Choose Your Theme Word for 2026

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One word that becomes your anchor when motivation comes and goes.

Last year, mine was Action.

It kept me honest.

Each week, I would review my intention card – see my word – and align my actions to my goals.

And that word – Action – is what led me to create Beyond by Emerge Positive™.

So that’s the first thing we did as a group: choose our theme word for the year. It becomes a personal North Star—especially on the days you feel tired or distracted.

This process reminded me that in order to grow and stretch beyond our comfort zone, we must have a goal or something to set our path.

But the key is taking action.

Without it, you aren’t going anywhere. You may be reading books, listening to podcasts, or attending seminars, but if you aren’t taking action toward what you really want, you will never get it.

Of course, I understood that. But when you take action and then look backward, you really see it.

It is the only way forward.

So what will be your word for 2026?

And what action will you take today to begin your journey?

And it needs to start today—even if it’s small. Don’t tell yourself you’ll begin once you take a class, lose the weight, or feel like it’s the ‘right time’.

It never feels like the right time.

You will feel uncertain, unprepared, scared, and maybe even a bit crazy. (What the heck am I thinking??)

But do it anyway. Take action. It is the only way through fear.

Another thing I like to do at this time of year: fast forward one full year. In this case, act like it’s January of 2027. And you’re looking back over the year and marveling at how far you’ve come.

Write it down.

Write down the stress, the doubts, and how you conquered it.

Write down the highs and lows.

And how you feel a year later seeing that you did it!

Living a life you love….creating that life for yourself….isn’t as complicated as we make it. You just have to believe that you can. And each morning, align yourself – and the actions you take each day – to it.

Step by step.

This isn’t a magic trick. You don’t say a magic spell and poof! Your future appears.

You work at it day in and day out.

Is it glamorous?

Sometimes.

What you will learn as you continue this path is: your happiness and joy come from taking action….not from arriving at some destination.

The journey is your life. So stop trying to make it perfect. Stop thinking you are not ready.

This. Is. Your. Life.

Jump!

And you will never look back.

Make 2026 your year that you said Yes!

🙋‍♀️ And if you want to be a part of an amazing community of women who are doing that very thing….come join Beyond by Emerge Positive™. The journey is not meant to be solo. And it can be so much more fun when you share it and lean on others for support and encouragement.