Beginning the Year with Intention

As another year comes to a close, I find myself reflecting less on resolutions and more on the quiet, powerful intentions that guide our lives. Resolutions can feel rigid, like a checklist we might fail or accomplish. But intentions… intentions are softer. They’re invitations. Gentle nudges from our hearts whispering, “This is where your soul is leading you next.”

Lifetherapy began as one of those whispers.

Long before it was a brand, before the boxes, scents, and rituals, it was simply an inner pull — a feeling that I was meant to create something that offered comfort, mood, and emotional connection. Something that met people where they were and helped them move gently toward where they hoped to be. Lifetherapy was never about perfection. It was about presence. It was my own New Year’s intention — long before I realized I was setting one.

As I write this on New Year’s Eve, I’m reminded that life moves in seasons and chapters. Some arrive with clarity and celebration; others arrive quietly, asking us to trust what we cannot yet see. And yet, every chapter carries a purpose. Every ending invites a beginning. Every pause holds a possibility.

One thing I’ve learned—through life, through building Lifetherapy, and simply showing up—is that we cannot always control what happens to us. Life brings challenges we do not expect, moments that test our patience, our faith, and our perspective. But here’s the remarkable truth: we can choose how we move through it.

We can choose our perspective. We can choose the energy we carry. We can choose our mood.

This is at the heart of Lifetherapy — the simple, powerful idea that while we may not be able to control every circumstance, we can choose how we walk through it. We can create small rituals, little moments of care, and mindful pauses that help us lean into calm, inspiration, gratitude, or joy. Choosing our mood doesn’t make life easier or perfect, but it gives us the gift of agency: the ability to show up as the person we want to be, even in the middle of uncertainty.

So this year, my invitation—for you and for myself—is to step into each day with intention, yes, but also with awareness of your own inner power. To pause, breathe, and choose the energy you want to carry, even when the world feels beyond your control. Because sometimes, the most profound transformation isn’t changing the world around us—it’s choosing how we move through it.

Lifetherapy continues to be that intention for me — a daily practice of believing in the power of ritual, the comfort of fragrance, and the truth that we all deserve to feel connected to ourselves. And I am profoundly grateful for everyone who has walked alongside this dream. You’ve helped turn an intention into a community.

As we step into a new year, my hope for you is simple:

May you allow yourself to begin wherever you are.
May you trust the chapter you’re in.
May you create space for what you’re becoming.
And may your days be touched with small, meaningful moments that remind you of your own light.

Here’s to a year lived with intention, with awareness, and with choice — gently, bravely, and authentically.

With love, 

xx Lynette