97. Unwaiting

97. How to Make 2026 The Year of Unwaiting

Navigate the New Year with Confidence and Clarity

The end of the year can feel like a performance review you didn’t ask for.
Did I do enough? Am I far enough along? Why am I still struggling with the same things?

In this final episode of 2025, Holly invites you into something softer—and more honest.

Instead of chasing “New Year, New You,” we’re claiming 2026 as your year of self-trust and full expression. No perfection. No performance. Just you, choosing to stop abandoning yourself and start building a life that fits the woman you are now.

Holly recaps the core themes that kept showing up this year—trust, courage, and self-permission—and then guides you through a simple, powerful reflection ritual you can actually do while you listen (or later with a notebook).

You’ll walk away feeling grounded, seen, and prepared to step into the new year with more intention and a lot less pressure.

🧭 Honest year-end reflection (without the shame spiral):
How to look back on 2025 as a human being, not a project that needed to “perform better.”

💛 The three big themes of your reinvention:

    • Trust – learning to trust your body, your intuition, and your inner wisdom
    • Courage – taking small, honest actions even when you’re scared
    • Self-Permission – letting yourself want what you want and stop apologizing for existing

✍️ A guided reflection ritual to close the year with compassion:

    • Where you were braver than you give yourself credit for
    • What you carried this year that no one really saw
    • What you’re quietly proud of that doesn’t show up on a highlight reel

🧹 What you’re not bringing into 2026:
A powerful “I am no longer available for…” exercise to release old patterns, obligations, and roles that drain you and keep you small.

🔮 Claiming 2026 as your Reinvention Year:

    • Choosing a word or phrase for the year ahead
    • Naming how you want to feel more often in your daily life
    • Identifying one tiny pivot you’re willing to make in January to honor the woman you’re becoming

This episode is your invitation to stop treating the new year like a test—and start treating it like a chapter you get to write intentionally.

🎯Take the 5-Minute Midlife Confidence Quiz

If you’re ready to make 2026 the year you stop waiting and start trusting yourself, begin with clarity.

Holly’s 5-Minute Midlife Confidence Quiz helps you discover where you are right now on your self-trust and reinvention journey—and what you need next.

You’ll find out whether you’re currently:

  • The Awakening Woman – just beginning to see how much of your life has been shaped by everyone else’s expectations
  • The Inner Critic Warrior – ready to stop letting that harsh inner voice run the show
  • The Intuitive Seeker – learning to hear and follow your inner guidance
  • The Embodied Confidence Woman – reclaiming your body as an ally, not an enemy
  • The Reinvention Ready Woman – standing on the edge of your next chapter, ready for support

Each result comes with a personalized confidence plan so you can step into 2026 with direction instead of vague resolutions.

👉 Take the quiz here