Trusting Myself in 2025 to Expand in 2026
It's time to choose a word for the new year.
For years, I’ve had a tradition of choosing a word for each new year. The purpose of this word is to ground me in its meaning and energy, to remind me of what I intended when making decisions and moving through life.
My word for 2025 was Trust.
I chose this word to root myself in self-trust, specifically because I had a habit of listening to others instead of myself. Before making decisions, or even when trying to cope with life, I often turned to family, friends, and even coworkers to vent, complain, and receive guidance instead of processing and tuning into my own intuition.
What I learned in 2025 is that no one can tell me what’s right for me.
No one can decide for me. My life is mine to live, so I needed to learn how to trust myself in order to align with my desires.
I created a 2025 vision board and placed the word TRUST at the center. The images surrounding it represented the area of my life where I needed to trust myself the most: romantic relationships.
That wasn’t the only way I practiced self-trust. I did breathwork to regulate my nervous system. I repeated affirmations daily to ground myself in being self-trusting, self-loving, chosen, enough, and worthy. Over time, I naturally began to trust myself, slowly breaking old habits of seeking outside validation and guidance.
I started asking myself simple but powerful questions: What do I want? And after answering, Does this align with my desires? I also asked, Would a self-trusting and self-loving Sujeiry do this, say this, take this action?
These questions were intentional. They helped me become more self-aware and taught me how to be naturally attuned to my intuition, my fears, and my thoughts.
And it worked.
I have never felt this self-trusting. I feel clear in who I am and what I want out of life.
Now, I’m ready to take on 2026, grounded in my new word: Expansion.
More on what’s to come next time, especially news and updates on my romance novels, my co-hosted podcast, and upcoming events. Thank you for reading. And if you’d like, let me know what word you’re choosing for 2026.
Love,
Sujeiry