What I’m Letting Go Of Before the New Year Begins | EP 557

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This minisode is a pause between what was and what’s coming. The quiet space after the holidays and before the calendar turns, when reflection feels natural and the urge to reset hasn’t fully arrived yet. It’s a moment many women feel deeply, even if they don’t name it.

In this episode, I share a simple but powerful reframe. We don’t release the year to erase it. We release the emotional weight, the pressure, and the stories we’ve outgrown. What we keep is the wisdom, the signals, and the inner knowing that emerged along the way.

You’ll be guided through a gentle reflection to help you soften what no longer needs to follow you forward while preserving what truly strengthened you. This conversation is an invitation into spaciousness, calibration, and intentional leadership as you step toward the new year.

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Episode Transcript

Sheila (00:00):
This stretch of time has a very particular feel to it.
The days after the holidays,before the calendar turns, when
things are quieter on theoutside but louder on the
inside, I've had so manyconversations with women who are
carrying both gratitude forwhat was and a low hum of
exhaustion from everything thatit took to get here.

(00:22):
What I want to offer you todayis this: You do not need to rush
to reset or reinvent yourselfright now.
There is a way to release theyear that honors what you lived,
keeps what mattered, andcreates space for what's next to
meet you gently.
Hi, welcome to the podcast.

(00:44):
I'm Sheila Botelho, and Ibelieve true success is built
from the inside out.
You're listening to a mini sodedesigned to help you live into
what lights you up this week.
There's something liminal aboutthis moment.
It's not quite the old yearanymore, and it's not quite the

(01:05):
new one.
And you might feel a strangemix of relief, fatigue, maybe
tenderness, hopefully pride,anticipation all at once.
There's no problems to solve.
There's nothing that you reallyneed to be doing right now
other than being in this space.
This is not the part, though,where we wipe the slate clean or

(01:25):
pretend the year didn't shapeus.
We don't release the year toerase it.
We release it to unhook fromthe emotional weight we no
longer need to carry.
What gets released are thepressures that you absorbed that
were never yours to begin with.
The expectations you outgrew,the stories about who you had to

(01:47):
be to succeed or be accepted orkeep everything moving, those
can soften and fall away.
And what stays with you isdifferent.
What stays is the wisdom thatonly comes from lived
experience.
The signals that your body sentyou, the moments that clarified

(02:08):
what matters right now, theinner knowing that quietly
strengthened you, even whenthings felt uncertain.
If you feel supportive, hereare three simple reflections
that you can hold withoutforcing answers for yourself.
Number one, what felt heavythis year?

(02:29):
Number two, what strengthenedme even if I didn't recognize it
at the time?
And number three, what will notfollow me into 2026?
You don't have to write amanifesto or make any kind of
decision.
Just noticing this stuff isenough.
Spaciousness begins withawareness.

(02:49):
This is where leadership startsto recalibrate, not through the
hustle and the pushing and theproving, but through
discernment.
When there's space, the nexttruer version of your leadership
has room to arrive.
And that feels clean, it feelshonest, less performative, and

(03:10):
more rooted.
And this is a kind of self-carethat actually changes how you
move through your work and yourrelationships.
Not adding more things, butcarrying less with intention.
So as we move toward the newyear, hold this close.
When we let go with intention,the path to who we're becoming

(03:35):
is beautifully clear.
Thanks so much for listening,and I will see you on the next
episode.