How to face your fears and purify in 2026

As we are entering a new year, I find that it is a good time to reflect on what worked and didn’t work in 2025, and what I want for 2026 and the time ahead. 

And as I did that I found the numbers of 2026 sneaking in. I found that the 6 in 26, the jewel of the year, really came forward and asked me what needs to stop for something new to happen. 

So I made a list. I was really honest with myself and I wrote some of my self sabotaging habits. One of the things that I want to stop; is to stop abandoning myself. What do I mean by that? Self abandonment can happen in many ways. What I want to focus on is to stop the thoughts I have of fear of anyone rejecting me because that is not really what is happening. God gives and God takes, and it is down to what I think about what is happening that determines how I feel about it. So any fear of abandonment comes from within; from my thoughts.

So I am going to be very conscious when I notice any thoughts of abandoning myself appears, and make sure I replace it with affirmations.

As my teacher says; what we fear is already the case. So time to really step up and face the fears. The first step is to put it into writing. Being brutally honest about what is happening within. 

6 is about stopping, breathing and being. It is also about being fearless. All of which are essential to come to clarity, which is what this year can give us. 

The 8 is about detoxing, purification. How do we do that? Well, one way of going from the 6 to the 8, is to stop something so a new habit can help us purify.

Rather than just focusing on what needs to stop, it is also important to figure out what to replace what is being stopped with something new.  This makes it easier to not fall back into addictive or bad habits or patterns, and helps us break the cycle.

The 8 also represents desires. What is it that I really desire out of life? And again to be honest with myself. Then ask the question; what needs to stop for me to allow this into my life? And what can I change or add instead to make this happen? Replacing the bad habit or thought with a less demoting one.

I find that I am coming to a point (1) where I want to confront my fears, some that has been going on for a long time.

This is how the 10 is entering. I can really feel the all or nothingness of the 10. That it is time to stop some habits that have been self demoting or has caused me stuck; and to reflect on what is it that is stopping me from reaching some of my goals? Are there any fears I can meet head on? Breathe into them, so they can diminish. And also to reflect on where I can use the sword (6) to cut out what is not necessary in my life, so I can spend my energy (8) more wisely.

Just as the 1 calls for direction; where am I going? That is going to help me with the motivation. Something that has been missing somewhat since I entered perimenopause. It has been a time where I needed to allow myself to be, without pushing to go anywhere. It was necessary to readjust the course from being a doer; coming from the mind. Just as it is time to readjust and to return to having a goal, but coming from a different place. From the heart and a place of self love, rather than a tyrant pushing too hard.

Now is the time to focus on the 1, to allow the all or nothingness, the spiritual warrior of 6 and 10 to charge forward to a destination so that fears and patterns can be changed for good.

Now is the time to give it all. Just as it is a time to give nothing to other things. 

First reflect on your desires, blocks, fears so that you can allow yourself to receive all that life has to offer. Expand so there is space for ALL.  

May you face your fears and inner demons and come to faith. Absolute faith.