2026: ELEVATE

This year’s Guiding Force—ELEVATE—brings forth ideas of upward movement, amplification, promotion (of own work, but also ways work), appreciation (what doing and increase), and investing. It’s not just about elevating myself, but asking the question: How can we elevate others?

Mid-way through the month of January I’m reminded how so much of my 2025 year of CONNECTIVITY is only now starting to bare fruits, reminding me that each map I draw builds on the previous years.

Elevates means to me:

  • Upward

  • Amplification

  • Promotion

  • Appreciation

  • Value

  • New perspectives

  • Evolution

  • Finesse and fine tuning

  • Upleveling

  • Investing

  • Visibility (not hiding)

  • Magnetism

Goals for the year:

  • More speaking and workshops in front of new audiences and bigger stages.

  • Get paid well.

  • Invest and create wealth.

  • Get gigs from my speakers bureau I landed last year :)

  • Host in-person workshops/events open to the public.

  • Get a creative partnership with a hotel (or other cool space) where I can offer said workshops.

  • Collaborate with awesome people (for the first time I have a list).

  • More blogging and sharing my ideas and work.

  • Hype myself. Show up on social media without overthinking it, have fun. Share my philosophies (this is a new shift for me). Also send emails without guilt to let people know what I’m working on. Make myself visible.

  • Elevating OVERRIDE!

  • Keep fostering seeds have planted over the years.

  • Amplify and elevate others.

  • Find new ways to give back and support others.

  • Open self to others and potential bigger light filled space.

On my 2026 things I’m excited for:

  • Speaker’s stage

  • The visibility cloak (no hiding)

  • The balloon rise.

  • Moon (nod to my grandfather) and sun rise

  • Magnetic market—attracting projects not just pitching

  • Perspective viewing deck for taking things in

  • The time travel button is a nod to Rob Hopkins’s work with How to Fall in Love with the Future

  • Mission Control keeps everything in order

  • The Hype House and Amplify Alley are nods to Lucy of Hype Yourself

  • The Float pools and spa reminds me of my first Korean Spa experience last year

  • Exchange Café is a reminder of the importance of connections and collaboration

  • The elevator is definitely going up.

You can check out my past maps here! Looking back, I can see how they all build on each other: 2020: EXPLORE, 2021: AUDACITY, 2022: THE MAGIC WITHIN YOU, 2023: IGNITE!, 2024: BLOOM, 2025: CONNECTIVITY.



Every year I make my map alongside community members inside Mapping Your Path [into the New Year] each fall. Learn more about Mapping Your Path here + sign up to be notified of future cohorts.

The next 3-mo cohort of Mapping Your Path: Finding Direction workshop + community kicks off Feb 6th! 🚀

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