When I was younger, I made New Year’s Resolutions the first week of January because it seemed like the thing to do. But the older I get, the faster time flies, and it’s hardly worth making a year’s worth of resolutions.
TBH–and not trying to be morbid–I’m making a before-the-bucket to-do list. I’ll be 65 in 2026, and I’ll need at least 20 years to do all the things on that list. If I trip and fall, it’s all over with. I can’t even afford to get gum on my shoe, or I’ll run out of time.
What I need is a strategic plan.
My time is a finite and precious resource, and I need to be careful with its allocation. I’m going to prioritize joy and forward momentum, and take a ruthless hatchet to time-wasting soul-sucking activities. So my first resolution for 2026 is to quit Facebook.
For years, I’ve complained about Facebook’s toxic algorithms that increase anxiety, promote division, spread misinformation, and intensify ignorance. Even worse, with every post and comment, we’re creating content to fund Mark Suckerburg’s empire and increase his political influence.
I’d much rather offer a toxin-free private forum on my website, one that I pay for so you don’t have to. Your content, your information, and your soul are yours to keep.
If you’d like to keep in touch in a non-threatening social media kind of way, I hope you’ll join the forums. Click here to register and connect with others in the community!
Once you’re in the forums, you’ll see some groups you can request to join if you like. Each group represents an item on my New Year’s and Beyond Bucket List. In addition to cutting out the things that divert my attention and deplete my energy, I’m looking for ways to expand my efforts exponentially.
Energy healing and animal communication both take a lot of time and energy, and honestly, I’d much rather teach others to do what I do so I can keep up with the weeds in my garden. I tried to retire but kept getting requests for animal communication and energy healing, so I tried raising my prices, but even that didn’t discourage anyone.
So, I’m trying a new thing–a group effort, if you will–that I hope will allow me to work less and accomplish more while helping others to discover and nurture their own gifts and talents.
Energy Healers Unite! is a group I created for energy healers, helpers, and sensitives of all types who could use some energy healing for themselves. In this group, we’ll support one another and share our healing energies. I fully expect this group to work miracles! We’ll meet up on Zoom once a month to chat and send healing to everyone in the group.
Energy healing inevitably leads to manifestation, so in our next Zoom meeting on Sunday December 28th, we’ll create vision boards and brainstorm the future we want to manifest. I’ll post a vision board materials list and some writing prompts for brainstorming beforehand, so maybe you’ll want to check into the group ahead of time.
Hear Them Speak Alumni and Friends is a group of animal communicators and students who’ve read my book or taken my class, and our friends whose animals can benefit from a little understanding and healing. We meet up on Zoom once a month to chat and practice our skills and support one another while we help our animal friends.
In the Hear Them Speak Mentorship Fall / Winter 2025 – 2026 group, I’ll be guiding new students through the 12-week Hear Them Speak course. We’ll start our Zoom classes in January, but we can go ahead and start chatting now. There’s already a bunch of information posted in the group to help you to get started, so let’s get busy. See you in class!
There’s more to explore in the forums, and more fun stuff coming in the future, but don’t worry if you’d prefer to lurk and post occasional pictures of the food you’re about to eat. I’d love to share what I’m up to, see what you’re up to, and chat about it all in the forums. I hope I’ll see you there soon!
