A Little Hope, A Lot of Courage
Yesterday, I joined my dear friend Nicole Jardim’s Women’s Hormone Health Certification Program (fun fact: I graduated from it back in 2014 🙋♀️) as a guest teacher on the topic of “Planning for the year ahead.”
I guided the women through a powerful visualization — one that invited them to see themselves and their lives unfolding in 2026.
What do they want to call in for their work?
Their relationships?
Their health?
Where do they long for more fun, more pleasure, more joy?
How do they want to respond when challenges arise?
And perhaps most importantly: How does their self-image need to shift so they can manifest — and actually receive — what they desire?
One theme bubled to the surface: COURAGE.
→ Courage to walk your own path.
→ Courage to trust your desires.
→ Courage to stay awake and present in a world that can feel overwhelming.
Because the truth is, courage isn’t just needed for the inner journey — it’s needed in today’s world at large.
How do we not shrink in the face of failure, criticism, political chaos, social unrest, and global uncertainty?
How do we stay open instead of shutting down?
I believe we’re living in a moment in history where courage is no longer optional — it’s essential.
And when I think about courage, I think about HOPE.
Without hope, courage has no fuel.
Without hope, taking steps forward feels impossible.
There’s a German saying I grew up with:
“Die Hoffnung stirbt zuletzt.”
It means: “Hope dies last.”
I’ve always believed that. Hope is the quiet pulse inside us that keeps us moving.
Hope is what allows us to show up for our lives, our families, our purpose, and our world.
So, how do we stay hopeful — both for our personal journeys and for humanity as a whole?
Yes, encouraging words from others can lift us temporarily. Good news can warm us. But at its core, hope isn’t something we’re given — it’s something we remember.
Deep inside each of us is a light of hope.
A belief that things can get better.
A desire to trust our path.
A willingness to show up with courage for what matters.
Today, I want to invite you to reconnect with that light — to remember it, to nourish it, to strengthen its flame.
Here are three questions to help you come home to your hope:
1. What small signs of goodness, beauty, or connection have crossed my path recently — and how can I let them expand inside me?
2. How do I need to protect my own hope? Where, with whom or with which outlets do I need more robust boundaries or greater distance to remain buoyant internally?
3. If I believed, even 1% more, that things could unfold in my favor… what tiny courageous step would I take next?
As always you can journal on these prompts, chat with a friend, or simply think them on a nice nature walk (my favorite 😊).
With love as always 💗
Caroline
