As we wrap up the

year, I wanna take you

through a gentle but honest

reflection of what life and

business has brought me.

The good, the challenging, the

messy, and the magic, because.

Life and business rarely

move in straight lines.

Oh my goodness.

How I wish they did.

How I wish it was all linear,

but it's all loop to loop.

Right?

Which makes you feel like

you're going loop to crazy.

Yeah.

they all kind of

weave together.

They influence each other

and they shape who we

become and how we behave.

And so today what I really

wanted to do was share my

own reflection with you

in the hope that you can

reflect on your year as well.

We're going to take a

step by step approach to

this because these things

intersect because they weave.

I wanna first talk to you

about life, the beautiful

moments, the tough ones,

and everything in between.

And then I wanna talk

about business, the wins,

the challenges, and the

things that stretched me.

And after that, I will

share the biggest learnings.

I had throughout this year in

business and in our community.

And then finally,

'cause I'm me.

I love a good

practical reflection.

So a little ritual that

you can close out your

own year with, with a bit

of clarity and intention.

it is almost the

end of the year.

There was this thing that

happened when I used to work

in HR in corporates where

everyone started going a bit

feral as of about October.

It's like they're stretching.

They're, they're working to

the end of the year and they

haven't given themselves a

break throughout the year.

So I reckon we're

probably dealing with a

bit of feral behavior.

So if you are feeling a little

bit feral, like a feral cat,

take me on a little walk with

you or grab a piece of paper,

grab a cup of tea, and just.

Pay attention what to

what is actually going

on for you right now?

Life and business are so

always intertwined, so it

only feels right to look

at them side by side.

Right?

I'll give you the good first.

I'll give you life first.

The good right,

the good in life.

I look at the good in my

personal life this year, there

is so much to be grateful for.

had a wonderful family holiday

to New York and Canada.

3 whole weeks

and it was one of those trips

that stays in your bones.

it just meshes in.

It's the memories that

you've created, the memories

you've carved out, and

just the time off together.

The interesting thing

for me that happened with

this trip, I have always.

Ever since I was little,

suffered with travel sickness

and uh, last year I gave

myself a travel ban, would

not travel for one whole year.

I was focused on my

health and just getting

that back on track and

I decided not to travel.

I was feeling a bit nervous

about these big trip because

I obviously New York and

Canada a few hours away.

and really what happened

that was really interesting

to me is sickness,

travel sickness, gone.

Literally 47 years.

travel sickness and gone.

I don't know what happened.

Maybe I've matured,

which makes me laugh.

it's just psychosomatic,

who knows?

But not one ounce

of travel sickness.

And we did a lot of Ks

both flying and driving.

So actually the trip was

wonderful, but it was even

more wonderful with the fact

I didn't actually need to

worry about carrying sick

bags in the car, making

sure I took my quells.

All the things that

as you, if you suffer

with travel sickness,

you know all too well.

We are about, we are about,

we're like an inch off

moving into our dream house.

We have been waiting four

years for this house.

It's part of a 51

build community.

It's all electric.

No gas, eco-friendly, and

we have been chomping at the

bit to move in this week.

It's happening now.

You might sit there and

go, what a terrible time

of year to move house.

I totally agree, but I'm

I'm so excited about it.

I'm so excited.

Our, our dream house,

which is awesome.

My health, for the most

part, has been good.

If you have listened to any

of the other ex uh, episodes,

you would know that we've

had a little, few little

blips on that, um, radar.

I got back into running.

I taught myself couch to

5K, got back into running,

which I really love.

I've kept up my

20,000 steps a day.

I've kept up my

naps every day.

and inspired by one of

my clients, Trudy, I

joined a local park run.

Which is awesome.

If you haven't done a park

run before you so do one.

The community is great and I'm

about to start volunteering

there, which is awesome.

Another amazing thing that

happened, one of my bonus

daughters got engaged.

Yay.

And that brought us a

lot of joy and now we

plan for a wedding.

And I think most

importantly really was

I kept my health

front and centre

even in the moments

when it wasn't great.

So they were like the

good bits, the personal

bits, the life bits.

Of course there were

some really hard bits

in our year this year.

life delivered some

heartbreaking moments

for me personally.

lost our 16-year-old dog

Spency, and he was my shadow

day in day out, 16 years.

He had been with

me for so long.

He'd been with me before.

Husbands before, kids

before bonus, kids

before all the things.

And his loss hurt

really deep the day.

Before hosting a 75 woman

event that was being

video grafted, I ended

up in emergency, uh,

with stitches to my chin.

was fun and also fun for the

makeup artist the next day

to try and cover that all up.

I also received a

cancer diagnosis, which

led to two surgeries.

Navigating that while being

a mom, trying to be a good

wife and a business owner

at times just felt enormous.

good was beautiful, but

the hard heavy and both

shaped me, both really

shaped me this year.

So that's life.

it into a little

box for the moment.

Now I wanna talk

about business.

I wanna talk about the good,

the business reflections that

were good thriving women.

2025 was magic, it was

light, it was energized,

it was aligned.

The women are beautiful.

That was amazing for me.

We did some new things,

which really worked well.

We took out some stuff

that wasn't working well.

We got them focused on

the right things, not just

taking in more content, but

actually getting stuff done

and moving into action.

Our 2026.

Thriving and launch

was so solid.

I left nothing on the

table for that launch,

and if you have heard the

behind the scenes episode,

you'll know that there's

a whole story there.

But I'm very, very proud

of the fact that we were

able to do that launch

in such a solid way.

We leveled up our systems

and we shifted from active

campaign to automate

digital, which is a

type of go high level.

Uh, it was a really

tough project.

We've got a lot of pieces

that could potentially break.

I think also what helped

in this moment is that I

was away for three weeks,

so Serena had the place to

herself and was able to do

that without my involvement,

which was amazing.

It was a big piece of

work, and I wish we'd done

it sooner, but absolutely

the right decision.

I wanna say this one straddles

both the huge win in being

able to travel overseas for

three weeks and the business

holding strong without me.

Incredible every business

owner's dream, and I have

to put that down to the

beautiful community of

thriving women that I had.

We planned it a long time

in advance so everyone

knew that it was coming

and the community just

sorted themselves out.

There were people that showed

up for others throughout

this time while I wasn't

online, and it really gave

me confidence that when

you've got the right people

in the right community, that.

Anything can happen.

You even as a business

owner, can have a break.

Every business owner

dreams of that moment, I

reckon, and Brianna will

be very happy to hear this.

Finally, this podcast

feels like me.

Yay.

It's uh, natural.

It's honest.

We're having fun.

loving it.

And if you listen to the

episodes a few ago where I was

like, oh, this is really hard.

We've pushed through the

discomfort and the hard, and

we've worked out a strategy

and a system that really

helps me have fun in this.

So thank you, Brianna.

Of course, there

was challenges in

business as well.

Lots of challenges.

The biggest challenge,

unfortunately, I

hate to admit this.

And if Serena's listening,

she was gonna have a laugh.

Now I'm the problem.

It's me.

in the words of Taylor

Swift, I move really quickly.

My brain is just like,

and sometimes the team.

Get left behind.

I don't mean for it to happen.

I'm aware of it and I'm

working on it, but I'm just

like, I want things done now.

And uh, that is the beauty

about being a nimble team

and an entrepreneur, but

also realizing other people

don't work in that way.

So, you know, love letters are

Serena for putting up with me.

the thriving and Launch,

we overstretched, we

overstretched me in that.

It was only me who could

show up because it's my

baby, it's my launch.

I will preface this with

at the same time, we have

been able to trademark

thriving women in the us,

in Canada, in the uk, in

Australia and in New Zealand.

So big things to come, but

that was also happening

in the background, right?

But the thriving women,

2026 launch was just too

long, 12 weeks too long,

too much energy to hold.

We'll do that differently.

The systems upgrade from

ActiveCampaign to go high

level or automate digital.

Shout out to Paul.

He doesn't even listen

to this podcast, but

shout out to Paul.

He's amazing.

put a lot of pressure

on Serena, which I fully

acknowledge because changing

systems when you only have

one, automation is hard to do.

Changing systems when you

have 54,000 automations

also quite hard to do.

It's a lot.

It's a lot.

I added a couple of

extra projects to

our quarterly list.

Classic Emma move.

don't mean to, I'm just like,

we could do this and we could

do this, and the community

needs this right now, and

I need to do that anyway.

These challenges have

shaped the year as

much as the wins did.

and I've got kind of four

lessons that are the biggest

lessons from all of that.

Number one, to belly

is still the best.

Or as one of my thriving

women likes to call

it nipple to nipple,

I hosted lunches and dinners

all around Australia.

Nothing replaces being in

the room with your people.

And because of that, we've

added two go-getter days

to Brisbane next year.

So in 2025, Brizzy,

we are coming for you.

Sorry.

In 2026 we're coming for you.

So good.

But belly to belly

is still the best.

We ran an experiment

in thriving women.

This year.

We did small group coaching.

Now anyone that knows me

knows I love one-on-one

coaching, I felt like there

was just a little bit of

something, something missing

from a practical perspective.

So master classes are amazing.

Learning new things are

amazing, but putting things

into action and having that

accountability, wow, nothing,

nothing better than that.

So we.

Put an experiment in for small

group coaching, and it landed

beautifully with the group.

It created that extra layer

of depth, extra layer of

connection and accountability.

So now we've popped it into

thriving women in 2026.

So everyone gets small

coaching experience.

The other lesson is that

systems matter than speed.

Took me a while.

The upgrades were a

little bit painful,

but totally essential.

And I wouldn't have been ready

for that three years ago.

And I was probably

ready for it a year ago.

And we just couldn't sort

out which one, how it was

gonna work, all the things.

then when we upgraded

the systems, I'm like,

ah, this is amazing.

We can do new things.

And the final reflection

that I had was A strong

business can hold you

in a tough season.

We had a big, a few things,

a few tough seasons.

It did not collapse

while I was navigating

health challenges.

We haven't even talked about

the fact I fainted on a

zoom with a hundred women,

you know, while I ch, while

I grief, while I navigated

travel and surgeries.

that's about structure.

That's not about luck.

That's about having the

right structure around

you, the right support

and the right community.

And now there's something

I would love you to do.

I'd love you to sit down,

blank, piece of paper in front

of you and start with life.

Write down what was good,

what was hard, what surprised

you, and what do you

want to carry forward, and

what can you let go of?

'cause man, I'm letting

go of a whole stack

of stuff as well.

And then I want you to

look at your business

and ask yourself, what

worked, what didn't work?

Where did you grow?

Where did you overreach?

And what needs to

change next year?

Then I want you to pick three

things that you can celebrate.

What were the quiet wins?

What were the

emotional shifts?

What were the mindset shifts?

What were the things

that no one else saw,

the internal work

that you had to do?

Once you've got all that,

I would love you to think

about 3 things that you

can let go of is there a

habit you need to ditch?

Is there an expectation

you need to let slide?

there some clients

you need to fire?

Dare I say it?

Are some offers or

some outdated stories

that just have to go?

And then finally,

just one thing.

Just choose one thing to

do differently next year,

just one and that one thing.

create the biggest ripple

effect in your business

and in your life as you

reflect on your year.

I wanna ask one more thing.

I wanna ask that you

do it with softness.

This isn't a harsh

task to make you go, I

should have done this.

I could have done that.

La la, la, la, la this

year has brought me beauty,

it's brought me heartbreak,

it's brought me progress.

It's brought me pressure,

joy, and challenge it, and

I'm proud of all of it.

And I hope that you feel

the same about yours.

If you are sitting there

thinking, I can't have

the same kind of year I

had this year, I wanna do

things differently next

year, please reach out.

We might be able to work

with you one-on-one.

You might be able to step

into one of our programs.

You might be able to come

to a beautiful go-getter

day and just feel the

sense of community.

That's it for today.

That's my reflection.

For a fabulous year of

life and business, go well,