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We're talking to Dr Kelly Wright, friend of the show and data czar for the American Dialect Society. They run the biggest and most prestigious Word of the Year event, and she was there when the 2025 WotY votes came in. She's talking us through all the words we missed. Plus we get to some listener feedback.  Timestamps Start: 0:00 Intros: 0:41 The ADS WotYs for 2025: 7:12 Related or Not: 1:00:51 Listener comments: 1:09:53 The Reads: 1:20:28 Outtakes: 1:27:01 Video version of this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXpfrXdWEW8

Our Goals for 2026: Jess is gonna finish a novel.Sarina is going to figure out what she wants a long haul writer career to looks like.KJ is going to write this book as hard as she can and for as long as it takes.Jennie is going to claim her authority in the writing space.Our Words of the Year are …Meanwhile: Fan of Heated Rivalry? You'll want to read these books by Sarina Bowen!Ready to talk about your own goals and words? COME ON IN. We are here for that!Hey - if you've been curious about becoming a book coach, Jennie'd like to invite you to a live training she's doing on February 4th, at 5pm PST / 8pm EST. She's going to be talking about how to become the kind of book coach writers love to pay. You can sign up at bookcoaches.com/liveWOTYs … in the episode! If you want to know what was so funny, you'll have to listen.Transcript Below!If you love us enough that you got this far…SPONSORSHIP MESSAGEHey, it's Jennie Nash, and if you've been curious about becoming a book coach, I'd like to invite you to a live training I'm going to be doing on February 4th, at 5pm PST, which is 8pm EST, and I'm going to be talking about how to become the kind of book coach writers love to pay. You can sign up for that at bookcoaches.com/live. That's bookcoaches.com/live. (bookcoaches.com/live) I'd love to see you there.EPISODE TRANSCRIPTJennie NashHey everyone, it's Jennie, and this is the Hashtag AmWriting Podcast, the place where we help you play big in your writing life, love the process, and finish what matters. All four of us are here today to talk about our Word of the Year for 2026 and our goals. This is one of our favorite episodes to do, and we've all been kicking our words around, and we're ready to share them with you. So Sarina, do you want to go first?Sarina BowenOkay!Jennie NashI just know you are kind of ready.KJ Dell'AntoniaRight off the diving board. No throat clearing, no chit chat. Yeah, we're just alrighty.Sarina BowenAll right, so I'm Sarina, and I write novels, and pretty much that is all I write. So my goals tend to look kind of the same from year to year, but my, but how I feel about them, changes. So in 2026 I plan to write two to three books, and when I do, I will be rolling off of two contracts with two different publishers. So that means that the other part of my 2026 is really asking myself what I want to do next. Because, you know, finishing energy is a really hard thing, but I'll be like extra super finishing energy here, because I'm finishing a commitment. And, you know, I used to have goals, like, I'm going to write more books. I'm going to write all the books. And I don't anymore, because there were, there was a while there where I only wrote books, and then last year, I did a really nice job of meeting my goals that I would also go and have more fun and take more vacations. And it worked. I did that. It turns out that planning fun takes a lot of energy and time. Oh my goodness, it was I, you know, I so I was either off having a wild time, or I was like, you know, nailed to my desk, and, yeah, so I need to do a slightly better job of that this year. Although looking at the schedule, it's a little hard to see how, because I'm spending a big chunk of March and part of April in Australia and Hong Kong, and then...Jennie NashWait you can't just throw that in and not say why. [laughing]Sarina BowenOh, well, I'm, I'm visiting. I'm doing four reader events in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Perth.Jennie NashIt's so exciting, so exciting.Sarina BowenAnd you know, time will tell if accepting this invitation was, in fact, a good idea. When I get home, I will be—it'll be June, and I will be launching my second book of 2026, which is a romance and so, but, but then, you know, I will have turned in half of what I'm turning in this year, and I will be able to have big thoughts about what I do next. And that is the thing that is going to be hard about this year, not turning in files, but, you know, deciding what does it mean to me? And also a thing that I realized last year, while balancing my busy life is that in this job, there is no summit. It's not like you climb that big hill and then you stand there and you hear an angel choir, and then you know that the only thing that greets you after writing a big novel is that you will pretty soon, eventually write another one. So you have to enjoy the hike itself. And I am really working on that.Jess LaheyI actually have just—I have just to address what you just mentioned Sarina, I have put in my calendar in June. Since we love to—I happen to love the mid-year check-ins on goals. I put a little note to self, to future Jess to revisit Sarina's goals at mid-year so that we can talk about maybe what that second half of the year, what comes next, stuff is going to look like. So, expect that to come back around.Sarina BowenOkay, I hope there's some clarity by then, so I'll get right on that.Jess LaheyWell, and I would also like to mention that you mentioned, you know, all the work you're doing and doing fun and stuff like that. You also went back to skating this year, and you, I have loved watching you learn, relearn something fairly new, and gain skills and get determined to like, be able to do that. What's it called, when you change the side of the blade you're on? When you turn?Sarina BowenYeah, all that edge work...Jess LaheyIt's very exciting.Sarina BowenAnd those three turns. Yeah. So that is part of my leave the house and have fun plan, and that has worked out really well. It—when you do something that's so outside of your usual, like, we could just stipulate by now that I'm pretty good at writing a novel, because I have turned in a number of them and sold a number of them, but I am really not good at skating. So when you take yourself so far out of your element, and you do something that is so foreign to you, you learn, relearn all those weird little tricks about how you learned anything, and the fact that last year I could not do a three turn to save my life, which is where you turn around on one foot. And I tried and I tried and I tried and I tried to trick myself into it. And I'm like, okay, I'll take off on two feet, but land on one. I just every single thing didn't work. And then this year, now I can do it. And also, I woke up at four in the morning once and thought I could do a waltz jump tomorrow, and then the next day I did, in fact, just do a waltz jump. And I hadn't even been thinking about it. It wasn't even on my list of things I was going to try that week. So learning something really, really new is really just great for your brain and your attitude. And I don't know what the next thing that I do like that will be, but, yeah, I'm a fan.Jennie NashBut I must reflect back to you that a few years ago, you were, I think the goals had to you were working so hard and just, you know, book to book to book to book and, like, look at you now .You're going on all these trips, and you're learning to ice skate, and I know you and KJ are learning Mahjong.KJ Dell'AntoniaMahjong, yes.Jennie NashAnd you write in coffee shops like, you've kind of really changed that, that vibe. It's cool.Sarina BowenI have! I did it right? Like I said, I'm going to have more fun. I'm going to learn to write out of the house. Like I sat in a room and said to you that this was going to happen. And I did, right? But the, but then, but then, writing the actual books, it magically did not get easier. So I am having more fun, but it's still hard, and that's how I'm coming to this new realization that, like you know, I need to stop being surprised that the actual job is hard, but it's just like a piece of the fun that I'm having, and if and I can only write books that I'm probably going to enjoy, because it's still hard and it still takes a lot of hours.Jennie NashThat's amazing. I feel compelled to ask you, what are you most enjoying about what you're writing right now?Sarina BowenWell we are at maximum finishing energy, because I am finishing a revision, which is scary, right? Because then you're sending it off into the world of telling yourself that it's done. And I have to say, I have not enjoyed it all that much. This has been one of the more one of the more stressful weeks. But, yeah, I—but there are moments as I look through this manuscript, because I've just reached that point where you hate every living word of it, right? Where I read a line and I laugh, and then that's just a good sign.Jennie NashLike I'm so clever, look at me.Multiple Speakers[all laughing]Jess LaheyI actually just, just for fun. I just dropped—I got to go—I traveled an hour and a half to go so that I could go sit in a coffee shop and work with these guys, because I miss them so much. And I took two pictures of Sarina while she was working there, and in one, she had this look on her face... I just dropped it in our group text just now, where she's got this look on her face like this is the hardest, worst thing I've ever done. And then I also took one of her smiling and looking like her usual happy self. But it was—I love having those two pictures together on my phone, because it's so representative of the slog. How there are these moments of really having fun and engaging with the book and loving it, and then there's those moments of editing where you're trying to just finish it and get all the words in the right order.Sarina BowenYep, it's, it's, you know that the push and pull and the trick to liking this job is that when you're in that trench of I have to be finished with this. I have to love it, and I have to set it free. You have to remember that the other side is out there. That like the drafting happy, I haven't made any big mistakes yet, I haven't sealed off all the x's yet, like that's waiting for you on the other side of it. You know, if you get too deep in one place or the other, so that you can't remember, the other one is out there for you. Then, then that's a trap. It makes the job harder.Jennie NashWell, thank you for that. Jess, do you want to go next?Jess LaheySure! Yeah, so last year, last year was weird. Last year, my, my, I'm going a little bit into what my word was last year; it was ‘amplified' because it led, it sort of guided a lot of my goals last year, which had to do with just reaching more people, but during the year, during the course of the year, reaching and educating more people on the topics that I feel really strongly about, like mental health wellness, the specifically substance use prevention, as it relates to things like self-efficacy in kids and feelings of competence in kids. I realized sort of part way through the year how much more I was enjoying and feeling engaged when I was talking to the kids, and how much more impactful I felt when I was talking to the kids, and that shouldn't be surprising. But, if you're not a speaker, and if you don't spend your time speaking to adults and kids and especially teens, you should know it takes, you know, maybe three to four times as much energy to talk to the kids as it does to the adults. In fact, yesterday, I was trying to explain to someone why a virtual event to a lot of kids, doesn't work. I can't project that much energy through a screen to captivate a big room of kids. It's just it's really hard to do. And anyway, so I realized about halfway through the year that I really wanted when I when I thought about the word amplify and expanding on the number of kids that I reach per year, and the depth to which I am able to reach some kids in particular, it comes it comes down to not just people, but just kids specifically. So I talked with my agents, and we've agreed that I'm going to try to incorporate more kids this year. That even if it's more exhausting for me, it's more fulfilling, and so that's one of my big goals for this year, is to figure out how—yes, I still have to talk to adults, and I have to help them understand how to talk to their kids about substance use and mental health and how to see, know, love, support the kids you have, and not the kids you wish you had and all that stuff. But when it comes down to it, I have to figure out ways to get in the room with kids more and...KJ Dell'AntoniaYou're a kid-travert!Jess Lahey[laughing] Apparently.KJ Dell'AntoniaWhich some people get their energy from being with people, and some people get, you know, it takes—that's extroverts and introverts. So you're a kid-travert, you get your energy from talking to kids. That's delightful!Jess LaheyIt's in the moment. In the moment, it's much more exhausting. But there was a—I spoke at a school in Los Angeles. It was one of the best days I had in front of kids. And the number of emails I got afterwards explaining why it was meaningful to them. You know, I love when the kids, anytime a kid reaches out, it's this huge honor, because, you know, I'm, who am I? I'm some adult that comes into their school because their teachers say that, and now their teachers say they have to listen to this bozo. They don't know who this person is. But over time, I've figured out ways to help them trust me a little bit more, even before I get there. Like creating these videos where I introduce myself ahead of time. So I'm trying to figure out all the ways in to getting being a trusted adult, becoming a trusted adult to more and more kids, is something that's incredibly important to me, because that's where the great education stuff lies. So that amplify word changed for me over last year, and it's reflected in this year's goals as well, which is, get in front of more kids. I track those numbers really carefully. Last year, I was in front of just shy of 10,000 people generally, and a couple of 1000 kids. And I just want to change that ratio a little bit so that it's have more heavily in the kid direction and less heavily in the adult direction. Just because it's fun and really interesting and challenging. That's the other thing is, when you've been doing something for a long time, there are some talks I can do in my sleep, because I've done them so many times, and I don't want to do that, like, why would you want to come and spend time with someone who's asleep in front of you? But you know, they look good and it sounds good, but they're not totally invested. And I think everybody can feel that. So I've had to find ways to change things up, to reevaluate my content from other angles, so that I'm not getting sick of myself, and so that I can be fresh and new and useful to people. So, and then, like, I have small goals, you know, Sarina was just talking about her skating and looking, you know, trying to do something completely new that makes you a little nervous. You know, the beekeeping thing still makes me super nervous. And as I mentioned in another episode, I think Tim saw me emotionally preparing to do something I needed to do with the bees and he said I have never seen you so nervous and so doubting yourself about your ability to do something, and I realized how good that is for me. And so we will see at the end of this winter if my bees actually made it through the winter, and if they did, I'll have a hive of bees to deal with, and if they don't, I'll have to get a new hive. But that's been really, really good for me. Sarina, did you want to add something?Sarina BowenI have a question.Jess LaheyYes, ma'am.Sarina BowenDo we have a writing goal for this year?Jess LaheyYes, we do. And that's actually at the bottom of my list, because it's new. So I've been attending this weekly, really interesting virtual Blueprint for a Book Fast Track. What is it? Jumpstart you guys? With Jennie Nash, this really great book coach and founder of Author Accelerator, and KJ Dell'Antonia and I have been actually writing—working on this novel that I've been working on for ages and ages and ages and thinking about at a minimum once a week, and I'm going to finish it this year. 100% I'm going to finish it this year. And I'm really grateful to Jennie and KJ, because being in that, in—being in there, is forcing me to ask me all kinds of questions about, why am I even bothering to stick with this thing that has stymied me for over a decade? Like, why bother if it's been that hard and I haven't ever gotten it done, why am I even doing it? And I love asking myself those questions. It's been really fun. Plus, there's like 100 other people in that virtual session asking themselves the same questions and coming up with really cool answers for why they're even writing something in the first place. And it gets at all these fundamental questions of why we do what we do. So yes, I will be, I'm researching a nonfiction thing still. I have a—I'm looking at a stack of books behind me, and but I'm going to finish this YA novel this year period, full stop, it's going to happen..Multiple Speakers[Unintelligible] [several speaking at once]Jennie NashWell what's cool is, is, I mean, YA is not children, but it's young people. So that's kind of cool. It goes with your other thing.KJ Dell'AntoniaThere's a trend there.Jess LaheyYeah. And it was funny, because when you were asking the why the other night, and one of my things was, oh, because these characters speak to me, blah, blah, blah. And KJ mentioned, oh, I do know what Jess is talking about. And maybe it's, you know, she wants to write a coming of age story, and that's 100% it. I think I have, I have. I very much love that coming of age space and the struggles that middle school and high school kids go through in that coming of age space. And I think I have an interesting insight into it, and an ability to, an ability to make it come alive on the page. And I, for me, really want to do that. I really want to see it on the page, and I'm really excited about it.Jennie NashYou do have such a compassion for that age and what people are going through and how hard it is and it's...Jess LaheyAnd I love these characters. And I said I love these characters, and I want to do right by them. And that's true too. I do love these characters, and I can't stop thinking about them.Sarina BowenThat is the best reason to finish any piece of fiction. You know?Jess LaheyYeah, no, I really it's like they're stuck until I help them get to the other side. And I would hate to leave them there. I would it would make me feel really bad.Jennie NashI love it. Well you know, committing to something that you've been working on for that long, that's a that's a big deal.Jess LaheyYeah, it's also one of those. I know it's going to feel really, really good when I finish it. It'll be like, oh my gosh, I've been harping on that for whatever it is now 12 or 13 years, and I finally finished it. So I know it's going to be one of those. I'm going to be very, very glad I did it when it's done. And is it super hard? Yes, I've, you know, bitched and moaned about this in the past, that fiction is really hard for me and dialog is so hard for me, but that's what I'm writing right now.Jennie NashThat's another, another learning edge, right?Jess LaheyYep. Yep.Jennie NashAwesome. KJ, what about you?KJ Dell'AntoniaMy only goal this year with respect to writing is to write this book as hard as I can for as long as it takes. That's all I got. I got a couple other goals. I'd like to get my Christmas tree down at some point during the year. It seems like a plan. I was pretty excited about the Valentine's Day concept a few years ago, but I don't know, people have been really negging on it. Easter also, apparently not tree material. I mean, come on the fourth? I'm seeing it. No one else is. So there's that. No, my and my big life goal is to leave more white space for myself in my day and in my calendar, to do things, to not do things, and for the unexpected things, both good and bad things. I have a real tendency to be like from 11:30 to one I'm doing this, and from 1:30 to 2:30 there's this, and hey, at three there's this. And that is, in fact, an excellent description of my day. And sometimes I like it, but I just do it to myself constantly, and I need to stop.Multiple Speakers[all laughing]Jennie NashThat's all? Okay. Mic drop. I'm just thinking about that white space. What? What happens when you have white space?Sarina BowenYou know what happens to me when I have white space, because I'm actually pretty good at keeping it in my calendar, is that I get an email that's like, and today, we will be choosing among these eight narrator auditions. And then you will decide who is the narrator for this book that you haven't been thinking about for four months since you last did the copy edits, and then my whole day just explodes in a little puff of admin, like trying to get out of my own inbox is killing me. So, yeah, I don't, I don't. It's not even that I planned it. Other people are making this my, my problem, and I wish I had a 2026, goal for how to fix it.KJ Dell'AntoniaYeah, there's that. I mean, to some extent, I think that's my point. Is that I would like to stop doing it to myself, because I mean it through exactly the thing it is was not my was not my idea, nor was the thing, the unexpected event at eight o'clock this this morning, or the one when I walked in from the expected thing from nine to 10. I need to do a little less of it for myself, to allow for the fact that the other things in my life, I think, and I did this to some extent last year too. My final kids have actually all left for college this year, which is great, but there's still a lot of trouble. And also I have a lot of pets, and also just, there's a lot going on. So I sort of thought, and I really made this mistake in the Fall pretty hard. I thought, oh, I should probably fill like I should put some things on the calendar because I might feel sad. A, I still felt sad, and that was okay. And B, I put way too much on the calendar, given the number, amount of time I had to spend on... I'm just yeah, and here I am thinking I didn't do it in the spring, and I didn't, but I sort of am doing it on a daily basis, like, oh, look. And some of that is just that this was, what am I wrong? Was this the longest holiday season ever in the history of holiday season? Like it was still Christmas on January 17, I swear to God. And so a lot of it, I think, is I'm feeling a little dejected, because my days are really packed, because I had the sense not to put everything in the week of January 6, but I put a lot of things this week and last week. So hopefully I'll, but, but having done that, and now feeling it, I think, I hope, will inspire me to block off more time that, no doubt, will get filled with things. But that's better than it getting filled with things and my having already filled it.Jennie NashYep.KJ Dell'AntoniaIt's not going so great.Jennie NashI get that. Okay, so, so for me, I made some really big moves in my business in 2025 and they worked, and that was great. And I made a decision toward the end of the year to make even bigger moves, and did some thinking about, I wouldn't say, an exit strategy or a succession plan, but I'm 62 this year, and I'm working really, really, really hard in my business day to day, running, you know, pretty big small business, and I really want more time to create. To create curriculum, to, I just like making things. You know, to work on the podcast, to work on my own book, and I'll talk about that in a minute. And so I made a training plan to teach my team to take over the things that they are fully capable of taking over, if I just get it out of my head and onto a page to teach them how to do it. So it's a really big move for me, and kind of a terrifying move. It means trusting people. It means handing over some things. It means there's some ego-y things involved in that, the idea that nobody can do it as well as I can. And so, yeah, that's, that's big. It's big mindset. It's big actual shifting of duties. It's, it's kind of the white space idea writ large. What, what would it look like for me to have more white space? And it is, it is not retiring, it's not stopping. It's just, can I do more of what I want to do and less of the—of the day to day of this business? I am constantly surprised by the thing I have made. Author Accelerator has more than 375 certified book coaches now, and it's this huge community, and they're having a huge impact. And a lot of my coaches are becoming huge their own selves and doing really well, and just we're becoming known. And all of that takes time to manage, like the, I don't know, I wouldn't call it the brand, it's, it's the community. It just takes a lot of time to manage and the kinds of inquiries that we get and that sort of thing. And I, it's a thing that needs care, and I'm the one to give it that care. So just meeting the moment, I guess, is what my goal is for the year, and as part of that, the Write Big Sessions that I've been doing here at the podcast are my stepping into that space of thought leadership and creation, content creation in a different way. And haven't talked about this a lot, but I am writing a Write Big book, and I went out and found myself a brand new agent. I did my search from scratch. I did it cold. I tried to find the perfect agent for this book, rather than somebody that I knew, because I know a lot of agents, and I don't want to, I don't want to talk about a lot of specifics at the moment about who that person is, or what's happening really, but I will say that it's taken a little minute to get it together, because that's how it happens sometimes. But the book is out on submission, even as we speak, and I was telling KJ, this agent does something that I've never heard of and never seen, and I love it so much, which is that she shares a spreadsheet of the submissions and puts the responses right in there so I can log in, you know, 10, 12, 25 times a day and...Multiple Speakers[all laughing]KJ Dell'AntoniaJust normal, healthy behavior, right?Jennie NashWhich is so fantastic. Rather than, like, why isn't she telling me, or how come we haven't heard or whatever? But it's very, very early days, and so all that's coming in are the no's, because that's, that's what happens. But the no's are so great. I love them so much. They're totally boosting me up. Because, like, people know me. They know my work. They like my work. Like I, I don't know. I'm just so delighted by the nature and quality of the no's, which is just a funny place to be, but that is, that is where I am so...Sarina BowenJennie, it's a fantastic place to be. Like I have never heard another author say the no's make me happy. Like that is not a sentence I have heard in my life. And I know a lot of authors, so the fact that you know that that's, I just have good, good feelings and good thoughts about this project, and you are amazing.Jennie NashWell, thank you. And that is not by accident. That's what Writing Big means, right? It's like I own this idea. I'm not waiting to be picked; I'm not waiting to be anointed. I'm not waiting for somebody to say, you know, good job. But, when they do, and you know, these no's are just indications, like I self-published the Blueprint Books and I sort of think of them as this little thing that I made. I made them for my coaches to use in their coaching, and I made them to, it's a model that I teach. I didn't ever think of it as a thing, but I've sold more than 20,000 copies of the Blueprint Books my own self, and, but I just didn't think like editors would know what they are. They would use them with their own authors. They would know my company. They would know my coaches, and that's what all the no's are showing me. And that I'm just, I'm just like, when do you get a mirror into your impact? It feels like the no's a mirror into my impact, and I feel, I feel like there's no doubt that something great is going to happen with this book. I have no doubt. So bring on the no's and have them be awesome, because I know good things, great things are coming, and whether, who knows what path that is going to be, but that, that is where I am, and that sharing of the spreadsheet that this agent has done is just feeding right into, I mean, for other people, it might be the biggest disaster in the world, but for me, I'm like, this is so fun. I love it. My goal is for the year to lean into this bigger vision of what I can be.KJ Dell'AntoniaThat's a good goal.Jennie NashThank you. Well, I'm going to share my word first, because it just goes so well with what I've just been saying, and it's so obvious, and it's so great. And my word of the year is ‘play big'. Play big.KJ Dell'AntoniaThat's two words.Jess LaheyThat's two words.Sarina BowenI get two words.KJ Dell'AntoniaShe's allowed to have two words because she's playing big.Multiple Speakers[all laughing]Jennie NashAll right, we have to go in reverse order then so KJ, what's your, what's your word?KJ Dell'AntoniaOh, my word of the year is, is ‘alive'.Jess LaheyOh, dear. Okay, that's a... quite a goal you got there missy.KJ Dell'AntoniaIt's a good word... laughingJennie NashCan you explain?!Sarina BowenShe can't, because she's laughing really hard right now.KJ Dell'AntoniaUm, it was going to be enthusiast, because I wanted to be sort of a welcoming both the challenges and the excitements of my life. But I really just feel like, and then it was going to be relish, but, but that's pickles, and I hate them. And then I'm just, I just feel really good about just letting it all come and, and being a part of it.Jennie NashOkay, good word.Jess LaheyOh, Sarina?Sarina BowenI've used a lot of the words.Jess LaheyOh, not yet. Sorry.KJ Dell'AntoniaShe said, reverse order.Jennie NashI'm laughing so hard that I'm crying.Jess LaheyOh, she said, reverse order. That's right.Sarina BowenWe have done this so many times, and we have never laughed all the way through it. Okay, okay.Jess LaheyKJ is right though we have used all of the words, I actually considered reusing one of my words this year, but then I thought maybe that was a cop out. So I did come up with a new word.Sarina BowenI considered it, and then I was too lazy to go look them up.Jess LaheyThat's quite a statement there, Bowen.Sarina BowenI know!Multiple Speakers[all laughing uncontrollably]KJ Dell'AntoniaI know I had savor before, that was kind of where I was going, but...Jennie NashI can't stop laughing.KJ Dell'AntoniaI don't know I feel very gritty about my... [unintelligible]Jennie NashI'm like snort laughing over here at the idea of I'm never going to not hear relish and pickles. [laughing uncontrollably]Jess LaheyI know, I know, I like it so much. I love it.Sarina BowenWell, she really doesn't like pickles. KJ is that friend where if she is served a pickle with her lunch, you can take it.Jess LaheyYeah. Absolutely.KJ Dell'AntoniaAnd the bit of bread that it touched.Sarina BowenOkay Jess? Jess, I don't know how you're going to follow this, but do you have a word?Jess LaheyI do have a word, and I'm really excited about this word, because years ago, when I did a really cool conference in Abu Dhabi, I met this woman that I was shocked I hadn't met before. But her name is Elke Govertsen, Elke, and she has a Substack. Her Substack is just, it's @ Elke, is her. She managed to snag @ Elke. She has a newsletter. She has something called Open Nesting. She's got older kids. Anyway, I subscribed to her Substack. I love it. She's one of those people that when she walked down on stage to give her talk, she just glowed from inside, like she was one of those people that you just, I felt really drawn to. So I started following her and her year, her word for this year I really liked, although I thought about it in a different way than she did. Her word for the year is ‘allow'—a, l, l, o, w—and so that is my word for the year, to allow myself to do some things. For example, finishing this book, and just realizing, allowing myself to be really bad at it and hoping that I can pull it off, allowing myself to look really dumb doing stuff like the beekeeping, allowing myself some grace about the fact that I'm probably killed my bees this winter because they're not insulated enough, all of the things. But I just really liked her word allow. So that's where I am. That's my word. I was going to redo evaluate, because I really did like that one, because that the emphasis there was, like, figure out what's valuable to you, but whatever, I've used that one before, so I'm going to give credit out to Elke and go with allow.Jennie NashOkay, Sarina, what about you?Sarina BowenWell, you know, I picked a word, and I usually really struggle with this, and I never feel quite comfortable with it, but I pick something, or it just picked me one day, and that word is ‘esteem'. And my little job, my little job is having a strange little moment of esteem, because there's this show that's at the tippy top of HBO right now called Heated Rivalry. And Heated Rivalry is a book that is a queer hockey romance, which is something that I have also written since 2014, and it has; strangely, some of my best performing books ever over the last decade fall into what I thought was a niche. So I write this niche thing, and people read it and they love it, but you know, it has always stayed in its corner until now. And Rachel Reid is the author of the book called Heated Rivalry, from which this TV show was made very faithfully. And Heated Rivalry is a fantastic novel, by the way. Fantastic conflict, and an interesting story structure. So it has been quite a revelation to watch her book and story reach an audience that I did not feel it was capable of. And there is something about that, that really spoke to all the parts about my, of my business, where, for example, sometimes I have to do research. And early on, I almost felt apologetic about asking an orthopedic surgeon to talk to me about something for a romance novel, because I just assumed that they would roll their eyes. I did it anyway. Thank you, Mark, Dr. Mark, for explaining knee surgery to me. But um, so esteem is a couple of different things. It is choosing projects that I esteem and that I care about, not because I think they'll sell, but because I love them, and also just realizing that the esteem that comes to various things that we do is not always predictable or measurable or something to rely upon. So I have to esteem it all on my own before I commit the time to do that. And that is how I ended up picking this word that I that I really like. It's kind of a quiet word. It doesn't, it isn't sexy, I guess is, is a word I would describe it, not really, but, um, but it is a, it's like asks you to pause and measure how we feel about something before we commit. And that is how I ended up there.Jess LaheyI love that meaning to the word. I love it.Jennie NashSomething that also occurs to me is you spoke with such esteem about this other author and the work that that she's done, and that's something that you often do, and you lift up all the writers in lots of different ways. And that esteem you have for the process of writing and the publishing business and the hard work of it comes across as well. So I like that meaning too.Sarina BowenWell thank you. I had an interesting conversation with my 22 year old son, who is quite a reader. Right now he's trying to get to the end of Crime and Punishment before his semester really kicks in. And he asked me over drinks, on a trip to Boston that I was making time for, so go me, if I could write like anyone, like if I could suddenly have the skills of any author, dead or alive, who would I pick? And I instantly gave him a couple of names in contemporary fiction that he has never read and never will, because there are people who write books that are not for 22 year old nerds. And, um, and he, he sort of blanked and he's like, no mama, like you could have, you could be Tolstoy, you know, like you could pick anything. And I'm like, no, I'm serious. I have esteem for the things these people are doing in contemporary fiction. And it's like that, um, that George Michael quote, like, when are you going to make some serious music? And he says, you don't understand, I'm very serious about pop music. And you know, it's my right to esteem whatever I choose. And I really do choose this. It's not; it's not a runner up thing for me. This is my interest, and I'm going to value it.Jess LaheyHell yeah,Sarina BowenYeah. Woohoo!Jennie NashI feel like we should end on that.Jess LaheyYeah. I think that's a good place to stop.Jennie NashThat was some power, power language there. We would love our listeners to share in the chat your goals for the year, your words for the year, how you feel about pickles and their touching a bread. [laughing] We would love to hear all the things from you, and until next time, keep your butt in the chair and your head in the game.NarratorThe Hashtag AmWriting Podcast is produced by Andrew Perrella. Our intro music, aptly titled, Unemployed Monday, was written and played by Max Cohen. Andrew and Max were paid for their time and their creative output, because everyone deserves to be paid for the This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit amwriting.substack.com/subscribe

Happy New Year, marketing mates! It's been a hot minute since we've been on the pod, but we are (finally) back and ready to share our word of the year and what's been happening. Staying true to tradition, we haven't shared our WOTY ahead of time, so grab a coffee and join us for a chat. Plot twist: Belle's word changed mid-episode… tune in to find out more.  If we're not already friends on socials, let's connect!  Belle - linkedin.com/isabelledebnam Liz - linkedin.com/lizzyballantyne YMM Instagram - @yourmarketingmates YMM LinkedIn - linkedin.com/your-marketing-mates P.S. Here's the link to the DreamyMoons journal Belle mentioned in the ep: https://dreamymoons.com.au/products/2026-year-of-growth-book

In this deeply personal and powerful episode, Morgan kicks off 2026 by sharing her Word of the Year: Embodiment and what it truly means to live, choose, and be the energy you say you want. After a brutal end to 2025, a cross-country road trip, illness, anxiety, and a Super Full Moon in Cancer that cracked everything wide open, Morgan found herself stripped down to the core. What emerged wasn't just clarity, but a call to stop knowing and start being. This episode explores embodiment not as a buzzword, but as a lived, daily practice that touches your magick, your body, your business, your boundaries, and your future self. In this episode, Morgan covers: What embodiment actually means in a magickal and real-world sense How anxiety, panic attacks, and imposter syndrome pulled her back into her body The Super Full Moon in Cancer meltdown that revealed what needed to change The five embodied actions she took immediately to reset her life and business Setting boundaries in sacred spaces and calling in the right people Why embodiment requires honesty, even when it's uncomfortable How to embody your future self through daily, mundane decisions Releasing people-pleasing and finally taking up space in business This episode is an invitation to stop circling who you might become and start living as who you already are underneath the noise. Mentioned & Linked in This Episode: Tucson Gem Show Surprise Specimen Listings Inked Goddess Creations Box (still $35/month with free U.S. shipping) Inked Spirit Coven and the newly added Coven Paths through the lesson archives Feral Witch Energy Embodiment Activation ($27 self-paced class) Additional classes including As Above, Below, Embracing the Flame, and Pop Culture Magick All links mentioned can be found above. Patreon Bonus Content: This week's Patreon bonus includes a Word of the Year Worksheet to help you clarify, refine, or expand your own word (or words) for 2026. Join Morgan on her Patreon for exclusive bonus content. Visit https://patreon.com/inkedgoddesscreations for more details.    Consider joining Morgan's Inked Spirit Coven to deepen your magickal practice and connect with a supportive community. For more information, head to https://inkedspirit.com.   For unique witchy supplies and tips, a monthly Witchcraft subscription box, and more, head to https://www.InkedGoddessCreations.com. 

It's January 1 and Outlouders know what that means. For almost a decade, on the first day of every year Mia Freedman, Jessie Stephens and Holly Wainwright have shared the single word that they hope will define the year ahead. This year, they picked: Creativity, Nup, and, um, Let Them. But did they live by them? And what about Amelia Lester and Emily Vernem and the wider Outlouder family? It's time to find out, and to pick our words for 2026. Let's just say, some lessons have been learned. Outlouders, you might hear your words on this special episode. And please, if you don't, run to the Facebook group and tell us what you chose. Support independent women's media Don't miss an episode of Mamamia Out Loud Discover more Mamamia Podcasts here including the very latest episode of Parenting Out Loud, the parenting podcast for people who don't listen to... parenting podcasts. Watch Mamamia Out Loud: Mamamia Out Loud on YouTube What to read: Mel Robbins told us her advice for getting everything you want in life. It's surprisingly simple. The 'let them' theory has changed more than 2 million people's lives. HOLLY WAINWRIGHT: 'Embrace your final quarter "nup" energy.' JESSIE STEPHENS: On being pregnant with twins. As a twin. With twin brothers. THE END BITS: Check out our merch at MamamiaOutLoud.com GET IN TOUCH: Feedback? We’re listening. Send us an email at outloud@mamamia.com.au Share your story, feedback, or dilemma! Send us a voice message. Join our Facebook group Mamamia Outlouders to talk about the show. Follow us on Instagram @mamamiaoutloud and on Tiktok @mamamiaoutloudBecome a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Treats galore in this show! Because not only are we announcing our stellar Wines of the Year, we're also launching a HUGE giveaway to celebrate Wine Blast topping ONE MILLION DOWNLOADS.It's a major milestone for the pod so we wanted to say thanks to you for making it possible. Up for grabs are prizes worth more than £1,000 - from a set of Jancis Robinson Original wine glasses and decanter to a Coravin Limited Edition Hermitage Timeless 6+ to a case of grower champagnes from iDealwine, books from Academie du Vin Library and an annual Decanter subscription plus VIP tickets to the Decanter Fine Wine Encounter in either NYC or London. Wow!!More details, including what you have to do to enter, are in the show and also on our Wine Blast One Million Giveaway page.You may also find this link to our Speakpipe audio message service useful.Also in the show, we recap on the wine year that was, culminating in our Guess the Missing Word in the Wine Headline. We hear from you guys, answering the odd question along the way. Finally, we reveal our Wines of the Year - featuring some real bargains, eye-openers and downright barnstormers. Trust us, you'll want to check these out.Thanks for tuning in. We love to hear from you so please do get in touch! Send us a voice message via Speakpipe. Or you can find all details from this episode, including the full listing of our Wines of the Year (and where to buy them) on our website: Show notes for Wine Blast S7 E11 - Our WINES OF THE YEAR (2025)To get early access to new episodes, full archive access to our back catalogue and exclusive bonus content, subscribe to Wine Blast PLUS at wineblast.co.ukInstagram: @susieandpeter

Welcome to episode 78 of Lexis in which Raj & Dan talk to John Kelly, former head of content at Dictionary.com, previous contributor to Merriam-Webster and Oxford Dictionaries, emoji lexicographer for Emojipedia, and school teacher. We discuss:How WOTY decisions were made at Dictionary.comWhether we should celebrate WOTY for getting us talking about words, or be cynical about it as a marketing exerciseWhat makes a WOTY stick aroundWhat qualities a good WOTY should haveThe sketchier WOTYs that we've seen2025's crop of WOTY nominations - what we've seen so far and what might be to comeWOTY as a barometer of the times‘Fascism' as John's WOTY/etymology of the year and why an old word is pertinent again. John's blog is here: https://mashedradish.com/ ‘Fascism' is here; https://mashedradish.com/2025/11/04/fascism-etymology-of-the-year-2025/ He is also on Bluesky here: https://bsky.app/profile/mashedradish.bsky.social Some of the WOTY choices we discuss are covered in the articles and posts below: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/12/rage-bait-2025-oxford-word-internet-language-defense/685143/?gift=h5ssLVeyARshEXLqfVq5YwEAlKAoVnByCEZqdOsZdV8&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharehttps://theconversation.com/2025s-words-of-the-year-reflect-a-year-of-digital-disillusionment-270769https://time.com/7334730/word-of-the-year-2025-cambridge-collins-dictionary-oxford-merriam/ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/learning/what-teenagers-are-saying-about-6-7-and-the-era-of-brain-rot.html https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cewjxqvqzgyo https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z9xbh4j https://www.bylinesupplement.com/p/brain-rot-what-the-oxford-word-of https://www.bylinesupplement.com/p/the-words-that-define-our-enshittifed https://bsky.app/profile/hooved-mammal.bsky.social/post/3m7ntojukdc2y Lexis is on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/lexispodcast.bsky.social ContributorsLisa Casey blog: https://livingthroughlanguage.wordpress.com/ & Twitter: Language Debates (@LanguageDebates)Dan Clayton blog: EngLangBlog & Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/englangblog.bsky.social Jacky Glancey Twitter: https://twitter.com/JackyGlanceyRaj RanaMusic: Serge Quadrado - Cool Guys Cool Guys by Serge Quadrado is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. From the Free Music Archive: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/serge-quadrado/urban/cool-guys 

Today, we will talk about the word of the year, how mine went in 2025, why to even choose one and how it related to building the life you choose on your terms. We will also cover our usual Tuesday segments Featured Event: Tonight. 6pm, So You Bought a Whole Pig — Now What? How to read and navigate the cut sheet Ways to save money by doing certain cuts at home Planning storage so nothing goes to waste Light overview of the odd bits and what to ask the butcher for Sponsors 1: Strong Roots Resources — StrongRootsResources.com Sponsor 2: Discount Mylar Bags — DiscountMylarBags.com Tales from the Prepper Pantry Two cows added to the freezers Garlic planted; raised beds mulched Mushroom tent producing well Mushroom coffee  block experiment looking promising Burning through green beans at an alarming rate Featured Forage: Watercress Slow moving water - check water quality Fresh green for salads until it gets too too cold Great in a cream of watercress soup or saute as well Tastes like radished Operation Independence The Venison Story Main Topic of the Day: Word of the Year What is the word of the year Why choose one What is the dark side of the word of the year What is the upside of the word of the year How does it fit in with #my3Things My 2025 WOTY update: Enrich SRF changes Holler Hub and Smaller Events Lessons: Focus on fewer things to do them better, invest in learning, sometimes you must take a financial hit to set a better foundation, Holler Roast Holiday progress, RESULT:  stronger inner circle network & connection with God My 2026 word of the year: characteristics - return to home and homestead, hub development, personal physical improvement (invest in mental and physical health), increase wealth. Combat Midwife Course — March 7, 2026 at the Holler Hub Tickets half off right now Make it a great week. GUYS! Don't forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.  Community Follow me on Nostr: npub1u2vu695j5wfnxsxpwpth2jnzwxx5fat7vc63eth07dez9arnrezsdeafsv Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup Facebook Resources Membership Sign Up Holler Roast Coffee Stay at  Basecamp Lodge Harvest Right Affiliate Link  

Joel and Damon are back to review both nights of New Japan Pro Wrestling's Wrestling Dontaku. The guys also discuss Callum Newman and his world title shot, even more reaction to Tetsuya Naito's future, Goto's WOTY efforts, Yuya Uemura, Dogpound Cage Match II, and we answer your questions. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/super-j-cast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Joel and Damon are back to review both nights of New Japan Pro Wrestling's Wrestling Dontaku. The guys also discuss Callum Newman and his world title shot, even more reaction to Tetsuya Naito's future, Goto's WOTY efforts, Yuya Uemura, Dogpound Cage Match II, and we answer your questions. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

What really goes on behind the scenes at the biggest Word of the Year vote in linguistdom? Are we really going to stick with sanewashing for our word? And which words did we miss? We lock in and crash out with New Words Data Czar Dr Kelly Wright. Timestamps Open: 0:00 Intros: 0:57 Words: 6:54 Related or Not: 59:22 Comments: 1:19:19 The Reads: 1:24:00 Outtake: 1:32:39

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Have you ever had a "word of the year"? IF not, what are you waiting for?!Today I reveal my word of 2025... but more importantly I am going to walk you through what a WOTY really is, why it's been so important in my own life, and how to embrace this concept in your life.Listen in and be sure to drop me a message on LI with YOUR word of 2025! Craving more tips and insights? Sign up to receive Field Notes directly in your inbox with coaching tips and more!

Kickstart the New Year with my 10 tips on cultivating inner peace. Drawing inspiration from the "Word of the Year" concept, listen in to know how you can choose your own WOTY.   In this episode, you'll discover: Learn about the power of setting intentions and how it can positively shape your year. Explore the impact of constant news consumption on mental well-being and how to navigate the digital age mindfully. Create a personalized plan for fostering inner peace   For full show notes, go to schulmanart.com/337  

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Has your year been: a) brat b) demure c) enshittified? Join Julia Baird and Jeremy Fernandez as they chat about the words of the year. Plus why is it so hard to cap the amount of plastic produced globally? And would you eat a $9 million dollar banana?SHOW NOTESNEW YORK TIMES ARTICLE ABOUT THE PLASTIC INDUSTRY https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/27/climate/plastic-industry-internal-documents.htmlMACQUARIE DICTIONARY WORD OF THE YEAR SHORTLIST: https://www.macquariedictionary.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/WOTY_2024_shortlist_FINAL-1.pdf JEREMY'S PICKShttps://hbr.org/2024/11/lets-end-toxic-productivityhttps://hbr.org/2019/07/making-joy-a-priority-at-workJULIA'S PICKShttps://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/crypto-executive-eats-banana-artwork-bought-for-9-6-million-says-it-tasted-quite-good-20241130-p5kus4.html

In episode 1785, Jack and Miles are joined by comedian, Zahra Noorbakhsh, to discuss… Blame Game Continues Among The Democrats…, “Brain Rot” Is Oxford's Word Of The Year, Cheryl Hines Please F**k All The Way Off… and more! Blame Game Continues Among The Democrats… “Brain Rot” Is Oxford's Word Of The Year ‘Very demure, very mindful': why everyone's jumping on the modesty bandwagon Celebrities make ‘manifest' appear as 2024 word of the year ‘Goblin mode': new Oxford word of the year speaks to the times Cheryl Hines Please F**k All The Way Off… LISTEN: 4 For 2 by Elephant TreeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After almost 30 years, we still don't know who killed JonBenét Ramsay. A new Netflix documentary has exposed how the police investigation may have been focused on the wrong people and perhaps even corrupted evidence allowing those responsible to walk free, but does that mean we finally get answers? Plus December signals many things, including the all important Word Of The Year honours... but we're a little confused by this years winner for the Macquarie dictionary. THE END BITS Support independent women's media Check out The Quicky Instagram here Liked this episode? Listen to these: GET IN TOUCH Share your story, feedback, or dilemma! Send us a voice note or email us at thequicky@mamamia.com.au CREDITS Host: Claire Murphy Executive Producer: Taylah Strano  Audio Producers: Tegan Sadler Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Use Code THINKING50 for up to 50% off a Lingoda English class! Click this link for a Discount and 7 Day Free Trial! https://try.lingoda.com/ThinkingEnglish Collins English Dictionary has just announced the 2024 Word of the Year. Let's discuss this word, as well as some of the runners up, in today's Thinking in English episode! TRANSCRIPT - https://thinkinginenglish.blog/2024/11/18/320-what-is-the-2024-word-of-the-year-english-vocabulary-lesson/ WOTY - https://www.collinsdictionary.com/woty My Links ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon - ⁠https://www.patreon.com/thinkinginenglish⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ TEST YOUR ENGLISH LEVEL - ⁠https://thinkinginenglish.link/placement-level-test/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Thinking in English Bonus Podcast - ⁠https://www.patreon.com/collection/10513⁠⁠⁠ NEW YOUTUBE Channel!!! - ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@thinkinginenglishpodcast⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠INSTAGRAM - thinkinginenglishpodcast (⁠https://www.instagram.com/thinkinginenglishpodcast/⁠)  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Blog - ⁠https://www.thinkinginenglish.blog⁠⁠ ⁠ Borough by Blue Dot Sessions⁠ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinking-english/support

This week: Nintendo confirms backwards compatibility on Switch 2, Nintendo sues streamer who said he could broadcast its pirated games "all day", PS5 Pro price has not had a "negative impact" on sales, Trump tariffs will make video game consoles up to 40% more expensive, and a Mass Effect TV series is in development at Amazon. Also: questions we've always wanted answered, NQ64, making money in games, "fiscosophical" questions, WOTY 2024, and more. Games discussed: Life is Strange: Double Exposure, Mario & Luigi: Brothership, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Contact Website Contact form Discord Bluesky Threads X Instagram Facebook Follow @davidturners @CaptainToss @matmurray @jcafarley Watch Twitch YouTube Listen Spotify Apple Podcasts Pocket Casts Credits Music by Nick Parton Art by Dave Chong

Hour 3 - BJ went and visited his son over the past weekend. He asked him about a computer chair and he mentioned that it was bought by his ex in front of his current girlfriend. What is the rule on stuff the ex bought you?? Travis Kelce's Are you Smarter Than A Celebrity starts October 12th. They just put out a promo for it. Pamela Anderson has made the Glamour Woman of the Year cover. 

Pamela Anderson has made the Glamour Woman of the Year cover. 

A1 & A. Ward discuss Ms. Hustle winning WOTY, make the next picks in their mock draft and give predictions for the men's and women's NCAA basketball Final Four.

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Garage Boozing has officially been re-branded to Choo Choo! This is the very first episode or "Ride", if you will. New set up, new look, same great feel. Of course I had to introduce the new podcast by having my two great friends Billy Floyd & Hunter Werner on as guests! We talk about The Wingman Of The Year Live dating show at The Albany Funny Bone with Billy as the bachelor and Hunter as the host, how the show works, what a Wingman is, love, dating, "icks", being "Locked In", what type of girl Billy is looking for, talking about past relationships with your partner, myself joining the WOTY team, big things coming for the Wingman Of The Year Brand, and so much more!Get your tickets to Wingman Of The Year Live 02/14/2024:https://albany.funnybone.com/event/wingman-of-the-year-live/funny-bone-comedy-club-2/Follow Our Guests:https://www.instagram.com/1billyfloyd/https://www.instagram.com/hunterwoty/https://www.instagram.com/wotyofficial/New episodes every Tuesday so don't forget to hit those LIKE and SUBSCRIBE buttons!Do you have questions you want answered on next weeks episode? Leave a comment below! ENGINE by Alex-Productions | https://onsound.eu/Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.comCreative Commons / Attribution 3.0 Unported License (CC BY 3.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US

Embracing life's transitions can be daunting, right? But what if I told you that within every uncertain path lies the steadfast love of Jesus and a world of hope? Join me, Connie on a personal journey through fear, grief, and the beauty of surrendering to God in the unknown. In the midst of letting go of dreams and stepping into a new season of life, there's a comforting realization that you're not alone and that God walks this path with us.We'll explore the story of Exodus, witnessing God's power as he parted the sea, emphasizing that we can trust Him in the face of life's uncertainties. It is through studying God's Word and spending time with Him that we learn, grow, and find the equipment we need to navigate life's many detours. This episode is an open invitation to let go, trust God with the next chapter of your life, and revel in the exciting unknown. Let's discover the comfort and growth that comes from obedience and surrender, together.Do you choose a word to focus on for the year? Yohonna Smith, host of the Girls Talking Life podcast, does, but the first few years she did it, she wasn't getting much out of it. So she created a Word Study to take her through the Bible to discover what God's Word had to say about the word she'd chosen for the year. In the word study, she gives you the steps to study your WOTY, plus an example of a past word of hers, the verses she found, and the key takeaways she concluded with. Not only will you be spending time in Scripture, but you'll be learning what the Definer and Director of your life wants to teach you through your word. https://mailchi.mp/286588dfbee8/woty-word-studySupport the showLike, follow, subscribe, and drop an encouraging comment below

According to stats, 23% of people quit their resolutions by the end of the first week, and 43% quit by the end of January. A measly 9% complete them. My goal this year is to give you all the tools, tips and tricks to help you be part of the 9%. Are you ready? Answer this: What would you be ECSTATIC to accomplish in 2024? Choose ONE BIG HAIRY AUDACIOUS GOAL (also known as your B-HAG). For my fellow multi-passionate high achievers (I see you, I AM you), I know it's hard to just pick one. As Oprah said — 'You can have it all. Just not all at once.' This doesn't mean you can't work on multiple goals this year, it just means that you're crystal clear about which one is most important. Before you start arguing with me and feel the FOMO, embrace JOMO (joy of missing out). JOMO leads to The Pleasure of Achievement. One of the biggest obstacles most people face when it comes to achieving their goals is NOT staying focused. Getting distracted, changing course and giving up. If you want to be part of the 9% and end the year feeling immensely proud of yourself for sticking to your goals and making massive progress, you need to CONSTRAIN. If restricting yourself feels like a bummer, it doesn't have to because I have a tool that will not only help you stay focused on where you're going, but also enjoy the process of getting there. Use a Word of the Year. One word that guides you right back to where you're going and, most importantly… reminds you who you're becoming. In episode 145 of The Pleasure Project Podcast, I guide you through choosing and using your WOTY (Word of the Year). I discuss: Why a WOTY is one of the most powerful tools you can use to achieve your goals Questions to ask yourself to find your perfect WOTY How to use your WOTY to get the most out of it My WOTY and BHAG Part of my BHAG is to give away 24 coaching sessions this year! Here's how you can win one: All you have to do is follow these 4 steps, and you'll be entered to win. Follow The Pleasure Project Podcast on your favorite podcast app. Find the show on Apple Podcasts here or Spotify here. Leave a star rating. Share a written review. Take a screenshot of your review and send it to me at: dana@danaskoglund.com If you want to be entered in TWICE, share your review on Instagram stories and tag me @danaskolgund One winner will be randomly selected and announced on Saturday, February 3rd, and if it's you—you'll be hearing from me to schedule your session!

Ever wondered how to transition from just knowing about God's love to truly experiencing it on a heartfelt level? We explore this profound topic, using the captivating life of Rahab, a biblical character, as our lens. We dig into Rahab's redemption - a testament to God's power to repurpose our brokenness into beautiful purpose. Her transformation from a prostitute to an essential figure in the Bible paints a vivid picture of God's boundless love and the dignity He instills in our lives. Strap in for a deep dive into Rahab's story, a journey that showcases how God pursues us in inexplicable ways, altering not just our lives, but our destinies. Just like Rahab, your name might remain the same, but your purpose, heart, and destiny can be totally transformed. So, get ready to be inspired, challenged, and encouraged. And remember, the Weed, Seeds, and Beautiful Things podcast is not just for you, it's for sharing. Empower others with the knowledge of God's transformative love by spreading the word about the podcast!Do you choose a word to focus on for the year? Yohonna Smith, host of the Girls Talking Life podcast, does, but the first few years she did it, she wasn't getting much out of it. So she created a Word Study to take her through the Bible to discover what God's Word had to say about the word she'd chosen for the year. In the word study, she gives you the steps to study your WOTY, plus an example of a past word of hers, the verses she found, and the key takeaways she concluded with. Not only will you be spending time in Scripture, but you'll be learning what the Definer and Director of your life wants to teach you through your word. https://mailchi.mp/286588dfbee8/woty-word-studySupport the showLike, follow, subscribe, and drop an encouraging comment below

You know the drill by now; it's our yearly tradition of announcing our Words Of The Year on the podcast. This time, we're discussing how 2023's WOTY (think that acronym will catch on?) went, what we've picked for 2024 (obviously) and how you can use keep your WOTY front and centre to make it practically useful.  

What is Tonya's WOTY?  She has been selecting a word of the year for the past decade, finding it to be a transformative process. She firmly believes that merely setting goals and taking action is insufficient for creating lasting change. Instead, Tonya emphasizes the significance of personal growth and transformation in order to consistently approach things differently and achieve different outcomes. Having a word of the year serves as a guiding principle, providing direction and support. However, Tonya faced difficulty in choosing a word of the year for 2024. Initially, she contemplated words like "power" and "integrity," but they didn't resonate with her. It was during a luncheon for the Good Friends organization that she witnessed a woman on stage who embodied qualities she deeply admired, such as power and integrity. The word "royal" encapsulates the host's desired qualities of integrity, generosity, and elevating self-care. She explains that embodying royalty means radiating an energy filled with integrity, grace, compassion, and empathy. It entails adhering to moral principles and a code of ethics in both behavior and leadership.  Tune in to discover how to aim toward treating yourself with the utmost care and refinement.        Episode Breakdown: 00:33 Choosing a word of the year 02:14 One of the biggest mistakes that we make 06:09 My word of the year for 2024 is royal 08:24 Seeing yourself as someone of status 09:28 Lead with integrity 13:12 What is ‘being royal'? 14:59 Being more generous in 2024 18:11 The Royal Treatment 19:39 My extraordinary goal   Quotes: “My extraordinary goal this year is around leadership and my business and my team. I want to be a really royal leader.” “I don't believe in giving when you're doing it to get rid of guilt or to, you know, impress other people. I think that is the energy in which a lot of people sometimes give and then they start to feel resentful and it doesn't feel good.” “One of the traits that the woman who was on stage that revealed my word of the year to me showed me that I want more of this year is generosity.” “We are going to make mistakes, we are going to get it wrong sometimes. But the biggest mistake is in pretending you didn't make one.” “Because so often we discount ourselves, we shrink ourselves, we put ourselves down, we place other people above us.”   Useful Resources: Join now: https://schoolofselfimage.com/join FREE download: https://schoolofselfimage.com/self-image-manifesto/ Sign up for the weekly Edit: http://schoolofselfimage.com/edit Connect with Master Self-Image Coach, Tonya Leigh: Website:  https://schoolofselfimage.com Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/tonyaleigh Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TonyaLeighOfficial TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thetonyaleigh  

January! Again! Ryan's back for a Kealoa he wishes he could avoid, and Ben Zimmer returns with a Word of the Year recap. There's some saucy language (courtesy of the WOTY content), so let this be your warning. Stuff to click: Westport Library crossword tournament Great British Bake Off hosts discuss American snack foods American Dialect Society (and their recent post on the 2023 WOTY) If you get bored (how could you?!), write something for the Fill Me In wiki. And if you're feeling philanthropic, donate to our Patreon. Do you enjoy our show? Actually, it doesn't matter! Please consider leaving us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts. This will help new listeners find our show, and you'll be inducted into the Quintuple Decker Turkey Club. Drop us a note or a Tweet or a postcard or a phone call — we'd love to hear from you. Helpful links: Apple Podcasts link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fill-me-in/id1364379980 Google Play link: https://player.fm/series/fill-me-in-2151002 Amazon/Audible link: https://www.amazon.com/item_name/dp/B08JJRM927 RSS feed: http://bemoresmarter.libsyn.com/rss Contact us: Email (fmi@bemoresmarter.com) / Facebook / Twitter / Instagram We're putting these words here to help with search engine optimization. We don't think it will work, but you probably haven't read this far, so it doesn't matter: baseball, crossword, crosswords, etymology, game, hunt, kealoa, movies, musicals, mystery, oscar, pizza, puzzle, puzzles, sandwiches, soup, trivia, words

Ever found yourself grappling with faith, especially in times of change? You're not alone! I've journeyed through the same battles and struggles. Join me in this conversation about faith, trust, and the inevitable fear and insecurity that tag along. I'll share my personal insights on how we can anchor ourselves in God's unchanging love - a refuge and strength that transcends our understanding. We'll be exploring how to realign our focus on Jesus in the midst of life's storms and uncertainties. Hear about my experiences of God's unfailing presence, even when we can't feel Him or see His hand at work. Discover how to lean into trust and find comfort knowing that in seasons of change, God is ever present and His love is unwavering. This episode offers encouragement in your faith journey, whether you're facing significant life transitions or simply seeking reassurance in our ever-faithful God.Do you choose a word to focus on for the year? Yohonna Smith, host of the Girls Talking Life podcast, does, but the first few years she did it, she wasn't getting much out of it. So she created a Word Study to take her through the Bible to discover what God's Word had to say about the word she'd chosen for the year. In the word study, she gives you the steps to study your WOTY, plus an example of a past word of hers, the verses she found, and the key takeaways she concluded with. Not only will you be spending time in Scripture, but you'll be learning what the Definer and Director of your life wants to teach you through your word. https://mailchi.mp/286588dfbee8/woty-word-studyAs you focus on the word you've chosen for 2024, I pray that you are encouraged and challenged as you grow closer to the heart of God.Support the showLike, follow, subscribe, and drop an encouraging comment below

On this episode of the It Just Works! Podcast Ryan celebrates Christmas with the It Just Works family! Discussing this Christmas, plans for next year and talking about his GOTY and WOTY.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

December RIP'S...WOTY for 2023....Kristen BLOCKS a listener......PROOF that Sam & Kristen cheated on WIN Jackman's stuff!

France gives his picks and thoughts on all 23 battles over the action-packed weekend of RBE & The Riot(2:30) RX vs QB)(4:30) Showoff vs Head Ice(7:00) Goodz vs Calicoe(10:30) Yung ill vs Bigg K(13:30) Aye verb vs A.Ward(19:00) Hitman Holla vs ill WIll(23:00) Geechi Gotti vs Coffee COTY/WOTY 2021(25:00) Rum Nity vs Jaz The Rapper COTY/WOTY 2022(29:00) Chilla Jones vs Viixen COTY/WOTY 2020(31:00) Brief thoughts on The Riot's Undercard and matches to look out for. https://www.letstalkbattlerap.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Time to recap and review the week in wrestling with Mr. Warren Hayes! 0:00:00 Intro0:03:32 RIP Darren "Droz" Drozdov0:07:36 WWE MITB Review0:46:08 WrestleMania in the UK1:05:35 Back to MITB1:26:31 NJPW's Reiwa Three Musketeers1:51:55 A few Japan notes2:06:17 Warren's mid-year WOTY 2:22:25 Outro

(2:00) France's shares his 420(6:00) URL Documentary information (11:00) On the set for Th3 Saga vs Lu Castro (21:00) On the set for Ms. Hustle vs Casey Jay(29:00) Bootleg gate turned up this week! (33:00) Shotgun Suge's What ya life Like Movie review(48:00) Shotgun Suge and Eazy TBC updates (56:00) Outside 2 Day 1 Lighting Predictions(70:00) Outside 2 Day 2 Lighting predictions(83:00) France & Vlad give their WOTY Picks for the panel this weekend Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 235  Hey there, friend!  It's not too late to plan your 2023 theme and word of the year!  In this episode, I walk you through how I recapped 2022, what I learned about myself after Thanksgiving, the challenges I faced as a mom, and how I chose my theme of the year, and WOTY.  You can read the full show notes here.  Thank you for listening. I appreciate you. xo  Lori    I want to connect with you in 2023! I want to hear about topics or guests you would like to hear on the podcast, and any takeaways you had while listening to the episode. This will help me create episodes that you want to hear!  Please take a few minutes to leave me feedback here.    Click here to join the early enrollment list for Team Alcohol-Free.                   

264 A Practical WOTY: Practice   When we are trying to make changes in ourselves and our daily lives, sometimes it can feel like we aren't making progress despite seeing everyone else around us doing so. When we notice that we are comparing ourselves to others, it's time to take a step back and reevaluate if our changes are being made in a way that benefits and leans into our skill sets. In this episode Sarah Elkins explores the idea of Word Of The Year (WOTY) and how it's a conscious choice to learn and grow, as well as how important it is to make sure that your WOTY is honed to your skillset as you work to better yourself.    Highlights Self reflection without discipline can become a damaging internal dialogue or deflection from personal responsibility. It's okay to not be as far into your progress as other people are, sometimes you need to approach things in a way that caters to your skillset.  Find what helps you most and is most useful to your specific skill set, growth is not one size fits all.   Quotes “The realization that, yes indeed, I do have a word. That word is practice. If I'm going to do something, take on any kind of personal growth exercise, it has to be action oriented, highly practical and something I can sustain. It has to be approachable for me, within my capacity, and not something I have to fight to make work.” “Practice. The word gave me a powerful shift in how I frame the activities of my days. Practice means humility, I know I can improve in everything I do, even the things I know I do really well.”   About Sarah "Uncovering the right stories for the right audiences so executives, leaders, public speakers, and job seekers can clearly and actively demonstrate their character, values, and vision." In my work with coaching clients, I guide people to improve their communication using storytelling as the foundation of our work together. What I've realized over years of coaching and podcasting is that the majority of people don't realize the impact of the stories they share - on their internal messages, and on the people they're sharing them with. My work with leaders and people who aspire to be leaders follows a similar path to the interviews on my podcast, uncovering pivotal moments in their lives and learning how to share them to connect more authentically with others, to make their presentations and speaking more engaging, to reveal patterns that have kept them stuck or moved them forward, and to improve their relationships at work and at home. The audiobook, Your Stories Don't Define You, How You Tell Them Will is now available! Included with your purchase are two bonus tracks, songs recorded by Sarah's band, Spare Change, in her living room in Montana. Interested in No Longer Virtual? Check out the details and register at elkinsconsulting.com/nlv-home Be sure to check out the Job Interview Storytelling Course as well to make sure you nail that next interview!     

This week I am joined by the founder of Wingman Of The Year, Hunter Werner! We talk about how WOTY got started, the Goal of WOTY, his dad being a drug dealer, interviewing pornstars, what it takes to be a wingman, his dad getting shot, dating a pornstar, onlyfans, naming a child, and so much more! This conversation goes all over the place and you guys are going to LOVE IT.  So join the BOOZEMENT & sit back, relax, kick your feet up, crack open a cold one, and if you're really feeling fruity, take a shot as we take it to the moon on this episode of The Garage Boozing Podcast! New episodes every thirsty Thursday!Do you have questions you want answered on next weeks episode? Leave a comment below! Check out our guest!http://www.instagram.com/cartnarcshttp://www.youtube.com/cartnarcshttp://www.cartnarcs.comGet Merch:http://www.garageboozing.net/Be On The Show:http://www.garageboozing.net/beontheshowFollow us on Social:Instagram:http://www.instagram.com/garageboozingTwitter:http://www.twitter.com/garageboozingFacebook:http://www.facebook.com/garageboozingGet Yourself a Draft Top!Use promo code "garageboozing" for 20% off!https://www.drafttop.comGet Yourself a Pump Action ShotGun Tool!Use promo code "garageboozing" for 15% off!http://www.drunkengineers.caCheck Out Stay Thirsty Co. :Use promo code "chase" for 25% off!http://www.staythirstyco.comCheck Out Manscaped!:Use promo code "TGBP20" for 20% off!http://www.manscaped.com

This week, Ryan and Brian are graced with the return of The Barnacle! Ben Zimmer stops by with the inside scoop on the Word of the Year (which earned us an "explicit" rating). Other news: 64-card decks, Brian doesn't know the difference between Latin and French, and this week's "Kealoa," featuring ACME vs. APEX. Stuff to click: American Dialect Society's 2022 Word of the Year wrapup another article about it, this time in Rolling Stone Follow Ben Zimmer on Twitter! Follow the American Dialect Society on Twitter! 500, the card game with 64 cards upcoming cryptic crossword stream on January 18 with Will Nediger, Hayley Gold, and guests from The Rackenfracker spend $478.56 to get the framed crossword from "All About Steve" If you get bored, write something for the Fill Me In wiki. And if you're feeling philanthropic, donate to our Patreon. Do you enjoy our show? Actually, it doesn't matter! Please consider leaving us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts. This will help new listeners find our show, and you'll be inducted into the Quintuple Decker Turkey Club. Drop us a note or a Tweet or a postcard or a phone call — we'd love to hear from you. Helpful links: Apple Podcasts link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fill-me-in/id1364379980 Google Play link: https://player.fm/series/fill-me-in-2151002 Amazon/Audible link: https://www.amazon.com/item_name/dp/B08JJRM927 RSS feed: http://bemoresmarter.libsyn.com/rss Contact us: Email (fmi@bemoresmarter.com) / Facebook / Twitter / Instagram / Google Voice (315-510-9892) We're putting these words here to help with search engine optimization. We don't think it will work, but you probably haven't read this far, so it doesn't matter: baseball, crossword, crosswords, etymology, game, hunt, movies, musicals, mystery, oscar, pizza, puzzle, puzzles, soup, trivia, words

We make a point of setting goals every year—and, even more importantly, actually looking back to see whether we achieved them, and why. We've talked a lot in past years about the importance of setting the right kind of goals (you can get a short PDF on goal-setting and a worksheet below)—by which we mean goals you can control. You can't sell your book to a publisher—that's not a goal within your control. Get an agent, make a best-seller list, same. But you can finish the book, get help with the query, revise, edit, spend X time, write X words, write the proposal—without anyone else having to make a choice that fulfills your dreams.We try to make our goals mostly dreams we can fulfill ourselves, and then add in the big, out-of-control payoffs in sort of a different section. But even given that, we make mistakes. My goals last year were weirdly TOO specific (a more usual problem is that they be too vague) and as it turned out, in several cases although I still wanted to achieve the overarching goal, the specific goal I set didn't interest me any more. This year I plan to give myself a little more leeway.Jess's WOTY (word of the year) last year was Evaluate. Mine was Play. Sarina's was WIP. Jess and Sarina nailed theirs. I… kind of forgot mine. But looking back, I lived up to it. I traveled more for fun than I have in many many years—partly because post-Covid and older kids, but still, it would have been easy to just go no, that's TOO MUCH WORK. But I didn't, I got out there, and I have the memories of the camel ride, the vintage shopping trip, the hike outside San Fransisco, the baths in Asturias, the road trip down the East Coast, the heat in Austin and the crowds watching the World Cup in the plaza in Marrakech to prove it. Thinking of it all makes me think of the new rule form fave guest Laura Vanderkam's Tranquility By Tuesday: Effortful before Effortless. Sometimes “Play” is also kind of hard work. But it's worth it.I'm sending out a discussion thread for next year's WOTYs. You'll get a preview of mine there (I'm already living by it) and hear from Jess and Sarina on the next episode! Or come chat—details below.Links from the PodGifts for WritersEpic (short story by Sarina and Elle Kennedy)Jezebel's Creepy Stories for HalloweenRachael Herron's 90 Days to Done Masterclass@katherineroystudio's reel on how picture books are made#AmReadingSarina: Every Last Fear, Alex FinlayJess: Desert Star, Michael ConnellyKJ: A Letter to Three Witches, Elizabeth BassHEY NOVELISTS—Did you finish NaNoWriMo? Would you like to know what to do next with that pile of words you worked so hard to create? Here's a group of Author Accelerator certified book coaches dedicated to walking you through the process of finishing your draft or tackling revision—and they have put together a host of free resources to get you started.Check out  www.nanonowwhat.com to learn more about these fantastic book coaches and how they can get you from NaNo success to a draft that's ready to pitch or publish.Want to BE one of those book coaches? Our partners at Author Accelerator have super-fun BONUSES for anyone who signs up book coach training before the end of 2022. Learn more at bookcoaches.com to find out if 2023 will be the year you launch a book coaching business or level up the one you already have. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit amwriting.substack.com/subscribe