One of the most powerful and courageous practices you can adopt is to review your year—and this is not just something for a business owner. Reviewing your year or conducting an annual review is a great way to consider what the past year has been about, what you’ve learned, and you can use that information to chart a path for growth.

If the thought of year-end reflection leaves you feeling more anxious than inspired? Use today’s podcast episode to give yourself a reset, as I dive into How to Conduct an Annual Review (That Actually Makes You Feel Alive, Not Behind)

We’re taught to be grateful for what we have — but what about when gratitude starts to feel like a cage? What about when we feel the tension of wanting more, yet feeling…like we’ll be too much, or others will judge it, or it’ll completely disrupt our lives?

Let’s move past that limitation, and step into the courage to want more.

If the holidays leave you more drained than joyful, you’re not alone—and given what the holidays are supposed to represent, it’s really a shame that year after year, we get sucked into the parasitic undertow of stress and overwhelm.

But—if you choose it—it is possible to have a stress-free holiday season.

Today I’m sharing my three rules for creating a calm, meaningful, and truly stress-free holiday season — without isolating yourself or people-pleasing your way through December.

What happens when you wake up one day and realize you’ve stopped wanting your own life?

No particular desire to “do” much of anything, not feeling very inspired, not even really craving food—willing to eat? Yes. Willing to get out of bed? Yes. Just not feeling much vigor, much life force.

This is what we call “high functioning depression.”

Today, I’m talking about all the ways I kinda-sorta knew, yet didn’t, and then when I did…how I hid it.

And, today I’m talking about how I started to make my way back.

Through honesty, research-backed strategies, and lived experience, I’m sharing the small but radical steps that start to rebuild aliveness: finding support, moving your body, interrupting depression routines, letting go of relationships that drain you, and challenging the narratives that keep you stuck.