I’m proud of myself for quitting drinking…
Thank you for being part of this heartfelt community and for all of your support as I stepped into entrepreneurship full time this past year. We’re in that in-between week as we wrap up 2025 and look ahead to 2026. A beautiful time for rest and reflection in this liminal space.
During our December Re-Treat, we reflected back on 2025 and explored the question: What are you proud of yourself for?
We took 30 minutes to silently self-reflect—with cameras off—to flip through old journals, look back at calendars, quietly reflect in our minds, or journal using the December Reflection Guide.
Here’s what came up for me:
Professionally, I’m proud of stepping into entrepreneurship with Art of Presence and betting on myself. Along the way, I’ve followed my intuition, reclaimed sacred gifts, and connected with others who support me on my own unique path. I’ve claimed soul work as my work in this world and have never felt more calm, confident, and clear in my life.
Personally, I took a break from drinking five months ago, and I’m so proud of myself. There was no major catastrophic event that tipped the scale—although I knew there could have been if I didn’t stop. I also didn’t drink every day, but there were times in the past when I did.
More than anything, I realized I couldn’t fully trust myself when I was drinking. I’d think I would just have two, but the moment someone suggested a third or “just one more,” I was in. No hesitation. No pause. No second thought.
After an evening of having too many I made that all-too-familiar promise to myself “I’m never drinking that much again.”
What actually shifted things was being inspired a few days later by a dear friend who shared that she had taken a break from drinking for six months and felt so much better. As soon as I said, “I’m going to take a break too,” I felt relief fill my whole body. It was an exhale, and I knew it was the right choice.
Just yesterday, I realized that relief came from my inner child no longer having to worry about my choices. She was able to exhale and set down responsibility that was never hers to carry.
Because my work in this world is to help people access, trust, and take steps toward their own intuition, I felt misaligned when I drank and couldn’t fully trust myself.
I enjoy heart-to-heart, soul-to-soul meaningful conversations. Looking back, I think I enjoyed alcohol because it acted as a social salve—something that helped people drop below surface-level conversation and have what I believed were more honest exchanges.
But often, I’d wake up with both an actual hangover and a vulnerability hangover—wondering what I said, what I shared, or if I shared too much. I’d imagine the other person might be questioning things too. Now, I’d rather just have those honest conversations without the booze involved.
I feel so much better. I hold no judgment for those who choose to drink—I just know that right now, and maybe forever, it’s not for me.
As the end of the year approaches, consider creating your own mini retreat and reflecting on the question:
“What are you proud of yourself for?”
2025 End-of-Year Reflection
The Re-Treat Yourself Membership officially opens 1/1/2026,
but you can experience a taste of it this year—for free.
If you weren’t able to attend the live December Mini Re-Treat, or if you’d like to revisit the experience, the recording & reflection guide are available so you can reflect at your own pace and create a mini retreat that fits your life.
This flexibility — being able to return to the practices, reflections, and meditations when it works for you — is an important element of the Re-Treat Yourself Monthly Membership, supporting you in weaving this work into everyday rhythms rather than trying to fit your life around it.
This is your chance to feel the power of what the monthly membership will offer—
a community of women creating space for
stillness, space, silence, clarity, and connection.
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