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

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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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In this episode, my wife interviews me about the five-year journey that led me—from being a full-time pharmacist—to becoming a Marriage & Family Therapist. From 2019 to 2025, I walked through unexpected setbacks, emotional burnout, powerful breakthroughs, and the surprising moments that confirmed my calling to mental health work.

This honest conversation explores:

• Why I chose to return to school in my 30s
• The challenges of balancing work, marriage, and graduate school
• The doubts, detours, and unexpected blessings along the way
• What it really takes to start over professionally
• How purpose, faith, and perseverance carried me through

If you’re considering a career change, feeling burned out, or wondering whether it’s too late to pivot—this episode will speak to you. Listen in as we unpack the story behind my career transformation and the lessons I learned about courage, calling, and becoming who you’re meant to be.

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Instead of the news this week, I wanted to provide a reflective exercise. It’s Thanksgiving. You are probably being hosted by family members (or hosting family members) and this exercise is designed to help us slow down and reflect on Psalm 100. So grab a comfy blanket, invite the whole family, and let’s… slow down…

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Psalm 100: A Psalm for giving thanks

Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth!

2

Serve the Lord with gladness!

Come into his presence with singing!

3

Know that the Lord, he is God!

It is he who made us, and we are his;[a]

we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

4

Enter his gates with thanksgiving,

and his courts with praise!

Give thanks to him; bless his name!

5

For the Lord is good;

his steadfast love endures forever,

and his faithfulness to all generations.

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