January always arrives with a quiet question beneath the noise of resolutions and fresh starts: how do I actually want this year to feel?
For a long time, my focus was on doing more, more productivity, more consistency, more certainty about who I was in business.
But as one year ends and another begins, I’ve realised that the thread running through everything I value most is healthy energy.
Not forced energy.
Not adrenaline or hustle.
But the kind of energy that allows you to show up as yourself; consistently, calmly, and with purpose.
Healthy energy shows up in many forms. It’s in how we care for our bodies and skin. It’s in how we speak to ourselves. It’s in the way we build businesses, relationships, and routines that don’t leave us depleted. And it’s deeply personal. What energises one person may exhaust another.
In 2025, I spent a lot of time questioning my place in business. Trying to position myself. Trying to find the right words. That searching was draining, even when the work itself was meaningful. What I’ve learned is that clarity doesn’t always come from thinking harder. It comes from listening more closely to what gives you energy and what quietly takes it away.
Starting my Tropic journey reminded me of this. It reconnected me to growth that felt exciting rather than overwhelming, values-led rather than pressured. It reminded me that success can be built gently, with intention, and in alignment with who we already are.
For me, healthy energy in 2026 means:
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Growing without burning out
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Choosing consistency over perfection
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Building relationships based on trust, not urgency
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Allowing wellbeing to sit at the centre, not the edges, of my work
It also means giving myself permission to evolve. To share my journey as it unfolds rather than waiting until everything feels neatly resolved.
If you’re standing at the beginning of a new year feeling both hopeful and unsure, you’re not alone. You don’t need a fully formed plan. Sometimes the most powerful place to begin is simply by asking: what would healthy energy look like for me this year?
That question, gently returned to, can change everything.