Reflecting on Your Year: How to Honour the Challenges and Celebrate the Wins
The end of the year is a natural time to pause, look back, and reflect, but reflection only works if it’s honest and useful. This year has been full of endings, lessons, and growth, and I want to share a way to approach your own reflection so you can leave this year with clarity, self-respect, and gratitude.
1. Acknowledge the Heavy Seasons
Sometimes reflection begins with admitting: this year was hard.
Think about the moments that stretched you, challenged you, or forced you to grow.
For me, it was navigating family health crises while balancing work, coaching, and personal life.
Reflection prompt:
What were your most challenging moments this year?
How did they make you stronger or more aware of your needs?
2. Honour the Courageous Endings
Walking away from roles, projects, or people that no longer serve us is rarely easy.
It’s courageous. It’s necessary. It’s self-love in action.
Reflection prompt:
Where did you have to walk away or let go this year?
How did that choice show you your own worth?
3. Celebrate Your Wins
Even in heavy years, wins exist. Small or large, personal or professional, they are worth noticing.
For me, some wins were:
Hosting my first Women’s Wellness Day
Launching my affirmation decks and sprays
Going full-time in my business
Doing my first in-person stall
Reflection prompt:
What are three wins, milestones, or moments of growth you’re proud of this year?
How did these moments shape your confidence, joy, or self-worth?
4. Relationships and Boundaries
This year taught me that you can love someone deeply but still choose yourself if the relationship isn’t aligned.
Recognising your worth in relationships — romantic, familial, or friendships — is one of the most powerful lessons of all.
Reflection prompt:
Which relationships no longer align with who you’ve become?
Where did you set boundaries that protected your peace?
What lessons did your relationships teach you this year?
5. Guided Reflection Questions
To close your year intentionally, answer these questions:
What challenged you most, and what did it reveal about your strength?
What were your biggest emotional, spiritual, or personal wins?
Where did you show courage you haven’t fully acknowledged?
Who or what did you outgrow this year?
What patterns or habits are you ready to leave behind?
What boundaries protected your peace?
What moments made you feel fully alive?
What parts of yourself blossomed?
What do you want to take with you into next year — and what do you want to release?
Reflection isn’t about guilt or pressure. It’s about clarity, self-compassion, and honouring the journey you’ve walked. Take time, be gentle, and celebrate both the endings and the beginnings that this year brought.