As we approach the end of the year, it’s so tempting to rush straight into what’s next. New goals. New plans. New expectations.

But before we do that, this episode is an invitation to pause.

In this special end-of-year reflection, I’m sharing the three biggest life lessons 2025 has taught me – lessons shaped through work, leadership, health, identity, and the season of life I find myself standing in right now.

I’m sharing these insights not because my year has been extraordinary but because taking time to mine for the gold is something most of us never give ourselves permission to do. And I hope my reflections inspire you to do the same

This episode is about noticing what’s already been learned and choosing what you want to carry forward.

Why listen to this episode?

If you’re a working mum who is:

✨ Tired of feeling like success requires constant effort and self-sacrifice

✨ Carrying more than your fair share – at work or at home

✨ Questioning whether there’s a different, more sustainable way to lead and live

✨ Standing at a quiet crossroads, sensing that something is shifting inside you

…this episode is for you.

My hope is that as you listen, you won’t just hear my reflections, you’ll start to recognise the wisdom that’s been quietly forming in your own year, too.

In this episode, I explore:

✨ How I moved from a “workhorse” mindset into what I call my Magician era

✨ Shifting from effort and endurance to clarity, leverage, boundaries, and courageous conversations without burning myself out.

✨ What it really means to build high-performing teams (and why hyper-independence holds so many working mums back) From leadership at work to the support we allow ourselves in life and health.

✨ Crossing the threshold into my Sage era
Owning experience, wisdom, and a new internal identity and what this transition might look like for you, too.

✨ The mantra I’m carrying into 2026
A guiding principle rooted in wisdom rather than willpower – and an invitation for you to consider what you want to lead with in the year ahead.

This episode is a gentle reminder that:

You don’t need to work harder to move forward.
You don’t need to prove yourself again.
And you don’t need to carry everything alone.

Sometimes the most powerful thing you can do is stop… look back… and claim the wisdom you’ve already earned.

🎧 Listen now on Apple or Spotify and take this moment to mine for the gold in your own year.

You can read the transcript here.