Start the year right by doing what actually creates change
Planet & Plant Note
As we enter January 2026, the Sun moves through Capricorn (until Jan 19), with Mars retrograde in Cancer through mid-month. This creates tension between structure and emotional truth — the perfect environment for honest commitment to who you’re becoming.
Saturn’s influence asks: What are you willing to build slowly? Mars retrograde asks: What emotional patterns are you ready to stop repeating?
This is Tepezcohuite energy. An NN-DMT heart medicine that doesn’t just open the heart — it decalcifies it. It removes the old patterns and paradigms we’ve carried since childhood. The blockages. The wounds that shaped how you see yourself. The ancestral karma that was never yours to begin with.
Tepezcohuite allows you to embody what we call radical self-unconditional love. Not self-improvement. Not self-optimization. Self-love — the kind that doesn’t need you to be different than you are.
If you’re working with plant medicine this month — or setting intentions for the year — pay attention: the sky is supporting identity transformation from the heart, not the mind. The medicine is asking you to release the childhood stories that built your limitations, so the real you can finally emerge.
That’s what real transformation looks like: not forcing yourself into a new shape, but removing what was never true in the first place.
What We’re Changing This Year
Before we dive in, we need to say something.
We’re grateful you’re here. Truly. This community — the people (YOU) who show up every Monday and read this newsletter, who ruminate on it, who do the work, who question, who integrate, who share this with others — you’re the reason this matters.
We’re honored to walk this path with you. To hold space for your transformation. To witness what happens when people choose truth over comfort.
So thank you. For being here. For trusting this process. For doing the hard, quiet work that no one sees but everyone feels.
Now, let’s talk about what we’re changing this year!
Every year, millions of people make resolutions that never last past February. And maybe you’re tired of that cycle too — start strong, burn out, feel guilty, repeat.
This year, we’re doing things differently.
Instead of vague intentions and false starts, we’re focusing on behavioral science, emotional truth, and timing — all wrapped in something simple: a weekly shift.
That’s what Mind Shift Monday is about. Each issue, we’ll give you something grounded, doable, and backed by data — plus insights from nature, the planets, and the medicine we carry in our bodies.
Let’s begin with the myth of the New Year’s Resolution.
Why Resolutions Fail (and Always Have)
- 91% of resolutions are abandoned by the end of January (University of Scranton study)
- Most fail because they’re built on pressure, not clarity
- Neuroscience shows change doesn’t come from shame — it comes from tiny, repeated decisions that feel safe to your nervous system
But here’s what the science doesn’t tell you: most resolutions fail because they’re built on childhood wounds you haven’t healed yet.
You can’t shame yourself into transformation. You can’t force yourself to become someone your inner child doesn’t believe you’re allowed to be.
But you can build change through aligned action — once you remove the patterns that were blocking it.
The Brain Science Behind Change
Your brain doesn’t respond to big, vague promises.
It responds to repetition, reward, and emotional clarity. It needs to feel safe, capable, and clear — not overwhelmed by the idea of becoming a completely different person overnight.
Dr. BJ Fogg’s research at Stanford shows that lasting behavior change requires three elements:
- Motivation (but less than you think)
- Ability (make it stupid easy)
- Prompt (a reliable trigger)
When people fail at resolutions, it’s usually because they rely only on motivation — which is the most unreliable element.
But there’s a deeper layer: you can’t motivate yourself past unconscious blocks.
If your inner child believes you don’t deserve rest, no amount of willpower will make “self-care” stick.
If your heart is calcified around old hurts, no resolution will teach you to trust.
If you’re carrying ancestral patterns of scarcity, no budgeting app will fix your relationship with money.
Identity transformation starts in the heart. Not the mind.
How Working with Plant Medicine Supports This
Here’s what most people miss: working with plant medicine doesn’t give you instant transformation. It gives you access to the patterns you couldn’t see — then you still have to do the work.
When you work with Tepezcohuite, it shows you where your heart has been closed. Where the childhood wounds still run the show. Where you’re living from someone else’s belief about who you should be. It decalcifies the heart and clears ancestral karma so you can finally embody radical self-unconditional love — the foundation for all lasting change.
When you work with Kambo, it doesn’t just purge toxins. It shows you what you’re holding onto that doesn’t serve you anymore. The medicine reveals. You decide what to do with that information.
When you work with Psilocybin, it doesn’t make you a new person overnight. It dissolves the rigid patterns long enough for you to see them clearly — and choose differently.
Plant medicine accelerates awareness. Integration creates change.
That’s why combining ceremony work with identity-based habits is so powerful. The medicine shows you the truth. The daily practice makes it real.
Try This:
Instead of setting a resolution like “Get in shape” or “Be happier,” ask yourself:
Who do I want to be this year?
Now answer with one clear identity — not a task:
- I am someone who moves their body daily
- I am someone who speaks gently to themselves
- I am someone who finishes what they start
- I am someone who rests without guilt
- I am someone who loves themselves unconditionally
Once you lock in that identity, your job is to do one small thing each day that proves it.
This is how you shift who you are — not just what you do.
It’s the same principle as working with plant medicine: you don’t just sit in ceremony and expect magic. You integrate. You practice. You become.
And if your inner child has beliefs that contradict this new identity? That’s where the real work begins.
Choose Your Anchor
Pick a one-word theme for your January. Something that feels calming and honest.
- Structure
- Patience
- Softness
- Truth
Write it where you’ll see it daily — on your phone lock screen, bathroom mirror, or notebook. Let it be your compass this month, not a punishment.
This Year, Go Deeper
Every Monday, you’ll get a shift — not a command. Something practical, personal, and rooted in truth.
We’ll talk about what the sky is doing. We’ll talk about what the plants are asking. We’ll talk about your nervous system, your patterns, your potential — and how to meet yourself where you are.
No shame. No fluff. No “New Year, New You” marketing garbage.
Just one clear truth at a time.
Action Prompt
This week, do one small thing to prove who you’re becoming.
But first, ask yourself: Is there a childhood belief that says I’m not allowed to be this person?
Write it down. Look at it. And then do the small thing anyway. Send me an email, let me know what it is.
That’s how real momentum starts — with something so small your brain won’t reject it, and your heart can finally believe it’s safe.
