25 Things I Learned in 2025

Embrace Your Real

Julie Ledbetter

Health & Fitness, Fitness, Body, Mindset, Movement, Health, Acceptance, Macros, Love, Positivity, Nutrition, Loss, Weight

5 • 965 Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Today's episode is a look back at the lessons that shaped me this year. 2025 stretched me, softened me, and taught me so much about motherhood, faith, strength, and what it means to care for my body in a season that looked nothing like the old rhythm I was used to. If this year felt messy, refining, or slower than you expected, this conversation will remind you that every season has purpose and every step counts.

Whether you're rebuilding routines, learning to trust your body again, navigating motherhood, or stepping into a new chapter, these 25 lessons are shared to encourage you, ground you, and help you see how much growth is happening beneath the surface.

Here's what you will learn:

• Why quiet seasons can be the most transformative
• How slowing down strengthens your body and mind
• The power of fueling your body with intention
• How faith, rest, and boundaries support your growth
• Why small steps and evolving goals still move you forward
• Ways to honor your body in every season
• What truly sustains consistency when motivation fades

This episode is your reminder that you're not behind and nothing about your journey needs to look perfect to be meaningful. You are growing in more ways than you realize, and it deserves to be celebrated.

If you loved this episode, you may also enjoy: 5 Questions to Ask Yourself About Your New Year's Resolution

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0:00.0	Hey there, beautiful human. You're listening to Embrace Your Real with me, Julie Ledbetter,
0:05.4	a podcast where I empower you to just be you. With each episode, I dish you a dose of real talk
0:11.4	and actionable advice for building your confidence, honoring your body, and unconditionally loving
0:16.6	your authentic self. Stay tuned if you're ready to embrace your real. Let's get and let's go.
0:28.0	Hello and welcome back to another episode on the Embrace Your A podcast. I cannot believe that
0:33.4	we are already wrapping up another year. 2025 has honestly stretched me.
0:38.7	It's refined me.
0:43.8	And it has changed how I see just about everything in my life, motherhood, my body,
0:45.2	my routines, my faith.
0:51.1	It was truly a year for me of slowing down, rebuilding rhythms, learning how to trust that every season has and serves a purpose.
0:55.7	And so today I thought that I would share 25 things that I personally learned in 2025. And these lessons have come from my workouts,
1:02.0	from my late night rocking sessions with Blake, just from my business wins, from my mom
1:08.0	fails, from my mom wins, from my setbacks, from just quiet prayers that I've
1:13.1	whispered in the middle of chaos. And my hope in prayer is that as I share these, you hear
1:18.2	something that just gives you permission to rest, to breathe, and to be proud of where you are
1:23.7	right now. But first I want to share this review. She gave a five-star review and said,
1:28.1	you need this podcast. Stop everything that you're doing and listen. This is such a nice
1:33.0	dose of reality and motivation. I've been doing movement with Julie for seven months now and have
1:37.1	never felt so empowered and strong. Julie, girl, you're changing the world one podcast at a time.
1:42.7	Oh my goodness. This is so incredible and so
1:45.8	inspiring. I am so grateful that Movement with Julie has empowered you. Like that is one of my goals
1:52.6	is to just empower you with movement, right? My saying is honor your body with movement.
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