Ep. 15 | 2025 Year in Reflection

EPISODE OVERVIEW ✨

What if one small step could change everything? In this episode, Claire reflects on the powerful ripple effect that unfolded throughout 2025—a year that brought emotional challenges, spiritual breakthroughs, and unexpected growth.

HIGHLIGHTS

• 2025 was a "nine year" of endings and deep introspection, paving the way for 2026’s energy of renewal and beginnings.
• Taking one brave step—launching a podcast and coming out of the spiritual closet—unlocked a chain of transformative events.
• Personal healing and emotional validation came through intuitive practices and meaningful connections.
• Saying "yes" to opportunities, even when uncertain, led to life-changing moments.
• Embracing imperfection and reflection shifted the narrative from self-pity to deep pride.

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Transcript

Claire Kellems: 0:00

Hello everyone. Welcome back. I hope you're having an amazing day wherever you are. I was just sitting here and I was honestly doing some reflection on 2025, and I wanted to hop on here and share, share a few things with you all. So at the time that I'm recording this, it is. December 13th, 2025. So halfway through the last month of the year, um, which I'm sure some of us are really thankful for. Um, 2025 has been kind of a difficult year for a lot of people. Um, there's been a lot of major like astrological things happen this year. Um, there's just been a lot of. Like in our, in our world, I'm in the States, so, um, political things happening this year. There's just been a lot going on. Um, and 2025 is a nine year, so it's a like an ending year, so a death, um, an ending of cycles. Um, it was also the year of the snakes, so having to confront a lot of the things that we didn't want to, um. So, yeah. And then we're going into 2026, which is a one year, which is a new beginnings. Um, it's the year of the horse. So, you know, if the snake was holding us back, the horse is gonna push us forward and really open those doors for us. And I'm excited for the, I'm excited for the horse year, obviously, but, so, yeah. Um, but I was sitting here and I was reflecting on my year and I was. Feeling really sad for myself. I was over here throwing myself, um, a little pity party with my world's smallest violin, if I'm being honest, because when I started 2025, I had all these dreams, all these visions where I was gonna be at the end of this year. And, I didn't meet them in the ways I thought I would. And so therefore, I was feeling really sorry for myself and really bad for myself. Um, however. I started really like reflecting and looking back about like on 2025 I was going through old pictures, and I was like, you know, I really did a lot in 2025. And I started writing it down. And the more I was writing it down, the more I was like, I really did a lot in 2025. And so I wanted to hop on here and share this with you because I was really proud of myself. Um, like this was a big year for me and I think I let the negative things really over shadow, um, and really take spotlight, um, over the things that I, that I did that were really cool. And so I wanted to share with you guys, um. My year and I really wanna inspire you all to look at your year. So January of 2025, I literally had professional pictures taken with, um, two very dear friends of mine who are photographers, and that might not sound very big and exciting to you, but that was really huge for me because that was. Like the first big step I took into launching myself into this, into this world. And so I had been working on my website for a couple months up until that point, and the last thing I needed were pictures. And so I reached out, and I was just, I was so excited. I was so excited, I was so proud of myself. Um, you know, it was, it was a little step. But it was monumental to me at the time, which leads me to February. I had finalized my website. I was getting ready to, to publish it to, um, but really in February, the biggest thing was I brought home my dream horse. Leo. He was a Clydesdale. I was so excited. I literally was just beside myself. I was so excited. Um, it was kind of back and forth on whether or not it was gonna happen or not. But my sister, my dad and I drove like 10 hours into Ohio and we brought Leo home. And so that was, you know, that was huge for me too. It was, it was so exciting. It was like my little girl dream come true. And so, you know, I think. I think that was a really, one of the biggest things for me this year is having that dream that I've had for years come true. And he's, he's the best. I love him so much. Um, but February I was, I was finalizing my website. I brought my dream horse home, and then in March I launched my website, my Instagram, and essentially came out of the spiritual closet. In the most, um, Claire way possible, which is I didn't tell anyone, and then all of a sudden I had an Instagram or a, sorry, an Instagram, a website, and a podcast. And so I really just, I really just went all in. Um, and I launched my podcast in the same month. So. My first episode came out at the end of March and I was so scared. I was terrified that people would make fun of me or, or judge me in some way. Um, I was, I was convinced someone was gonna make Facebook posts about me, start a Reddit thread about me. I was so convinced that people were going to, um, be very nasty about it. Um, but thankfully. And luckily, I actually had a lot of people reach out to me and they were really excited for me. Um, I had a few family members that were very judgemental, but, you know, it happens. Um, and I, I honestly, I had so many people who were so proud of me, who were so excited for me. I, I was really overwhelmed by the support that came from it. So, you know, I, I actually met some very good friends through this, through this world as well, that I had no idea I would meet. And April, so moving on to April now. Um. I, I had decided I was gonna make a vision board. I was listening to a podcast, and this is kind of the beginning of this story that I'm getting ready to tell. Um, it's like a domino effect of opportunities that just fell one right after another. It was really, really cool. If I ever write a book one day, I am putting this in it. So April comes around. We actually finished our landscaping, which was a huge project for us. We got it all finished. Um. And I had released a couple episodes on the podcast and I, um, I decided I wanted do a vision board. That's what I was gonna say. And so I went, I bought a board thumbtacks magazines. I wanted to do it like the old fashioned way, so like magazines. Cut out a bunch of words, a bunch of pictures, and I put it all on a board. And one of the pictures I wrote opportunities on, and I really wanted to say yes to opportunities. That was, that was my big thing for 2025. I kid you not, maybe 24 hours later if that. Um, a friend of mine reached out to me. She was like, Hey, we're going on this podcast retreat. Do you wanna go? Here's the link if you want to go. And I sat there and I was like, oh, I don't know, like, I don't know. I've never done anything like this before. Like this is totally, totally outta my comfort zone. Like, do I do it? Like I don't know what to do. And I remembered I put that opportunities on my vision board and I was like, you know what? I'm gonna say yes to it. I'm gonna go do it. And so I said yes, and I was so excited. In over my head, but I was so excited, um, that I said yes to something. And so that leads me to May, which the podcast retreat was in June, so we're in May now. Um, may, I had my first paid reading. And May was actually when I had an animal communication session done with Leo. So what I didn't mention earlier is when we brought home Leo, he was at very shut down. Um. I won't mention where we got him, but he was, he was very shut down. He wouldn't let me touch him without nipping at me. Um, I could tell he was so sweet. He would follow me around the pasture everywhere. He was so interested in me and he would just walk around, walk around. He'd be so close to me. But if I tried to touch him, he never, he wouldn't bite me, but he would, he would nip at me and, you know, he would let me know that he was, he was nervous. Back up a little bit. And when we got him. I remember looking at him and I kind of, when I, like when I'm with my animals or when I'm like, you know, when I'm working with with clients, I'll do a body scan and I'll kind of pick up on where in the body something might be, um, bothering that person or that animal. And so I did this when Lee with Leo, when we got'em. And I immediately picked up on his mouth and I thought it was to his teeth. So if you don't know horses', teeth, um, they continue to grow. So you have to have them file down to make sure there's no sharp points. And so I picked up on his mouth and his gut, which I wasn't surprised with his gut'cause, um, ulcers, stress, all the things. And he was very shut down. And so I picked up on his mouth. Um, we brought him home. I had the vet come out and she did a quick look of everybody's teeth. Um, and she was like, yeah, we will. He has a, like a few minor, minor sharp points, but like that's, it wouldn't be enough to cause him problems. So she was like, I will, I'll come back. Um, and we'll float his teeth. But overall she was like, his teeth honestly don't look bad, so. We had, so fast forward to May, I had an animal communication session done on him, and the person was like, you know, is his teeth? Are his teeth? Okay? Like, are his mouth is bothering, like it seems like it's bothering him. And I was like, I know, like I kept picking up on the mouth too, but the vet said his teeth look fine. And she was like, well, it's on his left side. His left side. And so I, I mentioned this to the vet. And she was very open about it. She was, she was very interested in it too. And so she came. She came out and she was like, well, let's slow his teeth. So when you float their teeth, you give'em some sedation to get'em a little relaxed, and then you put a, it's like a special bit in their mouth to hold their mouth open while the vet files the teeth down. So she's doing his teeth. And she's like, ah, his teeth look fine. I don't know, you know, I don't know what it is. His teeth look fine. Um, maybe they're bothering him a little bit, but I could even notice how he was eating. He would, he would move his mouth in a certain way, and I, I could tell you it was something was bothering him. And I was like, I swear something in this horse's mouth is bothering him. And, and she was looking around, looking around. And when you are floating, it's called floating, like when you're following their teeth down, when you're floating horse's, teeth, you have to hold the tongue to one side to get the tongue outta the way'cause the horse is still awake. And they'll use their tongue to like, kind of try to push you outta their mouth. So she's holding his tongue to the side. And she's like, I just don't see anything. And she lets his tongue go and he twisted it a very specific way. And when he did, she and I both saw it on the, at the same time, he had an old wound on his tongue that was trying to heal, but it looked like something at one point had taken a huge chunk out of his tongue and it was kind of hidden underneath. And we both just like froze. And it was on his left side, and we both just looked at each other and we were like, that's it. That, that's the wound. It, it had, it had healed to the point where you couldn't really tell unless you were looking for it, but it was still so deep that she, she even said, she was like, at one point, whatever happened, it took a chunk out of his tongue and so. You know that where the bit fell in the mouth, it would have rested right on top of it. And so we were both just like in all over that, that it was on the left side. And that was huge validation for the, for the animal communication session, which is really, really cool. And so that was, that was May. So we go to June. June was the podcast retreat. Um, I actually, up until this point, I had a mentor, um, with my medium ship, um, who lived in Nashville and so on my way to Chattanooga, I went, was going through Nashville. So I stopped and, and met him in person, which was really cool. I met so many people in 2025. Um. Which is honestly just so cool. I was someone who didn't have a whole lot of friends growing up that I super connected with, or I had friends and they kind of came and went. I never really had like lifelong, um, friends. I would say from like childhood, still friendly with the people that I was friends with in childhood, but we don't really stay in touch very much. So meeting so many people in 2025 was really cool for me because. I just made all these connections and so met him in Nashville. It was really, it was so much fun. It was so much fun. And then I get to the podcast retreat and I meet so many nice, so many cool people, so many talented people who were in the podcasting world, who are doing amazing things, who had amazing podcasts. It, it was so. Fascinating, um, to meet everyone that I did, and it was so much fun. I had a blast there. Um, but that leads me to, um, my friend of mine that went, she had told me before we went to the podcast retreat, she was like, I'm doing a little breathing exercise on one of the days. Um, she was gonna like present and, um, do like a breathing exercise segment before we got started for that day. And I was like, okay, cool. Like, cool. Didn't really think anything of it. So we get there and I'm sitting next to her and she's like leading the room and she's like, all right, we're gonna go into this learning state, which is, um, you. You look up at a 45 degree angle and you kind of hold your gaze there and just become aware of your breathing and aware of the surroundings around you. Um, and it's to help you get into a learning state and to help you get in a more relaxed state when you're about to do something like, um, work or whatever it is you're trying to do. And she's, she's talking about this and she's like, some of you might not know, but I'm, um, a certified mindset coach and, you know, have practiced these techniques and I shot her a look'cause I had no idea what she was talking about. And up until this point, I had been telling everyone that I really wanted to take a course in, um, in something that helped me become more trauma informed and trauma sensitive. Um, I'm really, really big on being trauma. Sensitive, um, and communicating with people in the most kind way possible. And so I really wanted to become more trauma informed, trauma sensitive, um, with just like my everyday life and how I spoke with people, especially giving readings. You know, you may be dealing with someone who's experiencing grief or, or trauma in some way, and so being so mindful of how you're speaking to someone is it's just. Honestly, it's just the most human thing to do. And so she's talking about this and I like shoot her a look and I'm trying to pay attention. She was doing such a beautiful job and I was trying to pay attention to what she was saying, but I was like, when did she take this course? I wanna know everything about it. And so she finishes and we, you know, we went on with the class and afterwards I was like, okay, first of all, you have to tell me everything about this course. Like, what is, what is it? What did you do? What did you take? And so she's explaining this to me and I'm like, okay, what freaking course is this? And so she sends me, and it's the yes supply method. And she was like, I took it and it was, you know, it was a blast. I loved every bit of it. And so she sends it to me and I, I was sitting there looking through it that night and I was like, I. Absolutely wanna do this. Like, are you kidding me? I absolutely wanna do this. So. I signed up for this program for the very next cohort. I was so excited. And so that was in August, um, when I, when I started that, which takes me to, wait, that was June. Okay. So we went through the podcast retreat. I had so much fun, met so many people. I get to July. In July is where things start getting a little rocky for me. Um, I. Started not feeling well. My vertigo started flaring up again really badly, and from about July to October I was pretty sick on and off with like several different things. I just couldn't, I could not pull myself out of it. Uh, but August is when I started the yes supply method. Um, I've met so many incredible people through that course. Um, I have, I've met, I mean, from all over the world. Um, I just practice with a friend of mine from the course who lives in Germany. Um, and it's just, it's so fascinating. The course itself is fascinating, but the people that you meet, and you learn about what they're doing and how they're doing it, how they're coaching, or how they're, um, running their business or how they're living their life, it's just so fascinating. And so. Started the cohort, the yes plan method in. August, um, September was my birthday. I was still sick. Um, October, my son turned two, which was exciting. I had honestly just a blast of a year with my son, just in general. Um, I stay home with him and so, you know, it can get tiring. It can get really exhausting and you can burn out very quickly doing a lot of things. Um, but I had, you know, watching him, watching him grow up is just honestly,. It's such a privilege. It's such a privilege to watch and to watch him develop and grow and do all the things. And so he turned to in October, um, and we had a trip, um, to Florida. Our family goes there every year. Um, we love it. So we had our trip in Florida, November was our anniversary month, and um, also the Christmas parade, which if you didn't know, we got Leo. And my dream was always to own a Clydesdale and ride'em in the Christmas parade. And so November was the, was the first Christmas parade, and then December was the second Christmas parade. So looking back on 2025, it was a pretty cool year. If I'm gonna be honest, I've met so many people. Um, people from all over the world. It's, it's fascinating. And so that was kind of like my domino effect of things that happened this year. I took one. Small action, one small step to come out of the spiritual clause and say, Hey, I'm a medium. And I had so many fascinating experiences happen to me that I wouldn't trade for the world. It was just is such a privilege to like look back and realize that I was the one that like lived all those experiences even though it got really rough and really rocky there towards the end of the year. It's also interesting how, how just one small action, one small step, could have such a ripple effect. Okay, well, I'm gonna hop off here. I love you all. I hope you have an amazing day, and take care. Bye friends.