2025 was the Year of the Snake, and if this year felt unbearably heavy, this episode will help it make sense.In this episode, I talk about shedding. Not habits or goals, but identities. The versions of ourselves we’ve been carrying because they felt necessary, familiar, or safe, even when they no longer fit. I reflect on what it means to release what’s heavy and false, to sit in the discomfort of loss, and to trust that what remains is real.This episode is a heavy one, but it is needed. I know so many people have struggled this year in ways they didn’t expect, and this conversation is about naming that struggle without romanticising it. About understanding why this year demanded so much of us, and why the exhaustion, grief, and confusion weren’t personal failures, they were part of the shedding.We also look ahead to 2026, the Year of the Horse: a year of movement, momentum, and quiet confidence. A year where clarity returns, doors open, and we begin walking in a direction that finally feels like ours.If 2025 stripped you back, this episode is here to remind you: it wasn’t for nothing. What fell away made room for what’s next 🤍Notes:Blog: http://www.pepetoe.netTikTok: @elenaoverfieldInstagram: @pepetoebyelenaI love you guys, and THANK you for being part of this wild, painful, but also exciting Pepetoe journey in 2025. I couldn't have made it to this day without EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU!