#50: Looking Back and Looking Forward

2025-12-31

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This episode was recorded on December 31, 2025. It’s a simple pause at the end of the year to look at what actually made a difference, personally and professionally. In this solo episode of Grounded and Aligned™, Karen Gombault walks through how she reviewed 2025: time with people she cares about, a full year living in the south of France, and a business that now feels settled and right-sized. There is no push for reinvention here. No pressure to optimize. Instead, this is about noticing what already works—and making sure it st...

This episode was recorded on December 31, 2025.

It’s a simple pause at the end of the year to look at what actually made a difference, personally and professionally.

In this solo episode of Grounded and Aligned™, Karen Gombault walks through how she reviewed 2025: time with people she cares about, a full year living in the south of France, and a business that now feels settled and right-sized.

There is no push for reinvention here.

No pressure to optimize.

Instead, this is about noticing what already works—and making sure it stays protected.

The episode also touches on a practical question she now asks clients and herself at year-end: What is one thing you don’t want to bring with you into the next year?

What this episode looks at:

1. What a full year outside Paris clarified about this moment in life

2. How space, boundaries, and reduced travel reshaped daily life and life decisions

3. Why stability and continuity can be a deliberate strategic choice, not a lack of ambition

“There is nothing that I would change about this year.” — Karen Gombault

Today's reflection is about discernment...knowing what deserves attention, and what to leave behind.

January 2026 Live Atelier : Grounded Expansion A powerful moment to reflect, envision, and choose the priorities that will shape your year ahead.

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