Ease feels like both a word and a permission slip - especially after the year I've had. 🌿

I chose "ease" as my word for 2026 because I want an easier year - not an empty one, not a lazy one, but a kinder one.
I want days that don't require bracing myself.
I want progress without punishment.
I want healing that doesn't ask me to suffer to be valid.
In 2026, I choose ease.

EASE (noun)
A state of effortlessness or freedom from strain.
Not the absence of work or growth - but the absence of unnecessary struggle.
Ease is what happens when you stop fighting the current and let it carry you forward.

EASE (verb)
To move gently, gradually, or naturally into something.
To soften the way forward instead of forcing it.
In 2026, I ease into decisions, days, and dreams - without urgency or self-punishment.

Ease as a Life Choice
Ease is choosing alignment over exhaustion.
It's asking:
Does this feel heavy or does it feel honest?
Am I pushing because I'm afraid or because I'm inspired?
Ease doesn't mean "nothing happens."
It means what happens doesn't cost you your nervous system.

Ease as Healing
Ease is a form of recovery.
After illness, trauma, burnout, and survival-mode living, ease becomes an act of self-respect.
Ease says: I don't need to prove my worth through suffering anymore.

Ease as Flow
Ease is trusting timing.
Trusting that not everything needs to be rushed, fixed, or solved immediately.
Flow over force.
Grace over grind.
Enough over more.

If last year asked too much of you, ease is your permission to rest without quitting. It's the reminder that slowing down doesn't mean giving up, and choosing softness doesn't mean you've lost your strength. This year, you don't have to earn your rest or justify your healing. You're allowed to move forward at a pace that feels kind, sustainable, and true. Let ease guide you - not away from your life, but deeper into it.

✨️Resilience in Action
Self-compassion: choosing softness without guilt
Boundaries: releasing what makes life harder than it needs to be.

For all things Lizzie 👇
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