01/01/2026
Bravery, Limiting Beliefs & Choosing a Different Path for 2026
For a long time, I didn’t realise how much my own limiting beliefs were shaping my life and my work.
Beliefs about what felt “safe,” what was “realistic,” and what I thought I should do quietly kept me really small. They influenced the choices I made, the risks I avoided, and the way I ‘showed up’ in my work. In truth, they held me back more than I knew.
Challenging work environments, self-doubt, and the fear of stepping away from what was familiar has taken its toll on me. Somewhere along the way, I lost sight of the joy and freedom that first made me want to become an Occupational Therapist. I stayed because it felt responsible, it felt sensible and I thought I was being brave, for trying to stick with it.
BUT I now realise that bravery isn’t always about staying.
Sometimes, it’s about leaving.
This year I start off pretty much broke— but for once genuinely happy.
For the first time in a long time, I feel aligned, hopeful, and free. Choosing self-employment hasn’t been easy, or comfortable, but it has been honest.
It’s a brave step into the unknown, guided not by fear, but by belief — belief in myself and in the life I want to build.
I haven’t done this alone. I’m deeply grateful to the people who encouraged me when I wavered and reminded me of who I am when I forgot.
Thank you to my wonderful husband France Adkins, and to my incredible boys, Stanley Carr and Gil Carr, who are my constant reminder of courage and purpose. To Aylia Lou and Riley for allowing me to be part of their lives.
To my sisters Lindsay Taryn McLellandd and Lizzy Perrin, my brothers Ross McLelland and Lee Henryand my mum Morar McLelland and Yvonne Collins — your support has meant more than you know.
To my wonderful friends Pam Thomson Short, Kate Crow, and Cat Jo- especially Cat, who set this all in motion — thank you for believing in me before I fully believed in myself. ( oh and Paul McKenna for getting me to the finish line)
It feels especially meaningful to be making this transition now — leaving behind the Year of the Snake, a time of shedding, reflection, and quiet endurance, and stepping into the Year of the Horse. A year of movement, freedom, courage, and forward momentum. For me, on so many levels, this timing feels exactly right with the launch of my equine assisted therapy and learning later this year.
Here’s to breaking free from limiting beliefs.
Here’s to choosing bravery over comfort.
Here’s to starting again — with less money, perhaps, but with more joy, freedom, and hope than I’ve felt in a long time.
Have a BRILLIANT NEW YEAR and step into 2026 today being bold and brave knowing that you too can let go of any limiting beliefs that are holding back
