End of Year Reflection
December 15, 2025
A few weeks ago, to save a shred of sanity in the holiday hustle, I made a call that even just a couple of years ago would have left me horrified. I used regular stamps to mail my holiday cards. (I know, bold right? )
But here’s the thing, as someone who used to want to feel in control and package everything perfectly, this actually was a really big deal.
I was this close to running out super early on a Saturday morning to get holiday-appropriate stamps, when I caught myself and realized that rising pressure was actually just old habits creeping back up. To be perfect. To feel in control in a somewhat out of control time.
So instead, I grabbed all of my assorted Spring blooms and Flags stamps - turns out I had enough - and I was grateful for that moment of pause instead of more scrambling. There was clarity when I gave myself a beat to invite it in.
What matters most isn’t just surviving the season or bracing through every little to-do. I’m actively choosing presence over constant strain (so much of which used to be self imposed).
If you’re feeling the pinch of all that needs to get done, you’re not alone. It’s a lot.
But for me, letting go of some things I used to insist on has been a life-line to more enjoyment, So this week, I invite you to take a look at your days ahead and find your version of my stamp moment, if you can.
Keep reading for more on:
#getunburnt: try this end-of-year reflection as you close 2025 and get ready to set intentions for the New Year.
Announcing The unBurnt Hub: launching next month. For more details on what’s coming, plus the early-access waitlist, keep reading below (!!!!)
The Mom-demic Diaries: last month, I shared my experience of parenting through a pandemic and all the ways it reshaped me.
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Year-End Reflection Prompt: Close With Intention
Before you check out for holidays and PTO, here’s a simple reflection practice to seal the year:
Ask yourself three questions and jot them down in a journal or digital space:
What am I most proud of this year?
What drained my energy the most?
What one intention do I want to carry into 2026?
Introducing The unBurnt Hub
What’s coming: A new platform built for women, blending unBurnt habits with Community support.
What’s inside: Access practices on demand, build wellbeing habits, chat with your wellbeing coach and track progress over time.
AI-Powered Stress Management dashboard with modules that help you reflect and plan, including a stressor scan, guided micro-habits, and AI-Powered Wellbeing Coach.
Progress & Insights to reflect on entries and understand your patterns over time.
Community including real-time chat, resources, webinars and roundtables to build collective influence, together.
Why Women: The leadership + motherhood intersection is a constant dual operation. With increasing responsibility at work and a high emotional load at home, there’s typically zero slack in between and systemic barriers we’re still very much up against.
The unBurnt Hub is grounded in the truth that women aren’t burning out because we’re fragile, but because our systems and expectations have not evolved to match the realities of modern life.
This space was created as a container where our voices are centered, trusted, understood, and amplified.
Pandemic Parenting
Last month, I was beyond thrilled to be featured on my friend and former colleagues new Podcast: The Mom-demic Diaries. Lauren, a full-time working mom of two, created this space after becoming a mother in the chaos of early COVID, with the intention of connecting women who weathered the same storm in very different boats.
Each episode centers on raw, honest stories of motherhood during the pandemic: the highs, the lows, and the moments that reshaped us.
For me, the conversation was unexpectedly cathartic. It created space to revisit that chapter with more compassion and acknowledge the grief and fear I carried, alongside the quiet joys and unexpected lessons that got me through.
