Looking back on 2014

A friend (Nissa at SoulCraft) recently encouraged her tribe to acknowledge all the wonderful things they accomplished in 2014.  I made a list for myself, because my tendency is to look forward and plan... and dream... and be inspired (I'm a Leo after all).  But I don't often reflect, or at least not on the successes.  So, if you're curious, here are some of mine:

• started the Body Wisdom Healing Circle
• spoke on my first telesummit - Raising Empowered Daughters - about how moms can prepare themselves for talking to their daughters about sex, by working through their own past
• recognized that I needed to find a way to present myself and my work authentically
• found myself a tribe of heart-working peers who hold similar visions about growth and truth
• entered my second ever completed painting in the County Fair and got a second place ribbon!
• gave three local workshops about how stress effects hormone balance
• gave my first online talk on the same topic
• set aside unstructured time for myself, to nourish my soul with the space to unfold
• set aside money to travel to meet, circle with, laugh with, and cry with sisters of the heart
• used some of said money to travel to be led in the birthing of a magnificent elk hide drum that has changed everything about everything
• initiated a group of local women to circle together often, to grow, and do ritual with.  The culmination of a dream I'd had for many years

It's good for me to look back, to acknowledge where I spent my energy, and what I got in return.  I get to breathe in the abundance of the seeds I sowed... some were impulsive... and I just went with it... others I planned in great detail.  Acknowledging them feeds my soul in a way that I wouldn't have predicted before I wrote them down.

So, what about you?  What did you accomplish this year?  What feels successful about 2014?  I'd encourage you to light a candle, and write your list down.  It took me a long time to come up with this list.  I'd forgotten some of them... and it wasn't until they were here together that I could feel how I cultivated a sense of myself this year.  

For you, what about last year's work and play are you most proud of?  What feeds you more than you expected when you did it?  What do you want to build on more in 2015?