Now, halfway through 2026, this isn’t about starting again. It’s about coming home.

Coming home

Growth isn’t linear. It’s a spiral. We revisit the same questions: Am I living with intention? Am I connected? Am I spending my energy on what matters? Each time, we meet these questions from a different place.

Earlier this year I picked up a book by Dr Gladys McGarey, a holistic physician who, at 102 years old, distilled a lifetime of medicine and living into six secrets. The book is called The Well-Lived Life: A 102-Year-Old Doctor’s Six Secrets to Health and Happiness at Every Age.

What struck me wasn’t that her wisdom was new. It was that it was familiar. These are the things we already know;  however, we forget. The mid-year is a good time to remember.

Six secrets. Six check-ins.

McGarey’s six secrets aren’t prescriptions. They’re invitations. I’ve turned each one into a question — not to judge where you are, but to notice.

1. Purpose : “You are here for a reason” Where has your sense of purpose felt strongest these past six months? Where has it gone quiet?

2. Movement: Stay in motion (body, mind, spirit) What has kept you in motion — and what has made you feel stuck? Is there something you’ve stopped doing that once gave you energy?

3. Connection: No one heals alone Who have you drawn closer to this year? Who have you drifted from? Is there a conversation you’ve been avoiding,  or one you need to have with yourself?

4. Learning: Every experience is a teacher What has this year taught you so far,  especially the parts you didn’t plan? What would you do differently if you trusted that lesson?

5. Energy: Spend it fully Are you investing your energy or leaking it? Where are you still numbing when you could be nourishing?

6. Love: The original healing force Have you been as tender with yourself as you’ve been with others? Where could you bring more warmth,  not performance, into your daily life?

Your nudge word

In January, the nudge word was the anchor. A single word to carry through the year.

Now is the time to sit with it again.

• Does it still fit?

• Has it evolved?

• Has it done its work, and is a new word emerging?

There’s no failure in shifting. A nudge word is a compass, not a contract.

The next six months

You don’t need a new plan. You need a moment of honest noticing.

So here’s the invitation for the second half of 2026:

Don’t start over. Come home.

Notice where you are. Name what’s changed.

Choose one thing,  just one,  to carry forward with more intention.

Because a well-lived life, as a 102-year-old doctor reminded me, isn’t built in dramatic leaps. It’s built in the quiet, repeated act of returning to what matters.

Live it! Love it! Do it!
FAB regards,
Chrizelda & Team