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As we close out 2025, this final episode invites you into honest reflection, sustainable growth, and hopeful vision for 2026. We slow down, breathe, and explore what worked, what didn’t, and how to enter the new year with intention and peace.
You’ll hear:
- End-of-year trends shaping how people are thinking
- Why sustainable shifts beat massive resolutions
- Cultural highlights from 2025 and lessons learned
- How to resist holiday busyness and create space for presence
- A guided biblical mindfulness reflection to enter 2026 grounded
Key Topics:
- End-of-year reflection habits
- Realistic goal-setting
- Processing a year that didn’t go as planned
- Sustainable life rhythms
- Biblical principles for renewal
- Mindfulness for Christians and spiritually-curious listeners
Scripture in This Episode:
- Isaiah 43:18–19
- Lamentations 3:22–23
Share this episode with someone who could use a moment of reflection before the year ends. Subscribe so you don’t miss the first episode of 2026.
1. American Psychological Association. (2025). Stress in America: The state of stress during the holiday season. APA. https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/stress/2025/holiday-stress
2. Forbes. (2025). Quiet quitting evolves into quiet cracking: Employee engagement trends. Forbes Magazine. https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesbusinesscouncil/2025/10/15/quiet-cracking-trends
3. BBC News. (2025, July 10). Global climate updates: Record wildfires and heatwaves in multiple regions. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-heatwave-2025
4. CNN. (2025, March 23). Unexpected celebrity activism makes headlines in 2025. https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/23/entertainment/celebrity-activism-2025
5. ESPN. (2025, November 12). 2025 major sports upsets and memorable victories. https://www.espn.com/sports-updates-2025
6. Holy Bible, New International Version. (2011). Zondervan.
- Isaiah 43:18–19
- Lamentations 3:22–23
7. Clear, J. (2018). Atomic habits: An easy & proven way to build good habits & break bad ones. Avery.
8. Kabat-Zinn, J. (1994). Wherever you go, there you are: Mindfulness meditation in everyday life. Hyperion.
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