S4-Episode 19: 12 Questions To Make 2026 Your Best Year Yet!

In this episode, I’m sharing the 12 powerful reflection questions I’m personally using to make sure that 2026 is not another year on repeat.

If you’ve ever reached the end of a year thinking “Nothing really changed”, despite good intentions, this episode is for you.

I talk honestly about why 2025 felt like a Groundhog Day year for me, why internal change always comes before external results, and how clarity, self-honesty, and nervous-system-led reflection are the foundations for real transformation.

✨ The 12 Questions to Reflect On for 2026

1️⃣ What went well in 2025?

What were your wins? What brought you joy, growth, or insight?

2️⃣ What didn’t work?

What felt heavy, draining, misaligned, or simply didn’t move the needle?

3️⃣ What patterns repeated in 2025?

In work, relationships, or behaviours, and what part did you play in keeping them alive?

4️⃣ What gave you energy and what drained it?

Who and what lit you up? Who and what left you depleted?

5️⃣ Who truly supported you?

And who couldn’t meet you where you were?

6️⃣ What did 2025 teach you about who you are becoming?

What identity shifts happened beneath the surface?

7️⃣ What do you want to be celebrating at the end of 2026?

Be specific. What does “success” actually look like for you?

8️⃣ What are your top 3 priorities for 2026 and why?

The why is everything when motivation dips.

9️⃣ What habits, behaviours, or beliefs need to be released?

What’s quietly keeping you stuck or playing small?

🔟 What daily or weekly practices will support you?

Especially practices that regulate your nervous system and keep you grounded.

1️⃣1️⃣ Where did you experience the most joy or peace last year?

And how can you consciously create more of that?

1️⃣2️⃣ If you met your future self at the end of 2026…

What would they thank you for starting now?

💫 Want to Go Deeper?

I’m hosting a New Year Reflection & Intention Setting Workshop where we'll:

- Break unconscious patterns
- Shift limiting beliefs
- Ground intentions into your nervous system
- Journey to meet your future self

📅 Wednesday 7th January
🕖 7pm UK | 9pm South Africa I 2pm EST I 11am PST
🎥 Replay available
💷 £22

👉 All details and the booking link are HERE

Thank you, as always, for being here and sharing this space with me.
I’ll see you in the next episode 💛

If you’re done playing small and ready to lead yourself — you’re in the right place.

I’m Emma O’Brien — Martha Beck trained and certified life coach, HeartMath practitioner, and shamanic healer helping high-achieving women stop second-guessing themselves and finally trust their own voice.

Through nervous system re-calibration, strategic coaching, and deep energetic work, I help you move from self-doubt to self-trust so you can create a life you actually want to be in — no external approval required.

🌀 Want to work together?

Explore the 6-week Nervous System Reset, 1:1 coaching, or Shamanic Soul Retrieval sessions here: emmaobriencoach.com

Questions or ready to chat?

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