01/03/2026
Six Râs to Remember for the Year You Say Yes to Creativity and Possibility
Dear Friends,
Welcome to 2026.
As this new year begins, I want to speak to a familiar inner knowingâthat your story, when shared, could truly benefit someone else.
If youâve carried that awarenessâperhaps newly discovered, or perhaps long heldâyou are not alone. I coach others because I understand this feeling deeply. I canâŠ
Relate
What you may have noticed throughout 2025 was a subtle pulling back into safety.
Your story stayed insideâresting, waiting, quietly preparingâalmost ready to get ready.
That feeling has a name.
Resistance
Resistance isnât failure. Itâs protection. And what are we protecting ourselves from?
Fear of judgment.
Fear that our story doesnât matter.
Or the quieter fear that it doesâand that visibility will change everything.
Playing it safe was very 2025.
As I step into 2026, Iâm choosing something different. And perhaps you are too.
The vulnerability feels palpableâuncomfortable, even. Fear is how I know Iâm moving in the right direction. To help others grow, Iâve been called to getâŠ
Raw
Real
There is no universal rule for vulnerability. How much you reveal is a personal choiceâone Iâve guided aspiring authors through for years. Questions of âshouldâ and âshould notâ often arise because our self-image and imagined judgment come knocking.
Let them knock.
Your story matters more.
Reveal
There is something both liberating and terrifying about revealing what weâve held close. Fear has a way of pairing itself with excitementâand when these two powerful emotions coexist, it often signals the pursuit of something genuinely valuable.
Or what Earl Nightingale, pioneer in the personal development industry, referred to as a worthy ideal.
If youâve coached with me, youâll recognize that phrase.
My late mentor, Bob Proctor, often said that two moments changed his life.
The first was when Ray Stanford handed him Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hillâa book Bob read for the rest of his life.
The second was when Bob discovered Earl Nightingaleâs The Strangest Secret recording. He couldnât get enough of it.
Through the power of constant repetition, those words became part of Bob. They rewrote the programs in his mindâdismantling paradigms of lack, limitation, and fear that once ruled his life.
Earl Nightingaleâs words remain my truth as well:
âSuccess is the progressive realization of a worthy ideal.â
Revealing fear is different from simply saying, âIâm afraid.â
Revealing means allowing your nervous system to listen long enough for your inner truth and outer voice to speak the same language.
When that happens, something extraordinary occurs.
You donât need special credentials or a magic formula. You need courageâto be relatable, to release resistance, to be raw and real, and to reveal what has lived quietly in your heart.
Fear is not weakness.
Fear is a signal.
Fear is an invitation.
Fear carries healing within it, calling you forward.
When you allow fear to become an opportunity for growth, it transforms into a new truth. Your results become you.
Results
There is inner work that comes before the book.
Writing, publishing, and sharing your story is the result of all the Râs combined.
When you allow yourself to become emotionally alive on the page, that vibrancy doesnât just transform youâit empowers readers you may never meet, in places you may never go.
And that, to me, is the truest definition of Nightengaleâs worthy ideal.
If you feel this awakeningâif 2026 is asking you to step forwardâI would love to guide you.
Join me for the Activate Your Inner Author Call on January 5th.
This is not about forcing words onto a page.
Itâs about creating the inner conditions that allow your voice to emergeânaturally, honestly, and with ease.
With warmth and intention,
Carolyn đ
PS: If this email found you at just the right moment, trust that timing. The call is a gentle entry pointânot a commitment to write everything, but a permission to begin.
Your seat is waiting, inviting you to say yes.
Click on the link below to to register đ
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BONUS!
JOIN ME IN THE REVEAL WHEN I'LL REVEAL THE STUNNING COVER OF MY NEW BOOK FOR THE FIRST TIME!