5 Steps to stay clear and grounded

December 28, 2025

Do you feel it? I do.

The week between Christmas and the New Year holds a unique kind of energy. 

Life gets quieter. The pace slows. 

And you likely begin to feel everything you didn’t have space to feel during the holidays.

You might notice old emotions, patterns, or tension resurfacing — all totally normal.

And here’s a little context: {Whoo Hoo Warning. Keep reading.}

As someone who has been studying Human Design and energy work for years, I pay attention to the collective emotional currents and the impact it has on our relationships. 

What I’ve learned is that certain energetic shifts, called ‘transits’, can intensify what we feel on the inside.

Right now, a ‘solar plexus transit’ is stirring the emotional field, making many of us feel more sensitive, reactive, or reflective than usual. 

A solar plexus transit is simply an energetic pattern that amplifies emotional intensity — for everyone.

Think of it like emotional weather:

• some days the air feels heavier
• some days people feel more irritable or fragile
• some days old emotions rise to the surface without warning

Why is this important to know?

Like any weather system, it helps to be prepared.

When you know what’s coming, you know how to adjust.

You grab your umbrella before the storm hits.

And with this particular “emotional weather,” you may want to pay closer attention to moments when:

→you feel more triggered than the situation calls for

→something small, like your partner’s tone, a forgotten chore, or socks on the floor agitates you more than usual

→an argument that’s normally manageable feels overwhelming

→you take things more personally

→your patience is thinner than it usually is

And it’s not just you.

You might also notice shifts in the people you’re in relationship with:

→your spouse might seem more sensitive or reactive

→your kids may have bigger emotions

→a friend may feel more tender

→a coworker may get defensive more quickly

Everyone’s emotional system will be turned up for a bit.

While this may not be fun, be careful not to get swept up in it and make it a problem.

Like a thunderstorm, you need to prepare your body, mind and heart for what is coming.

This is exactly why the five steps I’m about to share matter.

Because when the emotional volume increases, your ability to stay grounded, present, and self-connected becomes your greatest source of stability — for you and for your relationships.

The more prepared you are, the easier it is to:

• • regulate your nervous system
  • communicate with clarity
  • soften conflict
  • avoid taking things personally
  • stay anchored in what matters

To support you and your relationships through this transition, here’s a simple 5-step grounding ritual To help you stay grounded, regulated, and relationally connected during this intensified emotional period — and as you cross into 2026.

Your 2026 5-Step Daily Grounding Ritual

1️⃣ Become Aware (of Your Internal Weather)

Before anything shifts, you must notice what’s happening inside you.

Ask: “What emotions, sensations, or mental loops are present right now?”

Awareness helps you separate the emotional weather from your worth, your identity, and your relationships.

Awareness lowers reactivity.

2️⃣ Feel What’s True (Without Acting on It)

Instead of skipping over discomfort or acting from it, allow yourself to feel what’s there.

You don’t need to fix it or judge it.

Just acknowledge what is: “I’m feeling tender. I’m activated.” I’m overwhelmed.”

Feeling creates space. Acting from feeling creates rupture.

3️⃣ Name What Doesn’t Belong to You

This is crucial during a solar plexus transit.

Heightened emotional weather means you may feel:

• • emotions that aren’t yours
  • amplified reactions
  • old wounds resurfacing
  • relational fears that don’t match the moment

Ask:  “Is this mine, or am I picking up the emotional field?”

This step is how you avoid turning temporary energy into relational conflict.

4️⃣ Choose Your Frequency (Instead of Reacting From Emotion)

Here’s the heart of empowerment:

Ask yourself: “How do I want to feel? How do I want to show up in this conversation, moment, or relationship?”

Calm, Clear, Connected, Boundaried, Open, Compassionate?

Choosing your frequency is the first step to reclaiming your true power.

5️⃣ Take One Grounding, Regulating Action

When emotional weather is strong, your body needs support.

Choose one small action to regulate and re-center:

• a grounding breath
• a 30-second check-in
• stepping away for clarity
• softening your tone
• speaking one honest sentence
• holding a boundary
• pausing before responding
  

Small regulating actions prevent big relational ruptures. And they build new relational patterns over time.

Here’s to creating new more sustainable relationships in 2026 and beyond.

in trust and gratitude,

Annmarie Chereso
Author, Speaker, Coach, & Meditation Teacher