What is your word of the year?

I always pick a “word of the year” at this time of year for the next year, and one that actually describes the year that has passed

My word for 2022 that I picked on this date in 2021 was “no”.

But the word I ended 2022 with was “devastation”. As a result of saying “no” and implementing healthy boundaries, I lost people from my life who I never expected to lose in a million years. But it also highlighted just how much of a people pleaser I had been my entire life.

My word of 2023 was “karma”, and boy did I get to see karma play out in action that year! I was VERY lucky that in many instances I got to see karma at work. I did however end 2023 with the word “healing” because thanks to many of you who form my amazing support network, and to my amazing counsellor and therapist Ben Chapman, I was able to finally heal from everything that happened to me.

My word for 2024 was “truth”. I pledged last year that I would no longer hide things that I went through. This is still the case today, I owe NOTHING to anyone who bullied and abused me, and I definitely don’t owe them my silence. I don’t go out of my way to broadcast what happened to me, but some of you who are closest to me already know I’ve been to hell and back at the hands of others. But if I am ever asked, I don’t hide it. I own what happened to me, and I speak the truth, even if it makes others feel uncomfortable, because what happened to me is real life, not a soap opera. I also ended 2024 with the same word.

Which brings me to my word for 2025, which was “kindness”. After all I had been through in my lifetime, I didn’t want anyone feeling alone and as if they had no way out, so armed with “kindness” as my word for this year at the start of the year I set about ensuring that I let as many people as possible know that I would be there for them if they ever needed to chat, vent, cry, scream….whatever they needed to do. It was because of “kindness” being my word of 2025 that I decided to dedicate time on Christmas Day and over the Christmas period to chat to those of you who find this time of year difficult. I am however ending this year with the word “chaos”, as on a personal level this year ended up being very chaotic with lots of pivoting, change and disruption.

As I head into 2026, I need to pick a new word of the year. I’ve decided I am going to continue the word “kindness” and because many of you took me up on my Christmas offer of a chat, I’m going to extend that offer into next year and beyond. I want to do much more of this, so if we’re connected on here but have never actually talked, and if you would like to do that on an audio or virtual coffee video call next year, I would love that

But I still need a new word of the year for 2026, so that word will be “unity”. I have a very special reason for choosing this word, because despite all the division and hatred in the world today, I very much hope that we all come together more in future and be much more united than we have been in recent years. I already run Cyber Security Unity, and next year I will be working on Neuro Unity with Moira Robertson and doing much more to capitalise on the word “unity” as well. It will be a theme throughout my work, branding and everything I do as I head into next year and beyond

So it just remains for me to say happy new year to you all when it lands this week, and to say a big thank you to you all for all your help and support this year, it means the world to me. Here is to a peaceful and calm 2026 for us all 🥰🥰