From Shedding To Stabilizing: The Spiritual Energy Of 2026

We trace the shift from the shedding of 2025 to the foundations of 2026, reframing slow starts as recalibration and aligning with one coherent timeline. We share hard-won lessons on boundaries, community, and the end of karmic loops, with practical steps to root and grow.

• 2025 as exposure and collapse, 2026 as foundation and growth
• motivation dips as nervous system recalibration rather than failure
• boundaries in pricing, friendships and business to protect alignment
• moving from individual survival mode to intentional community
• loneliness, broken systems and the need for shared support
• timelines aligning to one coherent self with fewer masks
• ending karmic loops and honoring what no longer fits
• rooting, presence and integration as the year’s core practices

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Chapters

• 0:00 Rebuilding The Podcast Vision
• 0:46 From 2025 Shedding To 2026 Foundations
• 2:31 Motivation Stalls And Rest As Recalibration
• 4:04 Patterns Exposed And Boundaries Redrawn
• 6:45 From Individual Survival To Community
• 9:54 Loneliness, Systems Cracking, And Soul Contracts
• 13:05 Timelines, Alignment, And One True Self
• 16:15 A Powerful Year Of Rooting And Growth
• 18:45 Presence, Integration, And Closing

Transcript

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Hi, everybody, and welcome back to the Real Talk with me, Isabel Frank 2026, Happy New Year. I think I already did an episode for the new year. I don't know. But either way, happy new year. I'm trying to make this podcast a little bit more consistent, and I'm actually getting some people to come on the podcast as guests. So we are rebuilding the podcast. I feel like I'm always rebuilding the podcast. Like there's always something. I don't know. How long have I been doing this podcast? I feel like forever. Let's take this podcast to the next level. So if you're out there and you're listening to this podcast and you want to be part of taking it to the next level, I don't know, reach out to me. That's what I'm going to say. Um, but today, today I'm gonna say, let's talk about what's going on right now. I'm not gonna say about what's going on in the world. I want to talk about what's going on individually right now because everything is still really shifting. A lot of us are still living in the 2025 energy and we don't really fully shift into the 26 energy until about like February right now. So things are gonna kind of feel a little bit like crazy. I know for me personally, I thought I was really motivated. I felt really great about January. Like, let's do this, let's work, let's, I'm just gonna make my goals, like there's no hesitation about it. And then it felt like everything just shut off. Like I wasn't getting bookings, I wasn't getting clients. My calendar was so freaking empty than it's ever been. My daughter actually had to remind me, like, mom, like we just started this month and we just got out of Christmas, and I'm like, okay, fair enough. But I also realized like a lot of us are being called right now to like recalibrate, to like kind of rest, even though we want to move, okay. So if you've been feeling like life is just rearranging itself again, and you're thinking, like, didn't we just go through this big shift? Why do I still feel like I'm shifting? You're not, you're not wrong. Like, you're not wrong for asking that because the reality is we're not really done yet. And I hate that. Don't you hate that? Because it's like, when are we gonna be done shifting? But I will tell you that, like, when we look at 2025, you know, it was about shedding. I mean, honestly, it was about shedding, it was about collapsing, it was about realizing old patterns, old belief systems, both collectively, like in the world wholeness as well as individual. And 2026 isn't about chaos, it's not about collapse. The word that I keep getting for 2026 is foundation, it's growth. So this year is really more about like correction. We're really building this year. So I kind of want to go into the navigation of this conversation with the the to talk about the spiritual vibe of 2026, like why things feel like they're changing and what's happening on a soul level. Okay, so that's kind of where we're going. You know me, I'm gonna try to keep this as basic as possible. Um I don't know, people always say they're like, you like literally make it so easy to understand spiritual stuff. But the reality is, is I'm not sitting here talking to you about overly woo-woo things. I just like to talk to you about the reality of what's happening in our world in a spiritual context. That's that's what I like to do. But, you know, in the last couple of years, we kept thinking like this is it, this is the shifts, right? We thought there was big shifts ending in, you know, 2023. We got big shifts ended about 2024. It's like every year, it's like the same thing. But when we look at the pattern of everything and what I have channeled, it and I I say this because I've channeled this years ago, that that was our wake-up call. Those were our it's time for you to wake up. It's time for you to realize the way that you've been doing things isn't working. And this was either doing things as a collective or doing things individual right now. So 24 and 25 were about exposure, right? Truth coming up, illusions breaking, systems cracking, people hitting burnout walls. Like, that's what it's at. I mean, I don't know how many people were just freaking over it last year. Like, I'm done, I'm over it, like this isn't working with me. One of my clients, I think I've talked about her on this episode, but she honestly is one of my like older clients. She's 70 something years old. She started counseling with me, um, life coaching, not gonna say counseling, life coaching with me last year. We meet once a week, and she was just over it, right? So I think 75, something like that, 76, and she was just like, I'm done with living the same patterns in my life. I'm done with doing things the same thing. And it's like great, like she hit her wall. It took her that long, but she hit it, and she's made enormous changes. But my point is is that if she's looking at it as like life is hitting different, we all were kind of looking at it as life is hitting different because 2026 is different. 2026 is about like integration this year. We're integrating everything that we kind of have learned over the course of these last couple of years. We're we're restructuring our nervous system again, we're coming out of that fight or flight mode, we're giving ourselves chances to actually grow. And I know it's crazy saying this in the midst of like the chaos that's happening in our world, but like this is actually how I feel about this, right? We're giving our nervous system a chance to come out of that fight or flight, and it's catching up to what our soul has kind of like already learned, so that's why like things just feel like slower if you're kind of looking at it. We're we're in a phase where things are feeling slower in the way of things feeling slower. We're also in a point where we're less tolerant. Like, if you and me are not on the same vibe, we're just not gonna work. Like, I'm not trying to force this relationship, I'm not trying to force this friendship, I'm not trying to force myself to be in a place, circumstance, or anywhere. That is not in alignment with who I am, or even more importantly, who I am becoming. Because who you're becoming is who you need to be right now, right? You're not stuck. I need to let you know that if you're feeling like life is going a little too slow and it's not changing the way you want it, like you're not stuck, you're just being, you're just recalibrating, okay? Um, so there's been a lot of things where I've had to really look at this moment in time where I'm like, is this fitting me right now? Like, does this fit? You know, personally, one of the things I did is I changed my prices. I changed my prices because the old prices didn't fit me. And honestly, I think I changed them so high that I wasn't comfortable and had nothing to do with worth. I just had to find like what fit for me. I have looked at certain, you know, family member relationships where I'm like, yeah, this doesn't really fit for me. I'm not gonna force this vibe. Like when we're around each other, we're around each other, cool, but I don't have to like make things extra. Um, so just looking at it, looking at it, even in my work, I've I love, you know, my clients, I love all of you, but I know that for some of us, we've definitely like fallen apart and we've changed. And I even go as far as saying, like, you know, last year, um, last year, one of the biggest things was realizing the universe was pushing me in a different direction for the people that surrounded me. And that was a really hard lesson, honestly. Like one of the people that I worked with, one of my mentees, and she was my mente, and she was on um a lot of my lives, and I'd build her up and I'd send her clients. She's a great reader. Like, honestly, she's probably like one of the closest people to like my actual abilities. Um, we had a fallout, like we literally had a fallout, and and it was one that I wish didn't happen, to be honest, but I think the way that she handled her feelings and emotions, like she just had like completely blocked me and cut me out, didn't go well for me. I was like, I need you to be in emotional maturity to have a conversation with me about something that irritated and bothered you, not just completely cut me out without an explanation. And um I think I realized in there that I definitely had to have more boundaries. And I realized like, you know, business has to stay business. I have a habit of like over time my clients or my business people will become my friends. And I kind of like, I think I have to kind of look at my boundaries a little bit. So I will say that that for me last year was a time of looking at boundaries and how that was. And I'm not just saying on a professional level, how to look at boundaries too when it came to friends. Um, I made certain choices in my life that I don't think some friends were really happy about, but it was like not really your life, is it? Like, so I have to do what's feeling right for me, anyways. All right, let's go into that with a second because I think as I look at that, you know, you look at the fact in that lesson right now, right? When I said it's not your life, anyways. Um, last year was really focused on us kind of looking at things in individual survival mode. Like everything was about individualism, right? I'm gonna do it on my own, I gotta feel like it's on my own. A lot of us went into hiding. We didn't want to be around people. We just knew that we had to kind of quietly do the work on our own. But right now, what's really happening is like there is like some karmic changes that are occurring right now. So for a really long time, we have made certain choices in our life based out of, like I said, individualism, right? You you do everything alone. I don't know how to real really reword that. And a lot of this though came from our past because we were always in like survival mode, and survival mode, a lot of times we go into visual individualism, but like that that's changing. We're moving into a community feel. We're moving into wanting new community, building new community, being around community, understanding I need to have community to support my goals, I need to have community to support my goals, not only maybe professionally, but also individually. And that energy is starting to shift and change, not just in ourselves, but we probably see that in the world. You can see it literally everywhere in the world. Systems are being broken down right now. And a lot of these systems that are being broken down were created with no care about us at all, but now they're being broken down to be rebuilt, right? Burnout is everywhere. Um, people are I I've had a lot of people on my live lately ask about like loneliness. So I know that loneliness is really high. Like on my TikTok lives, you know, can you talk about spiritual loneliness? Can you talk about this? So I know that people have been feeling that a lot. Um, people are questioning work, government, education, healthcare, basically everything. And I want to say like this is never just one thing, like, this isn't just a political or social change. Like, this is actually a spiritual change because you guys don't remember. I know many of you don't remember that far before you came into this world, right? You created soul contracts with different people on lessons you need to learn or how they were gonna help you in like your own growth and and different things like that. So you were never meant to do this journey alone. Like we were never meant to do this alone, ever, like ever, ever, ever, ever. I'm not talking about the sense of having a companionship of love. I'm talking in the sense of just like you never were meant to do this journey alone. And I think we as humanity are starting to remember that. We're starting to remember this lesson that you're right, like we weren't meant to do this alone. But I think when you look at our our world leaders and you look at society, it has taught us to do it alone, which I don't think is right. And I I honestly feel I don't, I don't care. This could be whatever, but I'm gonna say it. I honestly feel like these higher leaders completely understand spiritualism. They completely understand spirituality, is what I mean. Like they understand how the universal laws work, they understand how, you know, it energy works, right? Energy is gonna always be more when everybody's on the same vibration. They understand all of these things, and I think that's why they fight so hard to keep us separate and keep us in the mindset of like, I just have to figure this out alone. Because we're obviously more powerful together for anything. I'm not even, I'm just for anything at all. And that's the reality, is we're never meant to do this alone. I'm literally seeing like atoms coming together, right? It's like one and then another and then another. Like, look at our science. Our science proves that cells work together, work better together than alone. Um, so just looking at that. So we're looking at how, how do we actually like learn how to be more of a community? How do we, how do we learn to move more in that energy? Because I think a lot of us have been in this like survival mode, right? The old contract was I survive on my own. And the new one that we're moving into is more like, no, we can grow together, we stabilize together, we're in this. So honestly, I think that's why though. I'm not saying you welcome everybody and their mother into your circle, absolutely not. There's always gonna be boundaries, there's always gonna be rules, but again, it goes back into what I say, it has to be in alignment with you. If it doesn't work, you can't force it anymore. Like you literally cannot force things. I'm gonna keep repeating that because I'm watching it where it's like I always look at it like a broken record. If you're trying to force alignment in something, the universe is gonna keep spinning that record where it's like repeating the same word over and over again for you to realize, like, you know what, I keep feeling this or I keep seeing, hearing this, or I keep getting these signs that this isn't working until you break away, like until you break it away. So just FYI on that. But as we are moving into kind of growing together or stabilizing together, we may be craving, you know, smaller circles or um choosing, like I said, who we want to give our time and energy to. We might be craving real deep conversations. I know I am community spaces. I want to create more of that. I need to do that. That has like I need honestly, this is me calling myself out right now. I need to get better about creating all the ideas I want to create. Like, I need a day of just planning and creating. I don't know how to do that. I'm being really honest because I have so much that I have to do every day. I feel like I'm getting called out by my own podcast right now because I'm literally hearing, like, yeah, you've been in survival mode. And I'm like, I need I want to be in survival mode. I want it, I want to do so much for you guys in the collective. I want to host more events and things like that. Anyways, back to my story. But, you know, with not being in alignment, I guess that performative actions that we have where we're like, we're just gonna fake the funk and put a smile on our face, like that's not that's not working. You don't always have to be strong. And and I think my guides are kind of telling me, like, you don't always have to hustle, like, do what you love and you'll create what you need. Um interesting concept there. Oh, anyways. So we're moving away from I can heal so I can survive to I can heal so I can participate, I can be a part of this. Um, God, there's so much that has shifted. Last year, you know, I didn't do any. If you guys don't know, I used to do like entertainment events in like 2024. I threw a couple of entertainment events. Um, I think I even did like a yoga event. And now I'm moving into 2026 and I'm like, I want to do events again, but I want to do events with like purpose. So one of the events I'm working on right now is like it's it's fun, but it's singers. It's like I want to like have, you know, not known singers come out and perform and sing and just kind of we vibe out and we chill, and then I want to do like a yoga event and meditation event. So I have all these different ideas that I need to start moving in. Okay, that's it. But on to we go. That's me talking about community. I need to write all this down. Um, you know, recently I was looking at something that didn't work for me, and I had to go and like sit with my guides and talk about my soul contracts and you know, talk to them about like, can we can we rewrite this soul contract? Like, this isn't working, and I want to change this. By the way, this is what I do in energy calibrations. So if you have a soul contract that you want to break, or you're like, this isn't working, or I want to understand why this keeps happening to me, when you're doing energy clearings with me, which are my energy recalibrations, we we will cover these things, um, or we can, but anyhow, so I was looking at this for me, and where am I going with this story? It is a time for us to look at again what's working for you and what's not working for you, especially as far as like you know, timelines. Maybe you feel like you're trying to create something and it's taking too long, or like you're just not on the same timeline. And if you guys are like, what's a timeline? A timeline is a path that your your life force energy is moving along. I like that. Thank you guys. Your life force energy is moving along, that's a timeline. It's it's where all of your energy is moving. You can live and have multiple timelines, and a lot of us have like past timelines, and we could feel this past energy with like that's the past version of myself, or that's the past, that's the past version of myself, that's old energy, old belief systems, old timelines. And a lot of us have shortened our timelines, we sped up our purposes, we've we've done things, and now we're living in one solid timeline. We're not most of us are not living in multiple timelines, we're living in one single timeline with one sole purpose at the end of this timeline. So every choice you make, especially the unconscious ones, keeps you aligned with this timeline, this certain way of living. And a lot of people right now are like feeling that. Like, I feel like I'm on a different timeline. I feel like I'm on a different wavelength, I feel like I'm on a different energy, whatever path. Like we're that's real, okay? And what that is saying is that your values, your boundaries, and your awareness don't match the old patterns, the old energy, the old timelines. It's the same world, same you, just a different way of you showing up. It's a different way of you responding, it's a different way of you like embodying. And so, with that said, in 2026, they're like telling me right now, they're saying timelines aren't necessarily shifting in 2026, they're aligning to a higher consciousness, which is making us speed up the process that we need to create our soul's purpose or our soul's focus, or even just to bring happiness and joy into our life. You're starting to become more aware of what's no longer in alignment so that you can live in this one soul timeline. In the past, we lived in multiple timelines, and we take a little bit from this one and a little bit from this one and a little bit this one, but this was energetically exhausting. This was energetically too much, right? Five different masks and one individual. But what if you don't have to wear five different masks and you can just be that one individual? That's where we're at right now. That is that's the highest timeline. It's not the five different masks, it's one mask, one you, one individual, one embodiment living its highest timeline. And that is where we're at with 2026. I I have to say, I don't know why I'm whispering, but I love it. I love when my guides just take over and explain things because if you listen to me when I'm talking to you guys and I start stuttering, I kind of get caught up in my words, but like when my guides talk, it just feels so smooth. It feels so smooth. Um so just looking at those things, right? And as we're aligning with those higher timelines, a lot of us have, we're realizing, like I told you guys, what's no longer working for us, right? Where is this karmic energy, like karmic energy ending? Where's the karmic loop stopping? Um So just looking kind of like what that is. I'm I don't know what else to say that. Okay, having awareness. Remember, you have a choice in everything that you do. But know this so much. This is a powerful year. Like this is literally going to be a powerful year. I don't want to sit here and do my predictions. If you want my predictions, they're on TikTok. I probably need to do more. But like honestly, this is a powerful year. There is still a lot of shifting and changing that is happening. And it has to happen collectively, but it starts individually. The way that you think, the way that you process does affect the collective energy. And there's so much that is actually happening right now. It makes me a little bit nervous, but not in a bad way. Nervous in a I don't quite know what's around the corner way, but I feel good about it. I feel powerful in my own individual stance. I know that I'm put on earth right now to help you guys, to help your guys' souls evolve, to grow, to watch you, to nurture you, to hold your hand, to heal you. That's my soul's purpose. That's my job. And I think right now, more than ever, it's my opportunity to really show up for you. But for you guys, it's like you did the work so much so last year that this year isn't necessarily about taking you leaps. Maybe in January, I'm still gonna sit here and say, take those big leaps in January. But the rest of the year, it's it is about stabilizing. It's about you getting those roots into the ground and really growing, right? Letting those branches grow, those leaves grow. You're not creating a new identity. You may have created a new identity last year. You probably feel that, like the old you went away. But this is a year that you're really settling into the true version of you, that that version of you now, right? That urgency that you kind of maybe felt for so long, you might feel a little bit calmer this year. Um, presence is being present with yourself is absolutely necessary, no doubt about it, because not being present is exhausting and being performative, right? Faking the funk, whatever you want to say, is exhausting. So just know that this year, like your soul is not rushing, it's really rooting itself. So if things are shifting for you, relationships, work, identity, emotions, um, it's not a loss. Like, it's not a loss. Don't look at it as a loss. Don't look at it as why are people not talking to me? Why are they not messing with me? Why do they not like me? What did I do? Don't look at it like that. Like, ask yourself instead, like, what is my soul freeing me from? What is my soul opening the door to? Right? Because, like I said, karmic contracts are ending, there's loops that are closing, timelines are still stabilizing, but you're not late. You're not behind. You're right where the integration happens. You're you're right where things are happening right now, and you don't have to do it alone. All right, guys. So take a breath, let yourself be held by community, by truth, by presence. But we're remembering each other in this moment. And if you have any questions, let me know. DM me, talk to me. Make sure you guys like, subscribe, and follow this podcast because it helps my numbers. Leave me a comment and I will talk to you later. Bye.