Reflect & Reset: 2026 Intention setting workbook
- Dating Coach London
- Dec 19, 2025
- 2 min read
by Sarah Louise Ryan, Psychotherapist & Relationship Expert.
As the year comes to a close, many of us feel a quiet pressure to “sum it all up.” To decide whether the year was good or bad. Productive or disappointing. A success or something to move on from as quickly as possible.
But most years don’t fit neatly into those categories.
They hold complexity. Growth and grief. Moments of strength alongside moments of exhaustion. And often, we move straight from one year into the next without pausing long enough to acknowledge what we’ve actually lived through.
I created this Year-in-Review reflection as an alternative to resolutions, goal-setting, or self-improvement checklists. It’s an invitation to slow down and take stock of the year with care rather than critique.
This reflection isn’t about fixing yourself or deciding who you should be next year. It’s about noticing.
Noticing what challenged you.Noticing what supported you.Noticing how you adapted, coped, learned, and kept going—sometimes in ways that were visible, and sometimes in ways only you can name.
The questions gently guide you to reflect on patterns, stress points, resilience, values, and meaning, while also making room for what this year may have held that was tender or unresolved.
There’s no right way to complete it, and no expectation that it leads to clarity or answers.
You can move through it slowly, skip what doesn’t resonate, and return to it whenever you need grounding or perspective.
At the end, the reflection turns toward the year ahead—not with pressure to change, but with curiosity about what feels ready to be welcomed. What you might want more of. What you’re no longer willing to carry. What kind of energy you want to bring into your days.
Many of us are used to pushing forward without acknowledgment. This is a chance to do something different. To honor where you’ve been before asking yourself where you’re going.
If you’d like to move through this reflection yourself, you can download the full From Surviving to Thriving: A Year-in-Review Reflection for Individuals below.
It’s designed to be gentle, spacious, and supportive—something you can return to at your own pace, now or anytime in the year ahead.
You don’t need to have everything figured out. Sometimes, simply pausing to listen is enough.
Much Love,
Sarah Louise Ryan & The Love Collective Team x
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