Newsletter 1: Intentionality...the Velcro of manifestation
Natalie Castel
December 11, 2025
A Sunday Coaching Ritual with Nats
Beautiful human,
As we move into December, I want to invite you into a gentle, conscious practice of signing off 2025 with intention. A practice that allows you to put down what hasn’t served you… and honour — deeply — what has.
This year has held so much uncertainty: global politics, war, AI, economic turmoil. Every country has been navigating its own turbulence. And with uncertainty comes its companion: anxiety. Both collectively and individually.
Anxiety causes the kind of overwhelm where we aren’t able to separate what’s in our control from what isn’t. It causes us to live in our heads – we ruminate, spiral and get stuck in a helpless, limbo-like space where nothing feels clear.
So today, over your cup of coffee and in your own safe, cosy corner, I want to walk you through a three-step practice that gently untangles the “spaghetti mess” in your mind and returns the power back to your hands.
Are you ready, Lovely?
First...let's arrive.
Take three slow, deep breaths.
Let your shoulders drop.
Let your jaw soften.
Let yourself land here, in this present moment — the only place where you have
full control, where you are safe, and where you are perfect exactly as you are.
Moving into December offers a golden opportunity: A conscious wrap-up of 2025 — honest, intentional, and clarifying.
And if you’re anything like me, your emotional, mental, and physical bandwidth might be running on fumes. So let’s do this with compassion, self-support, and zero judgement, ok?
What experiences (positive and/or negative) have had a significant impact on
you this year?
And what did those experiences do inside you?
Use these prompts to guide you:
- What thoughts did the experience bring up about yourself or others?
- How did your body respond?
- How long did the impact last?
- What did the experience make you believe about yourself?
- Where is your heart at right now?
- What does your nervous system feel like?
This is about acknowledging how 2025 has landed in your system — both the beautiful and the bruising parts.
Give yourself time here.
Write it out if it helps — a brain-dump can create a shift in perspective that talking
to yourself in your head simply can’t.
And when you’re ready, let’s gently move forward.
Holding the awareness of how this year has impacted you, this second step asks:
What have I learned because of what happened to me?
Consider:
- What have I learned about myself that I wouldn’t have learned otherwise?
- What can I take from these lessons and apply in my life?
- How did I grow through the experience?
- What new perspectives have opened up for me?
Pause.
Do you notice a shift?
A subtle empowerment?
A softening?
A clearer breath?
This shift is important.
It’s telling you that you hold the power. You can be both bruised AND wise;
vulnerable AND strong.
Ready for the final step?
Now that you’ve reflected on how 2025 happened to you and for you…
What would you like to put down?
Maybe it’s the self-judgement.
The overthinking.
The “should haves” and “could haves.”
The resentment that’s been brewing alongside your morning coffee.
If there are words you wish you’d spoken, whisper them into your cuppa now.
Honour your truth — it’s safe with you. Remember…no judgement.
What no longer serves you?
And what would it take to release it?
Now for the beautiful part:
What has served you?
What makes you feel proud, empowered, free, excited?
Let yourself celebrate that. Honour it. Hold it gently.
Well done. You’ve just moved yourself — powerfully — from the overwhelm of
2025 into the acceptance and gratitude of it.
As we step into December...
How can you carry this awareness with you into your long-awaited break?
What intentions do you have for this month — and for 2026?
What do you want to take with you?
And what belongs firmly in 2025, thanked and released?
Intentionality is the Velcro that makes the important things stick.
It keeps you awake, aware, aligned and able to create what you truly want.
But, Lovely — remember this:
Kindness gets shit done.
Not pressure. Not perfection.
Kindness.
So let’s close with one last, soul-check-in question:
Where is your heart at now, Lovely?
Take a breath and listen.
I’m right here with you.
In love and light,
Nats xxx
P.S. If you are really grappling with the effect of 2025 and need some extra
support, reach out – I’m here. Let’s work through it together.
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