Flourishing: My 2025 Recap

Flourish was my word for 2025, and while I carry some guilt for doing so while the world around me was on fire, I have flourished indeed. I want to offer my deep gratitude to everyone who hired me for Enneagram coaching and workshops. I so enjoy this work, as it is purpose driven and soul fulfilling for me. I strive to teach the Enneagram in an embodied and grounded yet expansive way and I’m so grateful for all the new connections I made with really incredible people and mission-driven organizations this year.

I am also so grateful to have had the opportunity to nourish my creative self this year. I read a letter to mi abuela Juana at the Unsent Show: Death Edition in October, and in December I was honored to be a part of a storytelling project with Motus Theater called What Love Requires, along with 7 other parents of adult trans people. It has felt so good to get back to writing and the stage, even amidst some pretty low self-esteem due to ongoing health challenges that have led to weight gain. I’m so body positive for everyone but myself, but I’m working on that self-love.

I co-hosted a monthly Death Cafe through August and hope to get it going again in the new year, after our fall hiatus. I completed a Death Coach Certification course with La Mort in the spring and am working on building out my services in that arena. I had a couple of brushes with death in October, with near misses by out-of-control vehicles, and it brought home how instantaneously we can just be gone and certainly brought up anew the grief of losing my stepson Josh in that manner. I am going to be working on my own preparation and final wishes in the coming months, as I know firsthand what a gift it is to those we leave behind.

The year has not been without heartbreak and fear regarding what is happening here in the US and globally. I have received a crash course in immigration via helping a couple of families for the last two years, and I worry about their safety daily. They have become dear friends, and I feel so angry at our government’s treatment of them. I have focused on building community and creating and sharing joy to counteract the ongoing violations of this horrid administration.

I am going to continue to do what I can, where I can, and resist with my wallet, my words, my joy, and if it comes down to it, my body.

This year brings big changes for my husband and I, that are exciting and daunting. We will be moving soon, he’s got a new position at his workplace, and I will soon have a booth at a popular and busy antique mall in addition to all the other things I do.

In all the years I have been choosing a word, this is the first time where I have had two immediately pop in, so I’m going with it for 2026:

Brilliance & Abundance

After the decade of loss, trauma, and chronic stress that we have endured, I am so grateful to be feeling so full of hope. I look forward to connecting with you all and meeting new people in this new year.

We’ll be here, taking it day by day, loving each other, our family, our community, and these little freeloader fluff nuggets.