Trust: A Word I’m Living Into for 2026

I have been choosing a word—or sometimes two—each year to embody the essence of the year through how I live. It helps me become more intimate with how I desire to show up in the world. It isn’t always fun or easy, but it has become a guiding light I return to—especially when I want to be like a toddler, kicking and screaming at what life has placed in front of me.

Honestly, I let that child energy move through my body as I lean into support and pray into what is alive.

Trust is my word for 2026, following a year of surrendering and allowing life to show me the way. It feels especially potent given what is happening in our country—to not get lost in the noise, to stay rooted, to remember what is true.

Over the last 8–10 years, I have been learning how to trust myself and my own knowing, after a lifetime of outsourcing my trust to everyone else but me. When I did that, I believed others knew what was better for me—and I often ended up more lost, disappointed, and resentful. I began to see how I was breaking trust with myself and with Great Mystery, hoping someone else could save me from taking responsibility for my life and for what I desire.

I also noticed that when I said, “I don’t trust them,” what I really meant was, “I don’t trust myself to know better.”

Trust, for me, means listening to my intuition and to what Great Mystery is speaking through me—something only I can sense, know, hear, and follow. It is soft and subtle, and so easily drowned out by a busy, loud world. Trust asks me to slow down and check in with my body, which receives information from all directions, rather than relying solely on my mind, which often operates with blinders on—protecting me by repeating what is familiar.

I am choosing not to operate from fear or from comfort in what is known. I would much rather trust the unknown, trusting that what is unfolding is better than I can imagine.

Trust also means surrendering control and allowing Great Mystery to guide me into places I cannot yet see.

What is your word—or feeling—for the year? I’d truly love to hear. Post in the comments below.