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It's so interesting how we never know where our life threads are going. We can't see how they'll weave together five years from now, ten, or even twenty years down the road. And then one day, something appears and suddenly everything clicks into place like that last jigsaw puzzle piece that fell behind the couch.

December brought me more free time than I'm used to. But instead of filling every moment with activity (my usual pattern!), I found myself drawn to a home project I'd been avoiding for over three years: the loft.

Sometimes the most powerful thing we can do is... stop. Yes, it sounds counterintuitive. But creating space for the new often means lovingly releasing what we've been holding onto, even when it's something we deeply cherish.

Sometimes it's best to just dive in, so here goes… I recently lost my best friend of 50 years, and it's brought everything into perspective in ways I never expected.Karima is gone. Even writing those words feels surreal. She had cancer, and I knew for quite a while that she was going to die. Yet when it happened, it was still a shock.Isn't that strange about grief? Even when we see it coming, even when we think we're prepared, the finality of loss still takes our breath away.

A few months back I wrote about my life chapters converging in L.A. The experience was so unexpected that I knew the universe was preparing me for something huge. Well, I've got an update for you. And it's not what I expected. After that profound experience—all those synchronicities, all those pieces of my past showing up at once—I came home practically bursting with anticipation. I was completely ready for my big transformation! I was prepared to embrace whatever massive shift was heading my way.

There are moments in everyone's lives when they realize they're not the same person they were a year ago. Or even six months ago.Sometimes, those thoughts go unnoticed; they flow in and then flow right back out. But I can recall certain points in my life where a thought about my change and growth really became integrated. One of those was a few years ago when I was meeting with my previous business coach.