# Halfway Through the Year? Here's How to Reflect Without Beating Yourself Up

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Podcast: [Life with Amy](https://stenobird.com/podcast/life-with-amy-7764406)
Published: 2026-07-08T11:01:00+00:00
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Takeaways Reflecting at the halfway point of the year, not just in December, gives you a clearer, more honest read on your goals and lets you adjust course while there's still time to use it. Writing down one good thing from each of the last six months, no matter how small, breaks the habit of only remembering what went wrong or unfinished. Extending yourself grace during a season of major change, whether that's a business transition, a cross country move, or a new routine, is part of healthy growth, not an excuse. Summary of the episode In this solo episode, Amy Poepping pauses to mark the halfway point of 2026 with a real, unfiltered mid-year check in. She opens up about the whirlwind of the last six months: selling her flower shop to a former employee on January 1st, a house hunting trip to Texas in February, a life-changing trip to Nepal that included views of Mount Everest and Mount Annapurna, buying a house in Texas at the end of April, hosting her women's event Embracing Grace, and a jam-packed May full of travel, a business conference, and family time. Then came June: a cross country move that left her living out of a suitcase for weeks and, by her own admission, barely touching her business. Amy uses her own year as a case study for a bigger point. It is easy, especially for women and entrepreneurs, to slide into comparison and self-criticism when we look back at a year in progress instead of noticing what actually went right. Rather than letting June's chaos become a reason to spiral, she walks through how she chooses to extend herself grace, and she invites listeners to do the same with their own first half of the year. The episode closes with a practical challenge: write down one good thing from each of the last six months, then name a couple of hard or sad…

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