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Subscriber First Name, Happy new year! For many years now, the collective attitude toward the end of a year like 2023 has been, “Don’t let the door hit ya on the way out! Hopefully the new year will be better!” And while having hope for the future is a great thing, perhaps a perspective shift is needed toward the years we’re leaving behind. Just because a year may have felt challenging or been hard doesn’t make it inherently bad. Looking at hard years in a new way can in turn manage our expectations as we get into the new year and hope inevitably starts to fade when the unknown shows itself in the form of challenges and chaos. We oftentimes want things to happen easily yet quickly, and years like 2023 put the pressure on (one catalyst for change) to give us that quick transformation. Quick transformation can feel disorienting and also make us want to focus on the suffering, but suffering doesn’t have to be part of transformation (even if it’s hard or painful.) As we stand at the precipice of 2024 not knowing specifically what the year ahead will bring, we can certainly know that it will bring the unknown. It will bring challenges and opportunities. It will continue to transform us into new beings. Knowing that, we can prepare and create more ease for ourselves (and therefore less suffering). We do this by embracing the parts of us that we typically hide. Getting to know the hidden parts of ourselves can allow us to free them and integrate them into the larger whole of who we are. They then have the ability to transform into something we love instead of something we’re ashamed of or dislike. But that can’t be done in the dark. We must acknowledge and accept ourselves. This internal acceptance can then extend out into the external. Don’t like uncertainty? Embrace it. Don’t enjoy change? Surrender to it. Don’t want one more shoe to drop? Have faith that what will take its place will be so much better. Find and savor the joy, even when things are chaotic in the world. That joy will speed up your healing process and integrate your disconnected parts faster. But in a way that you welcome instead of being catapulted into change kicking and screaming. Take steps into the unknown with bravery. Tuning into your intuition and being able to trust your own discernment will be one of your biggest supports in 2024. Having to tune into your inner compass even if afraid will in turn help us dismantle that fear so intuition can keep growing stronger. You’ll need to be able to hear your intuition and tell the difference between it and fear. Here’s a video explaining how to do that:
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