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 – Reflect Now, Relax Later: How to End 2025 Strong and Step into 2026 with Intention

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Hosted by HerBusiness

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27 November 2025

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As we step into December, MOST of the world begins to slow down. But for business owners… the end-of-the-year season can be one of the most stressful and hectic times.

Maybe you want to rest and take a couple of weeks off — but you know that an entire new year of business is just around the corner. So how can you close out 2025 strategically, and then move into 2026 feeling ready (and rested!)?

That’s how you’ll finish this episode of the HerBusiness Podcast feeling. Ready. Prepared. And able to finally relax.

I’ll be walking you through a series of strategic reflection questions that will help you analyse what really worked in 2025, what needs to change in your business in 2026, and how to lean more into aligned and intentional action this next year.

Here’s What You’ll Discover in the Episode: 

  • Why reflection is a business strategy (NOT just a ‘feel good’ exercise) and how it can completely shift how you look at your next year in business.
  • The first step to unlocking a full and honest overview of your 2025, and how to use it to assess what actually worked.
  • The one unexpected question that every woman business owner needs to ask herself if she expects genuine improvement and change next year.
  • My method for identifying the key decisions that truly created momentum in your business (and which were actually shiny distractions).
  • Discover the habits, systems, and boundaries that give you LEVERAGE in your work – so you can do more of what you love in 2026, and less of what you don’t.
  • How to identify what needs to be cut out completely in your business plan.
  • My sworn-by structure for setting time aside for a reflection session – to review your calendar, finances, wins, challenges, and unspoken realisations of 2025.
  • The ONE question you need to answer for yourself to feel ready to move into 2026 intentionally.

 

 

Mentioned in This Episode:

The HerBusiness Network

Justeen Parsons | Founder of The Lever

HerBusiness Podcast Episode 326:
When You’ve Outgrown Your Business: How to Reignite Your Spark in Midlife

The Gap and the Gain by Dan Sullivan

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About the host

Suzi Dafnis

Hi there. I’m Suzi Dafnis, CEO at HerBusiness. My BIG passion is helping women business owners to grow and scale their business, so that they can create their ideal lifestyle and make a difference in the world. Every day I am inspired by the more than 30,000 amazing women (and men!) in our community and I love finding the best education, mentors, and resources from around the globe, to help them get the skills, knowledge, and support they need to succeed. It’s been my privilege to lead HerBusiness (formerly The Australian Businesswomen’s Network) for the past 23 years (two+ decades – WOW!) because, whilst I’ve enjoyed success in business, I’ve also experienced the highs and the lows – sometimes you can feel on top of the world and in control and other times you can feel isolated, exhausted and stuck. What has made the biggest difference for me has always been having great people around me and having a lifelong commitment to learning. That’s why I am so passionate about the work we do here at HerBusiness – providing a Connection Network for women in business to get the mentors, contacts, referrals, knowledge, and skills they need to grow their confidence, make more money, build their businesses, expand their network and create the lives they love. My entrepreneurial journey started in the spare room of my Sydney apartment in 1994 when my business partner and I started a boutique events company that represented speakers and authors from the USA, here in Australia. Over the years I’ve grown multiple multi-million dollar businesses in the events, publishing and education niches – with teams in Australia, New Zealand, and the USA. Not everything has worked and there has been a degree of trial and error, and a lot of bumps in the road. But I have always had a strong commitment to always surrounding myself with great mentors and like-minded peers – a Connection Network that I can depend on and who can depend on me to be there for them too. I truly do what I love, every day.  

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