Episode 59: What 2025 Has Taught Us: An End of Year Reflection

As the year comes to a close, Becky and I sit down to reflect on what 2025 has asked of us — and what it’s taught us about our capacity to change and adapt. We talk honestly about forced action, big decisions, and the slow shift away from self-sacrifice, resentment, and quiet martyrdom toward choosing dharma: following what feels true, energising, and alive, rather than what looks good on the outside. We explore how old patterns have fallen away — over-giving, collapsed boundaries, perfectionism, performing and proving — and what it’s been like to stop explaining ourselves and start trusting the path we’re on.Much of this conversation centres on nervous system healing and redefining success. Choosing regulation over achievement, presence over pressure, and emotional safety over being liked. We reflect on how our work and businesses seem to grow only as fast as our nervous systems can hold, and how clarity comes when we protect what matters, simplify, and trust ourselves a little more. This episode is a gentle end-of-year pause — honouring what’s ended, what we’re carrying forward, and the quieter confidence of stepping into what’s next. Did you know you can subscribe to this podcast so that it automatically downloads the next episode for you?You can check out our respective websites and social media here:Becky:www.instagram.com/therosealmanacwww.therosealmanac.comLaura:www.soulsanctuarystudios.comwww.lauraclaytonwellness.com