EP05: 6 Tools to Create a Flourishing 2025

“Winter for me is never the end. It’s preparation for the beginning.” Jane Bertch offers a refreshing perspective on growth, as she draws inspiration from the quiet resilience of winter. For her, it’s not a season of endings but a time to reflect, recharge, and prepare for new opportunities.

In this episode, Jane shares her tools on personal development and transformation, and weaves in lessons from her life in Paris and experiences as a woman entrepreneur. How can we begin our journey to meaningful growth this 2025? Jane suggests starting with a single word to guide the year—a word that anchors your goals and keeps you aligned.

Jane also touches on ways to maintain meaningful connections in the midst of a busy lifestyle. Her innovative approach to nurturing friendships, such as sending weekly video messages, shows how small efforts can deepen relationships.

Jane challenges us to seek diversity and curiosity in all areas of life. What new perspectives could transform our paths? With a focus on intentionality, Jane invites us to embrace the year ahead with more meaning and purpose.

Quotes

• “Winter for me is never the end. It’s preparation for the beginning.” (03:34 | Jane Bertch)
• “I set a word for every year that we have. And that word represents what I want to see out of the year. So some years maybe that word’s ‘pivot.’ Maybe that word is ‘revitalize.’ Maybe that word is ‘grounded.’ That word should be my feel rouge, to use a French word. What is the red line that goes through my year? What is the theme of my year? And I find that so important because I hark back to that all year long. One in reminding myself, what did I want out of this year?” (03:57 | Jane Bertch)
• “Another book I really, really enjoy is Herminia Ibarra’s book, ‘Working Identity.’ …It’s a really elegantly written, easily digestible book on making those changes. And most importantly, it encourages you that you can do and try anything. And those experiments are so important to helping you figure out what your next step is. And those experiments are not failures if you get to the end of them and you realize that’s not where you meant to be. They’re data points.” (09:33 | Jane Bertch)
• “Make sure that you are consciously seeking diversity and curiosity in your life in all manners... consciously seek out diversity and that will make your 2025 much richer.” (16:33 | Jane Bertch)

Links

https://nesslabs.com/annual-review-template

https://yearcompass.com

https://www.jeffkarp.com/lit-the-book/

https://www.instagram.com/juliacameronlive/?hl=en

https://herminiaibarra.com/working-identity-book/

https://open.spotify.com/show/0LtsgWkOpLdYR7wK0senTX (Deepak Chopra)

My retreat: https://www.janebertch.com/retreats

Journal practice: www.janebertch.com/journal

Connect with Jane Bertch:

Website: www.janebertch.com

Instagram @janebertch

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