Mid-Year Reflection

1. What am I most proud of from the first half of the year?

2. What challenged me, and how did I grow from it?

3. What have I learned about myself so far this year?

4. What am I currently carrying that I want to let go of?

5. What do I want to lean into for the rest of the year?

6. What does success look like for me by December?

7. What support or structure will help me get there?

1. What I’m proud of:
I successfully launched and facilitated an 8-week women’s cohort, held boundaries around my time, and started prioritizing rest without guilt. I’ve shown up with more authenticity in both leadership and personal relationships. Necessary endings…I am most proud of my personal growth. The beginning of the year brought me to a point of honoring a promise to myself. The quiet moment in which I chose to love myself enough to face the pain of deep buried things inside of me and make a stop. The thing is often such pain is ingrained in our psyche convincing us to settle for less than we deserve or even desire. The boundaries I so often guide my clients to place to show self-love were the lesson for me to carry through this year. I let go of many old beliefs I was holding on to, dreams with an expired date, an identity that no longer fits in the design of my life. Many people believe Coaches have all the answer, yet great coaches have coaches, therapists and live life in a constant state of self-reflection, continuous learning and personal growth. This is the secret sauce!  I dare you reading this to try it 😊 and witness your own rising!    

2. Challenges and growth:
I navigated a few emotionally intense leadership conversations that stretched me, but helped me learn to hold space without fixing. I also struggled with overcommitting early in Q1, but I’ve gotten better at saying no. The biggest stressor was my health.  I found myself recovering with a severe case of bulging discs in my neck and damage to my left shoulder, lats, and rhomboids. The pain became debilitating, affecting my mental health.  Other ailments followed, including hormonal changes, let me put it this way, every time I went to the doctor there was something new to work on…for the first time in my life, I did not care about much but gaining my health back to simply love my people better and to continue making an impact in other people’s lives. As an entrepreneur, the first couple of months were the best and the worst! I launched my first 8-week women’s cohort, and a few of my clients walked away, some without paying me. The ups and downs were real, while the realization that many others were in a similar situation solidified my belief that “we are walking each other home”. The series of unfortunate events carried through when my car was vandalized in a parking lot, my father’s health began to show signs of declining due to age, and a family member suffered life life-altering injury, one that could’ve been a tragic event.   I was feeling “weak” BUT, you know what I learned? That my spirit elevates as needed, and I am way stronger than I thought! For strength lives is quite often out in the softness of our beings, in allowing the tears to flow, to cleanse our weary hearts, while hoping every day for the glimmers to appear in the mundane.

3. Self-awareness:
I’ve noticed how much I thrive when I build in buffer time and create more reflective space in my week. I’ve also realized I tend to over-function when others are struggling, which I’m actively working on. I have learned that I only knew strength as force, yet there’s a softer side of it called POWER. Power knows when to let go.  The power that comes from inside, in the calm and stillness, not the race. I learned some of my blind spots, but I’m sure there are more of those, but I will keep learning! Many people wish to be or do, yet they lack the capacity to. Love them anyway, sometimes from afar. My habits carried me through faith, hope, a positive mindset, a grateful heart, healing music, exercise, nutritious food, and a community of close, like-minded people who truly appreciate you.  

4. Letting go:
I’m letting go of the need to have everything planned out and the guilt that comes with rest. I’m also releasing outdated expectations I’ve put on myself around what leadership “should” look like. The leadership of my life is the most important endeavor and the testimony, the legacy. As the year goes by, I find myself in between the old and the uncertain new path and possibilities.  I LOVE my new life as an entrepreneur, yet the old corporate life identity keeps pulling me back. 

5. Leaning into:
Spaciousness, intentional leadership, creativity, and deeper one-on-one connections. I want to make more time for strategic thinking and less time in the weeds. So, to reconcile the identity crisis HA! I am planning to invest the rest of the year in new ways of thinking like Freelancing my life! The best of all worlds as a Human Resources and Organizational Development consultant, executive coach, trainer, instructor, speaker, in a nutshell, fully utilizing all my God given gifts!  The most important priority is boundaries to protect my health and energy. Keeping my values at the forefront and welcoming opportunities and relationships that align. 

6. Success by year-end:
I want to complete a second cohort (or third!) with even greater impact, individual and group coaching, carve out dedicated time for writing, creating, designing, and take a true unplugged vacation. Personally, I want to be more present and joyful in everything I do while BEING. As I look forward to the next 6 months towards December, my desire is to look back and be in awe of all the accomplishments, personal and professional, that align with the life I intentionally choose to design daily.  As the frame in my office reads: She designed a life she loved 😊

7. Support I need:
Regular time-blocking, a daily reset time, a monthly personal retreat day, continued feedback from trusted peers, and permission to rest without having to earn it. All high endeavors based on the society we live and the climate that unravels on a daily basis yet, I have never done anything in my life as everyone else, never allowed the environment to dictate my path so…here it goes the second half of 2025…to rise, to thrive and to a Life Unleashed, Untamed, Unfiltered and Undaunted!