A year of New Beginnings
Welcome to 2026
The end of a year and short winter days offered wonderful circumstances for reflection. It was a great time to look back on what was, and to look forward to what the new year may bring. Or maybe, at least for myself, I should say, it offered time to feel what was and may be.
2025 was quite a year for me. I stepped out of my comfort zone on more than one occasion. I have wondered several times if there is even a comfort zone left.
It was a year in which I stepped more onto the foreground. Literally, by stepping onto the stage in Op Hodenpijl and speaking in front of 150 people. And by leading two groups in Egypt.
Steps forward on my path. A path, that asks of me to go with the flow and to be willing to change. Change in what and how I do things.
2026 feels like a year with energetic whirlwinds and tornados. This morning I literally woke up with the wind of change blowing, rustling to the trees.
We have started a year in which we are being offered chances to move fast forward, using the momentum of the numerological 1-year and of the upcoming Fire Horse year.
In the year ahead we are being asked to no longer hold onto to the world as we know it, to past patterns and trauma, but instead to embody more and more of who we truly are and to leap forward.
It is also a year in which things, activities or people which / who are no longer resonating with our path and with who we are becoming, will disappear from our life, whether we like it or not.
Many of us will be called to step forward in ways we cannot imagine at present. Clearly, we do not yet need to know the ins and outs. Everything will unfold in due time. All that’s asked of us, is to be ready, to create space for the new, to trust the flow and to be willing to go with it.
Asking myself what had to stay behind in 2025 - a 9-year of endings - several things popped up: doubts, disappointments from the past, and writing stories about my travels.
What I do feel as part of my upcoming year is Change, with a capital C indeed. Change in what is shared here, Change in the way I offer energy sessions and even in the Egypt experiences. More about the latter shortly, the next Siwa Retreat is coming up. Stay tuned!
Even though I do not yet know what the changes and shifts in my life will look like, I can feel the energy. Something inside of me is buzzing with expectation. There is an energetic excitement, similar to the feeling of butterflies in my stomach.
It will be nice if the changes come in gentle waves. More probably they will roll in with force. Fast, furious, and in ways my surroundings - and even I - cannot instantly comprehend. And I know that when they arrive, I will allow them in. I will go with the flow and make good use of the wind in my sails.
I am ready, and I am willing to step forward, into the yet unknown.
Dare you step away from what no longer resonates with who you are now, and to move forward on your path with an open heart?
Wishing you a year of joy, laughter, happiness, love, abundance, good health and the courage to step forward on your path. Trust the flow.
As mentioned above, I feel writing travel stories fading away from my life. If you are paid subscriber, who signed up mainly because of my travel stories, please take a moment to feel if the paid subscription is still right for you.