Fear & restructuring — starting the new year afresh

Restructuring what no longer works

As we move into the new year, there's a strong sense that old structures will dissolve, and many are fearful of collapse. What's important to understand is that collapse isn’t punishment—it’s revelation. Structures fail when the life-force has withdrawn from them. This applies to institutions, beliefs, identities, and even spiritual frameworks that once served but have become rigid. The task is not to preserve form, but to discern essence.

Reconnecting to humanity

When old structures dissolve, the nervous system seeks safety. The heart becomes the centre of reconnection. More specifically, the heart is the centre where we can heal the separation between us and connect in a way that re-threads the web of consciousness. 

Prepare for change—but don’t surrender to fear

Fear arises when the ego demands guarantees from a reality that operates by cycles, not contracts. To prepare for change, work on being flexible. Don’t try to control what’s going on with yourself or those around you. 

Cultivate inner stillness, ethical clarity, and symbolic literacy. Fear collapses time into catastrophe while wisdom expands time into possibility.

Meet change with an open heart. If you haven’t embarked on healing the body from trauma, consider healing the past trauma so that you can let go of the fear and be open and ready for the change.

Shift from control to axis

It’s not possible to control outcomes and this is more and more apparent in recent years. We've reached a place or a moment in human evolution where we need to shift. But, because fear is often rooted in our inability to let go of control, we find it hard to shift.

If you anchor to your inner axis, you can shift out of fear to a more stable way of living.

In other words, when the axis is external (status, roles, systems), fear spikes. When the axis is internal and spiritual, fear recedes.

Practice

Daily stillness without goal. Don’t visualize. Sit until the nervous system relearns neutrality.

Transmute fear into vigilance

Fear and awareness share the same energy. The difference is direction.

• Fear looks forward and catastrophizes.

• Vigilance stays present and responsive.

Practice

Before reacting, ask: What is actually required of me in this moment?

Ask yourself simple yes/no questions for cleaner and more ethical decisions.

Begin the new year by transmuting and mastering your fear. Shift from external to internal axis and find peace, love and joy! Wishing everyone a wonderful 2026! Happy New Year.