Happy Holidays!

a year twenty twenty four has been. Maybe try one of my new favorite things I learned from Liz Moody. Look at the past year specifically and pinpoint those times where you were challenged and look at the progress you have made. That practice always makes me feel so good. My favorite thing about this time of year is quiet, albeit only lasts for a week, but my world really slows down. The industry slows down, the decision making slows down, the emails flow down, and I can just exist and

experience all the moments of those few precious days. It's been a year full of feelings, that is for sure. And as we've talked about, feelings aren't forever. They come and go, and sometimes they need to be listened to, and sometimes they don't. But look back on the year, I do think it's a good idea to take stock of your emotional roadmap and where you've been and where you are now and give yourself a pat on the back, give yourself some credit, give yourself some grace. You're doing great.

I'm doing great. We're all doing great. If I kind of look back on my last year, there's been a lot of excitement and a lot of feeling like curiosity of the unknown ahead of me. I've had feelings of fear, for sure, I think we all have. But I've replaced those fearful feelings, those what ifs and oh no's, with this we'll see. Instead of labeling any feeling good or bad, I try to replace them with this one phrase. We'll see. We'll see how this opportunity flourishes the way I hope

it will. We'll see if this new friendship is going to be mutually beneficial and feel good. We'll see if this new relationship is going to work out and become significant in my life. Saying we'll see doesn't mean we just throw our hands up and don't work at things. It just means I'm going to give this my best effort, and we'll see how it works out. There's a certain freedom in that thing that allows things to sort of unfold naturally instead of trying to force anything into anywhere.

I think this time of year is always a good idea to get prepped, get ready for twenty twenty five. I'm going to try harder to be more present. I feel like I'm pretty present. I try so hard to be present, but I'm going to try even harder to keep my work out of my family room, off of my couch. Basically, we can be watching movies and sometimes I will go to my computer and start working in the middle of a movie. It is so annoying. And would I get annoyed with somebody else in my family

sitting on that couch with me doing that? Yeah, So I need to work on those double standards. First of all, I've had so many favorite moments on this podcast that I've laughed, I've cried. I've been really able to listen to the people that we've had on learn so much about them, but not just that, learn so much about myself and about this journey that I am on. And I've loved hearing where other people have triumphed. I've loved hearing other people's challenges because it has made me feel

like I'm not alone. I've had some really great guests on that I thought, Wow, their life is so awesome and amazing, and I'm sure you probably think that too. But having them on the podcast and finding out that they are dealing with the same challenges that we're dealing with that I'm dealing with has given me solace. I think I never thought I would come to such a peaceful place with my ex husband. This podcast really opened the door for a new relationship for us, and I'm

so grateful for that. And oh my gosh, the experts we've had on and getting to have my daughter for one on the podcast talking about launching our brand together this year was such a pinch me moment because this is a girl who is very shy. She's always been shy. She's always hidden behind my skirt. And just seeing her sort of open up and come into her own and be able to speak into a microphone eloquently and express herself and be in rooms full of people and feel

like she belongs, I don't know. It's given me the greatest gift as a mom to see her unfold in this way. I've gotten to have my husband Dave on the podcast, and it's always a good time when I sit down with him and we have those discussions about connection and about fears, and we just really open up and get vulnerable with each other and with all of you. I love having Adele on. Oh my gosh, our resident in house therapist, Adele House has been in the house, and I'm so glad to be able to share her

just valuable information and just her insights. You know, I always have said she's one of the best people I know, and I'm so happy that you all get to know her too. And of course, mister Showbiz, my longtime manager Randy. Having him by my side through all of this and be there to support me and encourage me and throw ideas back and forth has been just such a gift. And I love this feeling of connection with you all, this community that we are building here. It feels so

good in my heart. I know it's right. I know this is good, and I'm just getting so much out of it, and I really hope you are too. I feel like, please don't get me anything for Christmas. This podcast has been the biggest gift. Ever, for me, there's so much information thrown at us all the time, whether it's from our favorite podcasts or from books that we read, or the Internet or the Instagram or the TikTok or

the Facebook. There's so much messaging out there. I feel like it's all syncing in for all of us all of the time, and we're as we grow and as we evolve, all those good important lessons and messages that are circling around they land. And one of those instances for me was not that long ago, actually, for Thanksgiving. Adele was on the podcast with me and we were talking about how to really just enjoy the moment and make that like my priority at Thanksgiving break to take

time to really just enjoy the moment. And I was able to do that at Thanksgiving, and as I was doing it, I thought of her, and I thought of that moment when she was telling us that, And I want you to know that that's possible for you too. So all the things that you're listening to and all the things that are coming into your universe are coming to you for the right reasons. And don't be scared that you're not going to be able to impart them into your life because it will. It will happen if

you just stay open. Here's what I'm going to leave in twenty twenty four. I'm going to leave my feelings of self doubt because they're doing me no good. Thinking to myself, I'm not good enough, or other people are better at this than me, or other people are already doing this, that or the other, so I don't need

to be doing it. That's all just fear. That's all just those internal fearful messages trying to hold me back, keep me in a safe place instead of encouraging myself to step out into the world and try new things. And even if I am a little afraid or I feel overwhelmed, it's okay, it will all work out. And just knowing that if I'm going in a direction, it's the right direction. If it feels good, it's the right direction. And I hope for you, my beautiful listeners, this holiday season,

I hope you have peace. Just let things unfold without forcing or working ourselves into the ground to get the results we think we want. Have goals for sure, have your dreams thought through and visualize them happening, and then let it go. Oh and get quiet and let peace lead to you. So with that said, I just want to wish everybody the merriest of Christmas, the happiest of holidays, the best New Year. I'm so excited for your twenty twenty five. I'm so excited for my twenty twenty five.

Let that excitement fuel you, let it fill you up, and let yourself believe it. Believe in yourself. We can do this. And you know what, twenty twenty five is going to be good. It's going to be huge for you and one of the coolest ways we can start choosing ourselves. Maybe start twenty twenty five off right by coming to my I Choose Me Live event. It's going to be so much fun. We're going to talk, we're going to hang out, We're going to learn from one another.

It's going to inspire us all to love ourselves just a little bit. More. Tickets are on sale. Well now, they make great holiday gifts. I'm telling you, if you buy a ticket for this and you stick it in your loved ones stalking, they are going to be like, what is this And when they go and have this experience, they're going to be so grateful. All the info is in our show notes, so be sure to check it out. I hope that I see you there, or maybe I see one of your loved ones there. Thanks for choosing

to listen to I Choose Me all this year. It's been such an amazing ride. Merry Christmas everybody, I love you, I will see you next year. Happy New Year,