January always feels like a threshold. Not a rush forward — but a quiet moment to look back, integrate, and choose how I want to live next. 2025 was not an easy year for me. It was initiatory. Stripping. Clarifying. It asked me to live what I teach, not just speak it. These are the nine lessons I’m carrying with me into 2026  — not as resolutions, but as embodied truths I now live by. 1. Prioritizing myself is not selfish — it’s essential For a long time, prioritizing myself