Welcome to your Year in Review 2025-2026
We are thrilled to launch the 9th edition of the Year in Review. A powerful ritual to reflect on your 2025 and create your Better Than Imagined 2026.
Born from a series of dreams in 2017, now global phenomenon in 39+ countries
Includes 6 guided videos + Mana, your Better Than Imagined AI Companion
You can use Mana anywhere in the process to help you reflect and dream bigger
Go at your own pace in one sitting or take several days to reflect and dream
Do it solo or with friends, kids, family, community or your team
New in 2026 our Seasonal Year in Review: a quarterly pause to reflect, realign, and reimagine Jump to details ↓
This is a gift. And like all good gifts, it’s meant to be shared. Send it to someone you care about. Let’s create a Better Than Imagined 2026 together!
1. Welcome to your 2025-2026 Year in Review
What if one ritual could help you see your life more clearly…and help you shape what’s next?
WHAT: Welcome to the 9th edition of the Year in Review. Your personal ritual to reflect, celebrate and honor your 2025 and design your Better Than Imagined 2026.
WHY: When we leave life to chance, we get default outcomes. But when we choose to live and create intentionally, everything changes. This practice helps you live on purpose with clarity, power, and creative agency.
HOW: Get comfortable, put on some of your favorite tunes, grab your preferred beverage and get some paper, pens, calendar, phone etc... You can do this solo or invite your friends, kids, community or teammates. It’s so fun and meaningful together. You’ll be guided through 6 videos, and you also have Mana (video 7), your Better Than Imagined AI companion, to help spark reflection and stretch your vision.
When you’re diving in, setting up your space, or just excited to begin, tag us on Instagram @kvaleadership and use #BetterThanImagined2026 so we can celebrate with you!
Press play on the videos and follow along. Let’s create our Better Than Imagined 2026 together!
Show Notes
Fast Company exclusive feature on Foundations of Inner Power
2. MAP YOUR 2025
What if your whole year was a treasure map and this is the key?
WHAT: Map your 2025, month by month, to uncover the treasures hidden in plain sight.
WHY: Clarity is power. We live so fast that we unknowingly delete huge chunks of our life. This practice helps you slow down, reconnect with the truth of your year and reveal patterns hiding in plain sight. Here you reclaim the full richness of your 2025, a revelation of your “one wild and precious life.”
HOW: Go through your pictures, calendar, notes, month by month. As you go, notice: what you loved, people in your life, places, events, ideas, dreams, creations and completions. Like any great work of art, take pauses. Zoom out. Let it surprise you. When you are ready, give your map a title: “2025 is the year I…”
3. DRAW YOUR BRAINLOOPS
What if every time you connected the dots… it made it easier to create your future?
WHAT: Draw your Brainloops to notice what you created this year.
WHY: Our brains don’t rewire through checklists, they rewire through feedback loops. Drawing these patterns is a powerful unlock. This is how to rewire your brain for even more creative agency and sovereignty in the future.
HOW: Get ready to connect the dots and be WOWed by what you created this year. You’re welcome!
4. CHOOSE YOUR SUPERPOWERS
What if who you became this year… is your foundation for your best 2026?
WHAT: Select the powerful building blocks, your quanta, that you’ll use to architect your Better Than Imagined 2026.
WHY: You are in charge. You get to choose what you take with you to build your 2026. You are so much more than what you think. You are more powerful than you realize. 2025 proved that. It’s time to notice and own it.
HOW: Review your 2025 MAP.
Ask yourself:
Who did I become in 2025?
What strengths and values did I grow this past year?
What qualities am I most proud of?
Choose the parts, your personal quanta, you are taking with you into 2026. These are your superpowers.
5. DESIGN YOUR BETTER THAN IMAGINED 2026
What if your Better Than Imagined 2026 already exists and your future self can’t wait to share it with you?
WHAT: Design your Better Than Imagined 2026.
WHY: When we give ourselves permission to imagine, create, and build more toward what we want, we have a much bigger chance of getting there.
Simple.
You are a born creator and can design for anything. Your 2025 Map shows that. Use it.
HOW:
Create your Time Travel portal,
Step into your best 2026 (10 min guided practice)
Write yourself a letter dated Dec 31, 2026 sharing gratitude for all that will have happened for you in 2026.
Get ready to dream, explore, and co-create a year beyond your wildest imagination!
6. CONGRATS YOU DID IT! ONE LAST TIP…
You completed your Year in Review. That’s a big deal. Before we wrap…one last tip that can help shape your 2026.
What if one photo could guide your biggest decisions all year long?
WHAT: Do this one small (but mighty!) extra step to keep your Better Than Imagined 2026 alive.
WHY: Your Time Travel portal isn’t just for today, it’s a compass. Checking in with your future vision keeps you on course and helps you say yes to what really matters and stay connected to your Better Than Imagined 2026.
HOW: Hang your Time Travel portal somewhere visible. Take a photo and save it on your phone. Now it’s with you as a powerful reminder all year long. Use it to realign, reset, and re-choose throughout 2026. It’s a powerful yes to your Better Than Imagined life.
You made it! Now show it off! Let’s celebrate together.
Snap a photo of your Time Travel portal, your map, your letter, a fav moment Tag @kvaleadership on Instagram and use #BetterThanImagined2026.
7. Mana, your Better Than Imagined AI Companion
What if your imagination had a creative co-pilot ready to unlock dreams even bigger than the ones you dared to name?
WHAT: Click the link to meet Mana, your Better Than Imagined AI companion. Mana is here to stretch your imagination, amplify your ideas, and help you see what’s possible beyond what you already know.
WHY: Sometimes we need a creative spark. Mana was trained on the same questions and tools I use with my clients. Mana helps expand your thinking and reconnect you to what’s possible. Leverage Mana to expand your imagination, open up to possibilities beyond your everyday and dream boldly.
HOW: You can use Mana at any point: whether you’re reviewing 2025, drawing your Brain Loops, or writing your future letter. Here are some great prompts to play with:
“What is possible that I don’t think is real?”
“What are some hidden strengths I may be underestimating — and how could I use them in 2026?”
“Imagine it’s December 31, 2026, and I’m reflecting on my Better Than Imagined year. What are three unexpected and amazing things that happened, and how did they positively impact my life?”
“Given what you know about me, tell me the story of my Better Than Imagined 2026.”
Announcing: Seasonal Year in Review 2026!
What if checking in every 3 months… helped you create your best year yet? You asked. We listened. For the first time ever, we’re offering a Seasonal Year in Review—a new way to pause, reflect, and realign every 3 months in 2026.