As we close out 2025 and prepare for a new year, one truth becomes impossible to ignore: not everyone in your life right now is meant to come with you into the next season.

In this episode of Human(ing) Well, Amber Cabral focuses on the Relationship Pillar and breaks down why mismanaging relationships is one of the fastest ways to drain your well-being. From carrying connections out of habit to over-accommodating people who give very little in return, Amber shares what she has learned from losing and redefining relationships over the past year and how those lessons are shaping her approach to 2026.

This conversation is not about cutting everyone off. It is about clarity, alignment, and intentional connection.

📝 Reflection Questions:

• Who consistently shows up for me in ways that nourish, support, or restore me?
• Where have I been over-giving, over-explaining, or overextending - and why?
• Who do I feel drained, diminished, or unsettled around, even if I can’t explain why?
• Which relationships do I want to deepen in the new year, and what will that require from me?

🎧 Episodes to Revisit:

• Episode 9: Understanding What You Can Control
• Episode 29: When Someone Loves That You Love Them
• Episode 42: How to Recognize One-Sided Relationships

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Let’s be real… most of us are trying to live big lives on emotional overdraft.

In this episode of Human(ing) Well, Amber breaks down how to prepare for the new year with more intention, boundaries, and balance instead of burnout. This conversation isn’t about money goals or resolutions - it’s about redefining wealth to include your time, energy, attention, and capacity. Amber shares her own end-of-year process for reorganizing her emotional budget, protecting her peace, and investing in what truly pays off in the long term: clarity, rest, and self-respect.

Learn how to manage your time, identify where you’ve been emotionally overdrawn, decide what (and who) doesn’t deserve your energy in 2026, invest in growth that doesn’t always pay you right away, and build real wealth through consistency, honesty, and intention.

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Amber Cabral

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Watch Amber’s TED TALK here.

You can purchase Amber's books from the retailer of your choice here: https://www.ambercabral.com/books/

Allies and Advocates: Creating an Inclusive and Equitable Culture

Say More About That: ...And Other Ways to Speak Up, Push Back, and Advocate for Yourself and Others

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How do you want your body (and your life) to feel in the year ahead?

In this episode of Human(ing) Well, Amber kicks off a 4-part end-of-year mini-series designed to help you enter 2026 feeling grounded, energized, and intentional. This week’s focus: your health — not the resolutions, not the pressure, but the actual daily choices that support your body, regulate your nervous system, and reconnect you to your creativity and vitality.

Amber shares the deeply honest questions she asks herself at the end of every year, breaks down how avoidance and convenience sabotage our well-being, and explains why your nervous system is the most important data source you have. She also talks about rekindling her connection to movement, tending to her femininity and sexuality, and setting health goals that are about living well, not “fixing” yourself.

Amber also shares core reflection questions and episodes to revisit as you set yourself up for a more grounded, aligned, and creatively alive year.

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Amber’s substack | https://humaningwell.substack.com/

www.humaningwellpodcast.com/

Amber Cabral

IG | @bamcabral

LinkedIn | @ambercabral

Facebook | @amber.cabral

X | @BamCabral

Bluesky | @bamcabral.bsky.social

Watch Amber’s TED TALK here.

You can purchase Amber's books from the retailer of your choice here: https://www.ambercabral.com/books/

Allies and Advocates: Creating an Inclusive and Equitable Culture

Say More About That: ...And Other Ways to Speak Up, Push Back, and Advocate for Yourself and Others

Human(ing) Well is produced by

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