A mid-year reflection
Reconnecting with what matters.
It seems hard to believe that we’re already at the midpoint of 2026. As we just encountered the summer solstice, we’re invited to pause and intentionally reflect on the year so far, what feels misaligned, and how we’d like to rest of the year to unfold.
It’s easy to get caught up measuring accomplishments via markers of productivity, progress, or reaching outcomes, especially if you created new years resolutions. By now, for many of us, those resolutions or goals are stalled or forgotten.
We have the natural tendency to hyperfocus on what’s not working, what’s stalled, the areas that are lacking, and how we’re “failing”, which of course makes us feel terrible. But reaching goals, healing, and personal growth happen in slow, gradual shifts. They can show up in the moments that feel a tad more grounded, the subtle forward momentum on projects, the pauses where we were previously reactive, and the new habit that we come back despite longs gaps of time between practicing it.
Whatever we are cultivating- a new habit, a creative goal, deeper connections, more emotional ease- takes time. Our modern life encourages split attention, hustle, and visible outcomes and as a result, we mistake slowness for failure. We fall into perfectionism and forget that we’re humans that are evolving internally, not just by the things that get accomplished.
There’s nothing wrong with revising and reconnecting to goals, if we can equally revisit intentions and values. By using values as a compass, rather than a goal that can be completed, we’re given purpose and fulfillment regardless of the outcome. When we anchor to values, we anchor to meaning.
Many sessions with my clients end up dissecting this question of “how do I get things done?” and while there’s insight, tips, and tricks (behavioral strategies) we discuss, the larger questions revolve around the blocks (often mental one), intentions, values and self-compassion.
As we move into the summer, let’s shift the question of Am I there yet? to What am I tending to? What matters to me right now?What qualities am I working to embody for the life, relationships, and version of myself I hope to cultivate?🩶
