The Great Reset Starts Now

By Wendy Barker

What else is possible?

There is no denying that in the past few years many of us have been challenged, leaving us in a state of uncertainty where nothing seems familiar anymore. Careers has been altered, resulting in personal uncertainity. As well, relationships have been tested or ended. We have experienced changes in our friendships, family structures, and our romantic partnerships. Many individuals have undergone transformations through personal growth, shifts in perspectives, or the emotional toll of navigating these turbulent times. In some way, many of us have been affected by some form of change creating chaos in our lives and our nervous systems.

According to astrology, we are currently at the conclusion of a very long cycle and moving into a cycle of endings and beginnings that will affect us all. In the years 2024 and 2025, all the planets shifted signs, creating energetic shifts on earth. Many in the astrological community are suggesting 2026 is the 'Great Reset Year,' a term that encapsulates the idea that we are on the brink of monumental, long-term changes over the next decade or so.

We Are All Energy

Over the past 20 years, I have dedicated myself to learning about and working with energy in various forms. This journey has been both enlightening and transformative, allowing me to explore the intricate connections between the cosmos, nature, and human consciousness. I have delved into numerous practices, including energy healing modalities, personal development, crystal bowl sound healing and meditation, all of which have deepened my understanding how energies interact and influence one another. Through workshops, books, and personal exploration, I have gained awareness of the importance of maintaining peace and balance in times of chaos and change. This understanding has empowered me to harness these energies to respond rather than react, transforming potential chaos into opportunities for growth and transformation.

How can we be there for ourselves as we navigate these changes? Recently I came across the term 'Unconditional Self Compassion'. This was a term I wasn't knowingly familiar with, I understood the concepts of compassion and self compassion but the unconditional part threw me off a bit. Unconditional meaning 'without conditions'. Interesting. Was I being unconditional with my self compassion or was I putting conditions on it? Wow, that brought up a whole new awareness for me, one that now I have seen it I cannot unsee it.

I have learnt to be aware of my thoughts and the judgments I am putting on them. I realize that how I judged what was happening in my life was from old out dated thoughts and beliefs. Beliefs that were keeping me stuck in chaos, fear and anxiety that didn't even make sense anymore. I realized many of these beliefs weren't even mine, they belonged to people that influenced me in the past and yet here I was still living by these judgments today.

Ask, Ask, Ask And Ask Again

Think about this, you have a thought and what is the first thing you do? You judge it, is it a good thought or a bad thought? Is it right or wrong? Do you agree with it or not agree with it? These questions create judgments, and judgments are based on past knowledge of what is good or bad or right or wrong. Judgments keep you stuck. What happens when you decide something is good or bad? Your brain brings up the evidence from your past that it is good because..... or bad because.....period. All curiousity or other possibilities are ended.

Let's say, when you were young you were told if you didn't eat everything on your plate you were bad. So now you eat everything on your plate because as you were told if you don't you were bad. What happens when you don't eat everything on your plate you are bad? Or is that just what someone else believed? Does that belief belong to you today?

Your mind is constantly putting conditions on your thoughts, your words, your actions. You are your own worse critic, you judge yourself for everything. What would it be like to practice unconditional self compassion? How much ease would that create for you? How much inner peace would you have? How much happier would you be?

Let's use this 'Great Reset Year' to be more uncondionally compassionate to ourselves. Let's start by focusing on moving from judgment to discernment. Instead of judging that something is this way and only this way, ask yourself questions. Judgment is a reaction that ends a process whereas discernment is an observation that begins one. What is really going on here? Is it true for you now? What else is possible? Do I need more information?

What words are you using? Should, shouldn't, good, bad, right, wrong, these are all judgment words. Ask yourself is this real or is it a judgment or a label I am putting on it? Instead of labelling something a failure, ask yourself what else could I have done here? This changes a label or a judgment to a world of possibilities. Choosing to shift your words from ones of judgment to what else could be true here, allows your nervous system to remain calm and keeps you in a positive energy. The more calm our nervous system can be during these times of change the easier it will be on you and your body.

Be the Change You Want to See

I believe we have been given this Great Reset to create more positive light within ourselves and in the collective. I see it as an excellent opportunity to let go of old outdated stuck ways that no longer work for us or serve our highest and best goode. I welcome this shift in awareness and I am asking "how can I be more uncondionally compassionate to me? How much more joy and love will that create for me and in the world?

There are infinite possibilities for unconditional self compassion, what will it take for me to live in unconditional self compassion for myself? What will it take for you to live in unconditional self compassion? Let's try it and see!