513: Reflections On 2025 + What's Ahead – New Year Episode
Therapy Chat
Laura Reagan, LCSW-C
4.4 • 762 Ratings
🗓️ 26 January 2026
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
Happy New Year! This week, I'm reflecting on 2025 and looking ahead to 2026, with some inspiration from some of 2025's wonderful podcast guests. It was a year! I hope you will find some ideas about how you can go forward with hope in 2026 through the wisdom shared by these guests.
Resources
Francis Weller’s newest book, In the Absence of the Ordinary: Soul Work for Uncertain Times
Dr. Sabrina N’Diaye’s podcast, Soul Speak: Conversations for Your Healing Journey
Learn about the Mind, Body + Soul Healing Retreat for Therapists in Tulum, Mexico here.
Additional Resources
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Therapy Notes is the highest rated EHR, practice management, and billing software for mental health |
| 0:05.1 | professionals. It's all-in-one platform is designed to streamline all aspects of your practice, |
| 0:10.2 | from connecting with clients via secure messages to scheduling, notes, billing, and more. |
| 0:15.0 | You can trust Therapy Notes has you covered. And one of the best parts? 24-7 customer service |
| 0:20.3 | with a live person. It's beyond easy to get help |
| 0:23.1 | over the phone or by email at any time of day from their knowledgeable and friendly representatives. |
| 0:27.9 | The best time to give Therapy Notes a try is now. Sign up for your free trial by going to |
| 0:32.2 | TherapyNotes.com, clicking Start My Free Trial, and accessing your first two months free with the promo code chat. |
| 0:38.6 | CY Therapy Notes is the most trusted EHR for behavioral health professionals today. |
| 0:43.5 | Therapists, ready to stop just listening and start doing? |
| 0:46.8 | I offer several ways to work with me and accelerate your trauma expertise. |
| 0:50.6 | You can join my Trauma Therapist Network membership community for ongoing support, book a one-on-one |
| 0:55.6 | clinical consultation with me for personalized guidance, or buy my course for clinicians on supporting |
| 1:00.8 | survivors of sexual trauma, and check out the retreats coming up in 2026. All that info and more is on |
| 1:07.0 | the four therapists page of Trauma Therapist Network, and you can find a link in the show notes. |
| 1:11.9 | Therapy Chat Podcast, episode 513. |
| 1:15.6 | This is the Therapy Chat Podcast with Laura Reagan, LCSWC. |
| 1:22.3 | The information shared in this podcast is not a substitute |
| 1:25.7 | for seeking help from a licensed mental health professional. |
| 1:29.6 | And now, here's your host, Laura Reagan, LCSWC. Hi, welcome back to therapy chat. |
| 1:55.1 | Welcome to the 2026 New Year episode. |
| 2:06.4 | I said in last year's new year episode that 2025's podcast episodes would focus more on grief. I know I'm not the only one who was grieving throughout 2025 |
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