The Year of the Snake: Why 2025 Was Your Shedding Season (And How to Harness the Quantum Shift Coming in 2026)

If you've felt like 2025 has been one of the hardest years of your life, I need you to know something: you're not crazy, and you're definitely not alone.

Everywhere I look, I'm seeing the same pattern. Women in business, high achievers, entrepreneurs who are absolutely crushing it on the outside while quietly rebuilding themselves in the shadows. We've been going through what I call "the year of the shed," and it's been brutal ...but it was all preparation for what's coming.

Understanding the Year of the Snake

2025 has been the year of the snake in the Chinese zodiac, and if you know anything about snakes, you know they shed their skin to grow. They literally cannot expand into their next version without releasing what no longer fits.

That's exactly what this year has been about.

You've probably experienced some version of this:

• Friendships that felt rock solid suddenly dissolving

• Business partnerships that no longer align

• Relationships where you realized you were carrying weight that was never yours to hold

• People you would've gone to war for walking away or showing you who they really are

• Truths coming to light that completely shifted your perspective

It wasn't random. It was necessary.

Why the Shedding Had to Happen

Here's the thing about growth that as high functioning women we dont want to admit... sometimes you have to lose everything that's keeping you small to make room for everything that's meant to expand you.

The universe (or God, or whatever you believe in, we're all talking about the same energy here) was clearing house. Removing people, situations, and energies that would've held you back from the quantum leap you're about to take.

I've said it over and over this year: "Okay universe, I'm in a shedding season. I get it. My trust is in you." And even when it hurt like hell, even when I cried for 90 days straight while still showing up for my team and clients, I knew deep down that something bigger was happening.

The Quantum Shift of 2026

2026 is the year of the horse. And if you know anything about horses, they represent freedom, power, movement, and unbridled energy moving forward.

This is the year you get to run.

But you couldn't run carrying all that dead weight. You couldn't sprint into your next level with people and situations anchoring you to your old identity. The shedding wasn't punishment, it was preparation.

Right now, there's a quantum shift happening. Energy is moving. The old paradigm of hustle and grind and sacrifice is crumbling. The new paradigm of alignment and authenticity and nervous system regulation is rising.

And you, my friend, are being positioned right at the center of it.

How to Surrender to the Shift

Surrendering doesn't mean giving up. It means trusting the process even when you can't see the full picture yet.

Here's how to fully surrender and take advantage of this quantum shift:

1. Stop trying to hold onto what's already gone

If someone left, let them leave. If a business partnership dissolved, let it dissolve. If a friendship ended, honor what it was and release it. As Mel Robbins woudl put it...LET THEM...and then LET YOU. Some people are meant for a chapter, not the whole book. They rode the train to their destination and got off. There's nothing wrong with that.

2. Get crystal clear on your values

This year forced me to identify my top 5 character values: integrity, love, freedom, safety, and honesty. When I operate outside of these, everything in my life feels off. When I'm in alignment with them, magic happens.

What are your non negotiables? What values do you need to honor to feel fully aligned? Write them down. Put them somewhere you can see them every single day.

3. Stop carrying what was never yours

We've been conditioned as women, especially high functioning women in business, to keep the peace. To take on responsibility that isn't ours. To carry emotional weight for other people.

We're not doing that anymore in 2026. Full stop.

If it wasn't yours to begin with, put it down. You don't need permission. You don't need to explain. Just release it.

4. Trust your body's wisdom

Your nervous system knows before your brain does. If something feels off, it probably is. If someone's energy makes you feel contracted instead of expanded, pay attention to that.

We're moving into an era where nervous system regulation isn't just a buzzword, it's a business strategy. The version of you that can build AND hold real wealth is the version that trusts her body's signals.

5. Decide who you're becoming

The future version of you is already decided. She's already living the life you're building toward. She's already made the millions. She's already surrounded by people who celebrate her, not tolerate her.

What would she do right now? How would she show up? What would she release? What would she call in?

Start being her now. Not when you hit the goal. Not when you make the money. Not when you lose the weight or find the partner or get the recognition. Now.

Taking Full Advantage of the Quantum Leap

Here's what I know about quantum shifts: they reward the people who are ready. The people who did the inner work during the shedding season. The people who didn't bypass their pain but moved through it.

You've been in training this whole year. Every hard conversation, every betrayal, every moment you wanted to give up but didn't, it was all building your capacity for what's coming.

In 2026, you get to:

• Build the business you've been dreaming of without compromise

• Surround yourself with people who are in full alignment with your vision

• Make money in a way that feels good to your nervous system

• Release the hustle and step into flow

• Collaborate instead of compete

• Take up space without apology

But only if you fully surrender to the shift that's happening.

The Truth Nobody's Telling You

Down seasons teach us more than any other time in our business and life if we allow ourselves to learn. But we have to actually extract the lessons. We have to sit in the discomfort long enough to understand what it's teaching us.

This year showed you:

• Who's really in your corner (and who was just using you)

• What you're actually made of

• Where you've been out of integrity

• What you're no longer available for

• How strong you actually are

Don't waste those lessons. Apply them. Use them. Let them fuel you into 2026.

You're Becoming HER

The woman you're becoming is unrecognizable to the woman you were at the beginning of 2025. And that's exactly the point.

You're being reborn. Through the messy, through the tears, through the shedding, through all of it. And one day, maybe a year from now, maybe three or five years from now, you're going to look back and it's all going to make sense.

You're going to tell the story of your shedding season and inspire someone who's in theirs right now. Someone who wanted to give up is going to see that you didn't give up, and they're going to find strength in you.

If that's the only reason you keep going, keep going for that reason.

Welcome to 2026

The shedding season is over. We're deciding that right now. Universe removed what needed to be removed. Now it's time to step into everything that's been waiting for you.

This is the year you run. This is the year you fly. This is the year you become her.

There's room at the table for everyone who's in full alignment. We can all win. We can all make the millions. We collaborate, we don't compete.

Are you ready?

The quantum shift is here. Surrender to it. Trust it. And watch what happens.