As 2025 comes to a close and we step into 2026, the Gregorian New Year invites reflection. This is the season of resolutions: big declarations, bold promises, and the familiar hope that this year will finally be different. But what if real change doesn’t come from resolutions at all? What if it comes from the habits we practice quietly, imperfectly, every single day? In this solo episode, Hawah Kasat explores what happens when we pause instead of push, interrupt patterns instead of clinging to them, and choose habits over promises. Recorded from Roots to Sky Sanctuary in the Appalachian Mountains, this episode weaves together personal transition, leadership, and the practice of revolutionary rest. Hawah shares why he’s taking a temporary pause from the podcast, how rest challenges a culture addicted to urgency, and why slowing down can create clarity, alignment, and joy. The episode closes with a brief guided breathing practice; an invitation to land in the present moment and step into the new year with intention, ease, and breath.

The Everlutionary Podcast - Episode 41

Let Go and Let Grow: Breaking Patterns, Resting on Purpose, and a New Year Reset!

As 2025 comes to a close and we cross into 2026, the Gregorian New Year inevitably invites reflection. This is the season of resolutions, big declarations, bold promises, and the familiar hope that this year will finally be different. But what if real change doesn’t come from resolutions at all? What if it comes from the habits we practice quietly, imperfectly, every single day?

And what if, before rushing forward, this moment is actually asking us to pause?
To breathe.
To recalibrate.

In this intimate solo episode, Hawah Kasat returns after a brief pause to reflect on a year shaped by heartbreak, transition, leadership, and deep inner reorientation. Speaking candidly from Roots to Sky Sanctuary in the Appalachian Mountains, Hawah invites listeners into an unscripted reflection on endings and beginnings, and the courage it takes to interrupt old patterns instead of blindly repeating them.

From stepping away from a long-term partnership, to returning east after time in California, to serving as Interim Executive Director of Youth Speaks, this episode traces the often invisible emotional and spiritual labor behind a year of constant movement and responsibility. Hawah explores what it means to release commitments that no longer serve, to redefine success beyond productivity, and to choose rest, not as withdrawal, but as resistance in a culture addicted to urgency.

As the Gregorian year comes to a close, Hawah shares why he’s temporarily pausing the podcast, how revolutionary rest challenges capitalism’s grip on time, and why habits, not resolutions, are the real foundation for sustainable change. The episode closes with a gentle guided breathing practice, offering listeners a moment to ground, soften, and arrive fully in the present.

This is not an episode about having it all figured out. It’s about honoring the in between, the cocoon, the breath, the quiet space where what’s next begins to emerge.

What We’ll Explore

Why interrupting patterns can be just as important as honoring commitments
Heartbreak, uncoupling, and choosing growth over certainty
Living nomadically and the search for home and rootedness
Revolutionary rest as a challenge to hustle culture and capitalism
Why habits matter more than resolutions
Creating space for imagination, discernment, and realistic dreaming
How slowing down makes room for clarity, joy, and purpose

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