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For the first time since 2015, I didn’t know what to do with my Word of the Year.

I’ve chosen a word every year for almost a decade. And usually, that word becomes a guide –  something that opens insight, shapes my choices, and supports whatever season I’m in.

But 2025 was different.

My word was Wellspring, and from the beginning it felt… almost, but not quite right.


And I really, really tried to work with it. I journaled, pulled cards, meditated on it. And it just wasn’t coming to life in any tangible way.
Months passed and my word sort of fell by the wayside.


Then along comes December. And all of a sudden I am reminded that yes, I do indeed still have a word of the year. *Cue guilt and feelings of disappointment*

For a hot second, I wallowed in the idea that I’d failed my word.

But after a fairly strong nudge from Spirit, I went back to the definition:

Wellspring: a deep or perpetual source of inspiration, energy, creativity, or vitality.

And something clicked.
I may not have actively worked with my word, but the year itself had been quietly shaped by it – even if the practice didn’t look the way I expected it to.

Over the last 12 months I have: 

💫 Closed misaligned offers.
💫 Rebuilt my business from the inside.
💫 Created two new courses.
💫 Reimagined Luminary with Melissa Amos.
💫 Launched a new coaching opportunity, a 2026 intensive, plus started work on three new offer ideas and began writing a book.
💫 Spent more time recharging by the ocean.
💫 More walks to the Lighthouse.

Wellspring wasn’t loud. It didn’t want a fancy ritual or some intense structure or a million card pulls. Some words want to be worked with and some words want to be lived.

My intention in January had been really clear – I wanted to return to my own creative source. And Wellspring delivered.


It wasn’t a failure. It was a strong undercurrent that shaped my year, my pace, and my choices. 

I know over the last 5 years, I’ve taught that Your Word of the Year is a “practice.” 

AND…

It is. 

But, sometimes “practice” looks like a landscape you move through. It reveals itself only in hindsight.
And the word you think you ignored ends up being the one that carried you the furthest, yet.