Showing Up Matters!

As the new year begins, there’s a familiar pressure in the air.

New goals.
New routines.
New expectations to “fix” yourself.

It shows up in emails, on social media, in conversations that start with - “So what are you working on this year?”

It whispers that rest is indulgent.
That a slower start isn’t enough.
That if you don’t focus on massive transformation, you’re somehow falling short.

And I want to pause that narrative - just for a moment. Especially for women.
The busy moms who spend year after year holding so much together.

Somewhere along the way, just showing up became undervalued.

We’ve started treating it like the baseline — the thing you’re supposed to do — instead of recognizing it for what it really is: a quiet, relentless act of strength.

Because showing up looks like:

• Getting out of bed when you’re already exhausted

• Making meals, schedules and decisions when your brain feels full

• Regulating your emotions while teaching your kids how to regulate theirs

• Carrying invisible mental load that never makes it onto a checklist

There are no trophies for this kind of work.
No applause.
No measurable metrics.
And yet - it’s the work that holds families together.

So as 2026 gets rolling, you may feel pressure to over explain yourself.

Why aren’t you doing more?
Or why are you focusing on that over this?
Or why are you taking your time with creating change?

But here’s the thing….your pace does not need justification.

Growth doesn’t always look like massive momentum.
Sometimes it looks like staying still and pausing.
Sometimes it looks like choosing not to quit.
Sometimes it looks like making it through the day without losing yourself entirely.
And then taking small micro-steps towards the changes you want to make.

ALL of that matters.

So please don’t feel like you need to minimize your effort just because it doesn’t look flashy.
Or that you need to dismiss your exhaustion just because others seem to be doing more.
Or that you have to rush into becoming someone new because new years resolutions say so.

The best thing you can do for yourself in this season is slow down and really pinpoint what matters most to you? How do you want this year to look? And more importantly - FEEL!?

And then go after it. Because you deserve to reach whatever feels aligned for you and every ounce of happiness you desire in this life.