A Wellness Vision for 2026

January arrives with expectations.

New goals. Fresh starts. Pressure to become something better, faster, stronger.

But for many women, January doesn’t feel like a blank slate. It feels like the continuation of a long season of holding everything together.

So instead of resolutions, what if we began this year with a wellness vision ~ not about what we need to fix, but about who we are becoming.

What Is a Wellness Vision?

A wellness vision is not a checklist or a set of goals.

It’s a gentle orientation toward how you want to feel, how you want to care for yourself, and how you want to move through your life ~ especially when things feel uncertain or demanding.

Rather than asking, "What should I do this year?" A wellness vision asks, "Who am I choosing to be?"

This is where “I Am” statements come in.

Why “I Am” Statements Matter

The language we use shapes our nervous system, our mindset, and our sense of safety.

“I Am” statements aren’t affirmations meant to force positivity. They are grounding reminders of identity, self-trust, and permission.

They help us return to ourselves.

January doesn’t need grand promises. It needs honesty and care.

Your January Wellness Vision

You don’t need all of these. Choose one or two that feel supportive, without pressure.

• I am listening to my body with compassion.

• I am allowed to move at my own pace.

• I am honoring where I am, not where I think I should be.

• I am rebuilding trust with myself.

• I am choosing support instead of pushing alone.

• I am creating space to breathe and reflect.

• I am worthy of care, even when I am tired.

• I am learning to meet myself with gentleness.

  
  

These statements aren’t about becoming someone new. They’re about remembering yourself.

Reflection

Take a moment and ask:

• Which statement feels grounding in my body right now?

• What does my nervous system need more of this year?

• Where can I offer myself the same grace I give others?

  
  

There is no right answer. Only what feels true today.

A Gentle Reminder

January does not require transformation. It does not require urgency. It does not require perfection.

You are allowed to begin this year slowly. You are allowed to rest before you rise. You are allowed to let your wellness vision evolve as you do.

This year doesn’t need your best self. It needs your honest one.

If you’re longing for support as you move into this next chapter ~ without pressure or expectation ~ you don’t have to do it alone.

Begin gently. Return to yourself. Let this year meet you where you are.

If you’re ready to create a wellness vision that honors where you are ~ not where you think you should be ~ I’d be honored to support you. Explore coaching with Back to Her Wellness and begin gently.

Why Are We Waiting for the New Year to Choose Ourselves?

There’s something we’ve been taught to believe ~ quietly, collectively ~ that change must wait.

Or maybe it's because we have learned that 'change' is scary...

Wait for January. Wait for a clean slate. Wait for the right timing, the right energy, the right version of ourselves.

But here’s what I’ve learned: commitment doesn’t live on a calendar!

Recently, I stepped away on a retreat ~ not to escape my life, but to step back from it. To breathe. To reflect. To listen. Without the noise, the deadlines, the expectations pulling at me from every direction.

And in that space, something became very clear.

Waiting doesn’t protect us. It postpones us. (wow).

So many women I work with ~ and have been myself ~ put their goals, their healing, their dreams on hold, believing they’ll start “for real” when the year turns over.

But why?

Why do we wait for permission from a date on the calendar to take ourselves seriously?

Real change doesn’t begin with fireworks and resolutions. It begins with awareness. With honesty. With a quiet decision that says: I’m ready to tend to my life now.

Goals don’t have to be loud or rigid. They don’t need to be performative or perfect.

Sometimes the most meaningful goals are simple and deeply personal:

• Creating space to breathe

• Listening to your body

• Setting one gentle boundary

• Reconnecting with what matters

• Choosing yourself without waiting for January

  
  

When we step back ~ even briefly ~ we gain clarity.

We see what’s draining us, what’s nourishing us, and what no longer fits the life we’re becoming.

That retreat wasn’t about fixing anything. It was about remembering myself. Interesting, right? Coming Back To Her!

And that’s the invitation I want to offer you today.

You don’t need a new year to begin again. You don’t need a resolution to make a commitment. You don’t need perfect circumstances to take one intentional step forward.

You only need a moment of honesty ~ and the willingness to begin where you are.

If something inside you has been whispering, now feels important, listen!

Let's enjoy this sleigh ride of magical, white wonder! ❄

Your life is already in motion. Your growth is already happening. And today, today is just as worthy of your commitment as any January 1st.

Take a few quiet moments and reflect:

• If I didn’t have to wait for January, what would I choose to begin now?

• What part of my life is asking for attention, care, or honesty?

• What would it look like to set a goal that supports me, rather than pressures me?

• What is one small commitment I can make to myself today?

  
  

Let these questions be an invitation, not a demand.

If you’re ready to choose yourself without waiting for a new year, I’d be honored to walk alongside you.

Explore coaching, reflections, and gentle support right here at Back to Her Wellness  ~ where growth begins right where you are.

Remembering a Christmas Miracle

When I was three years old, my father was in the hospital.

The prognosis was not hopeful. The doctors didn’t expect him to survive.❤

My mother decided we would bring Christmas to him; in the hospital lobby. Yet, the doctors granted the permission for him to leave the hospital for one night only ~ Christmas Eve ~ and then he would need to return. It was meant to be a brief, tender goodbye wrapped in holiday lights, prayers and forced smiles.

But something happened. Prayers were answered when he returned to the hospital on that next snowy morning in Michigan.....

His bloodwork came back normal. Against all expectations. Against all explanations.

It was a miracle.

Because of that moment ~ that unexpected turn ~ my father lived.

I have always selfishly looked at me; how this affected me.

I have a beautiful mother, four sisters and the family tree goes on and on.

Yet I always say, "He watched me grow up. He saw me go to college. He witnessed the woman I became. He was there when I got married."

He lived a life that once seemed impossible; for all of us.

So, as December returns each year, this memory gently finds me again. It reminds me that hope doesn’t always arrive with certainty. Sometimes it shows up quietly, without bells, whistles and bows. It may even show up when we’re most afraid to expect it.

And it makes me wonder…

How are we seeing miracles in our own lives today?

Not the dramatic kind we post about. Not the ones tied up perfectly in matching hues.

But the smaller ones ~ the ones that keep us going.

Maybe the miracle is your body is still carrying you through hard days. Maybe it’s a relationship that you still are choosing everyday. Maybe it’s waking up again when things feel heavy. Maybe it’s clarity after confusion. Or peace after a long season of survival.

When life feels dire, we often search for hope far away ~ in outcomes, in answers, in “someday.”

But hope often lives closer than we think.

It lives in breath. In presence. In the quiet courage to keep going even when you’re tired.

Miracles don’t always mean everything turns out exactly as planned. Sometimes they mean we’re given time. Or strength. Or one more moment than we thought we’d have.

And sometimes, the miracle is simply this:

We’re still here.

If you’re in a season where things feel uncertain or overwhelming, I invite you to pause and gently ask yourself:

• Where has life surprised me before?

• What strength do I own that has always carried me through?

• What quiet miracle might I be overlooking right now?

  
  

Hope doesn’t ask us to be positive or pretend things are easy. It only asks us to stay open ~ just enough ~ to notice what’s still supporting us.

This season, may you find your own quiet miracle.

May you recognize the strength already living inside you (I see you!).

And may you remember that even when things feel fragile, hope is not gone.

It may simply be waiting ~ softly ~ to be noticed.

May you find grace, peace and the never-ending miracles that God provides!