This Is My Pivot Year

Where surrender begins… and life unfolds

Today begins my Pivot Year.

As I opened The Pivot Year by Brianna Wiest this morning, I was met with a line that landed so deeply in my heart:

“Everything will happen with much more ease if it is in alignment with your soul’s true intent.”

To me, that means something so simple yet so profound:
what is meant for you will not pass you by.

2025 was filled with uncertainty, movement, emotion, rebuilding, and surrender, and as I sit here now, I can see so clearly how everything shifted the moment I stopped trying to force what wasn’t meant to be, and finally allowed what wanted to happen… to happen.

Letting Go of What I Thought My Life Was Supposed to Look Like

My condo went on the market July 9th, 2025.
There was little interest. Months passed. I was in and out constantly, balancing existing Airbnb bookings, staying with friends, packing and unpacking. It was destabilizing. Draining. Confusing. I didn’t know if I was coming or going.

At the same time, I was trying to rebuild my relationship. We had land together in BC. We dreamed of a home. A new life. But every time we tried to move forward, we hit another wall. Something always fell apart (money, timing, life). Everything felt blocked.

We loved one another deeply… but sometimes love isn’t enough to build a life together.

Eventually, I reached a moment of clarity:
you can love someone and still not be meant to walk the same path.

Ending the relationship wasn’t easy. It was heartbreaking and grounding all at the same time. It was truth. And it was necessary.

I also decided to take my condo off the market.
I needed to breathe. To nest. To come home to myself.

I thought I was going to stay for a while…
but life had other plans.

The Moment I Surrendered, Everything Shifted

The day before my condo was officially coming off the market, a last-minute viewing request came in. My agent asked if I wanted to cancel it, since it was coming off the market the very next day anyway.

I said no.
Let it be.

That same night, I got a call:

They wanted to see it again the next day.

And I knew.

That quiet inner knowing rose up, the kind that doesn’t shout, it just gently says:

“This is it.”

A few days later, the offer came in, and after some back and forth, on December 30th my condo was officially SOLD.

And in that moment… I felt euphoria. Freedom. Expansion.
A full-body YES.

Not because it wasn’t scary.
Not because I had every answer.

But because it felt right.

I had finally stopped gripping life so tightly… and the moment I released control, everything began to flow.

This Is What It Means To Pivot

You know you’re making the right decision when your very first instinct is excitement. That spark. That flutter. That deep soul recognition that says:

“Something new is coming.”

Then comes fear.
Fear always arrives after, with the what-ifs, the doubts, the worry.

Our work is to honour fear… and still choose courage.

This is why I sold my condo.
This is why I am saying yes to change.
This is why I am trusting the unknown more than I ever have.

Because I have outgrown this chapter.
This city.
This life.

Sometimes we stay because it is comfortable.
Because we don’t want to let others down.
Because we are scared of the unknown.

But this year, I am not staying.

This year, I am pivoting.

I am choosing surrender.
I am choosing trust.
I am choosing faith.
I am choosing myself.

I don’t fully know where I am going next… but I do know this:

Change brings growth.
Surrender opens doors.
And when something is meant for you, it will come with flow.

This is my Pivot Year.
And I am choosing to step boldly, courageously, and wholeheartedly into it.

With trust.
With love.
With grace.
With faith in the unfolding.

And with the deepest knowing that I am guided.

As you step into 2026, a year of beginnings,
how can you step courageously into your future and trust?

Sending you so much love and light,
Natalie