Standing at the Threshold of a New Year
- Nicole Palker-Dorio
- Dec 31, 2025
- 1 min read
As one year closes and another opens, I find myself less interested in resolutions and more drawn to reflection.
This past year wasn’t about pushing forward or striving to become something new.
It was about remembering.
About letting ideas move from theory into lived experience.
About allowing language to take shape in the body, and letting the body teach what the mind alone never could.
What unfolded was an arc of transformation that felt both subtle and profound.
Less effort. More coherence. Less fixing. More listening. Less urgency. More truth.
The work evolved—not by adding more, but by clarifying what mattered most. Presence over performance. Integration over accumulation. Wisdom that could be felt, not just understood. Healing that happened not because something was “wrong,” but because something true was finally given space to emerge.
As we step into the new year, I sense what’s ahead gathering quietly rather than announcing itself loudly. A deeper steadiness. A softer confidence. A way of being that feels more aligned, more embodied, more real.
If there is an invitation here, it is a simple one:to move forward without abandoning yourself, to allow life to meet you where you are, and to trust that what is unfolding does not require force, reshaping, or additional work—only presence.
Here’s to a year of coherence, of remembering, and of letting what has already been seeded take root and grow.
Happy New Year.





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