What Inner Peace & Audacity Have In Common

It’s that time of year when we all start thinking about New Year’s resolutions— what we want next, what we want to change, what we want to do differently.

And as I’ve been reflecting on my own intentions for 2026, two words keep coming through:

Inner Peace & Audacity
(Okay technically that’s three words, but you get the point.)

On paper, they couldn’t feel further apart:

Inner peace feels like stillness, groundedness, ease.
Audacity feels like fire, courage, boldness.

But the more I sit with these intentions, the more I can feel the thread that binds them together:

• Both require a regulated nervous system

• Both require expanded capacity

• Both ask for somatic safety

And this is exactly where most people miss the mark with New Year’s resolutions:

Your nervous system—not your goals—determines what you’re actually able to do in the coming year.

You can want a peaceful year…

but if your system is disregulated, everything will feel like a trigger or a threat.

You can want a bold, expansive year…

but if your body doesn’t feel safe, you’ll hesitate, freeze, or collapse right when it matters.

Inner peace requires capacity.
Audacity requires capacity.
Your next-level life requires capacity.

(p.s. “capacity” simply means how much your nervous system can safely hold without going into overwhelm.)

And the good news?

Capacity can be built.
Safety can be cultivated.
Your nervous system can learn to hold more—with ease. 

The beauty of building somatic safety, is that you create the space inside yourself to feel…

Calm and courageous.
Regulated and bold.
Steady and willing to take risks.

Which means whatever you’re calling in for 2026—
clarity, momentum, expansion, rest, creativity, visibility, deeper relationships— your ability to receive and sustain it will come down to one thing:

How much capacity your nervous system has to hold the life you’re building.

That’s the work.
That’s the foundation.
That’s the difference-maker.