Haydee [00:00:00]:

Well, hello there. Welcome to Voluptuous Questions! My name is Haydee, and today I have the honor of interviewing YOU! My question for you is, what is your 2025 word of the year? You don’t have one yet? Don’t worry. To be honest, I didn’t have one ready until a few days AFTER the year started. Let me share why. As you probably heard in my last episode, my 2025 word of the year, which was flow, turned out to be less “flowy “and more challenging than I expected.

Haydee [00:01:13]:

I was ACTUALLY blindsided by the number of times when flow was my ULTIMATE desire but NOT my actual reality. So when I was thinking about what I wanted 2025’s word of the year to be, I was actually VERY stuck. Like I hardly ever am. Having implemented a word of the year for a full year has taught me more than EVER to be very careful about what I wish for. And most importantly, it’s shown me firsthand that words have tremendous power in sometimes VERY unexpected ways. In other words, I learned that if I wanted to be able to flow better, that I was ESSENTIALLY asking the universe to send circumstances my way that would challenge me at a DEEP level and test me in my ability to ACTUALLY flow. Sometimes, I passed with FLYING colors. Other times, I didn’t at ALL.

Haydee [00:02:26]:

And I ended up laying on my stomach on the beach with waves crashing on me instead of being on a steady boat floating gracefully down a peaceful river. If you go back and listen to my podcast about the lessons 2024 taught me, you’ll be able to read between the lines and see that there was sticky sand on my face and in the rest of my body. Thankfully, I’ve managed to wash that sand away. And even though you may be tempted to feel sorry for me and I may be tempted to feel sorry for myself, the truth is, EVERY uncomfortable grain of sand plastered on my body that annoyed me and scratched me was there for a reason. A BEAUTIFUL one indeed. It showed me where it hurt the most so that I could continuously heal. Sometimes, the only water that I had close to me was ocean water, which increased the pain of my wounds when I poured literal ocean water on them. But eventually, I cleansed my pain with a pristine and fresh water of a peaceful river.

Haydee [00:03:49]:

And later, I cleansed and healed my wounds in light. I’m not sharing this to brag because having been tumbled through several turbulent ocean waves and get washed up on the shore the way I was, is NOT sexy. I’m sharing this because I want you to know that if you’re going through something similar or do so in the future, you will make it out and you’re not alone. So don’t feel that it only has happened to you, is happening to you, or will happen to you. As you can probably imagine, for a good chunk of my search for this year’s word of the year, I HONESTLY thought that I didn’t deserve a new word because I am FULLY aware, and I admit, that I didn’t master the concept of flow. And for an A student like me, I thought I had failed. But now I understand that I didn’t fail.

Haydee [00:05:03]:

On the contrary, I actually chose THE perfect word of the year for the spiritual awakening journey that I’m on. I’m saying this not just because I BELIEVE this to be the case, but because I’ve confirmed it through the actual courses I’ve taken and the many perfect resources I’ve come across. Flowing is THE BEST WORD I could have chosen because that’s the ability that my soul needed to greatly improve on last year. I wasn’t meant to flow perfectly, I was meant to do my best flowing. However, I know that for the first time in my life, I’m going to have TWO words of the year. A new official word and “flow” as my secondary word. Am I a little scared about what I’m summoning in by taking on the word “flow” again? Of course I am! But for the first time in my life, I’m getting up from that sandy beach, turning to face the mighty ocean and running into it.

Haydee [00:06:22]:

Do I have a surfboard? Of course! But I also have my whole soul, which I hope will be able to make me balance better. And in 2024 I had pieces of my soul scattered in different places. So you might be wondering what my main word of the year is for this year. Well, let me tell you, finding it was NOT EASY. Even though I started to ask myself what the word for this year would be months before we finalized 2024, I ended last year not knowing what my new word would be. I had a little list of potential words, but none of them truly called to me. My best advice to you is to not choose a word that doesn’t resonate with you.

Haydee [00:07:18]:

It’s like committing to be best friends for a year from a group of people that you aren’t fascinated by. The word that you choose has to make a REALLY good impression energetically in order for you to make such an important and year-long commitment. I was SO uncertain about my word, that I actually reached out to an influencer whom I had recently met and who had no earthly idea of who I am to ask for her suggestion given the spiritual awakening journey that I’m on. Instead, she wanted to sell me her coaching service and courses. LOL! Can you believe it? So one day in early January, as I was driving home from the dentist, I was wondering what my word should be. You guys. I was SO lost that it even occurred to me that MAYBE I should use AI to guide me. I know AI is pretty cool and everything, but thankfully, I immediately asked myself, “What are you doing? What are you thinking?” And I told myself that I HAD the capability to find my OWN word instead of asking something that doesn’t even know me,

Haydee [00:08:47]:

even though I know AI is very useful and can offer wonderful advice. It was crazy that I would ask it what I should devote my energy to for a full year. As I was driving, I thought of a couple potential words, but they didn’t do anything for me. A few minutes later and a few miles down the highway, it hit me! I got it! I had found my word. How did I know? Because when I said it in my head, my whole body felt it. I got goosebumps and tears started flowing down my face. I said, “OMG.”

Haydee [00:09:32]:

I was happy and at peace knowing that I had FINALLY found it. For me, the word was “receive.” And yes, it’s beautiful! Special even. And it seems easy. Passive almost. BUT I can tell you right now, that to me it represents MANY challenges. And during the first couple of weeks in January, there was only ONE day where I feel I did a good job of receiving. Although not really an excellent job, I had to mentally make myself receive. LOL! I already know that this year is going to be like a wrestling match between my super-strong habit of giving AND my need and desire to actually receive. Receiving has been very hard for me most of my life.

Haydee [00:10:41]:

Do I WANT to receive? Of course! Do I always allow myself to receive without feeling a need to give back? The answer to THAT is hardly ever. But that’s what I want to be able to receive comfortably, gracefully and elegantly. Yeah, it’s sexy. I not only want to receive from other people, including myself, but I am also open to receive ALL the blessings that the universe has to offer me, too. If you struggle with receiving, one thing I’ve been telling myself is that I believe in justice. And if it’s really true that I’ve been giving so much to so many people most of my life, then it’s only fair and just that some of those multiplied blessings that people speak of, but which I’m not fully convinced of yet, SHOULD be poured back onto me too, right? I surely do hope so. I deserve to receive, even though sometimes it’s a bit of a challenge for me to admit it.

Haydee [00:11:59]:

So regardless of when you hear this podcast, please pick your word and apply it to as many contexts of your life as possible. Remember, your word is like a friend who uses their elbow to nudge you or sometimes even topple you over as a reminder to swap your typical reactions or way of doing things for something that will benefit you not only this year, but next year, in the next 5, 10, 15, 20 years and beyond. This word is like your North Star that summons you forward, like a mother encouraging you while you were taking your first steps. It’ll say “You can do it. Put one foot in front of the other and come to me. Come to your destiny.” Will you and I be perfect? No. Will we sometimes fall? Of course.

Haydee [00:13:05]:

But WE will get up ready to try again, even if we need a minute, an hour, a day, a week, or a month. But we will push through. We will continue. We will not give up. I’m SO excited to hear what your word of the year is. You can tell me by visiting www.voluptuousquestions.com/podcasts and www.voluptuousquestions.com/contact. Or you can write to me via @VoluptuousQuestions on social media. Remember, YOU’RE the star of THIS podcast and the star of your life.

Haydee [00:14:00]:

Keep shining brightly. Always. Can’t wait to hear from you. Bye!