Self Care Sunday ✨ The End Leads To A New Beginning

Happy Sunday. We've got snow. So excited to be here. This is Jean Mitchells coming in on this beautiful Sunday. Endings and beginnings. I feel like I have an ending with my hair. Today we're gonna part ways. I'm kidding. I'm just kidding. I'm gonna just hang out here for a hot second, see who pops in. I am at the stud and we are having a snow day. I'm so excited about the snow. Where are you at? How are you doing? I also love that this huge plant behind me named Melman. Looks like I have bunny ears.

Hi Jennifer. I get to see you again today. How wonderful is this? Hello, Mike. How's it going today? Hope you're having a great day. So excited to see you. I'm hanging out here in uptown Minneapolis still at our Cycle bar studio. I've got Melman the plant behind me. We've got a winter wonderland outside. Hi Jules. Let the countdown begin until our retreat. Can't wait to see you and give you a big hug. We've had a variety of experiences in life, but we've climbed our way to the top. So nine year, what does that mean?

So a nine means that we set an agenda. Nine years ago, let's say we had dreams, we had ideas, we've been investing in that and now is when things have come to a fruition and contracts that we've made energetic connections that we've made, they fulfilled themselves. We've, we've done all that we need to do with some of these things. So year of a 9 is a completion year. So when you think about 20, 25, what are you done with what have you finalized? Have you let go of an old job? Have you let go of an old way of thinking, becoming a member of Cadre, you have, you've joined a to help make forward progress.

So when you think about that, this and we look at the end of our calendar year, what are you ready to let go? And not just say you're gonna let go, but like let go and be done. It's a season to just let go and be done. If you think about snake now, whether or not you like snakes, that's a different story. But if you think about the life of a snake, what happens is they shed their skin. They let an entire layer of their skin go because they're done with it. They've rejuvenated themselves, they've recreated themselves.

If you think about the human body seven years from today, you will legitimately have have a different human body than you have today. What does that mean, science wise, our cells regenerate, so we are literally going to have a brand new version of ourselves every seven years, because our cells, they release and they regenerate similar to the skin of the snake. So the year of the snake, the same thing as that 9. It's about cutting those karmic ties, letting the things that are holding us back go, finally letting them go, creating a space for us to step into the next version of ourselves.

But to do that, I find it really, really therapeutic to go back, whether it's backwards in this year, back a couple of years to look at how much you've invested into yourself, to really explore how you have grown. What obstacles have you overcome? Where did you find darkness? Where did you see the light? Can you have dark without light? They go hand in hand. I speak wonder. So when you think about that, we reflect back, we look back. There's so much information and raw data in our past. There's so much emotion, there's so many things to celebrate, so many challenges that we've overcome.

Think about all of the times in the past where you said, I don't know if I can get through this. Look at you now. You've gotten through it. And maybe you've gone through a few things that you said you couldn't get through. And here we are today. You did it. You're here. So when I think about 2026 and I wonder this week will use her magic with words to help us find a word for the year. I have no doubt in your word power, but when you think about the year 2026, you think about the year as a one. My invitation to you is to consider what seeds are you going to plant?

And not just for 2026, but for the next nine years. What version is ready to come to life? What opportunities have you said no to that maybe you're ready to say yes. What scares you? Because those greatest fears sometimes are greatest opportunities to expand and grow. When we think about 2020 and look ahead, I think about and visualize a packet of seeds. You know, like when you were in grade school and on Earth Day, you'd get a packet of seeds to plant, and you plant all the seeds into a little pot.

But then you're like, there are a thousand seeds in there. Why did I only get two plants that grew? It's because we can only allow so much to be nourished and to break through the soil. A seed will have to crack through a shell. It will have to dig roots, it will have to choose to climb through the darkness, to break through the soil at the top to get to the sunshine. And then it takes an investment into that flower to allow it to bloo, to rise, to shine, to create a new leaf. See my new leaf over here?

Isn't she pretty, Mike? Yeah. I'm so excited that you were part of this Cadre team, planting that seed, bringing things to life in the Chinese New Year. It's the year of the horse. So think about that stallion that rides free into the open field. It's persistent, it's strong, it's courageous, it is bold, and it charges ahead as if it was riding into the sunset. So we are letting go of old karmic ties. We are letting go of the layer of us that doesn't serve us anymore, and we are charging ahead into the open field.

The year of the horse. The year. A numerology of A1. Yeah. It's time to go. It is time for us to find the next version of us, plant those seeds, invest in that magic and bring it to life. But here's what's great. You don't have to do that alone, because we have an entire Cadre team here that is resetting, repurposing, planting those seeds, growing with you and growing for you. And I can't wait to see what happens next year, because we have some magic. You have some magic. So even though a calendar year is going to flip and you get to pull out a new calendar, it's just a new day.

But what we can do is invest in a new mindset with the change of that calendar, Invest in those ideas, those dreams, those aspirations. We can ground in a theme for the year. And if you like to set goals, you can ground in goals. I'm at a spin studio here. We had a girl on our team decide that she was going to ride 200 rides in 2026, and in two days, she's going to ride her 200th ride in 2026. So we set intentions, not knowing what it's going to become. But when we arrive, we get to look to see a different version of us, a version that has the version of us that's raged, that's cried, that's healed, that has stormed into the sunset.

But we get to do that together. Your journey, your way, all of us moving as one. So happy last Sunday of the year. I can't wait to check in with you next year on January 4, the first full moon of the year. And I can't wait to share more as we dive on in and we get to hear all about your themes for the New Year. I'll be back here tomorrow morning. I can't wait to talk to you about leading with authenticity, really finding yourself. But until then, if you're in Minnesota or wherever you are, go outside.

If you make a snow angel, I would love to see you take a photo and then post it into the Cadre sphere so we can see your snow angels. I love you all. I do. With all my heart and soul. Thank you for showing up. Not for me, but showing up for yourself all year. Let's do this again in 2026. We'll see you soon. Have the best day. Mickey.