If you've been following along here, you know we're making some moves. Yesterday, I placed deposits on VRBO houses - one in New Mexico and one in the French Alps.
Am I crazy, with this much chaos in the US and globally?
Maybe.
But I spent 2025 waiting to see what would happen, so I could react wisely. This year, I'm going to create what I want to see happen and react wisely to that - come what may.
This approach takes boldness I don't always possess, and while my tolerance for risk has grown after nearly a decade in business, I'm still a chicken sometimes.
Nonetheless...look at our evolving logo! Isn't she cute?
Our Pivot.
For nine years, Girl Catch Fire has focused on personal development. In 2026, we will focus on tribe development. What I mean is, remembering and recreating how our distant and not-so-distant ancestors lived — together.
- Exploring together.
- Eating and drinking together.
- Advancing goals together.
- Grieving together.
- Working together.
Humans have done life like that for millennia. What passes for normal now, amid the tatters of America's social fabric, would horrify our ancestors.
But I know what happens when we get women together live — like we've done 14 different times, in France, Montana, Tennessee, Colorado and Florida. It's both simple and healing, so we're going back to those roots.
Things are still in development, but these aren't retreats we're building anymore. They're travel adventures for women in exotic places; with a summer camp vibe and friendship-building as curriculum.
The big idea is: How do we make and keep friends as adults, in a culture where isolation is profitable and staying home is the path of least resistance?
If I'm coaching at all on these trips, it's on that. I could keep explaining what I mean, or I can just show you our last trip in the French Alps.
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How to be brave in a pivot.
Is this a risk? Sure. Am I tired of waiting for fair winds and following seas to do what I want? Yes. Might I crash and burn? Of course.
But that's always true in the wilds beyond your comfort zone. The question is, how do you stay brave when you're out there.
I had a revelation this week that the bravery doesn't actually come from me. For years, I thought it did. So I'd rah rah myself and gin up the courage to make a move. If I got things done in that state, I'd usually do it with white knuckles.
I'm doing it differently now. When I feel the fear, I give it the following 1-2 punch.
ONE: Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:6-7 ESV
TWO: He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will remain secure and rest in the shadow of the Almighty — whose power no enemy can withstand. I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress, My God, in whom I trust."
Psalm 91:1-3 AMP
It works.
The peace that passes all understanding is a real thing. I've felt it all this week - through branding shifts, website redesign, and putting down fat deposits, when the dollar is weak against the euro.
It's when I trust my own bravery that I'm indecisive. I rationalize, then get stuck in stories that are, at best, made up, at worst, completely untrue.
I think this is why the Apostle Paul told early Christians not to be double-minded or tossed around with every big wave. Pray. Decide, then trust God as you move. Rest the shade of his fortress.
After all these years following Jesus, I feel like I should know that, but revelation, I've found, appears when you're finally ready for it.
Want another video from Chamonix 2023? Here you go.
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So, Happy New Year. The New Mexico trip is on the calendar for April 10-13, the week after Easter. If you want to get on the interest list click here. We're going to Taos, and staying in an historic hacienda, with fireplaces and courtyards and a hottub under the stars.
More info on the Chamonix trip is coming, but it's looking like June 13-18. The third trip in the Fall is a secret for now.
Have a great week.
ps. If you are thinking of a BFF that you'd like to go on a Firelight Adventure with, forward this to them.
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