by Katherine Casey

2025 has been a real butt kicker. I’m sure we’ve all seen that gif of the person swimming in the ocean who keeps getting knocked down jut as their finding their footing to progress towards safety? – this feels like 2025 to me.

As a witness to the lived experiences of many – a privilege for which I’m ever-grateful – I hold collected wisdom of the pains, persecutions, and struggling of life.

As a human whom is constantly being re-introduced to my self – and all the parts they embrace – I am ever-mindful of my positionality with power and privilege in the world.

I struggle, as we all do, with balance – to hold the gravity and the glow of life. I am grateful for mentorship and community and raise up the inherited wisdom – and comfort – offered by Dr. Natalie Edmunds this year: JOY IS AN ACT OF RESISTANCE.

I gift myself permission to experience unabashed joy.

I wish you awareness of openings to silliness – playfulness – ecstasy.

Let’s greet 2026 with the hope and energy needed for positive change.