Closing Chapter 2025: Shedding the Final Skin of the Year of the Snake

Hello Love,

Feel like you’ve been surviving more than thriving this year? You’re not alone. I found my 2025 bingo card the other day and laughed.

At the start of the year, I sat down with a couple friends and we made bingo cards for 2025 that were filled with our goals and hopes for the year. Out of the 25 spaces, I’ve completed 3. One of which was the free space at the center of the card.

This year turned out to be wildly different than I had expected, and thank God for that. 2025 didn’t quite give me what I wanted, but it certainly brought me what I needed. This year has been filled with painful lessons, growth, and plenty of plot twists. With all the ups and downs, however, I’ve gained more self-awareness, confidence, and clarity than ever before. Thanks to the experiences I’ve had this year (and therapy), I’ve been able to release old patterns that were keeping me stuck and transition into a new chapter.

As I reflect on everything from this past year, it makes sense that all of these shifts and transformations occurred during the year of the snake. According to Chinese astrology, January 29, 2025 through February 16, 2026 is the year of the Wood Snake. The snake is one of the 12 animals in the Chinese zodiac, which goes by lunar years rather than months, like in Western astrology.

Like a snake shedding its skin, the Snake year invites deep inner transformation, gentle unraveling, and the release of old skins that no longer fit who you are becoming. The transformation is slow and intentional. This year has been a season of release, redirection, and realignment to prepare for a season of nurturing the new. As we move towards completion of this cycle, trust that anything that is being left in 2025 was never meant to be carried with you into this new chapter.

If you feel like 2025 challenged you and changed you (hopefully for the better), maybe thank the snake, and get ready to welcome the year of the Fire Horse, which begins on February 17, 2026. The year of the Horse is predicted to be a dynamic year full of breakthroughs, innovation, and golden opportunities. Horse years bring energy that is fast, clear, courageous, and free. It is a time for forward momentum and taking action in alignment with your goals.

I don’t know about you, but I am so ready for the transition into this new year.

I already have so many incredible projects in the works and I can’t wait to share them with you. More details to come, but in the meantime, I would love to have you join me for a free workshop I’m hosting to close out the year and make space for all that this next chapter has to offer.

All the best,

Erica

As we wrap up 2025, it’s important we take a moment to reflect on everything we’ve lived, learned and carried with us this year—as well as everything we’d like to leave behind as we enter 2026.

Join me for Unburdened: A Year-End Release Workshop on December 30th from 7 to 8:30 pm ET, where we’ll reflect on and let go of what no longer belongs as we prepare to gallop forward into the year of the horse. RSVP here.

Come prepared to fully surrender the old and make space for the new—I look forward to seeing you all there!

If you’re looking to prioritize wellness and connection in 2026 alongside like-minded women seeking to rest, recharge, and level up, come join me this April at my next retreat!

If you’re interested in attending, apply here to be the first to know when tickets go live and reserve your spot ASAP.

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