want, what I am willing to let go of, and the direction I want to take. I will move with courage and stay open to change. I will allow for movement and stillness, for effort and surrender, and for growth and grace.
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In January I’ve been somewhere between heartbreak and healing, somewhere between learning to let go and learning to hold myself. One of my highlights was writing my new book, finalizing it, and sharing it with my publisher. Similarly, reading your messages, feeling your love, and connecting with some of you has made my heart so full. There are so many moments I’ve felt like my words aren’t seen, and to know that they are finding people who need them makes me feel so grateful. Lately being at home and feeling safe has also been so wholesome, with moments of comfort, peace, and presence that I will never take for granted.