hey, baked bean.

unless you’re a car or a spine, “alignment” might seem more woo than worthwhile to pursue

that would be a mistake though. alignment is the tough-to-nail-down but utterly indispensable foundation for all the big work we’re here to do in this world

when your values, beliefs + actions are aligned, decisions become so much easier to make. you have less to question + even less to prove

and when those things are misaligned?

people can feel it — even if they can’t name it

(NB: clients are indeed people)

the good news though, is that it’s actually super easy to start building alignment in your life + biz

you can do it in small steps. you can start NOW

all you need to do is identify or acknowledge one of your core, deeply-rooted beliefs. and then act on it in some big or small way

with the transition from one year to the next, your priorities are be default front + center right now

whether you’re setting intentions, selecting a word of the year, or you’re into that resolution-setting racket, there’s no way you’re not thinking of what matters to you most right now

you might be focused a little more on the micro/personal level — tangible goals you want to achieve in your life + biz

but i encourage you to consider the bigger, more macro/global values you wish to live + breathe as well

checking in with your mission or vision statement is a great place to start!

for example, one of my main micro goals in the year ahead is to create + publish an oracle card deck

on a more macro/global level, i want to help more people trust themselves at least as much as everyone else + stop outsourcing their power to others

if i’m looking to act in alignment with my oracle card goal, some small simple steps i can take are:

schedule time into my calendar every week to work on the project
start saying NO to other projects that will whittle my time + attention
start asking clients what they love about the decks they love, and what they’d love to see in a deck i would create
research deck manufacturers + publishers
run ideas by my community, mentors + guides

if i’m looking to act in alignment with my macro goal, my steps might be a little less definable, but no less effective:

continue to act from a place of deep self-trust
notice when it’s tough to do that, and support myself the way i need
admit when self-trust feels tough
engage in potentially challenging conversations with folks who may undermine my self-trust, as well as folks who may be struggling with this themselves

and perhaps most importantly, to keep living this belief in word + deed. to make the decisions that feel most right + true for myself, regardless of any side-eye or flack I might get from others

to do it in my life. to do it in my business

to understand that this is what it means to “be the change you wish to see in the world”

to know that, in a world hellbent on keeping you following rules meant to render you small + disconnected from your power…

trusting yourself as your own best expert is revolutionary

to accept, finally, that all these boxes cannot contain you

and to do it one small decision at a time

that’s one of the things i love so much about my YEAR AHEAD spread —

it’s an opportunity to walk your talk in the moment, that also sets you up to KEEP walking it long after

it’s a chance to connect to the wisdom + desire you’ve likely been shoving aside or squashing down as impractical or unimportant —

something for another less busy, less critical moment that never comes

just daring to be so bold as to invite your intuition to the planning party in the first place is a way to align your values with your actions

and then after the session, every time you apply + act on what comes up for you, you’re creating countless mini moments to keep practicing

to make it a lifestyle

to perpetuate alignment + make it sustainable

to feel like you’re living the life you were meant to live, and creating the experience of business you envisioned when you started this wild entrepreneurial, small biz/big purpose life

to stop paying lipservice to your values while unintentionally undermining them

if you’d like to see what a YEAR AHEAD spread can do for your alignment + how it can help inform your big + small decisions in life + biz —

you can do it at a $50 savings through the end of the year (read: TONIGHT!)

➡️ all sessions purchased by jan 15 also come with a bonus 30-minute follow-up call, to be scheduled 30 days later

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your YEAR AHEAD spread

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and hey, if this doesn’t feel like your jam, i’d love to know what does!

hit reply + let me know how you stay aligned + feeling powerful in your big + small biz decisions

and now, as i just told a dear friend…

may we put 2025 to bed without dinner, and may 2026 arrive ready to put allllll the abundance + blessings on the table for us!

xxoo, cc

BEHIND THE ENDEARMENT:

every 8 months or so i get a childhood craving for kielbasa + baked beans. which is what i had for dinner last night + am about to have again for lunch

i suppose i could have called you “kielbasa,” but as a chubby kid who grew up in a portuguese fishing town, whose name happened to loosely rhyme with a portuguese sausage… i would never lol

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