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Before I Let 2025 Go...
Letting go with grace and stepping into 2026 with intention.

What’s good friend!
I’m going to put on one of my facilitator hat sayings and said “I just want to name what we felt in 2025” lol… Friend! 2025 felt like controlled chaos, inside of a hamster well that moved slowly and then fast out of nowhere! (well at least for me it did)
Not always knowing what was happening… but somehow believing everything would be okay anyway.
This was the kind of year where things didn’t always make sense in real time. Where clarity showed up late. Where growth asked more questions than it gave answers. Where we were learning how to trust God and ourselves in unfamiliar ways.
And maybe you felt it too… that tension between holding it all together and wanting to let some things go.
So before we rush into a new year, I want to invite you into a softer moment:
Give yourself permission to release what no longer serves you.
Stop forcing yourself to hold onto things that feel heavy just because you’ve been carrying them for a long time.
And remember…


maybe take a moment to sit with some of these questions…
What did I hold onto this year out of habit, fear, or obligation?
What am I ready to lay down as 2025 comes to a close?
Where did I survive when I actually deserved to soften?
What parts of me are asking for rest, renewal, or reimagining?
Write it out. Whisper it. Pray it Release it.

As we prepare for 2026, I’m thinking less about doing more and more about becoming more aligned.
Next year isn’t asking you to rush. It’s asking you to prepare; mentally, physically, and spiritually, to embrace newness when it arrives.
That preparation might look like:
✨ Taking better care of your body.
✨ Guarding your thoughts.
✨ Being more intentional with your time.
✨ Choosing community that nourishes you.
✨ Allowing yourself to evolve without guilt.
You do not have to know exactly what’s coming, you just need to be open enough to receive it.

Here’s where I’m at… Sometimes faith looks like believing everything will be okay even when you don’t know what’s happening yet. I can tell you that 2025 was one of the most scariest years I’ve experienced as an adult, but my faith held me together, my community held me together, and knowing who I belong to held me together.
Sometimes alignment looks like loosening your grip instead of holding tighter, and this was a hard pill to swallow for someone who STRUGGLES with endings. Chile, let let go in 2025 so hard it scared my mama, but here’s what I need you to remember:
Letting go creates space.
Space for peace.
Space for clarity.
Space for what’s next.
And YOU deserve to enter 2026 lighter than you what you may have felt throughout 2025.
I’d also like to share one of my go to songs with you, I think it’s one a perfect universal song to prep for 2026… And plus…. WHITNEY ain’t go no business not being here!
Yeah… go ahead, get up and dance!
We’re taking this step by step friend, day by day, with ease, love and joy!

Help Me Build 2026 With You
I’ve truly enjoyed spending this year with you; reflecting, growing, questioning, resting, and realigning together.
As I continue to grow, evolve, and rethink how I build community, I want you to be part of shaping what Intentional Impact looks like in 2026. So I’d love your feedback.
Please take a moment to answer the survey below and tell me what you want more of next year.
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Your voice matters here.
Friend… Thank you for being here. Thank you for trusting me with your inbox, your time, and your inner world.
I can’t wait to spend even more time with you in 2026; building something intentional, nourishing, and real… together.
With Big Love + Solid Intention + Wild Faith in Us,
Shakeyla M. Ingram 💖
P.S. Also… If you’re not already, come say hey on Instagram @shakeylaingram. Same heart, same intention, just a little more real-time.

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