2025

I haven’t written or been active on here in a very long time but I am back! Last year life was a true whirlwind, a messy roller coaster kind of year in so many ways. But a year where I truly learned so much about myself. It’s funny when we’re in such challenging situations in life where it feels like there is no light at the end of the tunnel - those situations, when we put the work in (even when it feels like the hardest thing) and we finally get through to the other side, that is when we feel such a shift. Lighter. More clear headed and in tune with what we want moving forward.

I feel such a different energy for this year already. I am shifting so much energy and attention to my passions and the things in life that make me feel like my most authentic self. I don’t want to live on autopilot just going through the motions every week. I felt myself falling into that rut at times last year but I know if there is anything in life we want to change for ourselves, we are the only ones in control over making that change. We’re the only ones who can show up for ourselves or put the work in for our present selves and our future selves.

I strayed away from those things that made me feel like myself at times last year (but always eventually coming back). I went out a lot, I gave up teaching yoga, I had no creative outlet. But towards the end of last year I knew that something had to change. I slowly started to give up alcohol, I reapplied to teach yoga again, I joined a sauna/cold plunge place and I started to feel a shift within. I was more present, I wasn’t wasting time scrolling or on dating apps, I was meeting like minded people in the wellness space, and I started to realize the importance of having a consistent gratitude practice in life. There is so much to be grateful for and so many positives in life but so often we can get stuck on all the negative, all the things we think aren’t working in our favor.

And the biggest thing this shift helped me realize is that the most beautiful things happen in life when we surrender and trust that the universe has a plan for all of us. When we let go of control and that “plan” we have in our heads and take a step back from forcing, life unfolds naturally the way its meant to. And that’s one thing I’m leaning into fully in 2025. Going with the flow.

Namaste,

Lena